Return
Wow… look how long it’s been since I last updated! 8O
Sorry. Life has been hectic, and I keep getting sick. I was actually sick on my birthday. I’m nineteen now, but I don’t feel it, because I mostly slept through my birthday, and the parts I didn’t I had a fever and was convinced I was a wizard. (Turns out there was a downside to reading Harry Potter only a day or so before I got sick.) I got an mp3 player though, which I adore, as well as other neat stuff.
The thing I’m most excited about at the moment is the return of Doctor Who to television. (God, I’m such a nerd.) I am very much enjoying season three. I watched an episode last night, with my sister and Dad who have slowly been sucked into watching it along with me every week.
Dad noted that it was odd that no one in the episode wondered why the Doctor was able to instantly identify what the machine did just by watching it, despite it being an experiment in an obscure area of science.
“It’s like the TARDIS,” I pointed out. “In one episode in the first series someone asks the Doctor, won’t anyone notice the TARDIS in the middle of the street? The Doctor goes, ‘listen, someone parks a mysterious blue box in the middle of the street. What do you do? Walk right past it.’ ” I grew thoughtful. “You know, it often astonishes me how people fail to notice the most amazing things, just because they’re too busy going about their life.” I shook my head. “People are always walking past the TARDISes of life.”
My Dad got a most peculiar look on his face.
“That is not an expression,” he said slowly, “that I have ever heard before, nor one that I believe I will ever hear again.”
“You know what I mean,” I chided.
“Yes,” he agreed, “I’m scared that I do.”
Radioactive Jam said,
August 7, 2007 @ 11:20 am
That is an AWESOME expression, and one that bears repeating.
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August 7, 2007 @ 11:57 am
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Luisa said,
August 7, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
You are wise beyond your years! I love Dr. Who.
newnorth said,
August 7, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Hello (RaJ said to say hi) …I didn’t even know what a “tardis” was. I don’t think I have ever seen Doctor Who :)
Dawn said,
August 7, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Hi, I came from RaJ’s place. My kids have watched Dr. Who, and I may have
seen some flashes of it. It is true how people miss the most amazing things in
life. There are some people who don’t and they are amazing people to be
around as they tell of their ordinary life experiences that when told, don’t seem
so ordinary. Good post.
Dorian Gray said,
August 8, 2007 @ 10:53 am
Painful but true. Painful but true.
Good to see you’re getting back in the blogging saddle. One day I’ll post again on my blog… one day…
sithsnoopy said,
August 9, 2007 @ 6:11 am
It reminds me how friends drove down to our place, arrived while it was still light, and were amazed to find out that there’d been a fire burning, still fighting full containment, since the 4th of July, north of our city!
And you can see the big plume of smoke forming almost like a thunderhead north of us, just north of the mountains.
And our friends are not the type to be oblivious to stuff, LOL!
I think you need to add that saying to your signature. :) Or also as a header to this blog. :)
Appleman1234 said,
August 11, 2007 @ 9:33 am
That is so true. I often wonder why people don’t seek out the Tardises or is it Tardii of life,
Glad to hear your back online,
I have end this post as Doctor Who calls (and after missing it for a month, I probably should respond)
Yiannos said,
December 6, 2007 @ 4:37 am
Nice…