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[11 Nov 2009|05:37pm] |
For all ~three of you who aren't on Facebook: I got my hair cut short and dyed bright red a while ago. (see new userpic: -->) My husband thinks it's super-hot, my mom thinks it makes me look "like a Brit" (whatever that means), my brother didn't recognize me, and my grandparents hate it. It's been entertaining. I never got into crazy hair-dying as a teenager, so I didn't really appreciate until now how much it can make one feel like a different person. Which, of course, totally makes sense as something identity-seeking teenagers would gravitate towards. Hmm.
Laura - it turned out to be this picture, and not Blood Falls (OMG BLOOD FALLS) that finally inspired Tim to say, "I don't fucking care how cold it is, I so fucking want to go there." Hmm, maybe I should get back into neutrinos and find myself a job on IceCube...
Being in London is fun and interesting but in a lot of ways I feel like I am just waiting around. Waiting for Tim to figure out how to get his book published or otherwise find something worthwhile to do with himself. Waiting until we are in a position to join in the latest rage of producing new humans, or even, say, get a dog. I should probably be using this time to be getting lots of research done and trying to actually publish papers and stuff, but I don't really feel like doing much of anything. (As evidenced by the fact that I'm writing an LJ post when I should be working, clearly!) I have been working really hard for the past, I don't know, ten years or so, can't I take some time to slack off and rest? Not really, apparently. Plus, living in London has been, for various combinations of reasons, a grueling exercise in missing people I care about. It gets pretty exhausting.
Tim and I will be in Los Angeles from Dec 30-Jan 2 - looking forward to hanging out with Nate and Annie! If other LA folks will be in the area, give us a shout. Also, apologies to all the MN peeps we won't get to see this year.
In the spirit of actually visiting other places in Europe while we're here, we're going to Dublin this weekend! I understand that flying there on Ryanair will be an adventure in its own right - one of my UCL friends was not convinced that booking flights for 1p each was a good deal since he wouldn't fly with them again if they paid him. We shall see! Regardless, I am very much looking forward to drowning my sorrows in Guinness and Jameson.
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| anniv |
[09 Nov 2009|10:41pm] |
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today marks 15 yrs that chad and i have been together.
chad: does it feel like 15 yrs?
me: sometimes...
chad: fuck you.
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| Thanksgiving |
[09 Nov 2009|12:32pm] |
Poking at my work calender here today, I noticed Thanksgiving is in a bit more than 2 weeks.
Last few year, I've done an 'off the day' Thanksgiving dinner. If I did this again, who would be interested? I typically order a free range bird from the co-op, which means planning ahead.
I love cooking, and I like to have people over... If I did a potlucky sort of thing (read - you don't have to cook, a jar of nice olives counts!) who might be interested? If so, what would be better, Friday or Saturday?
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| Bucket of blah blah |
[09 Nov 2009|09:03am] |
It's hard to post to LJ these days, because I try to "keep it real" here. Talk about me. It's an exercise in narcissism that probably helps the esteems of others, but for me it's just gas on a flame. Me, talk more about me and the wonderful me things I do? Well, why don't I! So I avoid it in some misguided attempt to be a bit more modest. But if I don't update at all, then I'm not expressing to my future self or present others what I've been up to. Which disconnects me, and I find that to be worse than a little vanity.
I like family life, married life, parenthood, home ownership, blah blah. But I miss just picking up and going to the tea bar just cuz. It's sad that playing board games with friends require these huge overhead plans, because hey! I can't just ditch my family for four hours on short notice. Man, I even feel guilty for lamenting this, seeing as I wouldn't trade in my daughter or Farron to be an eternal 20-something. I just, hey. Miss my 20-somethings.
I have found a pocket of time that allows me to play video games a couple times a week. Those days where the chores are done, the sun is set, my daughter and maybe Farron are asleep, and I can game. Or on weekends in the afternoon when baby is napping and I've just had lunch. These times work. And now that I have Borderlands and a half-dozen friends to play it with, this has been a real gaming renaissance for me. So hey, you don't lose it all. It just prioritizes. Problem is, like last night, game time rolled around and I was too exhausted to play. I crashed at 9:30. Oh, how the mighty gamers have fallen. I woke up to texts of people asking if I was gonna hop on the game. That was slightly depressing.
But my weekend was awesome. Folks crashed my house for the Numenannum fire, the party rolled on for like, 5 hours with the cast ever changing. Babies came, making inside the house seem a bit like a nursery, but that's just how we roll these days. Gut and Chook brought a tasty, candy-like drink they discovered in Japan they call a 'Red Snapper'. I also finally drank the cider I'd been hoarding.
