May 30, 2008

Complete Randomness

I heard a great quote this week. "You may be entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts."

If only things were that simple.

Things have been slow at work. I spend my days waiting for my Southwest Ding to go off. I'm looking for cheap plane tickets for late summer. Not to Tulsa, unfortunately.

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May 28, 2008

On Food

We had a big ol' Memorial Day BBQ/backyard party this past weekend, which was a ton of fun. The menu was the usual, burgers and brats and a few healthy sides. I actually resisted the temptation of burgers, though I did have a brat. I've eliminated cow from my diet, though not yet pig, chicken, etc. One step at a time, right?

Because my recent slide back towards vegetarianism is two fold, both ethical, health, and environmental in nature, I've been much softer on the eating of things like venison, humanely raised meat, and a few other items. Ostrich is one of those things I can almost condone eating, partly because it's such a healthy meat. I don't know too much about the ins and outs of the environmental impact of raising ostrich, but it can't possibly be as damaging as the raising of cows. If I wanted to do the research, now there's ostrich.com for all your ostrich-as-livestock related questions or needs. Although there is something a little ghoulish about buying burgers, handbags, masks, and feathers on the same website. You could have a hell of a Mardi Gras cookout though, and there is something to be said for nothing going to waste.

I have actually eaten ostrich. I'm trying to remember if I've ever had burgers; I remember them being about $20 a pound at our local health food market in grad school, but I did eat ostrich filet while we were in Las Vegas on vacation a few years ago. It was really really good. I didn't check shipping rates, but it seems from the ostrich.com website that prices have come down considerably on ostrich meat. I already worry about what my child tells people at school about our home life, I can only imagine if I start feeding her exotic meats. Sigh.

Maybe I need to retire somewhere and become an ostrich rancher. One can dream, right?

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April 15, 2008

Weird, Funny, and a Little Bit Creepy

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March 22, 2008

Happy Easter!

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January 02, 2008

New Year's Resolutions

1. Draw more at work
2. Draw more at home
3. Draw more, even if it's pointless doodles
4. Try to improve my attention span
5. Quit being so angry
6. Be angrier
7. What was this list about?

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December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas to All...

And to All a Good Night.

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November 16, 2007

He Says He Loves Me, But...

Adam sent me this last week:

It is quite possibly the most diabolical iteration of Sudoku ever perpetrated upon mankind. I am already addicted to Sudoku, but this has caused me to stop reading periodicals at the breakfast table and take it with me throughout the house to work on at every opportunity. It's called "Shogun Sudoku" and consists of 11 interlocking sudoku matrices that must be worked simultaneously. As you can see, the thing has been through the wringer. Multiple erasures have cause the paper to nearly wear through in spots, and then the other night it was dropped in the bathtub while I was getting the Bug's evening bath ready. She keeps reminding me that I need to fix the tear with tape.

Luckily, this morning I found a solution online. I've erased everything and restarted so many times now that I feel ok with checking my work against the solution when I hit a snag. I don't feel like it's cheating because I don't copy answers from the solution, I just erase the squares that are incorrect and then keep going.

I might just finish this one day, but then I'll have to swear off sudoku for a while.

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November 04, 2007

A Little Cheer

Somehow, buying striped tights seems to be a cure for the fall blahs.

Yesterday was also nice because Adam and I got to go out on a real-life, honest-to-goodness date. We had dinner at the new restaurant in town, followed by a leisurely stroll through Barnes & Noble (an activity that is *completely* different sans toddler. Before dropping the Bug off for her playdate though, we stopped at the Brauer Museum to check out the current exhibits. The Ellen Lanyon show was fantastic. I absolutely loved her work. And, in the "it's a small world" department, I freaked out when I read that she studied under Mauricio Lasansky at the University of Iowa back in the late '40s—the same artist my BFA advisor at Binghamton University studied with. Probably around the same time, too. Lanyon has been in Chicago for quite some time, but I think you still see some of Lasansky's influences in her printmaking.

So, I suppose my mood has improved somewhat since my last entry, and now I'm really itching to get in the studio. However, my first task is to get clothing on the naked child who is currently running through my house, and go buy her some shoes.

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October 27, 2007

Little Happy Things

Finally things have stopped sucking and are getting back to normal. I am almost over my cold/bronchitis. Sitting here enjoying some Turkish coffee (spiced with cardamom, bought at the awesome Middle Eastern restaurant we ate at on our way home from car buying yesterday. I just downloaded the new Radiohead album, only available from their website and for whatever price you feel like paying, which is sort of an interesting concept. Other little happy things include the sale of one of my little gouache paintings on etsy today. This makes three artworks sold in the last month. I guess I'd better get painting!!!

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August 08, 2007

Lazy Days of Summer

So we headed to the beach again today. I'm trying to enjoy the last of playing hookie while I can. I go full time in September. Unfortunately, we had had storms the night before, so we were all expecting that lovely Lake Michigan would be full of e. coli. Mmmm... pooperiffic. Apparently all kinds of yummy stuff washes into the lake when there are bad storms. The park service tests the water... on Wednesday, and the culture has to go overnight so there aren't results until Thursday. So woe on the Wednesday beachgoer. I found out today that it actually wasn't that bad yesterday. Nice to know in retrospect that I wasn't in any danger of horrific gastrointestinal distress from the handful of wet sand shoved in my mouth accidentally by the Bug when I was trying to get her to sit on the potty in the restroom there. Wheee...

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July 24, 2007

What You've All Been Waiting For

Flygrrl a la Simpsons

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July 22, 2007

Busy Busy Busy

So far, being back to work has been good, but it's an adjustment. The Bug seems to be handling it fine; she'll be home with Daddy when I'm working for the next few weeks, so it will be a gradual transition for her too.

