Just Tripping Along The Freakazoid

Whew busy week and counting down to Saturday - oh yeah Going up to Philly tonight for a lecture hosted by teh Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia "Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of a Paper Money Economy." Yes I am weird and attend all sorts of stuff - I am alsways so curious I just love seeing, hearing, asking questions and learning - add to exploring and trying things. So this should be interesting and yes I think fun. Then hopefully I will get a few tests and labs graded tonight and maybes write a little and also start to clean up the house (aka laundry and crap) to get ready for the trip. Okay more laters - lots more been going on just gotta get self motivated to write... motivation, something that's been missing a lot from my life lately and i wish I could get it back... ah well - On to hearing about Ben Franklin : )

Whew – been a long busy week. For many physical and mental/emotional reasons. Had to prep for a major in service Friday which did not go as well as it should have. The faculty really were all over and stuff was not as productive as I wish it had been. Trying to write a couple of grants for a few programs, working on getting curriculum together and just plugging through lots of projects. Always something going on at work – political, educational and the like Ended up not going to teach my class last Tuesday as I caught a bit of conjunctivitis so tomorrow I am giving them a take home exam instead of having the exam in class. They will either love it or hate it – lol I have eye appointment tomorrow- with the ophthalmologist rather than optometrist. I am scared. I always hate the eye doctor because my mother had a disease and went blind and I am always afraid… how she managed to make it through life… I could never be that strong… Been working slowly to redo the back yard, which mea...

Attended an awesome concert last night (Oh yeah she screams pumping fist in air and screaming rock on, oh hell yeah - lol) Went to the tweeter Center in Camden and say The Hush Sound, First to Last, Hawthorne Heights, All American Rejects and Fallout Boy. I liked all of them (although First to Last is kinda like heavy The Darkness so was not as much into them). I like the sound of The Hush Sound and got their CD - very good and I would (hopefully will) see them again. First to Last as mentioned was more heavy metal and the lead screamer I mean singer had a thing for his hair (kept touching it, no fondling it would be a better word - lol) - it was at least entertaining to watch them prancing around. The last three bands of course is why I went - I liked HH here although seeing them as the lead at House of Blues made this performance of course seem too short. Interesting note - at HOB they did more of their screamo stuff and less of that was done here. The All-American Rejects was act...

Well ysterday I was sitting around waiting for a dresser to be delivered. They could not give me any indication of time other than Saturday. So I sit around trying to be productive and do things while waiting. It is hard, I do not feel too motivated or want to get into any large project because as soon as I get set they come and disturb. This means icky stuff like cleaning, trying to read, or other little things are so far filling the day. I plan more yard work, yes the never ending battle with the weeds and landscape. The woman who owned the house before this had an ultra forest green thumb. I have a mega purple thumb – which means brown – or rather brown is now the color of most of the front and back yard ;-P So I got some tools and have been slowly ripping up stuff and trying to actually work it into something – tight now I am still in the break my back and make muscles I never knew I had mad stage. I dig, garden weasel and fight to tear up the layer of stuff there now. Throw ...

Well not the weekend per se but caught a set by a cover band called Groove Box 6 Thursday at The Wave – they were 70s funk and disco and a little 80s. Pretty good. Friday was blech work and other topics wise but hey caught Noises Off – the Cumberland Players – a local community theater group put the play on and it was AWESOME. I love the movie and story and the unique way they did the set and three acts just rocked, and I had the front row aisle prime seat – damn I could see everything and it was niceeeeee Then Saturday I travled to Ocean Grove (exit 100 I am way down at exit 36 – yes I travel all over) – but went to see a script in hand play/reading of the play The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. Oooooo man I loved it – the story was funny and also touching (okay I did not cry but teared up a few times). And the way they staged the 'play" was good. And the actors just worked so well. It was easy to see the characters not the people sitting there reading the play. I wish...

SHERYL CROW LYRICS - "Always On Your Side" My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away But every now and then you come to mind Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game But when your name was called, you found a place to hide When you knew that I was always on your side Well everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent But your demons and your angels reappeared Leavin' all the traces of the man you thought you'd be Leavin' me with no place left to go from here Leavin' me so many questions all these years But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear Or are you left to wonder, all alone, eternally This isn't how it's really meant to be No it isn't how it's really meant to be Well they say that love is in the air, but never is it clear, How to pull it close and make it stay Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away And I'm left to carry on an...

funny how some things just sneak up on you, then won't go away. even when you are being logical and know there is no way that thing can ever move outside the boundaries of your head... and yet... you really want it to jump from fiction to fact. Then reality comes crashing in and you realize what you want is happiness - and not just for you - because that ain't happening no your fact will have to come another way - fairy tale stories are just that - fariy tales that go poof and leave you as empty as before. No you just know you'll stay in your boundaries and wish for all that's holy that happiness for her, that she can walk away into a happy, filled relationship sunset and at least then you know part of you will be ok cause she is ok even if she won't be sharing that with you. mood - meloncholy with a twist of lonely

Okay concert last night was very cool. Hawthorne Heights was good - although I do not like strobe lights - so I ended up closing my eyes a lot during their act - lol They were the only ones who had strobes thank goodness. I love the House of Blues venue - sitting in the seats is an awesome view and they vibrate from the music making it feel great and if I want I can go down and mill in the crowd. Bands included Bleed the Dream, June, Anberlin, Emery and Hawthorne heights. The one singer/plays the piano in Emery winds the I am a frenetic/hyped up/crazed?I hope he was high and not normally acting like that award for the evening. He was ALLLLLLL over - kept picking up the electronic keyboard and almost smashing it back down. And was like dancing and running all over the stage and throwing the mike and jumping on the drums (knocked them way over once) and kept giving the stage hands apoplexy as they tried to clean up after him and also security as the dude kept jumping into the crowd wh...

Okay you know – during undergraduate everyone joked geologists were the party animals or lushes of the science world. It seemed we were always going out in the field and of course these field trips were to all sorts of places and always included great locations, local pubs and bars and such. Like my one professor had his field site down in Mexico – so we would go down load up on beer, shrimp (it was a shrimping community) and bread then go camp on the beach. Another professor use to joke that many chose their field sites based on the presence of a local community pub. But anyways if you look at geology and the various vocabulary and concepts used – so many have double meanings or are very close to other words. And that closeness caused me a little okay a lot of blush time during last night's lecture. The subject was evolution – so nevermind the concept of passing things on via reproduction and all that (and the wonderful blush time from saying things like it is all about sex peo...