Oh look! The Queen!

Well, can you beat this? I just talked to the King of Sweden himself, my man CG16, the old Calle Bernadotte, His Royal Dudeness, HMK, Mr.Dynamite, The most popular man is sweden... I personally instructed His Royal Highness how to execute a program on our mechanical scriber, effectuating the final step in a solar module process. Sca-ry.
The King and Queen were here on a visit, and CG16 had (as far as I've been led to believe) personally expressed interest in the Solar Center research. They were led around our lab and shown our different machines for solar cell research and development.
Other than being monumentally cool, this fact made the entire first half of my day into a nervous, shaky and tedious stretch of preparation and general worriness. In the end, I guess it wasnt such a big deal, but while waiting, not really knowing what I was gonna say and how much time I would have, it was a bit tough.
Now, I gotta try to get back into normal mode and perform some tasks that I am being paid for.
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Don't congratulate too much
or berate yourself either
The race is long
and in the end
it's only with yourself
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A right kick in the nuts

From Righteousbabe.com:
5/11/2005

JUNE EUROPEAN TOUR CANCELLED

Righteous Babe Records regrets that Ani DiFranco has been forced to cancel her June 2005 European tour. A current medical condition prevents her from touring and doctors have prescribed a two-month hiatus from all performing as mandatory to her recovery. Ani plans to get back on the road in the US in mid-July, as previously scheduled.

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And now I am deeply depressed