I'm Buggin' Out

It's a Friday night in Baton Rouge. I have just finished washing and hanging laundry to dry. It's 1:45 am, so technically its Saturday morning. Either way, I don't understand why I'm sitting here alone writing a blog instead of at the club with my cousin.
Truth is, while I would have loved to get all dressed up with dark make-up and my hot new heels, I'm perfectly content.  I'm listening to this awesome new playlist I made that is so uniquely me I could scream with excitement. It's so random, eclectic  and wonderful. It 
 includes some currently popular music such as Usher's "DJ got us falling in love," several Adele selections, Panic! At the Disco, & The Script. Others are old favorites that make me long for a dance partner with the same crazy taste in music: Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic," The Temptation's "I Wish It Would Rain," Three Dog Night's "Never Been to Spain," and,  home girl, Irma Thomas' rendition of "It's Raining." Other random songs/artists span from the 70s-00s Kajagoogoo, The Temper Trap, Night Ranger, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Foreigner, Louis Prima, The Flaming Lips, One Republic, Scissor Sisters.......the list goes on for 3.5 wonderful hours of music that would never find a niche on any fm or xm radio station....not even Pandora.  

So, while I would love to be "out" and acting my age, having fun, I'm not.
Truth is, I don't really like going to Latin night. Music does move me to dance and Latin beats can be infectious, but it just doesn't do it for me. (neither do the grabby Latin men who can't/don't speak English...I don't mean to hate on my heritage, and I'm not racist, I'm just picky and don't like strangers touching me, as usual, I digress) You know what does? Stupid 80s music, Oldies, & Soul. I love weddings cuz they always play the best slow songs to dance to. When some Sam Cooke or Otis Redding song is being played, I can hardly stay in my seat. Problem: you need a partner for such dancing. My last wedding date was perfect, he liked dancing to the good old songs the band played, but it's that time again, and I have no wedding date in sight. I've come to realize my life is truly in Monroe. I basically became who I am in Monroe, made the most sincere ties with people in Monroe (there are very few exceptions) So anyone who I could get as a wedding date is 300 miles away from the New Orleans Wedding....and lemme tell ya, no one does a wedding like a New Orleans family. Open Bar, lots of hearty food, kicking music....The most frustrating part is that I don't need a romantic wedding date, I just need someone who will dance with me so I don't have to sit at the table when amazing music like "Night Train" & "Europa" is being played by my uncle's band. I have a friend down here I would ask, but he seems to be ignoring me as he has not replied to the last 2 forms of communication I attempted. (about to get deleted from my life, and we were helluh close) Thus, here we are, 15 days till the wedding and I'm stuck stag.

So as I said, I'm happy right now, completely at peace....if only I could listen to this music at work without annoying ear phones. AH WORK....and so we've made it to the blog's tittle. I work in LSU's Entomology Department. What do I know about Entomology you ask? Not a darn thing. Thankfully, my job is super cool and requires no knowledge of bugs. I simply (sometimes not so simply) take pictures of the insects with a supercool microscope camera. It's sooooo cool, really it is. The program allows you to take multiple shots of the specimen at different focus points and it sticks them all together. Ideally, this makes every section of the tiny bug in perfect focus. I am quite nerdy enough to think this job is pretty great. I'm weird enough that I nick-name some of the buggies and talk to them during their glamour shots. It's not all sunshine and daisies though. For example, Today, I spent the better part 5/6 hours trying to get shots of ONE bug. The shinier and crater filled they are the harder it is to set the correct lighting. So today was a bad day, but I'm not discouraged, I have 5 more weeks of this and many more shiny buggies.
Life is pretty decent right now. I miss people, but I would miss them even if I was still in Funroe. As I've been typing for an hour....I should get some rest, we're going to the farmer's market tomorrow. They have artsy items on the first of the month so I'm pretty excited. Sorry I took so long to post (my 2 faithful readers), I will improve this month.

Over & Out
Moster