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Saturday, July 09, 2005
Sunday, June 19, 2005
The White Shirt Club
A Cute Squirrel this morning
Yay - that's us below - the white shirt club - at the arboretum hanging out on the cow statues. We were trying to escape the heat. It sure is a hard thing to do.
I finished Book #7 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - very good book. About comic books and lots of other stuff too, like romance, mild homosexuality, and war.
I also saw the movie Howl's Moving Castle today. Also entertaining. This is an animation movie.
That's all, getting tired, andI have not done my lesson plans for the week.
8 more work days till my summer official starts.
Happy Father's Day to you dads out there!
Monday, June 13, 2005
Homestar Runner Old School
Homestar Runner Old School
This website is hillarious. In that strange, funny, Napolean Dynamite way. I guess. I think these guys just make stuff that is funny to them and it ends up being funny to lots of people.
Anyways, Kyle and I went to the Alamo Drafthouse on Saturday night to see the live Homestar Runner creators, the brothers Chapman, with their funny never before seen stuff. The Homestar Runner puppet was there too.
I think if you click on the picture it will take you to the website. Check out Strong Bad emails, they are funny.
with a lot of crap!
me
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Brunch at Fonda San Miguel's
...is AMAZING!!! OMIGOD!
That's where we went today for that anniversary meal. Cuz we didn't go out last night because we went over to Kyle's brothers because his partner's family was in town and they were making dinner. More amazing food. Kelly's mom makes these delicious homemade cinnamon rolls. M-WAh!
Fonda San Miguel's is Mexican interior food, not Tex-Mex, which I believe Austin has a whole lot of this (Tex-Mex), and not very good. I like border Mexican food much better.
I'll start with the appetizers section of the buffet: guacamole, cerviche (M-Wah!), mushrooms, some other fish stuff, fresh fruit. The veggie section, for vegetarians and veggies sides: chilliquilles (sp?)- corn chips with verde sauce, cheese, and sour cream; some damn good migas (Kyle stated, "I didn't know that migas could taste that good."), refried black bean, some squash thing. Then there is an entree section which had 2 kinds of chicken (one mole kind), beef, and something pork. Then a desert section (the waitress said they have one of the best pastery chefs, I believe it): a variety of Mexican cookies, a mousse with alcohol, many types of cakes, and the best tres leches cake I ever had.
My favorite thing: a corn pudding/souflee - absolutely delicious!!!
If anyone is ever in town, has money, and wants to do a brunch at Fonda's, let me know, we can make reservations. I (and I'm positive Kyle) will accompany you, show you the ropes, visit that buffet table with you as much as you like, shamelessly and boldly. It is so worth it!
That's where we went today for that anniversary meal. Cuz we didn't go out last night because we went over to Kyle's brothers because his partner's family was in town and they were making dinner. More amazing food. Kelly's mom makes these delicious homemade cinnamon rolls. M-WAh!
Fonda San Miguel's is Mexican interior food, not Tex-Mex, which I believe Austin has a whole lot of this (Tex-Mex), and not very good. I like border Mexican food much better.
I'll start with the appetizers section of the buffet: guacamole, cerviche (M-Wah!), mushrooms, some other fish stuff, fresh fruit. The veggie section, for vegetarians and veggies sides: chilliquilles (sp?)- corn chips with verde sauce, cheese, and sour cream; some damn good migas (Kyle stated, "I didn't know that migas could taste that good."), refried black bean, some squash thing. Then there is an entree section which had 2 kinds of chicken (one mole kind), beef, and something pork. Then a desert section (the waitress said they have one of the best pastery chefs, I believe it): a variety of Mexican cookies, a mousse with alcohol, many types of cakes, and the best tres leches cake I ever had.
My favorite thing: a corn pudding/souflee - absolutely delicious!!!
If anyone is ever in town, has money, and wants to do a brunch at Fonda's, let me know, we can make reservations. I (and I'm positive Kyle) will accompany you, show you the ropes, visit that buffet table with you as much as you like, shamelessly and boldly. It is so worth it!
Saturday, June 04, 2005
A Negative 1 Year Anniversary
That's right y'all. It's our negative 1 anniversary, because in one year today we are getting married...ACK, only one year left to plan, ACK!
