Sunday, February 17, 2008

I did good!

I meant to write about this as soon as it happened, but I get distracted. I had my first test in my Algebra course this last week. I studied and studied and even recruited some assistance using my calculator from one of those teenagers. I was certain it was broken as I had entered in what I was supposed to but each time I hit that stupid 'graph' button I would get an error. 5 seconds in the hands of Callie and waalaa, there's my graph. Turns out it wasn't broken at all, I had just inadvertently entered some weird numbers on a different screen. Calculators these days are advanced...

Anyway, I got an 86% on my test - woohoo! I felt I had done pretty well, knew there were a couple questions I was confused on, but overall felt good. Only 4 more tests to go, hopefully I can keep it up. I've got this math course to finish and then the next one to check off is Calculus. I can then consider my relationship with math over.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Van Halen IS cool!

I've always heard my husband say this and go on and on about Eddie Van Halen being the shit on guitar, but it was one of those things that went in one ear and out the other. I just was never much of a fan, sure I knew the main songs - but I was a bit under the curve for when they were popular. Lance though, was a teen and I can picture him doing the air guitar thing...

Anyway, through no fault of my own, I ended up at the concert. We had great seats, on the floor, right up front - like I've told others, I could see their sweat!! The weather here was awful and 2 friends that had planned to go with him couldn't, so diddly do and I stepped up and went instead. It was really kinda funny, she and I had just been saying the weekend before that neither of us really liked them and so were just fine not going along. I have to admit though, I'm totally glad I got Russ's seat - they rocked! I was way surprised at how great they sounded. The drummer dude was pretty freaky looking, but both Eddie and David looked awesome and they were both into going shirtless. I found myself watching David Lee Roth thinking, wow, Teri went to the VMAs with him....that's so cool! And I can totally picture it :) Our friend Teri mentioned that awhile ago like it was no big deal and so I didn't really think it was. But after having seen them, I'm thinking I need to ask her some more details about that.

So, moral here is - turns out everyone was right, they rock!

Monday, February 4, 2008

lyrics that I just spit out cracker to

I was just working away, doing some strange formatting in Excel, munching on a cracker when a Tom Waits song came on. (not unusual considering my obsession) I had to stop for a minute and listen, I then spit out a little cracker....its that funny!

Thanks, uh... You know uh, this is weird uh...
Most of us have dogs, allright? (applause)
I don't know if it's a local thing where I live, or if it's everywhere, and I'm checking it with you because uh, I don't get in the area that often and I'm just checking to see if...
There's a new kind of a dog treat. And uh (where I live) and they're available in the pet store and for the longest time I just thought that it was some kind of a prank. Or uh...
I wasn't really sure what it was, until I read the label on the back and it said "Bull Penis" (laughter).
I was a little shocked! I know you can get just about ANYTHING in this world.
You can get a whale's pancreas if you'd want one! I can get you one! (laughter)
But com'on, a bull's penis! How busy they were their whole lives.
And they throw it to a dog, like that, for a snack! (laughter)
Now, are they available here in the Los Angeles area? They are, aren't they?
Doesn't that make you a little weazy?
Makes you wanna live a long time.
And on the back, on the bottom it said: "100% natural"!
I mean... that's the part that really got me. And it said: "A Real Meat Snack".
There's just no dignity in that. Uh, anyway...
The other thing is that they're 36 inches long! (laughter).
They're so long they had to cut them into bite-size portions.
And then they take two of them and braid them together.
I know, I know! I never want it done. But uh...
This is a song written for Gregory Peck for his dating my mom...
That's a lie!

**this is a live recording of Dog Treat

Saturday, February 2, 2008

College take two

College as a 'grown up' is WAY different than college as a teenager. Since I'm working at a University now, I may as well go ahead and finish my degree so that's what I'm doing. I started with a couple courses that were just web-based, so no actual going to class, rather just doing the work and turning it in online. This semester was my first back in the classroom class. Its an advanced algebra/trig and since I haven't had any math class in like 15 years, whoa. I look to be the only non-traditional student in my class, and that's okay. In fact, one of my new friends thought I was one of them and was surprised to hear I wasn't! That's pretty cool, lol.

Now I know one of the reasons why I partied so hard and well as a kid in college - it was to escape the crazy difficultness of school work! One day after a mind-numbing lecture session and feeling like I didn't know what the heck the professor was talking about, I was driving home thinking...I wanna do shots. I'm pretty sure I haven't done shots since before I got married and I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle a night out like I used to. So, I'll just have to buck up and go through school sober this time :)

It is funny though, talking with these teenagers - priorities are so different for them and listening to what boy didn't call, which party to go to that night, and what is THE best outfit to wear just makes me laugh inside. It makes me remember back to when I was a teenager with all the angst and the drama and holy cow, I'm so glad of where I am now. College was alot of fun for me, but I like my life now much more. Call me old, but I like having a husband, a house, responsibilities, being in jammies after suppertime.. In fact, I have it made - I come home after a day of work and then school and Lance has got supper ready for me, couldn't ask for more!