Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Kale Chips!
Sarah has a wonderful food blog, but she puts more effort into cooking than I do, so I always wish I could try making what she makes but never do. One recipe she tried stuck in my mind though and I finally tried it last night! Kale Chips! Couldnt be easier! Its my new favorite healthy snack! I even brought in to work today to snack on. Delish!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I realize that most of you wont have seen this yet, so I'll try not to spoil anything. although you should have read the book and therefore wont be surprised by anything. We went opening day and patiently waited in line for about an hour and a half, but it was worth it b/c we got the best seats in the theater.
The movie was alright. It wasnt as good as I had hoped, but i had extremely high hopes. Part of the problem was that I did not refresh myself about the story before I went, another problem is that i'm 28 and its aimed to a much younger crowd (alhough they easily could have made it for an older crowd without changing the story), the third problem were the numerous appearances of giant snakes that slithered around and darted out at you taking up the whole screen. I had to close my eyes at some points and have peter tell me when the snake was gone. Indiana Jones and I are much alike in that respect. The last problem was that the middle of the book was very slow and I was kinda bored for a bit while reading it anyway, and thats what is in this movie. I think that the next movie will also enhance this one since it brings closure.
The movie was alright. It wasnt as good as I had hoped, but i had extremely high hopes. Part of the problem was that I did not refresh myself about the story before I went, another problem is that i'm 28 and its aimed to a much younger crowd (alhough they easily could have made it for an older crowd without changing the story), the third problem were the numerous appearances of giant snakes that slithered around and darted out at you taking up the whole screen. I had to close my eyes at some points and have peter tell me when the snake was gone. Indiana Jones and I are much alike in that respect. The last problem was that the middle of the book was very slow and I was kinda bored for a bit while reading it anyway, and thats what is in this movie. I think that the next movie will also enhance this one since it brings closure.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Trivia Night
Last night Joe and I were joined by Alan and Peter at trivia night. The questions were super hard so we got about the same score that we usually do...but peter and alan were super helpful and should come more often (are you reading this guys?).
They asked for team names to be in the theme of the US's friendship with asia, so we picked the team name to be "mud grass horse" which I think is pretty funny, and if you dont understand go look it up. This was all Alan's idea. He's our team expert on all that stuff.
In trivia, when you dont know the answer to a question you try and think of a funny answer, and if its super funny they will read it aloud as an example of a wrong answer. They've never read our answer before....until last night that is. The question was who was the lawyer from the scopes trial that died a few days later. Our answer...Ronnie Deuitch (sp?). Everyone laughed. We are so funny.
They asked for team names to be in the theme of the US's friendship with asia, so we picked the team name to be "mud grass horse" which I think is pretty funny, and if you dont understand go look it up. This was all Alan's idea. He's our team expert on all that stuff.
In trivia, when you dont know the answer to a question you try and think of a funny answer, and if its super funny they will read it aloud as an example of a wrong answer. They've never read our answer before....until last night that is. The question was who was the lawyer from the scopes trial that died a few days later. Our answer...Ronnie Deuitch (sp?). Everyone laughed. We are so funny.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Weekend fun
a while ago the salesman at best buy introduced me to the term starcraft-widow, but I wonder if the term election-widow exists? If so thats what I am. Every two years I get left alone for a week to a month depending on the situation, and this week my friends is the week i'm alone :( so go vote!
Sat Doug and I went to the rally...you know which one i'm talking about. We got there at 11 and wore lots of layers. The layers was a mistake b/c it was so hot and there was nowhere really to put the layers we weren't wearing. My favorite part??? a three way tie between the Mythbusters jump, Ozzy, and R2D2. My least favorite part? Kid Rock and Cheryl Crow. WTF. Who decided they fit in with the rally? I'm pretty sure as soon as they started singing their lame song everyone stopped paying attention and started cheering for people to climb higher in the trees. Speaking of which i'm SHOCKED noone got badly hurt falling out of the really high trees.
Sat night Diana, Doug, Katie, and I were all members of the best air band ever. So good that we needed no name. I was the keytarist of course. Most important instrument in a band. I tried teasing my hair like vixen, but to my surprise my hair didnt tease that well. I need to work on it for next time. there were lots of combs and lots of hairspray, but it turns out that my hair just does what it wants to do.
And Congrats to MA's newest lawyers Emily and Chris!!
Sat Doug and I went to the rally...you know which one i'm talking about. We got there at 11 and wore lots of layers. The layers was a mistake b/c it was so hot and there was nowhere really to put the layers we weren't wearing. My favorite part??? a three way tie between the Mythbusters jump, Ozzy, and R2D2. My least favorite part? Kid Rock and Cheryl Crow. WTF. Who decided they fit in with the rally? I'm pretty sure as soon as they started singing their lame song everyone stopped paying attention and started cheering for people to climb higher in the trees. Speaking of which i'm SHOCKED noone got badly hurt falling out of the really high trees.
Sat night Diana, Doug, Katie, and I were all members of the best air band ever. So good that we needed no name. I was the keytarist of course. Most important instrument in a band. I tried teasing my hair like vixen, but to my surprise my hair didnt tease that well. I need to work on it for next time. there were lots of combs and lots of hairspray, but it turns out that my hair just does what it wants to do.
And Congrats to MA's newest lawyers Emily and Chris!!
Wasps
At the rally on sat steven colbert joked about releasing fear bees, but i'm starting to think it wasnt a joke. Monday I was standing IN MY OFFICE and all of a sudden i felt a sharp pain on my knee. I rolled up my pants to see what was up to find a swolen painful spot, and then a second prick. wtf. I rolled my pants up farther to find a wasp stinging me multiple times! WTF. What is the chance a wasp crawls up your pants indoors in the fall to sting you! Jerks!
here is a picture of my knee swolen, but not at its worst point :(
here is a picture of my knee swolen, but not at its worst point :(
Monday, November 1, 2010
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