I can't forget to let everyone know about the upcoming Jamaica Plain Open Studios coming up this weekend! Featuring the awesome artwork of Ink in the Sink, my sister Bethany, and her studiomate Sarah, among many other fun places (like the Red Sun Press!). Work will be for sale in most if not all studios, and it's a fantastically fun day (or 2, if you want to attend both!) of exploring a really pleasant area of Boston and experiencing a lot of great new artwork. Dan & I will be staffing an information booth outside of the JP Licks in JP (duh), so stop by to visit us, get a map or some info, and grab a coffee & some ice cream! :) We'll be there from 1-4 on Saturday; the weather looks like it'll be great that day, so come on out & support the local arts community! (And maybe pick up some fun things for yourself in the process! Everything from clothing to posters to handbags to paintings, and much more....) Hope to see you there. xoxo
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
JPOS
I can't forget to let everyone know about the upcoming Jamaica Plain Open Studios coming up this weekend! Featuring the awesome artwork of Ink in the Sink, my sister Bethany, and her studiomate Sarah, among many other fun places (like the Red Sun Press!). Work will be for sale in most if not all studios, and it's a fantastically fun day (or 2, if you want to attend both!) of exploring a really pleasant area of Boston and experiencing a lot of great new artwork. Dan & I will be staffing an information booth outside of the JP Licks in JP (duh), so stop by to visit us, get a map or some info, and grab a coffee & some ice cream! :) We'll be there from 1-4 on Saturday; the weather looks like it'll be great that day, so come on out & support the local arts community! (And maybe pick up some fun things for yourself in the process! Everything from clothing to posters to handbags to paintings, and much more....) Hope to see you there. xoxo
Toothbrush, Toothbrush, you've come back to me!
Well, today is a glorious day, thanks to (finally, finally!) the iTunes release of only one of the best shows ever, The State! I just went on there & purchased the entire first season, and you all should, too! Ah, I think I'll spend my evening flashing back to middle school & laughing my ass off. Oh, and dipping my balls in it. Oh, how I love you, The State. Good to see you back. xoxop.s. If you have been worrying that I'm not reading, don't. I don't think that would ever happen. I just haven't been posting books recently because I've started like a zillion different ones, and I have to sort out which I want to read & which I need to put on hold before I go reporting. Otherwise, everyone's going to yell at me for reading so many books at once!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
hurray!
Oh, Google, how I've missed being able to access you all day...
It sucks when you have to come face to face with the fact that you rely so heavily on a single company, or you get the feeling your entire life has fallen apart.
But, luckily the nightmare is over, only 10 hours after it began.
I wanted to post earlier, but I've since forgotten all about what it was I was planning to write about. I think I need to breathe, collect myself, and go wading through the swamp of sudden emails that I can finally go read. I'll try to be back later. xoxo
It sucks when you have to come face to face with the fact that you rely so heavily on a single company, or you get the feeling your entire life has fallen apart.
But, luckily the nightmare is over, only 10 hours after it began.
I wanted to post earlier, but I've since forgotten all about what it was I was planning to write about. I think I need to breathe, collect myself, and go wading through the swamp of sudden emails that I can finally go read. I'll try to be back later. xoxo
Thursday, September 21, 2006
bonus
Normally I love popgadget, but today's perusal was particularly profitable -- here are two very neat posts from the site:
1. USBCELL rechargeable battery -- I must have those.
2. Claudia Mitchell is robobeautiful -- An amazing story (about robotic prosthetics), both for science & the human spirit. It gives me hope for the future....
On that note, have a good (peace) day, everyone! xo
1. USBCELL rechargeable battery -- I must have those.
2. Claudia Mitchell is robobeautiful -- An amazing story (about robotic prosthetics), both for science & the human spirit. It gives me hope for the future....
On that note, have a good (peace) day, everyone! xo
my amazing SP8
I know this is the most overdue post ever, and I'm so sorry, most particularly to my awesome SP8, who spoiled me so well this past summer!! And I repaid her so poorly by not getting around to posting until just now. I hope you'll forgive me...Marsha!
