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You’re not ready for this :)

MERCH IN MY MAILBOX TODAY!!!

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“And what happens if people stop buying the Merch merch?” (/flip hat inside out)

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FLESHREAPER!!

You’re awesome, Doddsy – I pranced around in front of the mirror for a full five minutes admiring my new silly hat. :)

Ahhh, so here I am, eh! To catch up:

October something, 2009: LA County Fair! Pictures here. It was a good time. We ate much oily food and petted many smelly animals.

October something, later, 2009: Las Vegas and Death Valley! Pictures here. In Vegas, we were on budget with gambling, saw cats and dogs perform amazing feats in Popovich’s Pet Comedy Theatre, and ate several buffet meals (including breakfast in the atrium at the Wynn). Death Valley was very windy, but quite lovely. And yes, I did manage to use my portable shower tent. It worked splendidly, except for the part where it was sort of against the rules of the campground and Curt had to keep an eye out for the ranger. ;) I used biodegradable soap, though, so it’s not like I was hurting anything… On the way back to civilization, we stopped by the Mt. Whitney Portal, Manzanar, and Fossil Falls. Great trip!

October 30, 2009: We dressed up as monkeys for the Hoang family Halloween karaoke party. Pictures here and here. Also, we found out my brother Wonk and sister-in-law Powla are expecting a spawnling! :) I’m going to be an auntie!!

There are also some random cute cat-related pictures here and here and here.

Curt accidentally dropped my Blackberry in the cat water bowl about a week ago, but it’s made a full recovery. I couldn’t be too mad, since I did accidentally throw his phone in the dumpster that one time… ;)

I’ve had a sore throat for about a month. Hopefully the doctor can fix it on Tuesday, as it hurts and the gargling has done nothing!

Off on an impromptu trip this weekend – just a tent, an empty cooler, and some clothes, and off to the wild blue yonder! Or, at least, freeways relatively unfamiliar.

We’re going to start looking for a house in the next few months. I’m excited, but also mildly terrified and full of anxiety. Good thing I have this new Merch hat to keep me occupied…

That’s that! Time for bed. /waves

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La semaine derniere

7/11/2009 Yes, but can he moonwalk?

The Vietnamese passage goes okay, my sister forgets her garter and we buy a replacement in a goth store across the street from the restaurant. It is black with a skull-like cameo on it: fitting for the horde. My new brother-in-law performs what is quite possibly the most amazing groom dance EVAR. It’s a great wedding. :) More photos here.

7/12/2009 I can’t has okapi?

(See above!)

Curt, Ai, and I go to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The heat nearly melts our brains. Ai pokes a lion in the butt, I feed some lorikeets, and have a hyrax sit on my shoulder. We rock out to Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon. More photos here!

7/13/2009 The truth is out there

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We go to the pet store and buy a cat fountain. Curt puts our money where his mouth is and we buy some dog-biscuit cookies and perform a blind taste test. Curt is only able to tell the difference between the dog-biscuit cookies and the generic Stater Brother’s cookies half the time. The lesson here is that Stater Brothers sells dog-biscuit cookie-a-likes. You’ve been warned.

7/15/2009 Harry Potter and the Filler Plot Between #5 and #7

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Ai and I go see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I find it lackluster, and Ai is disappointed. Very little sparkle. Hopefully the 7s are better. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs looks fun, though! I start doing my 10-Minute Trainer. Tony Horton is kicking my ass, but he’s surprisingly likeable.

7/16/2009 Go 66ers!

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Curt and I go see the Inland Empire 66-ers, the Dodger’s A affiliate. Bernie the mascot beast is a poor man’s Philliy’s Phanatic, but it’s a good time. I learn how to keep score at a baseball game.

7/17/2009 So long, farewell

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Clyde goes to his new home and I’m a little sad. I talk Curt into letting me keep Clementine on an outdoor-cat basis. Now only to talk him into letting me keep the other two…

Happy weekend! ;)

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It’s a wonderful life

1/12/09: Appropriate edits have been made. ;)

In 2008, I:

  1. Got married!
  2. Honeymooned in Britain.
  3. Kayaked with sharks! for the first time.
  4. Had real sushi.
  5. Tried Pacific salmon.
  6. Went to Joshua Tree National Park for the first time.
  7. Tried 11 new cheeses: Gouda, Cantalet, Brie, Muenster, Gorgonzola, Mascarpone, Fontina, Edam, Jarlsberg, Babybel, Goat Cheese. The best of these was Fontina.
  8. Read 67 Books, the best of which was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
  9. Watched 56 Movies, the best of which was On The Waterfront.
  10. Successfully read more books than watched movies.
  11. Finished Bioshock, Fatal Frame II, and Fable II.
  12. Made myself an elf costume.
  13. Started volunteering.

