Domestic Geek

Current mood: excited
Hey, there's a lunar eclipse going on right now. I absolutely love these things. Of course, I love full moons, too. I tried to get some pics, but there is a thin cloud layer out tonight. Oh, well. There's another one in 2007 or something. Maybe I'll have a tripod and a telephoto lens for my camera by then! LOL

Tomorrow is Marcus and my 12th anniversary. Wow, sometimes it seems like just yesterday that we met and other days it feels like a lifetime. It is hard to believe that he still puts up with me and still loves me after all this time. I'm a lucky lady.

A woman's body was found Monday by a dumpster behind the place where I used to work. I drove by there that morning on my way back from something I wanted to check out on Wadsworth and saw all the police cars blocking off the shopping center. I thought maybe the liquor store had been burglarized or something. I had no idea they had found a body until I was on the highway on the way home. I hope they find the creeps that did that to that poor woman. It creeped me out because I used to have no qualms about heading out into that alley to take out trash in the early morning when I worked there. (shudder)

I really want the new new iPod Photo. That is so cool that you can display the album art while you listen to your pod. It's neat that you can carry your photo library with you, too. It can be plugged into a TV to make slide shows for your friends and relatives. Too cool. I think the U2 iPod is kind of dumb, but then, I hate U2. I guess it's a neat thing if you're a U2 fan.

I need to rent some movie called Smoke and write a report for next week's communication class. I had never heard of it. I hope it is a decent movie. Has anybody ever seen it?

The Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series. Yay, now I can get back to watching That 70s Show on Fox.

Have I mentioned that I'm in heavy duty Harry Potter withdrawl?

Thank goodness that's over. The show lasted from 6-9. I was so freaking bored after about an hour of standing by my portfolio. I took a few minutes to stroll around and look at other people's stuff and knew there was no way I was going to win a ribbon (not even an honorable mention) for my portfolio. That's cool, though. Some of the students do some really neat, out-of-the-box stuff. Three of the four ribbon winners have been in for awhile or completed the bachelor program, so they should have cooler stuff in their portfolios. Anyway, my feet hurt and all I wanted to do was go home. One good thing that happened was I got to see a woman that I haven't seen since she graduated a while ago and I really missed her. Well, I'm tired and I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow (got to clean up this mess I made with the portfolio today), so G'night.

Sorry about the absence lately. I've got the Platt Art Show tonight and I've been trying to get my portfolio polished for it. Sadly, I am not looking forward to this one as much as last year's because, except for the portfolio, I'm not entering anything. I know my portfolio won't win best of show because I know of at least one portfolio that is way more awesome than mine. Oh, well. The accident put the kabash on any plans I had of getting anything done for the show. Well, at least there is next year, right? Next year won't be a year ending in "4", so things are bound to be better.

Current mood: confused
I don't understand all the uproar about the "flu shot shortage" in this country. It is bad enough that people are brainwashed into believing that they're going to die from the flu if they don't get a shot. I've never had a shot and rarely get the flu. I get other stuff, like colds, strep, upper respiratory infections...hardly ever the flu. If people would do the stuff they're supposed to, like take vitamin C, wash hands with soap, eat well, cover mouths when coughing and staying home and getting well if they do have the flu, the flu epidemics are really nothing to worry about. In fact, I bet worrying over the lack of flu shots lowers your resistance so that becoming sick is more likely. Also, how about the fact that there are numerous strains of the flu and a single shot can't get them all? How many people really die from flu every year as opposed to other things, like car crashes, etc.? I'm really curious about that. And since when does something like this need to be a political issue? Like Kerry can guarantee that every American will get a flu shot if he's president. Loser! I'm sick of every newscast having stories about who's got shots and how little there is to go around. It's time to get a grip, people!

So, just out of curiosity the other night, Marcus was looking up the price of land in Bumpus Mill, TN (where we went fishing). You can get an acre of lakefront property for $5 grand or less. Hm, it would be tempting if Bumpus Mills was actually close to anything besides Fort Campbell, KY. I would be soooo bored living there. There isn't even a Starbucks close by, that's how rural it is. We'd have to go back to satellite Internet, too. No thanks. I reminded Marcus that there are no real mountains to go mountain biking, closest civilization is Nashville, no friends close by, no tech work.

If only lakefront land in Colorado cost $5,000 an acre.