It is currently 25 degrees outside. It has been 25 degrees or lower all night. I had to scrape ice off my car to drive the three blocks home last night. School is delayed until 10 (which does me no good becuase my first class is at 10:10).
So why on earth did the sprinklers come on last night?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Bella
I never thought I would be a rodent person, but Bella has won my heart. In fact, my emotions on Friday started with confusion, moved to infatuation, then anxiety. The addition of a pet does not upset me, but I was having difficulty understanding the reasoning. On Friday, all I could fabricate are as follows.
Plausible reason #1: Christina had an impluse buy.
Plausible reason #2: Christina's bio-pre-med major required her to take care of a mouse before some lab experiment.
Finally, late in the evening I was able to ask Christina and was happy to learn that Bella was a semi-impromtu present and very definately NOT a lab experiment. I never had much admiration for rodents, including the sterotypical hamster or gerbil, but I am absolutely smitten. It's love at the first sight of her goofy looking spotted clumsiness.
Plausible reason #1: Christina had an impluse buy.
Plausible reason #2: Christina's bio-pre-med major required her to take care of a mouse before some lab experiment.
Finally, late in the evening I was able to ask Christina and was happy to learn that Bella was a semi-impromtu present and very definately NOT a lab experiment. I never had much admiration for rodents, including the sterotypical hamster or gerbil, but I am absolutely smitten. It's love at the first sight of her goofy looking spotted clumsiness.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Errands
I was just thinking that my life was pretty boring because I didn't have anything to blog about lately. Then today happened.
This morning I was able to spend a half hour with my roommate. We had a pretty monotous conversation about weekend plans and she said she was going to run some errands and go to a sorority retreat. Nothing out of the ordinary, but when I came home this afternoon, this is what I saw:
Let me walk you through what you see. 1) There was no sign of a package when I checked the mail today. 2) The box in the back is for a hamster cage, the yellowish bag is for wood shavings like those you put at the bottom of a hamster cage, and the green bag is rodent food.
Naturally, I searched deeper and when I went into Christina's room this is what I found:
Monday, January 19, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Photo Hunter: Hat(s)
There is hardly anywhere you can go but the obvious here. This picture took me several tries to get correctly and I felt ridiculous for trying so hard. Less than three days later I was looking at the theme list and saw this one. I knew immediately that all of my labor was paying off. The thing to note here is that this is only about 1/4 of the display...there were many more lurking around the bend... 
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Perception
I find it odd how perception can impact us so much. This week has been completely influenced by the thought that a day should be going differently. Coming back from Christmas break it felt like I had been gone for as long as a summer. Greeting people gave me the same long-lost sensation that comes after a couple of months, not a couple of weeks. This intense perception of seperation also stems from my own willpower of completely severing the ties between the last semester and this new one.
However, since I jumped right into the semester it feels as though we have been going at this for months. It seems unbelievable to me that I saw my sister less than a week ago because my interaction with her is so completely removed from the world I'm living in now. There are classes, meetings, rehearsals, crews, dinners, errands, all familiar and continued actions giving the perception of an endless past of chores. It seems strange to walk through the theatre in the evening and find only one or two other people when normally there are at least three rehearsals taking place at any given time, but of course nothing is happening yet.
At the time, I am indifferent to most of these perceptions. They are not good or bad, they just give me an odd sensation when I realize that what I feel is happening is actually untrue.
Another odd sensation is the product of jet lag. A normal bedtime is anywhere between 1am and 3am and hopefully not later than that. A normal time to rise is between 9am to 9:30am and hopefully not much later than that. The latest I have gone to bed since coming home is 11pm and the latest to rise is 7:30am. I feel so productive! The first day of class I had checked my email, changed my class schedule, played some minesweeper, showered, emptied the dishwasher, and made breakfast all before 8am. It boggles the mind. Seriously.
However, since I jumped right into the semester it feels as though we have been going at this for months. It seems unbelievable to me that I saw my sister less than a week ago because my interaction with her is so completely removed from the world I'm living in now. There are classes, meetings, rehearsals, crews, dinners, errands, all familiar and continued actions giving the perception of an endless past of chores. It seems strange to walk through the theatre in the evening and find only one or two other people when normally there are at least three rehearsals taking place at any given time, but of course nothing is happening yet.
At the time, I am indifferent to most of these perceptions. They are not good or bad, they just give me an odd sensation when I realize that what I feel is happening is actually untrue.
Another odd sensation is the product of jet lag. A normal bedtime is anywhere between 1am and 3am and hopefully not later than that. A normal time to rise is between 9am to 9:30am and hopefully not much later than that. The latest I have gone to bed since coming home is 11pm and the latest to rise is 7:30am. I feel so productive! The first day of class I had checked my email, changed my class schedule, played some minesweeper, showered, emptied the dishwasher, and made breakfast all before 8am. It boggles the mind. Seriously.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Know the Signs: Hong Kong
I present for your enjoyment a collection of fun signs and other ironies found in Hong Kong.
I initially found this precaution very amusing. I now fear that I will find it difficult to cross streets without it.
Always educational.
This is the Spanish Hotel. Can't you tell?
At Shell, all lights must be fully clothed.
Clearly, this is a sign to Mid-levels and the world's longest outdoor escalator. How did we ever get mixed up?
Two questions: Who bought it? And who's sad that it's gone?
Sometimes...there are no words.
Ocean Park was a typical theme park with snowcones. And tasty squid legs.
You are what you eat. Although, I haven't been able to confirm that pandas actually eat corn.
I initially found this precaution very amusing. I now fear that I will find it difficult to cross streets without it.
Always educational.
This is the Spanish Hotel. Can't you tell?
At Shell, all lights must be fully clothed.
Clearly, this is a sign to Mid-levels and the world's longest outdoor escalator. How did we ever get mixed up?
Two questions: Who bought it? And who's sad that it's gone?
When having tea at the Peninsula, one of the fanciest hotels in the world, we found this Pooh Bear balloon on the ceiling.
Sometimes...there are no words.
Again, a sign to expand my education.
Ocean Park was a typical theme park with snowcones. And tasty squid legs.
You are what you eat. Although, I haven't been able to confirm that pandas actually eat corn.
Proof that Andrew was right - there is a McDonald's at the Peak. It's in the building across from Burger King's.
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