We said goodbye to Nana on Thursday, which was a bummer all around. We really enjoyed spending the time with her, and it was such a great help to have an extra kid watcher about.

My big excitement was going clothing shopping at an actual shopping mall with a friend yesterday. My work wardrobe was in a real shambles, so I decided that my first paycheck would be almost entirely devoted to sprucing the ol' closet up a bit. I got some great things, the favorite being a cute black-with-white polka dots short-sleeve blouse and a skinny red leather belt to go with it. Very Naughty Librarian (but still professional enough for work, of course). It was my substitute for the $100 outfit (black shirt dress and wide red patent belt) the helpful salesgirl picked out for me. I still need to find a couple of things; probably a pencil skirt, some kitten heels, and at least one more pair of dress pants. But at least I have a full week's worth of things to wear now.

In yard news, the big dead tree is almost down. We're hoping to get the work done today; our neighbor's chainsaw died yesterday, with the job half done. This also means we are having our neighbors over for a cookout on Monday night to thank them for their help, which I have some anxiety about, but they seem like nice people. We also finally got the stumps in the front yard ground out. Someone is supposed to pick up the mulch this weekend. We've got little tiny cucumbers sprouting all over the garden, and I've picked the first round of peas.

So, we're busy here 'round the homestead, but life is good. Here's some photos of our blooming Rose O' Sharon:

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July 18, 2007

Potties and Jobs and Blueberries, Oh My!

Big news in these parts!

First, we are knee-deep in Potty Training. The Bug is doing really, really well. We're even leaving the house in "big girl underpants" many days. I'd say we're at about 75% success in underpants, though still in a diaper for nap and bedtime. I am just so looking forward to not buying diapers anymore.

Second, it's official. I'm going back to Working Stiff. I got a decent offer with a small, flexible, family-friendly printing company in town. I'm starting out part-time next week, with the promise that I'll be brought up to full time status within about 2 months time. It's going to be pretty busy; I'll be wearing a lot of hats because it's a small business (though my official title will be Graphic Designer). But, I like that I can kind of transition in and that I can pretty freely come and go as long as the work is getting done. Adam doesn't teach during the month of August, so the plan is that he'll stay home with the Bug on the days I work. I like the idea of her getting used to me being gone all day first, then we can transition her into daycare. She's excited about "going to school," and I feel pretty good about the program we're putting her into.

I'm not sure yet what the future of Studio Virgo is; I will still be able to take freelance on a limited basis, depending upon the type of client/project. If it becomes clear that I can no longer do design work under the Studio Virgo banner, I will probably just shift the focus and still keep the name for my selling on etsy and any other fine art ventures.

So, lots going on here, but all good. Oh, and as for the blueberry thing... well, we just have an awful lot of them right now, between going picking and getting 2 buckets through our local CSA. I made blueberry vinaigrette to put on our salad tonight (YUMMY!) and Adam asked if everything was going to have blueberry in it for a while. Yup.

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July 08, 2007

Scattergories

OK, so I stole this from Carol, but it looked like fun.

The game is SCATTERGORIES…it’s harder than it looks! Here are the rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They MUST be real places, names, things…NOTHING made up! If you can’t think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person before you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Melissa

1. Famous Singer/Band: Mighty Mighty Bosstones
2. 4 letter word: Mope (was this supposed to be a "bad" word?)
3. Street: Monroe Street (my hometown in upstate New York)
4. Color: Magenta
6. Vehicle: Mustang
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Mugs
8. Boy Name: Michael
9. Girl Name: Minnie (what we almost named the Bug)
10. Movie Title: My Own Private Idaho
11. Drink: Mojito
12. Occupation: Museum Curator
13. Celebrity: Michael Moore
14. Magazine: Marie Claire
16. Pro Sports Teams: Magic (basketball, right?)
17. Reason for Being Late for Work: Menstrual Cramps
18. Something You Throw Away: Moldy Bread
19. Things You Shout: Move It!
20. Cartoon Character: Mighty Mouse

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July 06, 2007

Things That Make You Go "Hmmmm..."

Why do so many firemen have those mustaches?

No, really. Why?

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July 02, 2007

Vacation! (sort of)

Sorry for the lightness of my posting lately, but all last week was spent recuperating from the Summer Ick (both Lily and I), which for me culminated in not just a sinus infection, but also hives in reaction to the medication for the sinus infection.

We're on the mend now, despite a nagging cough, and the in-laws arrived happily on Friday. We spent today at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago (photos soon), which was a blast. And just for fun, I thought I'd share some of the stupid things I've overheard in the last few days...

At the zoo (in front of the Lion Tamarins), a man says to his wife and children: "Look at them ugly hairy little thangs!" (go watch Nascar, I wanted to say).

At the zoo (in front of the chimpanzee enclosure), a teenager shouts "look! Monkeys!" (this one just makes me want to bang my head on the nearest hard object).

At Marshall's yesterday, a morbidly obese middle school boy shouted to his mother, "ITALY'S NOT IN EUROPE!" Indeed. Indeed.

I need a nap.

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June 14, 2007

Things I Like

It's the simple things. I just really love my enormous set of mismatched potholders, all lovingly quilted from vintage fabric scraps by my stepmother's 90-something-year-old mother. Great Grandma Irma is probably the most accomplished quilter I have ever met, and she makes these for all of us every year at Christmastime. It's a little thing, but I really look forward to them. A random sampling of my favorites:

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June 04, 2007

Contest Time!

I've decided to run a caption contest for the photo below. Couldn't resist. Please submit your entry via the comments. I'll choose the winner one week from today. The winner will receive a prize package of my choosing (um, expect garage sale leftovers, and maybe some chocolate chip cookies if I'm in the mood).

* Just for the record, there was water in the glass, so please do not send me emails about what a horrible mother I am. I already realize that every time I say "Jesus" and she says "Christ."

