4 Things

1. Today the fire alarm went off and I had to stand outside in the the freezing wind for ten minutes. But the building was cleared for return just in time for my two classes, so there was no benefit.

2. I joined a fancy gym where they do all these tests and personalize your workout plan. Yesterday I had a scan done that showed my whole skeleton. It's pretty cool, even though it's like all the other skeletons I've seen. One skull, two clavicles, lots of ribs, two femurs, two tibulas, etc. I'd post the picture here but I think that would be an overshare.

3. I got a new car in May. It was my sister's car, and before that it was my Dad's. A few years ago a CD got stuck in the CD player, and my sister's way of coping was hooking up a disc man through the tape player. This is a major pain in the ass, and I do not own an ipod. On Monday night I got a new alternator in the car. And when I drove home, lights were on that had never been on before. Specifically, the ones related to the CD player. So I hit eject and MJ's "Rockin' Party Mix" was set free. Since then other CD's have gone in, played songs, and been ejected with no problems. How did a new alternator make this happen? I don't know. But it was totally worth the $300.

4. I totally forgot that ceramics starts tonight. I am pumped.

Vindication

I was really disappointed in myself on Wednesday. That morning I heard on NPR that Heath Ledger died and even though I wasn't president of his fan club, I could not stop thinking about it. Mostly because he was young, and he has a little daughter, and now he and Michelle Williams will never get back together, and because I'm tired of hearing about people my age dying. I just think that when a young, otherwise healthy person dies because of sleeping pills, you should get a redo. I think my reasons for being sad are reasonable. But still, there is a war on. People my age and younger are dying every day and I don't sit around thinking about that.

So I went to get my hair cut that afternoon, still a little ashamed of myself. I really like the girl who cuts my hair and we always have good conversations. And of course, celebrity death can't go unaddressed in the salon. At one point she said "I think it's sad...he was cute." And I felt good about myself because I thought that her reason was more shallow than my reasons.

Twenty minutes later the conversation turns to family life--her husband has been in Iraq for four weeks, and she's taking care of their three-year-old by herself for the next year. So there you go! You can care about the war and care about Heath Ledger too. The end.

Meat is the New Bread!

I have not been feeling very bloggy lately, but I did sign up for ceramics class, so maybe I will have something to write about that in the coming weeks. Until then, I recommend that you watch my favorite show, 30 Rock. It's sort of like Arrested Development in that you have to see a few episodes and get to know the characters/jokes before you can fully enjoy it.

The ten most recent episodes are available here. You can Netflix season one. But I would start with the episode 210, which I'm assuming was the last new episode before they stopped filming. I was speechless on the treadmill for the last five minutes of the episode (though I wasn't drunk dialing as I ran--haha! You will have to watch the episode if you want to laugh with me).

Let's hope that it's not like Arrested Development in that it gets cancelled after 2.5 seasons because nobody watches it. And let's hope the strike ends soon so there can be more hilarity.