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Tuesday, 03/09/10 Erm... it's late and I have naught to say. it happens. Sorry! Started to open and play with my new eyeTV hybrid thingie for Apple... but ended up with a big 'ol mess in the room instead. my co-ax can reach from tv to computer, but then reception gets fuzzy. I'll have to use my AV cables, but they are tiny! Like TRex hands! So... I'll have to completely disconnect laptop from everything and move it to TV... which means if I want to use this new dang thing, I will have to NOT use the computer at the same time!! My computer... dormant... for hours at a time??? Is that even POSSIBLE!? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 03/05/10 Today's comic comes with a special shout-out to one of the best co-workers ever! Okay, so she works in St. Louis, and I work in Baltimore... so we're not co-workers in the same room. And, in fact, we've never even been in the same room! But we work together all the time and she is awesome! When I told her about the East coast storms, I'd said something like: "I don't know what to do with all of it!" Her reply was to send me a giant email full of Calvin & Hobbes snowman comics!!! How awesome is she!? It totally perked me up and I knew that I just had to do my own comic homage. Thanks, Linda!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 03/02/10 I've been dying to post this comic!! This was mentally sketched after the first February blizzard! Hee hee! It's so awesome! I was going to attempt to make it for real... but something came up that demanded my attention instead. (ahem... car accident...) Well, that's what's so great about comics. They can do all the things you can't in real life!! --------------------------------------------------- Friday, 02/26/10 Aaaaaaand it is snowing again. My comics are relevant!! Score! Erm... should I talk about the Olympics? The weather? The fact that my study's door often opens randomly at night and that I live in a notoriously haunted town? Or the fact that gum always gives me bad gas and I'm chewing it anyway? Sorry hubby! Oh, and I'm coming to bed soon! Aren't you glad you married me? ------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 02/23/10 Well, as you may or may not know, the US' East Coast was beat up by some bad ass snowstorms this month. My Baltimore suburbs got HAMMERED. Now, as you also may or may not know, I work on an in-advance schedule. So when the storms hit- I'd already had the next few comics lined up. SOOOooo... NOW we have snow comics. It's too late, you say! It's passe by now! It's boring and old! We're tired of hearing about it! Well tough noogies! I'm tired of seeing it! Piles outside my house are still higher than my head! Roads are still rotten and we can't find our buried recycling bin! So you're sick of reading about it? HA! I'm sick of LIVING in it! And I still have to deal with it- so so do you!! My comics are still relevant, darnit! And you shall read them and you will like it! GWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! all snow no play make Homer something something.... -------------------------------------------------------------- Friday,02/19/10 Surely, you have those friends? The ones like... oh, maybe an Emily, who are so quick to bemoan and tell you all the difficulties of life - the horrors! - but when things go right, *poof* they're gone! So, next thing you know, you're staying up all night, eating bags and bags of chocolate out of nervous energy, wondering where Emily is, and if she's maybe lying in some dirty alley, having become some drug-pimp's sexual half-pipe rider, while at the same time catching pneumonia, slipping on a spill of ice and on her deathbed in some hospital where no one even knows who she is!!!! ...that is, you wonder until Emily suddenly leaves a message about stupid Project Runway, which she's been happily watching the whole damn time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 02/16/10 I'm going to have sushi for lunch today.
....What? You're still reading? No more need be said! Sushi! Lunch! Fat Tuesday! What else is there?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 02/12/10 Crocuses... Cherry Blossoms... Bird songs... gentle warm breeze... Surely these things are on their way! They must be! Surely I won't have towers of snow well over my head for too long... but HOW CAN WE BE SURE?! How can we know!? Maybe it will be winter FOREVER!!!!!! The snow is just an omen of DOOM yet to come! CALAMITY! I know, I've been speaking of the snow a lot... but there's a lot of snow of which to speak!! Tomorrow I will probably attempt to drive to the job 12 miles away.... if you never hear from me again, you know why! -------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 02/09/10 Oh, I am so done with the snow! Make it stop! We received a lovely 34 inches and now there are 10-20 more inches on the way! Minnesota this is not... Maryland does not know how to deal with such snow! Streets aren't plowed from the previous storm- how will we handle an additional 20 inches!?!? We haven't even gotten the temp above freezing! THE HORROR! The president was not kidding with his term "Snowpocalypse." Hell is freezing over and the devils are doing triple salchows! It's strange to see a whole city shut down for so long. Speaking of the weather, I outlined & drew this comic long before the severity of the storm was predicted! I'm amused that it ended up with such good timing. (And if there is no Friday update... it's because power is gone!) ------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 02/05/10 OH CALAMITY! WOE AND DISASTER! WE'RE GOING TO BE BURIED UNDER SNOWWWW! It's been a whole TWELVE HOURS since I've been to the store! By now the milk is surely gone! As are the eggs and breads! Oh, why didn't I get the 84 pack of toilet paper when I bought the 50 gallon tub of yogurt?? It won't last! We'll be nothing but BONES when the snow stops on Saturday evening! OH CALAMITY!! (My favorite quote from Thursday was from a woman at the gym: Woman A) "Were you stocking up for the storm?" Woman B) "Yeah... I'm from Indiana. We don't do that.") -------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 02/02/10 Erm...I had something clever to say here, and I completely forgot. My allergies are totally eating my face! It's like my brain is trying to squish its way out through my eyeballs. OWWWIE! Thinking? What's thinking? mental cognition is just not possible! GWa hahaha! Who needs it anyway! ------------------------------------------------- Friday, 01/29/10 Ya know what, Mr. Big Fancy Syndicates? You don't want my awesomeness syndicated? You send me rejection after rejection? Well.. FINE! I'll stay online where I'm appreciated! Where I can thrive! Where I'm FREE! Uninhibited by your foolish censorship and rules! ...um, so I guess I might as well have an unmarried couple waking up in bed together. EEEK! Implied sex!? Dare I do such a thing!? It's modern! It's risqué! It's... not a big deal to the rest of the world. (Dare I get even more sassy from here??) ------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 01/26/10 So, as promised, I saw Avatar in 3D this weekend! Or... Pocahontas. I mean, Last Samurai. Make that, Fern Gully. Dances with Wolves! The sad thing is... this list could go on. Didn't even break down ANY of the stereotypical constructed columns of symbolism. I don't expect every movie to be something monumental, new or creative. But don't claim to be if you can't support the boast! Ug! The whole movie kept trying to be something it's not. What a poser. What's a sci-fi movie / show that doesn't pretend to be Queen Elizabeth passing out pardons? That just keeps to its own reality and therefore provides something fantastic for all to see? Titan AE. How about Firefly and subsequently, Serenity! Yeah, James Cameron could really learn something from Joss Whedon. Although, it was very pretty. I give you that! ------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 01/22/10 Can you believe I haven't seen Avatar yet? Oh! Alas! My nerd cred is falling fast. NOOOOO! It's just been so insanely busy lately... But fear not! I have a 'date' with the hubby tonight. He prefers to wait till movies come out on Netflix... but I WILL see this one in Digital 3D dang it!! No, I don't expect it to be the end all and be all of all stories. But I want to see the pretty pictures. =) ------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 01/19/10 It's 3AM. I just finished a 250 mile drive, and played rugby with a deer. (Thank goodness, my car wasn't very good at tackling and after the tap, the deer ran away.) So... no message tonight! Hope you all enjoyed MLK, Jr. Day and remembered the true meaning. ------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 01/15/10 Want to see the full image without scrolling? Become my friend on Facebook! Just look for X's & O's! I will be driving to my parents' place tonight, and I'm feeling very anxious! It's been a busy work week and I've had a heck of a lot to get done. I'm not anxious about the 250 mile drive at night... I'm anxious that I have so much still to do before then! At least I can cross "Update X's & O's" off the list! It's great to be able to do another Sunday-style strip. One sunday strip is equal to, about, 3 weekly strips. Obviously, they are very time consuming! So the fact that I was able to finish one is a testament to how much better my schedule has become since January 1. Okay, it's not a perfect schedule yet, hence the 8 million things to do before I drive away at 8:30 PM, but it's getting better!! Project Runway began last night! Okay, my secret shame is exposed! I can't wait for the divisional championships this weekend, I just finished installing the new shelves for my power tools, aaaaaaand I'm in love with PR. It's so sad and girly of me! It seems from the ads that they are pushing this "Models of the Runway" show more, and from watching them walk... I'm thinking they hired some wackos just to have characters for the show. Ug. Yes, let's lessen the integrity of the good show we have, to push a crappy show we want. Great strategy! ---------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 01/12/10 The hubby once told me that I wasn't really nerdy. I held the horrific insult against him all this time and shall now insult him in comic