I have tried on dresses last weekend, which was very exciting. Bridemart SUXS! They were rude and didn't even help us ( I was with Ash). Serendipity Bridal was absolutely delightful. They have plush furniture, snacks and drink when you walk in, and they helped us. But I was quite worn out after trying on dresses at just one place. The lady that helped us recommended I order in December. Who knows what my body will be like then?
Kyle is taking me out for our negative 1 anniversary. It was all his brilliant idea. And now I must think of something to top his brillance...muwahahahaaaa!
I have tried on dresses last weekend, which was very exciting. Bridemart SUXS! They were rude and didn't even help us ( I was with Ash). Serendipity Bridal was absolutely delightful. They have plush furniture, snacks and drink when you walk in, and they helped us. But I was quite worn out after trying on dresses at just one place. The lady that helped us recommended I order in December. Who knows what my body will be like then?
Kyle is taking me out for our negative 1 anniversary. It was all his brilliant idea. And now I must think of something to top his brillance...muwahahahaaaa!
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
A Small Break
School's out for the summer...whoohoo! No more psycho 7th period, with kids yelling at each other, calling each other names, or yelling at me. That was really the class that drove me crazy. And 4th period was pretty bad.
I have one week off until I start summer school. So only 4 more days. Although I have been up at school already twice to finish packing up stuff. I guess it is sort of a break.
I finished Book # 6 - Dreams of My Father - Barack Obama. It was an interesting read. I like reading about how politicians get there beginnings. Even though the focus of the book was more on race and not politics. I really like Obama. He seems level headed.
I'm working on Book # 7 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - which so far is about comic books and other things.
This past weekend I saw Star Wars, which was eh... not anything spectacular. The dialogue between Anakin Skywalker and Padmi was LAME-O! I was embarassed for them.
On Saturday, Ash and I somehow ended up in the Whole Foods area like 3 or 4 times. For no reason, we just couldn't figure out what to do with ourselves. And Kyle the decision maker was doing other things, so we were lost.
Yep, that's it. Till more work starts, then more work ends, and then we go to Chicago...whoohoo~
I have one week off until I start summer school. So only 4 more days. Although I have been up at school already twice to finish packing up stuff. I guess it is sort of a break.
I finished Book # 6 - Dreams of My Father - Barack Obama. It was an interesting read. I like reading about how politicians get there beginnings. Even though the focus of the book was more on race and not politics. I really like Obama. He seems level headed.
I'm working on Book # 7 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - which so far is about comic books and other things.
This past weekend I saw Star Wars, which was eh... not anything spectacular. The dialogue between Anakin Skywalker and Padmi was LAME-O! I was embarassed for them.
On Saturday, Ash and I somehow ended up in the Whole Foods area like 3 or 4 times. For no reason, we just couldn't figure out what to do with ourselves. And Kyle the decision maker was doing other things, so we were lost.
Yep, that's it. Till more work starts, then more work ends, and then we go to Chicago...whoohoo~
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Books Read Update
Over the past two months I have read books 3-5:
#3 - Get Fuzzy - Groovitude - hilarious stuff. It's a collection of comics, and I count it.
#4 - Spiderwick Chronicles - Book 1 - The Field Guide - a kid's book that take about an hour to read.
#5 - The Devil Wears Prada - I just finished this one yesterday. Took me three month to finish. I was kind of busy with stuff.
Now I am working on Barack Obama's book, Dreams from My Father. Hopefully I will finish it. It's a library book, and usually time gets the best of me. I hope someday Obama will be president.
Do you know what rapacious means?
I'm studing for the GRE amongst other things, planning to take it this summer. Knitting is coming along. I'm work on what I think will end up as a scarf, if I don't run out of yarn. It might end up being something else. I need to figure out how to finish it up when I am done.
How bout obivate?
Oh yeah! And we are going to Chicago the weekend of July 4. This will be my first time there, so any suggestions of sights to see are appeciated.
I think the favorite word I learned to today is nascent: “the moral shock of our nascent imperialism” (Richard Hofstadter). I also dig neologism.
Yup that's pretty much it.
