Getting some plumbing fixed in the apartment today-392$. Ouch. Just to replace two cartridges in the tub and sink. Last time it was fixed in the other bathroom it cost about half that much. He also tried to get me to check the water heater. It would be two hundred extra to do that. Ouch. I tell you it pays to be a plumber in a recession. And this didn't even fix the dishwasher problem. The seal is bad and it is leaking. Ugh. The blinds are also broken. Managing a place helps you realize just how expensive things are to do. I really should have called around to get estimates; it really does help get the best price, at least in the past. I should've done it.

So I was watching a Bones episode and it was funny because the guy who plays Roy on The Office was playing a guy who was engaged to a girl who jilted him because she was "involved" with another man. Typecast already:)
Oh and Dwight was on one of the CSI type show episodes.

Does this remind anyone else of A Passage to India?

I wish I could go to this college. My thesis might fit in here seeing how it doesn't at BYU.

Eating Pringles makes me sicker than a dog. That's too bad because they are one of the best tasting chips around (along with Sun Chips).

By the way, where did that phrase sicker than a dog come from? Am I imagining things?

So a guy stopped by the Provo apartment to see my 23-year old neice Amy and when I answered the door, he asked if I was her mom. Nice.

Last night was the ward activity: a dance. I was dreading it with all the memories of stake dances growing up. Needless to say I only went to those for about a year. I hated dances. But people on my committee wanted to do it and were really excited about doing it, so who am I as the activities co-chair to stop them? (However, I will stop the Mr. Millstream ward contest they want to do.) I think being thirty-something helps to not care as much. Also my reputation in the ward is already established as being a weird person, so I figured I couldn't do anymore damage. I danced, made a fool of myself, and it really wasn't that bad. There was a Michael Jackson tribute song of course, and the typical Journey songs, YMCA, Electric Slide, and lots of swing, but not the usual Instanbul, Depeche Mode's Somebody, or U2's With or Without You that they played at all the stake dances I went to. I got to dance a cha-cha with a someone in the ward. First time in a long while.

I came back from babysitting my niece and nephews this last week and have been recuperating. We went swimming, played tons of games (I became a multi-millionaire with a husband and kids several times over in the game of LIFE), watched some movies, made playdoh, and went to piano lessons.

Lisa and I went to Bear Lake this weekend. We went canoeing on the gorgeous aquamarine lake and got sunburned. It was glorious fun. I'll post some pictures, maybe.

So there is a leak of a U2 press kit that might disappear anytime. It contains clips from the opening night concert. It does reveal that they still have trouble playing one of my favorite songs live: Breathe, which opens the concert. No clip of Moment of Surrender, which I did want to hear live to see what they did with it. A funny part comes when all the fans they interview afterwards show their very drunk appreciation of the concert.

The best part however is that at the beginning and the end of the video is a clip from what appears to be a new U2 song, and a very cool one at that. It is a soulful tune with a Moroccan beat. Lyrics begin at the end of the clip.

So U2 began their tour last night in Spain. Apparently, as usual, there were some glitches in their performances, but there was still some magic. I'm glad to see Bullet the Blue Sky off of their set list, but sad they did not retire With or Without You or Pride or Sunday Bloody Sunday. We'll have to see how it has morphed by next year when hopefully I will get to see them.
But their outfits were terrible. Witness.

Maybe a MJ tribute with an all white version of the famous jacket? Is it better than the plaid lumber jack shirt at the grammys?



Bono does not do too bad. He may be risky in almost every other way, but it is always basic black for him.



Adam?! I thought you always attracted girls because of your fashion sense, not dressed like girls who decided to cut off the bottom half of their early nineties sailor dress to emphasize the top half.

I've already posted about Thriller being something I was obsessed with as a kid. So instead, I thought I would start a poll so you could vote on your favorite Michael Jackson songs.

My brother got married last Saturday. Despite rain and wind for the pictures and frantically moving the reception indoors due to thunder, lightning, and rain, it was a great. The family visiting was great. It was all a wild strawberry.
Now back to reality in all its temporary ugliness (hopefully only another month).

So its my brother's wedding this Saturday and the family starts pouring in tomorrow. I wish my mom luck with all of the chaos. It is a very happy event, nonetheless.

I added a new site to my favorites list on the side there. It hasn't been working lately, but if it does, prepare to laugh pretty hard at what some families do.

This is being a little too close to your pet for comfort.



Because I have worked at a domestic violence shelter for two years, I shouldn't find this funny, but I do. Or maybe it works on a Seinfeld level, where he talks about how he is Jewish so he can make Jewish jokes... because I have worked in those circles, been involved with that, I can find it funny.



Boy, I sure do blog more when I have lost hope on my thesis.

This is pretty sweet. I am currently getting paid to update my blog, check my new phone account, and learn more about U2. I am on a conference call for work and they are having technical difficulties, so we are free to do what we want while they fix it, and get paid for it.

After having yet another draft rejected by my thesis committee, I am really wishing I had stuck with my high school love of chemistry. Oh wait, there's math involved.

I turned in another major revision of my thesis and got the assignment work had given me done and it's Friday and it's time to party!

I thought I would post a version of one of my favorite songs by Dolly Parton. I don't know many, but I like this one.