True Productivity
From zero through twenty-one episodes of Stargate's season 7 from December 24 to December 27. That's especially good when there's other important issues to cover during that 3 day period such as Christmas exchanges, post Christmas shopping, and sleeping.
26 December 2005
Toys
My initial disappointment of getting very few packages from Eric for Christmas quickly dissapated into utter joy as I opened my 17 inch flat panel TV and my 7 inch DVD/MP3/CD travel player. To boot, my travel DVD player hooks up beautifully to my new TV that is now sitting proudly on my desk next to my computer. What a completely unbelievably awesome Christmas! Even more...the post-Christmas shopping was totally worth the early hour...Sax Fifth had tonnes of stuff 70% off, including a great hat, and I got two summer tops for next to nothing. Most excellent!
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My initial disappointment of getting very few packages from Eric for Christmas quickly dissapated into utter joy as I opened my 17 inch flat panel TV and my 7 inch DVD/MP3/CD travel player. To boot, my travel DVD player hooks up beautifully to my new TV that is now sitting proudly on my desk next to my computer. What a completely unbelievably awesome Christmas! Even more...the post-Christmas shopping was totally worth the early hour...Sax Fifth had tonnes of stuff 70% off, including a great hat, and I got two summer tops for next to nothing. Most excellent!
24 December 2005
IN-LAWS
Death to in-laws. This can't be totally true because my parents are wonderful to Eric...catering to his every whim and need. For example, my mum threw out an old pillow of Eric's. Let's note the pillow was a 15 year old feather pillow that had reached the point of rottenness. Further, I had asked her to pitch it for me because I couldn't handle the stench any longer, and he was strangely possessive of the nasty thing. Being the wonderful mother that she is, she pitches it while we're away on holiday. Eric was crushed. While I'm in giving her the eye that says "THANK YOU!", she nearly cries when he gives her a guilt trip, and gives him $50 to go buy a special chiropractic pillow b/c he's bitching about the fact that the 15 year old rotten feather pillow was "perfect for his neck". Let's move to my scene...my welcome to Christmas Eve is extreme banging on my door (at Eric's family's home) and his mum freakin' walks into the room in which we are sleeping. Does anybody else see this as an invasion to privacy to walk into somebody's bedroom when they are probably in bed? Does the question, "could I step in" enter into the picture? Oh no, of course not. Instead, milliseconds after the door is banged in, she walks in, and informs me that his sister is there (a surprise visit) and that we should be out immediately. WTF? Merry Christmas! *deep sarcasm* I could share more, but I'm sure that I would discover the Internet's space limit.
Death to in-laws. This can't be totally true because my parents are wonderful to Eric...catering to his every whim and need. For example, my mum threw out an old pillow of Eric's. Let's note the pillow was a 15 year old feather pillow that had reached the point of rottenness. Further, I had asked her to pitch it for me because I couldn't handle the stench any longer, and he was strangely possessive of the nasty thing. Being the wonderful mother that she is, she pitches it while we're away on holiday. Eric was crushed. While I'm in giving her the eye that says "THANK YOU!", she nearly cries when he gives her a guilt trip, and gives him $50 to go buy a special chiropractic pillow b/c he's bitching about the fact that the 15 year old rotten feather pillow was "perfect for his neck". Let's move to my scene...my welcome to Christmas Eve is extreme banging on my door (at Eric's family's home) and his mum freakin' walks into the room in which we are sleeping. Does anybody else see this as an invasion to privacy to walk into somebody's bedroom when they are probably in bed? Does the question, "could I step in" enter into the picture? Oh no, of course not. Instead, milliseconds after the door is banged in, she walks in, and informs me that his sister is there (a surprise visit) and that we should be out immediately. WTF? Merry Christmas! *deep sarcasm* I could share more, but I'm sure that I would discover the Internet's space limit.
20 December 2005
15 December 2005
11 December 2005
Coordination
I think there was a distinct LACK of coordination by somebody last night for downtown activities. If you did manage to get a parking space and walk, it was easy to tell the source of the traffic...blue sweatshirts from Kentucky (IU/KY game), Pacer shirts (all scarily matched with khaki's and white tennis shoes), with a sprinkling of tuxes and formal gowns. I assume those were directed towards the Broadway show (our focus), symphony, and play that were all playing at the same time. You felt a part of a real city for once :)
I think there was a distinct LACK of coordination by somebody last night for downtown activities. If you did manage to get a parking space and walk, it was easy to tell the source of the traffic...blue sweatshirts from Kentucky (IU/KY game), Pacer shirts (all scarily matched with khaki's and white tennis shoes), with a sprinkling of tuxes and formal gowns. I assume those were directed towards the Broadway show (our focus), symphony, and play that were all playing at the same time. You felt a part of a real city for once :)
08 December 2005
MMMMMMM
It's absolutely gorgeous out and the snow falls continuously over the trees outside my window. I sip my wine in comfort as Evanesence plays on my computer and I work comfortably on a website. The fire is crackling in the fireplace (does gas fires crackle? OK, maybe it's not crackling, per se), and I smell the mixture of Christmas tree and cranberry/vanilla candles. I smirk as various friends ring with updates on their multiple hour trip home because people in Indiana can't drive in snow, and of course the snow decided to start piling up at rush hour. Just when I thought it doesn't pay to stay home and do volunteer work, things like this remind me of the joys of being "stuck" home :)
It's absolutely gorgeous out and the snow falls continuously over the trees outside my window. I sip my wine in comfort as Evanesence plays on my computer and I work comfortably on a website. The fire is crackling in the fireplace (does gas fires crackle? OK, maybe it's not crackling, per se), and I smell the mixture of Christmas tree and cranberry/vanilla candles. I smirk as various friends ring with updates on their multiple hour trip home because people in Indiana can't drive in snow, and of course the snow decided to start piling up at rush hour. Just when I thought it doesn't pay to stay home and do volunteer work, things like this remind me of the joys of being "stuck" home :)
22 November 2005
*fzzt*
Either luck is completely on my side or the realms of evil are against me. I think it's both. I left my Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses in their case on my car top, then I drove off, only to watch the case get tossed off the roof and be crushed by tires. Lady Luck (or God) made the sunglasses pop out of the case and land in the grass just before the case met it's destruction. Next evil event was leaving my Fendi purse at Steak and Shake. Let's note that the Fendi is my favourite purse that Eric bought me on honeymoon in Rome, so I was beyond frantic and nearly kissed the waiter that returned it to me the next day. Then this morning I opened my door to a flower delivery man. While this is very exciting for any girl, it's devestating when he asks if I could hold them for a neighbor. What about ME? While I would love to mope how things aren't going my way, I just found out I don't have to teach tomorrow, so maybe the week will improve. *fzzt*
Either luck is completely on my side or the realms of evil are against me. I think it's both. I left my Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses in their case on my car top, then I drove off, only to watch the case get tossed off the roof and be crushed by tires. Lady Luck (or God) made the sunglasses pop out of the case and land in the grass just before the case met it's destruction. Next evil event was leaving my Fendi purse at Steak and Shake. Let's note that the Fendi is my favourite purse that Eric bought me on honeymoon in Rome, so I was beyond frantic and nearly kissed the waiter that returned it to me the next day. Then this morning I opened my door to a flower delivery man. While this is very exciting for any girl, it's devestating when he asks if I could hold them for a neighbor. What about ME? While I would love to mope how things aren't going my way, I just found out I don't have to teach tomorrow, so maybe the week will improve. *fzzt*
21 November 2005
The Force
There is an unknown force at Fry's that makes you want to buy everything. While my wish list was lengthened extensively, I couldn't resist grabbing the Firefly DVD set. As my fingers reached for the Firefly set, bright neon lights suddenly started dancing around Stargate Atlantis' first season. It was becoming clearer by the second that Fry's is simply a black hole for money. Meanwhile, I hope to finish Stargate Atlantis before I leave Wednesday night :)
There is an unknown force at Fry's that makes you want to buy everything. While my wish list was lengthened extensively, I couldn't resist grabbing the Firefly DVD set. As my fingers reached for the Firefly set, bright neon lights suddenly started dancing around Stargate Atlantis' first season. It was becoming clearer by the second that Fry's is simply a black hole for money. Meanwhile, I hope to finish Stargate Atlantis before I leave Wednesday night :)
17 November 2005
Payback!
Remember my destroyed Halloween weekend because of the tournament and awful dentistry work? Remember the trip to Chicago with teenagers? Finally....a weekend of focus on Marian has arrived!! TSO tonight, opera tomorrow night, a special dinner Saturday night, and a visit to Inland Aquatics Sunday. See, it does pay to do good things...eventually good things will be returned.
While there is some fear of Thanksgiving because I naturally reject Thanksgiving as a wretched time tortured by dry turkey and annoying people that claim to have some level of relation to me, it also will be gratified post-torture with a trip to Niagara Falls and a winery tour of 10 different wineries in Ontario.
Remember my destroyed Halloween weekend because of the tournament and awful dentistry work? Remember the trip to Chicago with teenagers? Finally....a weekend of focus on Marian has arrived!! TSO tonight, opera tomorrow night, a special dinner Saturday night, and a visit to Inland Aquatics Sunday. See, it does pay to do good things...eventually good things will be returned.
While there is some fear of Thanksgiving because I naturally reject Thanksgiving as a wretched time tortured by dry turkey and annoying people that claim to have some level of relation to me, it also will be gratified post-torture with a trip to Niagara Falls and a winery tour of 10 different wineries in Ontario.
14 November 2005
Survival
Ya know...for being a field trip, and for the field trip to be for teenagers, Chicago went amazingly well. I am fortunate that these particular teenagers are more mature than the average kid that age, so after the "tour" of what they had to see, I was able to let them roam the museum on their own and have them meet us when we planned to leave. The great part is that it worked, thus being able to spend time in areas I wanted to see. I even got to sneak across the street for some shopping at the art gallery. I still wish I drove separately so I could have spent more time in Chicago though...
Ya know...for being a field trip, and for the field trip to be for teenagers, Chicago went amazingly well. I am fortunate that these particular teenagers are more mature than the average kid that age, so after the "tour" of what they had to see, I was able to let them roam the museum on their own and have them meet us when we planned to leave. The great part is that it worked, thus being able to spend time in areas I wanted to see. I even got to sneak across the street for some shopping at the art gallery. I still wish I drove separately so I could have spent more time in Chicago though...
