Helloooo, muchachos. Are you working today? I am.<\/p>\n
Last Friday, Kaye and I went to the Science Museum. I hear tell that it’s her favorite place on earth. In keeping with my extremely high maturity level, I like anything there that moves or makes noise or resembles a video game (i.e. the BARGE-DRIVING SIMULATION). Also, crinoids and the questionable medical devices are cool. My favorite part was something that’s probably been there since the beginning of time, but I’d never watched: a 9-minute video showing the length of the Mississippi River from where it begins at Itasca State Park, all the way to the Gulf. Holy crap, that was awesome. I kept exclaiming, Hey, I’ve been there!! I’ve been there too!<\/i> I had to shudder a little at Natchez, Mississippi.<\/p>\nWe saw the Omnitheatre movie about Baja California. It made me excited for the Bahamas, and also amused to learn that Kaye thinks it’s gross that there are fish in the ocean. I mostly sat there pondering the fact that it’s full of things like whale pee and fish sperm. Because it is, you know. I bet that makes things like plankton and algae pretty happy, though.<\/p>\nI’ve said ‘plankton’ to myself about 10 times now, and it’s really making me laugh. Go ahead, say it: plankton. Not as cool as puffins, but still.<\/p>\nSpeaking of which, as of next Wednesday I’ll be a certified puffinologist, and probably the world’s leading authority on puffins. But i’m jumping ahead of myself here.<\/p>\nAfter the museum, we picked Chris up and went to Gameworks for an evening of zombie-shooting, DDR, nachos, and that skateboard game. In an ideal world, all of these things would be integrated into one activity, but for now it’s good enough they’re all in one building together.<\/p>\nThis weekend, I had provided myself with a to-do list<\/a> about 90 feet long, and I accomplished it all. I went to work for a couple hours Saturday morning, cleaned, bought coffee beans, did laundry, got a headlamp, cleaned my car, made dark-chocolate-cherry scones, grocery shopped, closed credit accounts, found a knitting project for the flight, wrote the new fundraiser website, did sudoku in the bath, arranged for new car and renters’ insurance (for half what I’m currently paying), figured out what to wear snorkeling (I got camo board shorts, because I rule), shopped at Target, went to the mall with my sister and bought an outfit for Sean’s fancy cocktail party next weekend, got my PO box, dyed my hair purple (sorta), and signed up for an orientation with Habitat for Humanity.<\/p>\nI love Jimmy Carter, dudes.<\/p>\nAlso I managed to go skating at the Depot with Tom and Jason, dined at Herkimer (which is always dark and cold), and saw Tristan and Isolde<\/i>. Eh. I had trouble not giggling at Tristan because he reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite. I cried, but only because I always cry at movies. OH! I’m super-excited about Marie-Antoinette<\/i>, which I wouldn’t care about in the slightest except it’s made by Sofia Coppola. Lost in Translation<\/i> continues to make me happy on a regular basis.<\/p>\n…And I think I’ll just continue this semisensical ramble and mention I’ve watched Baraka<\/i> once-and-a-half lately, and it makes me want to die with love for the traveling. Sigh.<\/p>\nSince I cannot leave you photoless yet again, here are a few:<\/p>\ngold medal<\/a>