PhD Phun...

Okay so someone made a comment in my class that really purturbed me so I thought I would get other people's opinions...please share if you have any!! One of my peers was talking about PhD students and said "Yes, we are the best." Now what exactly are we supposed to the "Best"at? ( I know never end a sentence with a preposition so I guess you can rule out best at grammar). Any ideas as to what PhD students/professors are the "best" at or of??? I have a few of my own ideas but I want to hear what you think. I have run into many, shall I say, less than humble professors. So maybe we are best at thinking more of ourselves then we should???

Things that make ya go Hmmmm...

Well it has been forever since I posted. It's mostly because I don't really have much to say. This is new for me since I think, if it were possible, I would have talked in the womb. However I heard a conversation between my daughters that well made me go Hmmm....my youngest daughter was explaining to her older sister that she was a princess and that this meant she was no longer prone to experience normal bodily functions. For example she said: "Princesses don't burp or do other things.." Well that is useful information. The next day my oldest daughter and I have an interesting conversation in the car.

daughter: "Mom, I'm not into body jewelry."
Me: "What do you mean by body jewelry."
daughter: "you know, piercing my nose, tongue, lip."
Me: "oh really and what about the belly button?"
daughter: "oh no, not that either."
Me: "Where did you hear about that?"
daughter: "I just heard it and I decided."

Glad that's out of the way!!

My love/hate relationship

Since it is a Monday and I am in a crappy mood I decided to make a list of the things I love and hate about Phoenix.
1) I love the weather-from September to May. Where else can you wear shorts on Christmas day? No shoveling snow, frozen toes or scrapping windows.
2) I hate the weather-from May to September. I mean it's just not right for the temp. in your car to reach 135. I didn't even know car thermometers could get that high. And sweating just getting the paper. Yikes.
3) I love that some of my family is close.
4) I hate that some of my family is far away.
5) I love it that I live close to everything. Yes everything.
6) I hate it that I live close to everything!!
7) I love it that Matt Leinert lives in my neighborhood.
8) I hate it that Matt Leinert live in my neighborhood.

OkayI can't think of any more. I know there are more I just can't think anymore right now. How about you. What do you love or hate about where you live??

Vanilla Ice vs. Bob Dylan

Riding in the car today, I realized that my daughters 2 favorite songs on my Ipod are: IceIce Baby, by the Where Are They Now alum Vanilla Ice and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight by none other than Bob Dylan. I became worried about what harm I am doing to my girls. Is this type of musical hodge podge healthy for their developing psyches? So I decided to take a closer look at the lyrics of each. Here is just a sample of what I have come up with.

Vanilla:

"Something grabs a hold of me tightly,
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly" and

"To the extreme I rock the mic like a vandal
Light up the stage and wax the chump like a candle." can't leave out

"...other DJ's say Damn, if rhymes were a drug I sell 'em by the gram."

Then there's Bob:

"Shut the lights,
shut the shades,
you don't have to be afraid." and

"The big ole' moon
is gonna shine like a spoon but
were gonna let,
you won't reget it."

Well I must say I think it's a close race. Maybe I haven't screwed them up after all........