Holy crap con is today!
I haven't been posting much. I promise I will try harder.
Cheese, Gromit! Friday, April 17, 2009
I found the first 3 Wallace & Gromit movies at Goodwill. For a dollar.
Life. Is. Awesome.
New obsession. Wednesday, April 8, 2009
opbmusic.org
"At opbmusic.org, we play a lot of great music -- popular, indie, alternative, artists from Portland and the Northwest and more -- much of which you won't hear anywhere else."
It's just what I always wanted! I just can't believe I've been hearing about it since I've been listening to public radio, and I just TODAY checked it out. Another reason why I'm dumb..
Today was productive.
1. Took sick Rob to school so he didn't have to stand in the cold to wait for the bus just to take a test.
2. Gardened for 3 or so hours.
3. Baked bread (two too-squishy loaves that I fear are underdone...)
4. Discovery of obpmusic
5. Tutored for an hour
And now I'm going to make Pad Thai! And listen to a radio station with no commercials, made up of solely music I like... weird.
It was you who taught me how to write these kind of equations Friday, April 3, 2009
One more amazing album:
All Hail West Texas - the Mountain Goats
So. Amazing. I don't know how I haven't given it a chance before, as an entire album. Jeezie. Easily my favorite 'Goats album now.
I have come to the realization that I can no longer be unemployed by choice. I owe too much on my student loans, and I'm not getting enough tutoring hours. I would have to tutor at least 10 or 11 hours/week to really be enough. And right now I'm working 2-3. Sigh. I need to be more aggressive with my advertising, make some business cards... sigh. Anyways, I've joined the ranks looking for a "real" job. I applied at the JoAnn's in Cedar Hills, but I didn't have enough experience for the position (it was a management job). I also applied to a couple area McMenamins, pub staff and line cook positions. We'll see what happens. Because I'm actively seeking work, I'm going to try applying for unemployment again.
Also,
I altered a Cosby sweater I got at Goodwill. It didn't used to have a zipper. I like it way better now, and want to make a few more and try to sell them on Etsy.
And my craft table is an absolute mess right now. I am going to clean it up as soon as I'm done writing this.
Old songs from nowhere Thursday, April 2, 2009
This picture makes me absolutely, stupidly happy. (JD+JV=<3)
And JV has a new album, Romanian Names, coming out in May, around the time he's coming to Portland.
In other music news, I'm really enjoying these two albums:
How It Ends - DeVotchKa
We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. - Jason Mraz
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
the Funeral - Arcade Fire
(the last two are more rediscovery than anything else)
Other life news:
- I'm taking a class at PCC! It's in printmaking! It's about a printmaking medium I've never done before! Copper plate printing. The tools I had to buy for the class could do some serious damage in the wrong hands. The class meets twice a week for 3 hours, and the instructor seems pretty swell.
- I'm helping a guy in Sellwood start a permaculture urban farm on his property and it's really quite exciting! We've met once, and there's another work party tomorrow at 9am.
- I put up ads on CL advertising tutoring and garden help, only got one response to the tutoring ad, and no responses to the offer of garden help.
- Con is drawing near and I'm starting to panic just a little bit. I need to get my butt in gear as far as con clothing goes. We're just offering bandanas this time, but Elo and I want to make them by hand. Con is April 24th-26th. WHOA!
- I'm crocheting a sweet hat, using lace crochet. It's gonna be bitchin.
- Rob and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on March 31st! We went to Montage, got delicious foods and a bottle of wine, and shared the gooey butter cake for dessert (I tried to describe it to Rob before we ordered it - "It's like someone took cake batter and made it into a cake... but didn't bake it" - and we decided as we were eating it that that's pretty much a spot-on description). And then yesterday I made 2 year celebration pie: Peach/blackberry with a lattice crust. I've made better, but it's pretty delicious.
- Our old roommate, Tess, has moved out, and our lovely friend LeAnn has moved in with us! The four of us have all been friends for a long time, so I think it will work out really well. She has a cat, Mango, who has been getting along ok with Cubby so far.
