My bushes all have a fresh buzz cut. This is thanks to the assistance of the master-hedge-trimmer Cari, who wins the roommate of the week award for spending all afternoon with me yesterday trimming the bushes.

My whole life is organized. I straitened up the house. I cleaned my desk (Sarah came in this morning and noticed how empty my desk was and her first thought was "did she get fired?" which is a VERY weird thought to have, unless she knows something I don't know). I did laundry.

Oooh, and I went to my first ice hockey game EVER. The Houston Aero's versus the Norfolk Admirals (yes, this is like "minor league" hockey) in a playoff game. It rocked. There could've been more fighting - but I love how its not against the rules to slam the guy into the wall. And the fans were awesome, everytime the Aero's scored a goal, everyone would scream "He shoots, he scores, hey, HENDERSON, you suck!" (Henderson was the other team's goalie). Anyway, the game went into double overtime, but it was exciting because it was sudden death and any goal could win the game. I was exhausted when I got home though.

I want an honorary doctorate. Wouldn't that solve all my educational issues? :)

So, I saw the most awesome commercial for GE Aircraft Engines yesterday. I couldn't find an electronic version, so I will have to describe it. It started out really hokey, with folk music playing, and re-enacted scenes from the first flight of the Wright Brothers. Overlayed is a voice "Though GE aircraft engines wasn't around for this historic event, we were there in spirit". At this point, you're thinking, really hackneyed commercial, right? Anyway, then the voice says "But if we were there..." and it shows a massive GE engine mounted to the top of the Wright flyers as it takes off. It was freakin' hilarious! Anyway, the end of the commercial shows the Wright flyer up at altitude, over the clouds, with the massive engine on top. Ok, maybe this would only entertain a nerdy aerospace engineer, but I was cracking up! Ok, I found it online. Click here and select the "Orville and Wilbur" ad.