Blubber blubbering blubbis. I'm aware that last one isn't a word but it was the way best to describe how the Doctor Who episode was supposed to make everyone feel. I didn't blubber or even blubbis, but I did get teary eyed.
So now I'm going to say this. If you have not seen the most recent Doctor Who episode called "Angels Take Manhattan" then I suggest you stop reading this if you don't want spoilers.
I was kind of expecting Amy and Rory to die in this episode but I just wasn't sure how. That being said I kind of wished they hadn't told us they were leaving the show. It would have been kind of nice to be surprised by every thing. Instead we knew they had to leave, we just needed to fill in the blanks on how.
What I liked about the episode was: The relationships. I really liked the relationships in this episode because for the first time since meeting Amy and Rory I actually felt like they were both equally in love with each other. There was a hierarchy where Amy was still hung up on the Doctor and Rory pining for her that existed in their relationship before now.
This was the first time I felt Amy's love for Rory and think there was no other way they could have ended the episode. If she had stayed with the Doctor I would have been super disappointed in her and think she was making such a brave choice.
They did a stellar job with their performances in this episode too. The scene on top of the building before the jump just about rips your heart out, but poor freaking Rory can't even catch a break. The poor guy dies three times in that episode. He is definitely the man who dies.
Besides the relationships between Rory and Amy being better and more clear I really liked what Moffat did with River and the Doctor's relationship this episode. There was just something about River that made her seem like she was so much older than the Doctor now and more mature. I can't quite put my finger on it but she seemed more comfortable with there relationship while the Doctor seemed still like a giddy newly married type or has a crush when straightening his hair and such.
I'm really curious where in the timeline they are meeting this time for River and how that has made her act not as flirty as she normally is. I know that she tends to be ahead of him in the relationship but not always. I enjoy her character but I'm curious if she will come back now that her 'parents' are gone.
What I didn't like about the episode was: The plot holes. I suppose I could just say plot hole since I can only really think of one right now. I don't understand how the Doctor can't go back and see them ever again. I can understand going back to that exact same time he went back the first time would cause problems but if he came back the next day wouldn't that be fine? No risk of paradox then? I just thought that was a terrible way to "keep" the Doctor from Amy and Rory.
A part of me thinks Moffat just wants the option of bringing them back in the future You know. Like he does. I just don't see how he can't go back an see them. If someone else has some insight on this I will gladly take it.
All in all I really enjoyed this episode and I'm going to fill the space between now and Christmas with my homework for Gally. That and running a show, but hey I still have awhile before it opens.
September 27th, 28th, 2012: New Plan
I have decided in order to help me get daily blog posts up here I'm going to try doing theme days of the week. I'm going to be doing a large amount of rehearsing for "Annie" and working for the next few weeks. I think that has kind of drained my ability to keep up with my blogging because I feel like I'm going to be posting about the same old thing every single day. I don't want to put people through that. Not saying my jobs are boring, I just don't get the inspiration to write about similar events.
So. Now that I have thought of the idea of doing theme days I actually have to come up with themes. I think Saturday will be "Who"turday just because I am usually watching Doctor Who on Saturdays or sometimes Sundays, depending. Even with the last episode of this half of the season ending this Saturday I think I will still call it that. I still have my homework for Gally I can write about and that is still Doctor Who related. I've also got my sewing and crotchet projects that are Who related. Let's just admit that I have got all sorts I could say about Doctor Who.
Sunday can be my making goals day. I usually try to write up my weekly goal board I have to help me motivate myself on Sundays. I can use Sunday's blog to fill you in on what I might be trying to accomplish that week.
Monday. Hmm. I'm going to watch a random music video and 'review' it. It isn't really going to be a serious review unpacking it and analyzing it, but more along the lines of seeing videos to songs I didn't know existed (taking any suggestions now for this one).
EDIT: I'm making this open to having any kind of random video for this day instead of just a music video.
Tuesday. A day I will dedicate completely to talking about my pets. Charli and Falkor.
Wednesday. Feels. All the feels on Wednesday because it is the middle of the week and it's good to just check in and see how you are feeling sometimes.
Thursday. Free space! Do whatever I want for that day. Maybe I feel like blogging about hobbits or legumes that day and I can because it's a free day!
Friday. Cute Animal videos, because Chad and I love to watch cute animals on YouTube Namely Boston Terriers.
Since this blog post is supposed to be covering Thursday and Friday I'm going to show you a video that had Chad and I laughing so hard for some reason. I don't know if we were just super tired or if this is just that amusing. Either way we really enjoyed it and think you should too.
I think the music really makes it. Ok no I think the dog makes it the most, but music helps.
So. Now that I have thought of the idea of doing theme days I actually have to come up with themes. I think Saturday will be "Who"turday just because I am usually watching Doctor Who on Saturdays or sometimes Sundays, depending. Even with the last episode of this half of the season ending this Saturday I think I will still call it that. I still have my homework for Gally I can write about and that is still Doctor Who related. I've also got my sewing and crotchet projects that are Who related. Let's just admit that I have got all sorts I could say about Doctor Who.
Sunday can be my making goals day. I usually try to write up my weekly goal board I have to help me motivate myself on Sundays. I can use Sunday's blog to fill you in on what I might be trying to accomplish that week.
Monday. Hmm. I'm going to watch a random music video and 'review' it. It isn't really going to be a serious review unpacking it and analyzing it, but more along the lines of seeing videos to songs I didn't know existed (taking any suggestions now for this one).
EDIT: I'm making this open to having any kind of random video for this day instead of just a music video.
Tuesday. A day I will dedicate completely to talking about my pets. Charli and Falkor.
Wednesday. Feels. All the feels on Wednesday because it is the middle of the week and it's good to just check in and see how you are feeling sometimes.
Thursday. Free space! Do whatever I want for that day. Maybe I feel like blogging about hobbits or legumes that day and I can because it's a free day!
Friday. Cute Animal videos, because Chad and I love to watch cute animals on YouTube Namely Boston Terriers.
Since this blog post is supposed to be covering Thursday and Friday I'm going to show you a video that had Chad and I laughing so hard for some reason. I don't know if we were just super tired or if this is just that amusing. Either way we really enjoyed it and think you should too.
I think the music really makes it. Ok no I think the dog makes it the most, but music helps.
September 24th-26th, 2012: My Least and Most Favorite Parts of Theatre
When working in Theatre I think one of the hardest parts is not the rehearsals or the actual run of the show, but the part where you have to put together a cast. The part where you have to sit down and really think about what you want the show to be like and how the people who audition would make the characters shine. There is no easy way to go about this process and you just have to follow your gut.
