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I've had a pretty busy week at work.  Always lots of work to do it seems.

So this week is the spring break from my real university, but next week is my spring break from the community college where I'm taking a class.  Boo!  *thumbs down* And while it's spring break, I'm waiting on my financial management book to arrive so I can read 4 chapters and do my homework that's due next Monday night.  My grades from the two classes I was taking just posted.  A- in Operations Management and an A in International Law.  Woo. :)

I'd also like to pass on that Babybel cheese is awesome. 

Bio and Stats midterms tomorrow morning and then I am done.

Then I get to wake up at 5 on Saturday morning and go to the airport to fly to DC. Really glad I dropped the coin on a new camera. I have the Smithsonian, the Holocaust Museum and Mt. Vernon on my schedule so far. Trying to figure out what else to do.

Museum of Air & Space and the American Indian Museum!

I didn't think of the A&S Museum. That's on the list.

The only good thing about working Fridays is that we only work until 4:15pm.  Woo!

After work I'm headed to pick up the ceiling fan I ordered and then probably Home Depot.  This weekend is supposed to be pretty nice, I'm going to put on a final coat of paint on my front door and replace the lock/handle. 

Yeah, we did a little of the Air & Space Museum.  The IMAX theater there is sponsored by the company I work for.  The guy I was doing the touristy stuff with last weekend was like "hey look, do you feel at home now?"  heh   :D

On another note, I got my ear pierced again last weekend.  It's been probably 9 or 10 years since I got my original cartilage piercing that I forgot what a PITA it is while it heals. 

Oh well, I still think it looks pretty cool.  The only annoying thing is that the original hoop and the new hoop don't match...and I can't change out the new one until it's healed (which could be 8 months). 

I bought some new jewelry online the other day.  I got some matching hoops for my cartilage.  And I got a clear barbell for my tongue and a shorter regular silver barbell for my tongue. 

Okay so the weekend has started. I picked up my new ceiling fan after work. Then I went to the glorious Home Depot for a little paint and a new doorknob/lock set for my front door. In other good news my financial management book arrived today.

Two more loads of laundry (including my comforter which takes a couple trips through the dryer to dry) and I have to finish packing. Hopefully security isn't too bad, cause I'm going to be tired and cranky. If you don't hear from me again after about 6 AM tomorrow, you'll know why.

Security was smooth and easy last week for me.  I even had a carry-on suitcase on the way out to DC.  I checked on the way back though.

Yeah. I've got a carryon and my backpack. Hopefully they won't hassle me. And I'm glad I'm driving back. I only have to deal with the hassle once.

Dude my suitcase was jammed packed full of stuff.  They gave it a good look over while it was in the x-ray machine, but then let it go on.  I was just happy I didn't have to try and repack it.  lol

That's good. I don't have too much stuff, so that's good.

Think I'm going to sit down and throw in the movie I got from Netflix today.

I'm contemplating taking one of my new "make me sleepy" pills and getting some sleep tonight.  Tomorrow I'm going to try *try* and be productive around the house.

What did you get from netflix? 

If I didn't have to be up at 5, I'd probably do the same.

I got an Israeli film called Kedma.

http://tjctv.com/movies/kedma/

Oh, that sounds like an excellent movie.  I may have to check it out one of these days. 

In St. Louis for a 2 hour layover. Got to see the Arch while we were doing our step-down. Last time I saw it I was 10 or 11. At least I was able to sleep most of the flight, even if it only was 1-1/2 hours. Ready to get to DC though.

Yea! Almost there! Did you get any sleep last night? How was the movie?

A couple hours. I decided around 3 to chance it. I set both the alarms on my clock and 3 alarms on my phone. Managed to wake up and be out the door by 6 to pick up my buddy James, who took my car back to Denton, and grab us breakfast. Security was busy, but I got through in less than 10 minutes. Didn't have to get probed or X-rayed.

Now I'm sitting in Chilis waiting for 10 (hey, it's 10...) so I can order lunch and a beer. Buffalo wings sound really freaking good right now.