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May 17, 2007

Birdwatching

I had been planning a whole entry about "What's Wrong with Oprah Winfrey" but my day had other distractions planned. I got home from the gym this morning around 10:30 am, and as I walked up to our front door, I saw one of these nestled in my front flowerbed, just next to where I recently planted some poppies.

I may have seen a nighthawk on one other occasion, but not this closeup or for nearly as long. I watched it, standing 2-3 yards away, for a minute, and then watched it fly off through the neighborhood as I moved closer to the front door. They are migratory birds, inhabiting most of the contiguous US, but I think it was very unusual to see one not near a forest, and certainly at that time of day (they are nocturnal birds, active at dusk and dawn feeding on insects).

So the rational part of me says "that's cool" and the little superstitious protobrain of mine says "this means something." Well, at least I know what my next painting is going to be about.

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May 01, 2007

Amish "Friendship" Bread

Day one: This is the day you receive your starter. Do nothing.

Day two: Mush the bag.

Day three: Mush the bag.

Day four: Mush the bag.

Day five: Add one cup each of flour, sugar, milk. Mush the bag.

Day six: Mush the bag. Begin to wonder if all this stuff festering on your counter is really hygienic.

Day seven: Mush the bag.

Day eight: Forget to Mush the Bag until bedtime. Mush the bag.

Day nine: Mush the bag.

Day ten: Put starter in a non-metal bowl. Add 1 1/2 cup each of flour, sugar, milk. Mix with non-metal spoon. Wonder if it really affects the bread or if the non-metal requirement is just an Amish thing. Put one cup of starter into each of four plastic bags. To the remaining batter add three eggs, 1 cup oil, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 cups flour, 1 large or 2 small vanilla pudding mixes. Wonder how the Amish can't ride in cars but can use JELL-O instant pudding mix. Grease 2 loaf pans and dust with cinnamon and sugar. Divide batter evenly between loaf pans, top with more cinnamon and sugar, and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Enjoy eating almost an entire loaf of the addicting stuff as soon as it comes out of the oven. Wonder who to give starters to, seeing as all your friends were present at the same time you were handed your bag. Opt to send starters to work with husband.

Day 11: Start cycle of mushing bag again.

Day 15: Add 1 cup each of flour, sugar, and milk. Really start to think about how long this thing has been festering.

Day 20: Bake more bread. Start to really resent bags of starter all over your counter. Wonder if you really want to get to know the neighbors well enough to curse them with Amish friendship bread. Opt to throw out starter, but feel guilty about wasting all that flour, sugar, and milk.

Day 25: Mush bag.

Day 30: Bake more bread. Husband now has a crack-like addiction to the stuff. Resent friend who gave you the starter in the first place. Throw out additional starters, but feel guilty again about wasting flour, sugar, and milk that could be feeding the Hungry-with-a-capital-H.

Day 31: Decide that the Amish really know nothing of friendship.

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April 08, 2007

Race Day

My first running race since those traumatic high school track days went pretty well. It was very cold out, with snow flurries, but Adam and I donned some long underwear ("Daddy got tights!" said Lilybug) and headed out. There were 571 people who ran the 5K course through downtown Valpo. I was a little worried about how the cold was going to affect my performance, and I was wheezing a bit with sore lungs by the end of the race, but things turned out pretty well. I got a little nervous when we started off, shuffling along in a big clump of bodies. But when I passed the race official at the one-mile mark, I heard "9:20". Not too shabby, for me at least. And that was the uphill portion of the race. I was at 18:27 at mile 2, so somehow I ran the second mile even faster than the first. My official time was 27:25, putting me at 13 out of 37 for the 30-34 female age group, 98 out of 262 for all women, and 306 out of 571 overall. Solidly mediocre, but it's a personal best and a full two minutes off my best workout time. It really was fun to run with a bunch of other people and with people at the sidelines cheering us on.

Now we're thinking about training for the 5-mile "Popcorn Panic" race in September. That would be a big goal for me; I don't think I've ever gone over 4 miles at a time. But I'm really encouraged by the results of fairly modest training for this race. We shall see...

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March 20, 2007

Not as Bad as I Thought

Adam and I decided to run the YMCA's "Ringing in Spring" 5K run on April 7. I lost a couple of weeks of training due to Rotavirus, but I seem to be on track now. I am finally up to working out consistently 3-4 times per week, and just completed my first "long" run of 3.5 miles on Sunday. I timed myself on the treadmill today, and did 5K in 29 minutes, 34 seconds. I figured that was pretty crappy, but was delighted to find that actually puts me in the top half of times for my age group according to last year's results. It's more of a family thing, and not a real competitive race, but I still didn't want to get out there and look like a complete feeb.

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March 07, 2007

Product Endorsement Day Here at DS

The first week of the month is always an orgy of shopping, as Adam only gets his Money from the Man once a month. I get to run out and get all the little things I've been waiting to buy, and stock up on groceries from Costco, etc. etc. Well, this month I got a few things I'm particularly excited about, and no, no one is paying me to say this.

First, the Omop from Method. It just seemed like a much more eco-friendly alternative to my Swiffer WetJet.

Adam griped that they were trying to be Apple, with the look of their website, and insisted that they would have called it the "iMop" if they could have gotten away with it. I disagree. I really think it is a play on "Om." C'mon, lemon ginger floor cleaner? Anyway, I give it higher marks than the Swiffer, though not quite an A+. It maneuvers wonderfully, gets under and around things effortlessly. The cleaning solutions smell wonderful (in addition to the lemon-ginger all floor scent, there's almond for hardwood), and then there's the reusability (and the disposable dusting cloths actually compost, as they're made from corn!) The only drawback is that once the pad is really wet, it pushes better than it pulls. And I'll still probably use a wet mop for any scrubbing that needs to be done. And you have to touch the dirty, messy pad to get it off. But, then again, I need to raise the marks a little because it gets the edges of the kitchen so well, which was hard to do with either a regular mop or the Swiffer.

