do the (papal) shuffle(board)!

papal shuffleboard, originally uploaded by gimchi.

ahhhh, shuffleboard. time to RULE THE COURTS!!

lazy mondays

on a monday morning, i am:

• sore from painting the bedroom deep green
• tired from springing forward
• excited for my massage on tuesday
• guilted into buying more girl scout cookies
• thinking about making hot chocolate
• running a big report
• wishing i were at home, packing
• wearing way too much orange/burnt sienna

words, from 'speaker of the dead'

• peripatetic - one who walks from place to place; an itinerant; a follower of the philosophy of aristotle; an aristotelian
• lacrimose - also, lachrymose; having the nature of tears; liable to exude in drops
• pogrom - an organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against jews

so far a most wonderful day of:

• shelving and moving masses of dvds and cds
• panera hazelnut coffee candied-up with sugar and lots of cream
• half of a too-sweet chocolate chip cookie
• 15 lazy minutes of cooling coffee and the magical life of long tack sam
• walking a few storefronts down to moe's and 3 hard-shelled tacos (tofu tacos!)
• reading back issues of bust magazine with soggy beans and guac covered hands

define

i am exceedingly bad at explaining my thoughts. at least, verbally. and even in written form i stumble often.

my understanding is great, but my ability to render feelings into definitive statements is inadequate.

to come to a point, if you ask me the definition of a word, even though i know what it means, i can't give you an answer less than 5 minutes long of hemming and hawing with the acrid smell of thought-smoke while i try to explain how the word makes me feel.

so i'm going to try to learn actual definitions of words. and i'll throw in some words i don't know in the mix as well.

natalie angier uses some of the most beautiful words in her writing; here, i'll share!

• captious - marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults; intended to entrap or confuse, as in an argument
• imprecation - "the act of imprecating"; a curse
• perambulations - to walk through; to inspect (an area) on foot
• outre' - highly unconventional; eccentric or bizzare
• accreting - to make larger or greater, as by increased growth
• parthenogenic - of, characterized by, or produced by parthenogensis; development of an egg w/o fertilization
• cosseted - to pamper; a pet, especially a pet lamb
• peregrinations - to journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot; to travel through or over, traverse
• capacious - capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
• pertussive - relating to pertussis (whooping cough)
• hoary - gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair or pubescence; so old as to inspire veneration, ancient
• antediluvian - extremely old and antiquated; bible, occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood
• tsuris - trouble, aggravation
• cavil - to find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections; to quibble about, detect petty flaws in

most of these words i've seen and know. some i just liked the sound of. some i had forgotten (parthenogenesis? 6th grade?).

anniversary

happy anniversary to me!

as a co-worker noted, i have officially partaken of the kool-aid; today is my 1 yr anniversary at my job.

tonight i plan on:

1. baking 2 strawberry cheesecakes
2. painting a large bookshelf
3. running gleefully thru lowe's
4. taking a much needed shower

i am surprised that:

1. 1 yr has passed so quickly
2. i never read ender's game
3. i am totally obsessed w/ reading the ender's game series
4. i read ender's game in 1.5 days
5. my breath could be this rank (toothbrush, please!)

things to do before i die

things to do before i die

1. learn chinese
2. rebuild portfolio
3. get my etsy/craft business up and running
4. grow vegetables
5. see the pyramids at sunset
6. ride a camel
7. ride an elephant
8. experience the alaskan glaciers, preferably from my cruise ship balcony room while drinking coffee/tea/mimosa/asti
9. get some of my photos printed BIG
10. see cherry blossoms in japan
11. visit korea with my mother
12. drink veuve
13. visit machu picchu
14. finish this damned master's degree
15. get a tattoo
16. experience a concert in the sydney opera house
17. snorkel in the great barrier reef
18. visit the great wall of china

2nd attempt

so i shall try again, this posting of mine.

per madge, i had wanted to try the nablopomo for march - lists! i heartily and verily love lists, but knew i could not post every single day. note: it is already march 3rd and i am only just beginning.

i shall perservere.

updates:

1. anthony moved this weekend
2. i will be moving in in a few weeks
3. excited!
4. my dad is doing much better; i was able to visit 2 weeks ago and had a really great time
5. finished listening to 'to kill a mockingbird' this morning; i am so in love w/ the nickname 'scout'

to do:

1. ren festival at MOSI
2. strawberry festival in plant city
3. paint bookshelves
4. plan shuffleboard birthday party
5. buy a bottle of veuve and finally experience the apparently delicious fuss madge makes about it