Does bad stuff happen in threes?

This weekend, my car broke down, I got a virus, and my doctor didn’t give me a clear bill health. He’s making me get another mammogram. So this morning I got up, and I didn’t feel very well. And some of my breakfast came out of my body in a way that it isn’t supposed to.

Now, my question is my illness really a virus or am I just stressed out. I slept for almost two hours this afternoon, but that could have been stress release too. I don’t know.

All the bad stuff aside, things could have been worse. When my car stopped, I was on a I-35 off-ramp in downtown OKC, but there was no traffic. And I was less than 5 miles away from Lauren’s church, where my car got pulled to. Lauren and Eddie were home and willing to drive me to Norman. The police officer who called the truck to pull my car was really nice, and he told stories about his own daughters. And in the end, I only got home an hour later than I had planned. Isn’t that crazy for a break down?

And then my wonderful parents! Mom was ready to jump in the car and rescue me immediately…that really wasn’t going to be the best thing, this time, but it was the thought that counted. And then Dad came all the way to OKC and saved my car from the parking lot today. Of course, I feel a little sheepish. After he jumped it, it drove all the way home. There is still something wrong with the car, but my parents have been so good to help me get my car fixed.

However, I’m beginning to wonder if we need somebody to cast the demons out of that car, instead of sending her to the mechanic.

Cabbages Revisited

At this blog, I have previously aired my deep fear and hatred of decorative cabbages. Well, I’ve never really cared about edible cabbages either. Maybe a little saucraut on a rueben sandwich or something… but not a personal relationship or anything.

Well, I learned a new thing to do to cabbages. PBS had a special a couple of nights ago where teenagers preformed their instruments after when internation competitions. A little girl played Chopin. A group of three played a near impossible precussion piece. One of that group was asked to show his special talent. He was able to balance a lawnmower on his chin. No, not a riding mower. But he would place the handle of the push mower on his chin with the whirly part in the air.

During the end credits, the host of the show actually plugged the mower in… yes, that is kinda weird. It was an electric mower, but that explains why it wasn’t too heavy. So this guy has a mower balanced on his chin, and his friends start gently lobbing cabbages, so they hit the blades. No joke. Cabbage all over the place. In the end, a very fullfilling show.

Here is a similar incident with lettuce. Cool but not as cool as cabbage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrs4vH7j0I

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JoeyGirl Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

How hard can it be?

Jane Eyre. It’s a common book. How hard can it be to get a copy of it. I saw the Masterpiece Theatre presentation on the book, and now I want to read it again. Unfortunately, the library has none of its four copies. My friend has offered her copy, but she’s in Texas for a wedding. I had a cheap copy…but somebody stole it…. Was it one of my innocent looking sisters? Perhaps.

Perhaps, I will just have to reconstruct the whole plot line backwards from hints I find in the Eyre Affair. I was also “lucky” enough to see Wuthering Heights on Masterpiece Theatre. That I own, but now I will probably never read. It is terribly depressing. I can understand why the characters of that book needed an intervention in one of the Thursday Next novels. For those of you who have missed Eyre Affair and the rest of the Thursday Next novels. Shame on you. Go immediately to your local library and read them. If you don’t like them, too bad. They’re awesome. They are by Jasper Fforde. If you don’t like Eyre Affair, at least sit down and read the Fourth Bear…it’s a little more friendly to the non-literati crowd.

Okay, I’m writing today more because I want to be online and less because I have any good to say, so I better wrap up. Have a good day, and wish me luck on my quest for Jane Eyre.

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jen_archaic Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
This blog was actually written on Sunday. It looks a little out of place. Jane Eyre has final been captured. Now, I just don’t have time to read it any more.

JoeyGirl Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 6:54 am
I would like to say that this innocent looking sister did not steal it. I stole many of your other books, but Jane Eyre was not one of them.

By the way, the fact that I’ve “accidentally” stolen books from the library won’t reflect badly on you in your search for a job, will it? Background checks don’t go that in-depth…right?

Hehehe

I should never turn on the tv while I’m getting ready in the morning. This is what I saw today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzv6K4bi1WY

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JoeyGirl Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 6:21 am
You just made my day. Yea for Alicia Keyes! Yea for Elmo!!!

Politics and Arbys

The writer of this blog (me) is a little schitzo sometimes. My mind is all over the place. Christmas was awesome. One of the highlights being the amount of centrifical force one can exprience on a old pick-up hood latched to a four-wheeler in a snowy field. You should hear the pitch of the screams as they come closer to you and then fling farther away.

There was also much good food at Christmas and plenty of sleep and nice long walks and I beat Joanna expert minesweeper score. (Joanna wanted me to write about Christmas. Particularly the cowboy sledding experience with the four wheeler. It was too fun for words.)

So Christmas is over, and school is begun. Well, next week. My work is begun, but today is my last play day. I just saw this amazing conference on bi-partisianship hosted by the president of OU, David Boren. We had people from all over the states. Most famously (at this time) is Mayor Bloomberg from NYC. He got the most press, but he did not announce his run for the office…so sorry all you national media people who probably won’t even mention this on the news tonight.

Now, I’m going to get Arby’s and head to the free admission day at the Oklahoma Historical Center. I was one of the first people to see the plans in 2000-2001, and now it’s done, and I’ve never been there. Shame on me.

Happy holidays. Epiphany and Orthodox Christmas is today….I think.

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Susannelein Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Oooh, I like the Oklahoma History Center. It’s awesome! What did you think of it?

jen_archaic Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I liked it! I caught your message on my phone late last night. I hope to talk to you soon!