form. Insult him in comic strip form?! I shall prove him wrong AND insult him all in one swipe! I'm also a genius! ---------------------------------------------------- Friday, 01/08/10 My dreams for 2010? Write more fiction, find a manufacturer for my legendary bikini and have a table at Baltimore's Otakon! Are these dreams or goals? Hmm... I'd like to say goals... but I'm scared I won't make the last two happen. I mean... showing at the conference takes balls! Do I have the necessary cojones? At least recently I thought of some more other neat merchandise I could have... all the more reason to grow a set and do it! In other news, I'm sitting here, wearing my new Christmas Slanket like a robe, and the sleeves keep hitting the keyboard! I keep turning around to find "sssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk" typed onto the screen! AAAH! ------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 01/05/10 How are those New Year's resolutions coming? Didja give up on them yet, or are you still going strong? Apparently, my New Year's resolution was to slice my thumb open on Sunday morning. Turns out, the knife my mother gave me for my bridal shower works quite well! It's even serrated, and that works well on bread AND flesh! Fortunately, it's my left thumb. It's not my drawing thumb, so who the heck cares, right? It'll heal eventually and I'll have a new thumbprint, to boot!
------------------------------------------------ Friday, 01/01/10 Happy New Year, Everyone! I hope 2010 is good to you all! What better time than New Year's for a comic about new dreams and making them come true! ------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 12/29/09 Naturally, this strip isn't about all people who call themselves Christian. Just those select few who tarnish the name. I know it's hard to keep the spirit when malls and parking lots are so hostile and mean spirited... but it's a lot easier to stay nice when you can go home and draw comics about people. heh heh.... ------------------------------------------------ Friday, 12/25/09 MERRY CHRISTMAS! To all those to celebrate: have a most joyous, happy, healthy & holy holiday! To all those who don't celebrate: Happy Friday! I hope you still got a day off of work. =) ------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 12/22/09 Just got back from DC where I saw the GIANTS GAME!! This is the first time I've seen my Giants play a real game! Previously, I'd only been able to catch them in an exhibition game against the Ravens. Of course... they had Carr in by the middle of the 4th, so then it was like I was watching another pre-season again! But it's pretty awesome that they were so far ahead that they were putting in their second stringers! Our defense still makes me nervous, but the offensive has come so far! I've been raving about our cornerback Terrell Thomas (24) all season, and today was no exception! Pick 6, baby! In other news, my study now says 51.8 degrees. While I was super bundled up for the game, I am not wearing all the layers now! So I'm signing off w/out even mentioning today's strip! I'm frozen! ------------------------------------------------ Friday, 12/18/09 Oh, what is Christmas without a little office celebration... and donation? Hee hee. Don't get me wrong, I love a good office party, but I know people with work places that get a little carried away. When an office party requires precious weekend time, entrance fee AND a pot luck dinner contribution... it can become a bit much! AND said party will only be 1 of 3 required events. It's only December... not like anyone has their own personal shopping or parties to attend... Hee hee. Truly, it doesn't bother me. (hooray for social gathering!) But this strip is dedicated to my husband, who gets riled up when he hears such stories. (He's so cute when he's indignant!) ------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 12/15/09 Christmas debt, Christmas Debt, Christmas all the way! Time to save our country and our economy but putting ourselves further into personal financial ruin. But it doesn't count, of course. Debt only matters if you spend money on YOURSELF. So Christmas debt, like Santa, is pure goodness and magic. ------------------------------------------------ Friday, 12/11/09 Finally Friday! Oy, I'm just too tired and worn out to leave a clever message here. On the bright side, I've been soooo productive today and this week. But on the down side... i'm completely wiped out! At least I'm still getting comics completed on time! Hopefully, my Giants will continue their newfound skills, while my schedule continues to loosen up. ------------------------------------------------ Tuesday, 12/08/09 Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! YEA! I love December 8th! What more is there to say? Ok, ok... so it's the day John Lennon was shot. Ok, so I was born a few hours before John Lennon. Stop bringing that up, you negative pooh-poohers! Don't try to bring me down! Did you know it's also the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Roman Catholic Church? That's right! This day is a FEAST! So go out, indulge, read an X's & O's marathon, and listen to some great