What City do I live in Again?

So, today is the last day of February, and what happens? Snowstorm. Again. I just don't know what to do with this town. Has it forgotten that its the rainy city? Oh well, I don't mind.

Its so beautiful to look outside and see white everywhere. It's quiet now and the snow glows under the streetlights.

Too bad that I will have to drive in late to work after all the snow melts... I guess I will have to make a snowman and the best snowmen are calvin snowmen.

I can buy Paprika Pringles via the internet. But shipping costs make it very expensive, about $50. The question is, are they worth it?

They just might be.

I lost all my pictures of New York City. All I have is what I posted on this blog.

sadness....

I've been horrible at posting this week. Coming back to work after being gone for three weeks does not help. I had a pile of stuff to do, and I will have to still work on a bunch of stuff next week.

Tomorrow, I am going to Camano Island to see my parents and to take my friend Mirjam, who is from Switzerland, to see that quiet and peaceful place. I am so excited and I hope that the tide is down.

Heavy Metal in Bahgdad: Thanks to VSL.
(*nfw language*)

Often its hard to imagine anything other that what the mainstream media tells us about Iraq, so here's another perspective.

I am thinking about using a little windfall i received recently to buy a camera:

The one I am looking at is:

Sony DSLR-A100 á (alpha) Digital SLR w/ 18-200 Lense Digital SLR

Tall's Camera has a great deal on it...

mebbe i'll have me a digi SLR by the enda this week, eh?

Having a V-day in the middle of what is called "comprehensive exam week" is a nice distraction. Getting flowers, a free lunch, a package full of candy, encouragement and a target card is keeping me sane.

What is comprehensive exam week?

Its kinda like being in junior high PE, waiting to be picked for a team... will I be on the A team or the B team?

A pass/fail exam that consists of:
1. 20-25 scholarly paper on recent changes which affect communication in my chosen area of focus
2. 5 page personal theology of communication paper
3. 2-4 page workshop outline

Timeline: one week to complete.

Oh. Why am I doing this? Ah, well for the partial fulfillment of a Master's Degree in Communication.

There is no place like home...

Coming home today, to my house on a sunny Springish feeling day in Seattle was an amazing feeling. After experiencing so much adventure, the common everyday life becomes precious and something special. I promptly took a nap on my cozy bed with the sunlight streaming in, just because it was not a hotel bed.

Anyone heard of VIRBº?

Well, want to be a part of the latest web 2.0 social networking site while its still in beta form? ...follow these instructions that Joshua Blankenship posted.

and, I also have three invites left, so I can send one to you too.

i like meeting random people on the internet.

i do not like convention center food.

i love haagen dazs ice creams bars.

i do not like working long hours, but my bank account does.

It's fun when your laptop has a big black line down the middle of it, and then you drop it and the hard drive starts making creaking noises, then shuts down, and when you try to reboot it, you can't. Luckily, we got new laptops at work... it just took me a few days to get one, and then to put an image on it.

Anyway, that's why I haven't posted in a few days.

I am working at a MS show in downtown Seattle and I haven't gotten much sleep.