10 November 2005
09 November 2005
Losing My Touch
I had to put down my KODT comic to talk on my mobile while driving to and from work today. What happened to the old days where I put on make-up, talked on the mobile, and read the newspaper while driving? Oddly enough, my accident rates have plummeted in the last few years. I wonder if there's a connection.
I am losing my touch even farther in the sense that somehow I'm ending up in a van with 10 people (mostly students) to take on a field trip to Chicago Saturday. I did something wrong, and I'm pretty sure that it's because I'm the idiot who organised it. Between having to take 14 kids to a tournament 2 weeks ago and having to take 10 people to Chicago this weekend, I'm going to need a full week at least in my happy little sci-fi DVD shell.
I had to put down my KODT comic to talk on my mobile while driving to and from work today. What happened to the old days where I put on make-up, talked on the mobile, and read the newspaper while driving? Oddly enough, my accident rates have plummeted in the last few years. I wonder if there's a connection.
I am losing my touch even farther in the sense that somehow I'm ending up in a van with 10 people (mostly students) to take on a field trip to Chicago Saturday. I did something wrong, and I'm pretty sure that it's because I'm the idiot who organised it. Between having to take 14 kids to a tournament 2 weeks ago and having to take 10 people to Chicago this weekend, I'm going to need a full week at least in my happy little sci-fi DVD shell.
07 November 2005
Ellen's Back!
Her long absence made me wonder if she'd ever return to Blogland. It pays off to check on dead blogs occasionally...they may just be in a coma instead :)
Her long absence made me wonder if she'd ever return to Blogland. It pays off to check on dead blogs occasionally...they may just be in a coma instead :)
Improvement
It wouldn't take much to improve this week over last, but it's still important to note that it's already better. My mouth feels more normal, my cold is better, my headaches are calming down (a little), and I had a good weekend. Saturday we went and saw the musical Ragtime, which was pretty good in spite of being sad. It's like Gangs of New York; terribly sad, but pretty realistic. I would have to concur with a Ragtime review I found. Sunday was six-seven hours of role-playing between Vormeili and Ivy. I really enjoy both these characters, but I'll be glad to go back to Thursdays for Ivy after November. My brain was fuzzy afterwards.
It wouldn't take much to improve this week over last, but it's still important to note that it's already better. My mouth feels more normal, my cold is better, my headaches are calming down (a little), and I had a good weekend. Saturday we went and saw the musical Ragtime, which was pretty good in spite of being sad. It's like Gangs of New York; terribly sad, but pretty realistic. I would have to concur with a Ragtime review I found. Sunday was six-seven hours of role-playing between Vormeili and Ivy. I really enjoy both these characters, but I'll be glad to go back to Thursdays for Ivy after November. My brain was fuzzy afterwards.
02 November 2005
VERY Bad Week...looking forward to better days!
Ever feel like somebody's driving a nail through your teeth up to your brain? That's exactly the way I feel. This last visit to the dentist Monday was disasterous for any productivity this week. Fortunately I am caught up on tooth work, and only have to recover at this point. Never do two streneous dentist appointments on the same weekend! Oh, and I'm getting a cold. Since I do try and find the bright side, I must say the break from teaching history and literature last week did all of us good as the classes today went very well (except for overall physical pain of which I did end up flagging and am now home grumpy and resting). We have some fun projects and field trips that both teacher (me) AND students are looking forward to. Also, we had a really positive tournament Saturday with 14 people representing Dan Shi, which made me proud. As smoothly as it went, I still completely collapsed emotionally afterwards, and recovered just in time to have my dentist appointment Monday. I must now turn my focus to the complete watching of Firefly :)
Ever feel like somebody's driving a nail through your teeth up to your brain? That's exactly the way I feel. This last visit to the dentist Monday was disasterous for any productivity this week. Fortunately I am caught up on tooth work, and only have to recover at this point. Never do two streneous dentist appointments on the same weekend! Oh, and I'm getting a cold. Since I do try and find the bright side, I must say the break from teaching history and literature last week did all of us good as the classes today went very well (except for overall physical pain of which I did end up flagging and am now home grumpy and resting). We have some fun projects and field trips that both teacher (me) AND students are looking forward to. Also, we had a really positive tournament Saturday with 14 people representing Dan Shi, which made me proud. As smoothly as it went, I still completely collapsed emotionally afterwards, and recovered just in time to have my dentist appointment Monday. I must now turn my focus to the complete watching of Firefly :)
28 October 2005
Blues
My pain tolerance isn't too bad, except for teeth pain. I had a major appointment today that left me dizzy, nauseated, and numb everywhere, making me feel pretty ugly since only one-third of my face was cooperating with me. Fortunately, many many hours of Stargate's season six has been distracting me. Then I can focus on Firefly for my true goal: KODT. Since I'll be in the same shape Monday for another wonderful dental appt, all these goals will hopefully be accomplished :)
My pain tolerance isn't too bad, except for teeth pain. I had a major appointment today that left me dizzy, nauseated, and numb everywhere, making me feel pretty ugly since only one-third of my face was cooperating with me. Fortunately, many many hours of Stargate's season six has been distracting me. Then I can focus on Firefly for my true goal: KODT. Since I'll be in the same shape Monday for another wonderful dental appt, all these goals will hopefully be accomplished :)
20 October 2005
Desperate Times
Sometimes the need for sugar is so great that you find yourself chipping dried chocolate out of your glovebox. Fortunately I can say I've never been reduced to that level of desperation, but I think I was close on Tuesday. Saving my peppermint stick in my car for a very special occasion, i.e., for a desperate moment, I was happy to try and forget the miserable class I had just taught and wallow in the joys of peppermint sticks flavoured with lime. Fifteen minutes later and nearly wrecking into a cop later, the plastic refused to come off. Apparantly the heat of the car in the console had caused it to be completely stuck to the candy. This called for war for the plastic. Did you know that you can't even taste the plastic if you just start eating it? There was some annoying aftereffects, such as small pieces of plastic floating in my mouth for awhile, but it was worth it. Perhaps desperate, but I can definitely say I won. It's the little victories that keep you going, right?
Sometimes the need for sugar is so great that you find yourself chipping dried chocolate out of your glovebox. Fortunately I can say I've never been reduced to that level of desperation, but I think I was close on Tuesday. Saving my peppermint stick in my car for a very special occasion, i.e., for a desperate moment, I was happy to try and forget the miserable class I had just taught and wallow in the joys of peppermint sticks flavoured with lime. Fifteen minutes later and nearly wrecking into a cop later, the plastic refused to come off. Apparantly the heat of the car in the console had caused it to be completely stuck to the candy. This called for war for the plastic. Did you know that you can't even taste the plastic if you just start eating it? There was some annoying aftereffects, such as small pieces of plastic floating in my mouth for awhile, but it was worth it. Perhaps desperate, but I can definitely say I won. It's the little victories that keep you going, right?
18 October 2005
Fun's Over
I worked out like crazy for an important tournament in February and to look all nice for Mexico last May. Somehow the lack of working out for a week in May totally blew my resolve to continue my efforts of being all strong and having good endurance. So I'm back to the grindstone as of last night. My abs hurt, my legs hurt, my arms hurt, my back hurts. Why oh why oh why oh why did I stop over the summer?
I worked out like crazy for an important tournament in February and to look all nice for Mexico last May. Somehow the lack of working out for a week in May totally blew my resolve to continue my efforts of being all strong and having good endurance. So I'm back to the grindstone as of last night. My abs hurt, my legs hurt, my arms hurt, my back hurts. Why oh why oh why oh why did I stop over the summer?
14 October 2005
Excursions
This weekend has two really fun excursions...We leave for the Whitewater Valley Railroad for the Fall Foilage Train in about a half hour to visit historic Metamora, then Sunday is a Kentucky trip to Mammoth Caves for the Violet City Lantern Tour. I'm definitely in the mood for some travel, even if it is local.
This weekend has two really fun excursions...We leave for the Whitewater Valley Railroad for the Fall Foilage Train in about a half hour to visit historic Metamora, then Sunday is a Kentucky trip to Mammoth Caves for the Violet City Lantern Tour. I'm definitely in the mood for some travel, even if it is local.
10 October 2005
Continuation of Fun Week!!