Thing number two is my new Burt's Bees Radiance Night Cream. I needed a heavier moisturizer for night time, and have started being much fussier about what's in my beauty products (check out The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics to see what I'm talking about). I absolutely love it, and it's just as luxuriant as expensive department store brands, but without all the yuck.

And, I've saved the most exciting for last. Guys who are not comfortable with menstruation, read no further. They were having a 20% off sale in honor of International Women's Week over at Lunapads, and I had been thinking about trying them out for a while. My order hasn't arrived yet, but I'll try and post a review. Supposedly they'll send me a gift if I do so, so I guess the statement "no one is paying me to say these things" isn't 100% true. First of all, I just find menstrual pads icky. I don't like tampons. And, just like with disposable diapers, I have a small amount of guilt over the environmental consequences of manufacture and disposal. So, I figured I'd give these a go, at least for night time. And, they come in leopard print. That's all you need to do to get me to try something new; just put leopard print on it.

So that's my buying frenzy for this month. Until next time...

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February 23, 2007

Procrastination

Well, I should be working on the ~10 hours of design work I have due on Monday. But, I wanted to try this, and I thought Lily was waking up, and and and...

In any case, I've been playing around more with Illustrator, and all of my various online haunts have been notoriously absent a decent avatar, so here goes:

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February 14, 2007

Happy Valentine's Day!

I made these and so should you!

[From epicurious.com]

CINNAMON-CHOCOLATE BROWNIES WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE

Brownies

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, diced, room temperature

4 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts (I omit the walnuts)

Ganache

6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tablespoons whipping cream

For brownies:
Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350F. Generously butter 8x8x2-inch metal baking pan; dust with flour. Mix first 3 ingredients in small bowl. Stir chocolate and butter in top of double boiler set over simmering water until melted and smooth. Turn off heat. Let chocolate stand over water.

Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar until mixture thickens and falls in soft ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Stir in flour mixture in 2 additions, blending well after each. Gradually add warm chocolate to egg mixture, beating until just combined. Stir in walnuts (if using).

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake brownies until top is set and tester inserted into center comes out with moist crumbs attached, about 35 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack.

For ganache:
Whisk all ingredients in small saucepan over medium-low heat until melted and smooth. Pour evenly over brownies in pan. (Now I like to top them with cinnamon hearts.)

Chill brownies until ganache is set, about 2 hours. Cut into 16 squares. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover; chill. Serve at room temperature.)

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February 13, 2007

Snow Day

We're pretty well hunkered down today, other than our brief trip to the [Community Organization I volunteer at and am therefore contractually prohibited from mentioning on my blog] for my volunteer hours and to work out. But two thoughts for today.

First- after looking at the TV in the cardio room- WHY? Why do people get SO fucking excited on The Price is Right? I mean, yeah, it's nice to win a car, but why are people screaming over rice a roni? Do they give everyone X on the way thru the door?

Second- why, oh why, had it never occurred to me to download Podcasts of This American Life???

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November 29, 2006

Separated at Birth?

Our friend Steve with his new Mountain Man look and the new, slimmer Peter Jackson?

(Images stolen from chileconlisa.com and the Dec. 4 issue of Newsweek, respectively)

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October 04, 2006

Fall Stuff

No pithy entries this week. We've just been busy enjoying the fall and nursing each other through three weeks straight of various illnesses. Fevers, chills, sore throats, muscle aches, sinus infections, and other assorted wonders. But Sunday we managed to make it out to Garwood Orchard to pick apples and consume cider and donuts. So I've been making applesauce, apple pie, etc. since then.

Our new furnace was installed on Monday, so though we are a little poorer, hopefully it will keep us toasty warm in an energy-efficient manner this winter. We were freezing two weeks ago, and didn't want to turn the old furnace on, so I noted with irony that the temperatures were back up in the 80s this week.

Lily is up to new tricks. She has started to mention when she's got poopy pants. Those of you who don't have children probably don't appreciate the sheer wonder of such a thing. She even told me before she went the other day, and we managed to get her on the potty. No one likes to look at turds, but seeing your child's excrement in the potty rather than smeared about in a diaper is definitely cause for celebration. I think her vocabulary is up to almost 100 words. She has started adding the second syllable of words that were previously unintelligible, and is tackling new words everyday. She even surprised me by grabbing my wallet today and shouting "MONEY!" You don't realize how closely they're listening. Very scary.

Oh, even scarier is that my mother—Yes, MOM, the woman who gave birth to me—has a MySpace page now. It has to be one of the signs of the apocalypse.

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July 30, 2006

The Knitting I Spoke Of

thanks, knitty!

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July 13, 2006

...Yet Somehow I Find Time to Knit

I've been in overdrive trying to complete current knitting projects before the move. I've finished (well, except for sewing on the snaps) this little sweater, for a friend's soon-to-be-born baby (someone who I am assuming does not read my blog...) It's the 'Baby's First Tattoo' sweater pattern from Stitch 'N' Bitch Nation. I'm surprised it came out so close to correctly...

And I also knitted up a quick little iPod sweater, since I lost my iPod case somewhere.

It gave me a chance to practice the staggered eyelet stitch. I am learning to be a little looser, and my stitches are starting to come out much more even. My next project will be (well, after finishing that scarf I started ages ago; come on, it's July) this absolutely adorable little halter top.

Probably won't hear from me again until after the move. I'll be so glad to be settled in the new place.

