My BFF (Kerry) spent the night on Saturday. We were determined to finish watching a television series that we had started back in August of 2008. That series: Veronica Mars. Now, I suck at Veronica Mars... which makes sense because it has taken Kerry, Karen and I over two years to watch the entire series consisting of 3 seasons.
Truth be told, I was excited to finally finish the series on Sunday. The characters in the show are great characters. For me, it's all about the characters. That is one of the reasons why I enjoy Buffy and Angel, and Lost so much. Those shows have great characters in addition to great writing. At the same time, it's always sad to see a show that you've invested some much of your time into finally end. I similarly felt that way with Buffy, Angel, and Lost.
Recently, there has been talk by Kristen Bell, who plays Veronica Mars, to get Veronica Mars to the big screen. She has even offered to finance the movie herself. The movie, however, does not seem like it will ever come to fruition as Warner Brothers will not relinquish the rights to the show and the company is dead set against creating a Veronica Mars movie due to its research that says there is a lack of interest in the movie.
I actually find that reason somewhat funny because there are a ton of terrible movies that get created. I know. I've watched many many movies. And what is also a little funny in that reasoning is that Warner Brothers brought to the general populace... the John Travolta movie Battlefield Earth. And although I have never seen that movie, I have heard that the movie was downright awful. And for anyone curious, Warner Brothers also brought us the films: Speed Racer and the Postman.
Anyway, it was great watching Veronica Mars with Kerry and Karen. It's too bad the series got canceled because there were so many questions left unanswered. If only there were a movie to wrap up the loose ends. But now that Veronica Mars is complete, Karen, Kerry and I can now move onto the next series: Bones.
And in case anyone is curious, I did also catch a movie yesterday as well to mourn the ending of Veronica Mars. That movie: 12 Rounds starring World Wrestling Entertainment and West Newbury, Massachusetts's own, John Cena.
(The video below is a trailer for 12 Rounds.)
Surprisingly, the film was entertaining. The movie was a lot more entertaining than The Final Destination, that's for sure. John Cena plays a New Orleans cop who puts away a terrorist. In the process, the terrorist's fiancee dies. One year later, the terrorist escapes from prison to exact his revenge in a game called "12 Rounds".
By no means is the movie an Oscar winner. But if you want to pass the time watching things blow up, then it's not that bad.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
I Suck At Hedgie The Hedgehog
Saturday was quite the hectic day. Normally during the weekend, Karen and I do not get many visitors within a given day. Saturday, however, was different.
The day began with a visit from my friend (Cass). Cass and his father-in-law stopped by to drop off a piece of drywall for a home improvement project that I was planning to work on. I had actually forgotten that I needed drywall for this particular closet that we have on our first floor. So, Cass and his father-in-law were nice enough to drop off some pieces for me.
Shortly thereafter, my BFF (Kerry) arrived. Awhile ago, I made plans with Kerry so that we could finally finish watching the rest of the Veronica Mars series. We began our Veronica Mars viewing in August of 2008 when Karen was invited to a girls weekend down in Bon Jovi's home state of New Jersey. We enjoyed the series so much that we got Karen interested in the show... and to some extent we got my favorite sister-in-law (Janine) interested in the show. Interestingly enough, I think Janine still has my second season of Veronica Mars.
Anyway, Kerry's schedule and my schedule got a little hectic. So we were never really able to watch the show on a consistent basis. Nevertheless, we were determined to finish watching the series this weekend.
Karen's grandparents and her aunt soon dropped on by as well since they were in the neighborhood. They had gone out to eat some breakfast at Friendly's, which is located right up the street from us. Once Karen's grandparents and aunt left, we started watching an episode of the Veronica Mars. We did not get too far as Karen's parents then stopped on by.
Karen's parents came over to watch our baby daughter (Briana) for a couple of hours. In addition to Veronica Mars, part of the day's planned activities included a brief trip to our local library. And what could be so important at the library? Why... library card sign up, of course!
Due to Karen's involvement with the Friends of the Norwell Public Library, in which she is now the vice chairman of, I was enlisted to help with the library card registration this weekend. In particular, I was asked to be Hedgie the Hedgehog. Now, I suck at Hedgie the Hedgehog. And truthfully, I never knew such a character existed in children's literature up until recently.
The task was easy: dress up as Hedgie the Hedgehog and pose for photos with children and adults alike. Piece of cake! For me, it was the first time I ever got to wear such an elaborate costume. Luckily for me, Kerry had experience dressing up as a character because she got to be her school's mascot one time year in college.
Needless to say, I had an absolute blast being Hedgie. As Karen put it, I was just the right height for the costume, I like kids, and I'm pure ham. And I must say, the costume was very elaborate. I'm not sure how other mascots do it because it gets mighty toasty inside the costume. I only wore the costume for a couple of hours and I had beads of sweat pouring down my face. In fact, Kerry said she could feel the heat emanating from the area where I can see out of the costume. The heat and the inability to see objects that are right close to you are probably the only drawbacks about being Hedgie.
All in all, I had a blast being Hedgie. Kerry even took a video of Hedgie doing a few dance moves for fun. I'm sure some day that video will make it to YouTube once the video is edited. (The video needs to be rotated.) Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I'd probably do it again if asked. Of course, I'd probably still need the help of Karen and Kerry to get into the costume. So we'll see.
UPDATE: Here is the video.
Plus, I think the kids and the adults had a great time during the library card registration event. I actually got to meet a few people I never knew before... like some of the other librarians, some of the board members, etc. So hopefully everyone was happy with the outcome of the day.
Following my brief stint as a costumed hedgehog, Karen, Kerry and I returned to finally watch a few more episodes of Veronica Mars. By that time, we had devoured some grilled cheese sandwiches... on potato bread... and some apple pie. We took another break shortly thereafter as we had our final guests for the evening: Janine and her family.
Janine, her husband (PJ), my niece (Kaleigh) and my nephew (PJ) stopped by to drop off a few items: a bag of Halloween costumes, an exersaucer, and a present from Kaleigh. As usual, it was good to see Janine and them.
I think Janine, who likes to collect Precious Moment figurines, got a kick out of seeing one of the figurines in a Precious Moment magazine that Karen's mother left that day. The Precious Moment figurine had the usual teardrop eye design. The base, however, had a name on it. That name: Gretchen. For anyone curious, Gretchen happens to be Janine's BFF.
Anyway, it was fun to see them. I got to practice my martial arts skills with my nephew who takes Taekwondo. For anyone curious, I don't have any martial arts skills... but my nephew doesn't know that. I think he believes I know it just because I'm genetically predisposed to know it.
Eventually, everyone left and it was just Karen, Kerry, Briana and me again. So naturally we decided to catch a few more episodes of Veronica Mars before calling it a day. It was definitely one long day after all with many visitors.
And of course, when everyone went to bed, I stayed up to watch a movie. That movie: The Final Destination, which is the fourth movie in the Final Destination series.
(The video below is a trailer for The Final Destination.)
In case anyone is curious, I started watching the Final Destination series because 1) I like horror movies; 2) the premise of the movie seemed intriguing; and 3) Kerr Smith, from Dawson's Creek fame was in the movie... "I don't want to wait..." till this movie franchise is over...
Needless to say, the fourth installment was absolutely terrible. The movie was made to be in 3-D (particularly the gruesome death scenes), and it shows. I am quite surprised the film warranted an upcoming Final Destination 5, because this movie was pretty bad. But at least now I can say that I watched the movie...
The day began with a visit from my friend (Cass). Cass and his father-in-law stopped by to drop off a piece of drywall for a home improvement project that I was planning to work on. I had actually forgotten that I needed drywall for this particular closet that we have on our first floor. So, Cass and his father-in-law were nice enough to drop off some pieces for me.
Shortly thereafter, my BFF (Kerry) arrived. Awhile ago, I made plans with Kerry so that we could finally finish watching the rest of the Veronica Mars series. We began our Veronica Mars viewing in August of 2008 when Karen was invited to a girls weekend down in Bon Jovi's home state of New Jersey. We enjoyed the series so much that we got Karen interested in the show... and to some extent we got my favorite sister-in-law (Janine) interested in the show. Interestingly enough, I think Janine still has my second season of Veronica Mars.
