this is going to be a half-witted essay (because i'm fresh from bed and still hung over from my ambien) on the cooliness of dignal, because she's getting internet flak from some people and she deserves her well-earned "shout-out."
dignal is the bomb. i've known her since freshman year here at IWU, ever since she roomed with christy, that girl i knew from jr. high. dignal tended to have the most creative ideas for fun, plus whenever you were sitting around bored with her, and she was sitting around bored with people that funfully stimulated her creative juices, something crazy was always sure to follow. heck, isn't that how we got The List? oh, The List. it's such a great list. bubble wrap, tree, tractor, all 50 states......tee hee. (meredith has one to add: cave). we're so bad.
dignal's hard core. she's going to change my oil. we went to autozone, oil stuff shopping. she picked out a new oil filter for me, we price-compared the oil and bought 5 qts., and i made certain to get some fuel injector cleaner just because my car would be happy about something like that. we borrowed all the tools we could from cromer and stripped him of his masculinity in the parking lot by his house as dignal crawled underneath my car to make sure she had the right size wrench. cromer felt it would've been more gentlemenly of him to crawl under the car. bah.
now, while dignal does have her race for testosterone moments (and who doesnt? honestly.), she also has a strong inherent sense of her femininininininity. has anyone walked into her room lately? she has the ability to take a few simple swatches of fabric and well-placed knick-knacks and make any dorm room look like a million bucks. she's very artistic in many different medium. i pine for her photography instincts, as well as her crafty abilities regarding scrapbooking paper. i try, i somewhat succeed, but i know i don't measure up. dag, yo.
dignal is also one of the most spiritually centered people i know. she knows what she believes, why she believes it, and she's going to live it. and if anyone around her is struggling or needs advice, she's someone to go to for centering. and she usually has the ability to accomplish a spiritually challenging conversation without leaving the listener feeling like a total dork. that's a good quality to have.
now, dignal is by no means perfect and i'm well aware. i mean, she stole my car once. back before she was liscensed. drove it around campus to a new parking spot. i flipped out, but not to her (i internalize things), so when i finally found out who it was hours later i exploded and (bad) words were hurled in her direction and then we hated each other for about three months. but then i think one or both of us got haircuts and the demons were gone and we were great friends again. yay!
dignal wants me to run away to california with her after school is over. we could get an apartment and play with ago boys and all her camp buddies. we could rough up the student population of california, Jesus style. we could hang cute curtains and rearrange the living room once a week. oh, and think of the photo's we'd hang. i still don't know. that's really far away from my pizza hut. but i'm actually considering. i think i could be a californian. THOUGH I'D HAVE TO VOTE REPUBLICAN, KIDS.
all in all, dignal is the essence of life. she is what makes the iwu experience full and complete. she's given me a greater appreciation of big picture windows. she's refined my desire for intense masculinity in any guy i date. she's thought-provoking, and fun to laugh at. sometimes with, even. she makes taylor so exciting to hate and destroy, while retaining our christian brotherhood. she simply is, and simply shall always be, "the dignal."
current mood: contemplative
current music: nintendo noises
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