2010/11/30
2010/11/29
Thanksgiv Extravaganz
A cookin up A storm
A roastin A way
A watchin Avatar while Am A cookin 
Hoping dad will drop something YUM
Used the fancy dishes. Mmm, fancy.
Ready, set ...
Be Thankful!
And rest. Jake missed his friend Dexter after the guests had to leave. Luckily Dex left his ball so Jake could cuddle it while he slept off the tryptophan. Thanks Dex.
2010/11/23
2010/11/15
It's a reel musician
Last Friday after work I had my regular pub visit to play some tunes down at the Irish Isle. The other fiddle player is a school teacher by day and one of her student's family showed up to have dinner and listen to her play.
I finished a jig and voila! Annie, the youngest, stuck this drawing of me up under my nose. Pretty impressive me thinks. And it looks like me! Predicts a little weight gain this winter, but she definitely got the skin-tone right. I was impressed with the young artist and told her family they should plan to spend tons of cash on her now-necessary artistic education.
Saturday night I went to Christina's cafe and met with a mandolin player to jam. Looks like we're going to try and get together to work some tunes out for his band. That'll be cool to play in a bluegrass band eh!
Then on Sunday I played open mic at Christina's. It may just be me but I think it gets better every time. I get more relaxed and the music just flows. That and they all know me now so I can really act a fool.
Cat likes dog food, says dog
Nessa Rose has decided that she likes dog food. Or she likes chicken and rice that Dana calls dog food. She eats it right out of Jake's bowl just like her brother used to do (may his sweet soul rest in peace thank you Mary, mother of Jesus).
Jake of course can't have any one eating his food just in case some day he decides that he will get over his anorexia and eat it himself. He quickly reprimanded her and made her watch him finish his vittles.
What ensued was very cute though. He ate. She watched. And then they slept together. I think they're getting along.
What I find very cute is that when I asked them to look at the camera (in the soft tones of a lunatic sitting alone in his house talking to animals) their faces wouldn't fit in the same frame, so vast is their size difference.
Oh Jake. Oh Nessa. Glad you two are getting along.
2010/11/11
Okra in the mail
I got Okra in the mail! Mom says her garden is overflowing. Must be the cockle shells. She loaded a box full of squash, cucumbers and okra and shipped it on up. The timing was perfect; I got home for lunch and the box was waiting on the step. I put it in the fridge so it wouldn't sit out in the sun all day and my veggies were waiting cool when I got home from work.
Mmmm okra. It went perfect with my birthday Kansas City steak and some cheesy red potatoes. As a post-swim meal, can't be beat.
Thanks Mom.
Mmmm okra. It went perfect with my birthday Kansas City steak and some cheesy red potatoes. As a post-swim meal, can't be beat.
Thanks Mom.
2010/11/10
Something Wacky That Way Went
Last night I saw three UFOs flying west as I was driving home from work. I was slightly perturbed at this ludicrous time change; even if I get out before 5 I still can't make it home before sun down. This makes for a very brief play-time for Jake. But anyway, I don't think my irritation was making me see things.
As soon as I was out of the parking lot I saw these three short streaks of light, all moving west, but pointed at a 45 degree angle towards the Earth. I took pictures but they didn't come out great.
They looked like jet-streams, but very short, and they weren't moving in the direction they were pointed. By the time I got to my street they were lined up equidistant, vertically from the horizon up into the sky and were moving quickly away. More of these light-jet-stream things began to show up, though these newbies ran parallel to the ground.
By the time I called my brother to tell him what I was seeing (because he's a TOTAL kook and would be the only person worth talking to about it) there were nine of them. The original three were still in formation but so far away they looked like dots. 6, 7, then 8 others were in hot pursuit. Eventually there were all gone into the sunset.
Pretty cool, huh?
Well, then on the radio this morning I heard Neal Conan explain away some missile that was launched but that no one knows anything about. The military says it knows nothing of course. Okay, also fine.
But... !
My debit card was used to buy $3000 worth of merchandise in Canada last night!
Coincidence? I think ... absolutely.
But I'm going to spend the day fantasizing about the alien war going on over head and how they are financing their battles with my robust checking account.
I hope they come to rule the Earth because they seem to be way better at making their dollars stretch and may be able to help us with this debt problem we have. Except that the aliens like Burberry Coats and iPods according to my bank, and I don't know that I could vote for that kind of spending.
As soon as I was out of the parking lot I saw these three short streaks of light, all moving west, but pointed at a 45 degree angle towards the Earth. I took pictures but they didn't come out great.
They looked like jet-streams, but very short, and they weren't moving in the direction they were pointed. By the time I got to my street they were lined up equidistant, vertically from the horizon up into the sky and were moving quickly away. More of these light-jet-stream things began to show up, though these newbies ran parallel to the ground.
