Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Minutiae

First of all, this is why I fear for the upcoming generations:

book setting somewere close to england awile back around the time of the wright brothers or somthing about a regular peasent who is freinds with the kings daughter they are both young later the boy is turned into a knite and has a teacher that teaches him how to fight and also about aviation the king is killed the main charachter is framed and sent to prison the guy who killed the king trys to become the king while the main chacter is in prison the prison makes the inmates dig diamonds from the ground the main character makes a glider and escapes the prison and later comes back to retreive some hidden diamonds and in the end he defeats the wanna be king and is the hero.


Despite the fact that this person is an obvious reader, the spelling, grammar, and almost complete lack of punctuation is... well... frightening.  (I say "almost" because he did include a period at the very end.)


Secondly, I realized last night that the first and so far only "Soundtrack to my past" post was lost along with my old blog.  I can't be too upset as it was due to user error...  But I am upset!  So I will most likely do a quick recap of the first posting sometime, and then continue on from there.


You have been forewarned.

Friday, February 25, 2011

YES!!

Two of my favorite things:

Track and Field and South Korea.

How much better does this get??

Long Time, No See

So, lots going on, and yet not lots going on.

Pooh and I spoke in church on Sunday, which is something neither of us has done in many a year.  For me, it was the weekend that Pooh and I first started dating.  I've never seen Pooh speak... I'm pretty sure...

Any road, I was so scared (which is normal) that my entire body was shaking, including my hands (which is not normal), so I neglected to watch the clock because I knew - I knew - that if I looked over to the side it would be catastrophic.  So I spoke for 17 minutes instead of the 10 I was assigned.

Strangely enough, I got a lot of compliments.  People were actually impressed and asking me for pointers on how to be so calm because they can't manage it.  Part of me is grateful and the rest is suspicious.

Tonight we're going to our old single's ward to help out with another "success story" couple to assist with their dance.  It's a nice affair with food and dancing, and it's a lot for people who are also supposed to be enjoying themselves, so our good friends Kralc and Naazju offered their services and filled us in on the opportunity for married fun times in a singles fishbowl!  Rockin'!  The service will be a nice blessing as well.

Also, Pooh and I had physicals last night that are part of his insurance's plot to make the state a healthier place by giving out cash incentives.  Just for doing the physical and filling out a questionnaire we get $50.  If we are perfectly healthy (pass all four tests) we get $100.  Well, we both got $50, and ironically, I'm more healthy than Pooh.  But that could be because I'm on meds.  Who knows?  So now we have a year to improve and collect our other $50.  Sad that health for health's sake isn't reward enough for everyone, but the money is rather nice...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How Time Flies

I left for my appointment at 9:45 am.  I just now got home. My appointment lasts about 15 minutes.  How could this turn into a 4 hour expedition, you ask?  The answer is simple: crummy buses.  The bus system here is... wanting.

We're supposed to tap on and tap off for connecting buses, but my connections are never any earlier than half an hour in between, so that's pointless.

I also discovered that other school bus passes are $20 per year.  My school charges $120.  The bus driver I was speaking with (to discover the point of tapping off) warned me that I should not believe it when I am told that my inflated price has nothing to do with subsidizing the free parking on campus.

Also, my school is ending student passes as of September.  On the "plus side", the transit authority offers student passes direct from the authority and not through any school.  But those'll cost me over $600 a year.  I live nearly a mile and a half from campus (13 blocks = 1.3 miles, and that's just where campus starts, not even where I need to be), and come winter, I can't walk that.  I don't have a bike (and Steven's needs fixing), so that's not a solution, either.  Well, it wouldn't be in winter anyway.

After all this whining, I conclude with: I'm gonna start getting used to walking it now while the weather is nice (and it IS nice! Over 50 degrees and cloudy with a light breeze... Mmhmm!), and enjoy the faulty bus system while I still have access to it.
Now I'm going to take a bath and relax and wish I could do that outside because it's so deliciously beautiful out there.  But that would be unpleasant for my many, many neighbors.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Just Kidding...

Heard this gem and couldn't not post it:


As I walked into my 9am class, a girl leaving the building asked the boy next to her, "why is it cold?"


Happy February!

A Break From Me


Gypsy & the Cat. Enjoy.