Congratulations, Bugsy and BoBo!
My sister is getting married. :)
And, it's to a good friend of mine. I'm quite happy. When I heard the news, I did my best Eric Cartman impression: "Yeeeesssssss! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss! I'm soooooooooooo happy!"
You know, from the episode when he finally gets a million dollars and buys his own amusement park to keep everyone else out of it?
Anyway, congratulations, you guys. This is freakin' awesome.
And for pete's sake, DON'T have the wedding in Lawrence!
(Not that it's up to me, but that's just what I think!)
I love you both, and I can't wait for BoBo to be a "brother" of mine. :)
Oh, and now for a public service announcement:
DAD, for crying out loud, STOP CALLING US BY NAME IN THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OF OUR BLOGS! I love you, but you've been the worst offender for this! You write such wonderful things, and it's a shame to keep deleting them!
As for news from the Pacific Northwest:
Busiest. Week. Ever. Last week, that is. I'm exhausted. Things have slown down a bit this week, but only deceptively so. I still have oodles of reading to do, a test to grade, copies to make, videos to cue, experiments to run, and precious little time to do it all in! We have a major ethics project on the horizon, plus a large assignment to finish up.
I'm glad I had some free time this weekend, because if I didn't I think I would have lost my mind. I am learning the truth of what Jesus said first hand, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath." God commanded us to take a day of rest for a very good reason... WE FREAKIN' NEED IT.
Only this past weekend did I get a chance to sink my teeth in to a few good horror movies. I couldn't on Halloween itself due to the physio test I had that week. But, oh, did it ever feel good to sit down and enjoy a good scary movie. The one I wound up watching was "Saw". I liked it so much that I ran out and bought it the next day. Good stuff... but definately a little on the grisly side. But stuff like that tends not to bother me as much as it does others, so I was able to get past it and see the point beneath it all. And what is the point, you ask? Let's just say that it's a very "life-affirming" movie. ;)
It's started to get dark out here at 4:00. Yes, I said 4:00. It's pitch black by 5:00 p.m. The sun still rises around 6:45, but from what I understand, that will change soon. On top of the darkness, it rains all the time. Glad I bought some multivitamins to get my daily reccomended value of Vitamin-D in the stark absence of sunlight! Funny thing, though, is that I kind of like it.
It snowed recently up on Moscow mountain, and the Blue mountains in the distance show some white dusting on their peaks. You can see them all on the hilltop that I live on, rolling off into the distance. The Fall is amazing out here... paradoxically, as snow caps the mountains, the Palouse is starting to turn green again with all the fresh rain. Farmers have sewn some sort of crop that grows well out here in the cold and the wetness. I'm guessing it's a type of wheat they engineered out here at the University (yes, they actually do that kind of research here), but I'm not sure.
But I do know that the boiling grey sky and the rolling green hills with the snow-capped mountains in the distance make for a striking visual scene.
It makes me wonder if this is what Eden looked like...
And, it's to a good friend of mine. I'm quite happy. When I heard the news, I did my best Eric Cartman impression: "Yeeeesssssss! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss! I'm soooooooooooo happy!"
You know, from the episode when he finally gets a million dollars and buys his own amusement park to keep everyone else out of it?
Anyway, congratulations, you guys. This is freakin' awesome.
And for pete's sake, DON'T have the wedding in Lawrence!
(Not that it's up to me, but that's just what I think!)
I love you both, and I can't wait for BoBo to be a "brother" of mine. :)
Oh, and now for a public service announcement:
DAD, for crying out loud, STOP CALLING US BY NAME IN THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OF OUR BLOGS! I love you, but you've been the worst offender for this! You write such wonderful things, and it's a shame to keep deleting them!
As for news from the Pacific Northwest:
Busiest. Week. Ever. Last week, that is. I'm exhausted. Things have slown down a bit this week, but only deceptively so. I still have oodles of reading to do, a test to grade, copies to make, videos to cue, experiments to run, and precious little time to do it all in! We have a major ethics project on the horizon, plus a large assignment to finish up.
