Umm...I don't recall inviting you...

Yesterday I spent some time with my mom's friend's daughter.  I'm not really friends with her but we saw each other a lot as kids since our moms are good friends.  Man, that girl is hard to shake!  She said she didn't want to spend the whole day together because she had work and I said that was great, because I couldn't either, but then she kept dragging it on and on.  Every time I tried to make my escape she would tag along!  She even started planning a trip for the two of us together.  When I said I was planning on going to South America after graduation she said she's not interested and instead we should go to Central Asia together.  Umm... I don't recall inviting you...

Can't I finish my dissertation in peace?!!

Of course in my last semester at the University, the University decides to now require us to log into VPN before access our office computers remotely... even when we're on campus.  I had to go all the way to campus just to figure out why I couldn't connect to my office computer. 

Irresponsible people...

I don't understand how some people can be so irresponsible.  A fellow student is  receive a teaching award and invited me to the ceremony...turns out that student has a presentation, a two-hour drive away from our campus 90min after the ceremony ends... do the math... and then add traffic...yeah...

That same student left their phone at home for the entire week while we were at another conference in another city that their mom and grandmother were flying out to from another state to meet-up and spend time with the student for the week.  One would think that you would want your phone so you could communicate with your mom and grandmother who were flying out...but hey, that's just me.

Stupid websites

So my flight was canceled due to weather.  I went online to rebook, like the e-mail told me...only I couldn't...over and over again.  So I called the reservations number, "We are experiencing high call volume due to Hurricane Sandy, please visit our website or call back at another time."  I finally managed to get to a human and rebooked my flight, after trying to call all day and being on hold for more than 40min.  Sometimes I wish a modified version of Mr. Garrison's entity was real, MODIFIED.

I've got a bee in my bonnet!

Well, actually in my recessed lighting. Yup, that's right, I've got a bee in my bedroom. A couple months ago it was a wasp and its nest and larvae on the inside of my window and now it's a bee. Oh, what I wouldn't give to have a regular run of the mill spider problem at the moment. Dare I say, I think a cockroach is even preferable to a bee! Not the flying kind of cockroaches of course. But then again...a flying cockroach won't sting you in your sleep...I need a wren, or a summer tanager or some such insectivore aves.

Your Ebola comes with a free frogurt

I was listening to NPR on my way to work today, the news report was about a recent Ebola outbreak in DR Congo. The reporter said "some good news out of the outbreak, a pregnant Ebola patient gave birth. She died but the baby survived. The infant has Ebola." WTF!! How is that good news??

Here is how it all went down:

Radio: Some good news out of the outbreak, a pregnant Ebola patient gave birth

Me: aahhh J

Radio: She died

Me: ohh L

Radio: but the baby survived.

Me: aahhh J

Radio: The infant has Ebola.

Me: WTF??

I felt like I was in that Simpsons scene where Homer buys a cursed Krusty doll:

An Ebola patient gave birth today.  That’s good!  The woman died.  That’s bad.  Her baby survived. That's good!  The baby has Ebola. That's bad. But the Ebola comes with a free frogurt.  That’s good.  The frogurt has Ebola.  That’s bad.  But you get your choice of topping. That's good. The toppings contain potassium benzoate. 0_o That's bad. …Can I go now?