I received a great final package upon my return home from Austin last month, which included some lovely blue yarn (I can't wait till I think of the perfect thing to knit with it!), an adorable little calendar (yes, that is a cat wearing a big hat, what of it?), and some yummy vanilla tea (clearly she knows of my passion for both vanilla & tea!). I think it was the perfect end to a really great SP8 experience -- thank you!!!
I do plan to keep up with Marsha's blog, as I think she is a very fascinating woman (and someone I could learn a great deal from, at least so far as I can tell from our correspondence up to this point!). I look forward to keeping up with her posts, both knitting-related & otherwise.
Okay, I should go work for now; perhaps I'll add more later, though. I've been in much more of a posting mood recently. We'll see how long that lasts before another huge lapse.... :)
p.s. Happy International Day of Peace, everyone! Find me this evening with CodePink Boston & others as we celebrate & demonstrate in Copley Square. xoxo
I received a great final package upon my return home from Austin last month, which included some lovely blue yarn (I can't wait till I think of the perfect thing to knit with it!), an adorable little calendar (yes, that is a cat wearing a big hat, what of it?), and some yummy vanilla tea (clearly she knows of my passion for both vanilla & tea!). I think it was the perfect end to a really great SP8 experience -- thank you!!!
I do plan to keep up with Marsha's blog, as I think she is a very fascinating woman (and someone I could learn a great deal from, at least so far as I can tell from our correspondence up to this point!). I look forward to keeping up with her posts, both knitting-related & otherwise.
Okay, I should go work for now; perhaps I'll add more later, though. I've been in much more of a posting mood recently. We'll see how long that lasts before another huge lapse.... :)
p.s. Happy International Day of Peace, everyone! Find me this evening with CodePink Boston & others as we celebrate & demonstrate in Copley Square. xoxo
i'm hip.
Tuesday night, my bad leg was acting up so much (shooting pains, discomfort in any position) that I couldn't sleep for quite some time. The next morning I woke up at my usual Wednesday 6:00 and got dressed, but wrestled for the next half hour about whether or not I should do my usual volunteering at the Women's Lunch Place because of the pain I had been in. My leg was feeling much better by that point, but I wasn't sure if I should risk it. Finally, I picked up a bag of donations (I've got about 3 still left here at the house -- all from Bethany -- and then another 4 coming from Mom & Sarah! my family is the best), and headed out the door, deciding that I'd see how I felt when I was there. The minute I got there I told Gina that I was a bit wary of my bad leg, and she & everyone else were fantastic about making sure I kept mostly to one place while they brought my work to me. :) It worked out well, and my hip didn't bother me once while I was there! (There's definitely something to taking your mind off of a problem....)
And I'm glad I did that, because my leg not only didn't end up hurting me for the rest of the day, but I actually felt confident enough to attend the WLP Volunteer Bowling Night at Kings with Dan after work (with a few brief detours at the mall shops, as we cut through there from Back Bay). Kings was great -- it was fun to see some of the women in another element entirely, and Dan & I bowled a couple of games with Shaina while taking advantage of the open bar & free food. I actually bowled fairly well considering it had been years & I had a beer or 2 in me, hehe...I got several spares and at least one strike (although that could have been a spare where I didn't knock any pins down on the first bowl -- either way, I knocked all the pins down at once! haha).
Anyway, thus far my leg is back to "normal-ish", whatever that means. I was thinking it might have been all the walking I did over the weekend, combined with the rainy weather which never helps my arthritis. We'll see, though -- I'm going to keep a close eye on it for a few days, to make sure. Good thing I have an appointment with my orthopaedic surgeon in Boston soon.
Anyway, good morning, all! xoxo
And I'm glad I did that, because my leg not only didn't end up hurting me for the rest of the day, but I actually felt confident enough to attend the WLP Volunteer Bowling Night at Kings with Dan after work (with a few brief detours at the mall shops, as we cut through there from Back Bay). Kings was great -- it was fun to see some of the women in another element entirely, and Dan & I bowled a couple of games with Shaina while taking advantage of the open bar & free food. I actually bowled fairly well considering it had been years & I had a beer or 2 in me, hehe...I got several spares and at least one strike (although that could have been a spare where I didn't knock any pins down on the first bowl -- either way, I knocked all the pins down at once! haha). Anyway, thus far my leg is back to "normal-ish", whatever that means. I was thinking it might have been all the walking I did over the weekend, combined with the rainy weather which never helps my arthritis. We'll see, though -- I'm going to keep a close eye on it for a few days, to make sure. Good thing I have an appointment with my orthopaedic surgeon in Boston soon.
