busy busy bee

There has been a whirlwind of activity here at the ponderosa, and much of it very good, but I feel like I have been dropping the ball on keeping my blog updated, amongst other things. I have been overextending myself socially and professionally, and I am happy that April is done, the cavalcade of dissertation defenses and meetings and classes is over and I can have more time to devote to my own work. Whew.

Last weekend I was at my friend NV's house anxiously waiting for Battlestar Galactica and as the credits for Doctor Who rolled, we had this conversation

NV: A police box? That is so wierd. Why does he travel around in a police box?
Me: Well, there is a part on the TARDIS that makes it change shape to fit in with whatever place it goes, but on the Doctor's TARDIS it broke in London in the 50s so it got stuck as a police box. He tried to fix it once, but it didn't work out. So that's why it's a police box.
NV: *stares blankly*
Me: That's why he goes around in a police box.
NV: *more staring*
Me: And that's also why I'm a dork. Because I know that.
NV: yeah

I can't help it. Doctor Who is AWESOME. I am proud of my geekiness.

Last weekend was a celebration of geekdom for me. On Saturday I found new episodes of Avatar: the Last Airbender online, yay! I watched them a few times on Saturday, and I would be watching them right now if I didn't have the site blocked on my browser during the week (a couple of work nights spent staying up too late watching it online convinced me to block it).

Then I went to the Franklin Institute (Ben Franklin Kicks Ass!) to see the Star Wars Exhibit. I went with a couple of friends and I also brought the zombies, for oodles of photo fun. As soon as I get the photos from my camera I plan a full post devoted to the day at the Franklin Institute, for now I have this teaser photo taken by one of my friends.