Happy Passover!
#3 - Get Fuzzy - Groovitude - hilarious stuff. It's a collection of comics, and I count it.
#4 - Spiderwick Chronicles - Book 1 - The Field Guide - a kid's book that take about an hour to read.
#5 - The Devil Wears Prada - I just finished this one yesterday. Took me three month to finish. I was kind of busy with stuff.
Now I am working on Barack Obama's book, Dreams from My Father. Hopefully I will finish it. It's a library book, and usually time gets the best of me. I hope someday Obama will be president.
Do you know what rapacious means?
I'm studing for the GRE amongst other things, planning to take it this summer. Knitting is coming along. I'm work on what I think will end up as a scarf, if I don't run out of yarn. It might end up being something else. I need to figure out how to finish it up when I am done.
How bout obivate?
Oh yeah! And we are going to Chicago the weekend of July 4. This will be my first time there, so any suggestions of sights to see are appeciated.
I think the favorite word I learned to today is nascent: “the moral shock of our nascent imperialism” (Richard Hofstadter). I also dig neologism.
Yup that's pretty much it.
Happy Passover!
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Say it's my birthday..dunuhnuhnuh..
Well, it is. And Kyle is in the process of making me a delicious homemade from scratch german chocolate cake. Yowza!
This weekend has been pretty packed. Friday I ran all kinds of errands and then we went to the Purim celebration. That was fun, made a lot of noise with groggers, ate pizza, there were children running around screaming every where and in costume, and the rabbi was dressed up as a giant Sponge Bob, it a surreal kind of experience.
After the service, we went to our friend's Susan's to cut some gourds open. We are using dried gourds to make mask for the play I'm in. Let me tell ya, it's a pain in the arse to cut open a dried groud. We were hacksawing it when a vicious storm came roaring in with hail. So the gourd cutting was delayed until Sat.
So instead of finishing that project we sat around drinking and talking. I learned how to knit too. The basic stitch at least, I still need to practice.
Sat morning I went bellydancing, which is fun yet difficult. I just don't know how they keep the hips moving and then move other things all at the same. Anyways, I'm hoping to go back this coming up Sat. I spent the rest of Sat. inhaling dead gourd guts and painting my mask. Stupid gourd made my allergies attack.
At night we saw Der Golem, an old german silent film, at the Alamodraft house with Ash. There was live music. We had to take Ash home early due to my allergies. Alas, we did get Ash a junior bacon cheeseburger to complete the night.
Today, I have rehearsal.
Book #2 completed for 2005: Bongwater. A book set in Portland, Oregon, kind of depressing subject matter, but the kind of depressing I wanted to keep reading.
Time to check out ebay.
Happy Birthday!!!
This weekend has been pretty packed. Friday I ran all kinds of errands and then we went to the Purim celebration. That was fun, made a lot of noise with groggers, ate pizza, there were children running around screaming every where and in costume, and the rabbi was dressed up as a giant Sponge Bob, it a surreal kind of experience.
After the service, we went to our friend's Susan's to cut some gourds open. We are using dried gourds to make mask for the play I'm in. Let me tell ya, it's a pain in the arse to cut open a dried groud. We were hacksawing it when a vicious storm came roaring in with hail. So the gourd cutting was delayed until Sat.
So instead of finishing that project we sat around drinking and talking. I learned how to knit too. The basic stitch at least, I still need to practice.
Sat morning I went bellydancing, which is fun yet difficult. I just don't know how they keep the hips moving and then move other things all at the same. Anyways, I'm hoping to go back this coming up Sat. I spent the rest of Sat. inhaling dead gourd guts and painting my mask. Stupid gourd made my allergies attack.
At night we saw Der Golem, an old german silent film, at the Alamodraft house with Ash. There was live music. We had to take Ash home early due to my allergies. Alas, we did get Ash a junior bacon cheeseburger to complete the night.
Today, I have rehearsal.
Book #2 completed for 2005: Bongwater. A book set in Portland, Oregon, kind of depressing subject matter, but the kind of depressing I wanted to keep reading.
Time to check out ebay.
Happy Birthday!!!
Monday, March 14, 2005
Awww....ssspring...brrreakk!