Anyway, Kerry's schedule and my schedule got a little hectic. So we were never really able to watch the show on a consistent basis. Nevertheless, we were determined to finish watching the series this weekend.
Karen's grandparents and her aunt soon dropped on by as well since they were in the neighborhood. They had gone out to eat some breakfast at Friendly's, which is located right up the street from us. Once Karen's grandparents and aunt left, we started watching an episode of the Veronica Mars. We did not get too far as Karen's parents then stopped on by.
Karen's parents came over to watch our baby daughter (Briana) for a couple of hours. In addition to Veronica Mars, part of the day's planned activities included a brief trip to our local library. And what could be so important at the library? Why... library card sign up, of course!
Due to Karen's involvement with the Friends of the Norwell Public Library, in which she is now the vice chairman of, I was enlisted to help with the library card registration this weekend. In particular, I was asked to be Hedgie the Hedgehog. Now, I suck at Hedgie the Hedgehog. And truthfully, I never knew such a character existed in children's literature up until recently.
The task was easy: dress up as Hedgie the Hedgehog and pose for photos with children and adults alike. Piece of cake! For me, it was the first time I ever got to wear such an elaborate costume. Luckily for me, Kerry had experience dressing up as a character because she got to be her school's mascot one time year in college.
Needless to say, I had an absolute blast being Hedgie. As Karen put it, I was just the right height for the costume, I like kids, and I'm pure ham. And I must say, the costume was very elaborate. I'm not sure how other mascots do it because it gets mighty toasty inside the costume. I only wore the costume for a couple of hours and I had beads of sweat pouring down my face. In fact, Kerry said she could feel the heat emanating from the area where I can see out of the costume. The heat and the inability to see objects that are right close to you are probably the only drawbacks about being Hedgie.
All in all, I had a blast being Hedgie. Kerry even took a video of Hedgie doing a few dance moves for fun. I'm sure some day that video will make it to YouTube once the video is edited. (The video needs to be rotated.) Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I'd probably do it again if asked. Of course, I'd probably still need the help of Karen and Kerry to get into the costume. So we'll see.
UPDATE: Here is the video.
Plus, I think the kids and the adults had a great time during the library card registration event. I actually got to meet a few people I never knew before... like some of the other librarians, some of the board members, etc. So hopefully everyone was happy with the outcome of the day.
Following my brief stint as a costumed hedgehog, Karen, Kerry and I returned to finally watch a few more episodes of Veronica Mars. By that time, we had devoured some grilled cheese sandwiches... on potato bread... and some apple pie. We took another break shortly thereafter as we had our final guests for the evening: Janine and her family.
Janine, her husband (PJ), my niece (Kaleigh) and my nephew (PJ) stopped by to drop off a few items: a bag of Halloween costumes, an exersaucer, and a present from Kaleigh. As usual, it was good to see Janine and them.
I think Janine, who likes to collect Precious Moment figurines, got a kick out of seeing one of the figurines in a Precious Moment magazine that Karen's mother left that day. The Precious Moment figurine had the usual teardrop eye design. The base, however, had a name on it. That name: Gretchen. For anyone curious, Gretchen happens to be Janine's BFF.
Anyway, it was fun to see them. I got to practice my martial arts skills with my nephew who takes Taekwondo. For anyone curious, I don't have any martial arts skills... but my nephew doesn't know that. I think he believes I know it just because I'm genetically predisposed to know it.
Eventually, everyone left and it was just Karen, Kerry, Briana and me again. So naturally we decided to catch a few more episodes of Veronica Mars before calling it a day. It was definitely one long day after all with many visitors.
And of course, when everyone went to bed, I stayed up to watch a movie. That movie: The Final Destination, which is the fourth movie in the Final Destination series.
(The video below is a trailer for The Final Destination.)
In case anyone is curious, I started watching the Final Destination series because 1) I like horror movies; 2) the premise of the movie seemed intriguing; and 3) Kerr Smith, from Dawson's Creek fame was in the movie... "I don't want to wait..." till this movie franchise is over...
Needless to say, the fourth installment was absolutely terrible. The movie was made to be in 3-D (particularly the gruesome death scenes), and it shows. I am quite surprised the film warranted an upcoming Final Destination 5, because this movie was pretty bad. But at least now I can say that I watched the movie...
Monday, January 25, 2010
I Suck At Veronica Mars
The highlight of my Saturday consisted of seeing my BFF (Kerry) and watching Veronica Mars. After all, the only other exciting thing I did on Saturday was work on the house.
Earlier in the day, my favorite brother-in-law (PJ) and I went to the local Home Depot for some supplies which will be used for the renovation of the bathroom on our first floor. Namely, I needed large sheets of plywood for the subfloor and large sheets of mold-resistant drywall for the walls.
Normally, these items would be hard to fit in a regular car. Luckily, PJ has a trailer. Also, these items are heavy. So having the extra hand definitely helped. Thanks again PJ!
There was, however, a brief incident involving the Home Depot run. PJ's truck could not shift out of park while at my house. It was the strangest thing. I've never seen that happen before. The only time I was unable to not shift out of park was when my steering wheel was turned too far to the right or left. Apparently in the case of PJ's truck, one of the fuses blew which prevented the shift out of park. It was weird. Always prepared, PJ had additional fuses for his truck. So he was able to replace the fuses and shift out of park.
Anyway, shortly thereafter I began working on the house. Before I could put the subfloor of plywood down, I needed to remove the drain for the toilet. (For anyone curious, the drain for the toilet protrudes through the floor.)
Unfortunately, the drain for our toilet is made of cast iron. Cast iron is ridiculous to cut through. My efforts to cut the large pipe with my reciprocating saw was futile. And then I remembered... I had a metal cutting blade for a circular saw. The only problem... changing the saw blade on my circular saw. The nut was just too tight and would not budge. After numerous attempts to loosen the nut on the circular saw, I decided to ask PJ... yet again.
Needless to say, I borrowed PJ's saw and switched out the blade with the metal cutting blade that I had. In retrospect, I probably should have asked him sooner in regards to borrowing his circular saw because my hand literally was throbbing from my two hour attempt at loosening the nut.
And might I add, the metal cutting blade worked like a charm on the cast iron toilet drain. The only problem of course is that cast iron... very dirty. Even with my protective eye wear and mask, I was covered in black dust. It was as though I were wearing makeup or something. It was disgusting. (It was also disgusting to know that every time I blew my nose... black came out.) I would not be surprised if I died an early death from all these home improvement projects. Perhaps I should start a pool on who, among the people I know (including myself), will pass away first. Sure it's grim... but possibly financially rewarding.
Regardless... cast iron... very heavy. I had to cut a large portion of the drain out because the original location of the drain was too tight to fit a circular saw. The potion that I cut out was heavy. I had to literally drag it out of the crawlspace. Even though I was covered in black dust, I felt pretty victorious standing over the large cast iron drain. (Master of the drain!)
Anyway, Kerry arrived shortly thereafter. She happened to be down the South Shore for the day and wondered if we would be around for some Veronica Mars watching. Now, I suck at Veronica Mars. All right, I may be lying. I love Veronica Mars.
Kerry, Karen and I started our Veronica Mars viewing quite a while ago. In fact, we tried to get my favorite sister-in-law (Janine) hooked on the show. (I think she still might have my dvd set of the second season.) Needless to say, I was excited to be able to catch more episodes of the third and final season of the show.
Plus, Kerry brought brownies. In her effort to find a good brownie recipe, she asked Karen and I to be her taste testers for two sets of brownie recipes. As it turned out, Karen liked one; I liked the other. It's not like it was mac 'n cheese in which everyone would like mine over my friend's (Hot Amy). Just kidding.
The three of us ended up watching a bunch of episodes of Veronica Mars while eating some brownies. It was a great way to end the day.