The movie was ok. I kind of just had it on in the background, so I ended up bringing it with me to watch at some point this week. The director, Amos Gitai, is almost too artsy for his own good. This is the second movie I've seen of his and the beginning of both is 5-10 minutes of absolutely no dialog. Starts really slow. The ending is weird. The main character pretty much goes crazy and embarks on a 10 minute ranting monologue. Not bad, but I'm glad it's part of my free trial.

I'm still laying around in bed. I'm contemplating getting something to eat.

My landscaper showed up this morning, I woke up to the sound of my jungle being chopped down in my backyard.

Well, my flight to Dulles is delayed by an hour and a half. Between my laptop, my IPad and a book I brought, I should be good to go. Guess I'll turn some American Dad back on.

Made it to DC. Went to this bitchin' Chicago style pizzeria. Had a personal deepdish pepperoni (so not kosher...) I'm full. Holy crap that was good. Now at my stepdad's place in Alexandria relaxing. It's going to be a good week.

You had quite a bit of traveling this morning/afternoon.  I'm sure you need the rest!

Yeah, it's been a long day. I managed to sleep on the plane, but it wasn't enough. And we lose an hour of sleep tonight. Damn...

If it makes you feel better, I've been utterly unproductive today.  :)

Woohoo! I found a quite corner of the St. Louis Aiport, kicked off my shoes and watched American Dad for 3 hours. You don't get anymore unproductive than that without being on some kind of illegal substance. ;D

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I do loves me some American Dad.   :D

They have the first five seasons on Netflix Instant Play right now. I'm loving it.  ;D

If I'm home by 9pm, I always try and watch the two episodes Adult Swim shows.  Really, I love all the shows they have on in the evenings:  American Dad, Family Guy, Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen are my favorites.

That's close to my schedule, but after Robot Chicken I look for Futurama, or Archer if it's Thursdays. Not a fan of Aqua Teen.

You ever seen Archer? Freaking hilarious.

I've seen it once or twice, pretty funny. 

smithsonian channel.  tonight, there is a program about the concorde.  VERY interesting.

Damnit, stop telling me about a channel I don't get!  And I wish I got it!  

It's in some kind of pay more money tier for HD.  I don't have any HD tvs therefore I don't get HD channels.

Okay seriously it's located in the Time Warner Cable HD/Sports Pass, which is a bunch of freaking sports channels and then the Smithsonian Channel.

I don't think the problem is hd tv's vs not hd tvs.  I think it's directv vs cable.  I get the smithsonian channel on our non-hd tv.

It's in the HD tiers at Time Warner.  Things I do not pay extra for since there's no use to getting HD channels when you only own tube tvs.  :)

I'm guessing Time Warner doesn't offer the non-HD version of the Smithsonian channel.  To which I put a pox on their house!!!

So, I'm on the Time Warner Cable website and I want to check out how much it would possibly cost to add this fancy schmancy Smithsonian Channel.

Okay it says I already have an account.  Okay I figure out which freaking email address I used to create it and it's not one of my regular passwords.  I have so many freaking password variations it's hard to keep them straight.  Anywho, so I click "forgot password" and it goes to my secret question:
"what's your favorite movie?"  I put in "Silence of the Lambs" nope. "The Contender" no.  "Tommy Boy" no. WTF???  What ****ing movie did I put in there??

So I try and trick it up to get the next secret question: "What's your favorite band?"  Okay this is a no brainer "Smashing Pumpkins" no. WTF?  Was I smoking crack when I 1. picked these damn questions and 2. picked the ****ing answers? ???

The crisis is now over.  I managed to get into the Time Warner website and promptly changed those retarded questions & answers. 

Also learned the Smithsonian Channel would be another $6.99/month.  I'll pass for now. 

I can't wait to do the real Smithsonian this week.  8)

I definitely didn't do all of it.  We did go to the Air & Space museum.  Also we went to the American History museum to see the exhibit on First Lady's dresses and Dorothy's ruby red slippers.  And we did the museum that has the Hope diamond.  I enjoyed the American Indian museum as well.

