Obama for President!!!!

Barack Obama announced today that he'll be putting together a presidential exploratory committiee, which means that in about a month he will *hopefully* announce he's running for president in 2008! Yay for Obama!!

Gone Daddy Gone

So i guess today I did a little reflection about the past year of my life. Ok maybe just right now. And a glass of cheap red wine makes it easy for me to delve into those personal issues...

I guess the biggest improvement of my life I made in the few months after a painful (but necessary) breakup. Without that, I don't think I could have become the person I am right now. I'm happy in my own right, which is finally great, esp since I had a bunch of old baggage hanging around. And I became healthier, which was also good. I've been maintain a net weightloss of about four pounds, so yay me! Except for field camp, where I drank way too much beer, although that was balanced out by the whole hiking every day thing. And I met the love of my life. Which is always good : o) It took a while, but finally being happy with myself, getting rid of some of my needy tendancies and making myself proud of myself, well it worked miracles. I'm happy with where I am now. With any luck I'll be done with my (awesome) thesis by August, moved in with the hottest man alive by Dec, and working a real job by the beginning of next year. It makes me feel so excited to know I wont be so poor by this time next year. Hopefully, I'll start out at 80k a year, but most likely it'll be 70k, unless I work off in the middle east or Nigeria or someplace dangerous. Then I could be making 170k like Miguel. But I'd also run the risk of rape and decapitation...hmm...At least I'll be able to buy Sara Jane a real wedding present (Aug 08, woot!). I'm so happy for her, I only wish that I get as lucky as she did to meet someone who I can be equally as happy with. I'm going to hold in my optimism that Jared is the one (alas I get ahead of myself) but I really hope so. I'd have his babies at least (I've told him that!) hehe...I'm a dreamer, what can I say...I'm pretty sure I'd be happy to spend the rest of my life with him...like 99.9...but don't tell him I said so ; o)...And I digress....Anywho over all, Good Year, Better Sarah... Woot!!

Also: For your info, I am trying to arrange a fossil dig at Shark Tooth Hill here in Bako as a fundraiser for the Geology Club. If you're interested, please let me know, k?! Also planning a screening of An Inconvenient Truth on Campus, so look out for that too!

Ok, now for the song thats been in my head...the version was originally Violent Femmes, but the Gnarles Barkley is on my myspace right now..have a listen:

Beautiful girl, lovely dress,

High school smiles, oh yes,

Beautiful girl, lovely dress,

Where she is now I can only guess.

Cuz it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Its gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone away.

When I see you,

Eyes will turn blue,

When I see you,

A thousand eyes turning blue.

Cuz it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

It's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone away.

I can tell by the way that you,

Switch and walk,

And I can see by the way,

That you baby talk.

And I can know by the way that you,

Treat your man.

I can love you baby,

'til it's a crying.

It's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

It's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone away.

Beautiful girl, lovely dress,

Fifteen smiles, oh yes,

Beautiful girl, lovely dress,

Where she is now I can only guess.

Cuz it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

It's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone.

Yeah it's gone daddy gone,

The love is gone away.

In Case You're Looking For Schist:

I see alot of people who come to my blog are searching for something related to Schist and its formation. Try Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist

That should be more helpful that my page :o)

or Try About.com:

http://geology.about.com/library/bl/images/blschist.htm

Happy New Year!!

So it's been a bit busy and I havent had time to post like usual. Jared was here for Christmas and the fam really liked him, which makes me very happy! I don't think I've ever seen my mom make so many homemade meals before...hopefully he visits again sometime soon so I can eat real meals instead of the snacking that I usually do during the day.

The quarter started off well too, I'm teaching two new classes (well new to me!) and both of them are alot easier than what I used to teach. The Plate Tectonics class I'll be taking seems very interesting, especially since I've already picked a paper topic: the evolution of the western transverse ranges! At least I have plenty of articles on it. The petroleum class I'll be taking also looks interesting. I've started reading this book called Blood for Oil, which is about the origin, politics and future of the oil industry. I'm taking it with a grain of salt because so far, its a little biased, although it seems well researched. I'm always wary of books that aren't fiction being written by people who arent scientists. I also bought this book called Beyond Oil which is about alternative energy and The Earth in the Balance (?) by Al Gore. In addition I have textbooks and I bought the book YOU! The Owners Manual and YOU! On a Diet...sheesh..at least I wont be lacking for entertainment.



And Finally A Short Selection of Pictures from the Past Few Months:

The Giant Rosary:


Before I go on, this requires some explanation:

My sister and I decide to go to the All Saints Catholic Store on H Street to find a present for my Aunt Anna. We spend a while looking around and Corinne feels like we should buy something because we been there so long. Then I see the wall rosaries. And Corinne asks, "Do you really want to get that for her?" and I say, "Yes, yes I do." hehe needless to say it was another memorable moment in family history, esp when my uncle decided to put it on. I don't think they're going to actually hang it up, but hey, its the thought that counts right?

The Fam:


The only ones missing are Kristine and I...we sat in the back, with the cool kids...

Soda Springs:



This was a fun field trip, esp when we got stuck in the sand. Digging out Suburbans is fun! The formation here in the Beck Springs shown from a distance, which I have pictures of some pretty stromatolites, but I'm too lazy to upload them.

Ok time to go running on the bike path, I've procrastinated enough....Sigh...I'm in the middle of switching gyms, so I've had to workout outside...fun fun fun...

I miss Jared alot too, I really loved him being here, or rather just being closer together. I'm excited for the time when we can move in together and then I wont have to be missing him all the time *tear*...At least I know I'll be able to live with him without annoyance..AND he can make coffee too!