babies. My shipmates are unique people, so when two fascinating people
have a child, I'm so curious and excited about their development!
Here's Mathilde & Tu. Noelle said she will be sending more pics too.
My friends' babies
While I haven't met them yet, I'm pretty excited about my friends'
babies. My shipmates are unique people, so when two fascinating people
have a child, I'm so curious and excited about their development!
Here's Mathilde & Tu. Noelle said she will be sending more pics too.
babies. My shipmates are unique people, so when two fascinating people
have a child, I'm so curious and excited about their development!
Here's Mathilde & Tu. Noelle said she will be sending more pics too.
Hold fast to ye trusstackles!
Monday is National Talk Like A Pirate Day and Landon wants me to come to the downtown Austin bar where he bartends and join the festivities. The Jolly GAAAAR!rogers are playing.
I'll try not to school them when they start calling their beer grog and on the true meaning of A Hoy.
Spoke at length with Noelle on the phone yesterday! It was so nice to catch up. You people know that all my friends are virtual now, right? The phone is as close as I get to real and consistent interaction. Anyway, Noelle had a seriously painful delivery but said it was totally worth it, of course, and it sounds like she, Craig and Ewan are doing well even though they have to live in Modesto, CA for awhile. Both she and Tu are excited about the Attachment Parenting methods that they are practicing. While I was on the phone with Noelle she was giggling because Craig was making her smell the lavender he had picked outside. And I could hear Ewan gurgling baby-style in the background. I lightheartedly spoke of my depression and negativity since I'd moved to Texas and she said "well at least you're positive about being negative!" which I thought was funny.
Did I already mention on this blog how OBSESSED I am with the canceled tv show "Firefly"?? There's a movie called "Serenity" coming out. Before you see it you should rent the 4 Firefly cds. This show is so cool because the crew on the ship Serenity interact just like us sailors. Different backgrounds, similar terminology, an awesome captain, cool engineer... and my fave is Zoe. I want to be just like her!!! This show is made by the same people who did Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
So now I join the ranks not only of the people who spend too much time online, but also the people who become obsessed with certain TV shows. And so it goes with Life on Land.
I'll try not to school them when they start calling their beer grog and on the true meaning of A Hoy.
Spoke at length with Noelle on the phone yesterday! It was so nice to catch up. You people know that all my friends are virtual now, right? The phone is as close as I get to real and consistent interaction. Anyway, Noelle had a seriously painful delivery but said it was totally worth it, of course, and it sounds like she, Craig and Ewan are doing well even though they have to live in Modesto, CA for awhile. Both she and Tu are excited about the Attachment Parenting methods that they are practicing. While I was on the phone with Noelle she was giggling because Craig was making her smell the lavender he had picked outside. And I could hear Ewan gurgling baby-style in the background. I lightheartedly spoke of my depression and negativity since I'd moved to Texas and she said "well at least you're positive about being negative!" which I thought was funny.
Did I already mention on this blog how OBSESSED I am with the canceled tv show "Firefly"?? There's a movie called "Serenity" coming out. Before you see it you should rent the 4 Firefly cds. This show is so cool because the crew on the ship Serenity interact just like us sailors. Different backgrounds, similar terminology, an awesome captain, cool engineer... and my fave is Zoe. I want to be just like her!!! This show is made by the same people who did Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
So now I join the ranks not only of the people who spend too much time online, but also the people who become obsessed with certain TV shows. And so it goes with Life on Land.
Vegetarian Poodle Clipping
Heard Zappa on the radio lately? Well this is for you, Captain
Christopher, along with Rage lovers, Guns n Roses, and many other
rarely heard tunes can be heard on KAOS. Find it in iTunes free radio
under "Public". It's a station out of Evergreen State College. I love
the internet!!! But I'm still partial to KEXP.ORG
ANYWAY... the lovely Nanette Brown-Clampitt came to visit me in Austin!
Here she is, standing directly under the largest windchime I've ever
seen at the "Great Outdoors" nursery, where I bought a tomato plant and
a lemon verbena.
We went to Ruta Maya coffee house one morning for coffee and breakfast tacos. There was a toddler yoga class going on.