CO like whoa! Wednesday, March 25, 2009
We just spent the last week in Colorado visiting family. First and foremost, visiting my sister and her partner (who I've never met) and their 7 month old son, my nephew Joaquin (who I've also never met). They all live just outside of Denver. In preparation for the trip I made some presents for Joaquin - a sheep made out of socks, and a crocheted blanket that I started intending to be a present for her baby shower last July. I finished it while we were staying there this last week... oops.
Other reasons for visiting were to see my friend Bruce, who was one of my best friends in Budapest, and to see Rob's Aunt Margaret and Uncle Brad who live just outside of Boulder. We got in Wednesday afternoon, hung out with Bruce in Denver on Saturday, and went to Boulder on Sunday.
First, allow me to introduce Joaquin. He likes bananas and when people say his name.
My sister and Joaquin
Saturday morning love
A close up of the sheep and the blanket
Me and Bruce! Holy crap it had been over a year!
Manuel, Alissa and Joaquin all dressed up for church on Sunday
Me, Joaquin and Rob right before Rob and I left for Boulder
Saturday morning love
A close up of the sheep and the blanket
Me and Bruce! Holy crap it had been over a year!
Manuel, Alissa and Joaquin all dressed up for church on Sunday
Me, Joaquin and Rob right before Rob and I left for Boulder
While we were in Boulder we went to the Celestial Seasonings factory. We got there too late to go on a tour, but we did get to wander around the gift shop, taste some samples, and get our picture taken with the Sleepytime Bear.
Margaret took us to the airport Tuesday morning and we were back at home by 1:15pm Tuesday afternoon.
Now we're back home for a couple days, then it's up to Port Townsend for the weekend to visit Rob's family. Classes start next Monday for Rob, and I'm taking a printmaking class that starts Tuesday.
Pi Day! Saturday, March 14, 2009
It's pi day!
Speaking of math humor, I don't know when this ran, but it's hilarious:
And speaking of hilarity, I give you this:
But now it's 1:56... pi time is just 3 minutes away! (3/14 1:59 omg what a dork)
New Friends Thursday, March 12, 2009
My back porch garden is growing!
And many thanks to mom, dad and Bethany Nursery for helping it grow!
I'm going to make a lot of pies in the near future. Here are some reasons:
- Pushing Daisies. If that show doesn't make you want to eat pie like it's going out of style, I don't know what will.
- Parents/Fruit. Mom came up on Tuesday to go to Art Media and brought me a cooler full of frozen blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, apples and pears courtesy of her and my dad.
- Pi(e) day! It's the day after tomorrow!
Bread is getting easier every time I make it. I tried using brown sugar instead of honey last time, but it came out extra yeasty/borderline alcoholic. I'm switching back to honey from now on.
I am ultra/extra/super thankful that the sun in shining again, but it's still cold like whoa. Sorry, but today's high of 54 just won't cut it. I won't be entirely happy until the day's low is 60.
Daylight Savings, etc Sunday, March 8, 2009
Ok so Daylight Savings Time totally snuck up on me. We had an alarm set for 9:15 this morning for church and after it went off a few times I wondered why I was still feeling so tired and hellish. And then Rob looked at the clock radio, which I never bother to do because I'm blind without my glasses, and it was 8:30. Daylight Savings Time, you bring nothing but sadness and pain to everyone you touch (the first day. After that, you're pretty sweet.) Whatever, I guess we're skipping church today.
Last night Rob and I were watching videos of cute cats on YouTube and we found one of cats talking to eachother. Cubby got really confused and agitated and kept sniffing the computer and trying to talk back to the cats in the video. It was really heartbreaking. He's probably lonely... but it's ok, he's getting a friend! Our roommate Tess is moving out in less than a month and LeAnn is moving in with her cat! There were worries at first because Cubby is a very dominant alpha male who had issues in his last home because there were two other cats. But LeAnn's cat is a very quiet, submissive female, and I think because of that, and because Cubby is the first cat and very obviously already the master of this apartment, they'll get along just fine.
We took a field trip to Uwajimaya on Friday and I have been cooking like whoa every since. Friday night I made sushi with edamame, bean buns and mochi. Last night I made Pad Thai from scratch, and other than the chewiness of the noodles and the lack of bean sprouts (Freddies ran out of bean sprouts. Who does that?) it tasted just like restaurant style Pad Thai. Yumm another way to save money...
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