And for several reasons:

1. I think I am going to like my hair (photo forthcoming for far-flung fiends — but it’s 5:40 a.m. right now, luvs…I look like ten miles of bad road)
2. Had a good rehearsal with some manbeasts after school yesterday
3. It’s Droid Day; meeting my Verizon guy after school to do the deed
4. No school delay this morning (yet, anyway) — thumbs up
5. This came in the mail yesterday. Heh. I think I’ll unearth my other diplomas (BME and M.Ed.) and do a little framey-hangey thing in my parlor, just to be a pretentious wonk. But first, a moment of silence preceding the deletion of all related bookmarks (class login, BU library, JSTOR, Chicago Manual of Style site, various & sundry dissertation/thesis help sites). Instead I will bookmark the Sallie Mae student loan payment gateway…yeah, fantastic.

:-/

Still, it’s a good day. Hope you have one, too.

Fink, finished, yay!

I’m buying the nook. But….not until May or June, so I can have it in time for The Vacation.

Of course, you know, this means I’m buying the Droid today.

Let’s hope the weather system bringing rain and snow keeps the temperatures up around 35, as it’s predicted at the moment. In other words: no more snow days, please.

Sometimes we go along during the rehearsal schedule and the “schedule” part tends to fade in importance. Then I say something like, “You know that we open in 5 weeks,” and the nauseated look on their faces brings us all back to earth. More snow days would worsen the nausea. I’m ready for it to quit. I hereby appeal to the weather gods to shew forth mercy and henceforth direct all snow accumulation to other locations. Thank you. Amen.

Having company for lunch today. I suppose I should get off this box and get some housework done. Insane week ahead, and the seven weeks after that don’t look too calm, either. Yay!

Happy Sunday, fiends. Get some rest.

Random Neuron Firings

So I had absolutely no idea about this.

Roger Ebert, longtime film critic for the Chicago Sun Times, had his lower jaw removed. The interview he gave Esquire is quite lengthy, but well worth the time. Talk about a healthy resignation to one’s circumstances. Wow.

I remember watching Siskel and Ebert At the Movies on TV for years running. After Gene Siskel died of a brain tumor, I stopped watching. I think he was my favorite of the two of them — he had the greatest zingers for Ebert when they disagreed. More importantly, it was a special chemistry that Siskel’s replacement never found with Ebert. Anyway, Ebert is still writing his reviews, although he does not eat or speak anymore. Can’t silence the pen. I like that.

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Charles Barkley is the worst rapper of all time.

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Photoshop, anyone? Olivia Newton-John did a print commercial for Olay, showing what fantastic results it gave her. Then she was photographed out and about shortly after:

Where are the truth-in-advertising people when you need them?

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I like ketchup on my hot dogs, and I don’t care who knows it. Nathan’s can just put that in their pipe and smoke it. Condiment snobbery…I tut at it.

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Jake went to the basketball game with me last night. Great fun. Grammie is worn out. Now back to watching the weather for the next event that will cancel my rehearsals. Life is fantastic….

FO

Photo credits: Associated Press