June 20, 2003
Rain sucks
Oh, what a lovely weekend it's shaping up to be. We had planned to go to the Jersey Shore this weekend, but the weather report is for a high of 61, with rain. Lots of rain. Like we've had all month. Earlier this week I put in my garden a stone statue of a frog holding a water collection tube. When I went outside this morning, I discovered the frog had exchanged his tube for a giant golf umbrella. He's as sick of the rain as I am. I don't care if the Spanish word for rain is a lovely-sounding word; it still sucks.
I'm also tired of thinking about testing. My work this week included:
(a) handing in comments on a paper on computerized testing guidelines, only to discover later that I edited the wrong paper,
(b) revising a research paper in preparation for an upcoming conference, only to discover that policy decisions were made this week that completely change the nature of my conclusions, and
(c) literally dozens of hours worth of meetings, involving complicated scoring rubrics, mathematical models, and office politics. Most of which took place in a building where the air conditioning was broken.
My brain is dead.
So here's what I actually am thinking about now:
I just found out that a friend of mine was deployed to Iraq as part of a fire-fighting unit. He's in the 369th Eng Platoon, and I don't know how long he'll be out there. He's more than capable of handling any trouble, but I'm sending good wishes his way nonetheless. Hopefully the Iraqis are happy to see him, and they should be.
Right now, I'm lovin' the following:
My director's cut DVD of A Streetcar Named Desire.
The new CD by Evanescence.
The Decorated Page - a guide for illustrating my scrapbook/journal.
A new true crime book - Glensheen's Daughter - about a female mass murderer. Money, murder, madness - I love it.
The Reptile Exhibition at Philly's Academy of Natural Sciences. I loved the museum so much that I just applied to be a volunteer. If I can get a chance to work in their live animal exhibit, I'll be in heaven.
Oh, and my copy of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix shipped out from Amazon today! Wahoo! I'm actually going to be waiting until July 4th to start reading it....and I'll tell you why later.
Have a great weekend. Since the weather is so crappy, I'll probably be at the computer tomorrow, so check back for more postings.
