Yesterday was another hot, humid day which ended in a severe thunderstorm watch. Typical summer weather. When I went to bed, the watch was still on, but I didn’t see any of those storms, and I doubt we got any.
The Feast of St Peter and Paul, being on a Sunday this year, meant we had [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The Pauline Year
Posted in Church on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Doctor Who Recap
Posted in Doctor Who on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is one more week of Doctor Who before this season is over, and when it is over, it’s over for sometime. It means I won’t have to wait early Saturday evenings for Doctor Who to show up online to watch it. I will be free to do other things. But, if possible, I would [...]
Folklife Festival
Posted in Festivals on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I made my annual journey to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival yesterday. The highlight of this year’s festival is Bhutan (the other two sections at the festival were NASA celebrating their 50th anniversary, and Texas). Since I hope to make my way to Bhutan one day, I thought it was nice to see what they would [...]
Just Reading
Posted in Books, Sleep on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t do much yesterday other than read or rest. I’m currently going through a book critical of Balthasar, and I am constantly finding faults in the author’s reasoning (or lack of it).
My fatigue got the best of me in the afternoon, which prevented me from doing some of the writing I wanted to do. [...]
At CUA
Posted in CUA on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I went to CUA to do some photocopying. When I got there, I found out that the machine one uses to put money on one’s copy card was down. Next to it is a photocopier which allows one to use cash without having a card, but it was also down.
At first, I thought I wouldn’t be [...]
Storms? What Storms?
Posted in Rain, Shopping on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday morning I decided it was time to get some more food.
Most of the times I go grocery shopping, I forget to get everything I plan on buying when I am there. It is usually only one or two things which I don’t get, and things I can usually wait to get the next time I go. Obviously, the [...]
Hopefully I Woke Up Better Today
Posted in Sleep, headache on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite waking up late, yesterday morning I was dragging my feet, and just didn’t want to get active. I was just feeling a bit out of it. I cleaned up later than normal, and left to church slightly later than normal. The service was sort of a blur for me, not because it was bad (it [...]
And Now Back To Summer
Posted in Doctor Who on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Within one day, summer-like weather has returned. Friday, everything was cool, and I could sit outside and enjoy nature without feeling overly hot. Saturday, the heat returned. I think it might also have been a little humid, but if so, it was not as much as it will be soon. I didn’t feel like it was nice enough [...]
Genghis Khan: A Love and a Fighter (Apparently)
Posted in movies on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went to CUA in the morning, read more Balthasar, returned home, did more reading, and thought it was time for a break. I decided to go see the movie Mongol late in the afternoon. It is a foreign film based upon the early life of Genghis Khan. Currently it is only being shown in two theatres in the area (both of [...]
Zygons, and Autons, And Nestenes: Oh My
Posted in Doctor Who on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was another beautiful day, but I wasn’t able to enjoy it much. I was just dragging all day. I woke up early with a minor headache, and just feel off all day long. I got better later in the day, but never great.
I went to bed last night around my normal time, and listened [...]
Just a Beautiful Day
Posted in weather on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was a near perfect day yesterday. That is, for the weather. It was cool, with a slight breeze, and yet bright and sunny with just enough clouds painted in the sky to make sure the sky radiated the beauty of the day itself. It was one of those days when it is just nice to sit [...]
I Wonder What Caused The Power Outage?
Posted in City Life on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There was a power-outage yesterday where I live, although I didn’t know about it until mid-morning, because my apartment building’s backup generator was running and my apartment had all of its power when I woke up. I only found out about the power problem when I walked outside and heard the generator going. It was loud. It wasn’t just [...]
To Run the Race, We Must Follow the Course
Posted in weather on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The weather on Monday was interesting to say the least. The morning was quite beautiful. It was cool, but sunny, and it was nice to be out in it. But it was known that we would get hit with thunderstorms during the day. It didn’t look like we would, so the weather reporters on television [...]
Bad Traffic on the Beltway
Posted in travel on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Going to and from church yesterday, I experienced a succession of bad drivers trying to cause accidents. Some would start to go into my lane without looking and almost hit me, some would come into my lane and suddenly slow down, and some would go way beyond the speed limit and switch lanes as if [...]
