October 30, 2003
The sky is red
I saw the northern lights! I have never lived until this day!
October 29, 2003
Hallow's Eve
What is everyone planning on doing/being for halloween? It's my favorite holiday, and yet I still have no idea for a costume. The east coast is a different world when it comes to celebrating this day. Every housefront is decorated, people actually travel to pumpkin patches to pick out their pumpkins, and the halloween events and parties start a week in advance. I love to watch scary movies to get in the spirit. I always plan to have a movie marathon and watch all the Halloweens. Yes, you've probably heard me say that before. It will happen.
October 27, 2003
Evacuation!
My friends Penni and Jeff had to evacute their home in NE san diego (Poway) because of the fires. So far they think their house is okay because their answering machine still goes off, but homes in their neighborhood have burned down. They can't return for 3 days at least. Crazy! I hope you guys stay safe.
October 26, 2003
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Amy! I don't think you read my website often, so hopefully you won't be mad that this post is a day late. You are my favorite Scorpio! I hope that helps.
Changetime
Remember to change your clocks! This is going to greatly help me get to work at 730am. I normally wake up early, but not in the 6 o'clock hour. We rented 2 movies: my pick was 28days later. I thought a scary movie right before halloween would be perfect. And it wasn't spine tingling scary, but the kind of scary that is futuristicly possible mixed with a bit of gore. But the concept was interesting. Sam chose Charlie's angels 2. Eye candy.
October 25, 2003
catch up
i got a job! not a great one though. i'm going to do the payroll and other office stuff for a plumbing company. the owner wanted to make sure that i was okay with swearing because it can't be helped or stopped from the plumbers. at least i will get health insurance, and my very small pittance will maybe go up a few dollars when i become permanent. and its only 3 blocks down my street. also, the wedding HAS to be in california now, not in ithaca. many of you will be happy and i just hope that you have ideas of beautiful, cheap outdoor spots that we can use. i won't be there to really plan it well. i'll be going home in november for 2 weeks, but i'll be in ithaca for thanksgiving and probably christmas. i think thats the brunt of it.
October 24, 2003
Haunted Hayride
We had a great time on the haunted hayride as we rode through the vineyards. It was very chilly outside, and all the stars were shining and we could even see the milky way. The shotgun blasts were scarier than the ghouls that ran toward us though.
October 23, 2003
Wintermood
Finally, I'm getting over this cold. It has been years since I've had such a debilitating cold and I can't take another minute of it. We tried to turn on our heat today, but it didn't work. The landlord hasn't called back and NYSEG said that it wasn't due to the pilot light being out. I hope that gets fixed quickly because there are snow flurries (it isn't sticking). Sam has decided not to go on the Pacific Northwest interview trip. He only was interested in one company, so he didn't think it was worth it to go all that way. I have a job interview tomorrow. I think its for only part time though and for low pay, so we'll see. It may not be worth me staying here for, since I need to go home for my mom soon. No new wedding plans. We're accumulating information, but haven't made a decision. I need sleep. Good night!
October 22, 2003
Movie Review
For a smart thriller, I highly recommend The Italian Job. It was unpredictable, believable, and not so suspenseful that your heart was pounding outside your chest. It didn't even rely on guns or violence, but there were car chases. Perfect. I guess it was based on an older version, which proves that the movies of yesterday had better stories.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
To my Favorite Twins: Huong and Thuy (in birth order)!!!
October 21, 2003
Mountains of Molehills
I wish I had the ability to make my website a worthy rival of Sam's. He knows how to do so much more with his. I will have to devise other ways to keep people interested. Maybe I'll have to share more personal information. We will be spending New Years Eve in California. And we have put some refundable money down on a place to have the wedding in Ithaca. We still can't make a decision and have no solid plans. I sometimes wish the wedding was behind us already. I'm not stressed about it, but it just seems too big of an effort for me to make alone. As we were lugging our laundry home yesterday, about a mile's distance there and back, I told Sam to remember these days and how happy we are.
Fall Break
We had a vacation unlike any other. We stayed home and watched movies, read and slept. My cold is finally coming to the surface today. I went to see Veronica Guerin anyway. Cate Blanchett is great; such range and such intelligence. I also finished my book "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and I wouldn't call it masterful, but it was compelling and I did learn more about Brooklyn in the early 20th century. As I sit trying to figure out what to do with my life, both of these works resonate in me. Both had to do with writing, and I'm sad, feeling unsure that I want to pursue it as a career. I have thin skin and like writing for myself most and don't like what my writing turns into when others read it. I will still see about doing some freelance writing in Ithaca to make sure. I am also sad because I'm going to be in California from early November until January 9. I will miss Ithaca... but I have a higher calling.
