Tuesday, September 07, 2004
I'm still here!
(*sorry about that non sequitur of a post last time--not meant to be political, per se--just an observation about The Man. I had just seen one too many cars with a Jesus fish next to a pro-war or pro-military bumper sticker with sentiments such as "the sound of a jet fighter is the sound of freedom" and what not. Freedom from what? The U.S. is the largest superpower in the world! Freedom from terrorism? We've had terrorist attacks from our own white male citizens long before 9/11. And tanks and missiles can only incite more hatred towards the U.S. "empire" rather than quell terrorism. But anyway--)
Okay, I've been a negligent blogger. Almost three months with no posts! That's a personal record.
Here are the reasons/lame excuses:
- I was working on this darn research project that was quite simple but very time-consuming and tedious. I spent several nights at the wonderful vet med basic science building from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. It was not fun.
- Said hours kept me from eating properly, getting fresh summer air, socializing and sleeping more than 4 hours at a pop, so I got sick and remained sick for several weeks.
- When I wasn't working on the research projects, I couldn't spend any time blogging because my writing energy needed to be directed at catching up on
pet columns, which I had fallen behind on.
- My free personal time was not spent anywhere in a computer; it was spent either sleeping, eating or bathing.
Here's some of what's happened in the the past three months:
- I went camping 4th of July weekend in southern Illinois and invested $4 in the nickel slots at the
Metropolis casino yielding $18, with a net profit of $14 that was subsequntley spent on beer. I also got approximtely 80 mosquito bites. (I stopped counting at 44, and estimated from there.
- I turned 30. Had a fun party, but the experience of actually turning 30 was very uneventful.
- I wasted a total of three visits and fours hours at the local DMV. People who fail their vision tests because they don't bring their glasses and then proceed to argue angrily with the DMV employees, and people who debate with DMV staff about a whole page of quesions on the written test they just failed for the second time, should not be allowed to drive. Same goes for deadbeats who've racked up 10 traffic violations and have failed to pay or appear in court for any of them, and decide to waste everybody's time giving lame excuses and arguing with DMV employees. I do not want these fools driving motorized vehicles anywhere near me or my loved ones. Bless the hearts of the staff at the Champaign DMV--they always show patience and courtesy, even to the incredibly rude and stupid.
- Started third semester of school, met my "little sib" and other members of the incoming class. Their class seems like a lot of fun and more diverse in race, age and experiences.
- This past weekend enjoyed a little food, beer and bumper-cars at the otherwise overrated, overpriced, overcrowded Schaumberg Septemberfest. Didn't stay for the Rick Springfield concert. Do I need to explain?
So that brings us up to date, minus the photos.
Oh, and I finally caved in and bought a computer (a Dell, which should be arriving sometime this week). So now I'll actually have high-speed internet acess at home and a USB port at my fingertips, so I'll have no excuse to neglet my blog anymore. I should still channel my word processing energies to my paid job, but with easy acces I hope to post brief entries more frequently. And yes, more photos since I have a bunch a web space now.
"On my honor, I will try to be a better blogger, keeping all five of my readers up to date on my goings-on and frustrations, and providing plenty of visual entertainment in the form of photos."