Anyway, good morning, all! xoxo
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
blah
I'm having one of those days where I'm unhappy & I just don't feel like dealing. Sigh.
Maybe I can really throw myself into my work today & forget about it.
I'll post again when I am feeling more up to it. xo
p.s. Does anyone know of any way to read other people's Blogger/Blogspot posts in chronological order? This is driving me insane.
Maybe I can really throw myself into my work today & forget about it.
I'll post again when I am feeling more up to it. xo
p.s. Does anyone know of any way to read other people's Blogger/Blogspot posts in chronological order? This is driving me insane.
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Monday, September 18, 2006
my apologies for the length of this...
I hate when it's been so long since I last posted, because then I don't even know where to begin. This past week was just really busy -- I guess I'll start at the beginning of last week, and do a very brief synopsis:
Sunday I attended several Code Pink meetings, which went well (we're planning some good stuff for the upcoming International Day of Peace!) but lasted all day, and upon my return home, my sister Bethany & I spent 3 hours baking these special cookies for our sister Sarah's birthday, which was lots of fun, but caused me to have to bail on my plans with Dan to go see The Protector that evening. (Already, you can see my week starting to get hectic!) I felt awful, because we'd been talking about seeing it all weekend, but I promised him we'd see it the next day.
Monday I worked, and then had a Boston Knit Out meeting in the evening. Afterwards, I ran to meet Dan at the theater so we could finally catch our movie! It was pretty good, although mostly for the muay thai fight scenes (the story was rather hard to follow, as they stupidly cut out about a half hour of footage from the "Americanized" version -- I hate when they do that).
Tuesday I worked again (lots going on at work these days!), and then headed over to the library to save seats for Bethany & Dan to see the Sacco & Vanzetti documentary that was being screened in the Rabb lecture hall. The film was pretty good, definitely better than the last one Dan & I watched at the North End library a year ago, but it was still rather slow, and unfortunately I didn't learn much. But it is still always a very interesting story to consider. After the movie, I rushed to get back to Downtown Crossing so I could meet up with Alison & Amanda, following the CodePink Book Club meeting that I had been forced to miss out on, having to choose between a one-time screening & a potentially fantastic discussion! But we got to sit & have some coffee & teacakes (yum), and we developed some great ideas for the group -- I can't wait to really get working with these fantastic ladies! It was another late night, though, so I was glad to cut it rather short, knowing we were going to plan another meeting soon.
On Wednesday (after a long night of preparing/packing), I got up at 5 to shower & get ready, and then walked over to South Station with all my luggage (I was determined not to pay for a cab, so I arrived with aching arms!). I hopped on a bus to Southbury, CT (via Hartford), and that all went fairly smoothly (except for the sock story, that I will tell another time). My boss picked me up from the bus station & I worked a half day in Woodbury, although we stayed pretty late & I ended up arriving back at my parents' house around 7:30 or 8. Mom & I had a late dinner at Friendly's (I always love our dinners together; it's starting to become a tradition!), and unfortunately I didn't get to stop & see Jen's new house like I had promised because by then it was way too late, but oh well. We were both exhausted, and it wouldn't really have been worth it for only a few minutes, so instead we both got sleep & made a deal to meet up the next time I am in town.
