Went to the Benton County Fair this evening after work. Took the bus because I knew parking was going to be Scary Bad Crazy, and $3 for a round trip on the bus beats the $5 for parking anyway ( Read more... )

They're having a whole bunch of stuff going on this weekend in the Tri Cities. The big seller is the hydro races down at Columbia Park, with a bonus air show. I did kind of want to hit the air show, but not if it required braving the masses there for the boat races. Also, I think there is/was an admission fee ( Read more... )

Alright, so, a few things from this last week.

1 - I am officially doing an independent study based on what I gleaned from looking at dirt all summer. Technical name for the course - Research in Paleolimnology. Plan is to present a poster at the Annual Wisconsin Geology Conference in mid-October. Cool ( Read more... )

Picked up a few more odds and ends in town today (a bathrobe, slippers, and a nail clippers and file, as well as a Pratical Magic DVD that was on sale) before meeting Dan at the Fair. It seemed a lot emptier than I remember it being, but at least they had the Scrambler back this year, which made me happy. Also picked up set of dragonfly earrings ( Read more... )

Forwarding all the stuff I have saved stashed somewhere in my Hotmail account to my Gmail account. Wow, I didn't think I had this much *stuff*. I mean, even before hotmail increased their storage space from, like, 3 MB to 250 MB, I had only been using maybe 30 percent of my storage space... Now I'm not even at 1 % with all my stuff, but damned if ( Read more... )

* saw part of the Dairy Fest parade ( Read more... )

Oy... I have one nasty headache. And have had it since about an hour after I got to the fair, which was 1:30 this afternoon. It was probably all the smoke and grease and dust and what not, but damn does it make for one killer headache. The sun also seemed really *really* bright today, so... yeah, not so happy Maren in the physical feeling ( Read more... )

Heading back to the fair this afternoon. My mom told me yesterday that one of the pictures I entered got a third place ribbon... Wohoo! My autumn one did, one which I thought was one of the most boring of the 7 I entered. So, YAY for happy surprises ( Read more... )

Owwie... Maren suuuuuun buuuurned. And god dammit, I was putting lotion on every two hours and I *still* get cooked! ::curses her white completion:: My poor upper back is fried, as well as a little big of the back of my arms ( Read more... )

Wheeeeeeee!

Yes yes, good day... very very good day.
First, it starts out all WOHOO! like cause it's one day closer to when Maren gets to be reunited with the other half of her brain... My (original) Emmi is comin' home!!! (though current Emi is my lovie, too... {{{hugs lostnyanko}}} ) Yes yes, you heard right... Maren and Emma, back together again, after ( Read more... )