This morning, Nicko sent me some exciting news:
"NASA has scheduled a media teleconference Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years."
ET? Habitable planets? Who knows! There was conjecture that NASA had hired a PR department, because this seems unlike their traditionally dorky-public-relations-and-also-sometimes-error-riddled MO.
Ooooh! So we both waited with bated breath, even to the point of my postponing dinner (so this is obviously a big deal) for a few minutes. What WAS cool was that we got to hear the actual press-conference-call, so it's not like we were behind major news outlets; we were all finding out at the same time. However, pretty soon we were let down.
The big discovery? The most recent supernova in our galaxy. Sigh. Thanks, anyway, NASA. Obviously I left for dinner pretty soon, but what I DID hear that was interesting was they're should be way more supernovas than there currently are observed in our galaxy. Therefore, Nicko and I deduced, we have alien neighbors protecting us from them.
Dinner was not good.
Wednesday, May 14
Monday, May 12
LOBSTER JOHNSONNNNNNN
One of my favorite comic book names ever. Also a great comic drawn by Mike Mignola, who does Hellboy, and whose art I absolutely love.
In fact I had this image rasterbated and up on my wall first semester of this year:
Sunday, May 11
Happy Mother's Day!
Hey Mom and Grandma, you guys are awesome. How cool that you get to be together on Mother's day! Mom, I'm sure Pete got you a really cool gift not-from-a-store. I don't have a ton of stuff today, I just woke up from a nap. Ummmm....
I got some sweet shoes today, as I rid myself of every flip flop or flat I brought when I was in Barcelona. BEHOLD!
These, but white, and not patent.
Oh, it's 91 degrees in our room right now.
Ugh.
I got some sweet shoes today, as I rid myself of every flip flop or flat I brought when I was in Barcelona. BEHOLD!
These, but white, and not patent.
Oh, it's 91 degrees in our room right now.
Ugh.
Saturday, May 10
I'm gonna try, I swear.
Being as I have five weeks and two days before I leave this country (and this blog), I'm going to try and post every day until then. I think I've been lazy about it / procrastinating because I feel like I have to write longwinded accounts of my life, which is mellow at best. So here are some bulleted updates:
- Last night we played Sardines and I hid in the middle branches of a big tree for about 25 minutes before anyone found me. I had to give cell-phone clues. Losers.
- Looks like I'm going to be writing copy for a San Francisco chocolate company this summer. I'm overly excited, and will be even more excited if they tell me I'm getting paid. If not, I'll try and wheedle my way into going to work at camp so I can make some money this summer.
- There's a croquet field right outside my window, which is very distracting.
- I had two really fun club nights this week - one at Bridge which is (comparatively) classy, and the other at Filth, which is. Well. You get the idea.
- I've been listening to the Carnivâle soundtrack all today, and it's pretty glorious. Combine that with my recent obsession with Deadwood, and O Brother Where Art Thou before that, and I'd say I have a powerful case of Americana withdrawal going on. I've come to realize that just as Ohio made me truly appreciate California, England has made me truly appreciate Ohio / the majority of America which I often take for granted.
- There are enormous koi in the moat outside my window. The water plants are REALLY thick though, and I worry that the fish get tangled in them. So worried, in fact, that I told the Porters Lodge about this problem.
Last and CERTAINLY not least, a few days ago, the undergrads at St. Catz got this email (for reference, "entz" is a semiregular college-sponsored themed party):
Last night or early this morning the top floor kitchen of staircase 2
was befouled by a person unknown. The mess left was of the most
noisome and unsanitary kind. The housekeeping staff have fully cleaned
and disinfected the affected area. As a college we must be very
grateful that housekeeping undertook such an unpleasant task. They
have, I trust, our most sincere thanks and gratitude. We must also
register our deep unhappiness that such a task was made necessary.
From the point of view of general welfare, I urgently need to know who
was responsible for creating the mess. Until I am in possession of
this information, I cannot consider the college to be adequately safe,
orderly and under control.
In these circumstances, I will not allow Entz to go ahead. As of now,
therefore, the Entz scheduled for Thursday of fourth week is banned.
The Entz will be reinstated only if I am made aware of who created the
mess in staircase 2. Anyone with relevant information may contact me
in confidence.
The Dean.
I think it was worth going to England if only to see the word "noisome" written out.
- Last night we played Sardines and I hid in the middle branches of a big tree for about 25 minutes before anyone found me. I had to give cell-phone clues. Losers.
- Looks like I'm going to be writing copy for a San Francisco chocolate company this summer. I'm overly excited, and will be even more excited if they tell me I'm getting paid. If not, I'll try and wheedle my way into going to work at camp so I can make some money this summer.
- There's a croquet field right outside my window, which is very distracting.
- I had two really fun club nights this week - one at Bridge which is (comparatively) classy, and the other at Filth, which is. Well. You get the idea.
- I've been listening to the Carnivâle soundtrack all today, and it's pretty glorious. Combine that with my recent obsession with Deadwood, and O Brother Where Art Thou before that, and I'd say I have a powerful case of Americana withdrawal going on. I've come to realize that just as Ohio made me truly appreciate California, England has made me truly appreciate Ohio / the majority of America which I often take for granted.
- There are enormous koi in the moat outside my window. The water plants are REALLY thick though, and I worry that the fish get tangled in them. So worried, in fact, that I told the Porters Lodge about this problem.
Last and CERTAINLY not least, a few days ago, the undergrads at St. Catz got this email (for reference, "entz" is a semiregular college-sponsored themed party):
Last night or early this morning the top floor kitchen of staircase 2
was befouled by a person unknown. The mess left was of the most
noisome and unsanitary kind. The housekeeping staff have fully cleaned
and disinfected the affected area. As a college we must be very
grateful that housekeeping undertook such an unpleasant task. They
have, I trust, our most sincere thanks and gratitude. We must also
register our deep unhappiness that such a task was made necessary.
From the point of view of general welfare, I urgently need to know who
was responsible for creating the mess. Until I am in possession of
this information, I cannot consider the college to be adequately safe,
orderly and under control.
In these circumstances, I will not allow Entz to go ahead. As of now,
therefore, the Entz scheduled for Thursday of fourth week is banned.
The Entz will be reinstated only if I am made aware of who created the
mess in staircase 2. Anyone with relevant information may contact me
in confidence.
The Dean.
I think it was worth going to England if only to see the word "noisome" written out.
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