the blahness is over- welcome to the sunshine. the seeds of my happiness have been sown because i have finally found the non-rocky soil and from here forward i will be able to find the nourishment and sunlight needed to blossom... (sorry about the cheesy metaphor but there's a promise involved in this whole thing).

anyway, on a more serious note, I am beginning to enjoy the "summerness" we're finally experiencing- including all of the lovely green that this city has. I'm amazed at how much time and energy people put into planting flowers, mowing their lawn and just developing their landscape considering how short a summer we have. i love it regardless.

the one major drawback being that when it's 23' outside, it's 28' inside our office. The compressor blew on our air condition some months back and we've just now realized and are trying to get it fixed. So if any of you are doing some working out and want a post-workout sauna, just stop by the office. by the way- flowers don't do so well in extreme heat- more wilty and melty-like.

On an even funnier note, upon doing some ego-surfing today (I like to know what people are saying about me), I found this entry from Tom Waterhouse, a Grebelite and UW student who hates me with a passion:

"03-Dec-01: Just when we thought we might never hear of him again, the very incarnation of all that is evil and soulless, Mark Schaan, has been given a Rhodes scholarship. (For only the fourth time in history, England has thoroughly disgraced itself.) Sweet merciful crap, PSCI; is that selfish, arrogant, ass-kissing, lying, back-stabbing jackass really the best you have to offer? Really, just what the hell is wrong with your department anyway?"

Anyway, I laughed quite heartily at it. Not that I don't worry about public opinion, but this little tidbit really just made me laugh instead of feeling hurt or upset. Mostly because of the person who said it and partially just because the list of adjectives are so cliche as opposed to well thought out. Anyway, I guess I'll just continue being soul-less, backstabbing and evil. More later...