Partying Like It's...

...1999? Not exactly. But it is 2008, and here are a few shots from this year's junior/senior prom, elegantly held at the Marathon Oil Tower:

I'm Not Ashamed...

I'm counting down the days. Including our teacher workday, I have 6 more days left in this school year.

Bible Park USA

A Bible theme park in the Bible Belt? Some are opposed:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90435219&ps=bb4

And you can see the development of it here:

http://www.bibleparkusa.com

Music

Music I am currently listening to, in case you were wondering (Thank you, Pandora!):

The Innocence Mission
Cat Powers
Ben Folds (Five)
Guster
Iron and Wine
Regina Spektor
Sufjan Stevens
The Frames
Coldplay
Belle and Sebastian

Dog Days

I've been really tired lately. Thanks to my friends (SH and others), who decided to take liberties with my camera while I napped at our friend Nigel's graduation ceremony this past weekend. I can't help it if I am sleep-deprived and sun-beaten.

I do look really peaceful, though, don't I? I can sleep in public places pretty well (my roommates can attest to that), and sleeping on the 3rd floor atrium of the architecture building was not a problem for me. And look, my feet are still within the blue boundary!

Bad Dreams

Some people have nightmares where they are in a large public space with people milling about-- the school hallway, a mall, the office. All of a sudden, they realize they are stark naked among all these people!

So...I wasn't reliving a nightmare this morning, but one can feel pretty naked if today is professional dress day at work, and...

I woke up an hour late this morning, so I ran to the shower, threw on some clothes (I couldn't find anything fun to wear but made do with my khakis and green pullover), and rushed out the door. It usually takes 30 minutes to drive to school from home, and I was pretty engrossed in public radio as I was driving. I was stopped at the red light off the feeder. The yellow Goodman bus was idling next to me; in the rearview mirror, I could see my co-worker tossing her hair.

The instant I looked at her, the light turned green for me to go. I passed the bus, but as I took one last glance at my coworker, I realized that today was professional dress day.

Oops.

I rolled into the parking lot as quietly as I could and tried to slide into the College Corner without catching as much attention as possible. This is as close as I'll get to have a bad dream coming true. (I hope!)

Spontaneously Yours...

Tonight I felt the need...

...the need for speed.

On a whim, my downstairs housemate and I decided that we wanted to take a short jaunt outside the city limits, to a sandy beach with lapping waters...to Galveston, Texas. We borrowed a friend's car, and in a jiffy, we were along the seawall.

Now, we did agree to say that what happens in Galveston, stays in Galveston. However, the night was too wonderful not to share. Who wouldn't enjoy watching random strangers catch their first fish of the evening off the pier? Who wouldn't delight in zipping along Seawall Blvd with the windows down, the sunroof open, and Shakira blasting out the speakers? Who wouldn't wolf down a tasty IHOP late-night meal?

We most definitely did...