Happy Towel Day

i remember where i was when i read that Douglas Adams was no longer operating on this planet. i was in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Castle Rock Hostel, reading some tabloid. seems the OG hitchhiker finally caught a ride to elsewhere. hopefully it was not a passing Vogon ship that picked him [...]

mothers day. 0500 hours.

“I HAVE TO GO PEE!!!!!”
silence.
“I HAVE TO GO PEEEEEE!!!” tones more frantic now.
“MAMAAAAA!!!”
from far off in the land of nod, i think i hear something calling me. “make it stop. for the love of Zeus! make it stop!” it’s so loud now, i can’t even understand it.
the neighbor’s gdmf* Chihuahua starts barking adding [...]

have i mentioned..

how incredibly DONE i am with school? not “technically” done you see…. just burnt the f–k out.

i’m sick of the 52 miles each way
i’m sick of due dates.
i’m sick of not being able to find a healthy, reasonably priced lunch in Chico.
i’m sick of assigned research. (i’m always looking up something. i’m [...]

“sprung”

it’s that glorious time of the year where (despite my itchy eyes, runny nose, and general feeling of light-headedness) i am enthralled and amazed by nature. it’s the seedlings and new-growth. it’s the fresh air and clear skies. it’s the rising mercury (i know, they aren’t REALLY mercury anymore) and warmed soil. [...]

F**K YEAH.

hell yeah, i got the highest grade on my last environmental science test! yup. that was me. that 58/60… me.
of course, i’m noticing this nearly a month after he posted the grades.
let’s see how the rest of the semester goes….
Does anyone know anything about solar? i’m thinking about writing [...]

my gift to you

happy easter…
so much better to have stuck in the head… it’s been in there since spamalot last wednesday (which i highly recommend. although now that i know the vegas version was abridged, i must now see broadway..or london..)
remember, he’s not the messiah.  he’s a very naughty boy!

what a great saying….

While wasting time researching the complexities of human existence and all of it’s nuisances, i came upon this blog.
check out #7 on the list of interesting things about Wladimiro Dorigo.
i’m definitely incorporating this into my parenting philosophy. thanks Dorigo.

Bubbles

 

i believe there is not anything more wonderful and pure as bubbles. slimy wand, soapy fingers, gentle breeze on a warm, sunny, northern california monday morning.

who cares when our fingers get dirty? they are already covered in soap!
 

sometimes i’m just so proud of myself….

…proud of myself like when i DON’T give the jehovah’s witnesses a piece of my mind for trying to sell me their door-to-door religion. i just kindly tell them that i am not in the market for any jesus, i just went to sam’s club and if i needed any jesus i would have [...]