northern lights lecture

 there were multiple activities planned for the day, and my Facebook events list reminded me of one where i marked myself as 'interested'. it was a lecture at the Minnesota history center in St. Paul, about photography related to the northern lights, or aurora borealis. i haven't seen these in person so it sounded like a good idea to attend. it was in the afternoon and lasted for about an hour. there was also photography of wildlife, such as moose. there was a book signing by the man who gave the lecture. i was fighting to stay awake when they dimmed the lights for this event as i was tired. in the morning i crossed two of three things off of my list. there was getting to the post office, two orders picked up. and i bought two greeting cards as well, one of them was snoopy-themed. i scrapped the visit to the capitol for dumping into recycle bins as there was a rally happening. then it was on to the copy store to get two pages printed, one of them was a birthday offer from Ikea. after the lecture i went to Aldi and got groceries, then it was on to the vikings stadium in minneapolis as i wanted to attend a college baseball game. the minnesota gophers were playing purdue. the long ball was a big factor in this one. purdue won 11-6 and more than half the runs scored in the game were on home runs, including a grand slam that put purdue ahead for good. i went to bobby and steve's before i made it to the stadium as i wanted a little godfather's pizza. after the game i drove home and made it back in time to watch the news, then saturday night live was on after that. lady gaga was hosting, liked her more as a muscial guest than in the sketches. the 'rideable luggage' was a good sketch but the jokes in others just didn't land with me. during my walks i found 54 cents.