Refrigerator

Our avocado-green General Electric refrigerator died. It stopped working a day after the compressor click of death started. I suspect that a lightning storm hit our fridge, which was causing a faint burning plastic smell everytime the fridge kicked on. It was a freaking old fridge, about 30 years old, and sadly it died and brought the temperature of the food inside of it to room temperature. That refrigerator lasted forever! It was crazy to believe that it died because it was a family/household item that was unique. The only thing that was different about it was that it was crazy avocado-green. Other than that, it was neat.

Now we ordered a new refrigerator, sadly not the same color, and it has no protuding handles. It will be weird to find a new place for our hand towel that went around the refrigerator handle. Our new Amana refrigerator will get here in the morning.

In an effort to salvage what was left, I took the plastic imprint of the refrigerator and peeled off the product label, which included the model number and serial number. It was made in the United States.

As for our new Amana refrigerator, it probably was made in China.

Man, this sounds like an obituary for our long-time refrigerator.

Monday - Friday

I cannot believe this week flew by without stopping. I just remember it was Monday and me starting my new job and then it was Friday with me finishing my third day on the job. I feel like I live in two worlds.

World One: I go to class at UNM in the mornings, which is not bad because it is an hour of my life, thirty minutes commuting back and forth between my house.

World Two: I work very close to my own house, which is very peculiar due to my consistent occurences of getting jobs within my own zip code. At work I'm there for six hours non-stop doing as much as I can while keeping a controlling balance against opposition. I say the most awesome thing is how organic everything is at work. It simply works.

As for how my world is going, I'm looking for a house to rent in Socorro. I cannot bear living another year with more drama on campus. Any idea folks? (Ashley?)

Cleanliness

Today marks a day that I made significant strides towards removing more of what I own and organized what I have. I believe this will provide more productivity for my lack of productiveness. What really bothers me as a person, we are packrats! I wish there was some way to remove the instinct that forces us to keep a ton of junk we really have no use for. This includes broken hardware, outdated papers, and objects that serve no purpose but occupy space.

One more thing to note, I have a surplus of office supplies, paper, and toothbrushes. Yes, toothbrushes. My dentist usually gives me one every six months when I go for an appointment, which reminds me; I have one coming up soon.

Cars

I went and saw Cars in theaters this Monday. I liked it a lot that I am planning on ordering it off of Amazon.com whenever it is released. I'm suprised that I returned to watching a Pixar film since A Bug's Life. So much for staying up with Pixar movies.

What I like about Pixar movies is that they show a true human perspective that cannot be done just as well. The story, plot, scene, the animators do an excellent job of presenting a story that is worth the magic. It is impossible to not watch their movies. Their style of animation is still one of the best and astronishingly made to be cartoony and realistic at the same time.

Pixar has come a long way from Toy Story. I do not know how they managed to improve so many things between then from how the camera tilts, pans, and zooms. Of course, for over 10 years of watching movies and for 20 years of Pixar, so much has gone by. I think it is slightly neat to have an animation company as old as I am.

Return to UNM

So I went back to University of New Mexico for the summer. I have to take Chemistry 122 and Chemistry 122 Lab and that will be all I can do. I am glad that I can get this college class done so I don't have to suffer at New Mexico Tech taking super-hard science courses. Calculus and Physics are now the next ones I need to battle in order to beat. We'll see if I can get through this semester. My chemistry professor at UNM isn't half-bad, in fact he is one of the best science teachers I have had who will explain in great detail and review without confusing students. That is a good teacher if he can do both.

Enough about school, I want to change the subject. I'll talk about my random adventures around Albuquerque. The last big adventure was when I went to the zoo. I never went to the zoo in over a decade, so this was one of the best opportunities for me to visit the wild and caged critters. I took a few pictures of my adventure, which I should upload to the internet. Such happy and sometimes strange animals. One hyena looked distressed and the gorillas were just lazy ones sitting around. Polar bears were pacing through the waterfalls and I think we saw a lobo (Mexican wolf). One downside by going to the zoo in May: end of the year school fieldtrips seem to make the park so busy with ignorant highschool students or loud and obnoxious kids.

This summer looks to be one where I am booked solid in the mornings and possibly afternoons. Weekends and nights are my best bets to do something productive and possibly fun activities. I am planning on seeing a few movies in the theatres and reading a few books. I need to diversify myself in my entertainment by not watching much television (I never do anyway) and reducing my waste of time on the internet and playing computer games. We'll see.