August 21, 2001

Dear Log,

I will move into Burge Hall soon - I talked to my roommate once on the phone last week, she sounded like an OK sort. She said she was from Nippleville, Illinois but I think she was joking because when I did a search for "Nippleville" in Google, well...I'll spare you the details, fair reader. Let's just say that college has already EXPOSED me to many NEW IDEAS, and I'm not just talking about the communal shower here (Fig. 1). She also told me to stay outta her booze, but I kept giggling at the way she said "booze," 'cause it reminded me of the word bosom, and then the word titmouse, which is actually not a mouse but a bird. Skyler also said words like "sandwich" [sahhndwich] and "mom" [mahhm] and "the" [da] funny but I think that's just because she's from a big city and went to a school that taught her how to talk like she ain't from da farm.

Figure 1: A Communal Shower (not actual size)