Musings...

I am using a computer at the Kinko's right next to the Homewood Suites. High speed internet is SOOOO wonderful. Anyway, Sarah, Jen, and Karen, I am reminscing about our microgravity trip (unlike Karen's recent memories of miserable illness during that trip, my nostalgia is fairly pleasant.)

I also really enjoyed the laugh I got out of reading Jen's random ramblings of the resume of our AE profs. She has discovered that our revered and much loved (by everyone but those of us that didn't enjoy being spoonfed airplane designs from 20 years ago) senior design prof Jenkins not only has never earned a "Dr" before his name, but in fact, never actually even earned the equivelent of a bachelor's degree. No wonder he resents those of us with motivation to pursue our education. Though I would have thought that Dr. Schrage or V. Smith would've won the award for the oldest degree. She was also suprised the Mavris and M. Smith got their degrees at GT - So did Professors Eric Johnson, Tim Llewyn, and Stefan Dancila (actually its been about 5 years that we've gotten a professor from outside GT) ...

And the house hunt continues...

So, as you may know, I toyed with the idea of buying a house. But unfortunately, all the places I found that appealed to me both in location and being less than 10 years old fall in the 200,000 dollar price range. Humph. Now, I could get a fairly nice house for 100,000 dollars or a condo (but one with no view). BUT I also found this lovely, if small, brand new apartment in League City that I adore that has a view of a harbor, resort, marina, and lighthouse from the patio (and it allows dogs up to 100 pounds)!!.... And then there is the inevitable trade off from the other apartment I found with 100 sqft more, and a kinda water view, but mostly a park view, in a much older complex, no dogs allowed, but is a $150 savings.

Whatever will I decide? Family - I may make random phone calls to you tonight about the subject. Or call me: 281/334/0906

But the most entertaining part

The women who show these condos are definitely from the same mold that I can describe in detail now: 20/something, too much makeup, Barbie-like figure, a plaster grin... They ask the same questions. The conversation everytime goes something like this:

Becca: Hi, I need a place to live.

Barbie: And how much are you looking to spend?

Becca: Oh, about 700 dollars a month, give or take. I'd like to see your one and two bedroom floor plans.

Barbie: Oh! Big spender! You must have a great job. Where do you work?

Becca: NASA

Barbie: (gushing) How exciting what a great job it must make you rich and famous.

Becca: Um, not rich. Probably not famous either.

Barbie: Oh, but if you work for NASA let me show you our 1000 per month unit.

Becca: Look, I just graduated college and the government is not actually known for its competitive salaries, give me a break.

And the final rant of the day...

When did cell phones get so expensive??? I went cell phone shopping and it seems I can't get long distance without paying something like $60/month. And even then, most of my time is after 9 p.m. or on weekends... And the only phones you can get for free are those disgusting hershey bar shaped Nokia's, the old school kind. I have to pay $200 for a flippy phone!