There were plenty of talented people that showed up for the "Annie" auditions and the callbacks proved to show just how talented they could be. We would have loved to have cast everyone but that isn't how show business works. In the end you have to reject people and that is the part I hate the most.
I'm glad I don't have to actually make the choices the director has to make and pick out the cast but at the same time then I'm left calling the individuals that didn't get parts, but on the bright side I also get to offer parts. However, offering parts doesn't always go as well as you would like it either. People say no to you sometimes and that is almost as hard as the other way around.
If someone was to ask me my most and least favorite parts about doing a show I would say the process of calling all of those people to either offer parts or reject is my least. I'm going to take a moment to think about what I would say the most favorite part is. I'll symbolize time passing with these handy dots...... The part when we actually have the finished product and are showing it to the audience. It is the time when I'm the most nerve wracked and adrenaline pumping but at the same time I'm confident in the abilities of everyone around me that we will make a great show. It's the best when we get to see all of the combined efforts of so many people finally complete and hopefully their vision on stage.
I hope to have the ability to wrangle all of these adults and 7 little girls to keep us in line for our next few months of rehearsal so we can be the best we can be. Also, so that we can totally kick the other "Annie" productions in the area in the tush with how awesome we are.
Monday through Wednesday might have been rough with calling what felt like a billion people and waiting for people to return called felt like a billion years had past, but it's all worth the finished product in the end.
There were plenty of talented people that showed up for the "Annie" auditions and the callbacks proved to show just how talented they could be. We would have loved to have cast everyone but that isn't how show business works. In the end you have to reject people and that is the part I hate the most.
I'm glad I don't have to actually make the choices the director has to make and pick out the cast but at the same time then I'm left calling the individuals that didn't get parts, but on the bright side I also get to offer parts. However, offering parts doesn't always go as well as you would like it either. People say no to you sometimes and that is almost as hard as the other way around.
If someone was to ask me my most and least favorite parts about doing a show I would say the process of calling all of those people to either offer parts or reject is my least. I'm going to take a moment to think about what I would say the most favorite part is. I'll symbolize time passing with these handy dots...... The part when we actually have the finished product and are showing it to the audience. It is the time when I'm the most nerve wracked and adrenaline pumping but at the same time I'm confident in the abilities of everyone around me that we will make a great show. It's the best when we get to see all of the combined efforts of so many people finally complete and hopefully their vision on stage.
I hope to have the ability to wrangle all of these adults and 7 little girls to keep us in line for our next few months of rehearsal so we can be the best we can be. Also, so that we can totally kick the other "Annie" productions in the area in the tush with how awesome we are.
Monday through Wednesday might have been rough with calling what felt like a billion people and waiting for people to return called felt like a billion years had past, but it's all worth the finished product in the end.
September 22nd & 23rd, 2012: Power of Three
I would just like to say if a bunch of Black Cubes started randomly showing up I'm hoping that I would be one of the smart people who would get rid of them instead of making them into shiny paper weights. Oh who am I kidding. I would totally use them to build a sweet shiny fence or something.
If you have no idea what I am talking about then you most likely didn't watch Doctor Who this weekend and I can't blame you for that. Not everyone watches it and that's ok. For those of you who do, kudos to you!
This weeks episode was an interesting one. I'm starting to like Rory's Dad more. He was amusing in this episode and had me laughing at his silly antics. Not silly as he was making jokes and that sort of thing. He was making me laugh because of how serious he can be about the silliest things. I mean the man sat in the TARDIS for four days staring at some cubes and thought nothing of it.
I am kind of curious if anyone else thinks that Rory's Dad might have a disability of some sort. Maybe it's just me and I'm not trying to make fun of people with disabilities by any means but the way he took the tasks he was given by the Doctor without any hesitation or questioning, and such diligence kind of made me think a bit more about him as a person. I wanted to know more about him and what makes him act the way he does. The fact it was hard for him to complete the task of getting something for Rory at the hospital (despite the two guys ganging up on him) and being super receptive to the whole alien thing. If I remember correctly he didn't really seem that phased in the Dinosaurs episode (I still have to watch it more awake though). He just seems like he might be a bit different and that isn't a bad thing. I'm just curious about the character and how they wanted him portrayed.
I feel like I am rambling about him though and I'm not too sure I'm making much sense(been up all day doing Annie stuff and I'm pooped!).
Oh speaking of those two guys who attacked Rory's Dad...who I now realize I can't actually remember the name of. Is his name Brian? I'll having to Google it. Any way. The two guys. Anyone else think they look like this guy?
Anyone? I thought maybe someone cross bred some Birdos with humans and the result was the two guys from this episode.
For those who know anything about Mario games and Birdo, I'm one of those who thinks Birdo is a dude that likes to pretend it is a she, or at least it is a gender neutral creature. On Wiki it says "Birdo thinks he is a girl and likes to be called Birdetta He likes to wear a bow on his head and shoot eggs from his mouth." Which is apparently an exert from an instruction manual for Super Mario Bros. 2. So I say all for the crazy gendered fictional beast. You will be a dude in my heart forever.
Anyways. This was supposed to be about Doctor Who! I liked the episode. The ending was a bit meh for me, but it was still good. I'm interested in how they end this short little jaunt of episodes next weekend.
Oh and for those who don't watch Doctor Who. I made an apple crisp this weekend in honor of the first day of Fall. Well it was more like in honor of being in the store and craving apples hardcore and deciding apple crisp would be good. So I made one.
I didn't get a picture of it before we had some...with ice cream of course. I think it was a success. Tasted good, smelled good, but one thing I might want to do next time is skin the apples. I used Golden Delicious apples for the first time ever and the skin got a little bit chewy after baking. I also would use some lemon juice on the apples to keep them from browning quickly. They always look nicer after a few days with lemon juice on them because they don't brown as fast. That was what I learned from making pies with my Mom and Grandma at least. Alas, I had no lemon juice when I made this and did not think of it until it was too late.
I now have way too much oatmeal to know what to do with. I'm thinking I need to make some "shit" cookies to use up some oatmeal. They are also known as no bake cookies for the child safe name.
September 20th-21st: Town Called Mercy
The moment I'm sure all of you have been waiting for has arrived. My thoughts on last Saturday's Doctor Who episode!