This past weekend I:
-Got a perm and cut. It's really curly and fun.
-I won 3rd place at the poker tounament at Fado's, winning a $10.00 gift certificate and I qualify for the final tounament sometime next month.
-spent way to much money
-rehearsed da play.
-suffered horrific allergies
Hmm...that's about it. I am infatuated with the color pink. I want to buy pink everything. What is wrong with me?
I will try to make my costume for the play I'm in over the next 2 days. I really wish we had space. We will when we move. Yes, we are moving again, in August. This time we are going to try to stay for more than a year. We shall see.
The new Whole Foods opened. It is amazing. I did not know food could exist in those quanties. I can't even put in to word the awesome power of the new Whole Foods. I'm the little Mermaid singing ...ahahaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......
K'back to cleaning and trying to de-allergize this hole I call home.
-Got a perm and cut. It's really curly and fun.
-I won 3rd place at the poker tounament at Fado's, winning a $10.00 gift certificate and I qualify for the final tounament sometime next month.
-spent way to much money
-rehearsed da play.
-suffered horrific allergies
Hmm...that's about it. I am infatuated with the color pink. I want to buy pink everything. What is wrong with me?
I will try to make my costume for the play I'm in over the next 2 days. I really wish we had space. We will when we move. Yes, we are moving again, in August. This time we are going to try to stay for more than a year. We shall see.
The new Whole Foods opened. It is amazing. I did not know food could exist in those quanties. I can't even put in to word the awesome power of the new Whole Foods. I'm the little Mermaid singing ...ahahaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......
K'back to cleaning and trying to de-allergize this hole I call home.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling Right Along
One Act Play is over!!!! Hallelujah!!! We competed this past Friday in Caldwell. Four of my kids received awards, 3 for honorable mention cast and 1 Allstar Cast actor. I was pleasantly surprised as I was quite embarassed at our production, they didn't know their lines, and they were just so bad. Apparently the judge understood and expected this from junior high.
Now I can focus more on the all women Scottish play more, and I can catch up on work that I've not done.
We bought some new music last weekend. These are some links if ya'd like to hear some clips. I love them all. There were many others I wanted, but managed to have self control.
Frou Frou
Kings of Convenience
Green Day
Hildegarde Von Bingen
Books read so far: 1
The Secret Life of Bees
I loved this book. I've had a hard time finding a book to get into as much as I was into this one. And I haven't had the time, so maybe now I can try to find something.
Tonight: Poker at Fado's. And we are in the process of making Brazilian cheese bread, which is sooooooooo tasty. Click here for the recipe to make pao de queijo.
Cheerios!
Now I can focus more on the all women Scottish play more, and I can catch up on work that I've not done.
We bought some new music last weekend. These are some links if ya'd like to hear some clips. I love them all. There were many others I wanted, but managed to have self control.
Frou Frou
Kings of Convenience
Green Day
Hildegarde Von Bingen
Books read so far: 1
The Secret Life of Bees
I loved this book. I've had a hard time finding a book to get into as much as I was into this one. And I haven't had the time, so maybe now I can try to find something.
Tonight: Poker at Fado's. And we are in the process of making Brazilian cheese bread, which is sooooooooo tasty. Click here for the recipe to make pao de queijo.
Cheerios!
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Butter "Love" Cookie...mmmmm....
Butter "Love" Cookie 2.
Yup, that's what Kyle and I did tonight, bought a butter "love" cookie and took pictures. After painful theater work with teenage actors, I could not muster the energy to go work out. I was able to eat this cookie. It was alright, a tad to much lemon, but pretty good none the less.
Kyle and I looked at the Barr Mansion as a possible wedding locations. It reminds of fondly of Shakespeare at Winedale. There is this awesome reception room with many glass windows and it has beams in it like the barn at Winedale. I don't know, this is a tough choice already.
Peace out!
Friday, January 21, 2005
This week's Highlights
Yesterday, one of my students called me a "f-ing whore." He didn't directly call me that but he generally referenced all teachers as he was walking out the door to the office. He is suspended for 3 days. He was also one of my tech guys for the play I'm directing. I fired his ass.
