I’ve been reading Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein for the past couple of days, ever since I brought it back from my parents’ house over Thanksgiving break. I’ve tried to read the book before but never made it very far because 1) I’m fickle when it comes to books (my Wii Fit would argue that I’m fickle in other areas, too…) and 2) it was dry to me. However, this time around I have real hope for finishing it (we shall see) because I actually stayed up till 1 a.m. last night/this morning reading it, and I’ve had a few laugh-out-loud moments. Some of Jill’s reactions to Michael are hilarious.

I had a similar reaction to Calvin and Hobbes when I was a kid. My dad loves that strip and we always had the compilation books around the house. I tried reading them when I was younger (I don’t remember how young) but didn’t get the humor so I didn’t read much. I picked them up a few years later and loved them. All the strips seem relevant and down-to-earth and, as I was telling Jon the other day, some people may be able to quote relevant lines of the Bible in a given situation, and that’s all well and good, but I quote relevant Calvin and Hobbes strips. They’re just so applicable! Quiz me with topics about human nature, animals, the public school system, holiday consumerism, procrastination, slimy girls, politics, or camping, and I can probably find at least one relevant C&H strip.

I smell all woodsy fresh right now because I tried out my Indigo Wild cedar soap finally. I, er, don’t know if I particularly want to smell all chopped-firewood clean, but it certainly is a refreshing smell when you’re just sniffing the bar of soap. I bought a bar in my last order from them (I play right into their trap of offer-’em-free-shit-and-they-will-buy-more) on a whim because, dude, I didn’t believe they could make soap smell like cedar. It actually really does, at least to me, but when Jon and some folks at work smelled it, they were dubious as to its cedarosity. Is my nose overly sensitive to tree-like odors? Whatevs. I can’t say that I smell exactly like the soap, after having washed with it. I noticed while in the shower that I smelled like some indecipherable carnival food, which is decidedly odd and all I can say is that I must have some kind of whacked-up natural scent to begin with if, when combined with cedar, I then smell like carny food. Sitting here sniffing my arm now, I smell like chopped firewood again. Maybe my shower is the funk…