Random stuff

I now have only 7 weeks left until graduation. Yikes! And I found out that our commencement speaker will be Barack Obama, so that’s kind of cool. It’s not every day you have a sitting president speak at your graduation.

I still haven’t found a job. The place where I’m working as an intern has instituted a hiring freeze until June, so I’m now looking elsewhere more aggressively. I recently applied for marketing positions with Fender, Gibson, and Yamaha. I’m not holding my breath but any of those would be super cool. Fender is based here, so that would be extra convenient.

I volunteered at Laela’s Kindergarten last Friday. Mostly I just helped kids write in their ‘Journals’ and do some counting worksheets. I had very little interaction with Laela because she doesn’t really need any help with school work.

I recently purchased Scrabble for my phone. I have been playing Scrabble on my phone (or Palm PDA) for years and years, but lately I couldn’t get any of my pirated versions to work so I finally broke down and paid for it. I play against the computer/phone on the hardest setting and I still win about 75% of the time. I think it’s programmed to just play the highest possible scoring word for each turn, but sometimes it’s not as strategic as a human. I’ve got 4 versions of ‘physical’ Scrabble at home, but it’s not always easy to find people to play with. Anyway, if any of you humans want to play Scrabble with me on facebook, just let me know.

I’ve been trying to learn new songs on the piano recently. The three I’ve worked on most recently are “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt, the “Gummi Bears” theme song, and “Hello” by Lionel Ritchie. I do enjoy playing songs I already know, but learning new ones is so much fun. Luckily for my family we have a Yamaha Clavinova that sounds as good as an acoustic piano, but can be played with headphones.

This evening we’re planning on watching Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Laela and Ivy have been excited about that for several days now.

We have a hummingbird feeder in the back yard, and there are apparently some hungry hummingbirds out there because that thing empties out super fast. I’ve been trying to get a good picture of one of them, but they seem to be able to smell the camera coming. They don’t mind when the kids bang on the window and call to them, but if I sneak up quietly with the camera in my hand, they’re gone right away.

Have I mentioned that I love living in Arizona?