I woke up way too early this morning (the alarm went off at 2:30 a.m.!) I came into work for a 3:30 a.m. simulation with Keflavik, Iceland. Ok, so its cool to sit in Houston and talk to emergency responders in Iceland. It would have been even cooler to actually be in Iceland (the LSO's keep making comments about me visiting one of the emergency landing sites, but I have doubts about that ever actually happening). Even with the coolness factor, I don't know what I was thinking when another LSO suggested that I go to this training exercise if it wasn't too early and my response was "Sure, it will be a good experience." For the first hour after I woke up all I could think was: Why didn't I keep my big mouth shut...? 3:30 a.m. grumble grumble.

I was having a weird dream right before I woke up. This terrifyingly evil shadow thing was kidnapping babies and it needed to be stopped before it would destroy the whole world. Anyway, the only way to stop it was for me to write something in Matlab by a deadline. But I couldn't figure out how to do it, and Gavin kept telling me "You need a for-loop around that set of code to make it work" and Sarah kept saying "This is really messy code, it could be so much more efficient" and Matt kept telling stupid jokes. However, I wasn't able to finish by the time we had to get on the train to chase the shadow creature down (he was in car 9), so I was coding on a laptop while I was running through train compartments. Then the alarm went off. I know its anti-climatic. But it was a freaky dream, so I wanted to record it for posterity.

And, I did this Starbucks Oracle personality test and it insulted my two drink choices: vente mocha (it called me clueless) and cafe au lait (it called me lame). Stupid oracle.

Personality type: Clueless

You don't go to Starbucks much; when you do you just tag along with other people since you have nothing better to do. You would like to order a Tazo Chai Crème but don't know how to pronounce it. Most people who drink vente mocha are strippers.

Also drinks: Wine coolers
Can also be found at: The mall

Personality type: Lame

You're a simple person with modest tastes and a reasonable lifestyle. In other words, you're boring. Going to Starbucks makes you feel sophisticated; you'd like to be snooty and order an espresso but aren't sure if you're ready for that level of excitement. People laugh at you because you use fake curse words like "friggin'" and "oh, crumb!" Everyone who thinks America's Funniest Home Videos is a great show drinks tall cafe au lait.

Also drinks: V8
Can also be found: On the couch at home