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| Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 |
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This pendant is so wonderful. All of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} elisem's stuff is though, really. When I have a million dollars I will buy all her expensive incredible necklaces ever.
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| Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 |
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Stumbled across this on the internet tonight and thought it worth sharing. A metalhead's perspective on exploring classical music. Just skip the comments at the end, though. PS - If you have a little time, go look on youtube for metal/punk covers of ABBA songs. It's a genre I never knew existed, but I am happy I know of it now! :D |
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| Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 |
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I had a GREAT new year's. The few days before New Year's I saw some dear friends who I haven't been able to spend much time with lately due to the extreme business of the past semester. It was so good to see them. On the eve I went for a really successful lesson flight with my instructor. Then I did some chores around the house and afterward Scott and I went out for fancy dinner at Zucca and a showing of Sherlock Holmes. Came home, cuddled, and were asleep by 1:30. Yesterday we slept in, made a big breakfast, and drove to Uvas Canyon County Park for an afternoon hike. Afterwards we meandered our way through the hills to Santa Cruz, enjoyed dinner at Seabright Brewery, and came home. Spent the evening playing through a game acquired at Christmas. Today I've finished up a few administrative things relating to school including submitting grades for my students. Everyone did very well and I'm pleased with my teaching this semester. Two of my three classes that I took this semester have submitted grades, and it looks like I'll probably get away with a 3.8 if all goes well. All things considered, I'm content with that. Tonight there's a party and I will enjoy having the chance to go out on a Saturday night for the first time in four months! I've mailed out my last month's rent on the San Francisco place and there is probably shopping in the offing this afternoon (Scott wants to buy me a dressy blazer, woo!). All in all, things are wonderful. 2010 will be a year of completing. I will finish my master's, obtain my pilot's license, and figure out where we'll be living next. I am looking forward to more time with my friends, more time in the lab, and more time pursing physical activities. Things are off to a great start, and I'm excited. Many mental and spiritual challenges lie ahead, and I hope to write about them soon, but they're not worth dwelling on at the moment. I'm glad I know you all, and I'm glad to have been sharing my life with you all for the better part of the last decade. In 2010, I'd like to see more of you. All of you! With LOVE! bpc 
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| Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 |
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I went running today for the first time since the week in November when I came down with my mysterious and life-interrupting stomach ailment. I was running three miles a few times a week then. Now I haven't run in seven weeks. I went just a mile, no stopping, and went at a pace reasonably close to what I normally do. I wasn't overly winded at the end but I was really tired, and I could feel my stomach cramping up. I'm pleased with my own accomplishment, but all of this is just prelude to the question I came up with while stretching afterward. I have and continue to be involved in a variety of physical pursuits. I like to bike, hike, dance, ski, play ping pong, have aerobic sex, etc. All of these are tiring and leave me some degree of body-weary but energized at the end. Why is it that ONLY running leaves me totally wiped out afterward, and why does ramping up my running miles take so much longer than ramping up any other physical activity? I can easily hike 10 hilly miles, but running a mile takes it out of me completely. Your thoughts and personal experiences? |
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| Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 |
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I have a wonderful black sweater dress that I am going to wear for Christmas Eve dinner. It looks sort of like this:  What kind of shoes do I wear with a dress like this? I only own one pair of dress shoes (the two pairs of stripper heels don't count) and they are FAR too casual and loafer-like to be worn with this dress. I will probably go to payless to look for a pair, but it would be great to have a clue what I'm looking for! I need everyone's help! |
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| Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 |
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I decided (about fifteen minutes ago) that I am going to lunchblog for a while. I find what people eat to be totally fascinating. I am also interested to see what my creative cooking and eating skills will lead to as I explore more and more food choices that don't involve wheat. I'm going to post photos to my flickr when I remember to. Most will be iphone photos, but some will be regular camera photos if I have it with me. I am debating whether to post the photos to lj, but will do so behind a cut or even a filter if there is any interest. In the mean time, today's lunch is behind the cut. :) ( Wednesday lunchblogging; working from home today ) |
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| Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 |
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Before I start looking for them on freecycle, I was wondering if anyone has yoga blocks that they're not using any more and would like to get rid of? As usual, I'm happy to pay shipping, and figured the LJ recycling network would be a good first place for this query. :) |
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 Baked beans with bacon pieces, cheddar cheese melted on top and wilted spinach. I've been bringing my lunch dilligently for a month now (only forgot one day!) and the more experimental I get, the happier I am. PS - Scott made the beans. |
