Last night I dreamed I gave birth to a tiny little Toad (my dog, not a real toad - gross). He was about the size of my index finger, but he acted like a grown up dog. I carried him around in a little plastic bag, and he kept escaping from it. The weirdest part was that somehow Toad had been implanted in my uterus - it was not a naturally occurring thing. I think I was trying to save his life or correct his behavior or something. Like, maybe if he could start over and have a new, happier puppyhood he wouldn't be such a little bastard. Anyway, it was weird.
In other news, I am enjoying my first week of freedom. I actually forgot what day it was today, so that is a good sign that I am starting to relax. J's family is coming in tomorrow, and we have a lot of stuff planned for this weekend, so the Christmas season is officially starting. We haven't even put up a tree or bought a single present yet. Well, that's not true. J bought me an Xbox so that I could play "Munch's Odyssey." He gave it to me already so I can play with it while I'm on my break. I was very excited.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dream
So, last night I had this dream that my Bibliography and Research Methods class all went out to dinner together. My professor brought along a distinguished colleague of his from another university. Imagine my surprise when we pulled up to the Playboy mansion and there were, like, 20 topless girls walking around. There were also a ton of little cocktails that my professor had made in advance for us to drink. Getting into the spirit of things, I took my top off, grabbed a cocktail, and started looking around. The next thing I know, everyone is sitting down at tables waiting for dinner to be served. They are all dressed. I hear someone on a loudspeaker or something calling me to come sit down and eat. I, of course, have no top on, so I must find something to wear. Lucky me, I found a T-shirt stand, so I stole a T-shirt from it. By this time, though, my professor was really mad at me. He found me just as I was leaving the T-shirt stand and began to lecture me on my inappropriate behavior and how disappointed he is. I began to apologize when I realized that he hasn't graded my paper yet! OMG! I started to blurt out apologies and panic a little bit. I was about halfway through my "I was being especially inconsiderate of your personal time..." speech when I woke up, drenched in sweat, and started laughing at myself. The end.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Out of Commission
I am unavailable for social interaction until Monday, Dec. 15. I have one paper due tomorrow and another due on Wednesday, plus a group project due on Tuesday. I have barely started, and I have a total of 40 pages to write. That's like 2/3 of my Master's thesis. Then I have my students' last essays to grade. THEN I have to grade their final exams. What have I gotten myself into? Any and all words of encouragement would be appreciated!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cleveland Pictures
Peyton Manning putting on his helmet.
Merry Christmas, Jonathan!
The Browns vs. the Colts!
Rock and Roll!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Cleveland
We are back from Cleveland. I will post pictures tomorrow when I am back in Dallas. The trip was great! Better than either of us expected, I think. We arrived late Saturday afternoon and got a cab to our hotel which was right downtown. Our room had a great view of the city, and the hotel was within walking distance of a ton of restaurants and also the football stadium.
On top of everything, the hotel was hosting a convention for the movie "A Christmas Story." They had a walk-through model of the house and a prop museum, and they were showing the movie in a continuous loop on the big screen all day long as well as airing some documentaries about the making of the movie. Apparently some of the actors were there, too, but we didn't see any of them in person. Then, that night there was a Christmas parade down the main street, and our room had such a good view we ordered a bottle of champagne and watched it from our window. Fun, fun, fun! We had no idea there would be so much going on!
Sunday we slept in and ate our hotel breakfast, then moseyed on over to the stadium. There were a ton of people walking over at the same time, and they were all wearing Browns logos all over their clothes. Jonathan turned to me and said, "I don't know what to do with myself!" He's so used to being the only Browns fan, and there we were surrounded by an entire city of Browns fans. It was fun!
Our seats were awesome. We sat on the Colts' sideline, and right after we sat down I was like, "Hey, that's Peyton Manning right there drinking Gatorade." And it totally was. I am proud of myself for recognizing a football player. If I had yelled something at him he totally would have heard me. We were that close. He's skinny. I wasn't expecting that.