I'm glad I had some free time this weekend, because if I didn't I think I would have lost my mind. I am learning the truth of what Jesus said first hand, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath." God commanded us to take a day of rest for a very good reason... WE FREAKIN' NEED IT.
Only this past weekend did I get a chance to sink my teeth in to a few good horror movies. I couldn't on Halloween itself due to the physio test I had that week. But, oh, did it ever feel good to sit down and enjoy a good scary movie. The one I wound up watching was "Saw". I liked it so much that I ran out and bought it the next day. Good stuff... but definately a little on the grisly side. But stuff like that tends not to bother me as much as it does others, so I was able to get past it and see the point beneath it all. And what is the point, you ask? Let's just say that it's a very "life-affirming" movie. ;)
It's started to get dark out here at 4:00. Yes, I said 4:00. It's pitch black by 5:00 p.m. The sun still rises around 6:45, but from what I understand, that will change soon. On top of the darkness, it rains all the time. Glad I bought some multivitamins to get my daily reccomended value of Vitamin-D in the stark absence of sunlight! Funny thing, though, is that I kind of like it.
It snowed recently up on Moscow mountain, and the Blue mountains in the distance show some white dusting on their peaks. You can see them all on the hilltop that I live on, rolling off into the distance. The Fall is amazing out here... paradoxically, as snow caps the mountains, the Palouse is starting to turn green again with all the fresh rain. Farmers have sewn some sort of crop that grows well out here in the cold and the wetness. I'm guessing it's a type of wheat they engineered out here at the University (yes, they actually do that kind of research here), but I'm not sure.
But I do know that the boiling grey sky and the rolling green hills with the snow-capped mountains in the distance make for a striking visual scene.
It makes me wonder if this is what Eden looked like...
posted by Raoul The Destroyer at 3:06 PM
7 Comments:
Get a digital camera. Post pictuers :) Or send them to me. I miss mountains... heck I miss hills.
The closest I get to "the great outdoors" when I'm in "the bubble" is White Rock. If I had time to go farther out and explor north Texas I would ;) But as it is... send pictures!
At least you don't have the tree tunnels to drive through... but they do get pretty when they are changing colors :-D -B
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I thought I only had to keep up the no-name thing in your blog....sorry.
When does ski season start up there?
Also,how was the game? D
Scoville, I have lost all faith in your taste in horror movies. The acting was dynamite, the script poigniant, and the cinematography brilliant. Sorry dude, I just can't jive with you when it comes to horror films.
SAW was just delicious... the concept of a serial killer who values life more than his victims was perfectly delivered, and it was tons of fun to watch his victims try to work through the morally demanding puzzles. Heck, even the GF liked it!
It's to the point where if you say you didn't like a horror film, I'll run to rent it because I know I'll end up liking it. :)
Now, Kung Fu movies, on the other hand, you definately have it down pat, and I'll take your word on those in a heartbeat. ;)
Dad... you did it again. :( If I could just edit out the names, I would, but I'm sorry... I'll have to keep deleting your posts. NO NAMES. NOT MINE. NOT QUIJOTE'S. NOT VALAPARAISO'S. NOT ANYBODY'S.
Sorry, man... but dem rulez is dem rulez...
Quijote: Perhaps you could help Mom and Dad out in picking out a digital camera for me in time for christmas... then we could ALL (i.e. you guys plus everyone on the Mothergoat forums) enjoy pictures of the great Pacific Northwest.
Scoville: I'll stop quoting south park when it stops being funny. ;)
Dad: There's snow on the mountains now. Seriously. I can see it from up here. The GF and I are working on some plans to go skiing/hiking/possibly camping and/or rafting with the couple she mentioned in her blog (who are awesome, by the way). But we can't do much right now... we have a LOT going on up here in the department (Psychonomics is this week, and a TON of people are flying out tonight and tomorrow morning for Toronto to make it in time). If we do anything, it will be sometime in January or February. Possibly even March. But we'll see.
Oh, yeah... I guess we both hated Darkness, huh? ;)
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