Rhys think’s she’s the only nocturnal one around. In any case, she’s challenging the blogging community to come up with on-the-spot haikus during our sleepless nights. Seeing how I’m part owl (or just a workaholic), it’d be silly of me to refuse.

It’s 3:30 AM now, so here’s mine. Pretty crappy too, but it’s 5-7-5 and I got the damn seasonal reference in, too. Hopefully by now, she’s sleeping like a baby. And by that, I mean she’s probably snoring like an express train.

Kidding, hon.

They say come spring time,
playful love is in the air.
What lying bastards.

A month ago…

“Should I be panicking [about my thesis]?”, I asked my supervisor.

“You’re panicking?” he asked me back.

“Aren’t you?”

He cackles wickedly. “S’not my thesis.”

If you’re wondering why I haven’t been spending too much time with you, my loveable, cuddly readers, it’s because school has been totally owning my life.

During the so-called Christmas break, the only days in which I wasn’t at school working on my shit was on the 24th, 25th, 26th, and 31th, largely because the entire Universe tends to shut down around those days.

These days, I end up going to school twice. Once from morning till 5-6 PM to attend classes, go to the library, chat with my supervisor, and work on my own shit. I’ll drive home at dinner time, eat dinner, then sleep for an hour or two. After that, it’s back to school until 2-3 in the morning.

So yeah. Life sucks. Blog suffers. Deal.

Hot Coffee Girl, the self-proclaimed ruler of the world asked me to fill out this small meme. And as much as I’ve groaned and grumbled, it’s an opportunity for me to write something — anything! So why not.

1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.

Pookie-Snookums. Yeah, you heard me.

2. Am I loveable?

Honey, I don’t call just anybody Pookie-Snookums. Of course you’re loveable.

3. How long have you known me?

About a school term.

4. When and how did you first find my blog?

I submitted my site to the I2TM girls for a review.

You saw the coffee cup on my site and asked me if I was hitting on you. I decided that any girl with that sort of bravado deserves a second look.

5. What was your first impression?

Lady has some great jugs.

6. Do you still think that way about me now?

My respect for your coffee jugs has only grown ever since. Besides I like how you’re not afraid to dress them up for special occasions like Christmas.

7. What makes me happy?

Trashing SUV owners who think they own the roads.

8. What makes me sad?

My site’s lack of comments.

9. What song (if any) reminds you of me?

10. If you could give me anything what would it be?

A spanking.

11. Do you consider me a friend?

The very best of friends, my dear.

12. How often do you visit my blog?

Every day.

13. Describe me in one three words.

(1) Hot, (2) Coffee, (3) Girl

14. What do you like most about me/my blog?

You’re callous and brutish enough to be my personal superheroine, but still feminine and deep enough to be a heroine.

15. What do you dislike most about me/my blog?

How you’re always putting yourself down for your green template.

Shit’s hot. You can tell all your jealous naysayers to fuck off courtesy of Mr. Phil.

Rather out of the blue, Miss Macarena tagged me.

So here are five things you (probably) don’t know about me.

1. For 15 years, I’ve used almost the same password in every instance — a reference to the riddle game between Bilbo Baggins and the creature Gollum in The Hobbit.

2. I’m a Frasier-holic. I have 8 seasons. Anybody want to come over for a Frasier-athon?

3. I’m currently reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I wish I had more time to read.

4. I’m tired of the way people treat mathematicians with scorn and derision. I shrug off comments, from gentle mocking to grossly insulting, but after a few years, it does get old. I’m not an overachieving reclusive hermit who sits at home and wastes and exorbitant amount of stationary on adding and multiplying large numbers.

5. After math, I was hoping on doing graduate studies in Philosophy (almost definitely), Astrophysics (perhaps), and English Literature (so beautiful).

So without further ado, this meme is whisked off to Rhys and Roselle. Have fun, ladies.

Coming up next, Part II of my series The Mathematics of Attraction