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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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11:44 am
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| Monday, November 16th, 2009
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8:09 pm
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So! This weekend, Scholke and Kelly came to visit. They are delightful people, and we had a great time hanging out with them.
Saturday evening, we went to a U of I hockey game (I'd won 4 tickets on the radio--how fortuitous!). Hockey here is a club sport (and not NCAA), so it's much....simpler than UW hockey. :) It's in a tiny rink that maybe seats 500-1000 people. They were playing Oklahoma. As you might imagine, Oklahoma stunk. They seemed to have no strategies, no calculated moves, and they would inadvertently pass the puck to UI players. UI creamed the heck out of them, 5-1. It was like taking candy from a baby, so it wasn't a particularly triumphant win, but it was entertaining, nonetheless.
Sunday was a cold and rainy day. We went out for breakfast at Courier Cafe (mmmmm), and then poked around downtown Champaign's vintage stores for awhile before hanging out at a coffee shop. Greg took them to the art museum, but I headed back home so that I could start cooking. We made a fancy-ish dinner for them, consisting of:
-Warm Cranberry-Walnut Brie
-Stuffed Mushrooms (Greg's specialty)
-Baked Goat Cheese and Roasted Winter Squash over Garlicky Pasta
-Bitter Chocolate Mousse
And of course, it was accompanied by two bottles of wine (Bogle Petit Syrah and Bonizio Sangiovese). So good. I just made three epic posts about those foodstuffs on my awesome recipe blog. Check it out--there's pretty pictures and everything. ;)
We rounded out our fatty, alcohol-soaked evening with a few rousing rounds of Apples to Apples, which neither Scholke nor Kelly had played before. A good time was had by all.
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10:31 am
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OOh! See, I can already post something different.
I just found part of a poem that I love so much that I will just have to find some way to incorporate it into the wedding:
From "Superbly Situated" by Robert Hershon:
"You politely ask me not to die and i promise not to
right from the beginning—a relationship based on
good sense and thoughtfulness in little things."
Tee hee!
I also love this Calvin & Hobbes quote (of course--who doesn't enjoy C&H?):
Calvin: What's it like to fall in love?
Hobbes: Well... say the object of your affection walks by...
Calvin: Yeah?
Hobbes: First, your heart falls into your stomach and splashes your innards. All the moisture makes you sweat profusely. This condensation shorts the circuits to your brain and you get all woozy. When your brain burns out altogether, your mouth disengages and you babble like a cretin until she leaves.
Calvin: THAT'S LOVE?!?
Hobbes: Medically speaking.
Calvin: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!
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| Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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8:27 am
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Nonsequipod did a bang-up job of cranking out the hits today on the way to work. Mmm....tasty music....
1. "The Way I Am" - Ingrid Michaelson
2. "I'm Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You" - the Silver Jews
3. "Double Team" - Tenacious D
4. "The Soldiering Life" - the Decembrists
5. "Your Belgian Things" - the Mountain Goats
6. "Eyes Open" - the Gossip
7. "Bullion" - Millencolin
8. "In the Flesh" - Jurassic 5
9. "John Wayne Gacy Jr." - Sufjan Stevens
10. "One More Light" - Dan Bern
11. "I Felt Your Shape" - the Microphones
12. "Good Times, Bad Times" - Led Zeppelin
I didn't even have to skip one song! Way to go Nonsequipod!
current mood:  chipper
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| Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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10:16 am - I'm proud of me!
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| Friday, October 9th, 2009
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1:29 pm - Woah!
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I step away from my computer for an hour and a half, and Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize?!? Wow!
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| Sunday, October 4th, 2009
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11:38 am
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And, with the addition of just one new recipe, my new blog is up and running!
Check 'er out, and check back often: Pretty Peas Recipes.
Recipes coming up (provided I remember to take pictures):
-Lemon-Ginger Fried Chicken
-Eggless Tofu-Spinach Quiche
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| Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
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6:26 am
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Happy birthday to the best of all my guys--that, is, happy birthday to Greg!
current mood:  celebratory
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| Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
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3:39 pm
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I'm sorry, dearest readers, that I'm not posting much of substance lately.
On that note:
Look at the beautiful Treasury List that I just created on Etsy! It's inspired by the modern Scarlet O'Hara. That's why it's all red. Get it?
Because it's all red and her name is Scarlet.
Ahh yeah, now you get it.
current mood:  nerdy
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| Thursday, September 17th, 2009
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2:15 pm
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8:25 am
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The Nonsequipod was really bustin' it out on my walk to work this morning:
"Beautiful Man" - Mason Jennings
"Just Like Honey" - The Jesus & Mary Chain
"Oh Yoko" - John Lennon
"Daughter" - Pearl Jam
"Crimson Ghost" - the Misfits
"Servoid Manual Chapter 1 (Mandroids on Whiskey)" - Beautiful Small Machines
"Dry the Rain" - the Beta Band
"Man of Constant Sorrow" - Bob Dylan
"Since You Showed Me How to be Happy" - Jackie Wilson
"Mayonnaise and Marmalade" - NRBQ
"Dames, Booze, Chains and Boots" - the Cramps
Last night, Greg and I were discussing having sugar gliders as pets. They are just so wee and precious, but totally weird and awesome. I was telling him about how they have severe dietary restrictions, such that the owner has to make some kind of nutrient-packed honey-oatmeal mush. Additionally, they need small amounts of chopped fruit (of varying kinds) and either insectivore food or actual insects (such as crickets). I was grossed out about the fact that these 3 oz, 7", adorable little things mow down on crickets and the like. This conversation carried on well into our laying in bed, falling asleep. It moved from the factual information-sharing about sugar gliders, and into the hypothetical sugar gliders we'll have some day. Greg was adamant about feeding them live insects and raising a cricket colony of his own. "They'd be so happy!" he said, of the sugar gliders. I was adamant about him raising his cricket colony in the garage where I couldn't see or hear them. Something we could both agree on, though, was naming one of the gliders "Washcloth." I like us.
