Au Revoir
On momentary retrospect, that seems brainless to say when I don't even like the French and I'm going to England, not France, anyway. London Zoo, Devon to get my wedding dress, Lake District for somebody else's wedding, and then back home...all with my best friend. This holiday should rock on every level.
Oh, and speaking of events rocking, I think we need a theme like pizza and whisky each game night. People could focus on their appreciation of a particular alcohol and be involved with the very arduous and flour-frustrating event of food making, in this instance, pizza. :)
10 May 2004
A Cat After My Own Heart
Yesterday morning I watched Q (my adorable black cat that doesn't yet comprehend that the world doesn't revolve around her) walk out of the guest bedroom where she usually sleeps, look around, hiss at the world in general, slink back into the guest bedroom, and fall back asleep.
Thank you Q, for expressed what we often feel too.
Yesterday morning I watched Q (my adorable black cat that doesn't yet comprehend that the world doesn't revolve around her) walk out of the guest bedroom where she usually sleeps, look around, hiss at the world in general, slink back into the guest bedroom, and fall back asleep.
Thank you Q, for expressed what we often feel too.
05 May 2004
Smooth Margarita
As today is Cinco de Mayo, I made Eric some Margaritas. He asked for frozen, and I experimented. Instead of the little rocky chunks you get in restaurants (Eric doesn't like that), I added a little smoothie powder to the mixer. Basically, it was a Margarita Smoothie that earned critical acclaim from a difficult critic ;) Now, if you like the little crunchies in a frozen Margarita, you probably won't like it, but if you like it extremely smooth, I have the perfect drink for you!
As today is Cinco de Mayo, I made Eric some Margaritas. He asked for frozen, and I experimented. Instead of the little rocky chunks you get in restaurants (Eric doesn't like that), I added a little smoothie powder to the mixer. Basically, it was a Margarita Smoothie that earned critical acclaim from a difficult critic ;) Now, if you like the little crunchies in a frozen Margarita, you probably won't like it, but if you like it extremely smooth, I have the perfect drink for you!
Pending Disaster
Friday morning at 9am I am going to most likely be cranky. Paul, the director of Jireh Sports (they lease Dan Shi Club space), invited us to a golf outing. I love to go driving, but I've never actually did a game on the course because I have this philosophy that I must be perfect before starting anything. While this philosophy is slightly flawed, it has kept me from making myself a complete idiot on many occasion. This is apparently not going to save me this time though, as my husband pipes us, "oh I have to work, but Marian would love to play!" I went through many emotions in a few seconds, including excitement, nervousness, complete fury and death plans for Eric later. Depending on how it goes I may be in my grumpy hole for the following week. We'll see :)
Friday morning at 9am I am going to most likely be cranky. Paul, the director of Jireh Sports (they lease Dan Shi Club space), invited us to a golf outing. I love to go driving, but I've never actually did a game on the course because I have this philosophy that I must be perfect before starting anything. While this philosophy is slightly flawed, it has kept me from making myself a complete idiot on many occasion. This is apparently not going to save me this time though, as my husband pipes us, "oh I have to work, but Marian would love to play!" I went through many emotions in a few seconds, including excitement, nervousness, complete fury and death plans for Eric later. Depending on how it goes I may be in my grumpy hole for the following week. We'll see :)
03 May 2004
Game Night (May 15)
Pizza and whiskey! I'm not sure if the recent craze with whiskey is due to the Ireland trip (although that's mostly Guinness, there is the ever popular Jamerson Whiskey there too), or because I realised just how much whiskey we have. Anyway, I've got some cool things for you to try. :)
Pizza and whiskey! I'm not sure if the recent craze with whiskey is due to the Ireland trip (although that's mostly Guinness, there is the ever popular Jamerson Whiskey there too), or because I realised just how much whiskey we have. Anyway, I've got some cool things for you to try. :)
02 May 2004
Geeks
I was hugely excited today to go to Game Preserve and buy the Arcana Unearthed book, as well as my own dice. I noticed that the packs only had one of each though, and mumbled out loud that I would prefer two d6 dice, and wondered if I would ever need more than one now that the game was underway. An immediate eruption of geek argument ensued around me. People were previous just milling around the store were now gathering to give their 2 cents. To make matters worse, I received no help, as all the opinions seemed to vary, then the argument was diminished to "I'm more of a geek than you." I SWEAR that is a quote. It was insane. My goal at the point was to just slip through the masses to try and find a spryte sized figurine.
