Another year, another crazy long posting hiatus from me. *sigh* Anyway, to quickly recap the past two months, Brooke and I went to New York for Thanksgiving to see our friends Natalie and Judith. We had a great visit, and the weather was fantastic. Pictures from the trip are here.

I performed in another belly dance show. This time I had a sword on ( Read more... )

To anyone who is interested in volunteering at anything ever, I have a few notes for you ( Read more... )

I got my plane tickets, hotel, and rental car booked for Chicago. I'm flying in Thursday, Oct. 27 and flying out late Saturday, Oct. 29. I welcome any suggestions for things to do/see/eat while I'm there.

I went to a winery with
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So way back in July, I went to Snore & Roar at the zoo. You get to do a behind-the-scenes tour of one part of the zoo, spend the night at the zoo in tents they provide, and you get breakfast in the morning. The Snore & Roar I did had behind-the-scenes of the Reptile Discovery Center. I got to feed an aldabra tortoise and learn that they feed the ( Read more... )

That was almost 'May Has Been Busty.' Also a true statement ( Read more... )

Lion cubs! All seven cubs were out today with their dad, Luke, and their moms, Shera and Nababiep, for over an hour today. I took a ridiculous number of pictures and a few videos. I managed one picture with all 10 lions in one picture.

I also finally put up my pictures from The Roots show last week. They put on an incredible live show. The drum ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to me ( Read more... )

First, links to pictures I finally put up on flickr.
1. New zoo pictures from early October
2. My parents' visit in August has pictures from the zoo and the DaVinci exhibit at the National Geographic Museum.
3. Dear New Orleans benefit concert hosted by Bonerama pictures start toward the bottom of the linked page.
4. New York Comic Con was much fun ( Read more... )

I uploaded the Green Day pictures here and the AZ pictures here. I still haven't gotten to new zoo pictures, maybe this weekend.

Well, probably not this weekend. I'm helping out at the Autumn Conservation Festival in Front Royal on Saturday and doing my regular volunteer work at the zoo on Sunday ( Read more... )

So the last 6 weeks went a little like this ( Read more... )