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April 30, 2006

Making the Best of a Crummy Weekend

After a horribly busy week (job interview! Ack!) we decided to all hop in the car Saturday morning and head out for some business and pleasure. Sink shopping was the order of the day—figuring out what sort of sink we might want for our new bathroom. We headed up to Michigan City to Sparks Surplus to see what they might have in stock. No good sinks, but we may go back for lighting fixtures and such. And next to the building supply warehouse is... well, an Everything Warehouse. This place is a panacea. Anything you can imagine, under one roof, all at clearance prices. Need champagne flutes? $.50 a pop. Rakes? Candles? Party favors? Dishes? Gardening supplies? Diapers? Very weird/cool.

Next, Adam decided that we needed to drive up into Michigan, since we were so close and had never been there. We drove into New Buffalo, stopped at the beach, and took a bit of a walk. It's still too cool for beach weather (and it was threatening to rain, so it was pretty deserted), but the bug enjoyed watching the seagulls and playing on the swings. Then we went into town and had lunch at a cute little diner. On the way home we hit Menards to do some more sink and appliance browsing, and got home just as it started to rain. Of course I'm a dumbass and didn't bring the camera along, so we don't have any visual record of any of this.

Today it's just cold, rainy, and ick, so we're having a relaxing day at home. More news later...

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February 14, 2006

Another completely random "What We're Up To" post

Finished the baby hat. Lily was kind enough to model it:

I figured out that I made two major mistakes with this hat which I won't bore you with here; thank goodness it doesn't show too badly because I chose a somewhat fuzzy yarn. Live & learn.

And in other knitting news, I joined the online forum at craftster.org and found out once again what a small world it is. Turns out that the woman who started craftster is co-owner of Magpie, an indie craft store in Somerville, MA, that is partly owned by my old friend Em (who is also a rock star).

In non-knitting news, the Bug has finally gotten that fourth tooth through the gums (thank GOODNESS), though I know there are another 28 coming at some point. Sigh. She got pretty ticked at me for offering her lentils for lunch for the second day in a row today. But one cannot live on oatmeal alone, you know.

Which brings me to other food-related news. I'm furiously investigating organic meats out here in the wilds of Indiana. It's hard to find certified organic (well, ok, the little natural market in town carries some, at ridiculous prices), but I've found a couple of suppliers of local and/or free range meats, which are good enough for me and the bug.

I also found the Most Awesome Brownie Recipe Ever on epicurious.com, and proceeded to make these brownies as a valentines day treat, and have eaten four of them in the last 18 hours.

Now off to work on that painting while the bug is still asleep.

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February 06, 2006

Oh, and By the Way

I would hate for anyone to take my derision of the Whitman's Sampler heart-shaped box of chocolates to mean that I would scorn gifts of [appropriately snooty] chocolate for Valentine's Day.

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February 02, 2006

Knit-o-rama Continues!

I finished knitting project two, the striped felted ball. It came out pretty well. Next I tackle a baby hat. Here's a picture of Lily with the ball. More excitement later.

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January 25, 2006

Knitting Project One

Here it is. His head is a little small and his hind end a little big, but it looks pretty much the way it's supposed to. I give you:

The Felted Bunnyrabbit

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January 08, 2006

Sharp Things Terrify Me

I fired up the new Cuisinart food processor the other night. Sliced up a red pepper, three red potatoes, and shredded some cheddar cheese (all for a delicious dinner fritatta) in less than ten seconds. Not exaggerating. You put the thing-to-be-maimed in the little chute, hit the 'pulse' button, and brrrrrrp! It's in little pieces. Amazing. Terrifying. I've always been afraid of sharp things. Knives, swords, and the like. I think they can hurt you in ways a bullet can only imagine. So, while I absolutely love my new food processor (no more chopping for half an hour to make stir fry or soup!!), I shall always treat it with the healthy respect demanded of a Sharp Thing. It makes me cringe to think of what could happen if one were not careful with such a machine. But, between that and my stand mixer, I hope to really get into the whole co-op buying, healthy eating, planning-ahead, batch-cooking thing here at the hacienda. I finally have time and flexibility to do it, and it is the new year. I also plan to use The Machine to make baby food. I cooked up some nice organic apples yesterday, and Lily was much more enthusiastic about my homemade apple mush than the applesauce I bought at the store. Adam also made the best chili ever using onions, tomatoes, and garlic whirred up on The Machine. I think I'm in love.

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January 01, 2006

New Year's Day Randomness

OK, ok, this is a day late, but hey, I'm pretty busy.

Well, 2005 was quite a year. We moved, changed jobs, had a child, fought depression. It was a good year, but a really really hard one. There were the usual assortment of messed up world events, which I won't go into here.

I am have a feeling that 2006 is going to be a fantastic year. How can it not be? I'm feeling human again, I have new friends, new hobbies, and a new food processor.

So as to what I've been up to lately... well, the Bug and I have been spending two glorious weeks with Nana. It's been nice to have so many extra pairs of hands to tend to the Bug. I learned to knit. Got to bond with my little sis. It stinks that we only get to do this once every year. She's seventeen now, and a really cool person, and we've had a blast going to the museum, shopping, and nursemaiding my brother who just had tonsil surgery.

What else... we took the Bug to the zoo the day before Christmas. Supposedly she's starting to understand the difference between animate and inanimate things now. She did stare at the flamingoes with much interest. Then she fell asleep in her stroller, but who can blame her. She has also learned to wave hello and goodbye. It's not really a wave at this point, more of a "hail" gesture with her entire arm, but it's absolutely adorable.

Anyway, I promised randomness, and I believe I have delivered. I don't have a whole lot of coherent thoughts about the new year yet, or the time to make them coherent, but just wanted to give a little sampling. The new year isn't really new, it's just sort of a continuation of where we were a few days ago, but at the same time it's a good time to pause and take stock. I like the direction we're going.

Wishing all of you a peaceful and fulfilling 2006.

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December 29, 2005

A White Christmas Indeed

Yep, we're still in Arizona. Yep, it's still in the 70s.