Earlier in the day, my favorite brother-in-law (PJ) and I went to the local Home Depot for some supplies which will be used for the renovation of the bathroom on our first floor. Namely, I needed large sheets of plywood for the subfloor and large sheets of mold-resistant drywall for the walls.
Normally, these items would be hard to fit in a regular car. Luckily, PJ has a trailer. Also, these items are heavy. So having the extra hand definitely helped. Thanks again PJ!
There was, however, a brief incident involving the Home Depot run. PJ's truck could not shift out of park while at my house. It was the strangest thing. I've never seen that happen before. The only time I was unable to not shift out of park was when my steering wheel was turned too far to the right or left. Apparently in the case of PJ's truck, one of the fuses blew which prevented the shift out of park. It was weird. Always prepared, PJ had additional fuses for his truck. So he was able to replace the fuses and shift out of park.
Anyway, shortly thereafter I began working on the house. Before I could put the subfloor of plywood down, I needed to remove the drain for the toilet. (For anyone curious, the drain for the toilet protrudes through the floor.)
Unfortunately, the drain for our toilet is made of cast iron. Cast iron is ridiculous to cut through. My efforts to cut the large pipe with my reciprocating saw was futile. And then I remembered... I had a metal cutting blade for a circular saw. The only problem... changing the saw blade on my circular saw. The nut was just too tight and would not budge. After numerous attempts to loosen the nut on the circular saw, I decided to ask PJ... yet again.
Needless to say, I borrowed PJ's saw and switched out the blade with the metal cutting blade that I had. In retrospect, I probably should have asked him sooner in regards to borrowing his circular saw because my hand literally was throbbing from my two hour attempt at loosening the nut.
And might I add, the metal cutting blade worked like a charm on the cast iron toilet drain. The only problem of course is that cast iron... very dirty. Even with my protective eye wear and mask, I was covered in black dust. It was as though I were wearing makeup or something. It was disgusting. (It was also disgusting to know that every time I blew my nose... black came out.) I would not be surprised if I died an early death from all these home improvement projects. Perhaps I should start a pool on who, among the people I know (including myself), will pass away first. Sure it's grim... but possibly financially rewarding.
Regardless... cast iron... very heavy. I had to cut a large portion of the drain out because the original location of the drain was too tight to fit a circular saw. The potion that I cut out was heavy. I had to literally drag it out of the crawlspace. Even though I was covered in black dust, I felt pretty victorious standing over the large cast iron drain. (Master of the drain!)
Anyway, Kerry arrived shortly thereafter. She happened to be down the South Shore for the day and wondered if we would be around for some Veronica Mars watching. Now, I suck at Veronica Mars. All right, I may be lying. I love Veronica Mars.
Kerry, Karen and I started our Veronica Mars viewing quite a while ago. In fact, we tried to get my favorite sister-in-law (Janine) hooked on the show. (I think she still might have my dvd set of the second season.) Needless to say, I was excited to be able to catch more episodes of the third and final season of the show.
Plus, Kerry brought brownies. In her effort to find a good brownie recipe, she asked Karen and I to be her taste testers for two sets of brownie recipes. As it turned out, Karen liked one; I liked the other. It's not like it was mac 'n cheese in which everyone would like mine over my friend's (Hot Amy). Just kidding.
The three of us ended up watching a bunch of episodes of Veronica Mars while eating some brownies. It was a great way to end the day.
Monday, January 11, 2010
I Suck At Roasted Potatoes
On Saturday, Karen and I began our day with a memorial service in Hingham. The memorial service was for the spouse of my former friend's mother (Peggy). (I say former because my friend passed away.) I can imagine that it must be difficult for Peggy. After all, she has lost her only son and her husband all within five or six years.
Nevertheless, the service was good. The last time I was at the church (The Episcopal Parish of St. John the Evangelist) where the service was held was for the memorial of Peggy's son. And prior to that, it was for Peggy's wedding 14 years ago.
If there can be anything "interesting" from a memorial, it's seeing familiar teachers of yore. (Did I mention that Peggy was a teacher at the high school I attended?) Having not seen a teacher for quite some time... and then seeing then now... is an odd feeling. You sometimes wonder if those teachers remember you the way you remember them.
Anyway, a bunch of friends were at the service too. Attending were Sam (who flew in from Virginia), Jeannette and her son, Nicole, Meredith, Garv and Leeann, and my BFF (Kerry). I think Peggy was ecstatic to see all of us there, which was nice.
And for anyone curious, Jeannette's son (Sam) is very good for a four month old. He didn't cry, scream... anything during the service. He did manage to put three of my fingers in his mouth though. Other than that, he didn't make a peep. He was good... possibly the envy of all parents who have a four month old.
Following the service, Kerry headed back to our house. My friend (Andrea) had planned a little get together for the night. As we had time before the big shindig, the three of us decided to catch a couple of episodes of Veronica Mars. Slowly, we're making it through the third and final season. Too bad it takes us awhile to watch the episodes. Remembering what happened in previous episodes is sometimes tough. Nonetheless, it was fun.
Eventually, it was time for Andrea's shindig. Her get together consisted of her self proclaimed famous dinner: chicken and potatoes. Originally, she had debated about whether to make roasted potatoes or mashed potatoes. Rather than make one or the other, she made both. (She also made asparagus and rolls too... and a trifle for dessert.)
And might I add, this dinner was pretty hyped up by Andrea. For those who know me, they know about my feelings on hyped up things. With all the fanfare, there naturally is some lofty expectations. Needless to say, Andrea delivered. Her dinner was absolutely delicious. (I probably should not be surprised because everything that I have had from Andrea has been delicious.)
I think my favorite dish was the roasted potatoes. Too bad I suck at roasted potatoes. I must have eaten a whole lot of them. Truth be told, I probably could have eaten just the roasted potatoes and been happy.
Needless to say, dinner at Andrea's was great. Besides Karen, Kerry and I, my friends (Jen and Hot Amy), and Hot Amy's significant other (Mark) were able to attend the dinner. I think they enjoyed the dinner too.
I'm pretty sure Kerry enjoyed the "bread in a can". Speaking of Kerry, it turns out that her favorite U.S. currency is the quarter. That was an interesting fact that was discovered for the night. I did not know people had a favorite currency. Who knew? Among other interesting facts are that the favorite numbers of Andrea, Jen and Kerry are 8, 21 and 2 (or 5... hence the quarter) respectively. Favorite colors are red, blue and purple for Jen, Kerry, and Hot Amy respectively. And Mark apparently is not a sanitation engineer (or so he claims)... not that there is anything wrong with that.
Anyway, it was a fun time at Andrea's. Following dinner, Jen, Karen and I then headed off to Stars in Hingham. On Christmas Eve, the three of us and Kerry had discovered that Stars was having an ugly holiday sweater party. Everyone seemed pretty excited about the party (except for me). So we figured we'd give it a try.
(Picture below is Jen in her ugly sweater.)
Joining us at Stars were my favorite sister-in-law (Janine) and my favorite brother-in-law (PJ). The place was packed... and cold. Nevertheless, it was a fun time. Jen even won a free t-shirt for having such an ugly sweater. And for anyone curious, I thought the band (The Smoking Jackets) was great. The band covered a bunch of songs that you wouldn't normally think would be covered at a bar... like Dancing Queen by ABBA... or the Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. Based on the turnout for the ugly holiday sweater party, I would probably suggest the idea to my friend (Garv) for his bar (Blue-22). But, I'm pretty sure he would pretend to jot the idea down in his hand, crumple the piece of paper, and toss it over his shoulder.
Nevertheless, the service was good. The last time I was at the church (The Episcopal Parish of St. John the Evangelist) where the service was held was for the memorial of Peggy's son. And prior to that, it was for Peggy's wedding 14 years ago.
If there can be anything "interesting" from a memorial, it's seeing familiar teachers of yore. (Did I mention that Peggy was a teacher at the high school I attended?) Having not seen a teacher for quite some time... and then seeing then now... is an odd feeling. You sometimes wonder if those teachers remember you the way you remember them.
