Monthly Archive for September, 2004

The acronyms of my life.

Published on September 21, 2004 in Daily Rambling. Closed

Porter and I share a friend that we call PP. This is short for poopy pants… don’t ask me how he earned this title because I am not even sure. Now PP, for some reason, unbeknownst to me, refers to things by acronym, but only as of late. For instance, when we got together to watch “How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days”, the emails preceding the actual viewing referred to the movie as: HTLAGITD. I admit, it is easier to type those 8 measly letters than the whole movie title, but if you aren’t let in on the new “my life is an acronym” style, then you have no idea what movie you are going to watch.

This morning I received an email from PP with the subject CLD. Now, I am used to his acronym-based communication and I only hope that somewhere in the body of the email he explains to me what the hell he is talking about. But before I venture into the content of the email, I give myself a few guesses as to what he might be referring to: Controlled Liver Disorder? Cow Lick Disease? Is he sending me an email about the Cat Loving Danish? Okay… I give… What is he talking about?!?! Country Line Dancing. Yeehaw! I can only hope that he was inviting me to go tonight and not last night, ’cause I would LOVE to see his poopy pants boot-scoot boogie. Plus I haven’t line danced since my grandma broke her hip (it happened a long time ago and she is fully recovered now, don’t worry)!

I am gracefully step-ball-changing my way back to work…. =)

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Freak rain.

Published on September 20, 2004 in Crafty, Daily Rambling and family ties. Closed

I was in Berkeley over the weekend. When I was leaving on Sunday morning, I thought that a water main had busted because the streets were flooded. Then I come to find out that it was not a water main break, but a terrential downpour that I somehow missed while holed up in the lab. I was driving through 8 inches of water trying to get out of town! It was crazy. What made the rain “freaky” was that it rained in some places and not in others. I am not talking a distance of 30 miles between places. I am talking distances of 10 miles or less. Like Sacramento flooded, but Davis didn’t even see a drop of rain. But I am thankful because it was about 30-40 degrees cooler yesterday and today! I will have to check out the weather and see how long “they” think it will last.

I missed Winemonkey’s sister’s wedding. She wanted me to make their wedding cake at one point, but I got booted from the baker position when I was going to have to work. =( I am going to get to make a birthday cake for a party on Saturday. The birthday girl loves chocolate, so I was just going to make the flourless chocolate cake that chocolate lovers seem to love. I was also going to make her some soap. Depending on how I feel this week, I might go out and get some crafty supplies to make some more magnets… I love it and it is so addicting! I will have to take some pictures of the ones Porter and I made this weekend.

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Look out step aerobics… here I come!

Published on September 16, 2004 in Dissing the dissertation and I'm healthy. Closed

I lent my sister the Body For Life book. Her last decision was that she would try the workout portion of the program, but that she wasn’t going to do the nutritional part. I couldn’t argue against it because no matter how hard I try, it is impossible for me to eat “cleanly” for more than 3 days in a row. I decided that on Monday I am going to start my second challenge. The focus of my first challenge was weight lifting, because I always liked doing it, but I never did it with any focus. This challenge is going to be about incorporating aerobics and yoga into the set. I don’t like being on the treadmill or elliptical trainer so I have decided to add a suite of aerobic-like classes to my schedule. I know that this isn’t exactly what Bill had in mind, but working out in a group (at least when it comes to aerobics) keeps me motivated. Not only that, but I have some severe poundage to lose and I think that it would be hard for me to overkill the aerobic portion of my workout. So look out step aerobics, here I come!

In other news, I am gearing down for the next couple of days so that when it comes time for the mother of all 24 hour shifts on Saturday, I am prepared. It is times like these when I become envious of ANY ONE who has made it through medical school. During the next few days I am going to be getting an outline for my paper together… yes… you read that correctly… my very first publication! Woohoo!

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I just flew in and boy are my arms tired.

Published on September 10, 2004 in Daily Rambling and Dissing the dissertation. Closed

I am finally back at my desk. I never thought I would say that I am happy to be here, but that is EXACTLY how I feel. No more hauling equipment around CA, no more climbing on rooftops.

Lately I have not been feeling up to socializing. It is strange because I am usually all about it. Yesterday afternoon I honestly spent 4 hours organizing my MP3s instead of going out into the world. After going to the gym, I went to grocery store and ran into an old friend. I had a hard time having conversation with him. No eye contact, no good openers for the talk… it was strange and so totally not like me. I wonder if this happens to everyone.

Anyway. Hopefully I will be back to my perky normal self sometime soon.

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Doing it my way.

Published on September 9, 2004 in Daily Rambling and Dissing the dissertation. Closed

The past two days have been nothing but proof that if you don’t do it yourself, things never get done. So I have been piecing together metal framework and samples, as well as repairing broken pieces and going on hunts in a metal storage bin that sits out in the hot sun all day. It has been in the low hundred’s the past few days. And I have been wearing long sleeved shirts because the samplers that I am working with are made out of fiberglass. BLEH!

Suzie Q is leaving in 2 days. We watched the Imposters last night and had pink grapefruit martinis. It was nice. I am going to miss her so much when she is gone, but at least we are making the most of it while she is here. I sent her home with a almost full case of wine last night. Tonight we are getting martinis and tomorrow a small group of us are going out dancing. WooHoo!

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Crush.

Published on September 7, 2004 in Daily Rambling, do re me-usic and Me and my Winemonkey. Closed

I saw Galactic at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma on Friday. They ROCKED! I missed the opener, That 1 Guy, who apparently also kicked ass. There is a video for one of his songs and a news clip about what he does at this website. Anyway – I hadn’t seen live music in forever so it was great to get out and enjoy life.

Crush is starting. No more weekends free for winemonkey. He starts his long days, six days a week now. =( No more Saturdays laying in bed, thinking about what it is going to be like when Crush starts. But on the flip side, I will get more time to be “crafty”… and not in the Beastie Boys sort of way either! This is the time of year where I get my christmas presents started and make some clothes. Perhaps Porter and I will even get back into soap making. Whatever the months ahead hold, I look forward to them. Even if it includes moving fiberglass boxes full of air sampling equipment…. in 100+ degree weather… Okay. Maybe not that. But that is what I get to do today.

This weekend I made lamb curry for dinner with naan, kick ass pink grapefruit martinis, crepes with a savory chicken filling, and chocolate-peanutbutter sundaes. How much of this is BFL approved? NONE OF IT! And I didn’t choke on a single swallow. Thanks BFL gods!

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