Junebug B: What a week!

This week has been jam packed full of great things. On Monday I went for a bike ride around the little pond near my house. It was good to get out and explore, but it was a smaller ride than I envisioned and I was home in about 35 minutes after going around the loop twice (and I don't ride THAT fast!). So it might be nice to work it into some longer ride, but I still need to figure that out. But it was great to get out while that sun is still out at a reasonable time and the weather isn't too cold. I'm thinking the bike is going to hide in the basement sometime soon. There is quite a collection of rotting bikes in the basement here, so I just need to make sure that mine doesn't get any ideas from those guys. I'm already planning on getting a good tune-up in the early spring so I'm ready for a nice long season of being out on my bike. I'll just have to be sure to hit the gym once the bike goes into hibernation so that my muscles don't forget how to work. :)

Tuesday I volunteered for the first time at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. There weren't any classes because of the Jewish holiday, but there was a program sponsored by Alliance Francais, so I got to hear a bunch of people speaking French in the lobby, so that was kind of fun. Plus it is a beautiful building and everyone who walks in there is impressed by it. I'm going to be sitting at the front desk here every other Tuesday through December. I'm looking forward to racking up enough points to take a class here maybe in the spring. They have a real darkroom, so I might look into getting my hands back into that.

Wednesday was one of the highlights of my week. When I first moved to Princeton I bought a ticket to see David Sedaris and I'm so glad that I did! I saw him speak at the McCarter Theatre on the Princeton campus and it was awesome! He made me laugh so hard, and it was great because it was all new material, not even from his latest book (When You Are Engulfed in Flames). He read from his diary, he read a really hilarious recounting of a trip to Costco with his brother-in-law, and (of course) had his take on the presidential candidates. He compared undecided voters to a guy on a plane who wouldn't be able to decide if the flight attendant offered two choices: Chicken or a plate of human shit with shards of glass in it. I think you can guess who is who in that scenario. ;) Anyway, it was a great evening and I waited in line after the show to get him to sign my copy of his book. Here's what it says:

Sorry there aren't any photos of him (or me and him). One of his rules is "No Photos". Which he admits looks pretty pathetic when he's sitting at a table in a Costco with a hundred copies of his book, no one in line and a big sign on an easel next to him that says "No Photos, Please". Yes, that really happened to him on his last book tour.

Thursday was debate night. I was pretty excited to see how it panned out and was happy to watch with my friend Kelly, her roommates and some of their friends. We had a great time playing Palin Bingo (I didn't win) and I'm happy that Biden did such a good job.

Palin drives me crazy on so many levels that I can't even get into it here. But I have to admit, I'm looking forward to seeing what Tina Fey does on SNL this week. Here is a photo of me and Kelly. Kelly's Palin button was not serious, and it's so funny that she's wearing it on her Hillary t-shirt.