In 2009, I’m going to:

  1. Lose at least 20 pounds.
  2. Read at least 100 books.
  3. Stick to our new and exciting severe budget!
  4. Be able to run 6 miles non-stop and not want to die.
  5. Upload photos to Flickr at least once a month; take photos in manual.Take a picture a week, and upload it to Flickr.
  6. Write 3 pages 100 words a week.
  7. Weigh myself everyday.
  8. Visit Death Valley National Park.
  9. Try 10 more cheeses.
  10. Go on two big trips.
  11. Finish Moby Dick or 100 Years of Solitude.
  12. Do something new everyday.

Happy new year. :)

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Duuuuuuuuude!!1!!!, Part II

I have the most brilliant idea for the wedding, and it’s all thanks to this fellow here:


See, about a year and a half ago, I attended a murder mystery live action role playing thing in Big Bear. The host of the evening had rented out a mansion in Big Bear to accomodate the people there for the event. While looking for venues tonight, and despairing slightly over the massive amounts of planning and fussing it would take considering the small number of people we’re planning on inviting to the wedding, I ran across a similar rental website, and it’s perfect! It’ll be a snug house party, with plenty to keep people occupied, and very informal, which I love. There’ll also be tons to do nearby, since it’s Big Bear, AND we’ll be able to stick to our budget, since we can spend everything after the rental fee on yummy foods to feed everyone!

If this works out, I’ll be totally stoked. It feels more like our personality than a big, formal wedding – plus, now I can have activities. ACTIVITIES.

BAHAHAHA!

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IExploitKitties.Com

BAHAAH, mah kitties are so cute!




The girthy women upstairs are jumping up and down again. They are generally quiet, but something about this time of night makes them frisky. Maybe they are hunting something, like night panthers.

I bought a hand vac today, and then promptly had a fight with Curt over it. The instruction manual said it had to be plugged in for at LEAST 20 hours before use, and didn’t that balmy redhead I live with up and try to unplug it after three hours! LUNACY! MADNESS! SHENANIGANS!

Shortly afterwards, I realized that sometimes I am insane around – you know – that time of – you know! We are friends again.

I also had soda (rare craving), cleaned the apartment, messed it back up, and then iTunes-ed some Guitar Hero II songs, “Veteran of the Psychic Wars” by Blue Oyster Cult, Lily Allen’s album, and ALMOST bought the title song of St. Elmo’s Fire.

It’s 1:19. I have no desire to go to bed.

1:34 now. Hrm.

1:37. The women upstairs are still making noise. Don’t they know I need it quiet to blog!

1:39. I am useful: I’ve just looked up the lyrics to “Sex Farm” by Spinal Tap.

1:46. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I think I smell cat poo.

1:48. Large rumbling from upstairs. Maybe they are planning a repeat of the time the daughter woke everyone up at 3:28 in the morning screaming at her boyfriend to get the hell out of the apartment and the police had to come to keep her from beating his face in.

1:51. How do I know if it’s love? I can’t tell you, but it lasts forever! Na na na na…!

1:59. Did I ever tell you guys Curt owns Phil Collins’ Greatest Hits? BAHAHA.

2:28. Oh, the allure of minutiae! Alas, to bed.

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Show And Tell

We finished Rome this weekend. So amazing, so beautiful, so gritty, so full of boobs. It really was a great series – highly recommended. I can’t think of the last time I enjoyed a female character as much as Polly Walker’s Atia. And Pullo! Oh, Pullo…! ;)

Behold, I am geek: here is my new darling, flying the proud colors of the Horde.

And, as threatened: behold the jousting adventure at Blizzcon!

Bon Voyage to Sheena!

Various trips to San Diego with Curt and Curt kins.

I’ve also managed to finish uploading my photos to Flickr!

That’s all for now. See choo later.

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“You know – things, life, whatnot.”

Here we are at the end of a three-day weekend. Except for a slightly gross sick spell on Sunday (Happy Birthday, Chief!) which left me napping for five hours in the middle of the day, this weekend was a good one. On Saturday, the usual suspects congregated at Brother Wonkses’ for meats…

…and Balderdash. (Alcohol added for extra gameplay vim.) Basically, you make up bogus definitions of words with the intention of making the other teams believe you. Behold the best (and worst) Balderdashery of the night:

flews: a term describing the process by which prostitutes’ spelling degrades

mamamouchi: what Father Mouchi wants a piece of

morpunkee: punkier than it used to be

oikofugic: the ancient pig-passing-on ritual where the pig is led to Mt. Fuji to pass on OR centrifugal method for separation of swine from pearls

Leo Hirshfield: adopted brother of Joseph Stalin…Hirshfield

I’ve also gone Flickr mad. Once upon a time, I refused to use Flickr because I could not seemlessly embed it into my blog. Now, I just don’t care, and all the photos that have been sitting on my computer for the last five years will be uploaded for perusal.

On a cleverly introspective and poignant note –

Oh, wait, we don’t do that around here any more.

Bugger me timbers – I’m off to bed. Happy Tuesday to all you sorry Dilberts that leave vacation tomorrow. I salute you and commiserate: mine, too, is the hard trek to work tomorrow.

/wave