Chronicling Weekend Adventures
Mar. 29th, 2010 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jenny_wildcat*faceplant* Boy, did I have a weekend - crazy, insane, yet all in a good way. To recap:
Thursday - I had to go to Provo to talk to the people printing the yearbook (it's getting to be crunch time on this sucker). Now, if you've never been to Utah, the majority of road are on this ingenious little grid system (I didn't know how ingenious it was until I tried to drive in Florida - holy crap on a cracker, THAT is insane!) Everything is some-number North, South, East or West by another-number North, South, East or West. Basically, if you can count, you can find your way around. In theory, at least (well, it works in places like Salt Lake, Logan and Delta).
Well, Provo and Orem border each other and they have separate grid systems. And I had to take the University Parkway exit on I-15, which is the border between these two cities (at least, that's what I've been told - but it's not clearly delineated. You just have to know that kind of crap). So, I'm looking for an address on North State Street - I found State Street (not hard to do) and I read the sign and it says I'm on South State Street. Logic says - go north to find North State Street. Which I do - except logic doesn't work in Utah County. I wanted North State Street in Provo, but I ended up at Center Street in Orem. Oh, did I mention I was driving there in RUSH HOUR???? And my car was making funny metal-on-metal noises? And I was already frazzled because I had another 1-2 hour drive to get where I was ultimately going?
I don't do well driving in the city. Well actually, I do okay until there's a boatload of traffic that I have to deal with. It's one of those things that I do if I must, but I don't enjoy it. I'd much rather be on a deserted backroad in the country somewhere because you can see any kind of obstruction coming a mile away and you can prepare yourself for it. In the city, the obstacles are ever-present and constantly changing and if you have one moment lapse in concentration (or you are looking at one thing and something comes at you from the other direction), you are hosed. It doesn't do my anxiety any favors.
Friday - Went to the temple with Kathryn - that was great. Then I had my class that afternoon. I still hadn't really recovered from my driving experience the previous day, so I was still dead tired. But I felt soooo much better in class. When I'm doing my schoolwork, I feel like I'm getting somewhere in life instead of just in a weird holding pattern. I know I'm doing something productive with myself, but some days, I don't feel like I am. So, it was good to be in the same room with all my classmates.
Saturday - Class from 9-5. Repeat of happy, productive feelings from the night before. Still tired as heck, but a good tired. Then, I had a four hour drive back home, but it didn't feel as long as Friday's drive felt (I took my normal country road route, so that most likely had something to do with it).
Sunday - Church (yay!) Some people were out that I hadn't seen in awhile, so it was good to see them. Came home, had dinner, watched "The Princess Bride" with Haylie. Then, Johnny and Christopher wanted to watch "2012," which I had not seen (their grandma and uncle are out and Uncle Jerry brought it with him). I don't usually like end-of-the-world-disaster-type movies, but the boys were all "It's not scary, you'll be okay," So, I watched it because I will not look like a wuss in front of a 12- and 10-year-old ("pride goeth before a fall"). And here's my analysis (under a cut because that's my policy) -
This is the basic plot of "2012": Oh no - the earth is cracking beneath our plane! FLEE! Oh, we made it just in time. Oh no - there's a volcano erupting under us! FLEE! Oh, we made it just in time. OH NO - THE GIANT RUSSIAN PLANE IS BROKEN! Oh, wait it's fixed, we made it just in time! OH NO - THE GIANT RUSSIAN PLANE IS OUT OF FUEL! Oh, the Earth's crust shifted and we actually landed in China. FLEE! Oh no, we can't get into the giant arks - we'll appeal to the nice Tibetan monk's family's sensibilities. FLEE! And then, we spend the 45-minute long climax trying to get into the ark without crashing into Mount Everest. FLEE! Oh, now everyone's okay - except the dorky plastic surgeon boyfriend (well, he wasn't important enough to have a memorable name, anyway).
This was less about the end of the world than it is about a natural disaster (kind of like "Titan AE" - except Earth is still intact) I'm more interested in how life is after they've recolonized the Earth - these stories never get into that aspect of it and I think it would be cool to see it. And does anyone else find it funny that Africa was the only continent spared when it was all the North and South American, European and Asian countries involved in this plot-plan-thingy? Did they even mention Australia? I can't remember...
I do find it humorous that it was the sun that caused the end of the world. People are worried about global warming and humans causing the demise of the planet - and in this movie, it was the sun, which we have no control over *snicker*
Sigh... well, I'm still tired and I have another big week ahead of me AGAIN! But that's a surprise *evil, mischievous grin* Watch this space for pictures and stuff later ^_^ In the meantime, I borrowed the "John Adams" miniseries on DVD from the library, so I'm going to enjoy that (it came highly recommended).
