Crying in public place

I tend to cry at movies. Some movies are not worthy of my tears but I cry anyway. I wasn't expecting to cry during "An Inconvenient Truth." I expected to be depressed afterwards, but there I was, with tears streaming down my face as scenes from the 2000 election played out. I keep thinking that I'm over it; I've moved on; I'm full of righteous anger. But everytime I see footage of Shrub's inauguration and his smug face I burst into tears. I'm clearly not ready to let the pain subside.

I managed to keep it together for the rest of the movie. A movie I found incredibly educational and amusing. It helps to watch this movie with an audience of like minded people. You won't feel out of place laughing at Al's jokes. Immediately after watching the movie, I increased the amount of green power we purchase every month. Yea! Our next car will be a hybrid. We've already planted 4 trees in our minicule backyard - MC wants to plant more but I won't let him since we have no room! Anyway, every little bit counts. I encourage everyone to see this movie. It will sober you up pretty quick.

A trip to the hospital

I have to give my husband credit. When he thinks he's broken a bone he usually waits about 10 minutes before breaking the news to me. It's kinda funny really. This time I was ranting about the computer and then I belatedly asked how his mtb race went. "Not so good." "Really? Why?" "I think I broke my thumb." Me with chagrined look on my face. "Do you need to go to the hospital? I think we should go. Let me get some shoes and I'll drive." Off we went to the new Swedish facility in Issaquah. Let's just say they don't have a lot of customers on a Wednesday night (which is a good thing). At one point, they had 4 medical personnel in the room. 7 people were involved in his care. It was great. A bit amusing since "gamekeeper's thumb" isn't exactly an emergency. He's got a brace to wear and an appointment to see an orthopedist.

ETA - less than a week later he decided to go for a "little spin" on his bike with his brace on. Let's hope that he's in one piece when I get home.

Thank you, ESPN

The 'marine girls' would like to thank ESPN2 for all the close ups of David Beckham.

Love lost

I love my iPod. I miss my iPod. I never realized how annoying the bus can be until forced to ride without the iPod. Why do people insist on speaking so loudly on the bus? And why must it be with a tone of absolute authority? I find it irritating. I’ve been forced to put music on my phone just so I can listen to anything other than my fellow passengers. You’re thinking to yourself, ‘what an elitist snob!’ Possibly. But really, all I want is the 40 minutes to myself where I don’t have to listen to anyone spout off any grand theories on why the bus and park and ride are so crowded; or listen to the phone call to another commuter discussing the state of the commute (‘is there a Mariners game?’ ‘What’s going on?’)

I’m in the process of trying to buy a used 40 gb iPod off of eBay. I keep getting out bid but I’m determined to make the best of it. I will win one of those auctions!!! Let’s hope I do before I lose my mind.

Happy Birthday Velochick!

It's Velochick's birthday today! Yippee! What's even better news is that she's moving back to the States. The bad news; she'll be in Texas. ;-) The things we do for love.

The World Cup

I was persuaded to wake up at 6 am this morning to watch England vs. Paraguay. It's asking a lot since it's Saturday. However, I have to say that it's worth it. It doesn't hurt that most football players are decent looking. ;-) I usually try not to follow the crowd in everything but I have to say that David Beckham is really good looking. Apparently, the guys in my office are more impressesd with his football skills.

Let's try this

I should be posting more Shrubenfreude entries, but it seems so easy these days it's not worth the effort. On a completely unrelated front, here's a sign that the apocalypse is almost upon us OR I've seriously underestimated the proselytizing reach of Scientology. They might get a bigger audience in NASCAR than the guys I saw sitting at a table in Boston Common with copies of Dianetics and offering a free stress test. I shudder to think what the results of my stress test would be (and what they would say I need to do). On the other hand, I'm not sure how receptive NASCAR fans are going to be to Scientolo

Thanks

MC and I spent the weekend with my friends L & B in Massachusetts. I can't believe they had enough energy to try and entertain us while taking care of their 2 children. :-) Hopefully, we'll be back there in December (if I can talk MC into racing at cross nationals in Providence).

A pleasant surprise

Usually the people sitting next to you on a plane are individuals you would never want to be associated with or speak to. And before you judge me, think about it for a minute... For example, I once sat next to a man on a cross country flight you told me that I must be looking forward to the in-flight meal because it was chicken teriyaki and I would naturally love chicken teriyaki. I'm half Japanese. For the record, I loathe teriyaki. I won't even eat it when I'm in Japan. Back to the present. If you've read the description of this blog, you can guess that my political leanings are to the left. So, imagine my initial thoughts when I discovered the young man sitting next to me was going to enter his final year as a cadet at West Point. Turns out I had the best plane conversation ever. We had a very engaging and ride ranging discussion; we covered home towns, careers, vacations, his love of Ibsen plays, why plays and novels are so fantastic (you get to use your imagination), the best parts of foreign travel, favorite college memories, the benefits of the Japan Rail pass, the regional cliques at West Point, the criteria at Annapolis that 2/3 of every class must have 20/20 vision (who knew?), the superstition that if it rains at commencement ceremonies at West Point that class is going to war (it did not rain at this years commencement). I found out Devin is a pre-med major and has taken his MCAT's. He's waiting for his score. He's from Kalispell, MT and spent the last 2 spring breaks in Korea and Japan. He has a girlfriend in WV. He hopes to be an internist or a pediatrician. Apparently, it has rained on every training assignment his class has had in the past 3 years.

As we walked off the plane I wished him luck. In my head I'm wishing him acceptance into med school and no rain on graduation day.

X-country

I hate the flight from Seattle to Newark. The first time I took that flight, I left my textbook in the seat pocket. This time, I left my iPod. And my bus pass - seems silly but I keep my bus pass with my iPod - I listen to my iPod when I take the bus. Now my beloved iPod and bus pass are either in the lost and found in Newark, Seattle or more than likely in the possession of person unknown. Which means some stranger is now privy to and in possession of my ridiculously embarrassing music collection and strange obsession with BBC 4, Slate and Veronica Mars podcasts. It could be worse. Some one I know could have my iPod. The past week has not been kind to my music listening/playing equipment. (See my earlier post re: the break-in of the Vo). I choose not to take this as some sort of sign that I'm spending too much time listening to music.