A Town Called Mercy passed with flying colors for me as far as being entertaining. I don't usually go out of my way to watch Westerns but I do like them. I have seen a few in my past and didn't really recall not liking any of them. I do remember there seemed to be a large quantity of riding around on horses. That was probably the hardest part to get through when it came to watching Westerns. Long drawn out scenes of people on horses and cows, etc.
Doctor Who did it well and included the time told elements of westerns but also they added their own little side to things. I appreciated the humor used throughout, especially the undertaker. He was probably my favorite. Susan the horse was pretty amusing as well. I'm going to probably lean with the people that are considering it to be a boy named Susan and not a transgender horse. Plus then you can make the reference to the song boy named Sue.
One line I thought was just kind of thrown in there for no particular reason was after the Doctor gets off Susan the horse and finds the aliens spaceship he throws the line out "Yes, I wear a stetson now." It didn't really fit to me. I know he likes to say "I wear *this* now" but in this case it really didn't go with what was going on. He was just getting off of a horse and not even talking to the horse like he does later. Plus the horse wouldn't know what he previous wore in the past. I think someone thought it would be 'neat' to say that since the craze for bow ties and fezzes happened so easily. This time I think they might have tried a bit too hard. Those things happen on their own, and using an old hat line isn't going to make me want to go out and buy a cowboy hat.
Besides that one part, the episode worked for me. I found humor in it and I also liked the quarrel within the Doctor on what the right thing to do would be. It had some nice moments where you can see how the Doctor is aging. They did say he was over 1000 years old now and that means there is a good chunk of time we don't know what he has been up to. Amy even mentions that this is what happens when he travels alone. Er, or was it something like "this is the reason you can't travel alone". My memory is failing me since I watched it a week ago.
I have no idea what to expect for the next episode this weekend but I'm going to be looking forward to it none the less. Maybe this time I'll get my opinion blog out a bit quicker.
A Town Called Mercy passed with flying colors for me as far as being entertaining. I don't usually go out of my way to watch Westerns but I do like them. I have seen a few in my past and didn't really recall not liking any of them. I do remember there seemed to be a large quantity of riding around on horses. That was probably the hardest part to get through when it came to watching Westerns. Long drawn out scenes of people on horses and cows, etc.
Doctor Who did it well and included the time told elements of westerns but also they added their own little side to things. I appreciated the humor used throughout, especially the undertaker. He was probably my favorite. Susan the horse was pretty amusing as well. I'm going to probably lean with the people that are considering it to be a boy named Susan and not a transgender horse. Plus then you can make the reference to the song boy named Sue.
One line I thought was just kind of thrown in there for no particular reason was after the Doctor gets off Susan the horse and finds the aliens spaceship he throws the line out "Yes, I wear a stetson now." It didn't really fit to me. I know he likes to say "I wear *this* now" but in this case it really didn't go with what was going on. He was just getting off of a horse and not even talking to the horse like he does later. Plus the horse wouldn't know what he previous wore in the past. I think someone thought it would be 'neat' to say that since the craze for bow ties and fezzes happened so easily. This time I think they might have tried a bit too hard. Those things happen on their own, and using an old hat line isn't going to make me want to go out and buy a cowboy hat.
Besides that one part, the episode worked for me. I found humor in it and I also liked the quarrel within the Doctor on what the right thing to do would be. It had some nice moments where you can see how the Doctor is aging. They did say he was over 1000 years old now and that means there is a good chunk of time we don't know what he has been up to. Amy even mentions that this is what happens when he travels alone. Er, or was it something like "this is the reason you can't travel alone". My memory is failing me since I watched it a week ago.
I have no idea what to expect for the next episode this weekend but I'm going to be looking forward to it none the less. Maybe this time I'll get my opinion blog out a bit quicker.
September 17th-19th: Annie!
Woaaaaah time is going by so fast this week! This is going to be another 3 in one post. Sorry about that but this week was a busy one for me! Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I spent doing auditions for the show Annie. There were a kazillion little girls on Monday trying out for the role of Annie or an orphan. Ok, well a kazillion is a bit of an overstatement but there was a grand total of 107 I think. I've heard 116 as well but either way I'm going to say over one hundred. Sounds cooler to me anyway.
Tuesday and Wednesday we had some delightful adults and some rather interesting ones as well. I can't really say much about what I see in the audition room but there are some characters that come out to play.
Now that we have done auditions we will be gearing up for our callbacks on Sunday. It is always fun and stressful (but mostly fun) to put together a cast. At least it is for me because as a stage manager I get to organize the crap out of all of those audition forms. I've got one of those accordion binder things that I can't remember the name of and it is fantastic. While I'm organizing things the Director and the Music Director have the much harder parts of actually picking people. I only give input if I feel like they want it, or ask for it. It's not really my place to say anything. Also I don't really know that much about casting a musical. This is only my second time stage managing one.
The Theatre is the one place you will find me getting excited over new techniques I think up for stage managing. Which is so strange because my house is one of those 'organized' messes. I don't really put my stage managing head into use in my own home, but I think I should. Surprisingly in the past few years I have improved when it comes to my mess and I'm thinking it might be because I actually own my home and it isn't a dorm, or an apartment. It's hard to take pride in someplace you won't be in for a long period of time. I should really start using my stage manager brain to start organizing my personal life.
Don't get me wrong. I didn't live in crude and grime. I didn't dig a path through dirty clothes and trash on the floor or make towers out of pizza boxes I didn't want to toss. Seriously. I didn't. That is a situation I was trying to make up to figure out what would be gross to live in. In my mind I was thinking of one of those houses on the tv show Hoarders. I'm definitely not one of those.
So. Yeah. I'm pretty excited to be doing this show but at the same time it is so going to wear me out. I'm going to use this experience as fire to fuel the small dimly lit trick birthday candle placed beneath my ass last year after doing a show while working my same dead end job I have now. I do not want to work where I work and by golly 2013 will give me a new job if it likes it or not!
Tuesday and Wednesday we had some delightful adults and some rather interesting ones as well. I can't really say much about what I see in the audition room but there are some characters that come out to play.
Now that we have done auditions we will be gearing up for our callbacks on Sunday. It is always fun and stressful (but mostly fun) to put together a cast. At least it is for me because as a stage manager I get to organize the crap out of all of those audition forms. I've got one of those accordion binder things that I can't remember the name of and it is fantastic. While I'm organizing things the Director and the Music Director have the much harder parts of actually picking people. I only give input if I feel like they want it, or ask for it. It's not really my place to say anything. Also I don't really know that much about casting a musical. This is only my second time stage managing one.