Anyway, a bunch of friends were at the service too. Attending were Sam (who flew in from Virginia), Jeannette and her son, Nicole, Meredith, Garv and Leeann, and my BFF (Kerry). I think Peggy was ecstatic to see all of us there, which was nice.
And for anyone curious, Jeannette's son (Sam) is very good for a four month old. He didn't cry, scream... anything during the service. He did manage to put three of my fingers in his mouth though. Other than that, he didn't make a peep. He was good... possibly the envy of all parents who have a four month old.
Following the service, Kerry headed back to our house. My friend (Andrea) had planned a little get together for the night. As we had time before the big shindig, the three of us decided to catch a couple of episodes of Veronica Mars. Slowly, we're making it through the third and final season. Too bad it takes us awhile to watch the episodes. Remembering what happened in previous episodes is sometimes tough. Nonetheless, it was fun.
Eventually, it was time for Andrea's shindig. Her get together consisted of her self proclaimed famous dinner: chicken and potatoes. Originally, she had debated about whether to make roasted potatoes or mashed potatoes. Rather than make one or the other, she made both. (She also made asparagus and rolls too... and a trifle for dessert.)
And might I add, this dinner was pretty hyped up by Andrea. For those who know me, they know about my feelings on hyped up things. With all the fanfare, there naturally is some lofty expectations. Needless to say, Andrea delivered. Her dinner was absolutely delicious. (I probably should not be surprised because everything that I have had from Andrea has been delicious.)
I think my favorite dish was the roasted potatoes. Too bad I suck at roasted potatoes. I must have eaten a whole lot of them. Truth be told, I probably could have eaten just the roasted potatoes and been happy.
Needless to say, dinner at Andrea's was great. Besides Karen, Kerry and I, my friends (Jen and Hot Amy), and Hot Amy's significant other (Mark) were able to attend the dinner. I think they enjoyed the dinner too.
I'm pretty sure Kerry enjoyed the "bread in a can". Speaking of Kerry, it turns out that her favorite U.S. currency is the quarter. That was an interesting fact that was discovered for the night. I did not know people had a favorite currency. Who knew? Among other interesting facts are that the favorite numbers of Andrea, Jen and Kerry are 8, 21 and 2 (or 5... hence the quarter) respectively. Favorite colors are red, blue and purple for Jen, Kerry, and Hot Amy respectively. And Mark apparently is not a sanitation engineer (or so he claims)... not that there is anything wrong with that.
Anyway, it was a fun time at Andrea's. Following dinner, Jen, Karen and I then headed off to Stars in Hingham. On Christmas Eve, the three of us and Kerry had discovered that Stars was having an ugly holiday sweater party. Everyone seemed pretty excited about the party (except for me). So we figured we'd give it a try.
(Picture below is Jen in her ugly sweater.)
Joining us at Stars were my favorite sister-in-law (Janine) and my favorite brother-in-law (PJ). The place was packed... and cold. Nevertheless, it was a fun time. Jen even won a free t-shirt for having such an ugly sweater. And for anyone curious, I thought the band (The Smoking Jackets) was great. The band covered a bunch of songs that you wouldn't normally think would be covered at a bar... like Dancing Queen by ABBA... or the Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. Based on the turnout for the ugly holiday sweater party, I would probably suggest the idea to my friend (Garv) for his bar (Blue-22). But, I'm pretty sure he would pretend to jot the idea down in his hand, crumple the piece of paper, and toss it over his shoulder.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I Suck At Veronica Mars
My BFF (Kerry) spent another night at our house because the training class that she is attending in nearby Bridgewater continues till tomorrow. I enjoy it when Kerry spends the night. It's almost like having a roommate. I guess you could say it's like that television show, Three's Company... except that hilarity does not ensue after some sort of misunderstanding.
Anyway, I had fun today. Karen and I cooked up some pasta for dinner. And like a good roommate, Kerry did the dishes. She did not have to do the dishes, but Kerry did them nonetheless. Apparently Kerry and I share the same dislike of having dirty dishes in the sink.
Needless to say, the dinner was quick and easy, which was great because on the agenda for tonight: more episodes of the third and final season of Veronica Mars. Now, I suck at Veronica Mars.
So far, I am enjoying the third season even if it is currently not as good as its previous seasons. It turns out, environmental guru Ed Begley, Jr. appears in the third season as a dean at Veronica's college. Who knew? Probably the main thing I dislike thus far about the third season is the new opening credits. The usual theme "We Used To Be Friends" by the Dandy Warhols has been slowed down considerably.
Other than that, the third season has been okay. I think what makes the show even more enjoyable is actually hanging out and watching the series with Karen and Kerry. It definitely has been fun to watch the show with Kerry.
Anyway, I had fun today. Karen and I cooked up some pasta for dinner. And like a good roommate, Kerry did the dishes. She did not have to do the dishes, but Kerry did them nonetheless. Apparently Kerry and I share the same dislike of having dirty dishes in the sink.
Needless to say, the dinner was quick and easy, which was great because on the agenda for tonight: more episodes of the third and final season of Veronica Mars. Now, I suck at Veronica Mars.
So far, I am enjoying the third season even if it is currently not as good as its previous seasons. It turns out, environmental guru Ed Begley, Jr. appears in the third season as a dean at Veronica's college. Who knew? Probably the main thing I dislike thus far about the third season is the new opening credits. The usual theme "We Used To Be Friends" by the Dandy Warhols has been slowed down considerably.
Other than that, the third season has been okay. I think what makes the show even more enjoyable is actually hanging out and watching the series with Karen and Kerry. It definitely has been fun to watch the show with Kerry.
I Suck At Ultrasounds
Today has been a pretty good day.
This afternoon, I attended Karen's appointment with South Shore Hospital. On the agenda for the appointment: an ultrasound. Now I suck at ultrasounds. I always find ultrasounds so fascinating. I sometimes wonder what the ultrasound machines must have looked like in the past, because now they are the slimmest machines. The miracles of modern science...
For anyone curious, Karen is officially pregnant. This week marks the nearing of the completion of the first trimester. And generally with the end of first trimester, people start telling people. So to follow suit... Karen is pregnant!
To say that I am ecstatic is an understatement (assuming it is mine). I'm just kidding. Of course it's mine. And really, what is there not to be excited about? Today, I got to see the baby via ultrasound. The amazing thing with ultrasound is that you can see the heart beating... the skeletal structure... everything. It's truly amazing.
Truth be told, I did get a little emotional when I saw the ultrasound. After everything that happened with our first son (Braden), who passed away a week after being born prematurely, I was overcome with that feeling of joy to be lucky enough to conceive again. And like I said, seeing the heart beating and all of that was just amazing.
By no means has my grieving ended for Braden. Seeing the ultrasound was just one of those bright spots in my life where things are not all gloom and doom in my world. If my friend (Aimee) were here next to me, I would tell her that "The Cure is God". For anyone curious, Aimee was a big fan of the musical group known as The Cure when we were growing up. At the time, I had poked fun of their music by saying it was depressing music. With Aimee being the hardcore fan of The Cure, it eventually led to the phrase "The Cure is God". (The phrase has nothing to do with devout religious fanatics.)
Anyway, I guess one of the ways to look at Braden's passing is that... well, he gave his mommy and daddy the greatest gift he could... his life... so that he could tell us that mommy needed some help with bearing children. Sure, it's not the greatest way to look at things, but in a world where people need answers... the heroic outlook may have to suffice.
Naturally, I am now a stress ball with this pregnancy. I just want things to work out this time around. My stress will probably not be good for the baby. Heck, my stress and worrying probably won't even be good for Karen as I try to take on too many things in an effort to decrease her normal workload around the house.
Stress aside, I did enjoy seeing the ultrasound. It was a good feeling to see the baby and to know that Braden would theoretically having a sibling. (I probably won't speak in definites in regards to the baby until the nine months are over.) And what better way to follow a good time than an opportunity to hang out with my BFF (Kerry)?
Kerry asked if she could stay over since she has an early training class tomorrow morning in nearby Bridgewater. As usual, it's always great to see Kerry. And of course, with Kerry spending the night, the three of us started season three of Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars is such a good show! I will be disappointed when we finish the final season of the show. As it is now, I have forgotten some of the things that happened the previous seasons.