Zack's coming to town today! Woo!
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| Thursday, September 10th, 2009
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1:15 pm - 2 years = joy!
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Tonight, Greggala and I head out to Escobar's in celebration of our 2 year-aversary. I'm way looking forward to a fancy dinner at a place that is reputedly very tasty.
We're very good at stretching out celebrations of birthdays and anniversaries, I've found. We use the event as a reason to do anything we've been wanting to do. Consequently, the celebration can last a few days. In this vein, on Saturday we're making fancy dinner ourselves. The menu:
Chicken Provencal
Rosemary Orzo
Chocolate, Banana, and Pecan Tarts
Champagne (courtesy of Mom & Kevin's wine collection)
I'm most looking forward to the tarts, as if you couldn't guess. I've never worked with puff pastry before, so I'm sure it won't look pretty....but I don't care. Yum yum!
current mood:  loved
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| Friday, September 4th, 2009
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8:40 am
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7:52 am
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Let me share a little something with you, friends: Having a hot shower after being denied one for several days feels like being reborn. Ahhhhhhh.....
P.S. Apparently our water heater is in the ceiling. ?!?
P.P.S. I got mean on the property manager's answering machine after the third day of failed, half-assed attempts at fixing the problem. And on the fourth day? *heavenly chimes* A plumber arrived. And then....hot water. Now, I don't want to brag, but....I like to think I had a little something to do with that. ;)
current mood: happy
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| Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
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11:10 am
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| Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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3:07 pm
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Borrowed from Gus.... Things I Hate. Or, more appropriately for today, THING I Hate.
The people who make a half-assed attempt to "run" across the street in front of your car. You know the ones. The ones that see you're moving too fast for them to make it from one side of the street to the other by walking, so they start running. But then the bacon cheeseburgers catch up with them after two seconds, and they slow to a stroll....right. in front. of your car.
Let me tell you something: I'm not impressed with your effort to look like you're hurrying. If you're going to not get hit by my car, how about running all the way across? Or waiting for my car to go by, since you're not in a crosswalk and don't have the right of way? I'm more impressed with the ballsy "Let's stroll right into traffic and wait on the yellow line"-people, and I'm not a fan of them either. At least I don't want to purposely put the pedal to the floor when I see them disobeying pedestrian laws.
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| Monday, August 31st, 2009
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8:25 am
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We haven't had any hot water in our apartment since Saturday. Today, I heated water in a stock pot and used it to wash my hair in the sink. Then, I toted the pot into the bath tub and used a large cup to rinse off. I'm pretty sure that was the most economical shower I've ever had.
current mood:  tired
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| Monday, August 17th, 2009
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1:04 pm
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When Zack and I talk, hilarity ensues.
Zack: So, apparently Milwaukee's mayor is the most bad-ass mayor around. Congrats.
Zack: He's got his next campaign slogan all set, I think.
Me: "Tom Barrett: I'll beat YOUR ass with a pipe."
Zack: "Mayor Barrett: He will protect your grandchildren with his bare goddamn hands."
Zack: "Mayor Barrett: You want a piece, fucko? Do ya?!"
Zack: Oh hey - according to the Washington Times he may be running for governor. I think he pretty much has to now.
Me: "Mayor Barrett has proved that he is straight street. If you were running for governor, he'd vote for you."
Zack: Hahahaha. "In the statehouse and in the streets, he's got your back. Mayor Barrett: Brawling for You."
Zack: Man, I wish my mayor was bad ass. Mayor of Takoma Park is pretty much just the Head Hippy, though. Although, have you seen Mayor Fenty of DC? He's no fighter, but the man has some serious style. He's a classy mayor."
Me: Really? I have no idea who the mayor here in Champaign is, and I don't really care. I bet he wears overalls.
Zack: It's probably a goat, in a largely ceremonial position.
Me: "Mayor, we need you to vote on this proposition--immediately!"
"Bleeeaaaah!"
"The mayor voted it in! Yay!"
Zack: No, Mayor! Don't eat the legislation! Bad Mayor!
Me: Aww, man, the Mayor's knocked over the trash and ate it again.
Zack: Can't you see? His Honor is saying the agricultural standards of our state are so poor, it's like we're eating trash! He's a political firebrand!
Me: All Hail Mayor McGoat! He paves the way for the proletariat uprising!
Zack: Now I really want to see Batterin' Mayor Barrett debate The People's Mayor McGoat. In a no-holds barred cage match, ideally.
Me: Mayor Barrett: "I stopped a woman from being beaten with a pipe--what have you done?"
Mayor McGoat: "Bleeeaah! Bleeeaahh!"
Moderator: "I'd say this one goes to Mayor McGoat."
Ahahahahaha, we're so bizarre and hilarious.
current mood: amused
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| Sunday, August 16th, 2009
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12:41 pm
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| Friday, August 14th, 2009
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1:57 pm
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Wowoweewowwowwoah (that was the Borat amazement noise).
You know I'm having a busy day when I miss lunch entirely and don't really notice until I see I'm 1 1/2 hours overdue.
current mood: busy
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