Lady Fun has gone my way this week with far less stress and more enjoyment :) Friday night was the opera open (The Pearl Fishers). It was in French, so I was desperately trying to pick out the French that I recognised. You would think eight years of French would do something for me, but the old addage of "practice what you want to keep" holds true with languages. It was excellent though and I look forward to the remaining three operas for the season. Saturday was the Renaissance Faire, which was pretty good for first year, but I would like to see more vendors. I think part of the problem was they were completely unprepared for such a huge turnout for the first year. Later, Indiana Ice's opening night was enjoyable, but sad in the sense they lost by 2 points. I liked being that close to the ice (right next to it on the floor), but my view was limited thus forcing a conclusion to stay half-way up for seating. Vormeilli was thrilled to get going on her new adventure saving the world and collecting gems Sunday. It was a good combination of combat and town activity. The evening ended with an awesome rendition of Marko and Matthieu's gypsy mood music at the Melody Inn. Although they were just playing cover for Lunar Event, they played an whole hour, keeping the place pretty full of a wide variety of people :) It was the last concert before Matthieu returns to Paris, but I got to hear them twice in two weeks (they also played at KTTS), so I'm happy. Onward to another enjoyable week. I'm really liking this pleasure versus stress thing...so far October's been great :)
Lady Fun has gone my way this week with far less stress and more enjoyment :) Friday night was the opera open (The Pearl Fishers). It was in French, so I was desperately trying to pick out the French that I recognised. You would think eight years of French would do something for me, but the old addage of "practice what you want to keep" holds true with languages. It was excellent though and I look forward to the remaining three operas for the season. Saturday was the Renaissance Faire, which was pretty good for first year, but I would like to see more vendors. I think part of the problem was they were completely unprepared for such a huge turnout for the first year. Later, Indiana Ice's opening night was enjoyable, but sad in the sense they lost by 2 points. I liked being that close to the ice (right next to it on the floor), but my view was limited thus forcing a conclusion to stay half-way up for seating. Vormeilli was thrilled to get going on her new adventure saving the world and collecting gems Sunday. It was a good combination of combat and town activity. The evening ended with an awesome rendition of Marko and Matthieu's gypsy mood music at the Melody Inn. Although they were just playing cover for Lunar Event, they played an whole hour, keeping the place pretty full of a wide variety of people :) It was the last concert before Matthieu returns to Paris, but I got to hear them twice in two weeks (they also played at KTTS), so I'm happy. Onward to another enjoyable week. I'm really liking this pleasure versus stress thing...so far October's been great :)
06 October 2005
LOTR...and gift shoppe rant
Watching each movie of the triology over the space of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each night from 9pm - 12am was exhausting, but well worth it. There were some points of falling asleep for a few moments, but I can say that I survived 90% of it. Thank god they weren't the extended versions for the sake of my staying awake. The exhibition was AMAZING. We got in the midnight opening right after the ROTK's ending and it was SO well worth staying awake. I knew there was a tonne of work involved with creating the costumes and props, but seeing them in real life added a certain awe to the movie production. The gift shoppe, however, COMPLETELY SUCKED. There was so much anger with the complete ugliness of the pewter sculptures of Aragorn, Legalos, etc. Seriously, Bloom and Mortenson should sue. To have my face so poorly representated would be horrifying. The really stupid thing is that if it would have been good, I would have happily forked over the money to add to my collection. I couldn't help but notice the lack of purchasing of the ugly sculptures, which seemed to be the highlight of the gift shoppe. Oh, may I just note the scary light saber Sting sword. Figuring they had the actual collector weapons there, I was looking at Sting. Then one of the customers picked it up (a little too easily thus giving me the impression that is was ...gasp... plastic!?!) and flicked it. Yes, yes it did. It flicked to blue. It's a freaking light saber! How could they take the greatness of Sting and put down to that level? While several more examples of poor marketing existed, I can't talk about it...it's too upsetting.
Watching each movie of the triology over the space of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each night from 9pm - 12am was exhausting, but well worth it. There were some points of falling asleep for a few moments, but I can say that I survived 90% of it. Thank god they weren't the extended versions for the sake of my staying awake. The exhibition was AMAZING. We got in the midnight opening right after the ROTK's ending and it was SO well worth staying awake. I knew there was a tonne of work involved with creating the costumes and props, but seeing them in real life added a certain awe to the movie production. The gift shoppe, however, COMPLETELY SUCKED. There was so much anger with the complete ugliness of the pewter sculptures of Aragorn, Legalos, etc. Seriously, Bloom and Mortenson should sue. To have my face so poorly representated would be horrifying. The really stupid thing is that if it would have been good, I would have happily forked over the money to add to my collection. I couldn't help but notice the lack of purchasing of the ugly sculptures, which seemed to be the highlight of the gift shoppe. Oh, may I just note the scary light saber Sting sword. Figuring they had the actual collector weapons there, I was looking at Sting. Then one of the customers picked it up (a little too easily thus giving me the impression that is was ...gasp... plastic!?!) and flicked it. Yes, yes it did. It flicked to blue. It's a freaking light saber! How could they take the greatness of Sting and put down to that level? While several more examples of poor marketing existed, I can't talk about it...it's too upsetting.
04 October 2005
Recovery
These last two weeks have been insane with stress and exhaustion in preparations for Kick to the Stars, BUT, it was an awesome success with $2100 profit for our after school program children's uniforms, gear and tournament registration fees. So it's a wonderful relief that it 1) went well socially, and 2) went well financially. My form of recovery is complete fun...yesterday, tonight and tomorrow is one of the LOTR movies in order at the IMAX downtown, complete with midnight showing Wednesday of the movie exhibit. May I say right now that the gift shop could have Eric's paycheck in serious jeopardy ;) The opera is Friday, then Ren Faire and hockey Saturday, and AU at Fiddy's Sunday! Let's note that the ONLY stressful item this week involves teaching all day Wednesday, but that's every Wednesday, so I just accept that as normal. Actually, the rest of October is looking really awesome as far as doing fun things...busy...but FUN busy...which is important!
These last two weeks have been insane with stress and exhaustion in preparations for Kick to the Stars, BUT, it was an awesome success with $2100 profit for our after school program children's uniforms, gear and tournament registration fees. So it's a wonderful relief that it 1) went well socially, and 2) went well financially. My form of recovery is complete fun...yesterday, tonight and tomorrow is one of the LOTR movies in order at the IMAX downtown, complete with midnight showing Wednesday of the movie exhibit. May I say right now that the gift shop could have Eric's paycheck in serious jeopardy ;) The opera is Friday, then Ren Faire and hockey Saturday, and AU at Fiddy's Sunday! Let's note that the ONLY stressful item this week involves teaching all day Wednesday, but that's every Wednesday, so I just accept that as normal. Actually, the rest of October is looking really awesome as far as doing fun things...busy...but FUN busy...which is important!
19 September 2005
Pirates!
Sterno reminded me that it's talk like a pirate day, and here I am with my Pirates of the Carribean loaned out :(
Sterno reminded me that it's talk like a pirate day, and here I am with my Pirates of the Carribean loaned out :(
12 September 2005
Bittersweet Revenge
While I see this guy's point in saving fuel, it pains me that the savings comes through responsible driving; however, I'm thinking this concept of not speeding would be good for me to adapt since I am now two tickets and $300 deep in trouble from this past month :(
While I see this guy's point in saving fuel, it pains me that the savings comes through responsible driving; however, I'm thinking this concept of not speeding would be good for me to adapt since I am now two tickets and $300 deep in trouble from this past month :(
07 September 2005
Jager Joy!
I can't claim this week to be the best so far. For starters, my computer blew up somehow, and I assumed that if you marry somebody with a degree in computer hardware that has experience with computer software, they actually may have some value with computer blow-ups, but apparantly this is false. Way false. I fortunately have a computer on loan with my hard drive in it (it's all very confusing) so I can still do basic things, but I can't work on a couple projects that uses specific software on my computer - very bad timing.
There's also been some feelings of self-doubt and slight depression with the rather thankless and mostly moniless work I've been doing. Don't get me wrong, I get tremendous rewards out of teaching, both TKD and academically, but let's not live in this Candy Land where all that is just fun and rewarding. There's a lot of work and some depression that makes those rewards so great. I'm also struggling with my own feelings of stupidity, which is stupid in itself because I have academic and work accomplishments, but sometimes I considering having a good job the definition of intelligence or success. Yes, I know that's not always true, and I'm lucky to have choices, but that knowledge doesn't always take the emotion away.
So.... let's move to how this ...more difficult... week has moved into a havan of happiness and joy: my new Jagar machine :) There will be a high focus on Jagar bombs and shots this weekend. Hopefully this doesn't equate me with instantaneous lush, but seriously, how cool is it to have your own Jagar machine? The next gaming party's goin' rock ;)
I can't claim this week to be the best so far. For starters, my computer blew up somehow, and I assumed that if you marry somebody with a degree in computer hardware that has experience with computer software, they actually may have some value with computer blow-ups, but apparantly this is false. Way false. I fortunately have a computer on loan with my hard drive in it (it's all very confusing) so I can still do basic things, but I can't work on a couple projects that uses specific software on my computer - very bad timing.
There's also been some feelings of self-doubt and slight depression with the rather thankless and mostly moniless work I've been doing. Don't get me wrong, I get tremendous rewards out of teaching, both TKD and academically, but let's not live in this Candy Land where all that is just fun and rewarding. There's a lot of work and some depression that makes those rewards so great. I'm also struggling with my own feelings of stupidity, which is stupid in itself because I have academic and work accomplishments, but sometimes I considering having a good job the definition of intelligence or success. Yes, I know that's not always true, and I'm lucky to have choices, but that knowledge doesn't always take the emotion away.
So.... let's move to how this ...more difficult... week has moved into a havan of happiness and joy: my new Jagar machine :) There will be a high focus on Jagar bombs and shots this weekend. Hopefully this doesn't equate me with instantaneous lush, but seriously, how cool is it to have your own Jagar machine? The next gaming party's goin' rock ;)
02 September 2005
New Schedule Established
Unfortunately, teaching academic courses is NOT the same as TKD where you just walk in and share your knowledge. The added requirements of preparation has thrown my transitioning (see post below) into a time of depression. I didn't know which way was up between the academic classes, TKD, website updates, Stargate, and other smaller issues, such as piano practice, my OWN TKD practice, and KTTS planning. Measures needed to be taken in order to regain my life. Since afternoons are clearly shot for the most part due to TKD, I needed to balance all these things out in the mornings. So now I address each issue once per week (one morning each) for Literature, World History, website updates, and Stargate. The other issues fit in each morning based on how much time I have. Although it is too early to really tell, it is proving successful so far by allowing the crushing weight on my chest to be relieved in order to enjoy my evenings and weekends better :)
Unfortunately, teaching academic courses is NOT the same as TKD where you just walk in and share your knowledge. The added requirements of preparation has thrown my transitioning (see post below) into a time of depression. I didn't know which way was up between the academic classes, TKD, website updates, Stargate, and other smaller issues, such as piano practice, my OWN TKD practice, and KTTS planning. Measures needed to be taken in order to regain my life. Since afternoons are clearly shot for the most part due to TKD, I needed to balance all these things out in the mornings. So now I address each issue once per week (one morning each) for Literature, World History, website updates, and Stargate. The other issues fit in each morning based on how much time I have. Although it is too early to really tell, it is proving successful so far by allowing the crushing weight on my chest to be relieved in order to enjoy my evenings and weekends better :)
24 August 2005
Transitioning
The hours of puttering around the house and watching endless DVDs are now over until official school breaks and next summer comes :( I started teaching high and junior high world history and literature on wednesdays (today), and as of September 12, I'll have 13 TKD class a week. Oh, and for the next 6 weeks I'm co-teaching a college finance class. So I'm feeling torn between happiness of being "busy" again, and annoyance of my lazy lifestyle ending. Actually, I'm really excited about teaching; the only true trauma with that so far has been getting up early. While I enjoyed the fresh cool morning air driving down, I nearly wrecked the car when the I realised people did this every day. It's amazing how you can forget the years of getting up at 4am for work and school.
