32/7...
well i'm taking a break from reading my students' outlines for parasitology to update the blog...i have seriously been slacking in this area, but hopefully this week will be more consistent. as we all know, consistent updating means either i have absolutely NOTHING to do, or i have SO MUCH to do that i need the constant updates to remain sane (or at least what i pass off to most of you as sane...or normal for me). well this week, and it looks like just about every week from this point on until the end of the semester, will come under the latter reason for blog-updating. yeah, going to get pretty crazy. luckily double D picked me up a 24-pack of red bull from sam's club (thanks man) today and so i'll have some extra help on making it through what are sure to be late nights...even for me. on a side note i think it would be very cool if i could somehow get double D to do ALL my shopping for me, but i don't think it's going to happen.
so 32/7...it's been recently established (and somewhat secondarily verified - parties including my roommates, siblings, etc) that i don't partake in the normal person's 24-hour day, but in fact have a 32-hour day. how is this possible? quite easily actually, i just don't sleep like the rest of you do, and when the world turns in around 10-11pm, my night is just beginning, and often lasts to at least 3am, but often times past that.
i will note here that james often times puts up a good fight for who can stay up the latest here at the tank, but i am so far ahead in the competition that i don't even consider him a contender anymore. sheila (on the west coast) may be the main competitor at this point.
don't ask me where i make up for the sleep, but it somehow works out. i don't know if all that math adds up (i vowed to divest myself from mathematics after finishing up the AP Calc exam in high school...surprisingly i have not NEEDED calc since...but i was really good at drawing those anti-derivative symbols), but you get the idea. i think the early evening naps help me out during the week, especially after teaching (which has been quite the interesting experience this year, but i will get into that another time).
for better or worse, i have those extra hours at night...call it the cure for possible extreme ADD, since no one else is up and there really isnt anything on television, i can actually concentrate on getting work done. even the FISH are asleep...except for maybe ralphie, but that's not important right now. - i will note that he recently became the official mascot for a (albeit doomed) euchre team in our upcoming tournament (the mortal kombat of euchre tournaments mind you...and yes, i'll be scorpion or noob saibot...and there may be fatalities).
as most of you can guess by now, the more consistent blog updating will lead to even more incoherent entries, most of which will contain asinine stories and details about random occurances; but if you were seriously looking for meaningful reading, you'd be on cnn.com, npr, or just about anyone else's blog...so thanks for showing up thus far.
on to the bullets:
- this past friday we were able to see Jim Gaffigan live at the Michigan theater... i must say this was absolutely HILARIOUS...even without humor-enhancing 'drugs'. we were able to meet him after the show as well. if you haven't seen his act i highly suggest going to check him out, or at the very least go to his website and check out some of his clips. never have bits on hot pockets, manatees, and cake been so gut-wrenchingly funny.
getting the autograph of the hot pocket comedian
- two movies definitely worth seeing that i was able to check out this weekend: V for Vendetta (remember remember the 5th of november...) and Walk the line (story of johnny cash). both were of course quite different, but as you know since i hardly exercise any discretion in movies i watch, i can equally back both films for both entertainment value as well as some sort of statement/insight into human nature...and of course, excuses to see a movie. i will add that phoenix and witherspoon do phenomenal jobs in their singing roles, and the movie is worth watching just for that (although there is much more to the film). i will also add that Fever Pitch also proved to be a surprisingly entertaining movie...i can't get 'sweet caroline' out of my head and i am wavering on turning into a pseudo-boston red sox fan. that being said, i trust that someone will shoot me before i become more of a baseball fan than a college football fan.
- a bowl of cocoa puffs, glass of orange juice, and a centrum vitamin are NOT enough to get me through half the day. complete miscalculation on my part. when it comes to eating schedules, sometimes i seriously don't know what the heck my problem is.
- ohio state lost in the tournament today...the last shot for the big ten was with the freaking buckeyes...i suppose it's sad for our conference, but deep down i feel kind of good that those infernal buckeyes didn't pull it off. we are now officially moving on to football...why? because we were able to create out seating group and purchase season tickets for the upcoming season this past week! i'm already excited and it's still about 6 months away!!! GO BLUE!!!
- does anyone know how to go about shopping for/purchasing a new mattress? i'm thinking about a water bed that i can fill with my favorite fishes...yeah. but seriously, i have no idea what i'm doing, and if anyone brings up those retarded sleep-number beds i will kill them. those have got to be the longest freaking commercials on television!!! and i already checked a year or so ago...those tempurpedic beds cost $1500!!! seriously, my sleep isn't worth that much to me...especially since i don't really sleep anyway (see 32-hour exposition in this entry, and various vampire references throughout the blog). perhaps i'll just use the living room couch from now on and put an aquarium in my room where the bed was.
- i'm seriously turning into my dad in some ways. as most of you know im quite anal-retentive about pretty much everything...especially organization, neatness, etc. well the pile of random papers, thesis materials, books, bills, and ticket stubs on my bedroom floor has not receded naturally as i had hoped, but instead has grown into an almost uncontrollable monster with a personality of its own. my dad used to do this all over the house back in Ashland...i'm going to go ahead and blame genetics on this, but hope that by the end of the week i can secure and clean up this conglomerative beast...by putting it under my bed and/or in my closet. sounds like a plan to me.