Then one night we wandered around the 6th street area and found
ourselves exploring the Hilton. We had it all to ourselves! One of the
banquet workers adjusted the lighting to our liking and took our
picture together. The luxury of the Hilton lobbies stands in vivid
contrast next to the convention center. While peering down from the
Hilton lobby lanai we could see cots and clothes belonging to NOLA
evacuees.
Below
are Nanette and Landon along the riverwalk in San Antonio. We toured
the Alamo last Sunday. Fascinating stuff. We rented the movie that
night to complete our All Alamo Sunday.
Christopher, along with Rage lovers, Guns n Roses, and many other
rarely heard tunes can be heard on KAOS. Find it in iTunes free radio
under "Public". It's a station out of Evergreen State College. I love
the internet!!! But I'm still partial to KEXP.ORG
ANYWAY... the lovely Nanette Brown-Clampitt came to visit me in Austin!
Here she is, standing directly under the largest windchime I've ever
seen at the "Great Outdoors" nursery, where I bought a tomato plant and
a lemon verbena.
We went to Ruta Maya coffee house one morning for coffee and breakfast tacos. There was a toddler yoga class going on.
Then one night we wandered around the 6th street area and found
ourselves exploring the Hilton. We had it all to ourselves! One of the
banquet workers adjusted the lighting to our liking and took our
picture together. The luxury of the Hilton lobbies stands in vivid
contrast next to the convention center. While peering down from the
Hilton lobby lanai we could see cots and clothes belonging to NOLA
evacuees.
Below
are Nanette and Landon along the riverwalk in San Antonio. We toured
the Alamo last Sunday. Fascinating stuff. We rented the movie that
night to complete our All Alamo Sunday.
La Grande Hermine - Infiltration
cool site, and fun article (what sailors would enjoy on vacation)
http://www.infiltration.org/boats-hermine.html
...listening to Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker album. I'm really falling for this bluesy alt country rock stuff.
http://www.infiltration.org/boats-hermine.html
...listening to Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker album. I'm really falling for this bluesy alt country rock stuff.
Pride and Self Sufficiency
Andrew emailed and said that the bobstay gave out. He said everyone is in good spirits. Someone else commented on the Bill site and said Leann is not currently aboard Pride 2.
Read a Katrina story by 2 EMS workers who'd been attending training in New Orleans when the hurricane hit.....
Read a Katrina story by 2 EMS workers who'd been attending training in New Orleans when the hurricane hit.....
Pride 2 caught in squall
rec'd from Nathalie Reginster today:
It is believed that Erin and Bhodi are currently crewing on the Pride of Baltimore II. They were supposed to join her crew when she reached Europe. In a transit from Britain to Spain they were hit by a squall - 40 knots and seas to match. They lost the whole rig while at sea. Nobody was hurt. Apparently the bowspint carried away and the fore and main followed suite not long after. Everything went by "the board" as they say (over the side). They motored 80 miles inland and made an emergency landing in France dragging the remnants. My friend App's brother, who is also crewing said its the biggest rats nest he's ever seen. The spars have all been reduced to kindling and some of the sails are salvageable.
See the article for more info
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4941345/detail.html-
... and as far as I know, Andrew Mckee is still first mate on board, and Leann from Lynx is there too.
... and as far as I know, Andrew Mckee is still first mate on board, and Leann from Lynx is there too.
So Much To Click
I'm attach some new links to my blog here, but here's a preview:
Bleep.com is great for previewing good music. Search for " PROEM " and listen to my favorite tune on the Socially Inept album, it's Number 3 (Invisible For All). Proem is Richard Bailey, my fellow coworker in the dungeon where I work. He'll be performing at Chop Suey for the Decibel Festival on Thursday, September 22nd.
