What a morning!

I went to get in my car this morning, and discovered that my cleaning it off yesterday did little good because it was now frosted over on the *inside* of the windows on 3 sides of the car. Weird.

So after getting it cleaned off in a decent enough way to drive, I go to work. I was on level 3 of the parking garage when I realize that I didn't have my laptop with me. So I had to drive back home and get it.

Then I get here, and I have a brand new, enormous flat panel monitor on my desk. They kindly left me all the dust that fell off the old monitor. Now I know why I sneeze so much at work!

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I forgot the one good thing that came out of having to return home this morning. When I drove around the corner from the alley to Wilber, I saw the single fattest robin I've ever seen. He was about the size of a softball, I swear, with his bright red chest all puffed up from the wind. He was just sitting on a tree brand, bobbing along with the wind, and was only about 3 feet from me in the car.

It's times like that I wish I remembered to keep my camera with me at all times. It was a cool image.

Senior-year-of-high-school meme

...stolen from all sorts of people, just because I'm "reuining" with some hs peeps this weekend.

What year was it?
1993-94

What were your three favorite bands/musicians?
Nine Inch Nails, Tori Amos & The B-52s.

What was your favorite outfit?
Jeans and t-shirts.

What was up with your hair?
Um...it had finally settled down from all the chopping off, bleaching and perming of junior high. It was cut in a bob, with the back shorter than the front, and the back clipper cut.

Who were your best friends?
My friend J. who I'll see this weekend, my ex-friend B. who I haven't heard from since her wedding four years ago (including no thank you note), my friend M. who I'll again see this weekend, L. who's now a cop and has come out, and the superslut, until we finally stopped talking to her.

What did you do after school?
Marching band practice (I was the field commander), musical practice (that year was Oklahoma) and quick recall/quiz tv show. And 4-H group/project stuff in the spring.

Did you take the bus?
Only for band trips.

Who did you have a crush on?
Um....I was dating a guy from another school until I dumped him the week before prom and then he semi-stalked me for a while. That kind of turned me off crushes for a bit.

Did you fight with your parents?
All the time. The college selection process was hellish, because I had to go where I got the most money, and it was my last choice. I wanted so badly to go to Oberlin.

Who did you have a CELEBRITY crush on?
Trent Reznor, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson (though I'm not sure I'd have admitted the last one then)

Did you smoke cigarettes?
A puff or two maybe

Did you lug all of your books around in your backpack all day because you were too nervous to find your locker?
Huh? My school wasn't close to that large, and all the seniors got giant lockers on the back of the gym, with built in locks that you could pre-set, so we left them unlocked all the time. The fear was more that someone would come and turn the lock and you wouldn't remember your combo.

Did you have a 'clique'?
By default. We were the smart, slightly alti-kids, considered very very uncool by the popular elite.

Did you have "The Max" like Zach, Kelly, and Slater?
I admit watching that show, but I've got no clue what that means.

Admit it, were you popular?
Nope. Maybe among the band kids, but that's not really popular.

Who did you want to be just like?
Margaret Atwood.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
A writer. Or a rockstar. Those are probably still valid now. Or a fashion designer, to which I attribute the knitting obsession.

Where did you think you'd be at the age you are now?
I thought I'd have at least one novel published, and maybe a screenplay. I thought I'd probably be living in a larger city than I am.