Mulan

So again, I haven't blogged in a couple months, and I apologize to the three people that follow my blog (you know who you are). I had a bloggable thing happen yesterday though, so I figured I'd better write about it.

Yesterday I brought some chicken and rice soup to campus for dinner. I heated it up in the microwave in the math building. I wasn't really paying attention to it while it was microwaving, which turned out to not be good since it was boiling when it was done. I tried to shield it with paper towels, but alas, I burned my thumb and dropped the whole thing on the floor. Sad day! I leaned over and commenced picking up the grains of rice that had scattered everywhere.

A nice guy in line behind me offered his salad to make up for my lost dinner, which restored my faith in the humanity of people in general. I thanked him, but said I'd be fine. While I was on my knees scraping the floor, a group of guys walked by and one said, "Do you know what this reminds me of?"

I didn't know he was talking about me, but I realized he was after what he said next.

"This reminds me of the scene from Mulan when Ping spills all the rice and everybody has to pick it up so they all get really mad at him."

Then four guys started helping me pick up individual grains of rice. It was quite a hilarious sight. After we were done, I thanked them and went to the cougareat to grab some food that wasn't on the floor.

That's a sight that I'll always think of whenever I see Mulan again. Yay for kind strangers :)

Caryophlein

So during 455 today while we were supposed to be learning 2D NMR peak assignments of caryophlein, David, Andy, Erin and I decided to take the "What famous vampire are you?" quiz on blogthings.com in honor of the opening of New Moon tonight. Here are our results:

David: Dracula

You are deeply manipulative, and you have no qualms about being completely evil whenever it suits you.
You only look out for yourself, and you'll seek hardcore vengeance against anyone who stands in your way.

Unlike most vampires, you're only in it for the blood and power. Seduction and mind games don't appeal to you.
You are in it for the kill, pure and simple. You see other people as your dinner.

Andy: Copied David

Sara: Count von Count
You? A vampire? Well, maybe in name only. There's nothing really vampiric about you.
You are the kindest person in the world. You wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone suck someone's blood.

You are a natural teacher, and you enjoy the company of children. And not because you find them delicious!
People make find you annoying at times, but they never find you frightening. The only thing scary about your mouth is that you talk too much!

Erin: Copied Sara

Aaron Pulsipher showed up and took it too: he copied Erin and Sara

Long time, no blog

Wow, so I just realized that I haven't blogged for over two months. I decided I'd better make a contribution to the blogging world- since my life isn't too exciting, I'll share a bit of someone else's....

The best answer to the question "How are you?" I've ever heard:

A lady I worked with over the summer likes to golf. When she was at a country club one day she saw two ladies with their cardigans over their shoulders. They both had their poodles on a leash.

One says to the other: "How are you today?"

She replies: "I'm super deluxe."

I hope everyone's life is super deluxe!

Think before you dial

As I mentioned a couple blogs ago, I'm sleep deprived. Last night, my phone battery was almost dead and I wanted it to die before I recharged it because supposedly that's good for your battery. I was playing games on it, but it was pretty late and I was tired and wanted it to die faster. I decided that I'd make a call instead, but I didn't know of anyone I could call that late for no good reason.

In my tired delirium, I remembered a weather hotline from my childhood that was one of those three-digit numbers. You could call and hear the local weatherman read out the forecast. I thought I remembered that the number was 311, so I called it.

"Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, how may I help you?” I heard on the other line.

“Umm, sorry…. I thought I was calling the weather hotline… I don’t suppose you’d have the number for that… sorry… I’ll let you go now.”

“Thank you, have a good evening.”

The weather hotline is 118.

Early morning action

I leave work before the sun even thinks of getting up. Friday morning, someone started ringing my doorbell repeatedly just as I was about to leave. I freaked out because I had only woken up 7 minutes before, so I was still drowsy and couldn't imagine who on earth (other thaan a murderer) would be ringing my doorbell at 4:40.

I ran upstairs, woke up my dad and had him go down and answer the door. (Yes, I am a chicken)Talking to my mom, I found out that an hour before somone fired 6 shots in my neighborhood. Yikes! After heading back downstairs, I found out it was a cop who was talking to my dad just making sure that everyone in our house was okay.

I went out to the car to leave, and for some reason the inside light didn't come on when I unlocked it like it normally does. I got scared and had my dad check the trunk for gun-brandishing bandits because he was standing in the driveway. I couldn't find the button to pop the trunk inside the car for a while since it was dark, so I just kept pressing things. Finally, it opened and no one was inside, so I left for work.

Driving on the freeway I realized that in my effort to open the trunk I had opened the hood instead and it was threatening to come up. Luckily there's an extra safety latch you have to press on the hood itself to open it, so it doesn't do things like fly up onto your windshield if you accidentally press it while driving on the freeway, and I made it to work without further incident.


P.S. Apparently the cops found the casings and think it was something random because we live close to the freeway. Great.... that makes me feel safe....

I must be getting old

So a quick summary of my last two weeks- work for six days (gone 14 hours a day), church, work for five days (14 hrs + again), hike a mountain, shop, church, fly to california. Through all of that I've gotten usually less than 7 hours of sleep (usually 6 except one day I got 7 and 1/2). That used to be no problem for me, but for some reason now I'm exhausted. I was going to hang out with some friends at 9:30 last night, which isn't even too late, but I ended up crashing on the couch instead. Maybe that has something to do with getting up before 5 every day..... Idk, but I do know that if this trend continues I won't make a very good college student this next semester.

Fourth

Last weekend for the Fourth I went to my annual family reunion. My grandma lives in a small town, which in my view, is the perfect place to spend the Fourth. I love the patriotism of an early morning flag-raising, a small-town parade and a rodeo. I love this country!