I hope I didn't freak him out too bad

Today we had an a/c guy come to do some preventative maintenance on our system (hasn't been done since we moved in, figured it was time).  We scheduled it for this afternoon since I'd be able to be home, and Laura decided to take advantage of me being home by going to the gym.  Janelle insisted on going with Laura so she could play at the kids club, so it was just Spencer and me when the a/c guy arrived.

The guy took an immediate liking to Spencer (who can't?) and told me that he just has his first baby six days ago (a boy).  I congratulated him.  Throughout his visit he was shocked by just how busy Spencer was, I guess realizing that he was seeing a glimpse of his future.

At one point right before the guy left, Spencer ran up to me holding one of Janelle's tiaras on his head, and of course it was backward.  The guy looked at Spencer and said "whoa, look at that," with kind of a worried expression on his face.  I then took the tiara from Spencer, turned it around, and put it back on Spencer's head saying, "Spencer, it goes like this."

I wish I'd had a camera at that point because suddenly the guy just looked dumbfounded.  I couldn't quite tell exactly what he was thinking about me letting my son wear a tiara, but there was a definite reaction.

My Women's Studies teacher would be so proud.

Anyone feeling like getting mad?!?!

For all you Texans the link below is guaranteed to set you off like Vesuvius:

Jim Borgman, Political Cartoonist

Awkward moment

Why can't I help but stare at eyebrow piercings? Seriously, there is something grotesquely memorizing about them. I think it is like when you see someone with a big scar and you can't help but stare. My problem is that I'm at a university with a whole bunch of pierced eyebrows and every now and then one of their owners catches me looking at them. Then I have to do that quick, glance away hoping they interpret that as a passing glance, rather then a stare.


In other news I have joined a research team and I need to analyze 150 future life history's of college students to try which the grad students will then use to run their statistical analysis. It is total, bottom-of-the-barrel, agonizing grunt work. But hey, at least I'm now in the barrel.

I don't think I need to comment much on these

We were discussing women's issues in advertising today during my Women's Psych class. We watched this video, which I think is a mandatory lesson for just about every single woman out there.

This is the second video we watched. It made me feel a bit guilty since I know that even Janelle has doubts about her own beauty. A specific example is that she has a gray tooth from a falling accident she once had. In our concern over her oral health, she got it into her head that her gray tooth is a blemish that detracts from her beauty. It is sad how sensitive even the littlest girls are to their appearance.

My Nerd Score

I found this on Ben McMurry's blog. I'm very disappointed that I did not beat his score.