Screamin' Clean

So I started a twitter today. I'm probably not going to use it so much to broadcast things about my life as I am going to use it to tweet things that I hear around me. So they aren't coming from me, they're being given to me by the world. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to credit all of them or not. It's a work in progress.

In other news, it was really warm today. I'm so delighted. I love the heat. It feels so good, and my skin flourishes.

I'm really into Screamin' Jay Hawkins right this second. He was this blues artist who... screamed. He was pretty neat. I'd recommend giving him an ear. He's got this way of using his whole mouth to make noise that is wildly impressive. He sang I Put A Spell On You, which was in that Disney movie about the witches, although they didn't use his version. Little Demon, though, is way more interesting. I'd defiantly give it a listen. They even have it on youtube, here. According to a commenter on a video on youtube, Screamin' Jay Hawkins had 80 children. I don't know how accurate that is, though.

I was at work, and a regular customer came in. She asked if I had another job yet, and I said no. She then asked what I planned to do. Normally I'd have been a little irritated, because honestly that isn't any of her business. I think, though, that she was just being friendly. Anyway, I told her that I am going to school, and so will simply continue to do that. She asked what I was going to school for, and I told her biology, and she laughed as though this was hysterical. Then she asked if I had a focus, and I said that eventually I'd like it to be evolution and ecology, and she laughed even harder. I suppose I ought to be a little offended, but I'm more nonplussed than anything.

Also strange at work; today I had a lady complement me on how clean the store is. She told me it was neat and tidy. At first I thought this was very strange. The more I thought about it, though, the more I realized it made my day. Someone actually noticed all the hard work that we've put in, and they actually gave us some recognition for it. Those shelves don't just sort themselves, and she knew that. I wish I'd realized how awesome the compliment had been when it was given, so that I could have thanked her more enthusiastically.