Thursday, March 30, 2006
T-T-T-Timmy?
So we're laying in bed watching South Park, an old episode I somehow never saw. New episode arriving momentarily. As a resident of Colorado I am required to watch South Park, especially episodes that address local politics. That's how voters here apparently learn about issues. Like in tonight's repeat, where Native Americans in a casino are rubbing blankets with Chinese men to give SARS to the people of South Park so the Native Americans can run a superhighway from Denver to their casino. South Park: equal opportunity haters.
Living in Colorado I've found over the last 3 years that if I tell people I got my PhD at George Mason University the typical response is "where?" Of course, no one's saying that this week, and I can wear my Mason hat and it's quite a conversation starter. If they win this weekend it should continue, if they lose it's back to business as usual.
This has been the slowest spring break since my last year of grad school when I spent that week putting together my dissertation proposal. We've cleared the dog run along the side of the house, cleared out the garage, had an estimate done on fence repair, and on Thursday we'll have carpet cleaners here, to be followed by me laying down some weed-resistant cover over the areas where we're putting the 7 tons of rocks scheduled to arrive Friday morning. 7 tons. Good times.
On the plus side, Adrian and I get to spend time together during the day. And at night, cuddled up watching TV. Which is better than laying on a beach or going to Europe.
However, I definitely need a vacation later this year.
Living in Colorado I've found over the last 3 years that if I tell people I got my PhD at George Mason University the typical response is "where?" Of course, no one's saying that this week, and I can wear my Mason hat and it's quite a conversation starter. If they win this weekend it should continue, if they lose it's back to business as usual.
This has been the slowest spring break since my last year of grad school when I spent that week putting together my dissertation proposal. We've cleared the dog run along the side of the house, cleared out the garage, had an estimate done on fence repair, and on Thursday we'll have carpet cleaners here, to be followed by me laying down some weed-resistant cover over the areas where we're putting the 7 tons of rocks scheduled to arrive Friday morning. 7 tons. Good times.
On the plus side, Adrian and I get to spend time together during the day. And at night, cuddled up watching TV. Which is better than laying on a beach or going to Europe.
However, I definitely need a vacation later this year.
