sometimes it hits me. this all still rings of a long co-op tour…complete with annoying head cold. {sigh} i just want to sleep all day. instead, i have more training academy. and speaking of that…
so after 6 weeks of training academy, i have decided on my most favorite nasa phrase, and it is…drumroll please…”that would be a bad day.”
now, modifiers such as “very,” “really,” “extremely,” and “pretty” can be added to emphasis the bad-ness of the day and change the phrase slightly, but its overall meaning is a constant. and what does this phrase mean? well, you hear it every time someone is forced to consider something, well…bad.
a fuel cell fails? “pretty bad day.” you have to do an emergency eva to close the payload bay doors? “really bad day.” we have to abort to spain? “very bad day.” all 3 main engines shut down at srb ignition and the aerodynamic forces tear the shuttle stack apart, resulting in a catastrophic event including loss of vehicle and crew? “extremely bad day.”
the thing i love is the way that, in typical government style (reserved and calm to a fault), everything that can possibly go wrong is covered under the umbrella of “bad day.” this amuses me to no end. i will now begin to use this phrase everywhere i possibly can. i love it.
i voted yesterday, and unlike becca’s scantron experience in galveston county, my voting experience in harris country rocked. it’s the first time i’ve ever actually voted in person (after the absentee ballots of college), and they had these really cool little computer machines with a scrolling wheel and buttons. and then when you were done you pressed the “cast ballot” button, and a picture of a waving american flag popped up on screen. it was fun. all 3 major candidates (governor, u.s. senate, u.s. house) that i voted for won. yay for my vote.
and if my words aren’t enough, take what iffy had on his away message yesterday: “Democracy is cool. If you take your “I voted” sticker to Krispy Kreme, you get a free doughnut. Of course, I ganked my sticker. Boo-ya.”
(11:18 a.m.)
sarah:Status is important to you and your ability to achieve success and earn money. You have a need to be noticed and seek status. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You have a need to be up front. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts.
royston:You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. Your independence and freedom are important to you. You have a need to earn money to prove your success to society and must learn the true value of material gains and status. Your privacy is important to you. You have a rich inner life. You need to learn flexibility. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind.
graybeal:You strive for perfection and worry when things don’t turn out just so. You enjoy doing a job well. You tend to procrastinate. You have a lack of confidence in your mental abilities and do not like being forced into giving your opinion. You have a need to be up front. You must learn to give the same freedom to others that they want for themselves. You are a constructive thinker. You have a need for monetary security. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You have a diplomatic flair to your nature. Equality and fairness are important to you.
