not for me.
i mean really something that hot should be against the law
*don't get me wrong, i love me some justin timberlake as much as the next guy (and i do mean guy) but here he is not doing it for me.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
an another thing
yall is it really that hard to choose between the pillsbury dough boy* and ms. mchottymangrooves?
not for me.
i mean really something that hot should be against the law
*don't get me wrong, i love me some justin timberlake as much as the next guy (and i do mean guy) but here he is not doing it for me.
not for me.
i mean really something that hot should be against the law
*don't get me wrong, i love me some justin timberlake as much as the next guy (and i do mean guy) but here he is not doing it for me.
paging dr. troka, paging dr. troka
the day after aly, nic, and ro left, jes and i made the long trek on the A train to JFK airport to catch a plane to Atlanta.
we got to the airport with plenty of time but were taken aback at the anger hissing from most people. because of the terrible weather in the midwest, and then later along the eastern seaboard, lots and lots of folks had been in the airport for a really long time. people were yelling and shoving and pushing. it was bonkers.
we finally made it through security and set ourselves up in some of these recliner like massage chairs. you put in a dollar and it gives you this amazing back massage. i loved it. jes didn't love it. here is a picture of jes in her chair:
our flight was supposed to leave at 5:40pm. we got on the plane about 6:30 when they told us that we were ready to go but all we needed was our pilots. long story short, four hours later (for reals), after many lies, some snacks, the movie "man of the year" (not good) and (thank god) a vodka and tonic, they cancelled the flight. we were off the flight and in line to re-book at 11pm. we were about twelve people back from the front. we got up to the agent at 2am at which time he re-booked us for a flight that was scheduled to leave at 11am on thursday morning. the idea of having to take a two hour train ride home made us both cry a little so we called a car and we were home in our beds, with our kitties by 3am. our alarm went off at 8am, the car got us at 9am and we were back at the gate for our re-booked flight at 10:30am. we boarded the plane at
12:30pm, sat there until 3:30pm and finally touched down in Atlanta at 6:00pm or so. we got our rental car (PT cruiser yall) and headed to el myr. there i had the best fish burrito in the world and could only drink one pint of PBR b/c I was so tired.
Now we had planned this trip so i could TURN IN MY DISSERTATION and so that jes could use the career services at the law school at emory to search for a summer internship in Atlanta. I had planned on gathering all my signatures on Thursday, but that all had to be re-scheduled for Friday since I spent most of Thursday sitting on a plane or in an airport. I was a little bit nervous b/c my advisor was leaving town for the weekend on Friday afternoon, but I kept a postitive attitude and hoped for the best. jes had pretty much mapped out the day in an hour by hour schedule. i love her for that. we first went to java monkey to meet up with my advisor, dr. kim to get her signature. jes let me know what time we had to leave there to get to our next appt. on time. here is a picture of dr. kim and me:
she was so chill about everything and after she signed four thousand copies of shit, she made me stand up and she held my hands and then she said all this nice stuff that made me squirm and then cry and even jes teared up. it was nice. i am really excited b/c she and saralyn are going to hood me at graduation and neither of them have done that before. GO TEAM!
next we were off to layli's house to get her signatures. her house smelled of satsuma so i was instantly invigorated. we got her signatures, chatted briefly, and then headed off to our next meeting. but not before we took this pic:
as we drove away, jes briefed me on our next stop and said "i feel like we are on the amazing race." and race, we did, back to campus where jes stopped off at the law school and i went to a doctor's appointment. of course we got there just on time and i got stuck behind this fucknut in the parking deck that SERIOUSLY was going one mile an hour. jes said she was going to unleash some of her pent up flight delay rage on them, but luckily, we found a spot and headed out.
after my appt. i met up with jes, and we headed to get my third and final signature from saralyn. she was real cute too and said she really liked my diss. i was like "would you tell me if you didn't like it?" and she said "i wouldn't be signing off on it if i didn't like it." so that was nice. she is the head of the office of lgbt life on campus so we made sure our picture together was totally gay:
i've got a pretty good looking committee, don't i? they are smart too.
so that was the easy part, sort of. next up was a woman named queen. she is the woman who works in the graduate school and who you turn your five copies of your dissertation into. i was very worried about queen. i pictured her pulling out a ruler and when she found my margins were wrong, she would hit me with it. of course, none of that happened. i had all the right forms signed in all the right ways and all the right copies and after i filled out some other paperwork, she took my diss. simple as pie. here is a picture of her, jes and me:
after she took all the copies off my hands i really wanted to kiss her on the mouth, but i don't think she rolls that way. now i guess the dean of the graduate school still needs to sign off on it, so they could demand that i reprint some pages or something, but for the most part I AM DONE WITH MY PH.D.