No spryte figurine was to be found. The smallest was a Loresong Faen, but Fiddy has that, so buying one would be rather pointless. I'm going to ask mum to carve me a couple (one casting spells and one with a mind sword) instead. She used to be an excellent carver, specialising in minatures, so I'm sure she could dig the 'ol tools out again. I'm going to have her put each one on a different stick height to symbolise how high I am, and also make one without a platform or stick so I can put her on Ro-Terrus' (the giant) shoulder. I realise that doing that is pretty geeky in itself, but I pray I will never sink down to the level of prouding stating in the middle of a busy store, "I'm more of a geek than you." *shiver*
I was hugely excited today to go to Game Preserve and buy the Arcana Unearthed book, as well as my own dice. I noticed that the packs only had one of each though, and mumbled out loud that I would prefer two d6 dice, and wondered if I would ever need more than one now that the game was underway. An immediate eruption of geek argument ensued around me. People were previous just milling around the store were now gathering to give their 2 cents. To make matters worse, I received no help, as all the opinions seemed to vary, then the argument was diminished to "I'm more of a geek than you." I SWEAR that is a quote. It was insane. My goal at the point was to just slip through the masses to try and find a spryte sized figurine.
No spryte figurine was to be found. The smallest was a Loresong Faen, but Fiddy has that, so buying one would be rather pointless. I'm going to ask mum to carve me a couple (one casting spells and one with a mind sword) instead. She used to be an excellent carver, specialising in minatures, so I'm sure she could dig the 'ol tools out again. I'm going to have her put each one on a different stick height to symbolise how high I am, and also make one without a platform or stick so I can put her on Ro-Terrus' (the giant) shoulder. I realise that doing that is pretty geeky in itself, but I pray I will never sink down to the level of prouding stating in the middle of a busy store, "I'm more of a geek than you." *shiver*
Continued Education
My "lack of direction" feelings are making decisions irritating. I have a little under a year left with my mEd, then a probable waiting period of about 1-2 years to actually start teaching because universities seem to have that annoying little rule. So my lack of direction is if I want to go back and get another Bachelors in a subject that I enjoy a lot more than business (so I can teach more than Business and Finance courses), such as History, or Conservation, or go on and get my doctrate in a Business related field. While it may seem stupid to go back and get a Bachelors that would not do anything for me, being able to teach it by having a mEd would make it sensible. I'm not exactly happy with a couple doctrate programs I've looked at either. The one especially boxes you into this little expectation corner, not allowing you to have unique feelings or opinions, or so it appears. I think a doctrate program would encourage complete immersion into the subject matters, but it's like they only want to have students that work or have a career. I find this extremely odd because a real doctrate program would make working almost impossible.
I've blogged this because I've been feeling this confusion for awhile, but am not getting anywhere with it. I just need to feel even a preference, but I have too many "equal" pros and cons for each direction. Maybe I missed something....opinions?
My "lack of direction" feelings are making decisions irritating. I have a little under a year left with my mEd, then a probable waiting period of about 1-2 years to actually start teaching because universities seem to have that annoying little rule. So my lack of direction is if I want to go back and get another Bachelors in a subject that I enjoy a lot more than business (so I can teach more than Business and Finance courses), such as History, or Conservation, or go on and get my doctrate in a Business related field. While it may seem stupid to go back and get a Bachelors that would not do anything for me, being able to teach it by having a mEd would make it sensible. I'm not exactly happy with a couple doctrate programs I've looked at either. The one especially boxes you into this little expectation corner, not allowing you to have unique feelings or opinions, or so it appears. I think a doctrate program would encourage complete immersion into the subject matters, but it's like they only want to have students that work or have a career. I find this extremely odd because a real doctrate program would make working almost impossible.
I've blogged this because I've been feeling this confusion for awhile, but am not getting anywhere with it. I just need to feel even a preference, but I have too many "equal" pros and cons for each direction. Maybe I missed something....opinions?
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