Join the crew (literally) on myspace. Erin& Bhodi from Lady Washington, Hawaiian Chieftain, Bill of Rights, Amistad, Bounty and Pride 2; Laura Levin from LAMI & Ocean Institute; Macgregor from Lady Washington and Bill of Rights; Jimmy Mcmanus from Talofa and Bill of Rights; Stacey Lary from Lady Washington and Adventuress; Meghan from Lynx and Lady Maryland; plus some other cool people from around the country are already part of the Tall Ship Sailors group and we're checking in almost daily.
my other favorite links:
Captain Mason Marsh's blog from Portland, OR (one of my old captains from Lady Washington)
Yuri Padowinikof's blog from Tortola's West End, British Virgin Islands (friend and shipmate)
Ian Spain's blog from Moldovia, where he's doing Peace Corp work (worked aboard Providence, Denis Sullivan and Lady Maryland)
Sam Levin's blog - ALWAYS interesting! (my fellow deckhand during my brief time on Providence)
Bleep.com is great for previewing good music. Search for " PROEM " and listen to my favorite tune on the Socially Inept album, it's Number 3 (Invisible For All). Proem is Richard Bailey, my fellow coworker in the dungeon where I work. He'll be performing at Chop Suey for the Decibel Festival on Thursday, September 22nd.
Join the crew (literally) on myspace. Erin& Bhodi from Lady Washington, Hawaiian Chieftain, Bill of Rights, Amistad, Bounty and Pride 2; Laura Levin from LAMI & Ocean Institute; Macgregor from Lady Washington and Bill of Rights; Jimmy Mcmanus from Talofa and Bill of Rights; Stacey Lary from Lady Washington and Adventuress; Meghan from Lynx and Lady Maryland; plus some other cool people from around the country are already part of the Tall Ship Sailors group and we're checking in almost daily.
my other favorite links:
Captain Mason Marsh's blog from Portland, OR (one of my old captains from Lady Washington)
Yuri Padowinikof's blog from Tortola's West End, British Virgin Islands (friend and shipmate)
Ian Spain's blog from Moldovia, where he's doing Peace Corp work (worked aboard Providence, Denis Sullivan and Lady Maryland)
Sam Levin's blog - ALWAYS interesting! (my fellow deckhand during my brief time on Providence)
Erotic Irony
I have a weekend to myself. It's bliss. My body is so tense from worry and guilt - not feeling or acting the way other people think I should or wish that I would. "Be happy! Just want you to be happy, Kim!" That's what everyone says and my response is a resounding LEAVE ME ALONE! Mike W. and I once had a discussion about the kinds of music we listened to. I chose music that lifted me up and avoided the more depressing tones and lyrics that he often enjoyed. He didn't find his music depressing, and even if it was, he said that he liked experiencing different emotions "good" or "bad" when listening to music.
I've had two major personal revolutions in my life when it comes to music. After growing up in a classic rock/top 40 saturated suburban high school and neighborhood, a fit of rebelliousness at the age of 15 led me to run off and live with my estranged mother in what Seattle calls it's ghetto (it's not). My new friends included the jazz bands from both Roosevelt and Garfield High Schools, and my stepfather turned out to be a professional jazz musician. These friends unknowingly taught me to really listen to the individual instruments being used, and they encouraged me to join the concert band (they were lacking a baritone horn player). For several years after this I'd say my musical interests were not up to par with my punk/alternative/indie obsessed friends now, but they were a huge step above the Jimmy Buffet my dad raised me on, plus all things Madonna and MTV.
The 2nd big change in my interests was over a period of years. When I was 20 I was in love with Ray Robson, a 29 year old punk music junkie from a big family in Pennslyvania, who looked like Henry Rollins and had an immense library with bands like Built to Spill and Poison Idea. He made audio tapes for me and taught me how to shoot big shotguns and handguns in the Idaho wilderness. My best friend at the time was Maiya Jones, the first girl I ever kissed. She made me tapes with the Cranes, Wolfgang Press and the Butthole Surfers. Maiya and I would walk the back alleys of Boise while Ray and our husbands who were both old enough to drink watched shows at the Neurolux. We had to go to a kiddie hole in the wall but we OWNED that place when we got on stage and danced. Years later I dated a few musicians in Seattle who opened my eyes to some great stuff. Now I've become a pretentious snob compared to the masses who thoroughly enjoy top 40 and whatever else is played on the usual stations.
