Make new friends
But keep the old
One is silver
And the other’s gold
Day 14-Friendship
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Meet Seanan
I know many of you don’t need to be introduced to my dear friend Seanan McGuire, but for those of you who do…I’d like to spend some time telling you how awesome she is.
(Seanan will occasionally try to eat your face. Do not be alarmed.)
Musical nostalgia
So, I’ve been feeling all music-nostalgic lately. Every few days, I seem to be buying some new-old music for my collection and adding it to my iPod.
This is my current favorite old-new purchase:
I’ve also picked up:
- Strike it Up (Black Box)
- Poison (Bell Biv Devoe)
- Motownphilly (Boyz II Men)
- Connected (Stereo MCs)
- Unbelievable (EMF)
- Rump Shaker (Wreckz-n-Effect)
- Inside Out (Eve 6…one of these things is not like the others…)
I also purchased a Salt-n-Pepa greatest hits CD.
Then today, I saw this posted on a friend’s facebook. (sorry, I tried to embed the videos, but they didn’t cooperate…)
I’m going to be indulging my musical nostalgia a bit more in the coming months, as All Things Jennifer has put me in charge of the soundtrack for some of her pre-wedding festivities. YAY! (I’ve already started making a playlist…)
Week in review, part 1
Wow, it’s been kinda crazy around here this week. I spent the early part of the week mostly recovering from the wild weekend of two weddings. Wedding #1 was in Syracuse–we drove out Friday night and hung out with my family. There was a Tully’s right across the street from the hotel, so we spent a lot of time there, eating and drinking way too much.
I wasn’t in a great position to get decent pictures at the ceremony or the reception, but my dad got some good ones. He’s been uploading them to facebook, so perhaps I will snag some of them there.
I did get to wear my awesome vintage dress:
(looking at these pics, I really need a haircut.)
We left the reception at around 10 to head home to Buffalo so that we could get some sleep before waking up early Sunday morning to drive to Cleveland for wedding #2!
We made it there in good time, and enjoyed our first Greek Orthodox wedding ceremony. The bride, as she had always promised, walked down the aisle to an arrangement of “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” played on the organ. Most of my pictures are up at flickr (except for some reception pics that I didn’t edit yet).
Stephanie looked fabulous in her RED wedding gown! I had a great time catching up with some people I hadn’t seen in quite a while. And even though we were exhausted, I stuck it out until the very end of the reception and the ceremonial playing of “American Pie” (it’s a sorority thing). I’m glad I did–even though that song seems so much longer than it used to!
Oh, and Stephanie’s reception had a photo booth. Way cool, and lots of fun. 
Congratulations and best wishes Niki and Josh, and Stephanie and Brent!
Here I go again
So, remember how I talked about wanting to (among other things) see Mamma Mia! (again) at Shea’s this February?
Well, yesterday Rand came home holding two tickets for the February 13 show.
And how did this fabulous turn of events come to be? Well apparently a good while back, Adam asked Rand if the two of us would like to join him and his fiancee Jolene for the show. Rand said he thought that would be swell, and Adam and Jolene gave us the tickets for Christmas. Rand, however, wanted to surprise me and waited until now to tell me–so he could be sure I didn’t make alternate plans. Or buy tickets for Mamma Mia! 
This will be my third time, but Rand’s first (apart from seeing the movie). Many, many thanks to Adam and Jolene for the awesome gift. Squee!
Sooooooo busy…
I have to read both A Raisin in the Sun and Of Mice and Men within the next week.
We have open house tonight.
Interim grades have to be in tomorrow, and I still have a bunch of essays to grade.
I wrote six discipline referrals today.
Thankfully, I’m giving a test in two of my classes tomorrow…that should be a good opportunity for me to get some things accomplished.
In other news…I received an issue of The Martha (TM: Eden) in my mailbox yesterday, courtesy of Jen!
I’ve been told to keep watching my mailbox, so who knows what the mailman will bring me next? Stay tuned, and thanks, Jen!
What I’ve been up to
It’s clear that I’m never going to get around to writing about all of the things I’ve been up to recently, so here is a bullet-point list in no particular order:
- Went to see The Dark Knight. I didn’t like it as much as the rest of the world did, but neither did I dislike it. Rand thought Heath Ledger’s Joker voice was a little too Al Franken, and Christian Bale’s Batman voice drove me, um…batty. I thought the ending monologue was kind of stupid.
- Visited with the Huths in Houghton, which was lovely. You can see my most recent flickr photos, which are of their yard/garden, and their adorable daughter.
- Attended the wedding of Rand’s cousin.
- Went to a family anniversary party out near Syracuse.
- Watched some movies (and other fun stuff) with the nifty new Roku, from Netflix.
- Survived a whole week of school, including schedule changes out the wazoo, broken copiers, and other mishaps.
- Added a bunch of books to my “to-read” pile, but made little progress.
- Also saw Tropic Thunder–hardly brilliant, but quite amusing.
There’s probably more, but that’s all I’ve got for now…
Overwhelmed
And a teeny bit weepy…
Rand and I were the recipients of a virtual shower, organized by Jen. We got lots of awesome virtual loot, as well as heartfelt wishes, silly cartoons, and lots and lots of love.
Many thanks to Jen, Thomas, Debbie, Eden (aka Sallie), Jam, Deoris, Theryn, Shannon, Jen, Sonya, Luis & Alisa, Jen’s lil’ brother and SIL, Stephanie, BuffaloJenn, Tony & vixy, and khaosworks. I think that’s everyone.
You are all amazing. We love you guys.
Happy housewarming
Unpacking has been keeping us quite busy…but I at least wanted to post these photos of the adorable (and delicious) housewarming gift sent by Debbie, Jodi, and Allison (aka Urban Tapestry):
YUM! Tasty, tasty chocolate covered strawberries. Thanks again, guys!
Friday photos
I finally got around to uploading the photos that were on my camera. I have no idea why it took me so long.
This is from (I think) when Rand and I went out to Korea House with John. We were amused by the chopsticks that were labeled “CHOP STICK,” just in case there was any question as to what they were.
And here’s a close-up.
This is from the Fibs/Ookla/other guests show at Nietzche’s a couple of weeks ago. Carl Thiel, who used to be one of the Fibs but really only does guest appearances with them now, did a short solo set.
Rand and Adam performing. (I couldn’t really see Wolfram from where I was sitting. Sorry, Wolfram!)
One of the professors at D’Youville brought his two little girls, who are big Ookla fans. Aren’t they the cutest?
I also uploaded a couple of photos of my wedding invitations preparing to be mailed. You have to be logged in to flickr (and marked one of my friends) to see them. More on this over at the wedding blog.