HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

pondering

...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Someone has to see this movie so I can talk to them about it!

A geography lesson inspired by the CIA Factbook and my shower curtain

Did you know Lichtenstein (which is so small it's not even on my shower curtain, although Andorra is) and Uzbekistan are the only 2 double landlocked countries on the planet?

Double landlocked means that they are surrounded by other landlocked countries. There are 41 landlocked countries in the world. Kazakhstan is the largest.

So after I figured that part out, I started wondering about seas because Uzbekistan has a sea coast (Aral Sea) and Kazakhstan does too (Caspian Sea). Now to me, that seems to negate the whole landlocked thing, but apparently not. Anyway, then from the question about the sea came the question about the bay...I think you get the picture. My mind is always on a treadmill like this. It's sort of exhausting. So...

A bay is a body of water partially enclosed by land, but with a wide mouth affording access to the sea.

A sea is defined as either a relatively large body of salt water completely or partially enclosed by land OR a relatively large landlocked body of fresh water.

My last geographical factoid didn't come from my shower curtain but from trivia night (although I did confirm it there the next time I took a shower). There are 17 countries that have a border with only one other country. For example, Portugal - the only border is with Spain. Also, Lesotho (S. Africa), Vatican City (Italy) and Ireland (UK), which I guess means that UK fits the bill too (Ireland). If you want to know the rest, I can't help you. I can't remember any more.

My brain hurts, and I think I need to go lie down. I'm an American; I'm not supposed to know these things.

In addition to my shower curtain, special thanks goes to Elly who helped me figure out what double landlocked was.

Breaking News...

I think my ponytail is too tight, and it's giving me a headache.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

Happy Part 2

Sitting on a bouncy exercise ball increases the fun and happy quotient of work by like 2000%. Really.

It's the small things - like my favorite chapstick I've been out of forever and the person who gave it to me - that make me happy.

I had the strangest dream last night. I'm leaving out a bunch because it's stuff that's only interesting to me (in the "whole brain working out problems" theory of dreams). Here's the funny part: I was asking a girl why she broke up with her boyfriend and she told me that it wasn't working because "he had too many options, like Bruce Willis."

Huh?

I have no idea about Bruce Willis and his options. Wouldn't someone like, I don't know, Justin Timerlake or Ryan Phillipe or Jim from The Office make more sense? At least they'd be in my generation. Brains and their dreams are funny things. Bruce Willis, seriously?

A song in my heart

I made up a song as I walked at lunch today. Well, not necessarily made up, but I definitely put my own touch to it. I post it here for your musical edification, and also because it goes nicely with the whole October, creepy Halloween time.

Buzzard Buzzard

Bo Buzzard

Banana Fana

Fo Fuzzard

Me My

Mo Muzzard...

BUZZARD

As a side note, I sing this song entirely too much for a 30 year old.

It really sucks to know that however much someone cares for you, they don't care enough to change anything.

People can be so disappointing sometimes.

If someone asked me what my favorite body part was, I'd say my forearms. And I'd be 100% serious; I really like them.

Is that weird?