My Little Corner

So this is turning out to be a long week. Is it really only still Tuesday? Sigh! Why do I feel like I’m busy all the time and yet can’t really think of where all of my time goes? Sometimes it makes me feel very insignificant. But then I realize that it’s okay to be insignificant. My life is good. I’m not on TV talking about how my life was washed away in a hurricane or anything like that. One day in the far far future (or so it seems) I’ll be able to help people with hearing loss and get them fitted with hearing aids and FM systems and cochlear implants and rehab services and then I will be very significant in someone’s life. But for now, I’m on the bottom of the food chain and feeling good about it.
And now for something completely different….
I’m trying to think of something witty to write but really I just want to make a complaint: Gilmore Girls, why do you have new scenes on your opening sequence when they haven’t happened yet in the season? We as the audience have not seen what has happened yet and by showing Lorelai and Rory together gives it away that they eventually make-up. Yes, we all *know* they will eventually make-up but it takes a little bit away when you see these random scenes before they happen. I think it is more fun to watch the old clips and think, “oh I remember when that happened” or “that was a good episode.” Obviously this means I am WAY too involved in my TV shows. Ooh! Tomorrow is Wednesday, which we all know means “Lost!”

I got home at 8:23 p.m. Lost started at 8:00 p.m. I do not have TiVo (one of the best inventions in the world, right up there with electricity and microwave dinners) so I have to wait until 9:00 p.m. for my VCR (do kids these days even know what a VCR is?!) to finish recording so I can watch Lost in its entirety. sigh.
While I wait, I would like to express my love for flowers. I love flowers. I think they are pretty and they smell good and they make me smile. Tulips are my favorite, followed closely by daisies (”don’t you think daisies are the happiest flower?” name the movie, it’s an easy one). I’m not sure if the fact that tulips aren’t always in season is the reason why they are my favorite; I always buy some type of daisy in the store, unless tulips are in season. Interesting point to ponder…..while I look at my fall colored daisies that I just bought. A smile is on my face. Ah! 9 o’clock arrives! Watching Lost now….

I’ve decided that I will do nothing productive for the rest of the night. Woohoo! I’ve found Jurassic Park on TV and started watching it. Remember when it first came out and the special effects were the greatest thing ever? It’s still a good movie and I’m enjoying it; however, the book is much better (like all Michael Crichton books turned into movies).
Whilst I enjoy JP, I’m also anxiously waiting for my roommate Kristin to come home so I can do an ear mold impression on her! Many of you (well maybe not “many” as I am not sure the amount of people who read my blog) are probably wondering what an ear mold impression is and why on earth am I so excited about it; remember I’m in grad school for audiology and you are not–I like weird ear stuff. Basically I’m going to put some gunk in her ear, let it get hard, and pull it out. Voila! An impression of Kristin’s ear canal and outer ear. What else am I excited about today? hmmm…I went to Target to buy carpet stain remover (I left not one but two bottles at my old apartment and was cleaning up Kristin’s oopsie not mine) and came home with a new skirt. I like Target! I just saw an ad for “Lost” which premieres this Wednesday–it’s gonna be good!
Going back to JP: there’s a lot of screaming in this movie. I kinda had a headache before from the carpet stain remover fumes and the screaming/T-Rex roaring isn’t helping. Perhaps I should rethink my evening’s movie choice. Enough of the bouncing from subject to subject: I hope everyone had a good Monday (if that’s possible) and I wish you a very heartfelt “goodnight!”

Feeling much better today and not so upset about my test. I did absolutely nothing productive today and loved it. Slept in, watched a movie, went to church and dinner with some new friends. And now I’m watching “Cheap Seats” (with my roommate’s boyfriend while we’re waiting for her to get home–slightly awkward) which is making me laugh and easing the silence a little. Think of “Mystery Science Theatre 3000″ but for odd sports shows like the Scrabble tournament. Good day; fun times. And I found a new movie watching friend, Amy. I’m really excited about it! I remembered some of my “great ideas” for posts but it’s getting late and I can’t stay up like I used to (I hate that!). And thus concludes my ramblings for the day.

Okay, I’ve been meaning to start a blog since my great cousing Jamie got me hooked on Friendster this summer. And now it’s September. Life goes on. I had some really great ideas for posts yesterday but that was before the big horrible test. Did I mention I’m in grad school? I thought it would be hard and when the director of my program likened my next four years at Callier to being in Med school, I knew it would be hard. Today I had my very first test in grad school; my mother would want a picture of today I’m sure. Let me just preface my next comment with this: in all four years at TCU I cried once over a test. Only once. I wanted to bawl my eyes out after I read the second question today. I managed to only tear up in class and continue my 8 hour school day without a tear. But it was not fun. All of that to say, I had fabulous ideas yesterday but today all I am posting is about my crappy day. Thankfully, I am now sitting on my couch, in my pj’s, watching TV and playing on my laptop–one of my favorite things to do in the world. Goodnight Thursday, you cannot end quickly enough.