Anyway, the whole point is that good music is important to me. Regardless of the lyrics, it's a more evolved and peaceful type of communication than all the words that get me in trouble. Compared to many people here, I now listen to the "sad" stuff. And I like it that way. So I know what Mike W. was talking about. Watching all the frat boys and sorority girls dance around town with bleached blonde hair and beers in their hands makes me want to wait out my time in my two caves: the stone block air conditioned little house I live in, and the tiny oppressive office where I work. But I don't exactly flourish under flourescent lights so I go outside every now and then.
In Other News: I've begun reading Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth". Here's 2 quotes I like so far:
regarding the Hero's Journey...
"It's not to deny reason. To the contrary, by overcoming the dark passions, the hero symbolizes our ability to control the irrational savage within us."
and, regarding truth in writing...
"The writer must be true to truth... And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being truly is by describing his imperfections. The perfect human being is uninteresting--the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. And when the writer sends a dart of the true word, it hurts. But it goes with love. This is what Mann called "erotic irony," the love for that which you are killing with your cruel, analytical word."
Now I can better describe why Bhuddism has never been for me. And anyone who knows me knows why I relate to the rest of this latter quote.
I've had two major personal revolutions in my life when it comes to music. After growing up in a classic rock/top 40 saturated suburban high school and neighborhood, a fit of rebelliousness at the age of 15 led me to run off and live with my estranged mother in what Seattle calls it's ghetto (it's not). My new friends included the jazz bands from both Roosevelt and Garfield High Schools, and my stepfather turned out to be a professional jazz musician. These friends unknowingly taught me to really listen to the individual instruments being used, and they encouraged me to join the concert band (they were lacking a baritone horn player). For several years after this I'd say my musical interests were not up to par with my punk/alternative/indie obsessed friends now, but they were a huge step above the Jimmy Buffet my dad raised me on, plus all things Madonna and MTV.
The 2nd big change in my interests was over a period of years. When I was 20 I was in love with Ray Robson, a 29 year old punk music junkie from a big family in Pennslyvania, who looked like Henry Rollins and had an immense library with bands like Built to Spill and Poison Idea. He made audio tapes for me and taught me how to shoot big shotguns and handguns in the Idaho wilderness. My best friend at the time was Maiya Jones, the first girl I ever kissed. She made me tapes with the Cranes, Wolfgang Press and the Butthole Surfers. Maiya and I would walk the back alleys of Boise while Ray and our husbands who were both old enough to drink watched shows at the Neurolux. We had to go to a kiddie hole in the wall but we OWNED that place when we got on stage and danced. Years later I dated a few musicians in Seattle who opened my eyes to some great stuff. Now I've become a pretentious snob compared to the masses who thoroughly enjoy top 40 and whatever else is played on the usual stations.
Anyway, the whole point is that good music is important to me. Regardless of the lyrics, it's a more evolved and peaceful type of communication than all the words that get me in trouble. Compared to many people here, I now listen to the "sad" stuff. And I like it that way. So I know what Mike W. was talking about. Watching all the frat boys and sorority girls dance around town with bleached blonde hair and beers in their hands makes me want to wait out my time in my two caves: the stone block air conditioned little house I live in, and the tiny oppressive office where I work. But I don't exactly flourish under flourescent lights so I go outside every now and then.
In Other News: I've begun reading Joseph Campbell's "The Power of Myth". Here's 2 quotes I like so far:
regarding the Hero's Journey...
"It's not to deny reason. To the contrary, by overcoming the dark passions, the hero symbolizes our ability to control the irrational savage within us."
and, regarding truth in writing...
"The writer must be true to truth... And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being truly is by describing his imperfections. The perfect human being is uninteresting--the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. And when the writer sends a dart of the true word, it hurts. But it goes with love. This is what Mann called "erotic irony," the love for that which you are killing with your cruel, analytical word."
Now I can better describe why Bhuddism has never been for me. And anyone who knows me knows why I relate to the rest of this latter quote.
