update: allergies

that is something that is not as cool about spring. maybe i will get it together to get prescription drugs for it this year instead of mistaking it for actual sadness like i have the past two or three years in a row.

also, last night lizzy prank called me using a strategy i invented. nice try, lizzy. here is how it goes:
two people pull out their phones
each picks someone they want to prank call (usually it is a boy they have kissed and would maybe like to kiss again although there is pretty much no chance that this will happen. maybe the boy has a new girlfriend, or is mean. this time, though, it was me. i've never kissed lizzy, i don't have a new girlfriend and i am not mean.)
they give the phone number to the other person, who dials it on their own phone
then you make it up as you go along, but for maximum confusion it helps to pretend you are someone this person has hooked up with and then get furious/ask to meet in person when they don't know who you are/pretend to know who you are, or just leave a long message about how you have feelings/pity/regret/an std as a result of your encounter

here are the mistakes lizzy made:
415 area code (obviously san francisco, an area code with which i am extremely familiar - it helps to find someone with an out of state/foreign/obscure area code)
call came at 3 am my time, 12 west coast time - clearly on different coasts, clearly an impossible match
i pretty much never hook up with random people, so the idea of someone i don't remember having spent the night at my house last weekend is completely spurious
the person had a specific date (last weekend) - it is important to be as vague as possible. it's actually best if you don't give a name, which to his credit this person did not.
i could hear her laughing in the background (she has a very distinctive laugh)
i taught her this

so, in conclusion, a for effort, lizzy, but like c+ for execution. props to your friend for making the call. there are not many friends who are adventurous enough to make such a call. i have a few, lizzy is one. so a for that also.