Back and forth a bit...

Hello "out there"...

Apologies for the blankness lately at Olla. My noise compilation project has has sort of taken over my free time the last couple of months. I am working every night until the wee hours, soldering and putting together tiny bits of wire and such. The dayjob has gotten busier and busier due to the increasing political battle between evolution and creationism and all the idiots who are responsible for the fact that I still have a job -- phones ringing more than ever, plus frequent visits by reporters, camera crews and the like to film and interview my boss, who is on her way to reaching "rock star" status in the world of science. I used to actually get a lot more free time during work hours to have a little "me" time, which allowed me the freedom to keep up with blogging, but lately I've had to even announce my bathroom breaks. Thank thee goddzz that my head has somehow stayed screwed on during all of this, although I can't be too sure about the brains within not becoming altogether scrambled from the sheer pace of things.

On top of everything, I've finally been able to move my dad out here from Chicago (something we've been working on for the last year or so). It's great having him so close now-- he's only a 10 minute drive from my house. It's been a ton of work getting him all moved in, but thankfully my younger brother Adam was able to help out a bunch last weekend when he flew out from Phoenix. I'm very excited to have my dear sweet poppa nearby after so many years spent with too much distance between us and not a lot of extra cash to spare toward airfare for visits. I will definitely be sharing more here about my dad in the months to come-- he's always been a big part of my life and there will undoubtedly be many blog-worthy moments to document here in the near future.

Anyway, I just wanted to drop some text here, even if no one is paying attention ;) I've actually been reading a bunch lately and finding some interesting stuff, so I've been saving it all up in email and getting ready to do one of those sessions where it all comes tumbling on through, so stay tuned for that.

Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else that since the calendar clicked into 2006, the pace of LIFE has just zoomed up about a thousand notches?? I know there are a lot of metaphysical theories going around about the rate of time increasing or some such thing, as we get closer to the year 2012, so maybe, just maybe, there is something to that. I'll leave the pondering to those with a bit more free time than I have at the moment.

Oh, by the way--- this month we've got two kinda cool planetary activities of note:

TUESDAY, MARCH 14th - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 6:47pm EST (and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to dAS!)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29th - Total Solar Eclipse 5:11am EST

Bises,
xoxo
the pixie