Cancer (June 21–July 22)
I'm hungry. My stomach is growling as I write this sentence, but I'm ignoring its demands, as an example to you. Fuck the instant gratification thing this week. Your desires will be coming upon you close and fast; if you're set on seeking their immediate fulfillment, you won't have a moment to rest or to enjoy the occasional satisfactions that come your way. You've got to learn to live with your hunger, now and in general. The best part is, once you do get to eat after being hungry for a while, food tastes a whole lot better.
Caeriel Crestin/Seattle Weekly
I'm hungry. My stomach is growling as I write this sentence, but I'm ignoring its demands, as an example to you. Fuck the instant gratification thing this week. Your desires will be coming upon you close and fast; if you're set on seeking their immediate fulfillment, you won't have a moment to rest or to enjoy the occasional satisfactions that come your way. You've got to learn to live with your hunger, now and in general. The best part is, once you do get to eat after being hungry for a while, food tastes a whole lot better.
Caeriel Crestin/Seattle Weekly
Kim
Chief, ruler : English
You have a charismatic and magnetic personality which others cannot help but be drawn to ensuring you of many friends. Very ambitious your keen perceptive powers and ability to absorb knowledge helps you to achieve your objectives. You are a strong willed and industrious worker who is prepared to earn all the material success and good fortune which comes your way. With a philosophical attitude happiness is assured.
(i could use a little material success right now!)
check out the meaning of your name
You have a charismatic and magnetic personality which others cannot help but be drawn to ensuring you of many friends. Very ambitious your keen perceptive powers and ability to absorb knowledge helps you to achieve your objectives. You are a strong willed and industrious worker who is prepared to earn all the material success and good fortune which comes your way. With a philosophical attitude happiness is assured.
(i could use a little material success right now!)
check out the meaning of your name
News From A Broad
(and some other sailors too)…
From Insane Elaine Eno! (See her pic on my myspace blog)
“I've been working at a Summer day camp where I take ten year olds rock-climbing, rowing, and sailing for daily adventures.”
“I just got back from a week of being a contestant on Monster House! We did a "Pirate House"! It should air around Oct 10th on the Discovery Channel. (I hope they don't make me look like too much of an idiot.)
By the by, our build team has the record of swearing more than any other build team. To which I point to myself and say "Sailor!"I hope all is well in the world of you. Fair winds and keep in touch.”Love, "Insane"
My Spy at the Seaport:
“The news about the HC was brought up at the bored meeting which is suppose to be a public meeting. The papers haven't quite been signed yet, they are haggling over times not price sooooooo....???? They want to sell her in 30 days and Charles Maples wants 90 days. The deal is Westport get her for "the golden 100" days in the summer, GHHSA gets her the rest of the time. GHHSA crews her and after she gets payed offwith the money from the 100 days; maybe 5-6 years she will be donated to GHHSA free and clear.
Alan Kerstetter is stuck in Key West for now, but might do some cruising this winter or spring on his recently purchased Cal27.
Carley Tallman just sailed the inside passage with her father, and has become a knitting fool for her nephew or niece that’s on the way soon.
Cheralynn just returned from a trip to Montana she’s staying at her parent’s on Bainbridge Island:
“Went swimming with my horse at the beach the other day! She was scared of the foam so she jumped it and headed out to sea.”
YOGI is hanging out in Singapore right now…
James “Jimmy” McManus is getting all kinds of offers from SoCal tallships but he’s holding out for the PR trip on Bill…
Laura Levin is helping Captain Christopher move from the hospital to his house today…
And… Eric “The Beard” Bott:life is good, my new email is ericthebeard (at) gmail (dot) com I am finishing up my tenure at the National Labs in the desert (tri-cities). After much deliberation, I made the decision to not become a tattoo artist and go on to grad school in chemistry. Imanaged to slide into the University of Washington's physical chemistry PhD program about 6 months after the application deadline. It a really good school with a program that I am very excited about. I leave the Labs in August and start grad school (indenturedservitude) in the middle/end of September. So, I am officially moving to Seattle. Where, you ask, will I live? Well…Having worked in a fairly well paying job for the last 10 months and living really cheaply, I have managed to save enough money to buy myself a very sexy sailboat, large enough to live aboard, small enoughto take care of. She is a 1936 EB Schock designed 34' sloop. She's made of white oak frames and Honduras mahogany planking. It was donated to the Center for Wooden boats and they are selling her for anawesome price. I have always wanted to live on a boat, but I never thought that it would be a realistic option for some time. But this opportunity came along that just seemed to be fate-bound and I tookit. So, that's the word. Let me know if you want to stay on a boat for a while, or maybe do some sailing…and if you have updated email addresses, i think mine may be a bit old... Later, -eric
Nanette Brown-Clampitt is coming to visit me in Austin! Woohoo!
