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April 18, 2006
Dear Everyone In My CrimPro Class, or at Least Everyone within a Four Row Radius
Yes, that was my stomach that emitted that horrendous gurgle the other day.
I certainly wasn't surprised. This happens to me every semester; in the last month before finals, my stomache acid content trebles.
I was, however, embarassed at the time. I may in fact have slid down a foot in my seat and piled as as much Weinrib's Criminal Justice and supplementary materials into my lap as I could in the hopes that it would mask any subsequent howls from my midsection.
But now? I have decided that I am PROUD of my stomach's melodies. It just shows I got it goin' on down there. Who knows what my intestines are up to? Perhaps they were just celebrating finding the cure for cancer. Or letting out their barbaric yawp. Or celebrating their division title v. The Spleens (surely, an epic match).
So next time my stomach decides to exercise its First Amendment right to expression, I'm going to sit up straight, look around at all those searching faces trying to ascertain the source of the growl, and give them The Nod. Ooh, maybe even a simultaneous one-eyebrow lift if I'm in the mood.
That's right. We are loud, we are proud, we are Jennifer's intestines. Hear us ROAR.
Posted by jen at April 18, 2006 11:05 PM
Comments
my stomach and yours must have been hanging out recently...
Posted by: carolyn at April 19, 2006 05:45 AM
I have the *same* problem! WTH!? I do quite a bit of throat clearing and coughing.
Posted by: melissa at April 19, 2006 06:14 AM
Nothing like a little stomach rumble. Thank you for my morning laugh.
Posted by: Dagny at April 19, 2006 08:00 AM
My stomach does this too. But worse, sometimes it just lets out a big growl that sounds exactly like passing gas. So, so embarassing.
Posted by: Gwen at April 19, 2006 09:03 AM
"Or celebrating their division title v. The Spleens (surely, an epic match)."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAA ... ok, now that was funny!
Posted by: laurie at April 19, 2006 09:56 AM
Sounds to me (no pun intended) like it could have been much worse! It only proves you are truly a starving student...
Posted by: tami at April 19, 2006 10:22 AM
Hahahaha! I know that nod and eyebrow lift. You should *totally* do that next time. That's right, bitches, that's right. That was *my* stomach that done made that noise. What do you think about that?!
Posted by: Jeff at April 19, 2006 11:38 AM
I love Jeff's response!!
Posted by: laurie at April 19, 2006 02:19 PM
email me the pictures from this weekend!
Posted by: Penny at April 19, 2006 03:18 PM
Ooh, I hate it when that happens to me. Luckily, I spend all of my classes grazing on snacks (the only way for me to stay awake), so my stomach doesn't have the room to make sounds.
Posted by: Gloria at April 20, 2006 07:41 AM
FYI: the paper crinkling sound of book pages hitting your lab muffled MUCH of the gurgle.
Posted by: neeta at April 22, 2006 10:11 PM
Convinced I made a "c" on a lit exam due to stomach growling. so embarrassed I hurried through just to get out of the room.
Posted by: deb at April 25, 2006 02:44 AM