Wednesday, September 26, 2007

listening

Shirts and Gloves - Dashboard Confessional

When I'm back from the road
and you're out on it
And I'm tired of this distance
And I believe it's over, it's over-rated.
And this phone tag game is endless
the novelty is wearing
I'm hoping time will pass
without any assistance
or convincing.

Road rules apply
there's so much action,
you're getting busy.
So I'll call your cellular phone
to tell you TV night was
lonely without you
and so am I...
so am I.

It seems our day keeps falling on a leap year.

So many high points on this last leg.
I can't wait to recount them
it seems like nothing's happened
until I've shared them with you.
And the note that you had called
says you're half a day away
and you are heading home
just in time for me, for me to leave.

Road rules apply
there's so much action
I'm getting busy.
So make sure that I'm up to date
on TV night,
I hate to miss out.

I think I miss you most
on Wednesdays
and Saturdays.

It seems our day keeps falling on a leap year.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

ring my bell

When I moved there were so many new numbers to memorize. The zip code, my license plate, my address, my new telephone number. I've apparently got everything down - except my phone number. I know the area code - (512), and the exchange. It's those pesky last four digits. No idea. And lately I've noticed that I've just been spitting out random numbers whenever I'm asked for my phone number. And each time it's a little different.
512 555 1234
512 555 4373
512 555 6006
512 555 8205
This morning I blurted out a number, and it sounded familiar. I picked up my cell phone, scrolled to 'apt' and wouldn't you know - I was right!

Monday, September 24, 2007

like sands through the hour glass...

I had a laptop once, and I loved it. (NOTE: I tried to find a link to the blog entry of the day I had to give it up, but I couldn't find one. Some things are just too hard to write about, I guess.) I bought a new TV this weekend, and we're in love. If I'm in love with this TV, then I was perhaps an obsessed stalker of my old laptop. It was borderline pathological. I took it everywhere, bragged about it to everyone. It slept with me on my bed, Mia cuddled with it - we all cuddled together. (Check it out Allison, I betcha it still has some blueish paint on the front, from when it fell between my bed and my wall that one time!) I bought a new laptop after I got rid of the old one, and I do like it. It's shiny, and sleek, and small, and fast. It has a big drive, and a webcam, and lots of power. The new laptop is definitely pretty sexy. But, I don't really have the same clinically obsessed love for it. I've grown used to it's weight, and I like the touch-button volume controls on the front. I even have gotten accustomed to Vista. Whenever I play mp3s with Windows Media Player the song will skip for the last 5 seconds, every song, every time. So, I use iTunes now. It's a switch that has me resenting the laptop a little. (I don't want to use iTunes!) And occasionally windows explorer crashes, but it's always able to restart that without too much hassle. All in all, its pretty not too bad.

Until last night.

I was sitting at my desk (this computer lives on a desk, not on the bed. Not once on the bed) doing some work for school with the computer next to me. I was trying to be conscious of the time, waiting for 8pm when I could stop and watch the recap show for Desperate Housewives. I'd been working since about 4pm, so this seemed reasonable. I glanced at the time on the computer, about 7:30. I kept working. I glanced back, about 7:48. I kept working (I was on such a roll, really I should have kept going I think!) I glanced back, 7:52. I wasn't really keeping track of the times I was seeing, so it took me a while to realize that I thought it should be later. I glanced at the time on the TV - 8:08pm. I thought, crazy that my TV has the time so wrong. So I picked up my cell phone (my cell phone, by the way, which I can't say I love...to me it's equivalent to my right arm. You don't love your arm, do you hardly ever think about it? But, seriously, it goes everywhere you do and you use it mostly without thinking, and if you were to lose it you may no longer be able to function in everyday society. Yes, my cell phone is like my right arm.) Cell says 8:10. WHAT?! My stupid computer, windows explorer froze again....freezing the time display on the task bar, and causing me to miss my 8pm deadline for stopping work and watching TV. HOW DARE YOU?!

Luckily, TiVO is like my underage pool-boy and was already recording everything I wanted to watch.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

casualty

(Lizard squished under my front door)

Apparently Komodo came back, but I swear...he was like that when I saw him. I'm sorry little guy.