More later.

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December 08, 2005

Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

The holiday preparations have begun around here. I got a nice evergreen and holly berry swag at Trader Joe's the other day, which now festoons the front door. I want to put up lights this weekend. And let the holiday baking begin!! I indulged in a little caffeine this morning; I found this great "Winter Spice Blend" coffee at Trader Joe's. It's not a flavored coffee-- it's a dark roast with cloves, peppercorns, and cinnamon bits mixed in. It smells WONDERFUL.

It's funny, as an atheist, that I should be so excited about the holidays. But I really enjoy the Christmas season in a secular way. It's a time for good food, seeing my family, being warm and cozy, and doing nice things for people I care about. I decided to send out cards this year, which is nuts because I have over 60 people on my list. Why? Well, my family, which is large to begin with (it's the one time of year I update the great aunts and other far-flung relations on what's happening in our lives), then there's Adam's family, and various friends and acquaintances acquired through the years. It's also time to break out my Nutcracker CD and "A Renaissance Christmas."

Adam and I have started discussing what kind of Christmas traditions we want to establish for our family as Lily gets older. As far as Santa Claus, it's a delicate balance between adding to the wonder of the season and constructing elaborate lies. We're not sure where we stand yet. We certainly want to establish some tradition of charity. When Adam was a child, he and his brother and sister each had to select one of their old toys to give to charity. I'd like to do something like that, at the very least. I want Lily to know that Christmas is a time to think of others, not just a time to rack up booty for onesself. I really look forward to when Lily gets older and we can do fun things like decorate Christmas cookies together, and wrap gifts. I still decorate cookies with my mom on Christmas eve. I suppose I'm one of those evil people who have expunged Jesus from the holidays, but on the other hand I believe that Christmas was actually co-opted by Christianity from the pagan winter solstice holiday, wasn't it? I think that's where the tree comes from. In any case, as with everything else, I enjoy doing it my way.

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November 27, 2005

Sexiest Man Alive 2005

People Magazine's annual 'Sexiest Man Alive' issue came out this month, and this year's Head Hunk is Matthew McConaughey. Past winners include George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Whatever. I've decided to hold an annual Decapitating Shadows Sexiest Man Alive post. This year's pick is Chef Alton Brown.

What can I say? Smart is sexy. And the way to a man's heart may be through his stomach, but that route can be used to find more interesting parts on a woman.

Thanksgiving post is coming, I promise.

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July 20, 2005

Oh, Raw Fish How I Have Missed Thee

Last night I went to my first Girls' Night Out since the birth. Lilybug came with me, of course, and she was perfectly well behaved. I think she needs to get out of the house as much as I do. Girls' Night was at my favorite restaurant in C-U, Radio Maria. I had the peppercorn tuna, rare, of course. Yummmm... not sushi, but still fisheriffic. I really really missed things like bloody burgers and rare tuna while I was pregnant.

Dinner was great, but I'm still kind of wiped out from mastitis and the antibiotics I'm on to fight it. Not a fun infection, friends. Drink lots of water and don't sleep on your stomach, that's my advice to all breastfeeding moms out there. I'm kind of afraid that the sling is putting pressure on my chest and aggravating things too. But it is an indespensible tool at this point. I tried my podaegi carrier today, but I don't think she liked facing my chest. In the sling she gets a better view of the room, even though she just goes to sleep.

So, I spent the car ride home shouting 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' at the top of my lungs to try and keep the Bug from crying. It's those insane moments when you Know You've Become a Mother.

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May 26, 2005

I Love Technology

So today I'm toiling away (yeah right) in the Home Office, finishing up a couple of art projects and mostly puttering around. My discover of the week is that one can run the sound from the computer through one's Bose radio. The result: Internet Radio that sounds awesome. I love the internets, I really do.

No baby news yet. Sorry folks, but thank you to all of you who have been asking about me this week. Please keep in touch and keep asking, even after baby is here, because even though I'll be tired and stressed and all that, knowing my friends are out there is really important.

We have had some pre-labor signs, but that's nowhere near an exact science either. It could be hours or it could still be days.

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May 25, 2005

Movies Movies Movies

I never do memes, I generally just complain here, but for today I thought I'd be a little different. Carol posted this one on her site and I thought I'd try it out. Oh, and I finally saw Harold and Maude for the first time ever yesterday. Why did I never watch this movie before????

Pssst... pass it on...

# Take this list and post it into your own blog, and bold the movies
you've seen.
# Add five more movies to the end of the list.
# Count how many movies you have seen. If you've seen more than 70 movies, you
are a "movie whore". Post the score of how many movies you've seen in the
subject line.

146. I guess I'm a movie whore. And I didn't even include movies that I've seen most of, or fell asleep during. Huh. Not quite sure what it all means, but hell, I'm unemployed now. I have time for such nonsenese!