The Theatre is the one place you will find me getting excited over new techniques I think up for stage managing. Which is so strange because my house is one of those 'organized' messes. I don't really put my stage managing head into use in my own home, but I think I should. Surprisingly in the past few years I have improved when it comes to my mess and I'm thinking it might be because I actually own my home and it isn't a dorm, or an apartment. It's hard to take pride in someplace you won't be in for a long period of time. I should really start using my stage manager brain to start organizing my personal life.
Don't get me wrong. I didn't live in crude and grime. I didn't dig a path through dirty clothes and trash on the floor or make towers out of pizza boxes I didn't want to toss. Seriously. I didn't. That is a situation I was trying to make up to figure out what would be gross to live in. In my mind I was thinking of one of those houses on the tv show Hoarders. I'm definitely not one of those.
So. Yeah. I'm pretty excited to be doing this show but at the same time it is so going to wear me out. I'm going to use this experience as fire to fuel the small dimly lit trick birthday candle placed beneath my ass last year after doing a show while working my same dead end job I have now. I do not want to work where I work and by golly 2013 will give me a new job if it likes it or not!
September 14th-16th, 2012: Speech to Text
DISCLAIMER: I tried using my speech to text option on my phone to write this blog post. I realized I am starting to get busy and letting time slip by too quickly so I thought maybe while I'm on the go I could use the speech to text thing. This is my first attempt at it. I did not edit any of this and can not be held accountable for lack of periods or any type of punctuation. I think I should have said period or something at the end of sentences but I have never used this software before so I'm still a bit unsure.
Needless to say, what you read is going to make a not much sense but maybe it will amuse you as much as it amused me.
Enjoy!
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I don't even think I could begin to translate that. My nut shell explanation: I put off blogging, tried to make the refrigerator pickles and wasn't pleased, did some errands with Chad, and watched Doctor Who. Pretty usual weekend. Oh and something in there about what to put on my toast.
Needless to say, what you read is going to make a not much sense but maybe it will amuse you as much as it amused me.
Enjoy!
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I guess you could say but I'm lazy peace when it comes how to plug in her you know sometimes you just get caught up doing things and you can't can always get to see around to the blog it's just something that gets pushed off to the side soon to the coast in something for Friday or Saturday or Sunday when I should how's dumb I did it take the sky s*** I think I p I think I put up a pod hope I guess not what nicki podcast I think it up a blog for Wednesday and Thursday how to Check this after and done with mark in the dog miss Chile do you doing that ass speech to text thing to see who picks hand to see it will be interesting to see looks like come to go to work seahawks Friday what I do Friday Friday I leave for the day that I die because in a tempting pickles sick I can't remember if the Saturday what is this Friday because I can blurred together I think Saturday night thinking of them yeah Saturday I did pickles fried it was just like haha aarons no it was Friday halo sleeping how number his room sleeping and waking up yep what really cold so then Saturday rent a bunch of errands 50 chad to Costco and target and soft like that it's just need to get things you know I clean bring domestic 8 people do on weekends and then I'm heading to the refrigerator the Cooper should have had some mittens on if you been listening this whole time jerk but I was holding a kind of strange lately because face at the wind stripper peace wow really I said come here puppy and the thing that I said stripper pole peace no not pull ups just think this is the rarest fish I feel like I should just leave my entire post this way I'm not even going to edit it now that I see me how funny this looks so mean to me about my weekend I buy sure do wish I will do a formal review posted I usually do I love you because somebody probably enjoys reading my post about Doctor Who maybe. So that's exciting but the voice recognition software um I typed doctor Who with capital letters but the second time I said it it capitalized only who instead of both parts so that's weird what to make of that the ass um I'll give like a little a little 1 hit to how I felt about the doctor Who episode called um Italian called mercy I like the morning dinosaurs on a spaceship that's your hint but I'm still undecided on dinosaurs on a spaceship so that is really hope you because I have not seen a second time to give myself a better look on it because it's pretty clear to me that I was way too tired my life s*** and I should have been more wake flash watch s*** like the next day and said of waiting till now to try to find some way to watch it even know I don't have it and the whole I don't want to steal from the internet things even though I do bye association so hold on a second kiss my big Kris Allen listen saying ah ah ah ah ah ah oh wow it types health as f*** up up ah ah who f*** haha I really appreciate the fact that this listening thing is it it's typing is if I'm saying curse words but I'm not so anytime has those Asterix that look like I am saying F*** or s*** or c*** or penis or a b**** I was trying to think of good to make it Asterix now um vagina how about titties is that a curse word note umm I'm going to I'm going to have to edit this on ice what should I put on makeup stuff do people who can't hear me talking and cannot read this at the same time as I speak what should I put on my toast I've got bus hello I have g hello I I I I have cinnamon and sugar I've got catch up I've got all sorts of stuff as soon as you put in and salty onyx 7 inch sugar a s*** all day this is like the best thing ever meanies as you try to figure out what I'm saying I'm trying to pronounce E 8 more clearly but that seems to be making you actually um type or worse nice realize I have not that my me to feed her staring at me alright post well I go feed my dog bRB
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I don't even think I could begin to translate that. My nut shell explanation: I put off blogging, tried to make the refrigerator pickles and wasn't pleased, did some errands with Chad, and watched Doctor Who. Pretty usual weekend. Oh and something in there about what to put on my toast.
September 12th-13th: Anti-Dentite
Teeth. One of those things you have to have. The end.
Well not really. You also have to take care of them. I'm pretty good about taking care of mine. I brush daily and what not. However, due to a past filling not being very smooth and causing food to get stuck between certain teeth constantly I decided I should go to the Dentist because I thought I might have a cavity.
This was scary business for me because I haven't had a new dentist since I was little. Always had the one from when I lived in Montana. So, I had to go and find someone to look at my teeth and hopefully they didn't turn out to be a scary old man with the urge to pull out all my teeth.
I actually ended up going to a place that was a few blocks from where I lived because of the convince and they have a big screen for advertisement that had that Domo-kun picture of Domo chasing kittens. I think the caption they put on it was something about they take care of people who are afraid of dentists too. Can't really remember for sure, but it didn't matter because Domo-kun is adorable.
So Wednesday I made the appointment. From the first moment I stepped into the door I was overwhelmed by that oh so familiar smell of a dentist office. I couldn't tell you what they have that makes it smell that way but I'm pretty sure all of them smell the same way. Maybe something to do with fluoride and such.
While I sat and waited for my appointment I began to get more and more nervous. I'm not afraid of the dentist but the fact that I was going into an unfamiliar place to have some stranger look at my teeth was beginning to unnerve me.