Thursday - I had to go to Provo to talk to the people printing the yearbook (it's getting to be crunch time on this sucker). Now, if you've never been to Utah, the majority of road are on this ingenious little grid system (I didn't know how ingenious it was until I tried to drive in Florida - holy crap on a cracker, THAT is insane!) Everything is some-number North, South, East or West by another-number North, South, East or West. Basically, if you can count, you can find your way around. In theory, at least (well, it works in places like Salt Lake, Logan and Delta).
Well, Provo and Orem border each other and they have separate grid systems. And I had to take the University Parkway exit on I-15, which is the border between these two cities (at least, that's what I've been told - but it's not clearly delineated. You just have to know that kind of crap). So, I'm looking for an address on North State Street - I found State Street (not hard to do) and I read the sign and it says I'm on South State Street. Logic says - go north to find North State Street. Which I do - except logic doesn't work in Utah County. I wanted North State Street in Provo, but I ended up at Center Street in Orem. Oh, did I mention I was driving there in RUSH HOUR???? And my car was making funny metal-on-metal noises? And I was already frazzled because I had another 1-2 hour drive to get where I was ultimately going?
I don't do well driving in the city. Well actually, I do okay until there's a boatload of traffic that I have to deal with. It's one of those things that I do if I must, but I don't enjoy it. I'd much rather be on a deserted backroad in the country somewhere because you can see any kind of obstruction coming a mile away and you can prepare yourself for it. In the city, the obstacles are ever-present and constantly changing and if you have one moment lapse in concentration (or you are looking at one thing and something comes at you from the other direction), you are hosed. It doesn't do my anxiety any favors.
Friday - Went to the temple with Kathryn - that was great. Then I had my class that afternoon. I still hadn't really recovered from my driving experience the previous day, so I was still dead tired. But I felt soooo much better in class. When I'm doing my schoolwork, I feel like I'm getting somewhere in life instead of just in a weird holding pattern. I know I'm doing something productive with myself, but some days, I don't feel like I am. So, it was good to be in the same room with all my classmates.
Saturday - Class from 9-5. Repeat of happy, productive feelings from the night before. Still tired as heck, but a good tired. Then, I had a four hour drive back home, but it didn't feel as long as Friday's drive felt (I took my normal country road route, so that most likely had something to do with it).
Sunday - Church (yay!) Some people were out that I hadn't seen in awhile, so it was good to see them. Came home, had dinner, watched "The Princess Bride" with Haylie. Then, Johnny and Christopher wanted to watch "2012," which I had not seen (their grandma and uncle are out and Uncle Jerry brought it with him). I don't usually like end-of-the-world-disaster-type movies, but the boys were all "It's not scary, you'll be okay," So, I watched it because I will not look like a wuss in front of a 12- and 10-year-old ("pride goeth before a fall"). And here's my analysis (under a cut because that's my policy) -
This is the basic plot of "2012": Oh no - the earth is cracking beneath our plane! FLEE! Oh, we made it just in time. Oh no - there's a volcano erupting under us! FLEE! Oh, we made it just in time. OH NO - THE GIANT RUSSIAN PLANE IS BROKEN! Oh, wait it's fixed, we made it just in time! OH NO - THE GIANT RUSSIAN PLANE IS OUT OF FUEL! Oh, the Earth's crust shifted and we actually landed in China. FLEE! Oh no, we can't get into the giant arks - we'll appeal to the nice Tibetan monk's family's sensibilities. FLEE! And then, we spend the 45-minute long climax trying to get into the ark without crashing into Mount Everest. FLEE! Oh, now everyone's okay - except the dorky plastic surgeon boyfriend (well, he wasn't important enough to have a memorable name, anyway).
This was less about the end of the world than it is about a natural disaster (kind of like "Titan AE" - except Earth is still intact) I'm more interested in how life is after they've recolonized the Earth - these stories never get into that aspect of it and I think it would be cool to see it. And does anyone else find it funny that Africa was the only continent spared when it was all the North and South American, European and Asian countries involved in this plot-plan-thingy? Did they even mention Australia? I can't remember...
I do find it humorous that it was the sun that caused the end of the world. People are worried about global warming and humans causing the demise of the planet - and in this movie, it was the sun, which we have no control over *snicker*
Sigh... well, I'm still tired and I have another big week ahead of me AGAIN! But that's a surprise *evil, mischievous grin* Watch this space for pictures and stuff later ^_^ In the meantime, I borrowed the "John Adams" miniseries on DVD from the library, so I'm going to enjoy that (it came highly recommended).