1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Saw
3. White Noise
4. White Oleander
5. Anger Management
6. 50 First Dates
7. Jason
8. Scream
9. Scream 2
10. Scream 3
11. Scary Movie
12. Scary Movie 2
13. Scary Movie 3
14. American Pie
15. American Pie 2
16. American Wedding
17. Harry Potter
18. Harry Potter 2
19. Harry Potter 3
20. Resident Evil I
21. Resident Evil 2 (aka RE: Apocalypse)
22. The Wedding Singer
23. Little Black Book
24. The Village
25. Donnie Darko (See it! NOW!)
26. Lilo & Stitch
27. Finding Nemo
28. Finding Neverland
29. 13 Ghosts (ugh)
30. Signs
31. The Grinch (I'm assuming this refers not to the classic animated version, but the Jim Carrey abortion which I refuse to see)
32. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The Original)
33. White Chicks
34. Butterfly Effect
35. 13 going on 30
36. I, Robot
37. Dodgeball
38. Universal Soldier
39. A Series Of Unfortunate Events
40. Along Came A Spider
41. Deep Impact
42. Kingpin
43. Never Been Kissed
44. Meet The Parents
45. Meet The Fockers
46. Eight Crazy Nights
47. A Cinderella Story
48. The Terminal
49. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
50. Passport to Paris
51. Dumb & Dumber
52. Dumb & Dumberer
53. Final Destination
54. Final Destination 2
55. Halloween
56. Halloween 2
57. Halloween 3
58. Halloween 4
59. Halloween 5
60. H20
61. Halloween: the Resurrection
62. The Ring
63. The Ring 2
64. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
65. Practical Magic
66. Chicago
67. Ghost Ship
68. From Hell
69. Team America: World Police
70. Hellboy
71. Secret Window
72. I Am Sam
73. The Whole Nine Yards
74. The Day After Tomorrow
75. Child's Play
76. Bride of Chucky
77. Ten Things I Hate About You
78. Just Married
79. Gothika
80. A Nightmare on Elm Street
81. Sixteen Candles
82. Bad Boys 2
83. Joy Ride
84. Seven
85. Oceans Eleven
86. Oceans Twelve
87. Identity
88. Lone Star
89. Bedazzled
90. Predator
91. Predator II
92. Independence Day
93. Cujo
94. A Bronx Tale
95. Darkness Falls
96. Christine
97. ET
98. Children of the Corn
99. My Boss' Daughter
100. Maid in Manhattan
101. Frailty
102. Best bet
103. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
104. She's All That
105. Calendar Girls
106. Sideways
107. Mars Attacks
108. Event Horizon (*Worst movie EVER. I want those two hours back!)
109. Ever After
110. Forrest Gump
112. Big Trouble in Little China
113. X-Men
114. X-Men 2
115. Jeepers Creepers
116. Jeepers Creepers 2
117. Catch Me If You Can
118. The Others
119. Freaky Friday
120. Reign of Fire (I am so embarassed right now)
121. Man on Fire
122. Braveheart
123. Cruel Intentions
124. The Hot Chick
125. Swimfan
126. Miracle
127. Friday Night Lights
128. Old School
129. Ray
130. The Notebook
131. K-Pax
132. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
133. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
134. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
135. A Walk to Remember
136. Sweet Home Alabama
137. Moulin Rouge
138. Boogeyman
139. Hitch
140. Back Door Sluts 9 (hey, who put this in here? Carol?!?)
141. The Fifth Element
142. Star Wars episode I
143. Star Wars episode II
143.5. Star Wars episode III (inexplicably forgotten in the list I got)
144. Star Wars episode IV
145. Star Wars episode V
146. Star Wars episode VI
147. Troop Beverly Hills
148. Swimming with Sharks
149. Trainspotting
150. People under the stairs
151. Blue Velvet
152. The Sound of Music
153. Parent Trap - either version
154. The Burbs
155. SLC Punk
156. Meet Joe Black
157. Wild Girls
158. A Clockwork Orange
159. The Order (more eye rolling)
160. Spiderman
161. Spiderman 2
162. Amelie
163. Mean Girls
164. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
165. Shrek
166. Shrek 2
167. The Incredibles
168. Collateral
169. The Fast & The Furious
170. 2 Fast 2 Furious
171. Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow
172. Closer
173. The Sixth Sense
174. Artificial intelligence
175. Love, Actually
176. The Sweetest Thing
177. Shutter
178. Ella Enchanted
179. Princess diaries 1
180. Princess diaries 2
181. The Breakfast Club
182. October Sky
183. Remember the Titans
184. Titanic
185. Boondock Saints
186. American History X
187. Fight Club
188. Heavenly Creatures
189. Stealing Beauty
190. Like Water For Chocolate
191. Powwow Highway
192. Secretary
193. But I'm A Cheerleader
194. I <3 Huckabees
195. Ripley's Game
196. Coffee And Cigarettes
197. Taxi Driver (Am I wrong for thinking DiNiro is hot in this movie?)
198. Silence Of The Lambs
199. The Exorcist
200. If Lucy Fell
201. Lady Jane
201. When Harry met Sally
202. Me, Myself & Irene
203. Kung Fu Hustle
204. Sin City
205. Labyrinth
206. Much Ado About Nothing
207. The Cowboy Way
208. Paulie
209. Blazing Saddles
210. Galaxy Quest
211. Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are Dead
212. Citizen Kane
213. You Can Count on Me
214. Young Frankenstein
215. Raiders of the Lost Ark
216. Starman
217. St. Elmos Fire
218. Coyote Ugly
219. The Other Sister
220. Rainman
221. Little Shop of Horrors
222. Chasing Amy
223. House of Sand and Fog
224. Mildred Pierce
225. The Big Lebowski
226. Mallrats
227. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
228. The Goonies
229. Starsky & Hutch
230. Saved!
231. The Upside of Anger
232. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
233. The Cat's Meow
234. The Rutles
235. Waking Ned Devine
236. Pirates of the Caribbean
237. Little Women
238. Huck Finn
239. National Treasure
240. Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
241. Dick
242. Howard the Duck
243. Garden State
244. Hero
245. Spinal Tap
246. Almost Famous
247. Before Sunrise
248. Before Sunset
249. Troy
250. Gone With The Wind
251. Chocolat
252. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
253. Now and Then
254. Romeo and Juliet (any version)
255. Ferris Bueler's Day Off
256. Grease
257. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
258. Mr. North
259. The African Queen
260. The Wizard of Oz
261. Country Girl
262. The Philadelphia Story
263. Bringing Up Baby
264. The Aviator
265. An Affair to Remember
266. Sabrina (any version)
267. Holiday
268. Conspiracy Theory
269. Stage Door
270. Rigaletto
271. White Christmas
272. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
273. The Wedding Planner
274. Arsenic and Old Lace
275. A Day at the Races
276. Willy Wonka
277. Bend it Like Beckham
278. Star Wars Episode III (oh, there you are!)
279. A Beautiful Mind
280. Urban Legend
281. The Dead Poet's Society
282. Kill Bill vol. 1
283. Kill Bill vol. 2
284. The Royal Tenenbaums
285. The Life Aquatic
286. American Beauty
287. A Chorus Line
288. Iron Jawed Angels
289. Phantom of the Opera
290. A League of their Own
291. Stuart Little
292. Notting Hill
293. A Lot Like Love
294. Along came Polly
295. Billy Madison
296. Happy Gilmore
297. A Hard Day's Night
298. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
299. The Motorcycle Diaries
300. Y Tu Mama Tambien
301. Bokura no War Game
302. Raise Your Voice
303. The Birds
304. Camp Nowhere
305. Billy Elliot (How many Adam Sandler movies with forgettable names as the title are there?)
306. Anchorman
307. The Crow
308. *62
309. Queen Of The Damned
310. Jumanji
311. Gattaca
312. Benny and Joon
313. Tank Girl
314. Monty Python: The Meaning of Life
315. A Knight's Tale
316. Anastasia
317. Unconditional Love
318. Casablanca
319. About A Boy
320. Bridget Jones's Diary
321. Bridget Jones's Diary: The Edge of Reason
322. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
323. House of Flying Daggers
324. Legally Blonde
325. Sense and Sensibility
326. School of Rock
327. It Could Happen to You
328. Wilde
329. Dark City
330. Home Fries
331. House Arrest
332. Leon: The Professional
333. The Sweet Hereafter
334. Annie Hall
335. Lost in Translation
336. Waiting For Guffman
337. Wag the Dog
338. Harold and Maude
339. Spirited Away
340. Excalibur
341. Man on the Moon
342. The Cook, the Theif, His Wife and Her Lover

