speed everything

I made up for lost time by going on 10 dates in one night. In 30 minutes to be precise. Some grad student org had speed dating, and I was intrigued, so I convinced some friends and myself that it wasn't totally weird and went. I thought it would be like speed chess, but with words. It was much less elegant, considering we had to yell across a table and all my ideas of strategic questions and responses went out the window. Still, it was an experience. For those who aren't up on this, you have an equal number of men and women, you talk for 3 minutes, decide if you like him, write yes/no by his name, then you rotate and talk to the next person. Any yeses (what's the plural of yes??) that match up get each other's email address a few days later. It's not a few days later yet. Don't get your hopes up. It takes me 3 months to 3 years to feel comfortable with someone, so 3 minutes was probably not enough to make a real connection. For my part, I wouldn't have wanted to date many of them for more than 3 minutes.

I wish I could speed read. I am swamped, as I've been spending more time on volunteer commitments (and social commitments) than homework lately. I'm the default responder in water law next week, which means whenever the discussion lags (which happens often) i have to get it going, and the prof is free to drill me with unexpected questions (which he often does). I have to know groundwater laws backward and forward.

Restoration Ecology field trip to Green's Bluff today- nice to see Chad and that sexy stud Duke (a chocolate lab, for those who don't know). Our "restoration" project was tearing down sheds and pulling up fenceposts. At least it's on newly purchased property, where they'll actually plant trees and make it part of the preserve. I was concerned we'd just be making space for a new shed. Ripping things apart was fun. So was killing multiflora rose...I know you're jealous, Laura!

Tunes: Count Basie Orchestra, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane (now I'm listening to the library's jazz collection A to Z- parts of it, at least)