By the time I called my brother to tell him what I was seeing (because he's a TOTAL kook and would be the only person worth talking to about it) there were nine of them. The original three were still in formation but so far away they looked like dots. 6, 7, then 8 others were in hot pursuit. Eventually there were all gone into the sunset.
Pretty cool, huh?
Well, then on the radio this morning I heard Neal Conan explain away some missile that was launched but that no one knows anything about. The military says it knows nothing of course. Okay, also fine.
But... !
My debit card was used to buy $3000 worth of merchandise in Canada last night!
Coincidence? I think ... absolutely.
But I'm going to spend the day fantasizing about the alien war going on over head and how they are financing their battles with my robust checking account.
I hope they come to rule the Earth because they seem to be way better at making their dollars stretch and may be able to help us with this debt problem we have. Except that the aliens like Burberry Coats and iPods according to my bank, and I don't know that I could vote for that kind of spending.
2010/11/05
The Novemberist
Jake says it's cold. Inside and out. He made me turn the heat on. Last night we raked leaves before dinner.
It's definitely Autumn. And that's nice.
2010/11/03
Squashed Squash
Last night I was going to swim. But then I got to cooking. Oh cooking, how I've missed you since my kitchen was over-run with guests, each of them with their own culinary parameters.
This picture doesn't show the cherry pie I made. Let me tell you, Internet creature: I make a mean cherry pie.
To pie!
And squash.
And broccoli from the garden.
And Kansas City steaks. Thanks Mom.
Oh, and to Apple Juice. Faithful yummy apple juice.
2010/11/01
Halloween!
This weekend several friends and I went Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" in DC. You can see my pictures on my Examiner post:
http://www.examiner.com/public-policy-in-washington-dc/dana-connors
Then we came home and got dressed to have THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN EVER!
We started off with drinks at Christina's cafe, where we rocked the house with our out-of-this-world face paint and costumery. Then we headed into the sticks to see 10 bands play in a 120 year old barn. Revelers were camping in the hills, and everyone BYOB-ed right out of the back of their pick-up trucks. Luckily we had a couple dogs and a truck, as well as a little brew of our own, to provide.
The bands were hardcore, happy core, and a lot of noise in general. Jake was a little wary at first but once he started to dance, he really enjoyed himself. There was a black room with fluorescent paint and he had the whole thing to himself for a while. He popped a lot of balloons, and had a blast in general. Of course everyone loved him.
My friends and I were pretty serene as well. I didn't start back flipping until the end. There's footage of me scaring a man off the dance floor when I tried to bite his face off at some point. There's also a rockin' picture of Terra with distorted ghost face about to bite Kat's neck. We did our best to make it a night from hell. Now that I think about though, there weren't very many other people dressed up. Unless they were just dressed as hicks.
I met the owners of the place and they were very nice. One is a music producer and I got a couple sample CDs. I'm amazed at the level of talent that's hiding out there in the hills of Shenandoah.
That reminds me. Terra and Trevor took me to a haunted house in Winchester, which was AWESOME. Very fun; and I laughed a lot in a nervous "Oh my god, I'm kind of a girl but this is creepy" sort of way.
Really super Halloween. Thanks for the good times guys.
http://www.examiner.com/public-policy-in-washington-dc/dana-connors
Then we came home and got dressed to have THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN EVER!
We started off with drinks at Christina's cafe, where we rocked the house with our out-of-this-world face paint and costumery. Then we headed into the sticks to see 10 bands play in a 120 year old barn. Revelers were camping in the hills, and everyone BYOB-ed right out of the back of their pick-up trucks. Luckily we had a couple dogs and a truck, as well as a little brew of our own, to provide.
The bands were hardcore, happy core, and a lot of noise in general. Jake was a little wary at first but once he started to dance, he really enjoyed himself. There was a black room with fluorescent paint and he had the whole thing to himself for a while. He popped a lot of balloons, and had a blast in general. Of course everyone loved him.
My friends and I were pretty serene as well. I didn't start back flipping until the end. There's footage of me scaring a man off the dance floor when I tried to bite his face off at some point. There's also a rockin' picture of Terra with distorted ghost face about to bite Kat's neck. We did our best to make it a night from hell. Now that I think about though, there weren't very many other people dressed up. Unless they were just dressed as hicks.
I met the owners of the place and they were very nice. One is a music producer and I got a couple sample CDs. I'm amazed at the level of talent that's hiding out there in the hills of Shenandoah.
That reminds me. Terra and Trevor took me to a haunted house in Winchester, which was AWESOME. Very fun; and I laughed a lot in a nervous "Oh my god, I'm kind of a girl but this is creepy" sort of way.
Really super Halloween. Thanks for the good times guys.
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