can i get an amen?
amen.
i graduate in may. i can't wait.
i don't remember what we did after that, but later on in the day, we met up with christina and nikki for some celebratory salsa and margaritas at taqueria del sol. then we went back to sarah and kim's and chilled. here is a picture of their dog ruthie engaging in a little interspecies love with the stuffed animal we got her:
overall, it was a great trip. i got to see lots of folks i love, and turning in the diss has taken a load off my mind. but honestly, i don't feel any different and i still have no job come wednesday even though i do have a ph.d.
oh bother.
on a happier note: last night jes made the most divine snack and so simple: a bartlett pear cut in half and cored. drizzle honey on it and top wiht walnuts. SO DELISH- try it!
we got to the airport with plenty of time but were taken aback at the anger hissing from most people. because of the terrible weather in the midwest, and then later along the eastern seaboard, lots and lots of folks had been in the airport for a really long time. people were yelling and shoving and pushing. it was bonkers.
we finally made it through security and set ourselves up in some of these recliner like massage chairs. you put in a dollar and it gives you this amazing back massage. i loved it. jes didn't love it. here is a picture of jes in her chair:
our flight was supposed to leave at 5:40pm. we got on the plane about 6:30 when they told us that we were ready to go but all we needed was our pilots. long story short, four hours later (for reals), after many lies, some snacks, the movie "man of the year" (not good) and (thank god) a vodka and tonic, they cancelled the flight. we were off the flight and in line to re-book at 11pm. we were about twelve people back from the front. we got up to the agent at 2am at which time he re-booked us for a flight that was scheduled to leave at 11am on thursday morning. the idea of having to take a two hour train ride home made us both cry a little so we called a car and we were home in our beds, with our kitties by 3am. our alarm went off at 8am, the car got us at 9am and we were back at the gate for our re-booked flight at 10:30am. we boarded the plane at
12:30pm, sat there until 3:30pm and finally touched down in Atlanta at 6:00pm or so. we got our rental car (PT cruiser yall) and headed to el myr. there i had the best fish burrito in the world and could only drink one pint of PBR b/c I was so tired.
Now we had planned this trip so i could TURN IN MY DISSERTATION and so that jes could use the career services at the law school at emory to search for a summer internship in Atlanta. I had planned on gathering all my signatures on Thursday, but that all had to be re-scheduled for Friday since I spent most of Thursday sitting on a plane or in an airport. I was a little bit nervous b/c my advisor was leaving town for the weekend on Friday afternoon, but I kept a postitive attitude and hoped for the best. jes had pretty much mapped out the day in an hour by hour schedule. i love her for that. we first went to java monkey to meet up with my advisor, dr. kim to get her signature. jes let me know what time we had to leave there to get to our next appt. on time. here is a picture of dr. kim and me:
she was so chill about everything and after she signed four thousand copies of shit, she made me stand up and she held my hands and then she said all this nice stuff that made me squirm and then cry and even jes teared up. it was nice. i am really excited b/c she and saralyn are going to hood me at graduation and neither of them have done that before. GO TEAM!
next we were off to layli's house to get her signatures. her house smelled of satsuma so i was instantly invigorated. we got her signatures, chatted briefly, and then headed off to our next meeting. but not before we took this pic:
as we drove away, jes briefed me on our next stop and said "i feel like we are on the amazing race." and race, we did, back to campus where jes stopped off at the law school and i went to a doctor's appointment. of course we got there just on time and i got stuck behind this fucknut in the parking deck that SERIOUSLY was going one mile an hour. jes said she was going to unleash some of her pent up flight delay rage on them, but luckily, we found a spot and headed out.
after my appt. i met up with jes, and we headed to get my third and final signature from saralyn. she was real cute too and said she really liked my diss. i was like "would you tell me if you didn't like it?" and she said "i wouldn't be signing off on it if i didn't like it." so that was nice. she is the head of the office of lgbt life on campus so we made sure our picture together was totally gay:
i've got a pretty good looking committee, don't i? they are smart too.
