Cliff's gig under the stars

After work tonight a few friends and I took the evening to listen to Cliff a gig here at school. He and the other three members of his quartet blew for two hours starting at seven o'clock. Like normal the music was tight and laughs flowed freely. The amphitheatre outside of the Mary Baker Russel music building was packed with fans and casual listeners alike. Although I was there with a bunch of friends, Sarah had class and was going to show up whenever she could after then. During the intermission I scoured the area from the amphitheatre's base but had no luck. Once I got home after chatting with the likes of Ben Dobyn's and Leah Smilley, I found that Sarah's book bag was there without her. Just after this discovery I heard the jingle of her keys and found her at home. We totally missed one another! She was at the gig but we never once discovered the other was there. She had spent time wandering around campus and over to a friend's house looking for me before she finally gave up, went to the observatory for a while, then came home. Ships that pass in the night...

Let's talk about astronomy for a moment. The concert last night was one of three in this "Jazz Under the Stars" series put on by various groups around school. After the music everyone is invited to be dazzled by the new Keck-funded telescope near the golf course on lower campus. Knowing that I spent last summer in the grip of an astronomy-related internship, one would think I could hardly pass up a chance to look through the eyepiece or CCD camera on a 'scope. The truth is that I had nor have no desire whatsoever to do any astronomy at this time. Why the hostility you ask? Because I was shafted this summer. Not to have too much of an ego about this issue or anything but my application for an astronomy internship here on PLU's new telescope was shot down by the promises made by a professor to some other students wanting to use the 'scope. I gaurantee that I have more experience than they in the study of asteroids using these methods and am, because of this sham, very turned off by astronomy right now. Sure the stars in the sky are pretty but I'm frustrated that my chances at an internship were thwarted because two guys didn't get to finish their project last summer. Seriously, I didn't expect to get my way but I didn't really want to be told some sob story about some unfinished work. I don't think my application was fairly treated in this matter and because of it I passed on tonight's oppurtunity.

At least someone's enjoying the use of that telescope. Too bad I'm not one of them.

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