Focused Elsewhere

My mind is not focused on anything except warm weather and a time when I do not have so much school work to do. I'm finding it very difficult to concentrate on what I should be doing. Part of that was the immense amount of running around I had to do today. But now that the errands are done, I need to sit down and get some work done. Instead, I am thinking about frolicking around Vegas in the glory that is warm weather. Or, by a mountain river reading a wonderful book.

Which made me realize I need to come up with a substantial reading list for this summer. I have one book on my shelf that I haven't read yet and chances are I will finish that long before vacation comes around. So I need to get a list together so I can get a nice stack ready for the summer. Any suggestions?

Why I love Tuesdays

Tuesdays are great for two reasons. 1) I don't have class so I can go home and actually see my boyfriend before my brain shuts down. 2) the Shell Station near me, which already has the cheapest gas around here, has 5 cents off their gas. My car gets to be happy too! It's also a day I get to eat a home cooked dinner before 8:30 at night. But that is like a sub-reason branching off reason 1.

Yay Tuesday!

Feelings are boring

Kissing is awesome!

Or so says my friend the T-rex. Check it out.

Now, I don't want you all getting confused. I am all about the feelings. I even have them sometimes. (hehe) I truly enjoy kissing + feelings a lot more than, sure, but yeah. Sometimes it is nice to remember the times when feelings didn't and it was all about the pure satisfaction of two sets of lips meeting. When it wasn't complicated, just fun. And kissing anyone you wanted was acceptable.

Man, this sounds like I was really wild and sexually free at one point in my life. You all will just never really know...

Happy Easter!

It is Easter. Which means I cannot call my family for another half hour because church will be extra long today. We will be heading down to John's family here soon.

Somehow, Easter is really not as exciting when you don't get chocolate and you don't go to church. I guess it's still a day for family dinner, so that's nice.

I obviously don't have much to say today. Boo.

Countdown to Colorado Vacation!

We've bought the plane tickets and reserved the cabin. I am super excited! This trip is long overdue.


MySpace Countdown Clocks

Spring Break? Where?

I don't know what happened to this week. In a way, work was really slow. But the evenings went so fast. I can't believe it's already Thursday. Which means I now have to get cracking and get my mind back on school work. Blah.

I had a nice visit with my college buddy Adam last night. He lives in Kansas and was visiting grad schools out here so he made a short stop at my house. I wish he was still here :(

Spring Break is sad when you still have to go to work every day and can't leave town. I really feel like I just need to get away right now. Planning vacations for the future does not help with this mindset.

That is all.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

I suddenly feel like I have a lot to say, but I really don't. Just these few things:

1. I wonder if Jane would be understanding if I told her I was taking part in the writer's strike. Not the one in Hollywood, but the Novelists Strike.

2. One of my favorite authors, Jodi Picoult was interviewed on D.C 101 this morning. Go to Eliot in the Morning to listen.

3. In honor of St. Patty's Day, I am at home drinking beer and possibly writing poems about Ireland. I did not celebrate appropriately this weekend for reasons I have not yet determined. And since I will be needing to work in the morning, I can't really do much tonight. But, here are some great photos from Ireland. Oh I want to go back!

Michigan and Florida

Here's a little play:

Michigan: We want to hold our primaries early.

Florida: Yeah, us too. We don't want to wait.

Democrats: Umm, guys, you can't do that. We're gonna have to punish you if you do.

M/F: Punish? How?

Democrats: We're not going to let you go to the convention.

Obama: And we're not going to campaign there. I'm even taking my name off the ballot!

Clinton: Well, I won't campaign, but I need those votes so I'm gonna be sneaky and keep my name on the ballot.

M/F: Oh. Well, we're gonna hold our primaries early anyway.

3 months later:

Democrats: Well, Michigan, Florida, I'm afraid you broke the rules of how we do things in this country, so you aren't going to be allowed to go to the convention this summer. Sorry.

Michigan: What?! No! We're sorry. Can we just have another vote? A do-over?

Florida: That's a great idea. Let's just pretend none of this happened and we'll have our primary when we're supposed to.

Democrats: Uh, I don't know. You did already had a vote.

M/F: Redo! Redo! Redo! Redo!

Clinton: Oh, let them have a redo. (I need those delegates at the convention damn it!)

Obama: I don't know about this. (I don't want her to have those delegates.)

Now, imagine this:

A criminal, let's say a murder, commits a crime. He knows killing is against the rules and there will be some kind of punishment in his future. Yet, he still goes off and murders someone.

Then, he's been given his sentence and suddenly, he doesn't like it. So he says "Wait, I didn't mean it. Let me try again."

Nope sorry murder, the deed is done and you must face the consequence. You don't get a redo. It's just not the way things work!!

So, Michigan and Florida, this is to you: What makes you think you can break the rules, knowing full well what the consequences will be, but when it comes down to actually taking on those consequences you want to try again?! You can't!

Really, I don't know what else to say. I am so disgusted I can't even say anything else. What is the world coming to?

I have no social life

John is off at a bachelor party tonight, which means I am home alone doing things like grocery shopping and dishes, maybe some writing.

For many women, a boyfriend out of the house might mean a night for the girls. Me, I am here at home all alone. Why? Because the one person I would go out with on such an occasion is not in town this weekend. I'm not sure how I lost my entire social life. Moving across the country didn't really do much to help that. But one would think a year and a half would have produced some sort of community. But no. There's like two people that I actually hang out with. Take those away, and I have nothing.

Except Jane Austen. I think some Pride and Prejudice (the old BBC movie) is in order.

I have a dead character!

Today I realized one of my characters is dead. She has one small scene thus far and all she did was sleep in her stroller. She was supposed to grow up and reappear late in the book, but I realized today that she's actually dead. She dies when she is 5. Sad times. But really, it is for the best. She wouldn't have been much use anyways. I think she actually helps my main character more by being dead. Yeah.