so that was the easy part, sort of. next up was a woman named queen. she is the woman who works in the graduate school and who you turn your five copies of your dissertation into. i was very worried about queen. i pictured her pulling out a ruler and when she found my margins were wrong, she would hit me with it. of course, none of that happened. i had all the right forms signed in all the right ways and all the right copies and after i filled out some other paperwork, she took my diss. simple as pie. here is a picture of her, jes and me:
after she took all the copies off my hands i really wanted to kiss her on the mouth, but i don't think she rolls that way. now i guess the dean of the graduate school still needs to sign off on it, so they could demand that i reprint some pages or something, but for the most part I AM DONE WITH MY PH.D.
can i get an amen?
amen.
i graduate in may. i can't wait.
i don't remember what we did after that, but later on in the day, we met up with christina and nikki for some celebratory salsa and margaritas at taqueria del sol. then we went back to sarah and kim's and chilled. here is a picture of their dog ruthie engaging in a little interspecies love with the stuffed animal we got her:
overall, it was a great trip. i got to see lots of folks i love, and turning in the diss has taken a load off my mind. but honestly, i don't feel any different and i still have no job come wednesday even though i do have a ph.d.
oh bother.
on a happier note: last night jes made the most divine snack and so simple: a bartlett pear cut in half and cored. drizzle honey on it and top wiht walnuts. SO DELISH- try it!
Saturday, February 24, 2007
kickin it in the big apple
our time with alyson, nicole and ro ro was really great. we did a lot of stuff, visited places we had not been yet, and got to spend some quality time just hanging out and making dinner and stuff. it was pretty cold the whole time they were here but we worked it out.
so right when they arrived i asked alyson if she liked imogen heap's music. she was like "oh my god, i just stumbled on her music and i LOVE it." and then she told me how one day when she was listening to it at home, ro just started doing this crazy dance to the first song "headlock." the song starts out real slow and then it picks up and really takes off. at the slow beginning, she pushes all her hair in her face and then when it takes off she just starts MOVING. of course, i had to see this first hand. here is a picture of the beginning of the dance:
now you know i can't pass up some dance action, so i got into with her. she was better at it and has a lot more hair than me so that part she definitely did better. by the end of their visit, we had listened to the song about twelve million times. good thing i like it. they arrived on thursday and i think we mostly chilled and got bagels for lunch and pizza for dinner. they got here so early that they were pretty exhausted from leaving their house at the ass crack. it was a nice relaxing day.
on friday we headed to the american museum of natural history. as per usual, ro fell asleep on the train and slept through the first hour of the museum. this gave us some time to just see stuff she might not be thrilled to see. my favorite part was the room with the huge whale that is all dark and blue like its underwater. they have this big screen and they show images of water and sea life. ro was still asleep and shortly thereafter, nicole took a little nap too:
ro woke up in that room and we started looking around. we spent the most time in the dinosaur area. she was really into the bones and the interactive exhibits with video and sound and of course she was READING everything. seriously yall, she is brilliant. she just reads like a maniac. here is a picture of the whole family, and then after that of just nicole and alyson. so cute.
the next day we went to the brooklyn children's museum and jes came with us on this day. i thought the museum was up near grand army plaza in north slope, but i was wrong. luckily, we drove because it was a cold day and we would have had walk some serious blocks. this museum is sort of nestled in maybe prospect heights or crown heights and it is so cool! it is really a hodge podge of all kinds of exhibits but i think ro (and us grown ups) really liked it. we knew there were going to be some special events for the chinese new year, so we excited about that too.
right at the beginning there was an exhibit on like bugs and snakes and stuff. here is a picture of rowan drawing something, maybe a turtle. they had these little benches with easels and pencil sharpeners. adorable.
and here is jes on nemo duty:
they also had this HUGE yellow python in a glass case (which was kind of sad). anywho when we first approached the case, she was kind of just chilling. then alyson came over with rowan and charmed her and she got all up and was smelling the glass:
there was also a music room where you could play different instruments. alyson was playing the tube drums:
while nicole and ro were breaking it down on the xylophones:
now there were two special programs that day. one was learn how to do a chinese yo yo and the other was the chinese lion dance. rowan was all about both. she sat right up front and when they asked for participants she was all over it. here is a picture of her learning how to do the yo yo:
and then here are two pictures of the chinese dragon. the big one is the dude who put on the program, and the little one is ro-ro trying it out for herself. how cute is that?
once it started to warm up, we headed to the park to play. we also went and saw the movie " a night at the museum" which takes place in the natural history museum we had visited a few days earlier. its a pretty funny movie. definitely worth renting on dvd.
at nights after rowan went to sleep we would either watch some tv or, on one night, we introduced nicole and alyson to apples to apples. i think they loved it. both of them were cracking up laughing within five minutes. i am not sure who won. either jes or alyson. they were both talking trash. as per usual, i pretty much sucked at it.
