Maybe at some point, I will write down some of my thoughts about this…but not today.
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Seven years
And I link to this post again.
I’ve posted this photo before, but I just adore it so much.
I can’t believe it’s been seven years. I still wish I could have introduced her to Rand. I still wish she was going to be here to see me get married.
I miss you, gram.
A couple of photos
So I didn’t get around to uploading all of the photos, but here’s a special one, just for Kelly:
Friday photo
For the past couple of years, Rand has been buying this calendar from Keith Knight’s website. Keith Knight is an awesome cartoonist–he does two weekly strips, The K Chronicles and (Th)ink. We got to meet Keith in Cleveland a couple of years ago, and he’s incredibly cool. Anyway, this year, when Rand ordered the calendar, he wrote to Keith and asked him to include a couple of special surprises for me:
How cool is that? Yeah, I’m a pretty lucky girl. 😉
Thanks Rand, and thanks Keith!
Weekend wrap-up (part 1)
It was once again a busy weekend, but in a good way!
Friday night, All Things Jennifer hosted a girls’ night get-together complete with cookies and festive drinks. She also organized donations for Literacy Volunteers–many of the people who attended brought books to donate.
I brought a book, brownies, and hot chocolate fixings, including Butterscotch Schnapps–my favorite addition to cocoa! I picked up Samantha and we rode together, and that was nice.
It was fun meeting some new people and seeing others that I hadn’t seen in a while.
(side note–does anyone have any good advice for avoiding redeye, other than “learn to use photoshop”?)
Thanks to Jen for hosting, and here’s to more friendly get-togethers in 2008!
I’ll be posting part 2–farewell to Lowest of the Low–later tonight or tomorrow.
Friday Photo(s)
This sign was on the counter at Madame Mocha’s coffee shop. It made me laugh, and so a photo!
I never did do part two of the weekend wrap-up post, so here are some photos:
Greg…I think this was actually while he was warming up/tuning.
As he often does, Rand joined Greg and Tom for a performance of Greg’s song “Bean Bag Chair,” which appears on his “Not a Complicated Guy” CD. Ookla did backing vocals on the recording. I liked the way this photo looked like Rand and Tom were plotting something.
Greg and Tom played both together and separately. Tom’s eyes look kind of spooky in this one!
Greg and Tom are both very talented musicians and all around great people. As I mentioned last week, Greg will be at Madame Mocha’s every Saturday this month, starting at 8 p.m. On the 22nd, right before Christmas, Ookla will join him for a show. It’s a great little place, and I can promise you that both the drinks and the music will be worth the trip!
Blog potpourri
I owe a reading, watching, listening post, which I will get around to soon…but until then, here’s a few tidbits:
The new issue of Toasted Cheese is up. And I need to get the newsletter out!
NaBloPoMo is over, and I made it! Woohoo! Not nearly as impressive as finishing NaNoWriMo, no, but I’m still pleased.
That fabulous little badge is courtesy of partofeverything. Thanks! 😀
Via Emma, I heard about National Photo Posting Month:
Thomas Brock has started NaPhotoPoMo – also known as National Photograph Posting Month. Thus far, it’s going to be in February, but that’s subject to change. The challenge is simple. Just take a picture and post it on your blog each and every day of the month.
I thought that sounded like too much fun to pass up, so I’m in. It’s open to anyone, so go on over and sign up!
And finally, I had a photo selected for Schmap!! Buffalo in the nightlife section. It’s a photo of Rand playing with Greg Klyma and Tom Bianchi at Nietzsche’s
I’m sure I’m forgetting a thing or two. Updates about the weekend (and photos!) to come.
Friday photo
Peanuts at the Disco.
These people were standing near us, dancing. I tried in vain to take their photo surreptitiously, and finally they noticed me and posed.
My companions and I could not, for the life of us, figure out what the connection between Peanuts characters and disco was…but it was amusing, and as I said, too weird not to photograph.
So Lucy, Chuck, and Patty, whoever you are, this one’s for you!
Tuesday Tidbits
I’ve been updating lots of photos, so be sure to check them out. Tonight, I uploaded two photos of me in my new glasses:
I’m disappointed that you can’t see how truly cool they are in the photo. The frames are brown, but they have a sort of lavender tinge to them. I am pleased. I got lectured by the optometrist, because it’s been way too long since I had my eyes checked.
This is not new, but I have a pterygium on my right eye. (Jen, you probably don’t want to click!) It’s small, and it is not interfering with my vision in any way, so I’m told that it’s nothing to worry about. You have to be pretty close to my eye to be able to see it. If it ever does become a problem, I can have it removed. (eep!)
I probably paid a bit too much for the glasses, because I let them talk me into upgrading the lenses to the anti-glare, scratch-resistant ones. I did not get contacts this time, but I’ll probably go back for them sometime before the wedding (I wear them very, very infrequently).
Anyway, let’s see what’s up around teh intarwebs…
Apparently, the Sweet Valley High books are being reissued. (via Pop Culture Junk Mail) Question is, do the publishers think kids are going to go for this? Or are they for us thirtysomethings who read them as tweens?
It took me a long time to realize this (uh, Jen had to point it out to me), but I was mentioned in jen14221’s last “Buffalo Blogs” column in the Spree. It’s not online, but I took some photos!
Also getting shout-outs were some of my favorite bloggers…Samantha, Mild Mannered Blogger, and Christine.
My
has begun its annual fundraising drive, which means, of course, address labels! I like the new labels–they have photographs of some campus landmarks, and they’re very cute.
(those are just stickers. The actual labels actually have my address…)
And my final tidbit…this past weekend has been “blast from the past” weekend! I got three friend requests/contacts on facebook. The first was from a guy I went to grade school with. He moved back to England with his family in middle school. Hi, Colin!
The others were from a couple of fellow Alleghenians…one was good friends with my ex, K. Hi, Mike! And Reid, well, I didn’t even expect him to remember who I was. Hi, Reid!
(Are you on facebook and not friends with me yet? Click here!)
Weekend wrap-up
It was a pretty low-key weekend, and that’s fine by me. Friday evening, I met Rand for dinner in the city. We ended up going to Mythos on Elmwood. I ordered soup with my meal–they were out of the lemon chicken rice, so I went with the Italian wedding soup. What I got didn’t resemble any Italian wedding soup I’ve ever seen. It had a chicken broth base, and it had meatballs in it. That was about it.
My meal (some sort of chicken and pasta dish that was on the specials menu) was pretty good, but I don’t think it agreed with me.
On Saturday, we met up with John at IHoP, a place I go approximately once a year. This *is* the time of year to do it, though, because Pumpkin Pancakes! I was a little grumpy (it was too crowded and too cold, and our server annoyed me more than once), but the pancakes were good.
Came home and hung the new sheers on the window, which arrived in like two days! Awesome.
Rand and I stopped at a thrift store, and I picked up a couple of paperbacks. One of them was this book, (one of my favorite childhood books) in fantastic condition:
but that’s not all!
I don’t know who Christine is, or why she didn’t want this anymore, but it’s mine now!
Speaking of signed copies, I’m very pleased to have this:
I have awesome friends…
Sunday, we had Ookla-related stuff to attend to–a comics/memorabilia show at the Millennium Hotel. The guys played a few songs and sold a few CDs.
And today is still part of my weekend…I’ve been keeping busy shopping, doing laundry, and reading. And now, I’m about to go have an eye exam…something I’m long overdue for.
Finally, just a note of thanks to all the veterans out there.
I may add to this later, but that’ll do for now. Gotta run!