Beatles music. ------------------------------------------------- Friday, 12/04/09 I live in a land of darkness! I'm out of the house before the sun rises and back after it has set. And that won't change for a month and a half! I guess it's fitting that vampires are so popular right now. I'm living the dark-enveloped life of a vampire.... erm... the old school kind that can't exist in sunlight. (What's up with these modern vampires anyway?? Oooh! I'm Super Man, except that kriptonite doesn't really bother me any more. And my strength is even cooler. Aaand... Lookie! I have a magic ring that makes Lex Luthor turn into a cute little puppy!) At least I get to see the pretty sun on the weekends. (When it doesn't rain..) Oh, Saturday! How I need thee! ------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 12/01/09 It's December! Time for lights and songs and decorations and hot cocoa! Time for shopping and bells and cards! Time for SHEER EXHAUSTION. Oy! I don't have time to do it all! So much to clean and fix and buy and wrap and make and AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! I've got a lot going on right now. (Can you tell?) Not even sure if I'm coherent. SO, on that short and boring note- G'night! I'll see you on Friday. =) --------------------------------- Friday, 11/27/09 As promised, Thanksgiving's comic is up! It's 1:30 AM, I'm still stuffed to the gills, and I'll be rolling to Home Depot with my father in law in a few short hours. I'm getting myself a brad nailer complete with air compresser! Score! I'll even get to break it in with the project I have planned for Sunday. Okay, so this post doesn't relate much to the comic... but it's a holiday so deal. =) I could have been in bed earlier... but I refuse to let my hair give me an asthma attack. What!? Ah, the joys of a bar in PA; smoking is still OK, (where food is not served). Whooo baby. Everything reeks. I refuse to go to bed until the smoke is washed out of my hair. No disrespect to any smokers out there, but I can just imagine rolling over in my sleep, facing my hair, and my lungs siezing up in their nicotine allergic reaction thing they do. Yeeeaaah... I'm too tired to spell check that. Heh heh. Your loss! I'm so thankful for so much in my life. I'd like to thank ALL MY READERS for following X's & O's. You give me the courage to keep going! THANK YOU! I hope everyone enjoys the holiday. And for all my non-American readers... happy Friday! --------------------------------------- Tuesday 11/24/09 ONLY TWO DAYS UNTIL PIE!! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I can't wait to stuff myself silly! Our Thanksgiving strip will be posted on Friday, so be sure to check back on Black Friday! ------------------------------------------ Friday 11/20/09 Holy Noah's Flood, Batman! We're getting the craziest dose of torrential rain and thunder over here. We've had these continual growls, crashes and rumbles outside for hours now. The rain comes down so hard sometimes that it sounds like people are banging pots and pans together. We had to go outside to make sure our house wasn't flooding! Something about all that intense weather.... in mid-to-late NOVEMBER is really creepy. I keep waiting for God to play the Twilight Zone music.... ----------------------------------- Tuesday 11/17/09 What's up with the crickets?? At first I saw several here and there on the first floor. Tonight I just saw my second on the 2nd floor! They're moving up!?!? When I find one on the 3rd floor, where my bedroom is, I'll sleep no more!! (No, we don't have a mansion. In typical Baltimore fashion, our home is narrow and tall). Now, I'm a tough chick. I kill bugs, I install new attic pull-down staircases (Saturday's project!), I play some pretty fierce video games. But I don't do crickets!! I've been scarred, you see! Once upon a time, my brother had a pet lizard, Iggy. I loved Iggy. Cutest little guy ever. But did you know that lizards eat live crickets? And did you know that 10 year old older brothers aren't the best live cricket handlers? YES! It's true! Every now and then, some of the 'food' would escape. And the crickets would never stay in my brother's room. OH NO! They always hopped across the hall into my sister and my room. There we would lie, two solitary girls in a dark room, the distance of our bunk beds separating us. The house would quiet. And just as we would begin to fade into blissful sleep... the sounds would come. Cricket. Cricket. They echoed around the dark room. The voices seemed to swirl without a source. Cricket. Cricket. Lights on! We'd begin the hunt, but with the lights, ended the songs. No crickets would be found. So we'd kill the lights and again begin to fade. Until those insects cried again. Those disembodied voices could be anywhere. In a dark, safe, recess of a closet, or on the pillow next to me. We couldn't even tell. But try to ignore them. They won't hurt you.... Cricket. Cricket. -------------------------- Friday 11/13/09 I hope my fantasy sequence works in today's strip. It looked better in my head. I'm exhausted! Not much to say tonight because I'm about to collapse. I had to bring some office work home and that took up WAY too