Monday, September 17, 2007

welcome to September

A new friend of mine gave me a nice compliment on Friday night, as we watched the sox lose unbelievably. He said,
You are one of the only girls I've met that actually knows stuff about baseball. I mean, most girls just cheer because it's the Sox. But you cheer because it's good baseball.
Thanks for recognizing!

I watched a lot of sports this weekend...some good, some bad, some ugly. Friday night, sox lost, ugly. Saturday afternoon, sox won, good. Saturday afternoon, UT football won, good. Sunday night, sox lost, bad. Sunday night, patriots won, good. After this weekend, the sox are still up 4.5 games (The yanks lost a little ground in the WC race, only 2.5 up now). UT remains undefeated, and with Rice coming to town this weekend it's likely that we will go 4-0. And the pats, came back with an impressive game after the tape-gate scandal that unfolded this week. My favorite post game question to Belichick:
Reporter: You've been a coach for a long time, and this was likely one of the worst coaching weeks you've had to go through ever. How happy are you that it's over?
Belichick: Well, yes, the Charger's are an incredibly tough team to prepare for. But, we went out and worked hard. And we'll work hard next week to get ready too.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

...and many more

Today is somebody's birthday! The big 0-6. We've been through a lot in the past 6 years, haven't we honey? Let's see - we've lived in 4 states (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Texas), 8 cities (Worcester, Westerly, Silver Spring, Brookline, Waltham, Newton, Watertown, and Austin), been to 4 institutions of higher learning (Clark University, American University, Boston University and the University of Texas at Austin), worked in 4 different labs (the Jacobson lab, the Fantie lab, the Stern lab, and the Fischl lab), had 10 different roommates (Therese, Emily and Zainab; Mom and Dad; Anne and Maggie; Katie and Suzanne; Stacey), 5 different cat roommates (Bentley, Mr. Bojangles, Princess, Pepper and Oliver), owned three cars (Marv, Tibby, and this one with no name). In fact, in the last 6 years I can think of nothing that has remained the same - at all - except that you've been with me. Thanks for that, I guess I'll keep you! Happy birthday, punk!



It's also somebody else's birthday too, the big 3-1! Happy Birthday, dudeizzle!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

evoo

my veggies in a frying pan turned out pretty not too horrible.
for those who are interested:
evoo, garlic, tomatoes, yellow and green peppers, red onion, and cilantro, on top of chicken

Sunday, September 09, 2007

stealth

I just got home from a short trip to the UK this afternoon (more on that later), and after I went grocery shopping I decided there were things I needed to bring to my office at school. Since I now have my access key to the building I can get in after hours, after hours being when I'll get to park right outside. So, at 8:45 pm I headed over there. I carted in:

*6 containers of yogurt
*4 nectarines
*3 pears
*a case of meal replacement drinks
*plastic silverware
*2 24-packs of diet coke (which were on sale for $10 total...amazing)
*4 boxes of books

This took me six trips into the building. I set the alarm off three different times (in two different places). Apparently, when you use the card to get in and then hit the handicap button to open the door (which is useful for when you are carrying heavy boxes), the door does not shut within the 3 second time limit before the alarm goes off. I had to speak to security on two different occasions. Off to a great start. But I've got enough diet coke that I shouldn't need to leave that office for at least two months!

Saturday, September 01, 2007

on your mark...

It's been a long time since I've run outside for any considerable distance. For a long time running hurt pretty bad: my shins, my flat feet, my bad knees. So, I stuck to the elliptical (and field hockey!) It seems that running is the thing to do in Austin, there are a lot of great outdoor trails - and even my neighborhood has some nice scenery and in-tact sidewalks!

After a motivational talk with one of my field hockey friends from Boston, who is an avid runner and currently training to kick N's ass in the BAA half marathon (Sorry N, my money's still on mook!), I tied my house key through my shoe lace and headed outside.

But it's been a while since I've run in the 'elements' - the blazing sun, hills, crosswalks, dogs. I've been protected with the indoor, air-conditioned, Oprah-showing gym. It was significantly harder outside, for instance the particular run that I ran today should be done in reverse next time - that big ass hill at the very end, bad idea. I think I definitely run faster outside, and I get tired quicker, and I feel it more. This morning I didn't go far, I ran about 1/2 of an 'easy' run on the elliptical, in about 1/2 the time...with a bit of walking! But I went.