March Madness

How does one manage to be considerate to every person that might possibly read this blog and at the same time use this blog to vent about frustrations with those same people? Not that I have anyone in particular to talk about.

I am taking a statistics class right now that is pretty tough. Not necessarily because the class material is difficult (which it is) but mostly because the professor isn't very good. It really is true that doing well in class is limited to how good of a professor one has. I have a decent enough textbook, but if I wanted to learn straight from the textbook I would have taken the online version. From what I heard it is pretty easy to get an A in this class because the professor grades on a pretty easy curve (or is it a steep curve?). More importantly than an A however, is to feel like I actually learned something when this class is over. Wow - I must really be an adult student to worry about what I glean from school more than the final grade. At least this upcoming week is spring break and I get to rest for a week.

We are currently doing one of those movie channel trial periods with our TV. I had to put the end date on my cell phone so I don't forget to cancel and inadvertently end up paying for movie channels I don't want. Today I caught part of the movie Higher Learning (1995). I forgot how good this movie is. It used to be one of my favorites. I love how the movie is so subtle about some of the really big social messages it portrays. I was also surprised to see that the guy I watch every week on House (Omar Epps) is a main character in this movie. Here is a more elementary observation: Tyra Banks claims that her breasts are real, and yet in this movie she is very flat chested. How does one go from being an A cup to a D cup in just a few years without plastic surgery?

Another older movie that I was able to catch on afternoon HBO is The Princess Bride. This used to be one of my favorites in high school. I watched it with the girls a couple weeks ago and they loved it too. What is really funny is I heard them quoting the movie the other day. They were saying, "incontheivable" and "mawwiage". Too funny that even at 8 and 10 they are beginning their own list of cult classic movies. What's next? Office Space?

This week Felipe and I switched cars (he needed the extra seats for carpooling to a conference). I drove our Toyota Prius and became very spoiled because Boeing allows you to park in carpool parking if you drive a hybrid vehicle. Walking in 3" and 4" heels was much more bearable when I am able to park closer to the building. Next week I will have to go back to my normal parking -practically a mile away from my building. I looked into getting a bike permit to ride a bike from my car to the building, but apparently I am not the only one who considered that because there is strict verbiage in the bike permit that prohibits precisely that. I was just kidding, but I guess someone else must have been serious in order for them to put the prohibition into print.

I decided to create a page on Facebook. It seemed like a cool idea until I realized that I have no friends. To highlight this fact, Facebook actually prints a count of how many friends you have. At first it was zero and it has slowly crept up to around 5. Most of those people are related so I don't know if I can truly count them as separate friends. Technically it should be just 1. So, if you are reading this and you have not registered a profile on Facebook, you should. And the first thing you should do is add me as a friend. Pretty please.

We had a guest spend the night here last night and we have another guest coming tonight. Next week we have a different guest, so I will be pretty busy washing sheets and cleaning the guest bathroom. I guess I better get to work. If you are so inclined, feel free to come and join our guest book! We have a downstairs basement that has slowly turned into guest quarters.

~cc