Once I was taken to the back farthest 'room' I began to have my photo shoot. I say 'room' because there is no doors on any of the places where the dentist chairs are. I would say it was kind of like each chair had their own little cubby hole in the building but luckily they faced you towards your own window.
They took pictures of my teeth. They took x-rays that made my mouth stretch in whole new directions I didn't know possible. I have never had so many taken, but apparently that only happens for new patients.
After that whole ordeal was over the dentist finally came in and he seemed nice enough. Told me about the cavities I have. Some being smaller than others and I found out that I wasn't crazy and that I did indeed have a cavity where I thought. Then he proceeded to tell me how nice my teeth were but that countered that with a conversation of how I could fix my teeth still. I listened and nodded along but said no to the idea of doing some silly invisalign thing and veneers. Don't worry, it isn't like I need them, it was just more of a "In the future you might have this happen, but can't say for sure" type thing. I'm sure I'll be fine.
So now I will have to go back a few more times to get some fillings. I went back Thursday for the one that was bothering me. The process was actually pretty painful. I counted at least 3 times he gave me Novocaine and I still kind of felt it. I'm not sure if maybe he was just rough with it or something but my face hurts.
Will most likely be spreading these fillings out over time so that I'm not killing my face with dental work. I'm not a big fan of it. Plus if he other cavities seem to be less bothersome I think I can wait a few weeks before I do anything else to my face.
Well not really. You also have to take care of them. I'm pretty good about taking care of mine. I brush daily and what not. However, due to a past filling not being very smooth and causing food to get stuck between certain teeth constantly I decided I should go to the Dentist because I thought I might have a cavity.
This was scary business for me because I haven't had a new dentist since I was little. Always had the one from when I lived in Montana. So, I had to go and find someone to look at my teeth and hopefully they didn't turn out to be a scary old man with the urge to pull out all my teeth.
I actually ended up going to a place that was a few blocks from where I lived because of the convince and they have a big screen for advertisement that had that Domo-kun picture of Domo chasing kittens. I think the caption they put on it was something about they take care of people who are afraid of dentists too. Can't really remember for sure, but it didn't matter because Domo-kun is adorable.
So Wednesday I made the appointment. From the first moment I stepped into the door I was overwhelmed by that oh so familiar smell of a dentist office. I couldn't tell you what they have that makes it smell that way but I'm pretty sure all of them smell the same way. Maybe something to do with fluoride and such.
While I sat and waited for my appointment I began to get more and more nervous. I'm not afraid of the dentist but the fact that I was going into an unfamiliar place to have some stranger look at my teeth was beginning to unnerve me.
Once I was taken to the back farthest 'room' I began to have my photo shoot. I say 'room' because there is no doors on any of the places where the dentist chairs are. I would say it was kind of like each chair had their own little cubby hole in the building but luckily they faced you towards your own window.
They took pictures of my teeth. They took x-rays that made my mouth stretch in whole new directions I didn't know possible. I have never had so many taken, but apparently that only happens for new patients.
After that whole ordeal was over the dentist finally came in and he seemed nice enough. Told me about the cavities I have. Some being smaller than others and I found out that I wasn't crazy and that I did indeed have a cavity where I thought. Then he proceeded to tell me how nice my teeth were but that countered that with a conversation of how I could fix my teeth still. I listened and nodded along but said no to the idea of doing some silly invisalign thing and veneers. Don't worry, it isn't like I need them, it was just more of a "In the future you might have this happen, but can't say for sure" type thing. I'm sure I'll be fine.
So now I will have to go back a few more times to get some fillings. I went back Thursday for the one that was bothering me. The process was actually pretty painful. I counted at least 3 times he gave me Novocaine and I still kind of felt it. I'm not sure if maybe he was just rough with it or something but my face hurts.
Will most likely be spreading these fillings out over time so that I'm not killing my face with dental work. I'm not a big fan of it. Plus if he other cavities seem to be less bothersome I think I can wait a few weeks before I do anything else to my face.
September 10th-11th, 2012: Motivate Yourself
I have begun a not so new idea again. I want to feel like I'm accomplishing things and to get motivated about doing the small stuff along with the large stuff.
So I have brought back my weekly dry erase calendar board. I'm going to list everything I want to accomplish that day and mark them off one by one. Seeing each item get marked off will help remind me I'm getting things done that need to be done. I forget too often if I have even accomplished something all day long when in reality I might have done a bunch of small things instead of anything of great importance.
This calendar has only been in use for a day but I already feel it is helping me. I am a realistic person when it comes to deciding how much to put into a day so I won't plan 10 big projects or only 3 little ones. I have tried to even my days out between projects I know I need more time for and ones that I only need to take 10 to 15 minutes on. Even a half hour is a small amount of time.
I think the reason I stopped doing this was because I was focusing my calendar more on being an actual calendar.
What am I doing today? Oh, working at this time and that's it.
Boring.
Now I have on my list fun things and important tasks; such as, making those pickles and doing dishes. I'm even going so far as putting taking a shower on the list because it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing a goal instead of just an everyday menial task.
If you ever have issues feeling motivated I strongly suggest the list method. It makes you feel good about what you get done and if you do it right you won't make yourself feel bad either. Take the time to decide what you would actually have time for, and then do it! Simple as that. Free award points to yourself!
After I get farther along with my list process I'm going to start adding rewards to if I finish ALL the goals for one day and start challenging myself to do more. However, right now I'm just taking it slow figuring out what my abilities are. Plus, I'm going to be adding rehearsal soon and that will mess with my amount of free time during the day to get things done.
Motivate Yourselves people. It feels good.
P.S. Also, not to bring anyone down but this post by Wil Wheaton makes feel really good about the world. That there are people like him to look up to. I really appreciate that man and would totally nerd out if I ever met him. Heck I would probably nerd out if I met his wife too because following her on Twitter makes me have a place for her in my heart too. They are some amazing people.
So I have brought back my weekly dry erase calendar board. I'm going to list everything I want to accomplish that day and mark them off one by one. Seeing each item get marked off will help remind me I'm getting things done that need to be done. I forget too often if I have even accomplished something all day long when in reality I might have done a bunch of small things instead of anything of great importance.
This calendar has only been in use for a day but I already feel it is helping me. I am a realistic person when it comes to deciding how much to put into a day so I won't plan 10 big projects or only 3 little ones. I have tried to even my days out between projects I know I need more time for and ones that I only need to take 10 to 15 minutes on. Even a half hour is a small amount of time.
