weekend roundup
Blogging on a regular basis is a struggle for me. Either I have nothing I want to say, or I lack the desire to sit down and write about it. Hopefully I’ll have something fun to talk about on Wednesday, but today is just about summaries. Hey, it’s better than nothing!
- It rained the entire time we were in Charlottesville. But the lecture I went to was very interesting and even a little entertaining. “Searching for Unicorns and Extraterrestrial Civilizations” gave a brief history of SETI and compared the search for extra-terrestrials to the unicorn hunts that are oft depicted in visual art and literature. The two searches are similar in that both beings are plausible and therefore difficult to completely debunk given the knowledge and technology of the time.
- I went to the warehouse book sale of the University of Virginia Press and I’m happy with the books I bought: The Limits of Hope: An Adoptive Mother’s Story and Trojan Goat: A Self-Sufficient House. They were $6 and $4, respectively! I read the Trojan Goat and I am really looking forward to the next solar decathlon just one year from now.
- The Bavarian Chef, south of Madison, VA, was a very good restaurant. The food was really rich, but very good.
- Saw the Magnetic Fields last night – ran into Jon and Elizabeth between acts (and during intermission! at a concert!) and are now vaguely committed to some concert on December 6. The concert was good, and I especially enjoyed the opening act: Shugo Tokumaru.
Upcoming:
- Election Official Training tomorrow! I’m very excited, and happy that my training is taking place at my site (and polling place). I’m planning on writing about it on Wednesday. We’ll see.
- Dad’s Visit! He’s coming out on Thursday and planning on heading home on the 5th. I told him to vote early and gave him the times and place where he could do that. I hope he made time for it over the weekend.
- Halloween! I’m still not done with my costume. All of the pieces are cut out, and some sewing has started, but I’m a slow sewer with a crappy machine. I’d like to make this a good quality garment, but if it’s Thursday night and I’m still not done, hems WILL be left unfinished. I’ll try and remember to take pictures.
