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The two things in today's post:

- The 10 Best Things We'll Say To Our Grandkids

- Welcome to the Future Lyrics (READ! It's true and very cool.)

The 10 Best Things We'll Say To Our Grandkids

Brought to you by WIRED Magazine [Streeter Seidell]

1. Back in my day, we only needed 140 characters

2.There used to be so much snow up here, you could strap a board to your feet and slide all the way down.

3. Televised contests gave cash prizes to whoever could store the most data in their head.

4. Well, the screens were bigger, but they only showed the movies at certain times of day.

5. We all had one, but nobody used it. Come to think of it, I bet my LinkedIn profile is still out there on the web somewhere.

6. 英語曾经是統治語言。 瘋狂，哼？ (English used to be the dominant language. Crazy, huh?)

7. Our bodies were made of meat and supported by little sticks of calcium.

8. You used to keep files right on your computer, and you had to go back to that same computer to access them!

9. Is that the new iPhone 27G? Got multitasking yet?

10. I just can't get used to this darn vat-grown steak. Texture ain't right.

Welcome To The Future

Brad Paisley



When I was ten years old,
I remember thinkin' how cool it would be,
When we were goin' on an eight hour drive,
If I could just watch T.V.

And I'd have given anything
To have my own PacMan game at home.
I used to have to get a ride down to the arcade;
Now I've got it on my phone.

He-e-ey...
Glory glory hallelujah.
Welcome to the future.

My grandpa was in World War II,
He fought against the Japanese.
He wrote a hundred letters to my grandma;
Mailed em from his base in the Philippines.

I wish they could see this now,
Where they say this change can go.
Cause I was on a video chat this morning
With a company in Tokyo.

He-e-ey...
Everyday is a revolution.
Welcome to the future.

He-e-ey...
Look around it's all so clear.
He-e-ey...
Wherever we would go and well we...
He-e-ey...
So many things I never thought I'd see...
Happening right in front of me.

I had a friend in school,
Running-back on a football team,
They burned a cross in his front yard
For asking out the home-coming queen.

I thought about him today,
Everybody who's seen what he's seen,
From a woman on a bus
To a man with a dream.

He-e-ey...
Wake up Martin Luther.
Welcome to the future.
He-e-ey...
Glory glory hallelujah.
Welcome to the future.

An Actual Update!

I know, I've not actually posted anything of value for a long time. So, I shall post now. If anyone still reads this, heh.

So Emma is currently helping me with my post. Mostly by sitting on the keyboard or trying to lie down on my chest. It's not big enough for that, but apparently that doesn't keep her from trying. I'm also getting smothered in kisses and purrs. I love my kitties.

They've grown into lovely little cats. They are getting spayed a week from tomorrow, so hopefully all will go well. However, they aren't getting declawed. They've never scratched at anything but their scratching posts (and each other), so I won't declaw them unless it becomes necessary. The vet said if they don't display clawing at this age, they won't start later on.

Jasmine and Khan still hate their kitten guts - even more now than when we first brought them home. Jasmine hisses and spits at them, Khan growls and bitches and complains, then walks away. They pay him very little heed. He's so full of hot air, and they know it.

So as everyone knows by now, I'm at the University of Cincinnati. All well and good, and we all know my dislike of Cincinnati.

So here's the catch:

I've come to love it.

No, not paying $5 a day for parking. Or the 50+ minute commute each way. Or the amount of gas I now have to pay for. Or rush hour. But campus itself? I've grown to really like it.

I like the campus, the people, the environment. It's greener and cleaner than I ever considered it to be, and is very neatly laid out. They have fast food on campus! That surprisingly makes my day. It's very pretty and I can tell they've improved it over the years. There's only one place I don't feel all that comfortable, and that's on the road home where three or four people are always out begging for money. I don't like that stop light. I like it a lot when it's green so I don't have to stop.

I'm sincerely enjoying graduate school, though it's threatening to kick my ass. One professor is very tough, and I'm working very hard to get better. We'll see what happens. Wish me luck with my studies.

TAing is also quite enjoyable. I have several people coming up to me and asking for help, which is kinda cool. They turn in their first essay on Friday, and I'll have a week to get them graded and returned to our professor. At which point I'll have midterm essays to grade, ha!

Teagan is dying, and may be put to sleep soon if she doesn't die naturally. Her stomach is swollen to about four times it's normal size, but she's eating and drinking like usual, and comes to greet us at the front of the cage if we walk by. So I don't want to put her down, but she's so miserable looking.

I have new RenFest stuff. I got a long bow earlier in the season, as well as a quiver. I'm now in the process of getting bracers, a hat, and arrows made for me. Fun but expensive.

And that's all for now. I need to return to my reading. Cheers!