That's life

Conversation tonight:

Jeff- "we played this new version of Life-- it's fun at the beginning,
you pick your career and salary. Then you spin the wheel 800 times.
And then it's over."

Jen W- "that's life."

Waiting for my flight!

Still an hour before I should go to the airport. I'm playing pull tabs
with an old Alaskan guy at this bar near one of my schools. No wins
for me.

Loved it

I loved it. Twilight was just the movie I wanted to see. When I get
home, I'm rereading it.
Granted, there were a couple cheesy moments, and some awkward editing
at the beginning. But when Bella got out of her truck at school the
first day- I was in. And Edward is hot.

The girls from the yearbook staff near me thought a couple scenes
looked like Juneau.
Mom and Anne said their audience screamed and clapped for Edward- in
Juneau, it was more of a sigh.
I laughed with delight at all of the introductions- Charlie, and the
biology classroom, and Mike and Jessica.

I want them to make more movies. I'll just have to see it again with
mom and Anne so their box office receipts are high enough. ;)

Just look at that picture!!

Line for twilight.

Movie starts at 9:30!

Dropped Pin

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This is me! Having a drink before I join the teenagers at twilight
movie.

Jen

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Obama in Juneau

My Obama button fell off my bag, so I left it on my hotel bed. And the
maid pinned it to the cute bear they leave on the bed. It's an Alaskan
bear for Obama!

Mendenhall glacier

Here's where the real snow is. Well, real to me. Probably nothing much
to Juneau.

Thoughts as I wait to leave for Juneau

I bonded with my eighth grade editor at OV Middle School -- talking
about twilight and going to see the movie.

Why can't I buy tickets toTtwilght for Friday night yet! The theater
will be one of my stops today.

Why didn't I bring any books with me on this trip?

I might have TWO open seats next to me. And I want to sleep so much.
Was up till 12:30am last night, awake at 5:15 for this flight.

GIS is freaking complex. And learning how to do complex maps in the
ten hours before you have to leave town... Well, it's slow going. I'm
very proud of my land use map and my retail services map-- but that's
like 1/20 of the whole project. My fate is in my group's hands now. I
hope it all comes together while I'm gone!! Not like I could really do
it myself anyways.

It's not for sure yet-- but I'm willing to relax in my open row of
seats.

I'm going to work on my map write ups now. That should definitely make
me fall asleep.

Whew, it's 32 degrees in Juneau and should snow while I'm there! I
sort of have sensible shoes. As sensible as I own. (they're at least
not slippers)

It was a glint in the sky

But still pretty cool! The space shutle is the yellow dot just going
under the cloud cover by the moon. And the head is Joe Marine's.

WDW pics

Pictures are up! Click here.

And click here for today's photos.

Another rollercoaster

Where I screamed my head off

Tower of terror

Animals and Movies

We started out at animal kingdom- did the safari ride and saw tons of
animals out for the morning. The yeti ride was awesome, and now we're
at Hollywood studios. Tower of terror was the same abject fear as last
time! Emily and I got fastpasses from some random person and did the
aerosmith rollercoaster- pretty cool. Great start that got me
screaming for a funny photo. It was in the dark and very speedy.
Now it's boiling hot out. And humid, yuck. But it hasn't rained yet,
at least.

Greetings from your Future!

It's funny they couldn't angle the photo at all. This is me at my place in the future! Part of the "future" sounded a lot like "today." having a small device that I carry with me that holds all my files... The cool maglev train was new, as well as the virtual reality style computer. 

France

The little Nemo ride was fun- the usual bucket seat on a track- and it
ended in an aquarium. Cool! I saw dolphins! And manatees, and lots of
other fish.

Then I just quickly walked through Canada and the UK to get to France.
I had the best dinner ever- Cotês de Provence Rosé wine, started with
escargots (delicious), then salade de chèvre chaud, my favorite dish,
and finally an espresso. Can't beat it. I love epcot france. Now I'm
charging my phone in a cafe. I'm going to buy something with a fleur
de lis on it. Anything.

Yes, epcot has an aquarium

I had a very pretty horse.

Princess castle

It's no city hall, but it's cool. Waiting for Snow White's scary
adventures. Is the one where it sort of ends in hell in some weird way?
The haunted mansion was fun- my ghost was very dapper.

Space mountain

I took a lovely ride on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. Did you
know Obama is creating a director of Urban Policy in his
administration? The future is now. Now I'm waiting to sit in the front
row on space mountain. I will be screaming the entire time.

Splash mountain!

I got soaked shortly after this. I'm on my way into it's a small world
now. Pirates of the Caribbean was my first stop.

xmas wish list

I'm trying to cut back on expenses and listing out things I want helps prevent me from buying them! Plus, these are good ideas for me for xmas gifts. :)

Moleskine Pocket Squared Notebook. You can find these at Barnes and Noble.
I use it for taking notes at my schools and at UW. It’s pretty small- like maybe 3x5 inches. It’s in the diary/journal section of Barnes and Noble. Can’t have too many of these.

JC Penney’s: Photo Collage Jewelry Box ($60) Would be cool— it could hang on the wall next to my sink (if there’s one with the hinge on the right side that would be best, but it’ll be nice either way. ) My current jewelry box is kind of overflowing. I like to see all my jewelry, otherwise I never wear it and forget I own it.

Clothing at Avenue (www.avenue.com and 10005 Holman Rd NW, Seattle, WA—near Anne’s house). Size 20. I like most everything there (watch for old lady-ish stuff and avoid that).

The Host by Stephenie Meyer. I know, I could just borrow Mom's.

I made a wish list on Amazon.com, too, to add some other random stuff. Click here to see it.

Almost forgot the most important one-- new programmable coffee maker! I hardly ever make more than 5 cups. I use it every single day. My coffee pot is cracked, and it has no timer or programmable start time on it. I really want that.