Feb 24, 2017

When I started my day at Silver Run my meeting schedule left much to be desired as far as free time on such a beautiful day. As it turned out the first two meetings I wasn't needed so I had two hours off right off the bat! I went to Becca's and we immediately headed to the park to play disc golf. I thought we could play the long tees for a change. Well, I was once again reminded why we don't. They're not much fun and some aren't much different. And Becca ended up throwing her disc into the thick brush on hole 10. We used my hoodie as armor and she got her disc back.

I had to go back to work for one meeting, but then I had a long lunch so I met Becca again for Wildflower lunch at Corson Park. It was so nice out. I want to have more meals outdoors.

After going back for a very short time I was done early so Becca, Chuck, and I went to Glasstown. I was excited to try the Super C, their new IPA with Centennial, Citra, and Chinook? hops. It was very citrusy and delicious and maybe my new favorite IPA there.

We had a great time and ended up staying for a long time. Adrian even cruised through! Chuck pretended to be grumpy. It was a proper evening at the bar. 

Aug 15, 2010

I took Renea to get her car at Landmark in the early afternoon then we went to Wal*Mart to get some drinks and chips for the planned picnic at Fort Mott. We drove all the way out there and met up under the roof outside the restrooms. Since it was raining and both pavilions were rented out for the day we realized we'd have to move the party. After standing around talking for a while and watching the kids jump over puddles we turned around and headed back.

We ended up at Tracy's where we unpacked all of our food items and started eating. There were some good pasta salads going on as well as an awesome fruit salad. Doesn't it look great?

I was really hungry by this point so it was good to eat. We took our time eating and I enjoyed watching Ian meticulously peel into his orange.

We broke into a game of Uno after eating and realized that a lot of people don't really know how to play. That was probably the best part though because everyone was trying to figure out the rules whenever it was their turn. We played until the last person went out. Tracy celebrated her victory as second to last place!

We got out some frisbees and threw them around in the yard since it had stopped raining. I like this photo even though it's blurry. We were running around chasing discs and trying to avoid hitting all the cars parked in the yard but not doing a great job of it.. It was a lot of fun.

I'm about to break this down Jamie's blog style. All except one of these things happened tonight:
(a) Renea caught a moth and took it home as a pet (or a tattoo..)
(b) We had oranges imported from South Africa.
(c) Ian gave me a Christmas present he got for me in 2008.
(d) We picked up a hitchhiker that turned out to be Tina Fey.
(e) We learned that the word "picnic" has a very racist history down to the red & white checkered tablecloth.
You decide what really happened.

I came home from the festivities and watched the last episode of Dexter Season 4. Definitely my favorite season now. I went out to take some night shots of weird streets and areas near my house but when I set up my camera I found that I had left my CF card at home. I used my point and shoot to take some shots that turned out alright anyway.

When did I start staying up until dawn every night again?

Oct 28, 2009

I had a job as a French teacher at Lakeside but when I got there they had switched me with gym class. I never actually accept the gym classes because there isn't much I can do in a gym class and the kids are encouraged to be loud and obnoxious which is what I try to stop them from doing most of the time. It's just not my thing. That said, it wasn't the worst.

I went up to Photo after work and we worked in the studio again. I got to be the test photographer. I learned how to sync my camera setting with the strobe flash we were using to keep things like this from happening.

I got to be the model for a few minutes as well. I'm fine with being on either side of the camera.

I started getting much better by the end of class. I would like to just have some time in there with someone to figure it out on my own. I think that's the best way for me to learn.

After class we had a picnic in one of the other rooms in Westby. We had grapes, cookies, cheese, hummus and chips. And Capri Sun of course.

Katie, Mich, Alex and I hung out in there between classes trying to relax a bit from all the midterm tension. It would have been fun to stay longer but we had to move along,

We watched 42nd Street in my film class. It was a pretty good film. I'm glad we have moved to "talkies" and are done with silent films and subtitles. We didn't get our tests back, unfortunately. I want to know how I did.

After class, I played some games at Ryan's house for a while and went for a walk. I am not good at hockey games.