The hours of puttering around the house and watching endless DVDs are now over until official school breaks and next summer comes :( I started teaching high and junior high world history and literature on wednesdays (today), and as of September 12, I'll have 13 TKD class a week. Oh, and for the next 6 weeks I'm co-teaching a college finance class. So I'm feeling torn between happiness of being "busy" again, and annoyance of my lazy lifestyle ending. Actually, I'm really excited about teaching; the only true trauma with that so far has been getting up early. While I enjoyed the fresh cool morning air driving down, I nearly wrecked the car when the I realised people did this every day. It's amazing how you can forget the years of getting up at 4am for work and school.
17 August 2005
Corn Dogs
John's blog's reference of corn dogs reminded me of my recent and fastastic discovery of corn dogs. Eric and I went to the rodeo Sunday, and he insisted that I try the strange concept of cornbread wrapped hotdogs. Noting my dislike for hot dogs, I did not hold out much hope, but I have to say that corn dogs are AWESOME! I tried to explain my excitement to other people, but I just these strange looks. Apparantly it's a common food, but it's new to me and I'm in love :)
John's blog's reference of corn dogs reminded me of my recent and fastastic discovery of corn dogs. Eric and I went to the rodeo Sunday, and he insisted that I try the strange concept of cornbread wrapped hotdogs. Noting my dislike for hot dogs, I did not hold out much hope, but I have to say that corn dogs are AWESOME! I tried to explain my excitement to other people, but I just these strange looks. Apparantly it's a common food, but it's new to me and I'm in love :)
12 August 2005
Urgent! LOTR NEWS!
As most of you know, there is a Tolkien Exhibit shuttling through Indianapolis from Oct 6 until January 2006. The important issue, however, is that they are playing the whole trilogy at the IMAX next to the Indiana State Musuem (location of exhibit). It isn't the extended version, just the normal movie version in normal widescreen (not IMAX screen), but it's still cool. $37.50 will get you a seat at all three movies and a midnight showing of the exhibit on October 6. Let me know if you're interested...Ellen and I want to purchase tickets ASAP.
As most of you know, there is a Tolkien Exhibit shuttling through Indianapolis from Oct 6 until January 2006. The important issue, however, is that they are playing the whole trilogy at the IMAX next to the Indiana State Musuem (location of exhibit). It isn't the extended version, just the normal movie version in normal widescreen (not IMAX screen), but it's still cool. $37.50 will get you a seat at all three movies and a midnight showing of the exhibit on October 6. Let me know if you're interested...Ellen and I want to purchase tickets ASAP.
05 August 2005
It Must Be My Imagination
I'm looking at a calendar and seeing free weekends. This is ... like ... huge. I always look forward to a more "relaxed" or quiet month, and then everything fills up before I even GET to the month. It's officially August, and no major plans :) That's actually wonderful because there's so much to do around the house AND lesson planning for the school year starting the last week of August. *gasp* MAYBE I'll even get ahead in my episode planning for Stargate!
I'm looking at a calendar and seeing free weekends. This is ... like ... huge. I always look forward to a more "relaxed" or quiet month, and then everything fills up before I even GET to the month. It's officially August, and no major plans :) That's actually wonderful because there's so much to do around the house AND lesson planning for the school year starting the last week of August. *gasp* MAYBE I'll even get ahead in my episode planning for Stargate!
03 August 2005
Catching My Breath
Arizona was awesome! If it wasn't so far from England and the East Coast where I love to visit, I would move out there in a heartbeat. Maybe it's all those westerns I read when I was a kid that came to life for me. Regardless, I loved the terrain and openness, although there WAS some fear factor in the lack of large cities. Apparantly Pheonix is the only decently sized city as we visited Yuma, Prescott, Flagstaff, and just outside of Tucson with no visible sign of true civilisation...they were just small places with a general store and bank...or it seemed like that. We drove over 1000 miles in the rental car visiting the Apache and Navajo Reservations, Grand Canyon, California (going through the Chocolate Mountains and sand dunes), then back through Yuma. I couldn't help but notice that AZ is a freakingly huge state. The Grand Canyon's big too, btw. I've been to all of the states on the the east side of the Mississippi many times, but not a whole lot on the west side of the Mississippi, so I was pretty excited to go to new places...and I'm anxious to go to even more new places out there.
Arizona was awesome! If it wasn't so far from England and the East Coast where I love to visit, I would move out there in a heartbeat. Maybe it's all those westerns I read when I was a kid that came to life for me. Regardless, I loved the terrain and openness, although there WAS some fear factor in the lack of large cities. Apparantly Pheonix is the only decently sized city as we visited Yuma, Prescott, Flagstaff, and just outside of Tucson with no visible sign of true civilisation...they were just small places with a general store and bank...or it seemed like that. We drove over 1000 miles in the rental car visiting the Apache and Navajo Reservations, Grand Canyon, California (going through the Chocolate Mountains and sand dunes), then back through Yuma. I couldn't help but notice that AZ is a freakingly huge state. The Grand Canyon's big too, btw. I've been to all of the states on the the east side of the Mississippi many times, but not a whole lot on the west side of the Mississippi, so I was pretty excited to go to new places...and I'm anxious to go to even more new places out there.
22 July 2005
Dice!
As I'm running around like mad trying to get everything buttoned up for our trip tomorrow, the postman made me smile with a small package from Crystal Caste. I now own rose quartz dwarven stone dice for my new Barbarian Half Orc. Why rose quartz for a beastly half orc you ask? Because a major goal in her life to achieve femininity, but with her low charisma, this seems to be an impossible goal; however, she loves pink...thus the need for rose quartz dwarven stones.
I'd like to get more of those dwarven stone sets, actually. Vormeili has an amethyst dwarven stone set, and I'm just waiting for her doom so I can roll up the sea witch in order to rationalise obtaining the azure dwarven stone set :)
Yes, I'm prepared for all the mocking...but let's at least appreciate my excitement during this stressful day...
As I'm running around like mad trying to get everything buttoned up for our trip tomorrow, the postman made me smile with a small package from Crystal Caste. I now own rose quartz dwarven stone dice for my new Barbarian Half Orc. Why rose quartz for a beastly half orc you ask? Because a major goal in her life to achieve femininity, but with her low charisma, this seems to be an impossible goal; however, she loves pink...thus the need for rose quartz dwarven stones.
I'd like to get more of those dwarven stone sets, actually. Vormeili has an amethyst dwarven stone set, and I'm just waiting for her doom so I can roll up the sea witch in order to rationalise obtaining the azure dwarven stone set :)
Yes, I'm prepared for all the mocking...but let's at least appreciate my excitement during this stressful day...
18 July 2005
Stress Reducing Week
My nerves are completely raw with the past few days. I was attempting to be the perfect hostess for Eric's parents, getting ready for KTTS, extra TKD stress for next Saturday's promotion test, and living in an upside down home since it was being repainted. Now all of that is GOOD, but all at once in the same three days is BAD. The good news is that our house is freshly painted and beautiful! Eric's dad was so nice and did it for us (he's a professional painter). There were some minor stresses also, but those were definitely the biggie's. I typically just flow through everything, then fall apart afterwards, which describes my current my state of crash and burn. I'm very much looking forward to Pheonix, even if it IS going be really hot :) I'll be either in my air-conditioned resort or air-conditioned rental car...so it's all right. Plans for Pheonix include the Grand Canyon, planning Stargate's nemesis, and getting ready for my first few lectures at school in August. I bet I'll get more done with school and Stargate since I don't have the normal day-to-day distractions, especially since I enjoy both activities.
My nerves are completely raw with the past few days. I was attempting to be the perfect hostess for Eric's parents, getting ready for KTTS, extra TKD stress for next Saturday's promotion test, and living in an upside down home since it was being repainted. Now all of that is GOOD, but all at once in the same three days is BAD. The good news is that our house is freshly painted and beautiful! Eric's dad was so nice and did it for us (he's a professional painter). There were some minor stresses also, but those were definitely the biggie's. I typically just flow through everything, then fall apart afterwards, which describes my current my state of crash and burn. I'm very much looking forward to Pheonix, even if it IS going be really hot :) I'll be either in my air-conditioned resort or air-conditioned rental car...so it's all right. Plans for Pheonix include the Grand Canyon, planning Stargate's nemesis, and getting ready for my first few lectures at school in August. I bet I'll get more done with school and Stargate since I don't have the normal day-to-day distractions, especially since I enjoy both activities.
14 July 2005
2005/2006 Season
We are now season ticket holders for the Indianapolis Opera and the Broadway series! There's a lot of excitement in that for me...I know the opera is either a love/hate relationship with most people, but just about everybody has to appreciate Broadway :)
We are now season ticket holders for the Indianapolis Opera and the Broadway series! There's a lot of excitement in that for me...I know the opera is either a love/hate relationship with most people, but just about everybody has to appreciate Broadway :)
08 July 2005
Ups and Downs
It's been a tough week, but last week was lots of fun, so it all balances out.
downs...
I found out that it's too late to register for my graduation, and since of course UoP didn't bother sending me any info on the precess, I can't walk the aisle...BUT we had already reserved the resort and plane tickets, so we're going anyway just to enjoy the southwest and see the Grand Canyon :) Also, my first character death since my entrance to the world of RPG's occurred last night, which depressed me mightily.
ups...
I had an awesome July 4 weekend in Chicago :) Taste of Chicago was truly awesome with tastes from each different restaurant represented available for only $1.50 each. You really can't beat that, so I got to try lots of new food. The fireworks on the Lake was of course beautiful, and I highly recommend B.L.U.E.'s on Halstead. I kept thinking how Matt would love that club. Lastly, I went to visit family in Michigan that I haven't seen in many years, and came away happy, with my frozen cherries from Traverse City's Cherry Festival, venison, trout and salmon from my families crazy hunting and fishing lives. I could never live in the country, but it's very handy to have family that does.
Don't forget that party this Saturday! Bring something you want grilled...we have a bunch of spices too that you can use.
It's been a tough week, but last week was lots of fun, so it all balances out.
downs...