Veronica Mars was definitely a great way to end the night. Today was a good day...
This afternoon, I attended Karen's appointment with South Shore Hospital. On the agenda for the appointment: an ultrasound. Now I suck at ultrasounds. I always find ultrasounds so fascinating. I sometimes wonder what the ultrasound machines must have looked like in the past, because now they are the slimmest machines. The miracles of modern science...
For anyone curious, Karen is officially pregnant. This week marks the nearing of the completion of the first trimester. And generally with the end of first trimester, people start telling people. So to follow suit... Karen is pregnant!
To say that I am ecstatic is an understatement (assuming it is mine). I'm just kidding. Of course it's mine. And really, what is there not to be excited about? Today, I got to see the baby via ultrasound. The amazing thing with ultrasound is that you can see the heart beating... the skeletal structure... everything. It's truly amazing.
Truth be told, I did get a little emotional when I saw the ultrasound. After everything that happened with our first son (Braden), who passed away a week after being born prematurely, I was overcome with that feeling of joy to be lucky enough to conceive again. And like I said, seeing the heart beating and all of that was just amazing.
By no means has my grieving ended for Braden. Seeing the ultrasound was just one of those bright spots in my life where things are not all gloom and doom in my world. If my friend (Aimee) were here next to me, I would tell her that "The Cure is God". For anyone curious, Aimee was a big fan of the musical group known as The Cure when we were growing up. At the time, I had poked fun of their music by saying it was depressing music. With Aimee being the hardcore fan of The Cure, it eventually led to the phrase "The Cure is God". (The phrase has nothing to do with devout religious fanatics.)
Anyway, I guess one of the ways to look at Braden's passing is that... well, he gave his mommy and daddy the greatest gift he could... his life... so that he could tell us that mommy needed some help with bearing children. Sure, it's not the greatest way to look at things, but in a world where people need answers... the heroic outlook may have to suffice.
Naturally, I am now a stress ball with this pregnancy. I just want things to work out this time around. My stress will probably not be good for the baby. Heck, my stress and worrying probably won't even be good for Karen as I try to take on too many things in an effort to decrease her normal workload around the house.
Stress aside, I did enjoy seeing the ultrasound. It was a good feeling to see the baby and to know that Braden would theoretically having a sibling. (I probably won't speak in definites in regards to the baby until the nine months are over.) And what better way to follow a good time than an opportunity to hang out with my BFF (Kerry)?
Kerry asked if she could stay over since she has an early training class tomorrow morning in nearby Bridgewater. As usual, it's always great to see Kerry. And of course, with Kerry spending the night, the three of us started season three of Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars is such a good show! I will be disappointed when we finish the final season of the show. As it is now, I have forgotten some of the things that happened the previous seasons.
Veronica Mars was definitely a great way to end the night. Today was a good day...
Monday, May 11, 2009
I Suck At Mother's Day
yesterday was mother's day. happy belated mother's day. now, i suck at mother's day. it turns out that mother's day originated to honor mothers who lost their children.
according to my friend wikipedia:
"In its present form, Mother's Day was established by Anna Marie Jarvis, following the death of her mother on May 9, 1905; she campaigned to establish Mother's Day as a U.S. national, and later an international, holiday.
Originally the Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, the site of the original Mother's Day commemoration, where Anna handed out carnations, the International Mother's Day Shrine is now a National Historic Landmark. From there, the custom caught on—spreading eventually to 46 states. The holiday was declared officially by some states as early as 1912, beginning with West Virginia. On May 8, 1914, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and requesting a proclamation. On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made that proclamation, declaring the first national Mother's Day, as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honor of those mothers whose sons had died in war."
i found the whole origin of mother's day a little ironic. after all, karen and i lost our son (braden) last year. granted, we did not lose braden to a war (at least not in the invasion of land sense). he did, however, bravely fight until the end.
truth be told, neither karen nor i were particularly looking forward to mother's day. there were just too many reminders of braden's loss. after all, at this same time last year, karen and i were feeling the excitement of her pregnancy with braden and we had planned to share the news with... our respective mothers.
anyway, i really was not sure what to expect in the morning. i woke up early to make some carrot and raisin muffins to bring to my favorite sister-in-law's (janine) so that karen could sleep in. (it was, after all, her day.) janine was having their parents and my parents over for brunch. i was a little hesitant about the muffins at first because... well, i hardly bake... and i wasn't sure if they would even taste good. (i have been told, however, that the muffins turned out quite delicious.)
adding to my feeling of dread for the day was the fact that my parents got lost on the way to janine's. as i stood outside to flag my parents down, i kept thinking... this is going to be one of those days. as it turned out, it was a good time at janine's. the brunch was great. my parents had a fun time. my mom enjoyed playing wii bowling with my niece (kaleigh).
there was this one moment while at janine's where i almost started to tear. it really was not bad or anything. i had been playing with kaleigh for most of the day. as i sat with kaleigh on my lap at the dinner table, i looked up to see my mom smiling at me. it's tough for me to describe the look she had in her eyes. it was as though my mom were proudly smiling at me as i played with her grandchild or something. that's probably the best way i could describe it. despite everything that has happened, my mom was proud of me.
anyway, following brunch, karen and i went to visit braden at the cemetery. as it so happens, karen's parents had also planned on visiting braden after brunch. earlier in the day, karen's father told us a story about how braden was lucky yet again in helping him with a scratch ticket. that's my little angel.
needless to say, it was a little tough for me at the cemetery. every time i looked at braden's grave marker, all i could think of was what could have been. had my in-laws not been there at the cemetery with us, i probably would have broken down completely in tears.
the rest of the day simply passed by rather quickly. janine, my favorite brother-in-law (pj), my nephew (pj) and kaleigh stopped on over for a little while. it turns out, pj has never seen the movie: the sound of music. so there was some discussion about that while they were over.
as well, my bff (kerry) also stopped on over. kerry happened to be down in the south shore yesterday because she drove her mother home. her mother lives in hingham. it was great seeing kerry again. it was actually a great way to end the day because karen, kerry and i basically spent the rest of the night just hanging out, plopped on our couch cuddled in blankets, watching episodes of veronica mars. (for anyone curious, veronica mars is a great show. too bad it got cancelled.)
we had not watched any episodes of veronica mars in quite some time. so it was a little difficult to remember what happened the last time we watched the show. nonetheless, we had a fun time hanging out together.
all in all, i was pleasantly surprised about how the entire day turned out. don't get me wrong... by no means was i jumping for joy yesterday. i was expecting the day to be somber, or at least i was expecting myself to be in one of those anti-social moods. sure, i had my moments. but in general, the day was actually not as bad as i had been dreading.
and most importantly (because it was mother's day), karen was all right yesterday. she was actually probably better than me... feeling-wise. perhaps that was where braden got his strength of will from... his mom.
according to my friend wikipedia:
"In its present form, Mother's Day was established by Anna Marie Jarvis, following the death of her mother on May 9, 1905; she campaigned to establish Mother's Day as a U.S. national, and later an international, holiday.