much time. ug. g'night. If I type more, I will become incoherent. ----------------------- Tuesday 11/10/09 I have a problem. I am in desperate need of sleep. I was unwell last night (Um... nothing contagous. Just a very bad stomachache. My own stupid fault.) and I hardly got any rest at all. However... there is SUCH a good football game on! How can I leave? We're only 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter! AHHH! Can self dicipline win out tonight? Man, I can't believe I'm already posting November 10th's comic. Holy cow! I'll be drawing Thanksgiving's strip soon. I already have it storyboarded. Yet, I haven't started Christmas projects or holiday cards or shopping.. Yikes! When did all this feel stressful and time pressure-y!? Poor Roger. He seems so sad in today's strip. When will he get a break? I wonder what will happen next for the poor guy... --------------------------------- Friday 11/06/09 Hooray! Happy Friday! I guess it's now obvious that X's & O's takes place in Baltimore.... just like where I live. Not very creative, I guess. I could have based it in any of the other places I've lived: Upstate NY, NYC suburbs, Japan, etc. I could have even based it in someplace I visited: PA, California, Florida, China, SE Asia, Belize... BUT NO! I'm bringing the pride back to Baltimore! I may have only lived here for 5 years or so, but they've been 5 dang good years. This area needs a better rep! Ace of Cakes is filmed here and... um.... we have a harbor! So, when my strip gets uber famous and world renown, people will know that B.more is a great town! It has more to it than the grimey streets of The Wire. It's kinder than our title of 'murder capital of America' from a few years back may imply. It's more fun than the fabulously... um..." talented" Orioles may lead one to believe! It's where X's & O's takes place, gosh darn it! ------------------------------------------- Tuesday 11/03/09 What a fantastic weekend! I managed to finish my costume just in time. As promised, photos are up! You can see pictures here: Scrps & Doodles. How'd I do? I was out with "Susan Boyle" (Who must remain anonymous. I can't go embarassing everyone in photos... I already do it in cartoons. heh heh), and we ran into a couple of Amy Winehouses, a Lindsey Lohan, a Taylor Swift, and loads of other creative and fun costumes. We had a great time and even took off Monday. I will be starting my work week in the best mindset I've had in a long time. HOORAY! Good mental state equals good comics. =) More for my readers to look forward to! -------------------------------------------- Friday 10/30/09 (Thursday night, 10/29/09) 12 hour work day today. Must get up in 5 hours. Must be at work early tomorrow. Therefore... G'night. ------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 10/27/09 OH NO! Jake has an interview in New Mexico!? What will happen? Will their love prevail? A budding romance or a big gig in a far away town... Who could choose? What would you choose? In other news, I do love drawing fall colors and fall leaves. Makes for some bright & colorful comics! -------------------------------------------------------- Friday 10/23/09 I was supposed to be in bed a while ago! Now I can't think because part of me is sleeeeping. Why is the rest of me up? This, of course, is after stupid G4 kept me up last last night by putting on 12 Monkeys. Man! I forgot how much that movie just sucks you in! Such a good movie! But it's not supposed to be on that late at night! My alarm goes off at 5:30 AM! Unlike Jake in Today's comic, I like my paying job. Only, lately it's been very demanding. I don't wanna go to work tomorrow/today! (I'm typing at midnight. Use whichever term you prefer). I need to call in sick one day and just enjoy fall's beauty. Of course... if I call in sick, I lose all my time-and-a-half pay for the OT. So... Waking up for work it is! Hopefully I'll be more coherent next time. Love and hugs! ------------------------------------ Tuesday 10/20/09 Today, at my paying job, my department was trying to think of a badass name for a project. So, I google searched for the list of weapons used in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Without thinking, I clicked on "Internet Movie Firearms Database." Oh Crap! I suddenly realized. Fearing that my IT dept might flag me for suspicious searches, I then google searched "Rainbows." --------------------------------------- Friday 10/16/09 Halloween is only two weeks away! Already! We'll be doing something crazy over-the-top, as usua.! But I've been so busy, I haven't started making it yet! I sure hope I have enough time to pull it off... My husband is really big into Halloween, but you won't see any photos of him! He's a professional who can't have a bad image floating around the internet. However... I am an administrative assistant and wanna-be cartoonist! BRING ON THE EMBARASSING PHOTOS! WOO HOO! -------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 10/13/09 Aaaaah! Employers are out to ruin you. Contractors are out to doom you forever. Mechanics cannot be trusted! EVERYONE WANTS YOUR VERY BLOOD! THE HORROR! THE HORROR! heh heh. Lately, it does feel like everyone is