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I'm leavin on a jet plane!  I head to Boston in the morning for Tim's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!) and then on to Disney World Friday! YAY!!

So look for photos on facebook and twitter but no blogs (I won't have my computer with me--- shocking I know!).

Peace!

Quiz (why not)

1. What time did you get up this morning?
11am.  I need to start getting up early to train myself for Disney though!

2. How do you like your steak?
Medium-Well

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Star Trek!

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Oh... that's a hard question.  Star Trek? Family Guy? Something geeky for sure.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
With Tim.

6. What did you have for breakfast?
boiled eggs & toast

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Italian or Southern American

8. What foods do you dislike?
I only like fish, onions, peppers in moderation

9. Favorite Place to Eat?
I always enjoy Applebees.  Does that make me generic?

10. Favorite dressing?
Ranch (Wow- I AM generic)

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive?
2002 Ford Focus ZX5

12. What are your favorite clothes?
Shorts, Star Trek T-shirt, Croc Flip Flops

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
London

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire?
Retire?  I'm afraid I don't understand.

16. Favorite time of day?
Morning, when the day is full of possibilities (and by morning I mean noon-ish)

17. Where were you born?
Maryville, TN

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
Men's swimming or beach volley ball --haha

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?
I don't know

20. Person you expect to tag you back first?
It doesn't really matter

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
As these questions are riveting, I'm just so curious about anyone...

22. Bird watcher?
Haha. Not really.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Night.

24. Do you have any pets?
Ophelia, a long haired Tortoise Shell Cat

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?
I'm going to Boston & Disney World with Tim soon!! :)

26. What did you want to be when you were little?
A Teacher. I used to sit my stuffed animals down like students and turn my bedroom into a classroom.

27. What is your best childhood memory?
Riding my bike in the yard with my nifty Mikey Mouse wallet ID in my pocket and pretending I was him. 

28. Are you a cat or dog person?
Both

29. Are you married?
Not yet

30. Always wear your seat belt?
Yes

31. Been in a car accident?
Yes

32. Any pet peeves?
Parents who don't control their children in public

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
Pepperoni or ham & pineapple

34. Favorite Flower?
I'm not really sure.

35. Favorite ice cream?
Hmm... It's hard to choose. Death by Chocolate?

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?
Arby's or Wendy's

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
None

38. From whom did you get your last email?
Tim

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
Apple

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?
This quiz...

41. Like your job?
I love being a Stage Manager.

42. favorite veggie?
Corn

43. What was your favorite vacation?
Florida with my family as a kid.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Andrea

45. What are you listening to right now?
The kids upstairs jumping and thumping and making the walls rattle

46. What is your favorite color?
Purple or Red

47. How many tattoos do you have?
0

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz?
0

49. Coffee Drinker?
  Occasionally

50. Ever sing Karaoke?
Occasionally.

Cropping it down to size

With all this technology (google docs, iphone notes, word, excel) that I use to keep my life in order, sometimes I get overwhelmed.  In times like these I take out my the little pocket notebook from my bag, grab a pen and start making lists.  Once this begins I have to keep this little notebook with me at all times (even in the bathroom as you can see above).

I'm not sure why I'm blogging about this.  I guess I just wanted to talk about how when life is getting crazy and stressful a nice bullet point list can make it all seem very manageable. 

I'm entering into a transitional period over the next few weeks.  My summer job at the Opera is ending soon but I'm still in the THICK of it now.  I don't want to delve into the details here, but I'll say this of being a Super Captain: I learned a lot about myself and about human nature.  I'm also going into prep for our season the Ensemble Theatre and looking forward to getting back behind a prompt book.  But enough about work.

Next week I fly to Boston for Tim's birthday!  I'm VERY excited about this trip.  There are birthday celebrations planed, fun touristy things to do in Salem MA (yay witch history!) and I finally get to spend some time with Tim. It's been way to long.  I'm only in Boston for a couple of days and then Tim and I fly to Orlando Florida for our Disney vacation!!!  WAAAHOO!!  I'm SO EXCITED!   A real vacation with someone I love!  It's like a dream still-- I don't really believe that it's happening on some level.   I'm sure it'll sink in when I'm on the plane-- or maybe when I'm on the monorail with Tim and see the Magic Kingdom come into view for the first time-- or maybe when we meet Mickey Mouse-- or maybe when I buy my Mouseketeer Ears with "Mike" stitched on the back!!  EEEEEE!!

Then, when Tim and I get back from Disney we're going to Andrea and Scott's fabulous wedding and THEN we have our big move into the new apartment.  Well- Tim has his BIG move from Massachusetts but I'm only move 5 blocks from my current apartment.  I can't wait to post pictures of the new place once we get it all decorated and settled.  We're also planning a house warming party! :)

So-- if I can just get thru the stress of these next  few days (Carmen tech/dress, my own to do list like packing etc, prep for 33 Variations) then I get to see Tim and have a nice vacation. And THEN we get to start our living together life together in a new apartment!  :)

Life is good.

Trek Links

I read two fascinating Star Trek articles this morning. 

The first asks the question "Is Star Trek a Religion?"  This is a fascinating question (Spock joke intended).  The minister at the Unitarian Church back in Knoxville Tennessee lectured on this topic a while back.  In some ways it certainly fills the bill.  There's a believe system, a "text", and an idolized founder in Gene Rodenberry.  I'm not sure where I stand on this question. I mean-- I don't worship Gene Rodenberry or anything but would I judge someone who does harshly? It's like that episode of The Family Guy where Peter starts the Church of the Fonz. In the end we have to find faith where we can, right? I'm also reading a book Star Trek and Philosphy: The Wrath of Kant which also looks at Star Trek through scholarly eyes. Perhaps Star Trek isn't so much of a religion as it is a philosophy.  In any case, the book is worth a read-- but I warn you that it gets a little heavy.  If you're already having a "my head hurts from stress at work" kind of day, it might not be the best escape plan. 

The 2nd article I read this morning made me think of Tim. :)  You can find it over at The User's Guide to the Universe Blog and it's titled Star Trek: Fun with Time Travel.  It mainly focuses on the new JJ Abrams film and how his time travel plot fits in with accepted theories of time travel.  The idea is that the universe can branch off into different realities caused by time travel.  So when you back in the past and change things- you create a parallel universe where those changes have happened-- but your universe is unchanged.  This is different from the Back to the Future theory (or as I call it, the "Tim Approved Theory") of time travel where you can change the present by going into the past.  I can't say I agree with the blogger. He doesn't even really delve into the Back to the Future model deeming it unscientific. Pretentious much?

Aurora

I've settled on a name for my car! Meet...

Aurora

Her name has many origins. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn and the name of the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology. This is perfect! I feel like I'm the dawn of a new day in my life right now. My car is a small part of that. Aurora is also the name of the Princess in Disney's Sleeping Beauty-- one of my favorite Disney Animated Classics! As if that wasn't geeky enough there is also a starship named Aurora in a classic episode of Star Trek.

Peace!

**UPDATE**

I should add a note about Jane, my 1994 Ford Escort. I got Jane in 1999. We were together for an entire decade! She was a great car but sadly, her transmission went out... TWICE and I just don't have the money to keep her up and running. But Jane will make a difference in someone else's life soon. I'm donating her to the National Kidney Foundation! Thank you, Jane! You'll be missed. :)