6/26/06
The house is sold – we close July 20th, and today I turned in my school keys. Soon I will finally close the book on the worst six years of my adult life. J and I are looking forward to a fresh start in San Antonio. Tomorrow I’m heading for my Grandmother’s 90th birthday party. I’m amazed to have both grandmothers at the age of 38. I have both grandmothers, but no children, a nice curveball thrown by Life.
I’m struck by the importance of titles; Dr. So and so, Sir Fucksupalot, etc. Some titles earn respect, but some are a dual edged sword. Consider “Minute Man” – great if you are a Revolutionary War patriot, bad if you’re a porn star.
The son of Jacques Cousteau has decided to build a mechanical shark in order to better understand the shark species. He apparently is going to descend into shark-infested waters in this contraption and swim around. I fully expect some female anthropologist to design a mechanical penis and descend into a strip club to better understand the male gender.
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ryn: deal!
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I was just in Texas, and they played this song a lot that seemed to be a crowd favorite. It might be a Texas song, but it sounded like a German polka (people clapped in time with it too): eightnote pickup E-flat| quarter A-flat qaurter a-flat dotted quarter C eigthnote E-flat| (repeat twice, etc.)
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name that song…
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Okay, but your lady anthropologist needs a male escort dressed like a beautiful, buxom woman. 😉 Congrats on the good news, and I hope this is a fresh start for you guys. Though I’ll probably be joining a convent myself, I hope some couples manage to work it out!
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Saw the shark thing – it was Cousteau’s grandson, who from what I gathered has no job, a lot of money, and isn’t terribly hard on the eyes. Despite his name, he has no business being in the water. I was rooting for the sharks.
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RYN: Gah. No more Vaughn Williams for me for a while. That hymn will haunt my dreams. I’m so not cut out to be a church pianist, what with the stomach-churning nerves and laziness and whatnot.
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RYN: Nah,,,just nice! But hmmmm, I am feeling better!
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