What An Odd Sequence of Events
Posted in Lazy Workers, Metro on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I was planning on going down to CUA for a few hours, then to come back home and go see The Incredible Hulk (I had a coupon which would get me in to see it for free). When I arrived at metro, I found out there were delays because there had been a power outage earlier [...]
Nice Night For Walking
Posted in Friends on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I hung out with my friend, Tony (we get together once every so often). We went to Zorba’s for dinner, then walked around the Dupont area talking about all kinds of things — events on the blogosphere, events in the real world, and the kinds of people who annoy us the most from [...]
A Day Not To Copy
Posted in CUA on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I was at the library yesterday, I had problems finding the journals I needed to copy articles from, but also, once I had some of them, I had even greater difficulty in finding a copier which actually worked. The library has several of them, but they were down or jamming up; since I was tired, and [...]
When I Lack Sleep, Does It Show In My Eyes?
Posted in Sleep on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After getting little sleep, I found myself with a surprising amount of energy yesterday morning, only to crash in the afternoon. Not that I was able to rest; I lost all my energy, but I also wasn’t able to take a nap, however much I tried and wanted to. Some of my energy was restored by [...]
Another One Of Those Nights
Posted in Sleep on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was another one of those days, and another one of those nights yesterday. The heatwave continues, causing all kinds of problems in the area (there was a heat advisory in place all day yesterday); when I went out to get groceries early in the morning, it was still quite hot, but cool in comparison [...]
Well, That Wasn’t Much
Posted in Festivals on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got a notice last week that the “Second Annual South Silver Spring Block Party” would be had on the 8th of June. It was to host food from local establishments, booths from people with art and crafts, and live music. I decided to check it out after church, after all, it was just down the [...]
The Sun Must Have A Scorched Earth Policy
Posted in Doctor Who, weather on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was terribly hot yesterday; the kind of day that the best thing one can do is just stay inside. While it was foggy in the morning, once the fog left, it was hot and sunny until the evening, when we had some random thunderstorms. So the sun scorched the earth before the night sky [...]
Talked to Dr Jones
Posted in CUA on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went in to CUA yesterday morning, and talked to Dr Jones for a bit. He told me that Dr Hintersteiner will be leaving in two years time; he mentioned it to let me know that eventually his position will be open at that time. Although he said there is talk about whether or not [...]
Welcome to Summer
Posted in Seasons on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The violent storms brought in terrible hot, humid weather in their wake. I wanted to do some of my reading outside yesterday, but everytime I went, I could only last a few minutes before I decided to go back inside. It was just too awful.
It appears that summer is here a couple weeks early (the [...]
A Day of Storms and Tornadoes
Posted in Rain on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had a day of rough weather yesterday.
It began with a night of strong storms, but when I woke up, they had moved out and everything was calm. More or less, it remained calm throughout the morning. I knew the storms were expected, but by lunchtime, when I had not seen any, I thought maybe we [...]
Headache: Once Again
Posted in headache on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I went to bed with a mild headache, and didn’t take anything for it. I hoped it would calm down and die out during my sleep. I should have known better. I don’t think that happens for me anymore. If I go to bed with a headache, I will have it all night, [...]
I just wonder where they all go to
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people lose their keys (thankfully, I do not; sometimes I have a difficulty finding them, but it is a once in a year event when that happens). Some people lose socks in washing machines (that might happen to me, too, but I wouldn’t notice it when it happens). Recently, I lost a watch and had [...]
Well, That Was Short Lived
Posted in cleaning on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, it got hot and humid once again. I don’t think it was as bad as before, but it shows the after-effects of Saturday’s storms were quite short. But they did help wash off much of the junk I got on my car from my recent travels. It’s not enough, though; it’s still dirty, and [...]
Feast of St Justin Martyr
Posted in Rain, saints on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, we had some short, but furious, thunderstorms. In the morning, the climate was hot and humid, but the storms helped take out much of that humidity, and cooled off the temperature. Once it was past, it was nice — very nice – outside. Because of how powerful the storms were, there was some concern that we [...]