After the game (the Browns lost 10-6), we strolled over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was going to close in an hour and a half, and the staff was all, "You guys had better hurry!" But, really, an hour or so of looking at rock and roll paraphernalia is all I can take, and I felt like I saw plenty of stuff in that time. My favorite thing was a T-shirt that the drummer of U2 made in high school art class. He silkscreened "U2" onto a white T-shirt with a green circle on it when he was like 17. It's the first U2 T-shirt ever. They also had a collection of their rejection letters from record companies. I thought it was the best part of the exhibit, and I'm not even a huge U2 fan. I just thought their exhibit actually told a story about the band instead of just displaying a bunch of their crap.
I also actually liked the Jimi Hendrix exhibit even though I can't honestly say I've ever sat down and listened to a Jimi Hendrix song. That's not to say I haven't heard one in passing - I've just never made a deliberate effort. They had a bunch of his drawings on display. Two of them were of medieval knights fighting. The rest were mostly football team drawings and motor boats. One was of a good shepherd and his flock. Looking at teenage Jimi Hendrix's drawings made me want to listen to grown-up Jimi Hendrix's music. Jonathan said he has a Hendrix album. I will have to listen to it.
We got up at 4 am this morning to catch our plane to Dallas. All went well, we got our Toad from my mom's house, and came home. I took a nap and drove to my class. Now I'm in Waco procrastinating with this blog. Whew!
On top of everything, the hotel was hosting a convention for the movie "A Christmas Story." They had a walk-through model of the house and a prop museum, and they were showing the movie in a continuous loop on the big screen all day long as well as airing some documentaries about the making of the movie. Apparently some of the actors were there, too, but we didn't see any of them in person. Then, that night there was a Christmas parade down the main street, and our room had such a good view we ordered a bottle of champagne and watched it from our window. Fun, fun, fun! We had no idea there would be so much going on!
Sunday we slept in and ate our hotel breakfast, then moseyed on over to the stadium. There were a ton of people walking over at the same time, and they were all wearing Browns logos all over their clothes. Jonathan turned to me and said, "I don't know what to do with myself!" He's so used to being the only Browns fan, and there we were surrounded by an entire city of Browns fans. It was fun!
Our seats were awesome. We sat on the Colts' sideline, and right after we sat down I was like, "Hey, that's Peyton Manning right there drinking Gatorade." And it totally was. I am proud of myself for recognizing a football player. If I had yelled something at him he totally would have heard me. We were that close. He's skinny. I wasn't expecting that.
After the game (the Browns lost 10-6), we strolled over to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was going to close in an hour and a half, and the staff was all, "You guys had better hurry!" But, really, an hour or so of looking at rock and roll paraphernalia is all I can take, and I felt like I saw plenty of stuff in that time. My favorite thing was a T-shirt that the drummer of U2 made in high school art class. He silkscreened "U2" onto a white T-shirt with a green circle on it when he was like 17. It's the first U2 T-shirt ever. They also had a collection of their rejection letters from record companies. I thought it was the best part of the exhibit, and I'm not even a huge U2 fan. I just thought their exhibit actually told a story about the band instead of just displaying a bunch of their crap.
I also actually liked the Jimi Hendrix exhibit even though I can't honestly say I've ever sat down and listened to a Jimi Hendrix song. That's not to say I haven't heard one in passing - I've just never made a deliberate effort. They had a bunch of his drawings on display. Two of them were of medieval knights fighting. The rest were mostly football team drawings and motor boats. One was of a good shepherd and his flock. Looking at teenage Jimi Hendrix's drawings made me want to listen to grown-up Jimi Hendrix's music. Jonathan said he has a Hendrix album. I will have to listen to it.
We got up at 4 am this morning to catch our plane to Dallas. All went well, we got our Toad from my mom's house, and came home. I took a nap and drove to my class. Now I'm in Waco procrastinating with this blog. Whew!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
LoveErinDesigns
So, my friend Erin has a new online store for the jewelry that she makes. I just bought this necklace which I am completely in love with:
If you are in the market for some interesting and lovely jewelry, check out her store at LoveErinDesigns.etsy.com!
If you are in the market for some interesting and lovely jewelry, check out her store at LoveErinDesigns.etsy.com!
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