they left out on the beginning of the bad weather so i think they were delayed for many hours at jfk, which sucked, and then once they got to chicago the roads were a mess so driving home was hard too. luckily they made it home safe and sound. we all miss them terribly. except horace. he hid in some secret place for most of their stay.
whew that was a long post. one more to go and then yall are caught up.
so right when they arrived i asked alyson if she liked imogen heap's music. she was like "oh my god, i just stumbled on her music and i LOVE it." and then she told me how one day when she was listening to it at home, ro just started doing this crazy dance to the first song "headlock." the song starts out real slow and then it picks up and really takes off. at the slow beginning, she pushes all her hair in her face and then when it takes off she just starts MOVING. of course, i had to see this first hand. here is a picture of the beginning of the dance:
now you know i can't pass up some dance action, so i got into with her. she was better at it and has a lot more hair than me so that part she definitely did better. by the end of their visit, we had listened to the song about twelve million times. good thing i like it. they arrived on thursday and i think we mostly chilled and got bagels for lunch and pizza for dinner. they got here so early that they were pretty exhausted from leaving their house at the ass crack. it was a nice relaxing day.
on friday we headed to the american museum of natural history. as per usual, ro fell asleep on the train and slept through the first hour of the museum. this gave us some time to just see stuff she might not be thrilled to see. my favorite part was the room with the huge whale that is all dark and blue like its underwater. they have this big screen and they show images of water and sea life. ro was still asleep and shortly thereafter, nicole took a little nap too:
ro woke up in that room and we started looking around. we spent the most time in the dinosaur area. she was really into the bones and the interactive exhibits with video and sound and of course she was READING everything. seriously yall, she is brilliant. she just reads like a maniac. here is a picture of the whole family, and then after that of just nicole and alyson. so cute.
the next day we went to the brooklyn children's museum and jes came with us on this day. i thought the museum was up near grand army plaza in north slope, but i was wrong. luckily, we drove because it was a cold day and we would have had walk some serious blocks. this museum is sort of nestled in maybe prospect heights or crown heights and it is so cool! it is really a hodge podge of all kinds of exhibits but i think ro (and us grown ups) really liked it. we knew there were going to be some special events for the chinese new year, so we excited about that too.
right at the beginning there was an exhibit on like bugs and snakes and stuff. here is a picture of rowan drawing something, maybe a turtle. they had these little benches with easels and pencil sharpeners. adorable.
and here is jes on nemo duty:
they also had this HUGE yellow python in a glass case (which was kind of sad). anywho when we first approached the case, she was kind of just chilling. then alyson came over with rowan and charmed her and she got all up and was smelling the glass:
there was also a music room where you could play different instruments. alyson was playing the tube drums:
while nicole and ro were breaking it down on the xylophones:
now there were two special programs that day. one was learn how to do a chinese yo yo and the other was the chinese lion dance. rowan was all about both. she sat right up front and when they asked for participants she was all over it. here is a picture of her learning how to do the yo yo:
and then here are two pictures of the chinese dragon. the big one is the dude who put on the program, and the little one is ro-ro trying it out for herself. how cute is that?
once it started to warm up, we headed to the park to play. we also went and saw the movie " a night at the museum" which takes place in the natural history museum we had visited a few days earlier. its a pretty funny movie. definitely worth renting on dvd.
at nights after rowan went to sleep we would either watch some tv or, on one night, we introduced nicole and alyson to apples to apples. i think they loved it. both of them were cracking up laughing within five minutes. i am not sure who won. either jes or alyson. they were both talking trash. as per usual, i pretty much sucked at it.
they left out on the beginning of the bad weather so i think they were delayed for many hours at jfk, which sucked, and then once they got to chicago the roads were a mess so driving home was hard too. luckily they made it home safe and sound. we all miss them terribly. except horace. he hid in some secret place for most of their stay.
whew that was a long post. one more to go and then yall are caught up.
why i have been remiss
Really there are a number of reasons, all of them understandable. They are:
1. Alyson, Nicole and Rowan visited and we took in the town.
2. Because of bad weather here in New York and a poor response in general from JFK (the airport not the president), our flight to Atlanta was cancelled on Wednesday and we didn’t get to Atlanta until Thursday night. Lots of fun details about that to follow.
3. I turned in my dissertation to the graduate school and they accepted it, so I guess I am done. Unless I get a call from the dean, I am graduating in May. HOLLA.
