The New Mythologies

I love the trend of naming new celestial bodies after our pop culture icons.

Kuiper Belt Object Buffy

Oklahoma Nutcracker

This has less to do with space, but oh well. My sister is in the Norman Ballet Company and will be performing in...

The Oklahoma Nutcracker
Sooner Theater (101 E. Main Street in Norman)
December 17th and 18th

To order tickets please call the box office at: (405) 326-9147
OR
Print this page to mail in as your order form.

Seating Chart of the Sooner Theatre

Saturday, December 17th
Sand Plum Fairy Tea Party, 2:30pm
Children and Adults $15

Ballet Performance, 2pm and 8pm
Children 12& under Main Floor $12
Adults Main Floor $15
Choice Balcony $15
Open Balcony $10

Sunday, December 18th
Sand Plum Fairy Tea Party, 2:30pm
Children and Adults $15

Ballet Performance, 2pm
Children 12& under Main Floor $12
Adults Main Floor $15
Choice Balcony $15
Open Balcony $10

"All seats are reserved and non-refundable.
To fully appreciate and enjoy these performances (and out of consideration for other audience members), the Norman Ballet Company suggests that CHILDREN SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF AGE to attend the following production."

About:
"Set to the traditional Tchaikovsky score, the story has been adapted to include historical Oklahoma persons and natural treasures: the King Snake, the Sand Plum Fairy – you will fall in love with Mama Armadillo and her babies! Coming from New York City, professional dancers Juliana Scarpelli and Kyle Coffman will perform their spectacular pas de deux as the Sand Plum Fairy and her Prince. It is sure to become a family tradition for all to see!"
(from the website)

Happy Thanksgiving!

back in OKC

I'm back in Moore safely. After sooo many security checks, you wouldn't believe and various other drama, but I'm here now. Yay!

yeah, so...

I'm not so much "on my way" to OKC now. I'm more "sitting at ISU." Again.

There's this whole big thing with this little regional airline I was taking to Brussels (then on to Chicago, to OKC on American Airlines). They do not allow a laptop bag in addition to a carry on, unlike every other airline ever. So (even though I was two hours early) there wasn't time (or option, really) to repack, and they wouldn't let me pay for an extra checked bag. Not an option. They did reschedule my flights to be the same exact flights, one day later and for free. That was cool. So I'm not home today, but will be on Friday afternoon.

In better news... thank you so much to the guys who came out for tarte flambee last night! I know that you all had a lot of work to do on the projects, and I appreciate you taking time out to see me for (what should have been) the last time for a long while. Y'all* are awesome! As soon as I get home, I'll post some of the many many pics I took. After I post all those other pics that I need to put up here.

JSC

* This is an Oklahoman phrase that I think I never** used the whole time I was at ISU.
** Except maybe that one time when I could only speak in a raspy Southern accent.

oh, well

Until Hello starts to work for me again (in the US, maybe?), I can't post more pictures. I'm working on a write-up, though.

Last chance for anyone to request anything from Strasbourg...

back for a few

I am back in Strasbourg until Thursday morning. I'll do a picture and word thing over Luxembourg and Paris... maybe tomorrow. Probably when I get back to OK. More later.

paris

Doing the Paris thing, tourist-style. Luxembourg was very lovely. Many many many many pictures to post when I'm back in the SXB (airport slang for Strasbourg) on Saturday night or Sunday morning. Talk to you then.
JSC

!

Okay, I just saw a French Serenity ad on the side of a bus. That made my day. It comes out here on October 19, I believe. Have you seen it yet? It's a great science fiction movie, with lots of space ships and some interesting sci-fi ideas of colonization. And the spaceships don't go "zrooom" when they're in space. It's pretty much my favoite movie ever, and I haven't even got to see the final version yet, just one of the pre-screenings in May.

...

Due to the "professional visit" to Paris and Luxembourg, I'm going to be out and away from Internet for a couple days. Don't freak if you don't hear from me. (Mom, I'm looking at you.)

Later.
JSC

In an unrelated note, we have magpies here. I just wanted to throw that in there. They're pretty cool. 

The trip back was much more amusing than the trip out, because we had MC Hassan and Prof Farrow to entertain us and we were all in very good moods.  

Back out to the fancy bus.  

Once inside again, we sampled a lot of wines. 

Everybody is fascinated by the grapes.  

Bunches of grapes. 

We followed some grape trucks in and got to watch several deposit their booty. 

Then we got to a wine place. We did go in here. 

Then we headed out again. Past the Kronenbourg beer place. We didn't get to go in there, but our trip narrator gave us a short lesson in hops import/export practices. 

They were really moving. 

Swirly clouds started forming at midday.