I think the reason I stopped doing this was because I was focusing my calendar more on being an actual calendar.
What am I doing today? Oh, working at this time and that's it.
Boring.
Now I have on my list fun things and important tasks; such as, making those pickles and doing dishes. I'm even going so far as putting taking a shower on the list because it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing a goal instead of just an everyday menial task.
If you ever have issues feeling motivated I strongly suggest the list method. It makes you feel good about what you get done and if you do it right you won't make yourself feel bad either. Take the time to decide what you would actually have time for, and then do it! Simple as that. Free award points to yourself!
After I get farther along with my list process I'm going to start adding rewards to if I finish ALL the goals for one day and start challenging myself to do more. However, right now I'm just taking it slow figuring out what my abilities are. Plus, I'm going to be adding rehearsal soon and that will mess with my amount of free time during the day to get things done.
Motivate Yourselves people. It feels good.
P.S. Also, not to bring anyone down but this post by Wil Wheaton makes feel really good about the world. That there are people like him to look up to. I really appreciate that man and would totally nerd out if I ever met him. Heck I would probably nerd out if I met his wife too because following her on Twitter makes me have a place for her in my heart too. They are some amazing people.
September 8th-9th, 2012: Dunno about Dinos
I have been trying to figure out what to post about the new episode of Doctor Who from this weekend and I'm just struggling with it. It was called Dinosaurs on a Spaceship for those who might not follow Doctor Who.
I'll be honest, I was hoping it would be pretty amusing, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would.
I think some factors played into how much I enjoyed it. It was late at night once we finally got to see it and I may have been a bit too tired for it. I wish I was able to watch it again to see what I missed because reading others revues it appears that there was some parts I didn't see. I was also a bit worried about Chad because some mysterious bug bit his foot multiple times while at his parents house. These bites resulted in his foot swelling a bit and going numb. I have never seen that happen before but he does seem ok now. Foot should be good to stay on still. No peg leg just yet.
Any who. Back to the Who. I think I'll leave my decision on this episode until I get a chance to watch it again. I'm not going to rule it completely out just yet.
I'm going to be attempting Refrigerator pickles some time this week. We shall see how that goes. Chad's Mother lent me some jars and gave me some of her own. Looking forward to trying hers and hope mine turn out well too.
I'll be honest, I was hoping it would be pretty amusing, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would.
I think some factors played into how much I enjoyed it. It was late at night once we finally got to see it and I may have been a bit too tired for it. I wish I was able to watch it again to see what I missed because reading others revues it appears that there was some parts I didn't see. I was also a bit worried about Chad because some mysterious bug bit his foot multiple times while at his parents house. These bites resulted in his foot swelling a bit and going numb. I have never seen that happen before but he does seem ok now. Foot should be good to stay on still. No peg leg just yet.
Any who. Back to the Who. I think I'll leave my decision on this episode until I get a chance to watch it again. I'm not going to rule it completely out just yet.
I'm going to be attempting Refrigerator pickles some time this week. We shall see how that goes. Chad's Mother lent me some jars and gave me some of her own. Looking forward to trying hers and hope mine turn out well too.
September 6th-7th, 2012: RACCOONED! : (
I can not believe this. Things were going so well in my garden. Feeling great about how well my first garden was turning out even after I had planted it rather late. I had over half of my plants grow and bare fruit to eat. Gardening feels great!
Until.
It is the afternoon and I went back to check on the garden after having woken from my morning nap. Things seem bright and shiney until you see it. You see the horror scene that is your corn rows and I don't mean ones in your hair. Corn stalks fallen upon other plants and some completely torn from the ground.
First thought is, was there some sort of storm the night before that might have blown over your corn stalks?
After further inspection the reality of the situation becomes clear. The first sight of a corn cob terrorised by tiny teeth you have a sneaking suspicion what has fallen your corn.
Raccoons.
I have been raccooned. Nothing prepared me for how sad it is to see my plants and hard work destroyed in one night. Never having seen raccoons in my area I never suspected them to find my garden. I didn't think squirrels in my area would be capable of this kind of masacre but I'll let you decide from pictures I took.
Images may not be suitable for children that actually enjoy vegetables or people who have gardens may feel a strong sense of sympathy/empathy.
Saddest thing ever. Ok well. It isn't really the saddest thing but it is pretty sad to see.
However I won't leave you with these sad photos making you all sad. Here is some positive pictures of the cucumber I picked the day before this massacre happened.
I some how did not notice this cucumber growing on my fence. It was up in the air a couple of feet too. I plan on making it into pickles.
Lastly a photo of Charli being an indecisive hog about her toys. Cute. : )
Until.
It is the afternoon and I went back to check on the garden after having woken from my morning nap. Things seem bright and shiney until you see it. You see the horror scene that is your corn rows and I don't mean ones in your hair. Corn stalks fallen upon other plants and some completely torn from the ground.
First thought is, was there some sort of storm the night before that might have blown over your corn stalks?
After further inspection the reality of the situation becomes clear. The first sight of a corn cob terrorised by tiny teeth you have a sneaking suspicion what has fallen your corn.
Raccoons.
I have been raccooned. Nothing prepared me for how sad it is to see my plants and hard work destroyed in one night. Never having seen raccoons in my area I never suspected them to find my garden. I didn't think squirrels in my area would be capable of this kind of masacre but I'll let you decide from pictures I took.
Images may not be suitable for children that actually enjoy vegetables or people who have gardens may feel a strong sense of sympathy/empathy.
Saddest thing ever. Ok well. It isn't really the saddest thing but it is pretty sad to see.
However I won't leave you with these sad photos making you all sad. Here is some positive pictures of the cucumber I picked the day before this massacre happened.
Lastly a photo of Charli being an indecisive hog about her toys. Cute. : )
September 4th-5th: Huebert looks tasty
Huebert is still growing. Just in case you were all worried he had stopped his efforts of making himself larger. I did some research and learned that I'll know when I can pick him once his stem and buds start to look dead. I just hope he grows up before it starts to get too cool outside. I would be very upset if Huebert never gets to be sliced to pieces and tasted thoroughly.
I mean who doesn't want to just crack him open and eat his tasty flesh.
Yeah. I'm a bit morbid today for some reason.
I've been trying to think of something less negative than my last post about nightmares, but I can't seem to come up with anything. I have just succeeded in getting sleeps and fighting off the tiny brown ants that always try to get into my house this time of year. Seriously. Those little guys are determined. They found a new place to come in that is extremely hard for me to find their source. I might have to grow some sort of muscle and pull my washer and dryer farther from the wall to get a better look.