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| Friday, December 11th, 2009 |
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Here's a link to a pretty cool page where you can look at the cockpits of a number of past and present military fighters and transports. I found it fascinating, and you might too. http://www.codeonemagazine.com/test/arc |
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| Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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Six months as of this week with Mr. Scott and things are strong and well. :) I think this is the healthiest and most fulfilling relationship I have ever been in. There is no end to my blessings. :) I know you read this only occasionally - but I love you, baby. Thanks for everything. |
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| Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 |
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So...I guess is this mostly for local folks, but I will be willing to ship books media mail for people who want to pay the pittance for media mail shipping. :) In preparation for moving in with Scott some time in mid- to end January, I am going to be getting rid of a bunch of my stuff. As of right now the things that are definitely going to be up for grabs are a large number of fiction and poetry books, a few clothing items, kitchen odds and ends, and possibly some furniture. I also have an off-white loveseat that's been very...loved. It's comfy but a bit saggy in the middle and the shoulders (?) of the loveseat are frayed. It's happy in my house and is clean, my old roomie had a slipcover on it and it looked nicer that way. I would like to be rid of it though. If you come and get it, I'll give it to you. Otherwise, it goes to freecycle and then to goodwill. |
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| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 |
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Scott is allergic to holiday wreaths but not to real christmas trees. Weird. |
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| Friday, November 20th, 2009 |
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I'm going to link to the first part of a nine-part series that recently aired on BBC Channel Four. Called Synth Britannica, it's about the rise of electronic music in the UK. It's fascinating, and if you like electronic music or the history of pop culture, you'll find it interesting, I think. The entire thing is about 90 minutes long, so be prepared to get sucked in. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVRYPjc |
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| Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 |
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I had a wonderful flight this afternoon. This is where I flew: clicky here!. I don't have class on Tuesdays, and even though I have a rough draft of a paper due tomorrow (for which I haven't even read all my sources yet) I decided to go flying today. I have a deadline of December 23rd by which I can retake my checkride flight without retaking the entire checkride oral exam. Naturally, I would like to meet this deadline! I had the plane all afternoon and initially had very ambitious plans to fly all over the East Bay landing at different airports. However, by the time I got the airport and put my flight plan together, preflighted, and called for a weather briefing it was nearly 2 pm. I decided to abbreviate my original plan and just go to a couple of airports, especially since there was a front coming in around 6pm. As I departed Oakland for Napa I saw that the marine layer was already coming in, and there were low, wet clouds completely covering the Santa Rosa Valley. These clouds weren't forecast to come in until after 4 pm, but there they were! I went to Napa and practiced short and soft field landings and takeoffs for a while, mindful of the clouds the entire time. Eventually I departed and flew to Livermore, getting a spectacular view of the Carquinez Strait, Concord and Buchanann Field (KCCR) and the east side of Mount Diablo. I landed and took fuel at Livermore and then set off right for Oakland, as I was getting the feeling that weather might be descending on the airport. I flew over Altamont Pass and was cleared straight in for 27R, the usual procedure when I'm coming from Livermore. The clouds were lowering as I was approaching, and I landed at Oakland with all my lights on and a ceiling below 2,000 feet. Today was a day of impressive weather, good flying on my part, and a reminder that all parts of flying are important, including a good flight plan. It was only because I'd researched my options in advance that I was able to make the last-minute decision to leave Napa and go direct to Livermore instead of Rio Vista, my original destination. Here's a photo of Concord around 4 pm. 
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| Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
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Funny how a little bit of taking care of my body goes a long way. My "eating bread once a day" experiment seems to be going really well. I've had many less stomach aches this week and Scott mentioned that I looked less puffy. I am going to continue for the rest of the month and see if I keep feeling well. My poor achillies tendon is doing somewhat better. I stopped running completely and have been trying to take walks (swimming was not logistically possible this week). Thanks to the advice you all gave me, I have been icing it and stretching. I've also been putting arnica cream on it at my mom's suggestion, and Scott gave me a footrub that helped relax my ankle. So overall, I feel pretty good. I went flying twice this week and had a remedial lesson with a different instructor. She's completely awesome and I wish I'd done my primary training with her. But that's okay. I'll do my instrument with her, probably. :) Scott and I are off this weekend to Northern-Northern California (Ferndale, to be exact) to visit a friend of his who has a house in the redwoods and forty acres. It should be very beautiful, and somewhat relaxing, and I will sit on the deck and get work done while the guys go and do...guy things. :) I'm feeling hopeful. One day at a time, and I'll get there eventually. |