And I cannot forget the Eloquent and Wonderful TUVALU!
“It still seems so strange to me that this creature started out as basically no more then a parasite rejected by my body, now it controls my entire world!! And what more, it has me convinced that it’s the greatest thing in creation!!AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Micah has fallen victim as well.
All we have left is hope.
Godspeed,
Tu' “
From Insane Elaine Eno! (See her pic on my myspace blog)
“I've been working at a Summer day camp where I take ten year olds rock-climbing, rowing, and sailing for daily adventures.”
“I just got back from a week of being a contestant on Monster House! We did a "Pirate House"! It should air around Oct 10th on the Discovery Channel. (I hope they don't make me look like too much of an idiot.)
By the by, our build team has the record of swearing more than any other build team. To which I point to myself and say "Sailor!"I hope all is well in the world of you. Fair winds and keep in touch.”Love, "Insane"
My Spy at the Seaport:
“The news about the HC was brought up at the bored meeting which is suppose to be a public meeting. The papers haven't quite been signed yet, they are haggling over times not price sooooooo....???? They want to sell her in 30 days and Charles Maples wants 90 days. The deal is Westport get her for "the golden 100" days in the summer, GHHSA gets her the rest of the time. GHHSA crews her and after she gets payed offwith the money from the 100 days; maybe 5-6 years she will be donated to GHHSA free and clear.
Alan Kerstetter is stuck in Key West for now, but might do some cruising this winter or spring on his recently purchased Cal27.
Carley Tallman just sailed the inside passage with her father, and has become a knitting fool for her nephew or niece that’s on the way soon.
Cheralynn just returned from a trip to Montana she’s staying at her parent’s on Bainbridge Island:
“Went swimming with my horse at the beach the other day! She was scared of the foam so she jumped it and headed out to sea.”
YOGI is hanging out in Singapore right now…
James “Jimmy” McManus is getting all kinds of offers from SoCal tallships but he’s holding out for the PR trip on Bill…
Laura Levin is helping Captain Christopher move from the hospital to his house today…
And… Eric “The Beard” Bott:life is good, my new email is ericthebeard (at) gmail (dot) com I am finishing up my tenure at the National Labs in the desert (tri-cities). After much deliberation, I made the decision to not become a tattoo artist and go on to grad school in chemistry. Imanaged to slide into the University of Washington's physical chemistry PhD program about 6 months after the application deadline. It a really good school with a program that I am very excited about. I leave the Labs in August and start grad school (indenturedservitude) in the middle/end of September. So, I am officially moving to Seattle. Where, you ask, will I live? Well…Having worked in a fairly well paying job for the last 10 months and living really cheaply, I have managed to save enough money to buy myself a very sexy sailboat, large enough to live aboard, small enoughto take care of. She is a 1936 EB Schock designed 34' sloop. She's made of white oak frames and Honduras mahogany planking. It was donated to the Center for Wooden boats and they are selling her for anawesome price. I have always wanted to live on a boat, but I never thought that it would be a realistic option for some time. But this opportunity came along that just seemed to be fate-bound and I tookit. So, that's the word. Let me know if you want to stay on a boat for a while, or maybe do some sailing…and if you have updated email addresses, i think mine may be a bit old... Later, -eric
Nanette Brown-Clampitt is coming to visit me in Austin! Woohoo!
And I cannot forget the Eloquent and Wonderful TUVALU!
“It still seems so strange to me that this creature started out as basically no more then a parasite rejected by my body, now it controls my entire world!! And what more, it has me convinced that it’s the greatest thing in creation!!AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Micah has fallen victim as well.
All we have left is hope.
