Have been out of touch because my life is both busy and humdrum. Not that I mind...I used to crave constant change and now...eh, not so much. I guess in my heart, I love ruts.

My mom and I went to Houston last weekend to see the ballet. It was Romeo and Juliet and the dancing was sublime! I love the balcony scene and also the death scene in the tomb ( Read more... )

Booooooom.com (Really? Do you have enough "o's" in there?) recently asked photographers to recreate famous paintings and while a lot of them are stunning, I liked this one the best because holy shit! It's awesome! Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles:


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I'm back. And exhausted. While on "vacation," I spent about 1 hour relaxing and the rest of the time running around trying to round up family and check on my parents and keep the Kid and his wife company since she wanted to see and do everything on the cruise ship. Still, I'm glad I did. Now I plan on doing a whole lot of nothing this Friday and ( Read more... )

The McNay Art Museum was gorgeous (and free!). Their collection is small, but it is one of the most beautiful spaces, ever. Unfortunately, I forgot my phone in the car so I didn't take pictures. They have a gorgeous Chagall that I am in love with, but hands down, the greatest thing we saw was a pop art piece done by Roger Shimomura. It was several ( Read more... )

I was a multi-tasking mofo at work today. Seriously, I can't have another day like that or I will go completely bonkers. So tired. It doesn't help that winter allergies have set up their yearly taiko drum symposium in my head. The constant pounding on my right temple and behind my right eye make me want to punch my own face.

Blargh.

Okay, meme!

Day 17 ( Read more... )

Well it took the better part of three hours, but I made beef bourguignon and it is delicious! And cheap! I used about $3 worth of stew meat, various veggies, and a $2 bottle of cabernet sauvignon (thank you, liquor outlet store) to whip it up. Ugh. So full, though ( Read more... )

So, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, I dragged my ass out of bed and JP drove us to the middle of Darkest Texas so we could watch the Leonid meteor shower. We didn't see a whole bunch, but we saw a few impressive ones. Very, very beautiful. Cold as hell. And spooky because it was very dark and very lonely. But totally cool ( Read more... )