out to get my husband and me. (We are in the midst of some frustrating circumstances.) Yet, I still keep faith! Most people are good and kind-hearted with honest intentions. Living life any other way would be hollow and cold! ...although, this evening my husband said "That's it. I'm not trusting anyone anymore." (Oh, and yes, the above comic is based on an old, but true story. "Based" means that the comic takes it to cartoon and comedic extreemes, remember. Although... I wasn't there. Maybe those old employeers DID cackle like loons behind closed doors!) ----------------------------------------------- Friday 10/09/09 WE MADE IT! I'm actually writing Friday's post! Take THAT rotten work-week! Gwa hahaha! You have FAILED in your attempt to thwart me! Although... the week did succeed in nixing my Saturday plans. However, I've got a pretty decent back up plan. Hopefully I'll even have time to drag my husband out to pick a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch! Haven't done that since I was a little kid. ------------------------------------ Tuesday 10/06/09 Yeah, today's comic... is the past two weeks at work. My office is feast or famine, and right now is caloric intake galore. (FEAST) Allergies are insane and trying to eat me from the inside out. My head and sinuses want to explode. Asthma is trying to move up from occasional renter to property management. GET OUT YOU BODY SQUATTER! Soon I get to attempt my first electrical project around the house. I am so lucky to have married a man who is stupid enough to let me play with power tools. (Okay, the electrical project shouldn't require power tools at this stage of the game. Step one will be splicing some wires. OOOH! My first use of wirenuts! I know. the excitement is just UNBEARABLE!!) The question of the project is.... can I work with the mess this home's previous "flippers" left behind? Time will tell! (PS: Proud of my Giants this week! Hooray for the protection the offensive line was able to give Eli. I'm so impressed! But they can't keep playing easy teams forever. Will their streak hold?)
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Friday 10/02/09 I've been fighting something off all week, so only a short message today. I was frustrated that the previous strip looked so pale and bland, but I was matching the colors to my real gym locker room. My depiction was pretty close! The whole thing really is done in yellow-hued tans. snooze fest! Today's strip allowed me more color and Tuesday's is more colorful yet. Yes, I'm 5 years old. "Oooh! Pretty Colors!" -------------------------- Tuesday 9/29/09 I couldn't wait to draw the moment and have been mentally holding on to this one for a while. =) ----------------------- Friday 9/25/09 Today's is dedicated to my wonderful husband. His experiences with deaf hair stylists have led him to always cut his own hair. Interestingly, I had simmilar experiences when I lived in Japan. The stylists had never seen my frail, fine, limp white-girl hair before and they didn't know what to do with it. My basic Japanese did not elaborate enough and... the result wasn't pretty. I came to the same conclusion my future husband would later choose! I cut my own hair for the rest of my time in Japan.... ...I should have stuck with the bad stylists. Haha. Oh, those are some amusingly terrible photos! ---------------------- Tuesday 9/22/09 What a week! Finished re-mortaring our outdoor stone wall, saw some fantastic football, finally watched Watchmen , and got my digital prints of the wedding photos! Quite a success. I can sure be a dull conversationalist this time of year. My brain is totally focused on the X's & O's. I love the stratedgy, skill and brute force. The air is crisp but not nippy yet, so it's just begging me to drag my husband out for some catch and out patterns. =) Oh, and I just love dressing Nessa in crazy "fashionable" ensembles. Hee hee. --------------------- Friday 9/18/09 In random news: Do you find that all of your batteries die at the same time? My home is currently going through The Great Battery Purge and everything from C's to AAA's are just keeling over in unison. It's be beautiful in its coreography if it wasn't so dang annoying! ------------ Tuesday, 9/15/09 And now they are doing all 3, and they looked soo good doing it! I feel justified and vindicated and happy for my Big Blue! Ah, okay. I'll end my tomboy ranting now. =) ---------------- Friday, 9/11/09 See? I'd promised Corin would get what's coming to her. =) Just finished watching the first game of the football season. Very happy! But now I'm late for bet. I'll write more later!
Tuesday, 9/08/09 ------- Friday, 9/04/09 Tuesday, 9/01/09 ... Of course... all of this would be MUCH easier if my stupid neighbors hadn't been partying until 4AM last night! My alarm goes off at 5:30AM on weekdays and it's been a very demanding day for so little sleep. So I keep trying to argue with html that would probably just fall into place, had I my normal facilities. Alas! Lastly, I'm sure the guest book will be the last to update. I've been putting that correction off for YEARS! But stay tuned! I'll be tweaking this site into perfection before you know it! |