Originally the Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church, the site of the original Mother's Day commemoration, where Anna handed out carnations, the International Mother's Day Shrine is now a National Historic Landmark. From there, the custom caught on—spreading eventually to 46 states. The holiday was declared officially by some states as early as 1912, beginning with West Virginia. On May 8, 1914, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and requesting a proclamation. On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made that proclamation, declaring the first national Mother's Day, as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honor of those mothers whose sons had died in war."
i found the whole origin of mother's day a little ironic. after all, karen and i lost our son (braden) last year. granted, we did not lose braden to a war (at least not in the invasion of land sense). he did, however, bravely fight until the end.
truth be told, neither karen nor i were particularly looking forward to mother's day. there were just too many reminders of braden's loss. after all, at this same time last year, karen and i were feeling the excitement of her pregnancy with braden and we had planned to share the news with... our respective mothers.
anyway, i really was not sure what to expect in the morning. i woke up early to make some carrot and raisin muffins to bring to my favorite sister-in-law's (janine) so that karen could sleep in. (it was, after all, her day.) janine was having their parents and my parents over for brunch. i was a little hesitant about the muffins at first because... well, i hardly bake... and i wasn't sure if they would even taste good. (i have been told, however, that the muffins turned out quite delicious.)
adding to my feeling of dread for the day was the fact that my parents got lost on the way to janine's. as i stood outside to flag my parents down, i kept thinking... this is going to be one of those days. as it turned out, it was a good time at janine's. the brunch was great. my parents had a fun time. my mom enjoyed playing wii bowling with my niece (kaleigh).
there was this one moment while at janine's where i almost started to tear. it really was not bad or anything. i had been playing with kaleigh for most of the day. as i sat with kaleigh on my lap at the dinner table, i looked up to see my mom smiling at me. it's tough for me to describe the look she had in her eyes. it was as though my mom were proudly smiling at me as i played with her grandchild or something. that's probably the best way i could describe it. despite everything that has happened, my mom was proud of me.
anyway, following brunch, karen and i went to visit braden at the cemetery. as it so happens, karen's parents had also planned on visiting braden after brunch. earlier in the day, karen's father told us a story about how braden was lucky yet again in helping him with a scratch ticket. that's my little angel.
needless to say, it was a little tough for me at the cemetery. every time i looked at braden's grave marker, all i could think of was what could have been. had my in-laws not been there at the cemetery with us, i probably would have broken down completely in tears.
the rest of the day simply passed by rather quickly. janine, my favorite brother-in-law (pj), my nephew (pj) and kaleigh stopped on over for a little while. it turns out, pj has never seen the movie: the sound of music. so there was some discussion about that while they were over.
as well, my bff (kerry) also stopped on over. kerry happened to be down in the south shore yesterday because she drove her mother home. her mother lives in hingham. it was great seeing kerry again. it was actually a great way to end the day because karen, kerry and i basically spent the rest of the night just hanging out, plopped on our couch cuddled in blankets, watching episodes of veronica mars. (for anyone curious, veronica mars is a great show. too bad it got cancelled.)
we had not watched any episodes of veronica mars in quite some time. so it was a little difficult to remember what happened the last time we watched the show. nonetheless, we had a fun time hanging out together.
all in all, i was pleasantly surprised about how the entire day turned out. don't get me wrong... by no means was i jumping for joy yesterday. i was expecting the day to be somber, or at least i was expecting myself to be in one of those anti-social moods. sure, i had my moments. but in general, the day was actually not as bad as i had been dreading.
and most importantly (because it was mother's day), karen was all right yesterday. she was actually probably better than me... feeling-wise. perhaps that was where braden got his strength of will from... his mom.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
I Suck At Veronica Mars
last night, my bff (kerry) and my favorite sister-in-law (janine) came over. our plan: to watch the rest of season 1 of veronica mars. now, i suck at veronica mars.
it just so happened that kerry was going to be down on the south shore this weekend for a little family function. as she was already in the neighborhood, she thought it would be nice to get together. similarly, janine's original plans for the night had fallen through. so janine was likewise available.
thus, kerry, janine, karen and i were determined to finish the first season of veronica mars, which for kerry and i... began back in august of last year. since that time in august, kerry and i got karen into the show... and waited for her to catch up on the past episodes that we had already watched. from there, we got janine into the show when her dryer broke down and she came over to use our dryer. (we were watching the show and she got hooked while waiting for her clothes to dry.)
needless to say, the four of us watched the remaining six episodes of the first season. it was a little comical to watch the final episode together. karen gets all skittish at times when watching shows with suspense and or suspenseful music. she will sometimes shield her eyes under the blankets when she thinks something suspenseful is going to happen. apparently, janine is the same way. the both of them were on edge as we watched the final episode. it was funny.
the first season of veronica mars was simply great. in addition to a bizarre love triangle that was created in the show (to which kerry has become a big fan of that character), the killer of veronica mars's best friend was finally revealed. the cliffhanger to the first season ended in such a way that everyone had me run to get the second season of the show. so, after unwrapping the second season, we watched the first episode of season two to see what would unfold.
anyway, i had a great time watching the first season of veronica mars. the show is written very well. too bad it was one of those great shows that nobody was watching when it was on television. i think what i enjoy most about veronica mars (much like watching lost or the greatest tv show ever: buffy the vampire slayer) is actually watching the show with my friends and family. i find that the journey itself is very enjoyable because i get to hang out, be silly and experience something special with everyone. and now that the six month journey for season one of the show has finally ended, we can embark on season two.
it just so happened that kerry was going to be down on the south shore this weekend for a little family function. as she was already in the neighborhood, she thought it would be nice to get together. similarly, janine's original plans for the night had fallen through. so janine was likewise available.
thus, kerry, janine, karen and i were determined to finish the first season of veronica mars, which for kerry and i... began back in august of last year. since that time in august, kerry and i got karen into the show... and waited for her to catch up on the past episodes that we had already watched. from there, we got janine into the show when her dryer broke down and she came over to use our dryer. (we were watching the show and she got hooked while waiting for her clothes to dry.)
needless to say, the four of us watched the remaining six episodes of the first season. it was a little comical to watch the final episode together. karen gets all skittish at times when watching shows with suspense and or suspenseful music. she will sometimes shield her eyes under the blankets when she thinks something suspenseful is going to happen. apparently, janine is the same way. the both of them were on edge as we watched the final episode. it was funny.
the first season of veronica mars was simply great. in addition to a bizarre love triangle that was created in the show (to which kerry has become a big fan of that character), the killer of veronica mars's best friend was finally revealed. the cliffhanger to the first season ended in such a way that everyone had me run to get the second season of the show. so, after unwrapping the second season, we watched the first episode of season two to see what would unfold.
anyway, i had a great time watching the first season of veronica mars. the show is written very well. too bad it was one of those great shows that nobody was watching when it was on television. i think what i enjoy most about veronica mars (much like watching lost or the greatest tv show ever: buffy the vampire slayer) is actually watching the show with my friends and family. i find that the journey itself is very enjoyable because i get to hang out, be silly and experience something special with everyone. and now that the six month journey for season one of the show has finally ended, we can embark on season two.
Monday, January 5, 2009
I Suck At Veronica Mars
yesterday, my bff (kerry), karen, and i were able to do something that we had not done for quite some time... watch veronica mars. now, i suck at veronica mars.
i had gotten the first season on dvd a while ago. as kerry was also interested in the show, we decided to watch the entire first season together. kerry and i initially began watching the show the weekend that karen went down to see my friend (pam) who lives in bon jovi's home state of new jersey. that... was a long while ago... in august.
since that time, we thought karen would also be interested in watching the show... so we waited for her to catch up to where kerry and i left off. as kerry and i really were not too far into the season, it did not take karen long to catch up at all.
anyway, things got a little busy... and the three of us never were in sync with our schedules to simply watch any more episodes... until yesterday. and it was a blast. i must say... i love the show.
granted, the show is not as good as the greatest show ever: buffy the vampire slayer... but it's close. karen, kerry and i were able to watch two complete discs out of the six disc season one set. eight episodes... not bad for one day...
as an added bonus, we may have also roped my favorite sister-in-law (janine) into the show. janine was over to use our dryer as her dryer recently crapped the bed. she did purchase a new dryer, but it has not been delivered yet. so in the meantime, janine asked to use our dryer.
needless to say, while janine was over using the dryer... she watched a few episodes with us. and now i think janine is hooked onto the show. yay veronica mars! i can't wait to watch the remaining episodes. we are so close to finishing the first season. hopefully all of our schedules will be in sync... so that we can finish the season.
i had gotten the first season on dvd a while ago. as kerry was also interested in the show, we decided to watch the entire first season together. kerry and i initially began watching the show the weekend that karen went down to see my friend (pam) who lives in bon jovi's home state of new jersey. that... was a long while ago... in august.