I found out that it's too late to register for my graduation, and since of course UoP didn't bother sending me any info on the precess, I can't walk the aisle...BUT we had already reserved the resort and plane tickets, so we're going anyway just to enjoy the southwest and see the Grand Canyon :) Also, my first character death since my entrance to the world of RPG's occurred last night, which depressed me mightily.
ups...
I had an awesome July 4 weekend in Chicago :) Taste of Chicago was truly awesome with tastes from each different restaurant represented available for only $1.50 each. You really can't beat that, so I got to try lots of new food. The fireworks on the Lake was of course beautiful, and I highly recommend B.L.U.E.'s on Halstead. I kept thinking how Matt would love that club. Lastly, I went to visit family in Michigan that I haven't seen in many years, and came away happy, with my frozen cherries from Traverse City's Cherry Festival, venison, trout and salmon from my families crazy hunting and fishing lives. I could never live in the country, but it's very handy to have family that does.
Don't forget that party this Saturday! Bring something you want grilled...we have a bunch of spices too that you can use.
27 June 2005
24 June 2005
Serenity
Two bloggers and one email raving about Serenity tells me that it must have been a good movie. I've seen enough of Firefly to maintain a semi-intelligent conversation, but I really need to watch the rest of it before I see the movie on September 30. I'm glad Ellen got to go (eBay really rocks) because I was noting some serious anger that she wasn't involved with a local ticket distribution, and I really wanted everybody to live. Speaking of SciFi, the way Matt's getting through my Stargate seasons, I'm going to have to hurry and get seasons six and seven. He is a true friend for providing my excuse for finishing my set :)
Two bloggers and one email raving about Serenity tells me that it must have been a good movie. I've seen enough of Firefly to maintain a semi-intelligent conversation, but I really need to watch the rest of it before I see the movie on September 30. I'm glad Ellen got to go (eBay really rocks) because I was noting some serious anger that she wasn't involved with a local ticket distribution, and I really wanted everybody to live. Speaking of SciFi, the way Matt's getting through my Stargate seasons, I'm going to have to hurry and get seasons six and seven. He is a true friend for providing my excuse for finishing my set :)
20 June 2005
Pause for Breath
While I enjoy doing stuff and accomplishing things, I felt like I was doing a lot of things last week that were unrelated to each other, thus nobody could appreciate how much I was accomplishing. For example, I did a lot for Tae Kwon Do, a lot for our Neighborhood Association, helped friends with stuff, got ready for a party, and had medical appointments. None of those things are related to each other, thus none of those areas of my life knew about the other and could appreciate how much I got done. So for all those that read my blog, I got a ton of stuff done last week, and I'm excited about taking this week "off" and relaxing...mostly with the 6th season of Highlander :)
I will say that the Jazz Fest was a lot of fun, and I was happy for Ellen since she kicked ass with her jewelry. Got more items for KTTS, which always a good thing...
While I enjoy doing stuff and accomplishing things, I felt like I was doing a lot of things last week that were unrelated to each other, thus nobody could appreciate how much I was accomplishing. For example, I did a lot for Tae Kwon Do, a lot for our Neighborhood Association, helped friends with stuff, got ready for a party, and had medical appointments. None of those things are related to each other, thus none of those areas of my life knew about the other and could appreciate how much I got done. So for all those that read my blog, I got a ton of stuff done last week, and I'm excited about taking this week "off" and relaxing...mostly with the 6th season of Highlander :)
I will say that the Jazz Fest was a lot of fun, and I was happy for Ellen since she kicked ass with her jewelry. Got more items for KTTS, which always a good thing...
13 June 2005
Talbot Street
I was pretty disappointed about missing Broadripple Art Fair, so I was downright irritated that Talbot Street forgot to check my schedule since I was going to be out of town the same Saturday of the fair. All was better, however, when Ellen informed me that it was on Sunday too, so I still got to go and harrass artists for KTTS donations (of which went very well) and of course buying stuff for myself :) Matt bought this cool Didjeridoo. I have no good explanation for it except that it's very cool and he'll have to show you in order for you to completely understand it's coolness. Hopefully he'll bring it with him to the Game Night Saturday *HINT*!
I was pretty disappointed about missing Broadripple Art Fair, so I was downright irritated that Talbot Street forgot to check my schedule since I was going to be out of town the same Saturday of the fair. All was better, however, when Ellen informed me that it was on Sunday too, so I still got to go and harrass artists for KTTS donations (of which went very well) and of course buying stuff for myself :) Matt bought this cool Didjeridoo. I have no good explanation for it except that it's very cool and he'll have to show you in order for you to completely understand it's coolness. Hopefully he'll bring it with him to the Game Night Saturday *HINT*!
07 June 2005
Time Flies!
I meant to blog about how much fun the May Day concert over Memorial Day was, but never managed to get it done...now it seems like an age away with so many things that happened between that and now. An example would be a really pleasant last Wednesday puttering in the Chicago Art Institute (most in the Impressionist area) and wishing that Indianapolis had a downtown as fun as Chicago's. Saturday was a wedding in Ohio (Eric's step-sister), which turned out nicely, then going farther east in Ohio to meet new friends and hang out for a day.
There's some excitement in the plan of having his parents come over in July to repaint our dingy walls (his step-dad's a retired professional painter...and retired teacher, and some other things). There are a lot of little projects around the house that I'm very anxious to have completed. There's even more excitement with some recent growth and future for Dan Shi Club for this summer and coming school year, so it's shaping up to be a nice start to summer :)
I meant to blog about how much fun the May Day concert over Memorial Day was, but never managed to get it done...now it seems like an age away with so many things that happened between that and now. An example would be a really pleasant last Wednesday puttering in the Chicago Art Institute (most in the Impressionist area) and wishing that Indianapolis had a downtown as fun as Chicago's. Saturday was a wedding in Ohio (Eric's step-sister), which turned out nicely, then going farther east in Ohio to meet new friends and hang out for a day.
There's some excitement in the plan of having his parents come over in July to repaint our dingy walls (his step-dad's a retired professional painter...and retired teacher, and some other things). There are a lot of little projects around the house that I'm very anxious to have completed. There's even more excitement with some recent growth and future for Dan Shi Club for this summer and coming school year, so it's shaping up to be a nice start to summer :)
23 May 2005
11 May 2005
Post Holiday Blues
I am so ready to just buy the first plane ticket available out of Indianapolis...preferrably London, since it's been a year since I've been there, OR somewhere sunny like Mexico was. A week in Pheonix in July will be nice, except...umm...it'll be in JULY! At least it'll be a different setting...and I'll be officially walking down the graduate aisle that week. My post holiday blues has not produced much. Well, two fun things happened: The house has some new and fun decor in it now, and I had a personally successful Stargate session that involved blowing up the gun in Fiddy's hand, temporarily blinding him, knocking him unconscience, and knocking his two compatriots unconscience, with all of them now in the hands of the enemy - unconscience. Oh, the other two members would be 15 minutes away and aren't totally aware of the situation...Rock On.
I am so ready to just buy the first plane ticket available out of Indianapolis...preferrably London, since it's been a year since I've been there, OR somewhere sunny like Mexico was. A week in Pheonix in July will be nice, except...umm...it'll be in JULY! At least it'll be a different setting...and I'll be officially walking down the graduate aisle that week. My post holiday blues has not produced much. Well, two fun things happened: The house has some new and fun decor in it now, and I had a personally successful Stargate session that involved blowing up the gun in Fiddy's hand, temporarily blinding him, knocking him unconscience, and knocking his two compatriots unconscience, with all of them now in the hands of the enemy - unconscience. Oh, the other two members would be 15 minutes away and aren't totally aware of the situation...Rock On.
08 May 2005
Hola!
Mexico was great. We just got back, so this is obviously a short and sweet post :D
Sun...Beaches...Pools...Dancing...Alcohol...
Biggest memories:
#1 - Foam party...freaking huge pit dancing in foamy soap until 3am...
#2 - Sports...this was more in Eric's line of excitement...lots of activities at our resort...
#3 - Braids...I got like 30 braids or something in my hair right now ;)
#4 - Pool bars...lots of time floating in front of those...
#5 - Dance lessons...Howie and I learned some Salsa that Julie'll have to verify...
#6 - Last...but not least...FREAKIN' AWESOME TEQUILA.
We went to a tequila factory that handmakes it. It's amazingly smooth that has spoiled me enough to not want the commercial stuff. Only problem is that the distillery doesn't ship it, so between all three of us, we bought nine bottles. The Mexican Gaming Night Saturday will involve plenty of tequila shots.
The biggest questions to address each day was whether to struggle the 10 feet from our porch to the pool, or actually walk down to the beach...another few dozen feet further ;) We upped our stay to all-inclusive which included alcohol, so the week went by v-e-r-y quickly. The trip back was a little depressing. Back to the grindstone!
Mexico was great. We just got back, so this is obviously a short and sweet post :D
Sun...Beaches...Pools...Dancing...Alcohol...
Biggest memories:
#1 - Foam party...freaking huge pit dancing in foamy soap until 3am...
#2 - Sports...this was more in Eric's line of excitement...lots of activities at our resort...
#3 - Braids...I got like 30 braids or something in my hair right now ;)
#4 - Pool bars...lots of time floating in front of those...
#5 - Dance lessons...Howie and I learned some Salsa that Julie'll have to verify...
#6 - Last...but not least...FREAKIN' AWESOME TEQUILA.
We went to a tequila factory that handmakes it. It's amazingly smooth that has spoiled me enough to not want the commercial stuff. Only problem is that the distillery doesn't ship it, so between all three of us, we bought nine bottles. The Mexican Gaming Night Saturday will involve plenty of tequila shots.
The biggest questions to address each day was whether to struggle the 10 feet from our porch to the pool, or actually walk down to the beach...another few dozen feet further ;) We upped our stay to all-inclusive which included alcohol, so the week went by v-e-r-y quickly. The trip back was a little depressing. Back to the grindstone!
