Dinhternet

When I was drop­ping off Becca Y at her house after Lil­lian L’s birth­day a cou­ple of weeks ago, we were talk­ing about our rea­sons for not drink­ing and she told me I had a lot of self-control to give up alco­hol and meat.

I actu­ally think I have really bad self-control. I think I’m being real­is­tic. I’m not try­ing to achieve Batman/“He’s a robot!” status.

It’s incred­i­bly hard for me to pass up meat and alco­hol. It’s hard for me to not get sec­onds or not have a cookie. It’s hard to not play games or hang out instead of study. It’s hard to read a text­book instead of a good novel. It’s hard to turn the TV off.

But that’s why I want to test myself. I want to see just how much con­trol I have.

What are some of the things you have a hard time stop­ping your­self from doing? And what meth­ods do you use to try to stop?

It was great last night to go out for Lil­lian L’s birth­day and to see her, Stacey F, Becca Y, Miyama I, Chris T, Tina K, Michael B, Linda C, Andrew M, and Thu H. Plus their friends. Peggy S, I’m sorry you couldn’t make it and hope that you and your car are OK.

Dur­ing the bar golf game, the chit-chat some­how hit the topic of Miss APhiO, and the fact that Chris T was a con­tes­tant. Appar­ently Tina K did not know this about him. We some­how got into desrib­ing his wardrobe, and some­one asked him, “So how did you like the heels?”

“They were great. They made my thighs…“
– Chris T, mak­ing some up-and-down hand ges­tures.
“Elon­gated?“
– Some­one, try­ing to be help­ful.
“Yeah, they made my thighs elon­gated, like cel­ery.“
– Chris T.

I’m pretty sure I did not mis­hear that, because I turned to Becca Y, the other sober per­son, to con­firm. Can any girls, or other Miss APhiO con­tes­tants, or peo­ple who know Chris T explain that com­par­i­son to me, please?