Some times you feel like you have the force. Other times, not so much.

When I first started working at post-doc institution, I felt pretty awesome. Experiments were working well, Magnum, P.I. was impressed with my performance, etc. Things were moving along quite nicely. During this period of bliss, I somehow became synced up with the building elevators. Almost every day the elevators doors would part just as I approached them. It was one hand wave away from using the force.

One year and 8 months into my post-doc, things are a bit different. I'm in the middle of a cloning debacle and it is seriously starting to wear me down. The building must sense my ineptitude as the elevators have ceased cooperating. It's not just that the doors don't open when I get to the elevator. The doors are already open when I get to the elevator, but when I choose to step through them, they decide to close and ram me back and forth like a pinball. It's like the building is mocking me. Not to mention, it kind of hurts.

Of course, I won't allow my ass to be kicked by an elevator. The simple solution is to just press the up button before walking onto the elevator, even if one of the elevators is already available (taunting you). However, it was way more fun when I could pretend I was using the force.

Now I need a navigation system

There is no way my brain can come up with a coherent blog post, so I present you with the following video. As many of you know, I loves me some Star Wars and that love is persuading me to make a purchase that I do not need. Plus, this video is fracking funny.

o.O.

My husband and I love, love, love Star Wars. We don't get dressed up in costume or attend conventions, but... we do engage in lengthy discussions about Star Wars, we did see the movies on opening day and watched the movies a trillion times, we have. We even used the music from the celebration scene (the last scene) from Star Wars Episode IV as the recessional music for our wedding (The music played when you walk back down the isle after the ceremony).

So, you can imagine my excitement when I learned about Star Wars: In Concert. It is a concert of sorts featuring music from all six Star Wars episodes. To spare you, dear readers, from a long blog post where I geek out over every detail of this concert, I will list the pertinent details in bullet form.

This is going to be really freaking cool because:

• a live symphony orchestra and choir performs the music.
• synchronized film footage is displayed on a high-definition LCD screen that stands three-stories high.
• the actor who portrayed C3PO, Anthony Daniels, will narrate live.
• Lucasfilm created film montages specifically for this production.
• a Star Wars exhibit containing costumes, props, artifacts, etc. will accompany the show.

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