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May 13, 2005

Oh Ebay, How Do I Love Thee... Let Me Count the Ways

Purchased on Ebay in the last six weeks...

(The following is to be read in the tone of the Mastercard voiceover guy)

Boppy Nursing PIllow— I paid: $9.00— retail: $35.00
West Elm futon cover (new)— I paid: $21.50— retail (sale price!): $45.00
Urban Decay eye shadow (new)— I paid: $10.00— retail: $34.00
Nine West black slides— I paid: $15.00— retail: at least $35.00
CDs (Radiohead The Bends and The Distillers Sing, Sing, Deathhouse)— I paid: $10.50— retail: $28.00
Nine West diaper bag— I paid: $10.50— retail: at least $40.00

Total savings: at least $140
Not having to leave the house and actually SHOP in a brick-and-mortar STORE for these things (shudder): priceless

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April 23, 2005

Lists

Something new to add to the list of Things I Never Want to Do:

Working on an Alaskan crab fishing boat.

The list already includes ice climbing.

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December 12, 2004

Happy Birthday Sophie!

There is some disagreement as to Sophie's true age, but needless to say, she's not a pup anymore. Sniff. What did she get for her special day? An extra long sniff at the dog park, and two bacon-shaped treats. We're saving her gifts for Xmas.

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November 23, 2004

Things that Make You Go "Huh"

Have you ever noticed how the singer for the Dead Milkmen sounds curiously like the voice of humorist and commentator David Sedaris?

Very strange.

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October 01, 2004

And Now for Something Completely Different

Since I'm getting complaints about Bill O'Reilly's ugly mug, here is a picture of some cute puppies to hold you over until I have time to write a real entry. OK, everyone together now, "Awwwwww...."

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September 25, 2004

Crafty Crafty

I haven't said much about our trip to Chicago, mostly because Adam seems to have that covered in his blog and I don't want to bore you. But I will continue to talk up the Renegade Craft Fair. You'll have to wait until next year to go, but if you are sick of craft fairs full of paintings of kittens in baskets, this is the place for you. I picked up a really cool messenger bag from these folks, and found some good Xmas gifts for a couple of people too.

Another booth worth mentioning is The Bird Machine, which is a group of Chicago artists who do amazing screenprinted posters for a lot of Indie rock bands and so forth. Really really great work.

The funniest thing was while we were browsing at one of the booths, the woman running it suddenly freaked out, pointing at Adam's t-shirt. "An Operators t-shirt!! Are you from Boston?" No, we replied sadly. We went to college with them. She apparently had been part of the Somerville music scene, and so knew the Operators quite well, but had recently moved to Cleveland. It's a small world.

On the art/craft front at home, I'm starting some new pillows soon, and have two web pages to get up and running. One of which is my own, and I have really not thought a whole lot about it, which is unfortunate. I'll have to get on that...

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September 19, 2004

Which came first?

Ahhhh... we just returned from a rejuvenating weekend in the Windy City. Ate fabulous food, visited some museums, bought cool stuff at the Renegade Craft Fair in Wicker Park, and saw the new Millenium Park. As we were walking up Michigan Ave. yesterday evening, A remarked on the bronze lions in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. "They're just trying to be the New York Public Library. Well, except that the library's lions are stone, and they're laying down." So began a friendly debate about which pair of lions came first. A likes to believe that New York was first and best at everything, but I wasn't so sure. So, a little internet research turned up the following facts:



Patience and Fortitude, the stone lions in front of the New York Public Library, were set in 1911.



The Art Institute of Chicago was officially dedicated in 1882. The lions were added in 1894, a gift from Mrs. Henry Field, given in honor of her husband (the brother of Marshall Field, for whom the Field Museum was named-- I think it's the right Marshall Field; there was a Sr., a Jr., and a III... same family, in any case).

So, the Chicago lions predate the New York lions by 17 years.

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