Sunday, November 29, 2009

some more pics from the star wars concert



thanksgiving in the south


i love thanksgiving in the south.

we went to the beach today. sixties and sunny...why would you want to live any other way?

Friday, November 27, 2009

turkey day

greetings from niceville. dr wintermute, broseephus and the cheese are out for black friday shopping. they didn't get up at 4am for the doorbusters, but they did leave the house by 8am. i try not do anything by 8am on vacation except look at the clock and congratulate myself for being able to sleep in as long as i want. in fact, some mornings i wake up, read for an hour, and then go back to sleep. almost as satisfying as q-tipping my ears.

spending winter holidays in warm climates can't be beat. last year we spent turkey day in phoenix at my brother's place. this week it has been in the sixties every day.

so, i'm hanging with dr. w's folks, then the whole fam is meeting up in the evening to see a christmas carol. i was hoping for ninja assasin. at least we don't have to see the blind side.

i ate pie for breakfast today.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

star wars tomorrow night

greetings from nashville. headed home tomorrow. dr. w is picking me up at bwi, and then we are going straight to the star wars concert. rumor has it that john williams will be there.

thursday is a day trip to grand rapids.

headed to niceville next tuesday for thanksgiving.

12/1 we are seeing the pixies on the last night of what could their last show ever. dr w and i have each seen them each separately, but this will be the first time we see them together.

Sunday, November 08, 2009

from the nasty

greetings from the nasty. visting the rents for the weekend while dr. wintermute is in austin on a girls' weekend. she also fit in some time to hang with bloodninja, sinthia, and mini-me.

went to a diwali celebrate last night. my pops was actually one of the main organizers, which is quite a feat. getting 950 indians (first of all, yes, there are 950 indians in ohio) to actually part with cash and show up within an hour of a scheduled time for anthing is amazing. having good guju food on hand helps.

unfortunately, it was unseasonably warm last night (it's been in the high 60s all weekend), and the lack of air conditioning made sitting through 17 hindi and sankskrit dance numbers was tough. a fair amount of classical and folk stuff, and some contemporary stuff, too. all put on by volunteers, and really well done. however, 17 of anything, save u2, gets tough to watch after awhile. so i wandered the halls of princeton high school, where carmen electra once roamed. i also found out that tony snow was in the class of '73.


watched the bengals take first place today.

i should come home to visit more often.

Sunday, November 01, 2009

freaks and geeks: halloween 2009

the terrifying half man, half bird, all real


we might have outdone ourselves.

a great theme, a great party, a great crowd.

and broseephus and i even won the costume contest.

see the pics here.

highlights:


dr w's thriller pumpkin


darth maul, by your truly


the 2nd best idea that we ever had


velma and lisa simpson doing the thriller dance