Why Moths Have Powdered Wings

There is a cool spider living in a web outside my rear garage door. I watched it grow up from a little tiny thing to a pretty large cool looking spider. I wish I could get a picture, but my camera won't focus right. I've got to duck a little to avoid this spider's web, but that's ok. I figure that it catches all kinds of flying pests and eating mosquitoes is cool with me. The other night I was out back at night and I saw a moth. I caught it and threw it into the spider web in hopes of watching it get wrapped up by my friend, the spider. To my amazement, the moth didn't stick to the web. That's when I realized that they probably have powder on their wings for a reason. Maybe one reason is so that they don't stick to spider webs.

New Laptop

I bought an Acer 5535 laptop from TigerDirect. I'm starting to get used to it. It has a full sized keyboard and a number pad. Kind of crappy battery life, and it's got Vista on it, but whatever...it was a good price. The main reason I got a laptop is so I can get work done when I'm away from Tallahassee on my amorous trips up north. I need to get it set up for remote control of my desktop machine at school. That way I can use the power of the number crunching laptop from the convenient location of wherever I am. It's also a portable DVD player, but I don't think it could get through an entire DVD without having some wall power. I picked up a power inverter to plug into my car's cigarette lighter for taking this thing on road trips.

Picks #145 & 146

Whoa! Looks like I didn't put up a pick of the week last week...how'd that happen?! Here are this week's & last week's:

Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape
Saosin - It's Far Better to Learn

Serial Correlation in my Bedtimes

I definitely notice that there's serial correlation in my bedtimes. If I'm up late one night, it's nearly impossible for me to get to bed early the next night. If I want to start going to bed earlier, I have to do it in 15 or 30 minute increments. My bedtime one night is probably the best predictor of my bedtime the next night.

¡Ay! ¡Qué calor!

No hay mucha gente quienes ya sepan que empecé una relación a larga distancia. Ella vive muy lejos de mi...a unas 12 horas. Hablamos bastante en Skype y acabo de comprar un webcam. Me parece que la distancia y falta de contacto construyen una sensación de necesidad y anticipación. Antes, no pensaba que era posible empezar algo amoroso a larga distancia para mi. No quiero ofender a nadie, pero no he encontrado la mujer perfecta para mi en Tallahassee durante los 3 años en esta ciudad. Estoy satisfecho con elegida dama quién puede elevarme a niveles donde no voy solo.

Por el título, supongas que voy a recontar algo muy caliente que pasó entre nosotros. Debes conocerme mejor que eso. Sino hablo de un calor que estaba durmiendo en un lugar muy hondo de mi ser. Despertó el calor. Pone un fuego bajo mi corazón y hace que palpita más rápidamente. Este sentido envuelve a mi pecho y a veces me dejan las palabras. Pues ya lo sabes por la manera como escribo ahorita. Lo raro es que no puedo organizar mis sentimientos ni describirlos. Sólo sé que me hace feliz. Vale la pena. Ojalá que podamos juntarnos por un poco de tiempo, por lo menos.

Pienso que la falta de contacto físico va a ser la parte más difícil.

Lo siento, pero tuve que escribir algo. Si lo anterior no tiene sentido o hay castellano equivocado tengo que confesar que tengo sueño. Buenas noches.

Genetically Modified Tobacco

You'd better watch out for this biohazard...

I don't know what the top line says. Vstup means enter and I assume zakázán means don't even think about. They were just growing these plants in the ground. How cute to be so scared of GM plants.

Head Winds

When I'm cycling with people, sometimes I like to say that there's always a head wind if you're going fast enough. I think this is a good metaphor for life.