Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Move Over, "Nick Nolte's Mug Shot"
We caught dinner and a show at Medieval Times over the weekend. Yes, dinner without utensils for slightly less than the price of admission to Disneyworld! What fun! I've been twice before, once in Florida when I was ten, and once in Myrtle Beach on Spring Break during college, and THANK YOU MY MEDIEVAL TIMES EXPERIENCE NEEDS ARE FILLED NOW. I don't remember the constant flow of vendors hawking merchandise throughout previous shows, but apparently now some genius in management has decided that "wonder glow" tube necklaces are an excellent complement to the authenticity factor of being unable to get a fork with the meal.
We were there for a family birthday dinner, so Sophie was with us. The whole concept of taking a three-year-old to see a show of any kind is fraught with potential emotional landmines. Will the noise cause the kid to bawl? Will the kid be scarred for life if she's approached by large, costumed characters (Disneyworld, I'm looking at YOU)? Will the kid wet her pants while she's sitting on my lap? It turned out that Sophie was totally enthralled by the horses and pageantry, even if the storyline was over her head. We've been doing a post-mortem of the show ever since, complete with reenactments. But just the parts of the squires and grooms. The knights, she was not so fond of them.
Sophie: You know when that guy came out, and he had that stick, and he was hitting people with it?
Me: The knight?
Sophie: Yeah, him. I didn't like it when he got evil.
Me: Well, yeah, that was a little bit scary.
Sophie: And then that OTHER knight came out, and they were both hitting each other with sticks. They were like, like, like an EVIL SANDWICH.
Oh Sophie, you are awesome! That is the best description ever!
Brain. Exploding. Now.
Have I mentioned that Sophie is about three years plus approximately six weeks old? Yeah. I know, time flies. In totally related news, I went to the *cough* woman's doctor this week and...ohhhh, there go all my male readers! Ta, guys! Anyhoo. My favorite part of visting the OB/gyno office was people-watching in the waiting room. (Yep, tough call there, what with the parts pokin' being such a picnic on the beach and all.) The woman sitting across from me was busy filling out new patient paperwork, occasionally pausing to ask the guy with her for this or that bit of information. When she asked him for his cell phone number so she could list it as an emergency contact number, I couldn't help but wonder how she got a guy she obviously doesn't know well to go with her to a doctor appointment. Then I heard her ask the receptionist to figure out her due date. Drum roll, please---JUNE. The woman was hugely pregnant and JUST GOT AROUND TO HAVING HER FIRST OB APPOINTMENT. And finding out baby daddy's cell phone number.
When I mentioned it to Sean later that day, he shook his head and said, "Maybe she waited until she was sure?" Um, if there's something kicking you from the inside, odds are pretty good that it's either (1) fetal, or (2) alien. Either way, time to see a doctor.
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A good reason to get an electric stove.
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Sunday, February 19, 2006
With Thanks (or Maybe Apologies) to Johnny Weir
Nick Nolte's mug shot, man! That is the single most brilliant quote to come out of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
At this very moment, my husband is using charades to explain to me the DNS issues that he is having at work. He just pantomimed a server "vomiting". Quick, I need a distraction!
The Four Things Meme
Four Jobs You've Had
1. Book reshelver at a library
2. Inventory control office go-to girl in a large department store
3. Customer service representative for a telecommunications company
4. Research monkey of various titles
Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over
1. The Princess Bride
2. Jurassic Park
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Office Space
Four Cities in Which You've Lived
1. Parkville, MD
2. College Park, MD
3. Laurel, MD
4. Jessup, MD
Four TV Shows You Love to Watch
1. Ummmm, I'm not currently watching any TV...
Four Places You've Been on Vacation
1. Acupulco, Mexico
2. Rehoboth Beach, DE
3. Chicago, IL
4. Minneapolis, MN
Four of Your Favorite Foods
1. Yogurt (Stonyfield Farms, mmm)
2. Guacamole
3. Gouda...really, any kind of cheese
4. Strawberries
Four Places You'd Rather Be
1. Anywhere with Sophie
2. Chicago
3. A botanical garden
4. On the beach
Four Albums You Can't Live Without
1. Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
2. Maroon 5, Songs About Jane
3. The Smiths, Singles
4. David Gray, White Ladder
Four Vehicles You've Owned
1. 1987 Dodge Reliant station wagon, YELLOW, known as "The Cheese"
2. 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier
3. 2000 Subaru Forester, named "Ruby"
4. 2002 Jetta GLX, dubbed "Fritz" (I didn't name this one)
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
"Hey! Do you realize that Uncle Matt says DEH-licious and Granddad says DEE-licious?"---Sophie, age 3 years, 1 month
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Arrrrr, It's Delicious!