since that time, we thought karen would also be interested in watching the show... so we waited for her to catch up to where kerry and i left off. as kerry and i really were not too far into the season, it did not take karen long to catch up at all.
anyway, things got a little busy... and the three of us never were in sync with our schedules to simply watch any more episodes... until yesterday. and it was a blast. i must say... i love the show.
granted, the show is not as good as the greatest show ever: buffy the vampire slayer... but it's close. karen, kerry and i were able to watch two complete discs out of the six disc season one set. eight episodes... not bad for one day...
as an added bonus, we may have also roped my favorite sister-in-law (janine) into the show. janine was over to use our dryer as her dryer recently crapped the bed. she did purchase a new dryer, but it has not been delivered yet. so in the meantime, janine asked to use our dryer.
needless to say, while janine was over using the dryer... she watched a few episodes with us. and now i think janine is hooked onto the show. yay veronica mars! i can't wait to watch the remaining episodes. we are so close to finishing the first season. hopefully all of our schedules will be in sync... so that we can finish the season.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
I Suck At Working On The House
yesterday, my bff (kerry) came over for a visit.
kerry lives in salem. she offered to help work on our house this weekend as she was coming down to have dinner with her father. i'm happy kerry came over because i suck at working on the house. her coming down only motivated me to actually... well... work on the house.
i have a long laundry list of home improvement projects... still... even though the second floor addition was completed over a year ago. obviously, i couldn't ask kerry to do the more labor intensive items like running my table saw or anything like that... not that she couldn't of course. i would just feel more comfortable if i used the table saw and lost my fingers as opposed to her using the table saw and her losing her fingers. all right, so maybe i would not feel too comfortable losing fingers either way. but in general, i would probably feel worse if my friend got injured helping me.
so, karen and i had kerry do some touching up of the walls with paint. you can't lose a finger painting. if you do, then you're doing something wrong. not only did kerry paint, she helped karen hang pictures. hanging pictures is a relatively safe project as well. the only possible risk of injury is a hammer to the finger, which in the grand scheme of things is much better than a table saw to the finger.
for karen, it was particularly useful to hang pictures with kerry. karen has always been afraid to hang pictures by herself. after hanging a few pictures with kerry, karen realized how easy the process was. (granted, both karen and kerry had a slight problem with a frame that had two hangers attached to it, but i took care of that one for them.)
needless to say, karen enjoyed hanging pictures with kerry and she actually feels more at ease at hanging them up now on her own. in fact, she has started hanging other pictures on her own... with an excited smile and a bounce to her step. thanks kerry!
when we were done, the three of us had lunch at a local deli in norwell (called "on rye deli"... yum!), hung around and had some fun. we also had some cupcakes from a place called "the gingerbread construction company". the gingerbread construction company is located somewhere on the north shore by kerry. and i must say... the cupcakes... very good as well (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound).
oh yes, we also watched a few episodes of veronica mars. kerry and i are trying to get karen into the show. kerry and i started watching the show a while ago when karen was in bon jovi's home state of new jersey visiting my friend (pam). as kerry and i did not get too far into the first season, we basically started watching the show again from the beginning to get karen all caught up. (kerry may have dozed off during one of the episodes.) but, i think it worked. karen now likes the show. yay!
kerry lives in salem. she offered to help work on our house this weekend as she was coming down to have dinner with her father. i'm happy kerry came over because i suck at working on the house. her coming down only motivated me to actually... well... work on the house.
i have a long laundry list of home improvement projects... still... even though the second floor addition was completed over a year ago. obviously, i couldn't ask kerry to do the more labor intensive items like running my table saw or anything like that... not that she couldn't of course. i would just feel more comfortable if i used the table saw and lost my fingers as opposed to her using the table saw and her losing her fingers. all right, so maybe i would not feel too comfortable losing fingers either way. but in general, i would probably feel worse if my friend got injured helping me.
so, karen and i had kerry do some touching up of the walls with paint. you can't lose a finger painting. if you do, then you're doing something wrong. not only did kerry paint, she helped karen hang pictures. hanging pictures is a relatively safe project as well. the only possible risk of injury is a hammer to the finger, which in the grand scheme of things is much better than a table saw to the finger.
for karen, it was particularly useful to hang pictures with kerry. karen has always been afraid to hang pictures by herself. after hanging a few pictures with kerry, karen realized how easy the process was. (granted, both karen and kerry had a slight problem with a frame that had two hangers attached to it, but i took care of that one for them.)
needless to say, karen enjoyed hanging pictures with kerry and she actually feels more at ease at hanging them up now on her own. in fact, she has started hanging other pictures on her own... with an excited smile and a bounce to her step. thanks kerry!
when we were done, the three of us had lunch at a local deli in norwell (called "on rye deli"... yum!), hung around and had some fun. we also had some cupcakes from a place called "the gingerbread construction company". the gingerbread construction company is located somewhere on the north shore by kerry. and i must say... the cupcakes... very good as well (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound).
oh yes, we also watched a few episodes of veronica mars. kerry and i are trying to get karen into the show. kerry and i started watching the show a while ago when karen was in bon jovi's home state of new jersey visiting my friend (pam). as kerry and i did not get too far into the first season, we basically started watching the show again from the beginning to get karen all caught up. (kerry may have dozed off during one of the episodes.) but, i think it worked. karen now likes the show. yay!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
I Still Suck At Veronica Mars
my bff (kerry) spent the night last night at my place.
unfortunately for kerry, the bed and breakfast known as my place was missing its usual pancake chef (karen) this morning. karen and my friends (hot amy and jen) are taking a little vacation together to visit one of two states where self-service filling of gasoline is prohibited... new jersey (oregon is the other state according to my friend wikipedia).
so, with the usual pancake chef's absence, i tried my hand at making pancakes... and not just any regular pancakes... blueberry pancakes. (i couldn't sell kerry on the morningstar bacon or sausages.) unfortunately, the pancakes did not turn out that well. i had accidentally dropped a whole bunch of blueberries into the pancake batter. (next time, i'll make sure to just grab a handful of blueberries as opposed to shaking the container of blueberries until they fall out.) the pancakes were a probably 20% pancake batter and 80% blueberry. in reality, i probably should have called this post "i suck at making blueberry pancakes"... because i did today.
needless to say, kerry humored me and ate the blueberry pancake concoction. she claimed that the blueberry pancakes were okay... but she's too nice. she is my bff after all. i'm a perfectionist when it comes to my cooking much like she is a perfectionist when it comes to her baking.
speaking of baking, after breakfast we finished making kerry's nephew's birthday cake. more appropriately, i watched as kerry finished making her nephew's birthday cake. she applied the frosting and covered the cake in m&ms. the cake actually turned out pretty well, considering it was looking a little sad last night with all of its burnt pieces removed. while kerry was putting the final touches on the cake, i was wrapping her present for her nephew. (for anyone curious, she got her nephew a snoopy sno-cone machine... i haven't used one of those in ages.)
shortly thereafter, we did what any bffs would do with free time... we watched more episodes of veronica mars. it is such a good show... and yes, i still suck at veronica mars. i think both kerry and i are becoming a little obsessed with the show. we took a very quick break from watching the show to eat lunch, only to quickly return to the couch to watch more episodes of the show. (lunch, by the way, was also not a good cooking experience for me. i grilled hot dogs. the hot dogs came out okay. the hot dog buns, however, were a little dry... no rachael ray yum-o sound today... sad.)
anyway, kerry eventually had to leave for her nephew's birthday party. i hope she had a good time at the bed and breakfast. i actually had a blast with kerry... but of course, i normally do when she spends the night. i must admit, i am looking forward for her to spend the night again so that we can watch more episodes of veronica mars.
addendum:
(pictured below is the m&m cake. the picture came complements of kerry.)
unfortunately for kerry, the bed and breakfast known as my place was missing its usual pancake chef (karen) this morning. karen and my friends (hot amy and jen) are taking a little vacation together to visit one of two states where self-service filling of gasoline is prohibited... new jersey (oregon is the other state according to my friend wikipedia).
