Not procrastination, germination

What am I doing right now you ask? Well I am not writing my two assignments that are due tomorrow, that's for sure. Now I know that most of you reading this, all two of you, are probably thinking right now that I am procrastinating but I am going to inform you that I am not. The act of procrastination involves the postponing or delaying of an action. While at first glance I know it must seem like that is exactly what I am doing, but I'm not. Instead of procrastinating like everyone else, I have embarked on a new concept called "germinating." You now must be saying to yourself, "but Martha, germination is already a word." Yes, I know this but to my knowledge, it has never been used in this way before. The idea that I want it to evoke is that when someone is germinating, they are thinking about what to write and waiting for the correct moment when their creative juices are flowing so as to produce the best possible result. This may seem ridiculous to go through all of this trouble of writing a blog but I do this because I no longer want to be called a procrastinator which generally has a negative connotation. As a replacement for this word, from now on, I will be called a germinator. To me this sends the message that I am actively doing something even though it appears that I am not. Now that this word is defined and clarified, go forth and use it in your every day lives! I warn you, however, to only use it when you are actually germinating because I do NOT want this word to become a synonym of procrastinating.

Eddie Izzard

I know that I have not written in months now so many people probably do not read this except maybe Meg but I just had to write something because last night I saw Eddie Izzard live at the VMA in Providence. In case you are unfortunate enough not to know who Eddie Izzard is, he is a wicked funny comedian. If you have yet to see any of his shows that are on DVD, I suggest that you go to the nearest movie store and pick up a copy. Anyway, the show was a late Easter present from Travis' mom, Anita. The show started at 8 but we went to dinner beforehand at the Cheesecake Factory. I had some pasta and so did Anita. Once we were done, it was time for the show! While we were standing in line to pick up our tickets, I saw Sue, one of Meg's friends. We chatted for a few seconds and then she left to go to her seat. We eventually got our tickets and then sat down. We had tickets in the balcony. I always like the balcony the best. It just seems better. The show commenced a few minutes after 8 and it was so crazy to be in the same room as Eddie Izzard. As usual, he started the show with jokes about the city and/or state that he is in. There were a few references to the mafia, the size of the state, and of course the fact that Rhode Island isn't even an island. He suggested that we should build a moat around the whole state and then fill it with water so our name would make sense. Later on in the show he made fun of us for being the last state to sign the constitution and then asked us if any of the 3 Rhode Islanders at the time actually did anything in the revolutionary war. He was then surprised to hear that we actually started the war with the burning of HMS Gaspée. Hooray for Little Rhody! He also made fun of that nickname. So the show was a total of 2 hours and included jokes involving picnic tables, monkeys, tigers, giraffes, oxen (I guess he was really into animals that night), dinosaurs, and many more. Needless to say, the two hours flew by. I probably could have sat listening to him for another 5 hours.

After the show, Anita drove me back home in Pawtucket because I decided to spend the night since I did not have class today. Now it feels like Saturday for me but it is really only Wednesday. This morning, my mom took me out for breakfast and I had some nice french toast. After that, we went and both bought a pair of shoes and then my mom got a griffin ipod player thing for the car. I don't really know how to describe that so if you are really curious, you can just look it up. :-) When we got home, my mom persuaded me to go for a bike ride. I didn't want to go because I did not have any exercise clothes but I ended up wearing a pair of my mom's pants even though they looked really silly on me. Anyway, I am back at URI now and I really don't want to go to class tomorrow. Only 2 more weeks left though so I hope it won't be too bad.