Let's just say I'm not going to give up easily. This is my house and no tiny ant is going to invade my kitchen!
So yeah. No real news in my life for the 4th and 5th. Which I suppose is better than having bad news.
Did I mention Chad and I got out plane tickets for Gally? I don't remember if I mentioned that in my weekend post. The weekend one was about Doctor Who but not Gally as far as I recall. So now you know! We got our plane tickets and that is super exciting!!!
I would like my dress to make it self and for it to be Gally now please. Well how about just Saturday for the next few days so I can see all the new Doctor Who episodes and then have it be Gally. How does that sound?
Sounds great to me.
September 2nd-3rd, 2012: Nightmare vs Bad dream
One of my least favorite things in this world are nightmares. I would say bad dreams are a different level than nightmares, but I don't like bad dreams either. Both of these things are not enjoyable and I highly doubt they are enjoyable for anyone.
I'm not sure how I classify dreams. What is the difference between a nightmare or a bad dream? I'm going to try to define the two terms. After taking time to think about it and read a few opinions on the Google, I have decided what I think the difference is.
A nightmare is a dream that actually causes fear in you. The worst(and sometimes best) case scenario is that you wake up from it and you can not go back to sleep because all you can think about is that dream you just had.
A bad dream is more along the lines of dropping your ice cream on the ground and feeling bad about it but you don't lose sleep over it later. Does that make sense? I don't really think a bad dream would be something you could't go bad to sleep after, if it got to the point of you waking up.
I personally tend to have more negative dreams if I push the snooze for too long. I some how fall back into a more lucid dream state between my 5 to 10 minute snooze cycles on my alarm. I'm much more aware in these kind of dreams, which makes them a bit more harder to get over.
I'm taking all this time to talk about nightmares and dreams because I had one after my first night back to work this week. I usually am pretty exhausted after the first day back to work and want to sleep for a more extended period of time. This tends to cause my snooze button to get abused.
However, today I had what I would consider to be a nightmare because it woke me up from my sleep. Normally it's my dog that tries to wake me up early but not this time.
This particular dream was a nightmare for me because it took place in my own home. Most dreams that deal with me and my own home are negative. Well, not all dreams but ones where it is focused on my living alone status tend to be nightmares. I have had plenty of dreams that involve my boyfriend that take place in my house and those are definitely not nightmares. (I also tend to have better dreams with him around in general.)
There tends to be a sense of anxiety and paranoia when I dream about being alone in my house, and the dream took place at night so that didn't help. I was walking around my house and realized my curtain in the living room wasn't shut all the way so I snuck up to it to make sure no one outside could see me. You know, because someone is obviously spying on me...
My dream then just seemed to turn into me being worrisome, but then once I started relaxing even the slightest I walked out of my bedroom and saw my back door open. It had not been open before. I then saw a man poorly attempting to hide on the other side of my refrigerator. Once he saw that he had been seen by me he charged up to me and grabbed me by the wrists roughly. I just kept saying "I'll give you all my money. What very little I have." Some how despite being gripped by a stranger in my house I was able to make poor jokes.
While in this struggle with the man, his words a big blur to me now, I woke up heart racing and I felt very uncomfortable. I of course had to sit up and check if my back door was shut and soon enough had to force myself to check if it was locked too. I always lock my doors when I'm home, but things like that make you double check.
The dream also woke me up a few hours early so I tried to sleep some more. This only resulted in my brain trying to finish the story line with unrealistic endings of me kicking the guy in the sack and I escaped with my purse to the neighbor's house. After my brain had exhausted itself with options of things that could have happened I was finally able to get a few more winks in, and yes I did use the snooze button but no bad dreams.
I'm not sure how I classify dreams. What is the difference between a nightmare or a bad dream? I'm going to try to define the two terms. After taking time to think about it and read a few opinions on the Google, I have decided what I think the difference is.
A nightmare is a dream that actually causes fear in you. The worst(and sometimes best) case scenario is that you wake up from it and you can not go back to sleep because all you can think about is that dream you just had.
A bad dream is more along the lines of dropping your ice cream on the ground and feeling bad about it but you don't lose sleep over it later. Does that make sense? I don't really think a bad dream would be something you could't go bad to sleep after, if it got to the point of you waking up.
I personally tend to have more negative dreams if I push the snooze for too long. I some how fall back into a more lucid dream state between my 5 to 10 minute snooze cycles on my alarm. I'm much more aware in these kind of dreams, which makes them a bit more harder to get over.
I'm taking all this time to talk about nightmares and dreams because I had one after my first night back to work this week. I usually am pretty exhausted after the first day back to work and want to sleep for a more extended period of time. This tends to cause my snooze button to get abused.
However, today I had what I would consider to be a nightmare because it woke me up from my sleep. Normally it's my dog that tries to wake me up early but not this time.
This particular dream was a nightmare for me because it took place in my own home. Most dreams that deal with me and my own home are negative. Well, not all dreams but ones where it is focused on my living alone status tend to be nightmares. I have had plenty of dreams that involve my boyfriend that take place in my house and those are definitely not nightmares. (I also tend to have better dreams with him around in general.)
There tends to be a sense of anxiety and paranoia when I dream about being alone in my house, and the dream took place at night so that didn't help. I was walking around my house and realized my curtain in the living room wasn't shut all the way so I snuck up to it to make sure no one outside could see me. You know, because someone is obviously spying on me...
My dream then just seemed to turn into me being worrisome, but then once I started relaxing even the slightest I walked out of my bedroom and saw my back door open. It had not been open before. I then saw a man poorly attempting to hide on the other side of my refrigerator. Once he saw that he had been seen by me he charged up to me and grabbed me by the wrists roughly. I just kept saying "I'll give you all my money. What very little I have." Some how despite being gripped by a stranger in my house I was able to make poor jokes.
While in this struggle with the man, his words a big blur to me now, I woke up heart racing and I felt very uncomfortable. I of course had to sit up and check if my back door was shut and soon enough had to force myself to check if it was locked too. I always lock my doors when I'm home, but things like that make you double check.
The dream also woke me up a few hours early so I tried to sleep some more. This only resulted in my brain trying to finish the story line with unrealistic endings of me kicking the guy in the sack and I escaped with my purse to the neighbor's house. After my brain had exhausted itself with options of things that could have happened I was finally able to get a few more winks in, and yes I did use the snooze button but no bad dreams.
