Celebration: Free Online White Noise

I just finished my first essay for my class on the novel. We had a 3 hour time limit and I was getting too easily distracted and was worried I wouldn't be able to finish in time, so anticipating the tantrum I could tell I was about to throw, I looked for white noise on the internet and I found a program that lets you CUSTOMIZE IT!

http://www.soundsleeping.com/

At first it made me laugh too hard to get anything done (try the sound called "vibes" or the one called "flute song" - hilarious), but after a few minutes (and after turning off the musical options) I was perfectly focused and relaxed. I'm still listening to it right now while the fan blows cool air across my face. I'm pretending I'm in the movie Enchanted April. Who wouldn't want to spend a summer in a coastal villa in Italy?

Also, tonight Jordan is making--from scratch--chicken tikka masala. I pity the fool who doesn't get to taste it.

Celebration: Bananas

A friend of ours told us that there is a banana disease that is threatening to wipe out all banana plants as we know them.

He said this happened one time before and the banana we eat to day is not the banana people used to eat way back when. Because that banana is EXTINCT.

He said bananas are just clones of each other so their genetic makeup is exactly the same, and this is why it's so easy to kill all of them in one fell swoop.

He knows a lot about banans because he read a whole book about them.

I hope they can make this disease go away because I like bananas. Especially with chocolate and ice cream. When we were at the store this week I made a point of buying bananas because maybe next week they will all be DEAD.

Celebration: Loving this Video Tender

My best friend just reminded me of this amazing video (See my best friend's ace gardening blog here). It needs no other introduction (or apology).



Thank you, best friend. Today you have proven yourself truly my best of friends.

Celebration: Having a Moment in Which to Blog

I was hoping to get on and post something a week or so ago, but I started a summer term at school and with one thing or another I haven't really had a break until today. If I were to draw a picture of how I was feeling yesterday it would look something like this:

But I think the rest of this summer term is going to be pretty manageable. So...I'm back, friends! I'm back. And I need virtual human contact. Please oblige!