Trisha's Journal

07/05/2008 20:20 #44873

hot dog! chard....

i am taking a cue from my good friend dayner and making a garden post. considering i purchased many herb seeds i was too lazy to scatter, i might as well blog the 1 edible that made it into the ground.

swiss chard.

i mostly put this in for decoration. i'd rather a tomato than a green leafy any day of the week. it's supposed to get these orange, yellow and red thick stalks, but is kinda tiny right now.

because i'm sort of an idiot, i just threw the seeds down in kind of a row, and so i had to thin out the weaklings the other day. it was hard deciding who lived and who didn't. eh. godlike, i suppose. since it is uber trendy to eat baby veggies, i made a salad out of the pickins. but only cause it's trendy, ha ha. mmm-mm. only slightly bitter and a little on the foamy side, know what i mean? like when you eat fresh baby spinach it's kinda foamy textured. i dunno.

in any case, it always amazes me when something that was a seed becomes a plant. it's like, holy shit. if i was a farmer i'd be in constant awe, stupefied by the rows upon rows of whatever was there because * I* put it there.
talk about godlike, sheesh.....

paul - 07/05/08 22:54
They are so cute.

tinypliny - 07/05/08 20:50
They look beautiful! :)

06/26/2008 09:31 #44788

POOP IN THE POTTY!!!!

after months, literally, with a significant break in between, there is finally. poop. in the. potty. cue triumphant trumpeting. i didn't think it would ever happen. we begged, pleaded, promised treats, TV time, games, prodded, threatened, bullied, harried, encouraged, jumped up and down, and basically acted like every other fool idiot parent throughout time that has tried to get the kid to do this. IT SUCKED. i am more excited about this than any other milestone, probably because this is the only one *I* actually had to do so much work for.

i love the buggers, but for 2.5 years our lives and household have been FULL of shitty diapers...... at least now we can be half full. there is still a way to go, but the wheels are turning.

tinypliny - 06/26/08 23:09
Congrats! :) What a relieving relief!

lilho - 06/26/08 12:34
wow. the little girl i work with put a giant one in last week. for me. not the parents. me. she nevers does it for th parents. i know i will one day so kick ass at getting my kids to do their number twos the grown up way.

i will even provide them with a basket full of see spot books and some fruity air freshener.

congratulations.

ps. don't be fooled. children can have enormous sized dumps. like two pound sized ones. i think working at a hospital for a year has desensitized my aversion to grossness.

jon - 06/26/08 12:13
Congrats! My little one is 2.5 as well and we had a breakthrough in December. Best Christmas gift ever. I've never thought I'd be so happy about poop.

lauren - 06/26/08 10:21
haha, although my munchkin is only 5 pounds with 4 legs, I feel your pain. Sometimes I wish I could put a diaper on him!

I saw this show where the mom would take pictures with her kids next to their poop in the potty. The kids were all proud and I have to admit, it was cute :)

Congrats!

carolinian - 06/26/08 10:16
In 60 years, it'll be your kid's turn to change your diapers. Turnabout's fair play.

joshua - 06/26/08 10:03
My brother and I were ahem "late bloomers" ourselves. Can you imagine dealing with twins in the same scenario? One kid, as you know, is crazy enough! Congratulations on your new liberation from poopy diaperland.

06/21/2008 20:23 #44743

a lame request for music help

i am dry on the music frontier lately. if you told me a few things you like to read, and wanted some direction to some interesting lit, no problem there. but new music sort of eludes me. there's so much of it, and words about it don't do the trick.... like anything you just have to try it out i suppose.

anyway, nuff said, who's got something awesome to recommend/ or a website to go to? i like just about anything but country & techno. thanks, i appreciate any replies......

jenks - 06/23/08 18:50
ooh tiny i like cesaria evora too.

i have to plug my usual favorites-
The National
Jose Gonzalez
Andrew Bird

i've also been listening to a little punk/rockabilly stuff lately-
the cramps
heavy trash

And I agree that last.fm and pandora are good for inspiration too.

tinypliny - 06/22/08 16:34
Cafe Quijano with their get up and salsa-jazz dance. :)
:::link:::

tinypliny - 06/22/08 16:24
If you fancy soundtrack music, this bloke is awesome:
:::link:::

Just load the website and let it play. Around 1hr 5min of really cool soundtrack music.

tinypliny - 06/21/08 23:58
Oh and the one and only Grave Digger!
Pure rhythmic power metal from Germany
:::link:::

james - 06/21/08 21:37
I have been listening to T Bone Burnett and William Elliot Whitmore all week and it makes my blues happy.

tinypliny - 06/21/08 21:23
Some bands I am grooving to this week:
(I recommend speakers that bring out the bass as well as the softest of jazz cymbals. The music is all over the random genre range. :))
(You might need to sign up for imeem, but its free and totally worth it!)