September 1st, 2012: Happy Who Day!
Welcome to September everyone! I hope the first treated everyone well. The first was certainly eventful for me. Not eventful for those who aren't a big of a Doctor Who nerd like I am (and becoming more-so). For those of you who read this and are fans of Doctor Who then you most likely know what the first of September meant.
It was the first episode of the 7th series. We have been waiting for over a year for this. Some say longer than others because they like to forget the last Christmas special we had. I can't really blame them since it wasn't really all that great.
Now I'm going to start talking about the first episode, so if you haven't seen it and do not want SPOILERS then you should look away now. This blog post is going to be about Doctor Who. Meaning those of you looking to see something about my dog or garden, etc then you will be disappointed.
So I say again leave now if you do not want spoilers and come back again after you have seen it. Oh! Wait! Don't go yet. If you plan on watching the new episode I suggest you watch this prequel video that is supposed to go ahead of it but for some reason was released after the episode aired. You can know enjoy that pleasure of having the beginning of the episode make sense instead of how it confused me. You're Welcome. Also, if you haven't watched Pond Life then you should do that too. It's cute fluffy prequel videos that go along with the series. I liked them, some didn't, but if you like a bit of fun then I say why not. Now you can go. For real this time.
Alright. Here we go. How did I feel about the first episode of this season? I'm writing and saying this after only seeing it once (would have liked to have seen it twice but didn't); I liked it. There was a bit of confusion with the beginning starting pretty abruptly with the Doctor on Skaro with some strange lady, but having seen the prequel video it makes much more sense now. The prequel also adds another character that I'm sure will cause lots of buzz around the Whoniverse.
I have listened to the Radio Free Skaro podcast opinions on the episode and I can't say I agree with one person over the other. I can see their points but I still like the episode all around. The secret kept by the press and media and fans for this long is an amazing feat by them! I appreciate them keeping their mouths quiet about it because it was a dooooooozy! Seeing Jenna-Louise Coleman in the first episode instead of waiting to see her until the Christmas Special is certainly a surprise for everyone.
Now we get to speculate about how the heck this girl becomes a companion. Apparently the name she has in this episode is not the same as the one people have seen released, but I have avoided reading anything to spoil watching the episodes so I can not confirm or deny these claims. I like her name in this one. Oswin. That's pretty. I might steal that to name something. You know. Something like a...Dalek perhaps? *wink*
Needless to say, I liked the episode and I just hope the next episode is done well and not too terribly cheesy. I must say it is hard to not be intrigued by dinosaurs on a spaceship. I hope there is another prequel for this one too. I like the little snippets to go before hand.
As Chad said to me this weekend "Yup. You've turned." I'm a Whovian now. I'll be watching and waiting, but mostly I'll just be excited to see something new. Believe it or not, new Who gets me excited to watch more Classic Who because I can make so many more connections now that I've seen more Classic.
I love Doctor Who. : )
It was the first episode of the 7th series. We have been waiting for over a year for this. Some say longer than others because they like to forget the last Christmas special we had. I can't really blame them since it wasn't really all that great.
Now I'm going to start talking about the first episode, so if you haven't seen it and do not want SPOILERS then you should look away now. This blog post is going to be about Doctor Who. Meaning those of you looking to see something about my dog or garden, etc then you will be disappointed.
So I say again leave now if you do not want spoilers and come back again after you have seen it. Oh! Wait! Don't go yet. If you plan on watching the new episode I suggest you watch this prequel video that is supposed to go ahead of it but for some reason was released after the episode aired. You can know enjoy that pleasure of having the beginning of the episode make sense instead of how it confused me. You're Welcome. Also, if you haven't watched Pond Life then you should do that too. It's cute fluffy prequel videos that go along with the series. I liked them, some didn't, but if you like a bit of fun then I say why not. Now you can go. For real this time.
Alright. Here we go. How did I feel about the first episode of this season? I'm writing and saying this after only seeing it once (would have liked to have seen it twice but didn't); I liked it. There was a bit of confusion with the beginning starting pretty abruptly with the Doctor on Skaro with some strange lady, but having seen the prequel video it makes much more sense now. The prequel also adds another character that I'm sure will cause lots of buzz around the Whoniverse.
I have listened to the Radio Free Skaro podcast opinions on the episode and I can't say I agree with one person over the other. I can see their points but I still like the episode all around. The secret kept by the press and media and fans for this long is an amazing feat by them! I appreciate them keeping their mouths quiet about it because it was a dooooooozy! Seeing Jenna-Louise Coleman in the first episode instead of waiting to see her until the Christmas Special is certainly a surprise for everyone.
Now we get to speculate about how the heck this girl becomes a companion. Apparently the name she has in this episode is not the same as the one people have seen released, but I have avoided reading anything to spoil watching the episodes so I can not confirm or deny these claims. I like her name in this one. Oswin. That's pretty. I might steal that to name something. You know. Something like a...Dalek perhaps? *wink*
Needless to say, I liked the episode and I just hope the next episode is done well and not too terribly cheesy. I must say it is hard to not be intrigued by dinosaurs on a spaceship. I hope there is another prequel for this one too. I like the little snippets to go before hand.
As Chad said to me this weekend "Yup. You've turned." I'm a Whovian now. I'll be watching and waiting, but mostly I'll just be excited to see something new. Believe it or not, new Who gets me excited to watch more Classic Who because I can make so many more connections now that I've seen more Classic.
I love Doctor Who. : )
August 30th-31st, 2012: Green Bean Mustache
So. I think I might have let my green beans go a bit long before I picked them. Long enough for a nice mustache I'd say. I will try to use them up this weekend in hopes they did not get to big to eat. Is that possible to have a green bean too big to eat?
Besides giant green beans I also had a pretty successful mini harvest from my garden. I got my first couple of ears of corn. They are more silvery white than yellow but the ones I had purchased pre-started were a silver corn instead of a yellow corn. I'm looking forward to giving them a go and seeing how they taste.
The bugs seem to like them though. I do not recall my past experiences of having a garden when I was younger being so buggy. The corn has ants all over and earwigs love the crap out of the corn stalks because they can hide in them. The ants kind of make sense because the plot of land in my backyard we dug up was full of ants. Instead of bringing ants into my house I decided to spray them with the hose and shuck the stalks outside to avoid more bug travel. I get enough of bugs trying to invade my home without me bringing them in on my own.
My aversion to bugs and the like has not made me regret gardening this year. I enjoy seeing the things grow and become edible. Makes me feel like I've actually accomplished something this year.
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