Godspeed,
Tu' “
Hot Austin
Here's Polly living it up at Carlos n Charlies at Lake Travis. She really got into the whole Texas/Longhorn thing... hehe j/k
We're watching the crazy divers at Barton Springs
kids dancing to the band "Spin 66" aka "Jawbreaker". Reminded me of being at the North Shore
Micah, one of a handful of awesome acrobatic divers at Barton Springs near downtown Austin.
EZ Bake
I have planned on baking bread for a week now. Every morning I get up and wish that I had baked bread the night before. I've got to bake some before Polly gets here because it'd be stupid to hang out at the house waiting for bread to rise. I MUST DO IT!
But first I think I will bake and eat an entire box of Jiffy Apple Cinnamon muffins.
But first I think I will bake and eat an entire box of Jiffy Apple Cinnamon muffins.
I Have Become an Internet Junkie
I am living vicariously through my sailing friends who call and email. Plus I joined a group on myspace called "Tall Ship Sailors". One of the first topics that I posted was "If I had my very own tall ship..."
My initial post:
"It would be a steel hulled with wooden masts that sleeps at least 20. Maybe one or two squares in the rig, or a gaff topsail schooner. Something like the R.Tucker Thompson. I'd advertise on the internet and in magazines to do charters, ed trips, youth at risk programs, whatever was in demand in Puget Sound, Vancouver Island and Southeast Alaska. But it would be weekend or weeklong trips minimum, none of this daysail nonsense. And we'd have a good boat dog and allow at least one crew to raise a kid on board.
What would YOU do if you had you're own tall ship?"
--- and the reason I'm copying this here is because of the funny reply that Judy from Boston posted:
The dog and kid are a must i agree. I think it should be a mystery who the kid belongs to, though. so that when new people come on board you can say
"oh and this is little nickie. Hi. say hi nickie"
"oh she's so cute. How old is she?" -new guy
"Um I think maybe two. Not sure."
"Oh whose is she?"-new guy
"Um you know i don't really know. She was here when I got here. But I've only been here about six months. John might know ask him."
"Hey John, whose kid is it?"-new guy.
"Oh nickie, hi nickie. Yeah man she just started walking like a month ago. Unstoppable. she's a... Shit you know I think I was aloft when that whole thing happened. Great kid though. You know Jen might know."
Taunting also a must. Multiple cannons...yes. day sails...no.
kiddie pool on board and safety cones (for communicating to other vessels information not appropriate for ch.16 ...such as...i'm not wearing any underpants).
Caribbean all year.
My initial post:
"It would be a steel hulled with wooden masts that sleeps at least 20. Maybe one or two squares in the rig, or a gaff topsail schooner. Something like the R.Tucker Thompson. I'd advertise on the internet and in magazines to do charters, ed trips, youth at risk programs, whatever was in demand in Puget Sound, Vancouver Island and Southeast Alaska. But it would be weekend or weeklong trips minimum, none of this daysail nonsense. And we'd have a good boat dog and allow at least one crew to raise a kid on board.
What would YOU do if you had you're own tall ship?"
--- and the reason I'm copying this here is because of the funny reply that Judy from Boston posted:
The dog and kid are a must i agree. I think it should be a mystery who the kid belongs to, though. so that when new people come on board you can say
"oh and this is little nickie. Hi. say hi nickie"
"oh she's so cute. How old is she?" -new guy
"Um I think maybe two. Not sure."
"Oh whose is she?"-new guy
"Um you know i don't really know. She was here when I got here. But I've only been here about six months. John might know ask him."
"Hey John, whose kid is it?"-new guy.
"Oh nickie, hi nickie. Yeah man she just started walking like a month ago. Unstoppable. she's a... Shit you know I think I was aloft when that whole thing happened. Great kid though. You know Jen might know."
Taunting also a must. Multiple cannons...yes. day sails...no.
kiddie pool on board and safety cones (for communicating to other vessels information not appropriate for ch.16 ...such as...i'm not wearing any underpants).
Caribbean all year.
It's just a rabbit!
Today I went to Barton Springs with Mikey. We played Scrabble and he won (again) but he wins by making all my awesome words plural. I could beat him if I took all of the "S" pieces out of the bag.
