It stands for "loser".

I burned an "L" into my forearm in o-chem lab. I should have been paying attention when I was reaching under the hood to stop the water-trap from exploding again. Those aluminum blocks get fucking HOT if you turn the hot plate up to 350*C because you're lazy and want something to boil.

My lab partner was impressed. He said "Hey, that's kind of funny, because it looks like an L, and your name is Lauren." I was like O SHIT RLY? >_> The ghetto wet paper-towel complex I tried to tie on didn't work, and I didn't want the TA to see me because I didn't know if he'd try to cover his ass and send me to Student Health.

I wonder if I can convince anybody I did that myself because I'm kool and gawth like that. I still think it's amazing the Chinese graduate student (the same one I was explaining Mexican food to) thought all my earrings were piercings (they're cuffs), and her explanation was that I "seemed like the kind of person who'd be into that". I think I scored a point with that one, but I'm not entirely sure in which category.

I'm already running late for the review session. Why am I here?

Oh, yeah. Livejournal whore.