October 19, 2003
Indoor Living
I'm really enjoying A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I can't believe it took me so long to choose it. Now we're watching Winged Migration on payperview. Its one of the prettiest documentaries ever. I saw it in the theater, and now we're taping it so that Sam can see it and I can watch it again and again. I think if I could have chosen, I'd have been a bird.
October 18, 2003
General Malaise
We went to that concert last night. I had planned to write a review for it, but I only thought it was average. I mean, to make it in the music business you have to be more than good, you have to be special and I didn't think it was special. So, I'm not sure what to do cause I don't want to write a bad review for a struggling folk singer. And then, today, we went to see Mystic River. I felt like all the good actors (Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Sean Penn, etc) really tricked me into seeing it. I've seen Law and Order episodes better than that. The acting was good but the story wasn't enticing. So now I want to see something else that I will have fun watching. At least "That 70's Show" is on.
October 17, 2003
My wayward boyfriend
On our way home tonight from a delicious cheap dinner at the Taqueria, some people asked some skaters for directions to a vegetarian restaurant. Sam figured out that they were looking for Moosewood, our local claim to fame world famous veg restaurant. Sam proceeded to give them the completely wrong directions and then I stepped in and directed them in the right direction. It was funny cause we were about a block from our apartment and the restaurant is on our street in the other direction, and still Sam was backward. So we had a good laugh until I mentioned that I might put it on my webpage and then someone wouldn't hold my hand the rest of the way home. hahaha
Update
My mom's surgery was postponed indefinetly. It will most likely be Nov 13. I wish we knew when it would be so that I could make some plans for my own life.
Apple Flu
Sadly, the day has come that I am burnt out on apples. After eating a peck a week from the farmers market, in addition to 1/2 a gallon of cold cider a week, a few cups of hot cider every week, 4 apple pies made, and 2 jars of apple sauce, I am sated.
A Night on the Town
After 5pm today, Sam's finals are over! He gets to embark on this strange idea called Fall Break. Why didn't we ever get a Fall Break in California? It only gives him 2 days off, but we're going to celebrate! We both feel a little under the weather, but we're going out anyway to see a new musician, Sam Shaber?, sing at Cornell. I'll let you know how it goes. Then, we're going to catch up on some movies. If I get my way, we'll see Mystic River, American Splendor, and Veronica Guerin before the break is over.
October 14, 2003
Hiatus
I got tickets to go home for my mom's surgery from Oct 25-Nov 11. Her surgery is on Oct 30. I hope you all don't miss these posts too much!
Thank yous
Thanks Lisbeth for the new Joan Baez cd. Its ironic that all the musicians we discovered together are covered by her on this cd. It was really thoughtful of you to give it to me and I'll treasure it.
Thanks Gretchen for the sweet card you sent Sam and I congratulating us.
I am so blessed to have the greatest friends in this life.
October 13, 2003
A Happy Family
I've been getting some comments on my website since I launched it a week ago. I want to encourage everyone to respond, and yet the most common response is people wanting to see themselves on my site. You're welcome Thuy. I hope no one is scared of this picture, but Halloween is upon us.
October 12, 2003
Book Reviews
I have put up a new list on the sidebar for my most recent reads. If I liked it well enough, it will be sited in green, for 'go on', and if not, it will be a reddish purple color, for 'don't waste your time'.
Prime Fall Colors
This weekend my friend Huong came to visit. It couldn't have been a more beautiful weekend, the colors were glorious and the weather was uncharacteristically warm. We did a lot of homecooking, apple picking, hiking and talking. The pictures here are from Little Tree Orchards and Buttermilk Falls.
Beautiful Ithaca
October 11, 2003
Pie on the horizon
We're going apple picking at Little Tree Orchards this afternoon. I can't wait.
October 08, 2003
Where is my fairy godmother while I'm unemployed??
Has anyone heard the new Emmylou Harris cd? I'm dying to listen to it, and "stumble into grace".
Summer in the City
Since my pictures are winning you over...NYC sights
Wednesdays
I was having a troublesome evening. Future plans and all the pressure that goes with that. Things on my mind were my mom's upcoming cranial surgery, a wedding, not writing, going back to school, a job interview, Cheryl's family turmoil, Thuy's bachelorette party I'm planning, this weekend with Huong, Sam's parents trip to Ithaca, Sam's summer internship, dinner tomorrow... It got so that I couldn't stand the noise of the TV. So I turned it off and still I was unsettled. So Sam asked me if I wanted some music, and that was exactly what I wanted. Now the innocence mission plays and bliss and peace find me. And I am laughing as I remember our walk to the co-op tonight to get some groceries, and some drunkard interrupting Sam and I in deep conversation. Sam asked him what he wanted, and you know all he wanted was to talk to me. But Sam said I couldn't cause I was on my way to the store. hahaha