tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294960222024-03-07T14:09:29.545-05:00...And Whither Then?Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.comBlogger630125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-21367333715346748782012-01-20T09:41:00.001-05:002012-01-20T09:49:27.247-05:00Scheduled ChaosWell, this semester is off to a splendid start so far. (I mean that both seriously and sarcastically.) Sarcastically because I came down with a cold the beginning of this second week of classes, but apparently that's just life these days. There seem to be some fierce viruses out there this year. I think I probably got it at swing dancing, which is not terribly surprising since there were a lot ofNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-20662613421074005782012-01-03T18:08:00.000-05:002012-01-03T18:08:44.388-05:00Normal? Hardly.My house was full of people New Year's Eve, and I think a discussion even came up at some point during the evening about how we all weren't exactly normal...but then, what is normal? :D Not my party, that's for sure.
I mean, there was the usual making sure people had food and drink, and making introductions, and taking coats, etc. But start with a game of Catchphrase (guaranteed to go slightly Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-31218675780889549462011-12-24T23:35:00.000-05:002011-12-24T23:35:51.750-05:00Peace on earth...good will to menThis is one of my favorite Christmas songs.
From the anguish of:
And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
To the reassuring declaration of:
Then rang the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor does He sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-52527737432348323972011-12-13T17:25:00.000-05:002011-12-13T17:36:38.035-05:00Swirling Thoughts
At least today the weather didn't feel like it should have swirling snow flakes to go with it...sun and slightly warmer temperatures are very welcome!
I should be doing lots of things. Like baking Christmas cookies, and knitting, and reading, and making things in Microsoft Office.
Instead I'm blogging. Because I should be doing that as well.
And using sentence fragments. Word would have a fit Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-82936957624998922992011-12-09T12:57:00.002-05:002011-12-09T13:04:13.839-05:00Fusion or FrUStratION...*sigh* If it's not one thing, it's another. Fusion is installed on my MacBook along with Windows 7, but now it won't download and install the updates for Windows. Dad messed with it last night and couldn't get it to work, then I tried it and it immediately started the download and install process. Hehe. My dad was a little peeved that it just worked for me. However, it got all the way to the end Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-82214400562731796992011-11-28T18:14:00.002-05:002011-11-30T14:08:55.967-05:00The Ramones......sure want an awful lot.
They wanna be sedated. And then, presumably after being sedated (judging by the monotone), they wanna be your boyfriend.
They also wanna live, want you around, wanna be well, etc. And let's not get started on all the things they don't wanna do!
Whiny, yet amazingly catchy, much? :DNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-81054233979563471692011-11-27T01:18:00.001-05:002011-11-28T17:58:42.789-05:00Thanksgiving 2011
My family and I went to Ohio for Thanksgiving again this year, and man did it make me feel old. Last time (two years ago) my cousins and I ran around everywhere and stayed up until late in the night being hyper. This past weekend I couldn't run around because I'm recovering from a hip muscle tear, I was too tired to stay up very late, and added to all that was an inconveniently-timed Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-88576831117540636862011-11-17T20:25:00.002-05:002011-11-18T10:28:24.716-05:00LogisticsWell, I registered for classes the other day...Monday, rather. Registration started at eight Monday morning, and I underestimated how many people would actually get up early and how fast classes would fill up. Next semester I'll be able to register online, but the first semester you attend you have to go in person to sign up. As a result I wasn't able to get the schedule I wanted (only going to Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-72254853530738544982011-11-10T18:16:00.002-05:002011-11-10T18:21:04.069-05:00Here it goes againI'm going to try, yet again, to start a blog and actually keep up with it. It may be wishful thinking, but it might also be very good for me. I'm finding myself at a loss for reasonable words anytime I need to write something that's more than three or four sentences and it's probably from lack of practice.
Besides...things are a little different now! I'm officially unemployed now and will be Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-69217575509788453792011-03-31T21:46:00.002-04:002011-03-31T22:04:15.723-04:00Ezekiel 22:23-31I was reading this the other night:
23And the word of the LORD came to me: 24"Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 Her Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-33377994640574116832010-11-16T08:32:00.000-05:002010-11-16T08:32:32.972-05:00Books are a drugIt's a relatively painless addiction, though, like most addictions it must be fed and that can place a heavy toll on your bank account. You find yourself wandering around used book stores and scanning the book shelves at the local Goodwill for hidden gems, your neck going stiff from reading all the titles sideways. You snatch up even paperback versions of rarer books, just to have a copy, and Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-32864240133521918672010-10-12T15:24:00.000-04:002010-10-12T15:24:42.305-04:00Color-sorted closetYes, I'm that OCD. But I read about this sometime back when I used to read more decorating/organizing blogs. You know you have too much time if you read about organizing instead of just doing it. Well, to a certain extent; you can get some helpful tips from reading about it. Anyway, somewhere I saw a suggestion of getting matching hangers and also hanging your clothes sorted by color, to make Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-75677050443616206702010-10-06T21:40:00.000-04:002010-10-06T21:40:25.121-04:00I don't do poetry, but I did write thisI wrote this some afternoon after relaxing outside in the sun. I'm guessing I was probably half asleep and dreamy when I wrote it because typing it up and editing it just now put me to sleep. "3/9/10" is written at the top of the page, so presumably that's when I wrote it, and since it's written on the back of my January calendar page that sounds about right. It must have been an unusually warm Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-17897096735027174882010-10-05T21:07:00.002-04:002010-10-05T22:58:14.990-04:00Ultimate MondaysMondays are awesome these days. Well, Monday evenings to be exact. The rest of the day can still be awful, there are no guarantees. But for the past few months Mondays have meant playing ultimate frisbee with my friends.
