Livin' La Vida Loca

I always get a kick out of reading Jessica Zafra. Her entry, "Not the Mos Eisley Cantina" reminds me of a conversation I have with the 'desses. Perhaps this four-day holiday is making me all sentimental. Haha.

http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/06/04/not-the-mos-eisley-cantina/

Or perhaps, I just have so much time in my hands right now and have no idea what to do with it.

Went home from work past 5 a.m. and slept a few minutes before 6:00. Really. It's that time of the month for us. My boss said she will still go trick-or-treating with her 3 kids when she gets home. She said she will probably be asleep in the car most of the time. Somehow I didn't feel so bad about our all-nighter. I mean, at least I still could catch up on sleep without having to worry about anything else.

Tracy woke me up, thinking I overslept and would miss work. Bless roommates!

Woke up again to read text messages. Two from my sisters, one from Dru. Dru's was a reply to a message I sent two days ago, when I was sick. There must have been a time delay (my guess is he was on a plane when I sent that one). Well, apparently, I'm not the only one living la vida loca.

Woke up close to 5 p.m. because our home phone was ringing, and Chezka was calling me on my mobile for grammar-check.

It's 6:41 p.m. and my day has just started.

Water in Arrakis

I've never been the political type (I know that if I enter politics I will be assassinated on my first day of service, harhar) but I came across this article http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21830
and I couldn't help but smile at Michael Chabon's allusion to Frank Herbert's book "Dune", one of my favorite books. (We have brought water to Arrakis...")

Besides, Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" is one book that made tears stream down my eyes.