Blush & Bashful. . . and almost famous.

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Sleeping, Eating, Listening, and Galloping

1. Kevin has been working at University of Chicago (a la When Harry Met Sally and Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc) for a whole month. and i'm guessing none of you know what he has been doing there. well, sometimes i don't even know. so. you shouldn't feel too left out. this morning, though, i forced him to write a little sum-up of things. for the sake of history and what not. and, here it is:

i study sleep

currently, i'm learning how to score sleep. there are different parts of sleep, or stages. everyone has heard of REM sleep. (rapid eye movement). but there are 4 other stages also, and they are indicative of the quality of sleep that people have. so at the sleep lab, we research sleeping disorders and the quality of sleep, hopefully helping people have better sleep. i am a study coordinator, i am basically the contact for all of the research participants. a lot of administrative work, but i get my hands on the research side too, which is refreshing. the research project i am the lead for a study that focuses on how people sleep in their homes compared to a sleep lab. most research is done in a laboratory setting. (its like sleeping in a hotel room, a controlled environment) but our principal investigator has an anthropological background, so she contests that sleep will be a lot different at people's homes. so we are doing a large research project that is basically quality control and can highly affect all sleep research that comes afterwards. and i've found myself in a highly reputable research lab, at a highly respectable research institution. it's pretty cool. and i swim every day for my lunch hour. the study hasn't officially started yet, so i'm not doing that much yet, but i will be.


2. my sister and her fam have been on a month-long adventure themselves. you can read about it here. or, if you're lazy, i'll just tell you: they have been eating a Paleo diet. which bascially means, eating like cavemen. lots of fruits and veggies and meats, but no breads or grains or bottom-of-the-food-pyramid-s. while kevin and i had intended on joining them on this journey, we....got distracted. BUT. we are starting now. today. so, we'll be cave-ing it for the month of May. and, most likely, stealing all of the recipes allyson posted on her blog. so. thanks, al.


3. i recently hired (for free! payable by friendship!) my friend ross to be the author of my summer playlist. see, one's summer playlist is a very important aspect of season. without it, you may find yourself listening to the -gasp- radio all summer, suffering through song after song by Ke$ha, Adam Lambert and everyone on the New Moon soundtrack (keep in mind, i don't really know who those people are that i just listed and am just blindly judging them based on....well, nothing. but really, that tic-tok song is ridiculous, regardless of the hip-ness of the beat). here is the so-far list....with a few additions of my own. because i have flawless taste. duh.

in tall buildings
pernice brothers
the delgados
lou barlow
shapers
sloan
hayden
pomplamoose
the bird and the bee
the morning benders


4. galloping.

what does this mean? you think. what is she talking about? did they buy a horse to pull their scooters? what?

no horses, don't worry.












it's better than horses.

awhile back i auditioned for Michigan Shakespeare Festival. then last week, i went in for a callback. then, on monday. i got it. SO. this summer, from june 14-august 8 i will be residing in Jackson, MI. and the shows we're putting up are:

The Comedy of Errors, in which i will be playing Luciana, the female-almost-lead.
and
Romeo and Juliet, in which i will be playing. . . . like. . . . Juliet.

so. there's that. you might also know it as,

j.o.y.