Thursday was a really long day: I started work in Woodbury at 8am, and around midday, my boss & I headed over to the Southbury Crown Plaza (nee Hilton) hotel, where an interior decorator conference was being held. We ate lunch with the decorators & then spent the afternoon in roundtable discussions with them, learning about what their thoughts on our product are, and what they'd like to see changed or improved. It was a pretty positive session, which relived me greatly, because I was terrified that everyone was going to be absolutely cruel in their complete hatred of the product & all of its problems (in reality there aren't a ton of issues, but in my mind there are zillions). Following that, I had a dinner meeting at the hotel's restaurant (during which I had a bad experience with a salad tomato, but then a fantastic one with a yummy shrimp & avacado wrap!), which seemed to go on & on & on as I grew more & more anxious about missing out on celebrating my sister Sarah's birthday!! Fortunately, I apparently finally fidgeted enough (I was so trying not to! I know it was work!) that my boss drew the meeting to a close at close to 9, and I finally got back to my parents' house, where we ate a yummy chocolate cake (and I don't even like chocolate cake! way to go, Dad!) and I got to present Sarah with the gifts that Bethany & I had collaborated on. It appears that she really liked them; I hope that's the case! (Happy birthday, Sar!)
I got up at 5 again on Friday because my boss & I had to arrive by 7 at the hotel conference room to set up our display (at the vendor fair) for the day. I was exhausted from a late night previously, but surprisingly made it through the entire day without even feeling slightly sleepy -- probably due to the fact that we interacted almost constantly with people who were interested in our product or in the upgrade that I had to install on several computers. I spent the day very busy (I coded in between interactions), but was nonetheless very glad to see 4:30 (and the end of our time at the conference) roll around. I got back to my parents' house shortly thereafter, and we shared a fun Mexican meal at Puerto Vallerta. I relaxed at the house for the rest of the night, because my plans had changed on very short notice -- instead of riding up to Great Barrington with Dan's family, I instead was to take a bus up to Lee, MA for pickup there. So I spent the night watching a movie and half-knitting, half-napping (I was so tired from the nonstop week). It was nice & relaxing.
Saturday (I'm trying to keep this really short, I promise!), my parents & I had some fun tag-sale-ing before I had to hop on the bus in Hartford. My layover in Springfield allowed me to meet up with Dan, and the 2 of us rode up to Lee together, where we were picked up by Dan's family. We spent the afternoon in various towns in that area of the Berkshires (it was so pretty with the leaves starting to change!), and the evening having dinner at a family friend's house. We slept over at another friend's cabin on a lake, which made me desperately want a lakeside home of my own!
And finally Sunday was the Josh Billings, so we all got up super early to grab breakfast & then head over to the race. We dropped Dan & his bike off first (as he was to bike the first part), and then I canoed across the lake with BJ & Barb -- we had a good time chatting as they leisurely paddled over...watching other way-too-serious-about-this-race people zipping by us, haha. In any case, the race went well for everyone involved, and following a mini-fair that was held to celebrate the participants (wherein I got to eat cotton candy & corn-on-the-cob, yum!), Dan & I finally, finally headed home. Boy, had I missed it here...xoxo
Sunday I attended several Code Pink meetings, which went well (we're planning some good stuff for the upcoming International Day of Peace!) but lasted all day, and upon my return home, my sister Bethany & I spent 3 hours baking these special cookies for our sister Sarah's birthday, which was lots of fun, but caused me to have to bail on my plans with Dan to go see The Protector that evening. (Already, you can see my week starting to get hectic!) I felt awful, because we'd been talking about seeing it all weekend, but I promised him we'd see it the next day.
Monday I worked, and then had a Boston Knit Out meeting in the evening. Afterwards, I ran to meet Dan at the theater so we could finally catch our movie! It was pretty good, although mostly for the muay thai fight scenes (the story was rather hard to follow, as they stupidly cut out about a half hour of footage from the "Americanized" version -- I hate when they do that).
Tuesday I worked again (lots going on at work these days!), and then headed over to the library to save seats for Bethany & Dan to see the Sacco & Vanzetti documentary that was being screened in the Rabb lecture hall. The film was pretty good, definitely better than the last one Dan & I watched at the North End library a year ago, but it was still rather slow, and unfortunately I didn't learn much. But it is still always a very interesting story to consider. After the movie, I rushed to get back to Downtown Crossing so I could meet up with Alison & Amanda, following the CodePink Book Club meeting that I had been forced to miss out on, having to choose between a one-time screening & a potentially fantastic discussion! But we got to sit & have some coffee & teacakes (yum), and we developed some great ideas for the group -- I can't wait to really get working with these fantastic ladies! It was another late night, though, so I was glad to cut it rather short, knowing we were going to plan another meeting soon.