27 April 2005
*phew*
There is this annoying requirement for people that get at least two tickets within a 12 month period. It's called Driver's Ed. Let's note that the previous three sessions of Driver's Ed has done squat for me, but apparantly somebody in the bureaucratic system thinks my driving will improve somehow. The problem is that they don't understand that my driving is normal. It's everybody else that can't drive. Anyway, I was notified in February to get this completed or I'd get suspended if it's not completed by May 5. Since I'm in Mexico during that week, I felt that it might be necessary to complete it before I leave. Three days before I leave, I manage to finish the torture program. I can't even begin to express the stupidity of the antics they do and statements they say to keep your attention. Passed with 80%...SAFE! Driver's Ed is the ONE subject that I don't care about obtaining an A ;)
There is this annoying requirement for people that get at least two tickets within a 12 month period. It's called Driver's Ed. Let's note that the previous three sessions of Driver's Ed has done squat for me, but apparantly somebody in the bureaucratic system thinks my driving will improve somehow. The problem is that they don't understand that my driving is normal. It's everybody else that can't drive. Anyway, I was notified in February to get this completed or I'd get suspended if it's not completed by May 5. Since I'm in Mexico during that week, I felt that it might be necessary to complete it before I leave. Three days before I leave, I manage to finish the torture program. I can't even begin to express the stupidity of the antics they do and statements they say to keep your attention. Passed with 80%...SAFE! Driver's Ed is the ONE subject that I don't care about obtaining an A ;)
18 April 2005
Die Fish Die!
A few months ago you may have noticed a fish on my bar (yes, a live one). The adoption of Fredrick II began with fishsitting him for my parents when they went out of town. Apparantly, upon their return, Fredrick went into depression when he was returned. Mum was convinced that he was on his last fin because he's lasted freakin' forever, and his last days should be in happiness on my bar. This made me very unhappy because there's huge responsibility in fish care, namely feeding him. Also, finding a floating upside down fish is not a positive start to my morning, and I fear that scene each day. M-o-n-t-h-s later let's note that he's live and sassy. Die! Get out of my life! You take up space on my bar! Unfortunately I don't have the guts to flush him and mum's quite convinced that he'll go back into depression if he's returned. If this keeps up I'm going to have to buy another stupid bottle of fish food.
A few months ago you may have noticed a fish on my bar (yes, a live one). The adoption of Fredrick II began with fishsitting him for my parents when they went out of town. Apparantly, upon their return, Fredrick went into depression when he was returned. Mum was convinced that he was on his last fin because he's lasted freakin' forever, and his last days should be in happiness on my bar. This made me very unhappy because there's huge responsibility in fish care, namely feeding him. Also, finding a floating upside down fish is not a positive start to my morning, and I fear that scene each day. M-o-n-t-h-s later let's note that he's live and sassy. Die! Get out of my life! You take up space on my bar! Unfortunately I don't have the guts to flush him and mum's quite convinced that he'll go back into depression if he's returned. If this keeps up I'm going to have to buy another stupid bottle of fish food.
14 April 2005
11 April 2005
Is this morning?
Firstly, it is w-a-y too early to be out of bed. I got up at ... like ... 821am. My current life's stress is hiding my car on Mondays because these really nice people that I can't turn away keep visiting me on Mondays. They are those Christian people that visit people a lot? They also seem very bent on the fact that we refer to God as Jehovah. I explained that I am a Presbyterian and a member of a church, but I failed to convince them that I did not need to be their project. Part of my problem is that I just can't shut them down because they are very nice, so rather than just asking them to discontinue sharing scripture on my doorstep, I hide my car. It's much easier that way...I think.
Firstly, it is w-a-y too early to be out of bed. I got up at ... like ... 821am. My current life's stress is hiding my car on Mondays because these really nice people that I can't turn away keep visiting me on Mondays. They are those Christian people that visit people a lot? They also seem very bent on the fact that we refer to God as Jehovah. I explained that I am a Presbyterian and a member of a church, but I failed to convince them that I did not need to be their project. Part of my problem is that I just can't shut them down because they are very nice, so rather than just asking them to discontinue sharing scripture on my doorstep, I hide my car. It's much easier that way...I think.
30 March 2005
Tennis
This week at IPS (thus all my afterschool TKD programmes) is Spring Break, thus my only "schedule" this week happens to be reading Stargate and preparing a story for next Tuesday. Between my packed hours of heavy Stargate reading and occasional light reading of Issue #100 KODT, and another funny book that I've been enjoying (Female Gamer's Guide :)) I decided to do something active *gasp*. My definition of active is anything above and beyond my current workout plan and evening TKD classes. This all led up to my extreme desire to play tennis today...going to get racquet's restrung, buying a new pink tennis skirt, and to be plummeted into sadness with the discovery of nets not being up yet. Clearly the people in charge of tennis nets in Indianapolis failed to get the memo that Marian was in the mood to play tennis. Ah well...perhaps the first of April.
This week at IPS (thus all my afterschool TKD programmes) is Spring Break, thus my only "schedule" this week happens to be reading Stargate and preparing a story for next Tuesday. Between my packed hours of heavy Stargate reading and occasional light reading of Issue #100 KODT, and another funny book that I've been enjoying (Female Gamer's Guide :)) I decided to do something active *gasp*. My definition of active is anything above and beyond my current workout plan and evening TKD classes. This all led up to my extreme desire to play tennis today...going to get racquet's restrung, buying a new pink tennis skirt, and to be plummeted into sadness with the discovery of nets not being up yet. Clearly the people in charge of tennis nets in Indianapolis failed to get the memo that Marian was in the mood to play tennis. Ah well...perhaps the first of April.
21 March 2005
3...2...1...Spring!!!!!!!
Thank God! My enjoyment of winter has diminished dramatically these past few years...if it was snowy, maybe...but just cold and windy isn't doing it for me. While I realise that March 21 being the first day of Spring is just a calendar day, my daffy's are blooming, as well as my iris' and tulips growing. THAT'S and excellent sign of happier temperatures :)
Thank God! My enjoyment of winter has diminished dramatically these past few years...if it was snowy, maybe...but just cold and windy isn't doing it for me. While I realise that March 21 being the first day of Spring is just a calendar day, my daffy's are blooming, as well as my iris' and tulips growing. THAT'S and excellent sign of happier temperatures :)
14 March 2005
My Hectic Schedule
Given my new excitement of free lancing, I've had to seriously rearrange my schedule, which took extensive effort. My DVD watching had to be scaled back quite a bit. The bright side is that schoolwork is now gone, which gives me back several hours of my life each week.
1000 start work (this could entail anything from RPG stories to freelancing to TKD)
1100 tea, then beer
130 lunch
400 tea or alcohol, depending on the day's success
500 ignore any work that should be done from that moment on
600 start teaching TKD (some days start earlier depending after school programs, thus tea or alcohol must be bumped up, and work is ignored earlier)
I hope I can acclimate to this new crazy schedule.
Given my new excitement of free lancing, I've had to seriously rearrange my schedule, which took extensive effort. My DVD watching had to be scaled back quite a bit. The bright side is that schoolwork is now gone, which gives me back several hours of my life each week.
1000 start work (this could entail anything from RPG stories to freelancing to TKD)
1100 tea, then beer
130 lunch
400 tea or alcohol, depending on the day's success
500 ignore any work that should be done from that moment on
600 start teaching TKD (some days start earlier depending after school programs, thus tea or alcohol must be bumped up, and work is ignored earlier)
I hope I can acclimate to this new crazy schedule.
10 March 2005
Birthday Surprise
I really thought my birthday was unknown, so you can imagine my *delighted* surprise when I received several birthday wishes from friends over the course of the day...
3 well wishing emails
3 birthday ecards
2 phone calls
5 well wishing IM messages
Quite a nice little bundle of happy returns, if you ask me :)
BIG freaking edit!!!
Adding a huge surprise party to the list is quite appropriate! I have never been the receipient of a surprise party, so that was a huge bit of fun. I just wish that I had a picture of everybody on the stairs like that...but I do have a picture of Ball's kickass Tea Party Cake. Thank you everybody!
I really thought my birthday was unknown, so you can imagine my *delighted* surprise when I received several birthday wishes from friends over the course of the day...
3 well wishing emails
3 birthday ecards
2 phone calls
5 well wishing IM messages
Quite a nice little bundle of happy returns, if you ask me :)
BIG freaking edit!!!
Adding a huge surprise party to the list is quite appropriate! I have never been the receipient of a surprise party, so that was a huge bit of fun. I just wish that I had a picture of everybody on the stairs like that...but I do have a picture of Ball's kickass Tea Party Cake. Thank you everybody!
06 March 2005
New Job!
I have a new free lancing job aligning objectives with assessments for all of the online courses within a MSM degree for a local university, so I'm more than excited! Of course my continuation of the course adjustments will depend on my first one's success, but I feel really comfortable with what to do and how to do it. Also, I threw my hat into the ring for a full time job where I would get to work mostly from home. The free lancing is enough to make me happy, but I really like the possibility and requirements of the full time job (and it's flexibility)...I'll give more details if I get that job :) I felt so depressed during my masters that I was being ineffective, but I'm really liking the opportunities that I'm being presented now that the degree is complete. Rock On!
I have a new free lancing job aligning objectives with assessments for all of the online courses within a MSM degree for a local university, so I'm more than excited! Of course my continuation of the course adjustments will depend on my first one's success, but I feel really comfortable with what to do and how to do it. Also, I threw my hat into the ring for a full time job where I would get to work mostly from home. The free lancing is enough to make me happy, but I really like the possibility and requirements of the full time job (and it's flexibility)...I'll give more details if I get that job :) I felt so depressed during my masters that I was being ineffective, but I'm really liking the opportunities that I'm being presented now that the degree is complete. Rock On!
02 March 2005
Mishaps
Mishap #1 - I'm getting pretty upset with Blogger. Every time I try to blog, I copy and paste the post in case the post fails. When I do that, the whole bloody thing disappears permanently, which involved much anger because I usually take some time with my posts. Losing my post for Min's Journal was especially irritating. Now I have to totally re-do it.
Mishap #2 - My wonderful holiday away from everything turned out horribly and caused an early return because it was s-o-o-o desolate. An example would be the deer roaming around the road, dirt roads, and the nearest sign of civilisation (a petrol station) being five miles away. St. Louis was 60 miles south, and as far as I could tell, was the last fort before we moved into Indian country. In case nobody understands this, I am very allergic to desolation and isolation, even though it was gorgeous country in the Mississippi Valley. The problem was that all the activities (swimming, racquetball, biking, horse riding) were summer activities, and the freakin' cold make the place a prison. I reacted poorly to my incarcaration and Eric brought me back early.