Hey kids! Check out new Pirates of the Caribbean cereal: it's chock full of all the yummy things you want to eat (but shouldn't) and sure to be unnaturally well-preserved, JUST LIKE JOHNNY DEPP.
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
And We Survived Without Extra Milk, Bread, or Toilet Paper
  The first heavy snowfall of 2006 has hit the Mid-Atlantic! When Sophie awoke this morning, I told her to look out the window. "Oh, there are a lot of trees in our yard!", she said. She's right: coated thickly with snow, the branches of our trees bend into the yard, obscuring the road and neighbors beyond. The view from the house after a snowstorm is rather pretty. (The same can't be said most of the rest of the time. Unfortunately, Cheezleton Manor did not come with a gardener. Or any other staff, for that matter.)
 Sean made beignets for breakfast, his specialty. They take forever and a day to make, but they're SO good fresh from the fryer with a heavy dusting of powdered sugar. Totally worth the third-degree mouth and tongue burns.
 After breakfast, we all got ready to go outside to play, including the dog. Toby was not thrilled about having to wear a little winter coat BUT I MADE HIM DO IT ANYWAY. Not so much to keep him warm - let's face it, poodles have a built-in woolly winter coat - as to amuse myself by dressing my small dog as a lumberjack. Sean loaded Sophie and Toby into the sled and spun them around the yard a few times, which was pretty much the extent of my willingness to be outside. Because, y'know, it's exhausting to stand around holding a camera out in the cold and wet. I managed to stick it out long enough to get a picture of Sean making a snowman while Sophie eats snow and the Snowbeard the Poodle eyes the carrot intended for the snowman's nose. The finished product ended up looking a lot like the snowmen from the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip.
And then, the very best part of any snow day: back inside for hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream!
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Saturday, February 11, 2006
Drive-In Movie Theater
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Friday, February 10, 2006
How To Put a Crimp in Your Vacation Plans
Traveling to America from another country? Not sure what to pack for the trip? Go ahead and bring your toothbrush, comfortable shoes, perhaps a bathing suit, but please, leave the human skull behind.
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Thursday, February 09, 2006
Pipin' Hot Link-y Goodness
Oh, look. Aerosmith attended the Grammy Awards dressed as the drag version of "Brokeback Mountain".
Plant matter may colonize in humans, essentially rendering them mutant vegetation. Of course, many of us have already noted this issue in our less competent coworkers.
Get yer daily cute right here.
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Saturday, February 04, 2006
Puppy Love
We dogsat a chocolate poodle puppy named Chewie for a few hours last night. Say it with me now: AWWWWWWW! He was warm, wriggly, and very, very cute. Not so cute that I would consider getting another one and repeating the housebreaking, late night whining, chewed shoe surprises, and other pitfalls of puppyhood, but pretty freakin' cute.
And cuter still:
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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
The amazing and talented Chris of Barefoot And... posted a Delurking for Choice challenge: for every reader who posts a comment to that particular blog entry, she will donate a dollar to NARAL. With the confirmation of Alito, there is increasing concern that the Supreme Court is another step closer to rescinding women's rights to make decisions on behalf of their own bodies. Folks, this is not a good thing. We've been there before and those horrors were what brought about Roe v. Wade in the first place.
If you've read Chris' site, perhaps having wandered from here to there before, go and add your comment if you support a woman's right to choose! (And if you don't agree with it, I STRONGLY suggest that you refrain from posting an inflammatory comment: (1) it would be counterproductive, since it would get $1 donated to protecting choice, and (2) it just really wouldn't be a smart move on a blog with a sizable readership consisting mostly of extremely hormonal women.)
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