I love Cesaria Evora. She sings Mornas in Portuguese. I can only describe it as Summer Sunshine music even in deep winter...
Good Examples:
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

Rata Blanca - my personal favourite classic heavy metal (Think Rainbow/Deep Purple)
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

Amr Diab: The King of Arabian Music!
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

Deep Purple - Classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

Witchery - Thrash Metal given a new life - Shredding at its ultimate technical best!
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::
(They do a fast kick-ass take on Judas Priest!)

Ars Amandi - Folk metal from Spain
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

The Kinks - Classic Beatle era nostalgia
1.http://www.imeem.com/theeplaylist/music/i4xo4svU/the_kinks_this_time_tomorrow/
2.http://www.imeem.com/ifankucel/music/KCAmNB_J/kate_rusby_the_village_green_preservation_society/

Death Cab for Cutie - Alternative Easy Listening
All songs: :::link:::

Assi Al Helani - Arabic beats
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

Billy Mclaughlin - Folk-semiclassical Guitar
1. :::link:::
2. :::link:::

Astor Piazzolla - Classic Argentine Tango.
1. :::link:::
(Played by the cellist from classical-heaven - Yo Yo Ma. Seriously this version of Piazzolla ROCKS!)
2. :::link:::

Actually, there are about 30 more artists in my play-loop... If I list them all, I guess I might be viewed as a little unhinged.. :)
LMK, if any of these rock your boat, and I will suggest some more.

paul - 06/21/08 20:45
Last.fm is also a great tool.

drew - 06/21/08 20:39
Put the name of somebody that you like on Pandora.com and they will play them and similar music that you may nor have heard.

06/18/2008 14:17 #44702

exhaustion vs trashiness

i am impatient and want my yard, the first i have ever "owned", to be fabulous. instead, there is a gaping hole where paul ripped out a scraggly bush, a rotted stump that has spooky crevices where some troll might live, and plastic kid toy junk all over it. at the end of the day, i am plumb tuckered, and so this mess remains.
i'd have no problem if this was the backyard, where things can hide. but we have only a small-ish side yard, and so everything is visible and out there, and i kinda feel like "that house".
then, at the same time, fuck it---only about 28,953 things go on in a day around here to worry about it so.....but it's harder to say that than it is to keep trying to pick up, for some reason......

i dunno, what is the american obsession with yards anyway? i heard this ridiculous pesticide radio ad that rhymed "lawns are for hugs, not bugs." oh yeah, how bout a nice healthy hug after rolling around on my SPRAYED lawn. better than a bug bite! .....dumbasses.

the yard, when "finished" will have little to no grass. any bug that wants to can make a home in the flowers--although i will admit ticks sort of freak me out. there will be a few brick pathways and a few sitting area/hidden alcove type things for the kids. if all goes well, my dear husband will have purchased for me the 10 foot granite rooster i've had my eye on, or some other fitting statue, to grace the gardens witb ridiculousness. it will be photo worthy......

05/28/2008 10:25 #44471

more bz

the sound when i open a hive up is so incredible. it's surprisingly soothing. a lot of people are creeped out when i tell them about it, but a lot think it's awesome too. it is awesome. these photos are blurry but the others have too big of a file size, and i'm too hassled to try to figure out compression and all that jazz. in any case.....things are going swimmingly. not only will i have honey next year, but the fruit trees around the area should produce much better in the next year or 2.

between 2 frames

nice comb

queen josephine right in the middle there

fing - 05/28/08 12:31
I used to harvest honey with my grandpa. It's the coolest thing I can remember doing as a child.

jenks - 05/28/08 11:28
do they make the comb themselves, or do you like put in a starter frame and they fill it with honey? apparently I know nothing about bees. way cool though. have you been stung? i work with a girl who was a beekeeper for a lab or something... said after being stung a few HUNDRED times she stopped counting. said it's easier to wear no equipment and get in and out quickly and deal with a few stings, then to get all suited up and smoke etc, b/c she said that makes them a lot more mad. *shrug* I certainly don't know.