my new favorite word

I have a new favorite word. It is grrr.

Now, some of you may argue that grrr is not a word, but a sound. It definitely is the way I always tended to "say" it--as a low-throated growl like you'd hear coming from a dog. But thanks to Saj, pictured here, I now appreciate it as a word. A word that makes me laugh when I'm irritated, because Saj actually says the word like it's a word--more like it's spelled "gurr." It's the funniest thing to be irritated and complaining about something and hear a grrr come from Saj's mouth. I was just laughing about it coming up the stairs to my apartment and thought, Now that's blog-worthy.

In fact, the whole day today is blog worthy. I actually thought about writing a blog titled "research is fun!" I would have meant it, too. Of course, I have been working on getting ready for my dissertation research today instead of working on the papers that are due on Wednesday, and that makes a world of difference. I actually like thinking about and doing my wiki research, because it's interesting to me. I'm actually dreading (but probably going to do some tonight) doing the research and writing for my classes, because I'm just not interested in the topics. But after Wednesday I can forget about them, so I might as well just get them done.

It's also been a bright, sunny day in the seventies, and that makes me happy, too. It rained here for at least two days straight--I mean the pouring, flood the parks so the trees look like they're growing out of lakes kind of rain. During those days, I thought about writing a blog titled "death by drowning" and lamenting the worms that were all over the sidewalks. I only realized a month or two ago that they don't come out of their homes because they enjoy the rain and then scorch to death in the sun before they can get back in. It's the other way around--they drown in their homes--and that seems much worse to me, for some reason. And backwards.

But today's been a good day. So good, in fact, that while Dana's at work (and will perhaps meander over to my blog), I'm drinking the Blue Moon that she left in my fridge. (I owe you one!) Wishing, of course, that I had the Starbucks liqueur that I left in her fridge.

Happy Friday, everyone!