Aaron came up for a couple of hours yesterday, and we went yesterday to the beach. It's been a long time since I've been to the beach, I really enjoyed it. It was really good seeing him. Afterwards, we went to this cemetery in town and looked up war monuments and memorials. I know that probably sounds morbid, but it was interesting.
i just finished up a research project last week, so I'm looking for a job. I also want to get my license (it's kind of a long story why I don't have one). I'll let you guys know when I'm taking the test, so you won't be out on the road that day.
I just finished reading several good books. One book was A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and the other was Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick. Dick's book was good, but it's hard to wrap your mind around it. A lot of it deals with transitive realities, mind-shifting drugs, and the corruptibility of organized religion and power. In the end, you have no idea what is real or what truly existed. I like some of his other books better, but I would recommend it. I definitely would recommend A Thousand Splendid Suns. It's amazing. I don't even have the words to describe how great of a book that truly is.
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06/09/2008 11:28 #44593
mind-shifting realitiesCategory: books
06/08/2008 00:12 #44582
summer and babiesCategory: life
It's been a good weekend so far. Yesterday, I ended up dropping off some things at Buff State (long, long story). At any rate, I was able to get a ride up there with my parents. We ended up going to the Galleria, and we had dinner at this restaurant called Jack Astor's. It was a chain restaurant, but I liked it. Today, I went out with my friend and her daughter (she's about a year old) to the local Ribs festival out in Celeron. (I don't eat pork products, but I received confirmation from various sources for their rib excellence).
I really enjoy spending time with that particular friend and her daughter. I can talk to her about things that I normally wouldn't feel comfortable speaking about with other friends. I like being around her little girl a lot. It's fun watching her constantly learn new words and new ways of doing things. We take her daughter out shopping or to the park a lot.
I've been realizing more and more over the past year of how much I want to be a parent. Not now, but someday, I would love that. I don't know if I can have children. Women with lupus can definitely have children, but I have a relatively severe form of it.
It is kind of cool to be Aunt Jessi to all my friends kids, though! You get to have all the fun without doing very much of the work.
I really enjoy spending time with that particular friend and her daughter. I can talk to her about things that I normally wouldn't feel comfortable speaking about with other friends. I like being around her little girl a lot. It's fun watching her constantly learn new words and new ways of doing things. We take her daughter out shopping or to the park a lot.
I've been realizing more and more over the past year of how much I want to be a parent. Not now, but someday, I would love that. I don't know if I can have children. Women with lupus can definitely have children, but I have a relatively severe form of it.
It is kind of cool to be Aunt Jessi to all my friends kids, though! You get to have all the fun without doing very much of the work.
ladycroft - 06/08/08 03:25
i agree, being an auntie (or being called auntie) is really fun - because at the end of the day you can hand them back over to their parental units :)
i agree, being an auntie (or being called auntie) is really fun - because at the end of the day you can hand them back over to their parental units :)
05/25/2008 23:25 #44452
i'm not exactly jeff simonCategory: movies
I finally saw Juno today. I enjoyed it, but it didn't quite live up to my expectations. I liked it, but I didn't love it. It was funny and it seemed to get better as it went along, but the first half of the movie didn't seem quite as good. Maybe I didn't give it a fair chance.
One movie that did exceed my expectations was August Rush. It surprised me how much I enjoyed watching it recently. I thought it might be kind of lame, but it really wasn't. I really found myself rooting for the characters and enjoying the way that their stories came together. I definitely enjoyed the music in the movie. Even if its not exactly treading new ground, it was worth renting.
I'd like to see "There Will be Blood," "Eastern Promises," and "No Country for Old Men" (Saw part of it recently, it's great so far).
One movie that did exceed my expectations was August Rush. It surprised me how much I enjoyed watching it recently. I thought it might be kind of lame, but it really wasn't. I really found myself rooting for the characters and enjoying the way that their stories came together. I definitely enjoyed the music in the movie. Even if its not exactly treading new ground, it was worth renting.
I'd like to see "There Will be Blood," "Eastern Promises," and "No Country for Old Men" (Saw part of it recently, it's great so far).
theecarey - 05/26/08 19:53
I saw both, "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men" at the theater. Both were very well done and are worth watching more than once. Watch it with someone as you will be sure to want to talk about it afterwards. I have Eastern Promises on DVD, but have yet to see it.
Have you seen, "Into the Wild"?
I saw both, "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men" at the theater. Both were very well done and are worth watching more than once. Watch it with someone as you will be sure to want to talk about it afterwards. I have Eastern Promises on DVD, but have yet to see it.