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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
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A truly exhaustive and impressively thought through re-enactment of the events leading up to and during the bird strike and subsequent ditching of Flight 1549. This is a firm specializing in accident re-enactment and they had access to passenger testimony as well as all FAA materials including the cockpit voice recorder. http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww/p I really recommend the radar videos, but the whole thing is fascinating. |
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| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
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I think I am going to try eating processed grain only once a day, and skip processed sugar except on the weekends. My skin has gotten bad and I'm having a lot of stomach aches, and there doesn't seem to be any other common factor to the days I feel blurghy. I'll let you know how it goes. :) In other news, I have irritated my left achilles tendon to the point where I cannot run, much less walk without significant (read: makes me cry) pain. I am off running indefinitely. Fuck. Additionally, the gym at Scott's apartment complex has closed for rennovations until further notice, and I get home too late to go biking for fun because now it get dark at 5:30. I am feeling fat and EXCEEDINGLY exercise-thwarted. What can I do to move my body??? |
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| Friday, October 30th, 2009 |
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So, folks. When I bought my much-cherished and saved-for Macbook it came with an ipod touch, brand new. It's "Free" to me if I sent in a rebate (who knows if that check will ever come) but I am so hurting for money now that I would like to pass it on to a good home. Plus, I already have a functional regular ipod that I got for $40 a year ago. The touch is $199 new but I could be negotiated into a somewhat lower price if you agree to pay all shipping as well. I'll send it anywhere in the country, return receipt and insured. It's still in its box, never been opened, breathed on, touched, etc etc etc. I so don't want to deal with craigslist, and I would love to have this out of my life, and a little bit of money put toward my flying/grad school bills. |
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| Friday, October 9th, 2009 |
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I heard from my mother that my paternal grandfather died. As many of you know (or perhaps you did not know until now), I have been estraged from my birth father since my teens, due to extreme shitheadedness on his part and my having no desire to be around his negligent, hateful ways. When I ended contact with my father, my father's family (my extended family) did not make one effort to stay in touch with me. I have not talked with my grandfather in more than a decade. He was a cruel, selfish, hard-hearted man, who disliked women and treated those he felt to be inferior to him with disdain and contempt. He tried to act as if he was more than he was, but despite his intellectual successes in life, his actions always betrayed how white trash he was. His indifference and disrespect to Jannie (my grandmother) continued until her death from cancer. The way he raised my father played a part in the monster my father became, and for that alone I will never forget my grandfather. You were an asshole, Denny, and I hope you found out from Dad that I dropped the family name five years ago. Your passing is halfway to peace for me, may the other half come sooner rather than later. ******* DENTON, Col. Edgar III (Ret.) October 6, 2009 Col. Edgar Denton, III, (Ret.), 89, of Fair Haven, NY, died October 6, 2009. He was born and raised in Elmira, NY. Col. Denton received his B.A., M.A. and PhD from Syracuse University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1969 in both WWII and the Korean War. While in the military, he taught history in the Social Sciences Department at U.S.M.A., West Point from 1954 to 1969. At West Point, Col. Denton coached the sailing team which became the first Army team to defeat Navy in sailing competition. For many years he served as the Officer Representative of the West Point Hockey Team. After retirement from the U.S. Army, Col. Denton moved to Kingston, Ontario where he taught American History at Royal Military College for 15 years. He retired as Full Professor of the History Department. While in Kingston, he continued to indulge his sailing enthusiasm with his participation in C.O.R.K. After retiring for a second time, Col. Denton moved to Fair Haven, NY, where he was elected President of the School Board of the Red Creek School District. He was Design Coordinator of the schooner OMF Ontario for the Oswego Maritime Foundation; as well as an active member of the Sterling Historical Society and the Sterling Silver Swingers. Colonel Denton was predeceased by his parents, Edgar Denton, Jr. and Dorothy Gwynn Denton; his wife, Janet Gere Denton; and his brother, Richard Denton. He is survived by his children, Peter Denton of Boise, ID (wife, Bonnie), Christopher Denton of Elmira, NY, Jennifer Denton of Syracuse, NY and Mary "Molly" Denton of Inverary, Ontario (Robert Moreland); two sisters, Mary Lou Engle and her husband, George of Scotia, NY and Gwynne Burkhardt and her husband, James of Hopkinton, NH; sister-in-law, Natalie Denton of Elmira, NY; eight grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Foster Funeral Home, 837 Cayuga Street, Hannibal, NY 13074. A reception will follow at Fair Haven Community Church, 14463 Richmond Street, Fair Haven, NY. There are no calling hours. Contributions in memory of Col. Denton may be made to Hospice of the Finger Lakes, 1130 Corporate Drive, Auburn, NY 13021 or to the Oswego Maritime Foundation, 41 Lake St., Oswego, NY 13126. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/star-g |
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| Monday, September 28th, 2009 |
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Too busy to update more, but just wanted to let people know that after way, way too much studying I have passed my written FAA knowledge exam with a 93%, and am now one substantial step closer to getting my pilot's license. Now, school work and work-work to do instead... |
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