things that never cease to amaze

[fictional]

• how a roomful of college students can be brought to tears of helpless laughter at a teacher or t.a. making jokes involving excrement.
  
• how i think sucking in gasps of freezing air will somehow ease the burning sensation on my tongue brought about by slurping hot soup too fast
  
• how the weather here can go from balmy to blizzard-like in less time than anyone might think.