So lets just re-cap what the next few posts will cover: aly, nick & ro, why we hated delta for a minute & finishing the diss. It will probably take at least three posts, with pictures of course. So here we go.
Actually before I launch into my time with my peeps, let me tell you quickly about making waffles. One day I noticed that Ali had a waffle maker. I love homemade waffles. Growing up my mom, and then later on in life, my dad would make a triple batch of homemade waffles and freeze them and that would be our breakfast for weeks. Now when Jes and I go to Colorado to see my sister and her family, we often make waffles. So I got the recipe from her and invited Ali over for a waffle extravaganza. Long story short, her waffle maker was for Belgian waffles, my recipe was for regular waffles, so they didn’t turn out great, but they were certainly edible. Here are some photos of Jes and Ali eating waffles. Jes has preserves on hers, Ali has peanut butter and maple syrup on hers (I know, that sounds gross, but you should try it, its pretty good).
and here is just a cute picture of the kitties-- all three of them-- on the kitty condo:
A few weeks later, my nephew Ben (read: his mom, my big sister) sent Jes and I a fancy waffle maker: Belgian on one side, heart shaped regular waffles on the other side. Can’t wait to fire that bad boy up.
ok i am going to make a new post for each new topic.
next topic:
aly, nik and ro in the big apple
1. Alyson, Nicole and Rowan visited and we took in the town.
2. Because of bad weather here in New York and a poor response in general from JFK (the airport not the president), our flight to Atlanta was cancelled on Wednesday and we didn’t get to Atlanta until Thursday night. Lots of fun details about that to follow.
3. I turned in my dissertation to the graduate school and they accepted it, so I guess I am done. Unless I get a call from the dean, I am graduating in May. HOLLA.
So lets just re-cap what the next few posts will cover: aly, nick & ro, why we hated delta for a minute & finishing the diss. It will probably take at least three posts, with pictures of course. So here we go.
Actually before I launch into my time with my peeps, let me tell you quickly about making waffles. One day I noticed that Ali had a waffle maker. I love homemade waffles. Growing up my mom, and then later on in life, my dad would make a triple batch of homemade waffles and freeze them and that would be our breakfast for weeks. Now when Jes and I go to Colorado to see my sister and her family, we often make waffles. So I got the recipe from her and invited Ali over for a waffle extravaganza. Long story short, her waffle maker was for Belgian waffles, my recipe was for regular waffles, so they didn’t turn out great, but they were certainly edible. Here are some photos of Jes and Ali eating waffles. Jes has preserves on hers, Ali has peanut butter and maple syrup on hers (I know, that sounds gross, but you should try it, its pretty good).
and here is just a cute picture of the kitties-- all three of them-- on the kitty condo:
A few weeks later, my nephew Ben (read: his mom, my big sister) sent Jes and I a fancy waffle maker: Belgian on one side, heart shaped regular waffles on the other side. Can’t wait to fire that bad boy up.
ok i am going to make a new post for each new topic.
next topic:
aly, nik and ro in the big apple
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
15 years ago today...
i kissed a girl for the first time
on my roommate joie's bed
in my dorm room
at university of illinois
and i haven't looked back since
fifteen years of lady lovin
praise baby jesus
even if he did let the colts win
on my roommate joie's bed
in my dorm room
at university of illinois
and i haven't looked back since
fifteen years of lady lovin
praise baby jesus
even if he did let the colts win
Saturday, February 03, 2007
a letter to baby jesus
dear sweet baby jesus:
chillin in your golden baby robe with your blue and orange bears onesie underneath
please help sexy rexy throw lots of hail mary (in tribute to your momma) passes that other bears dudes catch for touchdowns
please also help sexy rexy not get sacked too much. i hate when that happens.
also, babyjesus, can you help the bears defensive line (is that right?) sack that manning guy a lot. watching our opponents quarterback get sacked is fun.
i know you are going to be real busy this weekend and all with the tornado in florida that happened recently, but if you could just give da bears your blessing, i'd really appreciate it.
have a great saturday baby jesus.
love,
donna
chillin in your golden baby robe with your blue and orange bears onesie underneath
please help sexy rexy throw lots of hail mary (in tribute to your momma) passes that other bears dudes catch for touchdowns
please also help sexy rexy not get sacked too much. i hate when that happens.
also, babyjesus, can you help the bears defensive line (is that right?) sack that manning guy a lot. watching our opponents quarterback get sacked is fun.
i know you are going to be real busy this weekend and all with the tornado in florida that happened recently, but if you could just give da bears your blessing, i'd really appreciate it.
have a great saturday baby jesus.
love,
donna
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