Published on
September 28, 2008 in
Dreams.
I’m going to let you in on a secret, my post (The things we never do) was a ploy. My intention was for you to give me some awesome ideas of things to do on my birthday. Well, I guess that doesn’t necessarily make it “ploy”. Don’t feel bad though. It’s not too late to go back and comment. Also, your comment doesn’t really have to be something we could do on my birthday (or birthday weekend.) It’s really just nice to get these things out, it will make them more likely to happen. Believe me.
Speaking of my birthday, it’s next Monday. The only plans I have so far is that I want to go to the Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me taping. Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is a weekend radio program on NPR and it is very funny. On Monday they will be taping the pilot for the TV show and you can request tickets on the KPCC website. I requested tickets and really want to go. Do you want to go? Say yes.
There’s always a handful of things that I put off. Put off until when? Some mysterious time in the future? Some special occasion that never seems to happen? I would like to air some of these ideas out.
I’ve thought for a long time about doing an Azusa/Glendora beer ride. I’ve thought about it since the Hot Knives beer ride. Although this really wouldn’t work anymore, it was a pretty good plan. There are four really good liquor stores in the Greater Azusa area. They actually make a really good loop and tour of the area. And you know what? The Brown House would have been the perfect ending destination. Why did I never get this to happen you ask? I have no idea! I thought about it being on my birthday last year, but it felt like a lot to ask of people. But would it have been? Probably not. Would it have been really fun and doable? Probably.
A lot of the other things I put off have to do with food. Making soy chocolate milkshakes? Apple pies? French fries? There never seems a good time to do this. These are the quintessential special occasion foods to me. They are my absolute favorite items. Are any of them hard to make? Not really. Well, croissants would be. I should add croissants to the above list. I love croissants.
It’s also like why don’t we have people over? Why don’t we have a special occasion roof party? I don’t know. There is no time like the present people! It’s like the roller blades you got for Christmas but kept in your closet because you didn’t want to get them messed up. One day you pulled them out to go blading and they didn’t fit anymore! True story. Well, not really, but probably.
What are the things you put off? What are the things you always want to do but the time never feels right? Comment away friends. Let it out.
Published on
September 24, 2008 in
Polar.
Today is a very special day, a day to celebrate People. I almost missed this celebration, but SpaceCollective user LED gave me a heads up. I launched a virtual balloon to show my participation. International Polar Day is a part of a bigger campaign lasting all of 2008, International Polar Year (IPY). IPY aims to focus many scientific efforts on polar regions to study the effects of climate change on Atmosphere, Ice, Land, Oceans, People, and Space.
Join us around September 24th in learning more about People and the Polar Regions. Using the sidebar on the left of these pages you can find many ways to get involved including having local and global discussions, tuning in to radio broadcast from Arctic Canada, and launching a virtual balloon.