Spent several hours in the blazing sun and heat at the Taste of New Orleans today. I feel like I am on fire. Yucky.

Not a poem, but awe-inspiring and mind-boggling:

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They showed this at JP's astronomy club meeting.

Sorry if I have been a Debbie Downer lately. I feel better today, which tells me the hormones have backed the fuck off. So, that's good. In celebration, I give you an oldie but a goodie:

( List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your livejournal along with your seven songs. )

Taste of New Orleans was fun, although both JP and my sister had minor altercations. I swear, I surround myself with scrappers! LOL...

I am suddenly in love with Lily Allen's song The Fear. I don't usually dig her, but...nice!

I will miss National Poetry Month...

Where now the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm ( Read more... )

David Cook shoutout on AI! Wot, wot! Kris Allen sang one of my all-time favorite songs from the movie Once, but Kris - you are no Glen Hansard.

I keep making Japanese curry! I can't stop! I have a problem!

Really, Melissa? This is all you've got? Well, I can't talk about work because I will get all 'le-boo-hoo' so, the answer is yes.

This weekend is ( Read more... )

You will all be glad to know I am not going to bitch about work in this entry. ^___^

I WILL bitch about the (at least) five minutes of gratuitous fat guy peener that I was forced to endure while watching Observe and Report today. Just...ew. When did "show a penis" become the equivalent of comedy gold? I know of way too many movies that go to this ( Read more... )

BEAUTIFUL day for outdoor Fiesta event, Taste of New Orleans: Yay!
Exorbitant cost of entrance fees and beer and food: Boo!
Watching sister and company dance: Yay!
Getting free beer backstage 'cause we were hanging with the belly dancers: Double yay!
Horrible sunburn on arms and legs: Boo! And also, ow.

I must say, the mini French breads were ( Read more... )

Many thanks and a bowl of olives to Hana for this cute and most appropriate meme on the eve of fiesta:

The Recipe For joseishijin


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Forgive the verbal vomit. Once I started, I could not stop.

I booked my trip to Cabo San Lucas. HOORAY! Money gone, gone, gone. BOO!

STP is coming to San Antonio. HOORAY!

In other news, we went to the Poteet Strawberry Festival this weekend. The 2.5 hours we crawled along the highway waiting to get into the parking area pretty much killed any ( Read more... )