Ultimate frisbee is something like a combination of soccer and football, except with a frisbee. (And technically it's just "ultimate" because "Frisbee" is a brand name...and notNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-41618530638532091412010-09-26T23:44:00.002-04:002010-09-26T23:45:22.247-04:00Minor pet peeveIt's definitely pronounced Or-a-gun. (How you pronounce it doesn't diminish its general awesomeness though.)
Basic Instructions
Though, speaking of pet peeves, Blogger has a new image posting system and it's not working. So I had to email this post (.jpg file) in and then edit it. Fix it, Blogger, fix it. It's not like you to be troublesome like this.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-59733771125440815642010-09-21T14:57:00.000-04:002010-09-21T14:57:48.979-04:00New favoriteEver heard of Mumford & Sons? My mom told me about this band after it was mentioned in a podcast she was listening to. I think I have a new favorite band. They're a folk band based in London, and they have a slight Irish sound to their music (probably because of the drums) and it's just amazing! On top of that, they're very good singers as well.
(They're not bad-looking guys either, for that Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-65116961166597911552010-09-19T15:09:00.000-04:002010-09-19T15:09:18.349-04:00JacketHere's my dress and jacket combination that I mentioned in my last post:
Also note the cat lurking behind my legs... :P
Gracie wanted her picture taken too, so I obliged:
Doesn't she look happy?
And this is what I meant when I said I thought it looked Jane Austen-esque...like this:
And now I'm going to go clean my room, because I thought it was clean, but I just realized I Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-35114332957222885312010-09-18T18:58:00.000-04:002010-09-18T18:58:56.342-04:00More than ready for fallApparently I managed to completely irritate my mom with my last post, because she doesn't like any of that song, and I got the whole song (complete with its bad grammar) stuck in her head.
On the other hand, I'm going to argue that we're even because later in the week, unable to come up with the name of Lewis Carrol (as part of something we were discussing) she proceeded to quote lyrics from "Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-56452282792076577382010-09-15T20:00:00.001-04:002010-09-15T20:00:57.376-04:00"Even though we ain't got lyrics......we've got a hit with this chorus!"
Know what song should be better than it is? Danny's Song by Loggins and Messina. I mean, how obvious is it that they came up with the catchy chorus and then had to come up with verses to go with it? And failed horribly? The music is nice enough, but it sounds like they're making up the words as they go, and it ends up utterly ridiculous apart from the chorusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-21984187396748772542010-09-10T14:18:00.000-04:002010-09-10T14:18:50.550-04:00Not quiteGuitar chords always make me wish I could actually play guitar.
So, on a whim I picked up a guitar and tried again, because it's been something over a year (or two, or three...) since I last gave it a shot. Well...mixed results.
Negatives:
My fingertips still don't want to cooperate and prefer to drag on all the strings and not switch chords very fast. Switching takes practice; getting my Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-47442349408135563412010-09-08T21:40:00.001-04:002010-10-02T20:21:43.562-04:00Labor Day/ Birthday WeekendWell, I finally got some sleep last night and a chance to sleep in this morning, so I'm back on track after this long weekend! However, I keep forgetting what day it is, so maybe I'm only back on track as far as sleep goes. And it was a busy weekend.
Kyle came up here for the weekend and during the course of the weekend we watched the original Star Wars trilogy, because I had sadly never watchedNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-2135927726956534512010-09-03T08:53:00.000-04:002010-09-03T08:53:33.749-04:00Distraction #74Since I just mentioned listening to The Avett Brothers, I wanted to share this song I found that cracks me up every time I hear it. It reminds of "Whose Line Is It Anyway" when they do a hoedown or Irish drinking song sketch. :D
Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-9167496055870742362010-08-30T17:49:00.000-04:002010-08-30T17:49:48.460-04:00A word of adviceWe have a salad spinner.
Exhibit A:
Said salad spinner is something we got recently and is pretty cool really. However, I haven't used it a whole lot. It's not hard to use, you wash the lettuce, tear it up, put it in the bowl/basket combo, put the lid on, push down on the thing to spin it dry. It also has a brake which doesn't work right anymore because of an unfortunate dishwasher Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-8334903367507664162010-08-28T19:59:00.001-04:002010-08-28T20:02:56.540-04:00Some things that make me happy lately......or life is good. In no particular order:
Dropping gas prices. At the moment anything $2.55 or cheaper is awesome and Costco has it for $2.52.
Getting 19-20 mpg out of a tank of gas...it doesn't always happen, unfortunately.
Text messages and emails. :)
A clean desk. Oh look, I forgot what color it was...
Cool breezes promising cooler weather is on the way soon. Yay, fall!
Driving with the Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29496022.post-55527649738458206072010-08-22T10:24:00.000-04:002010-08-22T10:24:45.937-04:002nd part of vacationSo I've failed to blog about the Cincinnati portion of my vacation yet, both because I've been busy, and I'm not sure how to split the difference between making a long story short, and talking about the whole thing in details that nobody cares about. However, to make a long story short: I went to Cincinnati, went with my relatives to Chicago for a wedding, stayed up there for the weekend, got Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161945275478386126noreply@blogger.com0