happy birthday to me!
happy birthday to me!
happy birthday to meeeee!
happy birthday to me!
a most excellent birthday to finish off a mostly good - kinda crummy birthday weekend! AND i had yummy sushi, compliments of anthony - and the third season of buffy! what can i say, but admit that i'm an addict. i think deep down, anthony may be enjoying it himself, though you'd never hear him say it.
weekend good: got to see family and friends.
weekend bad: dad being a stubborn mule.
ah, family. gotta love 'em.
3.14.2005
3.12.2005
unexpected surprises
don't you love it when you're going through something, anything, and you find an item you had thought was lost/ruined/gone forever?
i have a picture of me, anthony, my brother and my niece from a photo booth in hong kong. i keep it in my wallet, and imagine my horror when i tried to take it out and the image stuck to the plastic - ripping the image.
just this morning i decided to get out my journal so i could resume my doodling and writing and ranting in a more tangible form and lo! and behold! a copy of the picture resting in the middle!
from left to right: steph - vince - me - anthony
the colors may be wacky - my monitor isn't calibrated - and it's a picture of a picture - but it's one of my favorites.
i have a picture of me, anthony, my brother and my niece from a photo booth in hong kong. i keep it in my wallet, and imagine my horror when i tried to take it out and the image stuck to the plastic - ripping the image.
just this morning i decided to get out my journal so i could resume my doodling and writing and ranting in a more tangible form and lo! and behold! a copy of the picture resting in the middle!
from left to right: steph - vince - me - anthony
the colors may be wacky - my monitor isn't calibrated - and it's a picture of a picture - but it's one of my favorites.
3.09.2005
argh!
the following pictures also showcase how shitty the colors are on my new LCD monitor.
must ... calibrate... colors...
much frustration, much frustration.
colors are so wonky! what's with that weird blue tint?
*grumblegrumbleGRUMBLEGRUMBLEgrumbleGRUMBLEGRUMBLE*
must ... calibrate... colors...
much frustration, much frustration.
colors are so wonky! what's with that weird blue tint?
*grumblegrumbleGRUMBLEGRUMBLEgrumbleGRUMBLEGRUMBLE*
southern fried strawberry festival
this past weekend anthony and i went to the strawberry festival in plant city. can we say "deep fried heart attack," boys and girls? the following pictures showcase just a few of the fatty-goodness foods that southern hospitality has wrought upon our arteries.
they also had cheese on a stick.
kim: ew, sounds gross.
ant: like a pap smear.
we met up with rosie, sarah, sarah's mom and marcus while there. marcus was brave enough to actually try three of these heavy delicacies - the twinkie, the candy bar (milky way) and the oreos - without blowing chunks or going into cardiac arrest! i am amazed.
here's anthony breaking his funnel cake virginity (rated G):
here're the little kiddies learning how to milk bessie:
and here're a few of the neat roosters from the poultry and rabbit tent:
they also had cheese on a stick.
kim: ew, sounds gross.
ant: like a pap smear.
we met up with rosie, sarah, sarah's mom and marcus while there. marcus was brave enough to actually try three of these heavy delicacies - the twinkie, the candy bar (milky way) and the oreos - without blowing chunks or going into cardiac arrest! i am amazed.
here's anthony breaking his funnel cake virginity (rated G):
here're the little kiddies learning how to milk bessie:
and here're a few of the neat roosters from the poultry and rabbit tent:
3.03.2005
hare-ray pott-er
currently, i am rereading year 5: order of the phoenix and have already placed my "hold" at borders. book 5 is definitely more lively than any of the others - more dialogue and witty barbs; though in the rereading i find myself getting more and more irritated at harry's adolescent mood swings.
the next book on the list is 'the time traveler's wife.' meaghan lent it to me - she read it for her book club and... i'm pretty sure she liked it. hm, i think she did. maybe she was purposely vague so as to keep my perceptions unfettered by her impressions. hmm.
if anyone's looking for a good novel, one of my favorites is 'geek love' by katherine dunn. it was absolutely incredible. note: if you're easily nauseated by disfigurements of the human form, maybe you should steer clear.
anyways. anthony's thumb is definitely looking better, even after playing his guitar for an hour or so last night. oh, and smashing it into my car door. my birthday seems to be rushing up and i have no idea what i want to do to celebrate. last year's paper party will be hard to top... i'm considering a group jaunt to the local q-zar. i rock at laser tag. then again, i hear that rosie is a pretty good shot at the gun range.
the next book on the list is 'the time traveler's wife.' meaghan lent it to me - she read it for her book club and... i'm pretty sure she liked it. hm, i think she did. maybe she was purposely vague so as to keep my perceptions unfettered by her impressions. hmm.
if anyone's looking for a good novel, one of my favorites is 'geek love' by katherine dunn. it was absolutely incredible. note: if you're easily nauseated by disfigurements of the human form, maybe you should steer clear.
anyways. anthony's thumb is definitely looking better, even after playing his guitar for an hour or so last night. oh, and smashing it into my car door. my birthday seems to be rushing up and i have no idea what i want to do to celebrate. last year's paper party will be hard to top... i'm considering a group jaunt to the local q-zar. i rock at laser tag. then again, i hear that rosie is a pretty good shot at the gun range.
3.02.2005
cramping... fingers...
tonight i sat down at the computer. four hours later my hands are gnarled and stiff.
the fruit of my labor:
**UPDATE**
{3/3/05} the picture wasn't up for a while due to nose issues. damn, but noses are hard to render! if anyone has any other suggestions... oh do let me know.
the fruit of my labor:
**UPDATE**
{3/3/05} the picture wasn't up for a while due to nose issues. damn, but noses are hard to render! if anyone has any other suggestions... oh do let me know.
3.01.2005
i like sharp knives. i really do. i can't stand having to cut onions with bendy-shakey, dull knives. so, in china, we bought a really sharp, really awesome butcher knife. you know, the big square kind.
and this morning, anthony unfortunately sliced off a bit of his thumb with it.
we were getting ready for work and he was chop-chop-chopping some salad fixings for lunch. i'm heading upstairs and i hear a few loud choice words and think, "oh crap." he's holding his hand, applying pressure near the sink. not pretty.
it was hard to decide what to do - emergency room? walk-in clinic? was it *really* that deep? where the heck would they put the stiches? we even called ramon, our paramedic-in-training friend/ex-roommate. after 40 minutes or so, it stopped bleeding and just oozed. it's covered with band-aids and we'll check on it in a few hours. if all goes well, we'll leave it like that and put some liquid adhesive on it.
oi vey.
and this morning, anthony unfortunately sliced off a bit of his thumb with it.
we were getting ready for work and he was chop-chop-chopping some salad fixings for lunch. i'm heading upstairs and i hear a few loud choice words and think, "oh crap." he's holding his hand, applying pressure near the sink. not pretty.
it was hard to decide what to do - emergency room? walk-in clinic? was it *really* that deep? where the heck would they put the stiches? we even called ramon, our paramedic-in-training friend/ex-roommate. after 40 minutes or so, it stopped bleeding and just oozed. it's covered with band-aids and we'll check on it in a few hours. if all goes well, we'll leave it like that and put some liquid adhesive on it.
oi vey.
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