On Wednesday (after a long night of preparing/packing), I got up at 5 to shower & get ready, and then walked over to South Station with all my luggage (I was determined not to pay for a cab, so I arrived with aching arms!). I hopped on a bus to Southbury, CT (via Hartford), and that all went fairly smoothly (except for the sock story, that I will tell another time). My boss picked me up from the bus station & I worked a half day in Woodbury, although we stayed pretty late & I ended up arriving back at my parents' house around 7:30 or 8. Mom & I had a late dinner at Friendly's (I always love our dinners together; it's starting to become a tradition!), and unfortunately I didn't get to stop & see Jen's new house like I had promised because by then it was way too late, but oh well. We were both exhausted, and it wouldn't really have been worth it for only a few minutes, so instead we both got sleep & made a deal to meet up the next time I am in town.
Thursday was a really long day: I started work in Woodbury at 8am, and around midday, my boss & I headed over to the Southbury Crown Plaza (nee Hilton) hotel, where an interior decorator conference was being held. We ate lunch with the decorators & then spent the afternoon in roundtable discussions with them, learning about what their thoughts on our product are, and what they'd like to see changed or improved. It was a pretty positive session, which relived me greatly, because I was terrified that everyone was going to be absolutely cruel in their complete hatred of the product & all of its problems (in reality there aren't a ton of issues, but in my mind there are zillions). Following that, I had a dinner meeting at the hotel's restaurant (during which I had a bad experience with a salad tomato, but then a fantastic one with a yummy shrimp & avacado wrap!), which seemed to go on & on & on as I grew more & more anxious about missing out on celebrating my sister Sarah's birthday!! Fortunately, I apparently finally fidgeted enough (I was so trying not to! I know it was work!) that my boss drew the meeting to a close at close to 9, and I finally got back to my parents' house, where we ate a yummy chocolate cake (and I don't even like chocolate cake! way to go, Dad!) and I got to present Sarah with the gifts that Bethany & I had collaborated on. It appears that she really liked them; I hope that's the case! (Happy birthday, Sar!)
I got up at 5 again on Friday because my boss & I had to arrive by 7 at the hotel conference room to set up our display (at the vendor fair) for the day. I was exhausted from a late night previously, but surprisingly made it through the entire day without even feeling slightly sleepy -- probably due to the fact that we interacted almost constantly with people who were interested in our product or in the upgrade that I had to install on several computers. I spent the day very busy (I coded in between interactions), but was nonetheless very glad to see 4:30 (and the end of our time at the conference) roll around. I got back to my parents' house shortly thereafter, and we shared a fun Mexican meal at Puerto Vallerta. I relaxed at the house for the rest of the night, because my plans had changed on very short notice -- instead of riding up to Great Barrington with Dan's family, I instead was to take a bus up to Lee, MA for pickup there. So I spent the night watching a movie and half-knitting, half-napping (I was so tired from the nonstop week). It was nice & relaxing.
Saturday (I'm trying to keep this really short, I promise!), my parents & I had some fun tag-sale-ing before I had to hop on the bus in Hartford. My layover in Springfield allowed me to meet up with Dan, and the 2 of us rode up to Lee together, where we were picked up by Dan's family. We spent the afternoon in various towns in that area of the Berkshires (it was so pretty with the leaves starting to change!), and the evening having dinner at a family friend's house. We slept over at another friend's cabin on a lake, which made me desperately want a lakeside home of my own!
And finally Sunday was the Josh Billings, so we all got up super early to grab breakfast & then head over to the race. We dropped Dan & his bike off first (as he was to bike the first part), and then I canoed across the lake with BJ & Barb -- we had a good time chatting as they leisurely paddled over...watching other way-too-serious-about-this-race people zipping by us, haha. In any case, the race went well for everyone involved, and following a mini-fair that was held to celebrate the participants (wherein I got to eat cotton candy & corn-on-the-cob, yum!), Dan & I finally, finally headed home. Boy, had I missed it here...xoxo
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
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