minutiae continued
a. is this what my new jersey life has come to?
b. fixed my car mirrors with daddy-o. freaking ford focus. i don't think it's just me b/c i've now had to replace four side mirrors. temporarily thwarted in our attempt to fix my car when daddy-o dropped the bolt into the door. and no, they don't sell those bolts at home depot.
c. i'm a groupie of we are scientists! they've toured in the UK, and here is their first OFFICIAL video, with their first single, the great escape, due out in october. yeay for friends making it big(gish)!
d. maybe i didn't work out today, but i sure did sweat enough to make up for it.
e. the funeral was today. the family is catholic, so the service was held at a catholic church in town. i've lived here on and off since i was 10, and this was the first time i've set foot in the church. i was kind of amazed b/c through the liturgy and ceremony, i was able to experience god. it was kind of amazing. i've been somewhat cynical about the catholic faith. i believe that catholics can have legitimate religious experiences. and i'm not one of those christians who thinks that catholics aren't true christians. but in my personal experience in the catholic church -- i went to catholic school for two years and that many masses -- and in protestant/non-denominational churches, i've found my experience of god to be much more vibrant and real in the latter. of course, i'm not a very formal person -- i'll use the word homoerotic at a funeral; i scoff at tradition and all that rigamarole. but today really was a new and amazing experience.
f. i was reading over my blog the other day, sort of looking for foot-in-mouth-entries, and was reminded...when i lived with my parents last year, working and waiting for law school, i started to become interested in this boy who worked at the gym i worked at. umm...until he turned out to be 18 and an almost-high-school grad. HA! he's probably just turned 19 now ... OY VEY.
g. i was talking to a friend on AIM last night and i told her i was on dial up. she said, welcome to the 90s. and i thought, no, for a big chunk of the 90s, i was in college and on ethernet. welcome to the stone age!