Prior to the fire, I had gotten the yard raked and mowed, and it's the last of the yardwork I'm going to do this year, kinda. I still need to bag some leaves and hopefully drop some grass seed down before the snow comes.
The awesome part of this weekend is a bit of a side story. I'll try to keep it brief. Farron was going to have a family friend fix her truck on Sunday, but he never called us back. He was going to charge us around $120, give or take how long it took. But since Farron had ordered the part, I said screw it, I'll do it myself. So I picked up the new heater core, drained the antifreeze from the truck, installed the part and had it running by 2 in the afternoon for the cost of the part and some antifreeze (a $36 total). This seemed to make Farron especially happy, since she had been fretting yet another couple hundred dollar expense. Moral of the story is, don't own a rust bucket unless you're willing to fix it yourself, or it will bleed you dry. I expect we'll replace the truck within the next year, but at least it's running for winter (knock on wood).
Thursday will be Blank It's 150th strip. Still haven't missed a beat. The story is getting back to roots, which is the best way to recharge the tale, reminding the readers how far it's come.
I'm not even gonna cut this post. Let me dominate your friend's page for awhile. NARCISSISM... LOOK A BABY
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| i do declare |
[05 Nov 2009|02:47pm] |
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potatoes are better than chocolate.
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| last days of san diego |
[03 Nov 2009|09:50pm] |
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The Middleman 1.3: "The Sino-Mexican Revelation" |
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I've been failing to do anything lj-ish for so long it feels quite strange to be posting something. Also, my computer has acquired at least three separate ailments and will probably be going into the shop while I finish packing (and boy, do I have a lot of packing to do in the next week, so it may be awhile yet before I exist again... not to mention that I seem to have myself picked up a strange ailment).
San Diegans, I'll be around unti the 12th. I might try to sneak in a visit to the Zoo or Wild Animal Park -- if anyone wants to come (or, you know, go to dinner or have tea or whatnot), please ping me? Preferably by phone, considering the whole computer thing. There are several people I'd love to see before I leave town.
Everyone else, please wish me luck with the packing... I am... not exactly inspired at the moment. But I miss you all! And I'll be back someday. Maybe even soon.
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| Voting! |
[03 Nov 2009|09:18am] |
Reminder, today's off-election, but still important election day (if you happen to live around here). Mayor, city council, park board, tax board, and a couple of referendums are up.
Minneapolis polls are open to 8pm!
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| monday redux |
[02 Nov 2009|09:57pm] |
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today went well. my arms feel alot better after p.t. woo! plus, i got 12 hrs of sleep yesterday, so that certainly helped w/the little amount i got last night and today (tho she did let me sleep for 2.5 hrs straight!). nessa did even better w/the pacifeeder today, too.
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| Life is not boring |
[02 Nov 2009|09:17pm] |
Friday I was prepping dinner and sliced more than veggies. Michael was kind enough to drive me to the ER, where we were attended to by, among others, a lovely pregnant woman named Laura. She stitched up my finger while Amelia watched, fascinated, from her perch on my lap.
Today we bought a truck off of Craigslist to replace the 99 Civic that was stolen over a month ago. It is a red Honda CRV. I own an SUV - what is this world coming to?
Wednesday my band plays a gig at Brit's pub in downtown Minneapolis (www.britspub.com). Come and listen (and watch me play three-finger cello). We start at 7:30, followed by poet Inky and then more music by Math Theatre. Three acts. No cover. Be there.
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| success! |
[01 Nov 2009|08:08pm] |
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i just used the pacifeeder w/nessa, and it worked! woo! no more bottle-holding!
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| Yard work help |
[01 Nov 2009|01:49pm] |
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Calling all ICPers or people who want to see the house and/or want to help: Next Saturday the 7th, we need rakers and baggers as we have a big yard and lots of trees. The weather should be clear and dry. One way or another the work will be done, but help would be appreciated. Punch and pie.
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| Pictures from last night |
[31 Oct 2009|10:06am] |
There were so many other good 'pictures' but it was so dark, they did not turn out. Hope Peter got better.
The ceremony was great and personal and suited the couple very well. Had fun, wore heels and did ok with them. Played a bit of Arkham after the ceremony. Dinner was great. Went home because my feet were killing me though - how do women wear these things 8 hours a day?!
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