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bearshorty) wrote2011-03-11 08:57 pm
bearshorty) wrote2011-03-11 08:57 pm
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Friday, March 11, 2011
So I slept for 10 hours apparently. I woke up to a pretty stuffy head, looked at the clock and was a bit surprised it was 10:20am. I usually wake up at 8 when I don’t teach. I guess lack of sleep due to grading and stress this week really caught up to me. I’ve been feeling mellow all day because of it.
And, of course, I turned on my computer only to see the terrible earthquake and Tsunami in Japan (with another quake a few hours later). Just terrible images coming out of the region. And that nuclear reactor is not helping. I’m offering all good thoughts to the universe. (On the random note of irritation – my father was watching Fox News report on Japan, since he unfortunately watches Fox News to my general distaste, and they were reporting on the situation in Japan in a very irritating panic inducing apocalyptic tone. Really, Fox News, if you are going to pretend to be a news channel, can you at least report in a normal tone of voice.)
We have a guest coming tomorrow (a husband of my mother’s schoolmate who is visiting his daughter from Miami) and since he will be staying in the computer room, he will be sharing my bathroom. So I cleaned it very thoroughly today. I also finally got off my behind and bought a new shower curtain too. But now my bathroom is all shiny which I like.
So for years now, for my birthday, Bear takes me to a musical of my choice. So far we’ve seen “Wicked,” “Spamelot,” “Avenue Q,” “Lion King,” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” (We’ve been to other musicals together like “Phantom of the Opera” in 1999 and “Cabaret” just last month but generally we go to the theater only on my birthday.) So this year I wasn’t sure what I wanted to see. The only one I was interested in was “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” and only because Daniel Radcliffe is in it so I heard about it. But today I was reminded that creators of South Park and the writer of Avenue Q just opened their musical “The Book of Mormon.” It is a religious satire and it sounds like exactly the type of thing both Bear and I enjoy. So I think this is what I want to see. My birthday is in June but now is the time to buy tickets so the timing is actually pretty good.
And, of course, I turned on my computer only to see the terrible earthquake and Tsunami in Japan (with another quake a few hours later). Just terrible images coming out of the region. And that nuclear reactor is not helping. I’m offering all good thoughts to the universe. (On the random note of irritation – my father was watching Fox News report on Japan, since he unfortunately watches Fox News to my general distaste, and they were reporting on the situation in Japan in a very irritating panic inducing apocalyptic tone. Really, Fox News, if you are going to pretend to be a news channel, can you at least report in a normal tone of voice.)
We have a guest coming tomorrow (a husband of my mother’s schoolmate who is visiting his daughter from Miami) and since he will be staying in the computer room, he will be sharing my bathroom. So I cleaned it very thoroughly today. I also finally got off my behind and bought a new shower curtain too. But now my bathroom is all shiny which I like.
So for years now, for my birthday, Bear takes me to a musical of my choice. So far we’ve seen “Wicked,” “Spamelot,” “Avenue Q,” “Lion King,” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” (We’ve been to other musicals together like “Phantom of the Opera” in 1999 and “Cabaret” just last month but generally we go to the theater only on my birthday.) So this year I wasn’t sure what I wanted to see. The only one I was interested in was “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” and only because Daniel Radcliffe is in it so I heard about it. But today I was reminded that creators of South Park and the writer of Avenue Q just opened their musical “The Book of Mormon.” It is a religious satire and it sounds like exactly the type of thing both Bear and I enjoy. So I think this is what I want to see. My birthday is in June but now is the time to buy tickets so the timing is actually pretty good.