Have you seen, "Into the Wild"?
metalpeter - 05/26/08 14:49
Yeah what you expect out of a movie is a big Determination of how you like it. That is true of many things other then movies as well. "in the words of henry Rollins" the expectations and excite before something happens is the best part (wish I said that better but If I could I would be the one doing spoken word tours and not him). I wish I could come up with a recent example from my life but there was a movie called "The Falcon and The Snowman" All I remember about it was that it was a good movie. But leading into it I heard it was great and heard a lot about it so even though it was good it wasn't as good as I thought it was I guess you could say the same thing about "Akaira" (lengdary animee movie). In terms of No Country for old men it was good but in my view kinda weird also hope you see all of it and enjoy it.
Yeah what you expect out of a movie is a big Determination of how you like it. That is true of many things other then movies as well. "in the words of henry Rollins" the expectations and excite before something happens is the best part (wish I said that better but If I could I would be the one doing spoken word tours and not him). I wish I could come up with a recent example from my life but there was a movie called "The Falcon and The Snowman" All I remember about it was that it was a good movie. But leading into it I heard it was great and heard a lot about it so even though it was good it wasn't as good as I thought it was I guess you could say the same thing about "Akaira" (lengdary animee movie). In terms of No Country for old men it was good but in my view kinda weird also hope you see all of it and enjoy it.
tiburon1724 - 05/26/08 09:46
It definitely is a 'different' movie, though very good (Bateman did an excellent job I think) but I don't really think it's deserving of all the hype it's getting. I saw it before the hype machine started up and so I think I was able to appreciate it more.
It definitely is a 'different' movie, though very good (Bateman did an excellent job I think) but I don't really think it's deserving of all the hype it's getting. I saw it before the hype machine started up and so I think I was able to appreciate it more.
05/21/2008 00:37 #44405
(just go ahead now)...Category: life
It's been a little awhile since I've updated.
So here's what's been going on:
1. The semester ended last week. I was able to get a 3.9 this time, which helped.
2.A few weeks ago, I went with some friends to the albany tulip festival. We listened to the Spin Doctors play. The music wasn't the greatest (except for two princes, lol) but the festival was really fun!
Here are some photos that I took:
3.
Last Saturday, I packed up my stuff and headed out for Rochester. After I got there, A. and I went to the same amazing brewery that we did on New Years Eve. They have wonderful Irish beer. The next day, we stopped at Letchworth State Park on the way home. I'll have to post some of the waterfall photos soon. I love it there. It's definitely one of the gems of western new york. Then A. took me back to Jimmytown, and we ended up going to dinner with my dad and sister.
4. It's good being back with the family for awhile.
So here's what's been going on:
1. The semester ended last week. I was able to get a 3.9 this time, which helped.
2.A few weeks ago, I went with some friends to the albany tulip festival. We listened to the Spin Doctors play. The music wasn't the greatest (except for two princes, lol) but the festival was really fun!
Here are some photos that I took:
3.
Last Saturday, I packed up my stuff and headed out for Rochester. After I got there, A. and I went to the same amazing brewery that we did on New Years Eve. They have wonderful Irish beer. The next day, we stopped at Letchworth State Park on the way home. I'll have to post some of the waterfall photos soon. I love it there. It's definitely one of the gems of western new york. Then A. took me back to Jimmytown, and we ended up going to dinner with my dad and sister.
4. It's good being back with the family for awhile.
museumchick - 05/25/08 23:29
See... if I were the Spin Doctors... I would be really excited that Tina Fey wore my shirt! I actually do think they are pretty cool, though they didn't sound great for most of the concert. Part of that might have been the sound system/location we were in, though.
See... if I were the Spin Doctors... I would be really excited that Tina Fey wore my shirt! I actually do think they are pretty cool, though they didn't sound great for most of the concert. Part of that might have been the sound system/location we were in, though.
drew - 05/21/08 08:31
I love the Spin Doctors. I should probably stop admitting that, but I cannot.
Last week, on 30 Rock, Tina Fey was wearing a vintage spin doctors shirt.
It was AWESOME. Worlds coming together. So cool.
I love the Spin Doctors. I should probably stop admitting that, but I cannot.
Last week, on 30 Rock, Tina Fey was wearing a vintage spin doctors shirt.
It was AWESOME. Worlds coming together. So cool.
04/26/2008 23:04 #44161
a few April photosCategory: photos
museumchick - 04/30/08 18:36
Thanks everybody!
Thanks everybody!
libertad - 04/27/08 13:46
They are really nice. I'll have to take a pic of our cherry blossom tree when the light is right. The blossoms don't last too long at all.
They are really nice. I'll have to take a pic of our cherry blossom tree when the light is right. The blossoms don't last too long at all.
metalpeter - 04/27/08 10:05
I really like those last 2.
I really like those last 2.
paul - 04/27/08 08:31
Those pics are beautiful. I can't believe spring has come so far.
Those pics are beautiful. I can't believe spring has come so far.
Thanks tiny!!!
Good Luck!!!!! Here's wishing tons and tons of Luck in a huge future barrel!