Trips and Gums

So yesterday, I went to my Directing class a little early. It's set up so that there's a theater space bordered by risers lined with chairs. I had a band-aid on my ankle, so I decided to hop up onto the lowest step instead of stepping onto it... BAD CHOICE! I underestimated the height and sent chairs spraying in every direction.

At least it didn't hurt. Someone nearby said, "Man, when you go down, you really GO DOWN!"

I started to get up by grabbing the one chair left standing in the vicinity. However, it was unbalanced, and it flipped up and the opposite arm smacked me in the head. Then I hurt.



Today, I got a message from the periodontist (the dentist that looks solely at your gums). There had been need to do a biopsy on my gums last week, as there is a red, swollen spot that has been such for a couple of months.

Turns out that I have a Pyogenic Granuloma, which the periodontist said is more commonly known as a "Pregnancy Tumor." I am not pregnant, don't jump to the wrong conclusions. It also said that kids get it a lot too, but that doesn't mean I'm going to be teased any less by my parents. >.<;;

She said that it looks atypical for a P.G. too... Great... Why do I always get the atypical things? Actually, they're a little amusing, but for once I'd like to know what it feels like to have a healthy, pain-free body. Or at least a more exciting disease. How about something that is potentially life-threatening, but easily treatable? I want to take this tumor in for a refund!

Ignore this, it's a test

You know you're a nerd when...

Well, you always wondered if you were nerdy. Here's a couple of ways that I can tell with myself:

1. You try to classify balloon clusters into shapes of electron orbitals.

2. You get a little bit of a thrill when the M&Ms that pour out into your hand are the three primary colors.

Waiting for Odai

One of my classes is a 1-credit play reading class. It's just Mary, Elaine, and I, and we discuss the plays we've read each week with our professor, Odai. The week we read Waiting for Godot.

In reality, this week's class ended up being on waiting for Odai. We waited for half an hour, discussing the play, and he never showed up. Right before we left, we left him a message on his office voicemail.

Also as we were leaving, we realized that he could have been conducting a text-related experiment on us to see if we would wait for him like Estragon and Vladimir waited for Godot. Inwardly, I still wonder if he would have showed up.

5 People Who Don't Seem to Age

[On a side note before I begin, I went and saw (500) Days of Summer with Jillian. It was fantastic! Now I have the soundtrack and sing those songs in my head wherever I go.]

People Who Don't Seem to Age

1. Leslie Neilson

I swear. That man has had white hair since birth. The only picture that you can find of him with dark hair are black & white, which means something could have easily been wrong with the camera.

2. Nuns

They all seem to be stuck in their mid-30s (a la Julie Andrews), or their around the age of 60 and no one questions them about their childhood. Although, that doesn't stop them from saying, "Back in my day..." But then, that's just an older person thing.

3. Librarians

I just don't think that they're allowed to age. It's probably in the job description. I mean, think about your elementary school librarian... She's still there and she looks exactly the same... Unless she retired, but that says nothing about age.

4. Peter Jackson

Okay, maybe he did age after that weight loss... But in reverse... So maybe that doesn't count.

5. Michael J. Fox

I think they just change his hairstyle to fit with the now, then they call it good.

I know I had more. I just can't think of them right now.

Sounds Like a Mat Kearney Day to Me

This weekend was the staff retreat for the Bethany Community Church youth group. We went and stayed in a cabin in Roslyn, WA (where Northern Exposure was filmed... not that I've seen it). IT SNOWED! <3

Well, it doesn't really look like snow there... But oh well.



We went into Cle Elum and Roslyn. Cle Elum must have really abnormally small moose. Zanie just liked the mule. I'm not really sure what Alex was thinking...

I'd say that Sabrina was pretty excited to finally find a moose she could ride.

John, what's up with the grizzly?

Yeah, that looks like cancer to me too.

Halfway between Cle Elum and Roslyn, we saw this awesome centipede on the playground, so we naturally stopped, despite the rain.

There were really fun things to play on, including one of those spinning discs that you stand on and hold onto the bars (a merry-go-round?). I rode it and the batteries fell out of my camera, so I couldn't document the funny signs in the towns, like "Chew N Butts" at the tobacco shop and "Restrooms & Cemetaries"... Yeah, I've been wondering about that one too.

Livin' is Easy with Eyes Closed

There's nothing quite like watching a movie full of the angsty cries echoing from a previous generation to make you feel like you are alive and blessed to know the freedoms of today.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.