I rented some movies from I Luv Video. "Queen Margot" (looking like an aristocratic french version of Carrie) which I quickly figured out that I'd seen before. I also found THIS scary short flick. Good thing I'm not going to be alone in the house tonight! LoL
I rented some movies from I Luv Video. "Queen Margot" (looking like an aristocratic french version of Carrie) which I quickly figured out that I'd seen before. I also found THIS scary short flick. Good thing I'm not going to be alone in the house tonight! LoL
Unrelated
When I was 12 had a crush on John Schneider. I don't see how Johnny Knoxville and Stiffler will be able to compare to the super masculine, confident and adventurous yet loyal and kind of moral attitudes of the original Bo & Luke.
It's really hard to tell when chorizo is fully cooked.
Whenever I hear John Mayer's song "Fathers, be good to your daughters" I think about myself, and my little sister, and my girlfriends...
"Girls become lovers, sisters and mothers...."
Yesterday I was talking to Polly and it sounds like her dad wasn't a chronic cheater or liar. Polly trusts men.
Mothers obviously need to be good to their sons, too. I have a good feeling that Polly's grandma told Polly's dad that she loved him, at least once.
I remember seeing some movie where some guy who ended up in jail refused to ever communicate with his child so he didn't end up perpetuating the cycle of bad parenting/unhealthy influence. I may not be a criminal, but I still don't live up to my idea of ideal child-raising standards. And hell, I'd probably raise better kids than lots of people. But I'm pretending that it DOES require a license, and my mental genetics don't qualify.
My boyfriend is on vacation in Italy for another week and a half :(
Today I played scrabble at a coffee shop with my friend Mike. Quack's in north Austin makes the very best espresso shakes and gingerbread cake that I have EVER had.
I'm listening to "Malcom in the Middle" in the background. The mom ran off to the batting cage for a day and is yelling at the family to be a little more considerate and help out now and then. The husband agrees to everything she says and she replies "If this is so easy, why do I have to ask for it? Why can't you guys just be better at this?" and the husband says "Honey, that's never gonna happen... we are too stupid to figure this stuff out. All you can expect from us is total abject obedience..."
Stupid is not a good excuse, but "crazy" isn't either. We all have to help each other out.
It's really hard to tell when chorizo is fully cooked.
Whenever I hear John Mayer's song "Fathers, be good to your daughters" I think about myself, and my little sister, and my girlfriends...
"Girls become lovers, sisters and mothers...."
Yesterday I was talking to Polly and it sounds like her dad wasn't a chronic cheater or liar. Polly trusts men.
Mothers obviously need to be good to their sons, too. I have a good feeling that Polly's grandma told Polly's dad that she loved him, at least once.
I remember seeing some movie where some guy who ended up in jail refused to ever communicate with his child so he didn't end up perpetuating the cycle of bad parenting/unhealthy influence. I may not be a criminal, but I still don't live up to my idea of ideal child-raising standards. And hell, I'd probably raise better kids than lots of people. But I'm pretending that it DOES require a license, and my mental genetics don't qualify.
My boyfriend is on vacation in Italy for another week and a half :(
Today I played scrabble at a coffee shop with my friend Mike. Quack's in north Austin makes the very best espresso shakes and gingerbread cake that I have EVER had.
I'm listening to "Malcom in the Middle" in the background. The mom ran off to the batting cage for a day and is yelling at the family to be a little more considerate and help out now and then. The husband agrees to everything she says and she replies "If this is so easy, why do I have to ask for it? Why can't you guys just be better at this?" and the husband says "Honey, that's never gonna happen... we are too stupid to figure this stuff out. All you can expect from us is total abject obedience..."
Stupid is not a good excuse, but "crazy" isn't either. We all have to help each other out.
I almost choked
on a big hunk o' Texas BBQ when I read on the billet bank:
Lady Washington is hiring a steward, offering "competitive pay and medical insurance"
LMAO
Is M.T. being funny?
Lady Washington is hiring a steward, offering "competitive pay and medical insurance"
LMAO
Is M.T. being funny?