Mishap #3 - The tournament Saturday went very very well, but I did take a hammer kick to the chest (above the protective guard) that I shook off at the time, but after weights Monday, felt like bricks on my chest that really reduced my range of motion. No bone breaks according to doc; just a bad contusion and possible muscle separation. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but trust me, it hurts like hell. The Vicodon didn't effect the pain, but fortunately put me to sleep.
Now that the mishaps are hopefully over, I'm looking forward to a fun month in March with a lot less things to do and stress over :) :)
Mishap #1 - I'm getting pretty upset with Blogger. Every time I try to blog, I copy and paste the post in case the post fails. When I do that, the whole bloody thing disappears permanently, which involved much anger because I usually take some time with my posts. Losing my post for Min's Journal was especially irritating. Now I have to totally re-do it.
Mishap #2 - My wonderful holiday away from everything turned out horribly and caused an early return because it was s-o-o-o desolate. An example would be the deer roaming around the road, dirt roads, and the nearest sign of civilisation (a petrol station) being five miles away. St. Louis was 60 miles south, and as far as I could tell, was the last fort before we moved into Indian country. In case nobody understands this, I am very allergic to desolation and isolation, even though it was gorgeous country in the Mississippi Valley. The problem was that all the activities (swimming, racquetball, biking, horse riding) were summer activities, and the freakin' cold make the place a prison. I reacted poorly to my incarcaration and Eric brought me back early.
Mishap #3 - The tournament Saturday went very very well, but I did take a hammer kick to the chest (above the protective guard) that I shook off at the time, but after weights Monday, felt like bricks on my chest that really reduced my range of motion. No bone breaks according to doc; just a bad contusion and possible muscle separation. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but trust me, it hurts like hell. The Vicodon didn't effect the pain, but fortunately put me to sleep.
Now that the mishaps are hopefully over, I'm looking forward to a fun month in March with a lot less things to do and stress over :) :)
26 February 2005
Recouperation
- Complete Masters degree - check (4.0....yay!)
- Complete presentation for Midwest Scholar's Conference - check
- Host and serve as taxi cab for a lot of people this week - check
- Go get killed in a tournament - pending
- Go collapse in a nice resort room's spa for three days - definitely pending
Anything could happen in March and it would be heaven compared to February.
14 February 2005
Stargate
I'm not sure if I should take the "suggestions" of running a Stargate game seriously, but I'm starting to consider it. I'm not sure if people prefer shorties or a longer stint, but as I read more the RPG book more thoroughly, I think it would be fun...after all, Stargate is one of my favourite sci-fi shows. My only probable qualification for storey writing would be that I've watched so much of it :) If people are interested, then let me know. I would probably put something together in April...once my school is completely over (TWO FREAKIN' WEEKS AWAY!), tourney is over, AU stint is over, etc.
Update
There is now a thread in the gaming forum for Stargate and some interest posted in it. I defer to the RPG Board for more info ;)
I'm not sure if I should take the "suggestions" of running a Stargate game seriously, but I'm starting to consider it. I'm not sure if people prefer shorties or a longer stint, but as I read more the RPG book more thoroughly, I think it would be fun...after all, Stargate is one of my favourite sci-fi shows. My only probable qualification for storey writing would be that I've watched so much of it :) If people are interested, then let me know. I would probably put something together in April...once my school is completely over (TWO FREAKIN' WEEKS AWAY!), tourney is over, AU stint is over, etc.
Update
There is now a thread in the gaming forum for Stargate and some interest posted in it. I defer to the RPG Board for more info ;)
07 February 2005
...on the bright side...
I did get an offer to teach English Literature and World History for a small bunch of High Schoolers and Middler Schoolers. It's essentially a homeschool co-op that wants instructors for the courses with which parents might not feel perfectly comfortable teaching. I'm thrilled, because I LOVE both subjects. Additionally, homeschoolers typically test above average for knowledge skills, so I'm betting on good attention skills. There's a slight stressor of getting the goals and objectives complete by the 14th for all four classes, but I'm still excited, especially as I'm completing the goals and objectives. This is going to be a perfect activity to occupy me during next Fall since my Masters is done. (I still plan to pursue teaching college, but I plan to only teach one or two classes of distance education college at a time.)
I did get an offer to teach English Literature and World History for a small bunch of High Schoolers and Middler Schoolers. It's essentially a homeschool co-op that wants instructors for the courses with which parents might not feel perfectly comfortable teaching. I'm thrilled, because I LOVE both subjects. Additionally, homeschoolers typically test above average for knowledge skills, so I'm betting on good attention skills. There's a slight stressor of getting the goals and objectives complete by the 14th for all four classes, but I'm still excited, especially as I'm completing the goals and objectives. This is going to be a perfect activity to occupy me during next Fall since my Masters is done. (I still plan to pursue teaching college, but I plan to only teach one or two classes of distance education college at a time.)
w..a..t..e..r
February was under control until I was somehow roped into a Tae Kwon Do tourney that I thought was successfully going to miss. Now I have to train...fast. So far that has led to sore muscles and very bruised shins. 250 kicks a day, a morning run, Saturday sessions of sparring for 30-40 minutes straight (then teaching my own school), and some changes to my diet to ensure my weight class. Please, somebody, shoot me. It's not murder, it's mercy killing. I'm 26 and way too freakin' old for this. I have experience on my side, but tired muscles as well. All I seem to crave is water and a bath!
February was under control until I was somehow roped into a Tae Kwon Do tourney that I thought was successfully going to miss. Now I have to train...fast. So far that has led to sore muscles and very bruised shins. 250 kicks a day, a morning run, Saturday sessions of sparring for 30-40 minutes straight (then teaching my own school), and some changes to my diet to ensure my weight class. Please, somebody, shoot me. It's not murder, it's mercy killing. I'm 26 and way too freakin' old for this. I have experience on my side, but tired muscles as well. All I seem to crave is water and a bath!
26 January 2005
Wanted: Experienced GM
I'm so excited to have completed my second story for AU. NPC's are made, maps are made, visual settings are ready to be made. I just have to place my monsters. My personal thorn and challenge are the monsters...are they too hard...are they too easy...are they too mundane...? Tonnes of questions. I've re-read the section of the DMG 500 times where they give advice about placing them and setting CR's, but it's still "uncomfortable" because I have nobody to say, "yeah, that's right." I kept thinking that I would check with Eric. Oops, he wants to play. Fine, John then. Uh, no, he's playing too. Derek? Playing. OK then, Fiddy. Not quite...yes, he's playing too. Arg! Ball? I wasn't sure if he GM's or not, but I knew he understood storywriting. Nope though, he's playing too.
Suddenly, the intimidation factor of being a newbie GM just shot through the roof as it dawned on me that this is beyond just a bunch of friends getting together for a game, but I have all of the experienced GM's in my game. That's crazily scarey. I still would like to check my CR's and placements of the monsters, so if there is an experienced GM that would like to ensure me that everything's OK or that I need tweaks, I would greatly appreciate it!
I'm so excited to have completed my second story for AU. NPC's are made, maps are made, visual settings are ready to be made. I just have to place my monsters. My personal thorn and challenge are the monsters...are they too hard...are they too easy...are they too mundane...? Tonnes of questions. I've re-read the section of the DMG 500 times where they give advice about placing them and setting CR's, but it's still "uncomfortable" because I have nobody to say, "yeah, that's right." I kept thinking that I would check with Eric. Oops, he wants to play. Fine, John then. Uh, no, he's playing too. Derek? Playing. OK then, Fiddy. Not quite...yes, he's playing too. Arg! Ball? I wasn't sure if he GM's or not, but I knew he understood storywriting. Nope though, he's playing too.
Suddenly, the intimidation factor of being a newbie GM just shot through the roof as it dawned on me that this is beyond just a bunch of friends getting together for a game, but I have all of the experienced GM's in my game. That's crazily scarey. I still would like to check my CR's and placements of the monsters, so if there is an experienced GM that would like to ensure me that everything's OK or that I need tweaks, I would greatly appreciate it!
23 January 2005
Good News and Bad News
Good news is always more fun...but if you start with the bad news, then you get to end on the positive note; however, I'm so excited about the good news, I'll start there. (Yes, my brain is scarily busy with decisions like that!)
I get cool new jewelry! I'm going to Mexico during the end of April/beginning of May, and I have a lot of my outfits bought or at least chosen. I love Ellen's jewelry, and discovered the perfect opportunity to stock up with some of my favourite stones. I stopped by her place yesterday and told her my dominant colours and we came up with four different varying sets of varying colours. It's going to be so awesome.
The bad news is that I was really really looking forward to the IMA's (Indianapolis Museum of Art) big bash open house for members. It's supposed to be quite the deal, and activities lasting all week. Would you believe that the open house is on the day we fly out to Mexico, and the weeklong activities are during the time I'm gone? So many months of looking forward to that event gone.
I'll just have to focus on the new jewelry and outfits...
Good news is always more fun...but if you start with the bad news, then you get to end on the positive note; however, I'm so excited about the good news, I'll start there. (Yes, my brain is scarily busy with decisions like that!)
I get cool new jewelry! I'm going to Mexico during the end of April/beginning of May, and I have a lot of my outfits bought or at least chosen. I love Ellen's jewelry, and discovered the perfect opportunity to stock up with some of my favourite stones. I stopped by her place yesterday and told her my dominant colours and we came up with four different varying sets of varying colours. It's going to be so awesome.
The bad news is that I was really really looking forward to the IMA's (Indianapolis Museum of Art) big bash open house for members. It's supposed to be quite the deal, and activities lasting all week. Would you believe that the open house is on the day we fly out to Mexico, and the weeklong activities are during the time I'm gone? So many months of looking forward to that event gone.
I'll just have to focus on the new jewelry and outfits...
14 January 2005
Stress...More Stress...Crash
Stress
A year long incident started out very simply. I earned an A in a class that ended in Feb 04, and the prof miscalculated, giving me a A-. I tried contacting the prof...no response. I contacted the advisor, and did the complaint procedures she requested. Many months go by, and no change to my grade. Another advisor comes on board. I explain the situation and go through the entire ordeal again. Nothing. A freakin' third advisor comes on board. He actually does something. By this time (8 months later) the prof has been contacted and she requested a grade change. Please note that I did everything in my power to get it changed as of two weeks of getting the grade.