- well, its about time i got back to grading those outlines...always nice to read about blood-sucking nematodes and nutrient stealing tapeworms right before going to bed...or eating sushi. i will add that although productivity for the weekend was VERY low until right now, it was definitely a fantastic time all the way around. now if i can just survive the week, and those to come. to quote V (from the aforementioned movie) regarding the future - "there is not certainty, only opportunity"
let's hope that among the various and sundry opportunities, most of them have to do with eating panchero's burritos. <:><
random pics:
darter from the Tennessee Aquarium
American alligator from the Tennessee Aquarium
so 32/7...it's been recently established (and somewhat secondarily verified - parties including my roommates, siblings, etc) that i don't partake in the normal person's 24-hour day, but in fact have a 32-hour day. how is this possible? quite easily actually, i just don't sleep like the rest of you do, and when the world turns in around 10-11pm, my night is just beginning, and often lasts to at least 3am, but often times past that.
i will note here that james often times puts up a good fight for who can stay up the latest here at the tank, but i am so far ahead in the competition that i don't even consider him a contender anymore. sheila (on the west coast) may be the main competitor at this point.
don't ask me where i make up for the sleep, but it somehow works out. i don't know if all that math adds up (i vowed to divest myself from mathematics after finishing up the AP Calc exam in high school...surprisingly i have not NEEDED calc since...but i was really good at drawing those anti-derivative symbols), but you get the idea. i think the early evening naps help me out during the week, especially after teaching (which has been quite the interesting experience this year, but i will get into that another time).
for better or worse, i have those extra hours at night...call it the cure for possible extreme ADD, since no one else is up and there really isnt anything on television, i can actually concentrate on getting work done. even the FISH are asleep...except for maybe ralphie, but that's not important right now. - i will note that he recently became the official mascot for a (albeit doomed) euchre team in our upcoming tournament (the mortal kombat of euchre tournaments mind you...and yes, i'll be scorpion or noob saibot...and there may be fatalities).
as most of you can guess by now, the more consistent blog updating will lead to even more incoherent entries, most of which will contain asinine stories and details about random occurances; but if you were seriously looking for meaningful reading, you'd be on cnn.com, npr, or just about anyone else's blog...so thanks for showing up thus far.
on to the bullets:
- this past friday we were able to see Jim Gaffigan live at the Michigan theater... i must say this was absolutely HILARIOUS...even without humor-enhancing 'drugs'. we were able to meet him after the show as well. if you haven't seen his act i highly suggest going to check him out, or at the very least go to his website and check out some of his clips. never have bits on hot pockets, manatees, and cake been so gut-wrenchingly funny.
getting the autograph of the hot pocket comedian- two movies definitely worth seeing that i was able to check out this weekend: V for Vendetta (remember remember the 5th of november...) and Walk the line (story of johnny cash). both were of course quite different, but as you know since i hardly exercise any discretion in movies i watch, i can equally back both films for both entertainment value as well as some sort of statement/insight into human nature...and of course, excuses to see a movie. i will add that phoenix and witherspoon do phenomenal jobs in their singing roles, and the movie is worth watching just for that (although there is much more to the film). i will also add that Fever Pitch also proved to be a surprisingly entertaining movie...i can't get 'sweet caroline' out of my head and i am wavering on turning into a pseudo-boston red sox fan. that being said, i trust that someone will shoot me before i become more of a baseball fan than a college football fan.
- a bowl of cocoa puffs, glass of orange juice, and a centrum vitamin are NOT enough to get me through half the day. complete miscalculation on my part. when it comes to eating schedules, sometimes i seriously don't know what the heck my problem is.
- ohio state lost in the tournament today...the last shot for the big ten was with the freaking buckeyes...i suppose it's sad for our conference, but deep down i feel kind of good that those infernal buckeyes didn't pull it off. we are now officially moving on to football...why? because we were able to create out seating group and purchase season tickets for the upcoming season this past week! i'm already excited and it's still about 6 months away!!! GO BLUE!!!
- does anyone know how to go about shopping for/purchasing a new mattress? i'm thinking about a water bed that i can fill with my favorite fishes...yeah. but seriously, i have no idea what i'm doing, and if anyone brings up those retarded sleep-number beds i will kill them. those have got to be the longest freaking commercials on television!!! and i already checked a year or so ago...those tempurpedic beds cost $1500!!! seriously, my sleep isn't worth that much to me...especially since i don't really sleep anyway (see 32-hour exposition in this entry, and various vampire references throughout the blog). perhaps i'll just use the living room couch from now on and put an aquarium in my room where the bed was.
- i'm seriously turning into my dad in some ways. as most of you know im quite anal-retentive about pretty much everything...especially organization, neatness, etc. well the pile of random papers, thesis materials, books, bills, and ticket stubs on my bedroom floor has not receded naturally as i had hoped, but instead has grown into an almost uncontrollable monster with a personality of its own. my dad used to do this all over the house back in Ashland...i'm going to go ahead and blame genetics on this, but hope that by the end of the week i can secure and clean up this conglomerative beast...by putting it under my bed and/or in my closet. sounds like a plan to me.
- well, its about time i got back to grading those outlines...always nice to read about blood-sucking nematodes and nutrient stealing tapeworms right before going to bed...or eating sushi. i will add that although productivity for the weekend was VERY low until right now, it was definitely a fantastic time all the way around. now if i can just survive the week, and those to come. to quote V (from the aforementioned movie) regarding the future - "there is not certainty, only opportunity"
let's hope that among the various and sundry opportunities, most of them have to do with eating panchero's burritos. <:><
random pics:
darter from the Tennessee Aquarium
American alligator from the Tennessee Aquarium
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