Andrew Speaks/Types

I think I just discovered a word. It’s a real word, but it’s not in the dictionary. The word is “nother.” I’ve been thinking about it all day. Actually, lately, I’ve been thinking about what words mean a lot. But anyways. Nother. It’s a word that is used all the time, but only in other words or phrases. Like, “another.” In English, the word “a” means “one”, and “a” and “an” in English are used the same way that “un” and “una” are used in Spanish. They both mean “one” but they are both used in different situations.

The word “another” sounds like two words. “A” and “nother.” So “one nother.” What does “nother” mean? Well, “another” means, and I quote:

Another (a-nuth-er) adj. 1: one more, an additional 2: a different

So. “A” means “one,” and “another” means “one more.” You see where I’m going with this. The word “nother” means “more.” Though, it’s never used. Except, I’ve noticed, people say “whole nother.” Like, for example:

“It broke, so I had to buy a whole nother one!”

Even though this is the only time the word “nother” is ever used in actual conversation, it doesn’t make sense in this context. Weird.

Anyways, I discovered a word. It’s real, and you should use it, and get all of your friends to use it. I hope to discover nother words in the future.

I got a pair of new shoes last weekend, and I noticed that my feet didn’t fit in them exactly the same as they did my old pair. The curves in the sole of the shoe were a little different, and the edge of the heel was at a different angle. They were very minor differences, but still, the first few days, the shoe was a little uncomfortable to wear. But, magically, today the shoes fit fine, as if nothing was out of place. So I asked myself: “Self, was this the case with every pair of shoes I have ever bought?” Thinking back, I can remember this happening before.

So, did my foot kind of adapt to the inside of the shoe? I think so. So, with almost every pair of shoes I’ve bought in my entire life, my foot has changed a little. So little that I didn’t notice, but still, it was a change. Things that I have bought throughout my life have been slowly changing the way my foot is supposed to be shaped.

Japanese women wrap their feet with tape from childhood to ensure that their feet will be small when they are old enough to take the tape off. Is this the case here? If so, I have a question. If someone went an entire lifetime without ever wearing shoes, socks, or anything else on their feet, what would their feet look like?

I go to my “job” tomorrow, to allow the public to engorge themselves and increase the average weight of America as the snack guy. When you think about it, it’s depressing. I try not to. Instead, I think about what I’ll be buying this year with my income. My first year that I ran the concession stand I bought my current acoustic guitar, and the next year I used the money on a Wii. This year, Christmas was good to me. At first I was at a loss for what to use the money for, but I eventually got some ideas.

One idea was to buy and Xbox 360, which is something I haven’t wanted until recently when I played Bioshock and Rock Band. Then, I looked at the amount of money it costs. $350. Last year I made almost $350. And thinking about all the small things that I want to buy that I didn’t get for christmas, and I knew that if I bought a 360, then I wouldn’t get a chance to buy anything else.

So now my plan is to buy a lot of little things. Games, music, equiptment, things like that. I’ve been working on a list of things that I want to buy but I haven’t counted up the amount of money it will cost so a lot of it might have to come off. Here’s all the CD’s that I’m planning on buying.

Mirrored by Battles
Apollo 18 by They Might Be Giants
Think Tank by Blur
Emergency & I by The Dismemberment Plan
In/Casino/Out by At The Drive-In
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
The Moon And Antarctica by Modest Mouse
S.C.I.E.N.C.E. by Incubus
The Love Below/Speakerboxxx by Outkast
The College Dropout by KanYe West
Roll On by The Living End
Renegades by Rage Against The Machine

Hopefully these will be a reality pretty soon. I’ll probably have to order a lot offline because music stores don’t stock things like The Dismemberment Plan and The Living End. I hate ordering offline though. You have to pay more, you have to wait longer, and you have to fill in a bunch of stuff, and you have to get mom and dad mad by asking for the credit card. I’d much rather buy things in FYE or somewhere.

+: Teeth Are Strange Things

I noticed while brushing my teeth today that teeth are odd. Today is the first day of my life when I’ve ever touched my teeth and said “wow, these feel like little rocks or something” instead of thinking “wow, these feel like my teeth.” Like they feel separate from myself. I don’t know what I’m saying. Good night.