so, with the usual pancake chef's absence, i tried my hand at making pancakes... and not just any regular pancakes... blueberry pancakes. (i couldn't sell kerry on the morningstar bacon or sausages.) unfortunately, the pancakes did not turn out that well. i had accidentally dropped a whole bunch of blueberries into the pancake batter. (next time, i'll make sure to just grab a handful of blueberries as opposed to shaking the container of blueberries until they fall out.) the pancakes were a probably 20% pancake batter and 80% blueberry. in reality, i probably should have called this post "i suck at making blueberry pancakes"... because i did today.
needless to say, kerry humored me and ate the blueberry pancake concoction. she claimed that the blueberry pancakes were okay... but she's too nice. she is my bff after all. i'm a perfectionist when it comes to my cooking much like she is a perfectionist when it comes to her baking.
speaking of baking, after breakfast we finished making kerry's nephew's birthday cake. more appropriately, i watched as kerry finished making her nephew's birthday cake. she applied the frosting and covered the cake in m&ms. the cake actually turned out pretty well, considering it was looking a little sad last night with all of its burnt pieces removed. while kerry was putting the final touches on the cake, i was wrapping her present for her nephew. (for anyone curious, she got her nephew a snoopy sno-cone machine... i haven't used one of those in ages.)
shortly thereafter, we did what any bffs would do with free time... we watched more episodes of veronica mars. it is such a good show... and yes, i still suck at veronica mars. i think both kerry and i are becoming a little obsessed with the show. we took a very quick break from watching the show to eat lunch, only to quickly return to the couch to watch more episodes of the show. (lunch, by the way, was also not a good cooking experience for me. i grilled hot dogs. the hot dogs came out okay. the hot dog buns, however, were a little dry... no rachael ray yum-o sound today... sad.)
anyway, kerry eventually had to leave for her nephew's birthday party. i hope she had a good time at the bed and breakfast. i actually had a blast with kerry... but of course, i normally do when she spends the night. i must admit, i am looking forward for her to spend the night again so that we can watch more episodes of veronica mars.
addendum:
(pictured below is the m&m cake. the picture came complements of kerry.)
I Suck At Veronica Mars
karen and my friends (hot amy and jen) are taking a little vacation together to visit bon jovi's home state of new jersey, where they will meet up with my other friend (pam). subsequently, that means i have this weekend all to myself.
so, i started my man weekend doing what any guy would do with his free time... i spent some quality time with my bff (kerry). we started off with dinner at one of kerry's favorite establishments: the halfway cafe located in marshfield. (cue rachael ray's yum-o sound because the steak tips in their "buzz" sauce with sweet potato fries... delicious.) kerry, being on the emailing list of the halfway cafe, received a coupon for the place. so, we couldn't let the coupon go to waste.
shortly afterwards, we had a whirlwind tour of cvs. (for anyone curious, the reason why cvs is "cvs" is because the initials originally stood for "consumer value stores".) and by whirlwind tour, i mean we went to the cvs in marshfield and the cvs in hanover. kerry was actually looking for bags of plain m&ms. it seems like the plain m&ms are a hot commodity, much like hot amy's prius, because the cvs locations were pretty much sold out of the plain m&ms which were on sale. we did, however, manage to acquire one bag. the other bag we ended up getting at stop & shop. the reason why we were looking for plain m&ms is because kerry was going to bake a cake for her nephew's birthday tomorrow and cover the cake in plain m&ms.
might i add... kerry is very detail oriented when it comes to baking. i had the pleasure of watching her bake the cake at my place. she likes to make sure there are no burnt cake parts, going so far as to remove almost an entire layer. that is dedication. personally, i would probably leave the cake with all its burnt parts in tact... which is probably a good thing for hot amy to remember in the event hot amy ever beats me in a challenge and requests a cake... or if for some bizarre reason she requests a cake for her upcoming birthday this month.
needless to say, it was interesting watching kerry bake the cake. after watching her bake, i can see why kerry's baked goods are usually tasty. (this would normally be the part where i would add "that's what he said"... but today, i will refrain.)
unfortunately, kerry couldn't finish making the cake today. apparently, there was something wrong with the frosting. so, we did what we could.... which was sort the plain m&ms into bowls by color. and for anyone curious, each of the two bags seemed to have a larger number of blue and orange m&ms in comparison to the other colors.
finally, after the dinner and the baking... we started what we had planned for some time... watch veronica mars. now, i suck at veronica mars. i have never seen the show, but i have always heard such great things about the show from tv critics and whatnot. consequently, i requested the first season of the show as a present because my curiosity was peaked. plus, the fact that the main character is blonde doesn't hurt either. what can i say... i'm attracted to shiny objects...
anyway, after mentioning to kerry a while ago that i had the first season of veronica mars, i discovered that kerry likewise was interested in the show. she had never seen the show either and wanted to see what the show was about. well, finding a time where we could both watch the show together proved to be a little difficult... until today.
so, we watched the first three episodes of the season tonight. and might i say... veronica mars... love the show! that is good since i did have some concern that neither kerry nor i would like the show after we started watching the first few episodes. (at least, i think kerry liked the show. she dozed off partly through the last episode we watched because i think she was tired.)
i am so looking forward to more episodes tomorrow. my bff should stay over more often.
so, i started my man weekend doing what any guy would do with his free time... i spent some quality time with my bff (kerry). we started off with dinner at one of kerry's favorite establishments: the halfway cafe located in marshfield. (cue rachael ray's yum-o sound because the steak tips in their "buzz" sauce with sweet potato fries... delicious.) kerry, being on the emailing list of the halfway cafe, received a coupon for the place. so, we couldn't let the coupon go to waste.
shortly afterwards, we had a whirlwind tour of cvs. (for anyone curious, the reason why cvs is "cvs" is because the initials originally stood for "consumer value stores".) and by whirlwind tour, i mean we went to the cvs in marshfield and the cvs in hanover. kerry was actually looking for bags of plain m&ms. it seems like the plain m&ms are a hot commodity, much like hot amy's prius, because the cvs locations were pretty much sold out of the plain m&ms which were on sale. we did, however, manage to acquire one bag. the other bag we ended up getting at stop & shop. the reason why we were looking for plain m&ms is because kerry was going to bake a cake for her nephew's birthday tomorrow and cover the cake in plain m&ms.
might i add... kerry is very detail oriented when it comes to baking. i had the pleasure of watching her bake the cake at my place. she likes to make sure there are no burnt cake parts, going so far as to remove almost an entire layer. that is dedication. personally, i would probably leave the cake with all its burnt parts in tact... which is probably a good thing for hot amy to remember in the event hot amy ever beats me in a challenge and requests a cake... or if for some bizarre reason she requests a cake for her upcoming birthday this month.
needless to say, it was interesting watching kerry bake the cake. after watching her bake, i can see why kerry's baked goods are usually tasty. (this would normally be the part where i would add "that's what he said"... but today, i will refrain.)
unfortunately, kerry couldn't finish making the cake today. apparently, there was something wrong with the frosting. so, we did what we could.... which was sort the plain m&ms into bowls by color. and for anyone curious, each of the two bags seemed to have a larger number of blue and orange m&ms in comparison to the other colors.
finally, after the dinner and the baking... we started what we had planned for some time... watch veronica mars. now, i suck at veronica mars. i have never seen the show, but i have always heard such great things about the show from tv critics and whatnot. consequently, i requested the first season of the show as a present because my curiosity was peaked. plus, the fact that the main character is blonde doesn't hurt either. what can i say... i'm attracted to shiny objects...
anyway, after mentioning to kerry a while ago that i had the first season of veronica mars, i discovered that kerry likewise was interested in the show. she had never seen the show either and wanted to see what the show was about. well, finding a time where we could both watch the show together proved to be a little difficult... until today.
so, we watched the first three episodes of the season tonight. and might i say... veronica mars... love the show! that is good since i did have some concern that neither kerry nor i would like the show after we started watching the first few episodes. (at least, i think kerry liked the show. she dozed off partly through the last episode we watched because i think she was tired.)
i am so looking forward to more episodes tomorrow. my bff should stay over more often.
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