I will be playing a witch in an upcoming all women prodution of Macbeth. It's gonna be good. It's an adaptation, so it's the bones of Macbeth with a message about the historical torture of women as witches. So you should come see that in April.
Kyle and I went to look at a wedding location called the Vintage Villas. A lovely spot on Lake Travis, we've still got some more places to look at. The location will most likely be Austin, and we are aiming for June 4,2006.
Dat's about all for this week.
I will be playing a witch in an upcoming all women prodution of Macbeth. It's gonna be good. It's an adaptation, so it's the bones of Macbeth with a message about the historical torture of women as witches. So you should come see that in April.
Kyle and I went to look at a wedding location called the Vintage Villas. A lovely spot on Lake Travis, we've still got some more places to look at. The location will most likely be Austin, and we are aiming for June 4,2006.
Dat's about all for this week.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
TOO MUCH WORK
The time has come, two weeks after holidays and back to work, that one (me), begins to wonder what other jobs are out there. Jobs that are less stressful and where I don't always have to clean crap off myself.
I think I'll make it till Friday, but I'm not sure...
Between trying to practice a really crappy play and getting a new student every 5 secs, I've about had it.
Good news is, I have the third season of the West Wing.
It's too early to begin the count down to the last day of school....
I think I'll make it till Friday, but I'm not sure...
Between trying to practice a really crappy play and getting a new student every 5 secs, I've about had it.
Good news is, I have the third season of the West Wing.
It's too early to begin the count down to the last day of school....
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Wow - What a new year!
At 12:00 am on January 1st, Kyle asked me to marry him.
I said yes!
and
The UT Longhorns won the Rose Bowl.
Whoo-hooo!!!
Huzzah 2005!
I'll keep you posted on any wedding developments. We are planning to get married sometime in 06, there is some time to just wallow in engagement bliss and my beautiful fiancee.
Planning a wedding is easy, right?
I said yes!
and
The UT Longhorns won the Rose Bowl.
Whoo-hooo!!!
Huzzah 2005!
I'll keep you posted on any wedding developments. We are planning to get married sometime in 06, there is some time to just wallow in engagement bliss and my beautiful fiancee.
Planning a wedding is easy, right?
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Poker
We went and played Texas Holdem at Fado's last night. Kyle made it all the way to the top 10, and actually was out as ten. He lost on some lucky last card that made the other guy have 3 of a kind. It was boggus.
I was the second person out at the table we started at.
Suzanne is visiting from California, she attends what she calls a clown school there. We met during a play this past summer, The Two Gentleman of Verona. She's one crazy cat.
Anyway, she was also very close to going out of the game when she pulled some moves to get out of the hole. She also lost to a guy getting a lucky 3 of a kind, and she had pocket Aces. That was so crazy!!!
I'm still trying to figure poker out. There some strategy behind betting that I still don't get.
Poker night for the first time was surreal. Geez, there was sooo much smoking, it was disgusting.
Cheers to Kyle and Suzanne! Maybe next time Kyle can win us one of those gift certificates for 1st-3rd place.
OH, and I lost online scrabble to my brother Larry, and he's illiterate, what's up with that? He won with words like ga, goons, and crap crap crap...J/K, he's improved and now I must smush him in our next literati game.
A day of lose for me, yet still a whole heck of fun.
I was the second person out at the table we started at.
Suzanne is visiting from California, she attends what she calls a clown school there. We met during a play this past summer, The Two Gentleman of Verona. She's one crazy cat.
Anyway, she was also very close to going out of the game when she pulled some moves to get out of the hole. She also lost to a guy getting a lucky 3 of a kind, and she had pocket Aces. That was so crazy!!!
I'm still trying to figure poker out. There some strategy behind betting that I still don't get.
Poker night for the first time was surreal. Geez, there was sooo much smoking, it was disgusting.
Cheers to Kyle and Suzanne! Maybe next time Kyle can win us one of those gift certificates for 1st-3rd place.
OH, and I lost online scrabble to my brother Larry, and he's illiterate, what's up with that? He won with words like ga, goons, and crap crap crap...J/K, he's improved and now I must smush him in our next literati game.
A day of lose for me, yet still a whole heck of fun.
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