"the real ian fleming" is on the smithsonian channel right now.

Don't make me come over there and kick you ass for posting the regularly updated schedule of the Smithsonian channel.

last night, there was this cool program about the USS ronald reagan. ;D

Srsly.  You're srsly going to go down this route?

I hate you.


























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I'm looking at the website and I can't believe how many museums make up the Smithsonian. Thinking I'm going to do the Air and Space Museum and the American History Museum for sure, and maybe the National Portrait Gallery.

Oh yeah the Air & Space museum was awesome!  What's funny is I was doing my touristy stuff with a guy that's an ER doctor.  The weekend overall was heavy on the doctor ratio.  So we walk a bit into the Air & Space and the IMAX theater is sponsored by the company I work for.  He was like "ahh, look at that, now don't you feel at home?"  lol

air and space and american history are the biggies, for sure.  if you don't get anywhere else, get there.

That's funny. It looks like you had a great time, too...  8)

I'm sure my new camera will be getting a workout the next few days.

I genuinely enjoyed the portrait gallery.  but you really have to be a history nut to really enjoy it.  just my opinion.

And don't be fooled.  The walk from Washington to WWII to Vietnam to Lincoln is a lot farther than it looks!

On the First Lady's dresses, I like Nancy Reagan's but was surprised it wasn't red.  And she was/is soooo tiny.  Barbara Bush's dress next to it just looked awful. 

don't be fooled by how close things look when you are on the mall.  they aren't close.  they're just HUGE.

it LOOKS like the lincoln memorial is across the street, but it's not.

I'm beyond a history nut. I'm a history geek...

Really, I'm looking for a few portraits. Teddy Roosevelt. Alexander Hamilton. George Washington. Andrew Mellon. People like that.

No sh*t, it's ****ing far.  Especially since it was at the end of the day when we got to Lincoln, we started at the National Archives that day.

Oh Mike!  You have to go to the National Archives and see the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.  The only thing that bothered me there were the people right in front of me.  It was like they were reading the damn things.  Seriously, they're on the internet, and they were like 50s, so they should have read them before anyway.  I just wanted to look. 

I warned her about the distances.  she ignored me.  hey, I tried.

the archives are always slammed with smelly babies and rude people.  and it's not a guarantee that you are looking at the REAL declaration of independence, or the constitution.  they have facsimiles that they use.  often.

It wasn't too busy when we went, but it was before Spring Break started.  Just a bunch of old people trying to read the damn things.   ::)

you're going at the right time.  never go during the summer.  the whole place is a stinking mess.  after seeing washington in august, it would be understandable if you opposed anything with "public" in it's description.

ageist!!

lol.

I do! I walked by the Archives last SB and didn't even think about going in. I just took some pictures of the exterior since I was doing some architectural photo work.

God gave us the internet if we want to read the founding documents.  Old people should learn how to use Google. 

heh   :D

did you know that the concorde needs 200 mph of groundspeed to take off?  it's design was optimized for supersonic flight, but it struggled to get off the ground.

old people don't do the internet.  not well.  trust me.  I am still trying to help my mom and dad into the modern age.

These people were closer to your age vs your parents age.  lol

And couldn't a Concorde type of airplane only land at certain airports?

Concorde:  Great idea, poor execution in the end.

there was a huge controversy about sonic booms. 

Damn you and your Smithsonian Channel.  Now I wish I had see the show about the Concorde.  (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/firelatte/smiles/shakefist.gif)

it isn't free on directv, either.  I forget what it costs.  I just generally tell the customer service person to give me everything they have. ;D

Yes, well between the two of us, if I won't pay $6.99 and you want everything they have, let's try and guess which one of us makes more money....

my directv bill is obscene.  even without the baseball subscription.

it's "women in science" month on the smithsonian channel.  jus' sayin'

 ;D

March is Women's History Month :)

in celebration of that, let's all share a robert palmer video that I was enjoying.  a blast from the past

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGw_cOgwa8