More Stress
I'm truckin' along. Finished my last class. Just have the capstone/thesis session left. I have a 4.0, except for the A- that was incorrectly posted. I ring the advisor. He said that he just got word from the grade grievance board that my request was denied because they did not get the complaint within six weeks. You can imagine my reaction. I was speechless at first. How could they make me take the fall for their own poor handling of the situation? Then I couldn't stop crying because I wanted to get a 4.0 for the degree in order for a better shot at a good doctrate programme. I was such an emotional basketcase I almost left roleplaying, but finally got it together. Anyway, I had over 20 emails of communication with these people trying to get it fixed over a time period of nearly a year. The advisor asked me to forward the response from the first advisor, which was two weeks after the grade incident, and he'd forward it on to the academic affairs office. I certainly did...along with a timeline of the incidents, my complaint of the unfairness, and a promise of legal interference if it became necessary.
Crash
You know how stress can build and build, and then when it's over, you just crash emotionally? This has been a year long building, then a huge spike, so you can imagine my collapse of relief when I received an email this morning (less than 8 hours turnaround!) from my advisor forwarding me the approval override from the academic affairs office. Hopefully the transcript will be changed by next week. After that mess, I have been nothing but a zombie all day. Thankfully, I can wile my stress away tonight at the hockey game and tomorrow by gaming all day :)
Stress
A year long incident started out very simply. I earned an A in a class that ended in Feb 04, and the prof miscalculated, giving me a A-. I tried contacting the prof...no response. I contacted the advisor, and did the complaint procedures she requested. Many months go by, and no change to my grade. Another advisor comes on board. I explain the situation and go through the entire ordeal again. Nothing. A freakin' third advisor comes on board. He actually does something. By this time (8 months later) the prof has been contacted and she requested a grade change. Please note that I did everything in my power to get it changed as of two weeks of getting the grade.
More Stress
I'm truckin' along. Finished my last class. Just have the capstone/thesis session left. I have a 4.0, except for the A- that was incorrectly posted. I ring the advisor. He said that he just got word from the grade grievance board that my request was denied because they did not get the complaint within six weeks. You can imagine my reaction. I was speechless at first. How could they make me take the fall for their own poor handling of the situation? Then I couldn't stop crying because I wanted to get a 4.0 for the degree in order for a better shot at a good doctrate programme. I was such an emotional basketcase I almost left roleplaying, but finally got it together. Anyway, I had over 20 emails of communication with these people trying to get it fixed over a time period of nearly a year. The advisor asked me to forward the response from the first advisor, which was two weeks after the grade incident, and he'd forward it on to the academic affairs office. I certainly did...along with a timeline of the incidents, my complaint of the unfairness, and a promise of legal interference if it became necessary.
Crash
You know how stress can build and build, and then when it's over, you just crash emotionally? This has been a year long building, then a huge spike, so you can imagine my collapse of relief when I received an email this morning (less than 8 hours turnaround!) from my advisor forwarding me the approval override from the academic affairs office. Hopefully the transcript will be changed by next week. After that mess, I have been nothing but a zombie all day. Thankfully, I can wile my stress away tonight at the hockey game and tomorrow by gaming all day :)
12 January 2005
Bleh
I feel very "bleh". It may be partly because I've been hungry a lot lately, but if I eat, i don't feel well. Otherwise, I'm loving the weather, at least today's weather. It actually almost motivates me to go the park or something. I adore drizzly overcast weather in the 60's or so :)
Last weekend was fun. Unfortunately, I don't have a huge memory capacity, so I forget about past events pretty quickly, but I do remember having a good time watching Sally play poker and accidentally bluffing Chappy, then winning...The food and drinks were good too :) :) Monday was the George Clinton concert with Sheehe, Tonya, Dave and both Eric's. I really really enjoyed the first half, but apparantly this group from the drug decade didn't realise that we weren't high as they played instrumentals for 45 minutes between the singing; it got really repetitive. The music kicked back in, but by that time all I could see was a patty melt and onion rings, so we left for Steak 'n Shake.
Let's see what this weekend has in store...definitely nothing huge going on during the week. Another "bleh" point. It must be because it's January.
I feel very "bleh". It may be partly because I've been hungry a lot lately, but if I eat, i don't feel well. Otherwise, I'm loving the weather, at least today's weather. It actually almost motivates me to go the park or something. I adore drizzly overcast weather in the 60's or so :)
Last weekend was fun. Unfortunately, I don't have a huge memory capacity, so I forget about past events pretty quickly, but I do remember having a good time watching Sally play poker and accidentally bluffing Chappy, then winning...The food and drinks were good too :) :) Monday was the George Clinton concert with Sheehe, Tonya, Dave and both Eric's. I really really enjoyed the first half, but apparantly this group from the drug decade didn't realise that we weren't high as they played instrumentals for 45 minutes between the singing; it got really repetitive. The music kicked back in, but by that time all I could see was a patty melt and onion rings, so we left for Steak 'n Shake.
Let's see what this weekend has in store...definitely nothing huge going on during the week. Another "bleh" point. It must be because it's January.
05 January 2005
No no no!
Just because I thought the rain was good for my bulbs did not mean that I wanted cold freezing rain. Apparantly the world does not revolve around my own desires. Very sad.
I had a funny dream...normally my dreams aren't worth repeating, but recently I think I've been reading too many KODT just before sleeping, causing some funny dreams. I dreamt that I had plans to visit England, but I lost my passport. The fortunate thing was that I had a friend at the airport that would let me get across the pond without producing my passport. The friend just warned me that I probably wouldn't be able to get back, but I didn't care, so I still planned to go. Then, another friend promised to turn me in for treason (not sure how the concept of treason got involved), so I was too scared to go, and decided to just apply for another passport. Very very strange. Of course, that wasn't as bad as the time that I was fighting a huge furry monster, then woke up to YY sleeping on my face. The problem was that I wasn't completely awake, so I was certain that YY was the furry monster. Definitely too much KODT before bed.
Just because I thought the rain was good for my bulbs did not mean that I wanted cold freezing rain. Apparantly the world does not revolve around my own desires. Very sad.
I had a funny dream...normally my dreams aren't worth repeating, but recently I think I've been reading too many KODT just before sleeping, causing some funny dreams. I dreamt that I had plans to visit England, but I lost my passport. The fortunate thing was that I had a friend at the airport that would let me get across the pond without producing my passport. The friend just warned me that I probably wouldn't be able to get back, but I didn't care, so I still planned to go. Then, another friend promised to turn me in for treason (not sure how the concept of treason got involved), so I was too scared to go, and decided to just apply for another passport. Very very strange. Of course, that wasn't as bad as the time that I was fighting a huge furry monster, then woke up to YY sleeping on my face. The problem was that I wasn't completely awake, so I was certain that YY was the furry monster. Definitely too much KODT before bed.
04 January 2005
Flowers!
Is it Spring yet?
Is it Spring yet?
Is it Spring yet?
We got our pretty snow over Christmas, awesome weather for bummin' outside over New Years, NOW...let's get to the pretty Spring weather!!!!
Sunday was so freakin' gorgeous that I even got my daffy, tulip, iris, and something else bulbs planted with my dad doing the burying. They might not make it, but our dirt has not officially frozen over yet, as it was moist and crumbly over a foot down. That has to be a good sign...then it rained all next day. I'm definitely hopeful for pretty flowers in March - June.
I'm being broken in slowly with Tae Kwon Do teaching again since my one afterschool program started this week, and the other one starts next week. Other than that, my time has been focused on RPG stuff. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it's been enjoyable, so I'll ignore the upcoming Ellen comment that will undoubtably make fun of me and be proud of my new Nymph character (on RPG board).
Is it Spring yet?
Is it Spring yet?
Is it Spring yet?
We got our pretty snow over Christmas, awesome weather for bummin' outside over New Years, NOW...let's get to the pretty Spring weather!!!!
Sunday was so freakin' gorgeous that I even got my daffy, tulip, iris, and something else bulbs planted with my dad doing the burying. They might not make it, but our dirt has not officially frozen over yet, as it was moist and crumbly over a foot down. That has to be a good sign...then it rained all next day. I'm definitely hopeful for pretty flowers in March - June.
I'm being broken in slowly with Tae Kwon Do teaching again since my one afterschool program started this week, and the other one starts next week. Other than that, my time has been focused on RPG stuff. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it's been enjoyable, so I'll ignore the upcoming Ellen comment that will undoubtably make fun of me and be proud of my new Nymph character (on RPG board).
01 January 2005
Officially 2005!
Clearly I'm going a little picture crazy, but that's mostly because we finally replaced the camera that I "rummed" while in England last May. New Year's Eve was a tonne of fun. The Manhattan Rhythm Kings were fabulous with their tap dancing and swing music, backed by the ISO. I managed to get an autograph on their CD, which was cool. This is the official photo just after the announcement (the camera didn't get the champaigne).
We spent the first day of 2005 being home and playing a game that my parents made us. If you are here for Gaming Night, I'll have to show you. Basically, they carved, painted, and created all of the components of a game, then we have to make up rules for different games that go with the items. So far, we each have created a game with it. They also made an awesome wooden box to hold the components, and several sets of dice, so the configurations of different games seem limitless right now.
Less important details of the day include Mazi spending the day by the warm register, YY spending the day sleeping, and Q getting snacks.
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Clearly I'm going a little picture crazy, but that's mostly because we finally replaced the camera that I "rummed" while in England last May. New Year's Eve was a tonne of fun. The Manhattan Rhythm Kings were fabulous with their tap dancing and swing music, backed by the ISO. I managed to get an autograph on their CD, which was cool. This is the official photo just after the announcement (the camera didn't get the champaigne).
We spent the first day of 2005 being home and playing a game that my parents made us. If you are here for Gaming Night, I'll have to show you. Basically, they carved, painted, and created all of the components of a game, then we have to make up rules for different games that go with the items. So far, we each have created a game with it. They also made an awesome wooden box to hold the components, and several sets of dice, so the configurations of different games seem limitless right now.
Less important details of the day include Mazi spending the day by the warm register, YY spending the day sleeping, and Q getting snacks.
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