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Signed by Richard Vernon to the legendary Blue Horizon/CN Records label, BERNIE TONWSEND recorded two singles, "Another Night" released in 1981 and featured on the late Alexis Korner's BBC Radio 1 Playlist and "Little By Little" released in 1982 and featured on the BBC Radio Playlist of Bob Harris. On the back of the singles an album was recorded which reflected a track roster of cutting edge songs that were inextricably linked to the sounds that were coming out of the southern United States at that time. The album was ostensibly recorded for the US market, however for contractual reasons the product was shelved and remained untitled in a studio library.
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Bernie Townsend returned to the studio in 2015 to record a new four song EP titled "THE DAY BEFORE YOU" which Gravel Road Records released in September. Product information below...
"THE DAY BEFORE YOU" - Bernie Townsend
The Day Before You - (M West)
Straight 8 Fireball - (B Townsend/G Coleman/R Fry)
Those Who Make The Difference - (B Townsend/R Sharpey)
True Companion - (M Cohn)
All tracks were recorded in 2015 at GLC Studio, Denton, Texas and Peak Studios, Leeds, Yorkshire.
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> What's The Stupidest Thing You Ever Did In RSE
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What's The Stupidest Thing You Ever Did In RSE
August 12th, 2009, 5:23 PM
For Me It Was The First Time I Played Ruby I Was Stuck After The 5th Gym For 3 Days
August 12th, 2009, 5:26 PM
Oh geez. For me, it was when I read that in the cave of Origin, that Celebi was in there.
I spent like a month, trying to find out how to get in there. >_<
August 12th, 2009, 5:41 PM
Using a master ball on a Poocheyena. (Last year.)
Most stupid thing I ever did. (At least I deleted that file.) The other stupid thing I did, was search for Chimecho, I finally found one. Same thing with searching for a Jigglypuff. (which I did.) And catching 6 Lotads.
August 12th, 2009, 6:17 PM
Didn't know what to do after beating Brawly in Dewford Island
I kept wandering all over the place
Gary, the Magic Fairy
August 12th, 2009, 6:38 PM
I didn't get the master ball. D:
August 12th, 2009, 6:48 PM
First time through on Sapphire, I missed the Master Ball. I don't understand what's so wrong with someone giving you the Master Ball. RBY: President of Silph gives it to you. GSC: Professor Elm gives it to you. What's wrong with someone not giving you one in RSE? Finding it in a warp panel infested hideout? That's a sure way to find it, and later when you find out it was there, the hideout's been closed up. What's that about?
That aside, I named a Crobat after my friend (it was on 45 or so) and bred it with a level 11 Zubat and when the Egg hatched, I told him he was the father. He asked for the levels of the parents and informed me it was rape. I guess that's more awkward than stupid, though.
August 12th, 2009, 8:06 PM
i nicknamed my skitty balls lol
August 12th, 2009, 8:29 PM
i spent 3 months looking for the weather institute
~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~
August 13th, 2009, 6:49 AM
In emerald I was going against a Steelix in the Battle Frontier, and I used Explosion by mistake at the time
August 13th, 2009, 7:02 AM
Buying Pokemon Ruby.
Simple as that.
August 13th, 2009, 7:44 AM
the stupidest thing i did was breed my two manetrics and make them have like twelve eggs. my boxes were halfway full with elektrikes.
August 13th, 2009, 8:03 AM
I was trying to get the regi's, but you have to try to read that weird dot language so I had nothing. I had to buy a nintendo pokemon guide for ruby/sapphire because it had the language in there and that was the only place/spot where I could figure the language out. lol Hated it lol
August 13th, 2009, 8:21 AM
I accidently killed Kyogre and Groundon. -.-
I was trying to catch them but when I realized I didn't use false swipe on them it was earthquake.
After I went to Kyogre I went to Groundon the next day and the same mistake happened.
August 13th, 2009, 8:33 AM
I couldn't find Captain Stern in Slateport so I just walked around for days.
Nyjil da Kid
August 13th, 2009, 9:15 AM
I had a busload of Pokes and a lot of traded ones from Emeralds Safari Zone [GSC] and I also caught a shiny Golbat and raised it into a Pink Crobat that became a permanent part of my team...the started getting boring after a while...so I restarted...and that's when DP came [ i found out about migration] and I havent stopped kicking myself about it yet...this was on Ruby...
August 13th, 2009, 12:43 PM
I couldn't find Captain Stern in Slateport so I just walked around for days.
oh god me too. If i'd figured it out rather than restarting, i woulda had a team like this:
lv.40 blaziken
lv.40 gardevoir
lv.40 lotad
i got so bored i just started driving minuns to extinction. apparently, once you kill 100 of them, plusle become common as hell
August 13th, 2009, 9:19 PM
in emerald i caught six`zigzagoons as my team i thought they would pick up good items like they did in ruby.
August 13th, 2009, 9:23 PM
The stupidest thing I did in emerald was, fight Steven with my highest level pokemon level 70 =D at least I won xP
August 14th, 2009, 7:39 AM
For Me It Was The First Time I Played Ruby I Was Stuck After The 5th Gym For 3 Days
Hahaha the smae happened to me thats hilarious, at laest im not he only one
August 15th, 2009, 8:56 AM
In emerald I used a master ball on a level 2 zigzagoon.
August 16th, 2009, 10:38 AM
1) Purchasing Ruby.
2) Using my masterball on Groudon.
3) Picking Treeko.
4) Walking around with that weather Pokemon in my team like it was useful.
August 16th, 2009, 11:30 AM
I forgot to save before taking on Rayquaza, and I critted it... before SAVING AFTER THE BATTLE!
August 16th, 2009, 2:44 PM
I'll have to think on this one,probably thinking Milotic was a Dragon type all through my first run of it.
P.S. Water Dragon Trainer, please respond to my VM, I know you are reading this thread. I am waiting in Wi-Fi.
Ryu Hoshi
August 16th, 2009, 3:47 PM
well it was 6 years ago but I remember
1.getting lost every 20 min(for some reason I have a horrible sense of direction in hoenn)
2.After finding my way to Kyogre I realized I only had poke balls on me.then I went into denial and thought i could get it done with just that knowing it wasn't going to fly with him
August 17th, 2009, 1:10 AM
Training a lot of Pokémon (I had a team of 10), because I didn't know a team of six Pokémon was the normal "size". They were all around lv43 when I went to the Pokémon League, so I never won the league and didn't play the game anymore. When I decided to play it 1 year later, the game said: "The save file was deleted...".
August 17th, 2009, 6:43 AM
I tried the Emerald Battle Tower Cloning Hack and accidentally deleted my Latios Level 72.
August 17th, 2009, 8:27 AM
my copy of ruby was in french
so you can imagine i had some trouble thar~
not being able to find the entrance to the cave because it was so dark
(i was playing it at night)
and then starting a new game
heck, probably just 'Buying Ruby Version in French' in the first place
August 17th, 2009, 8:49 AM
Dumbest thing I did was use a master ball on groudon in ruby (Shoulda saved for latios)
The Gambling Gallade
August 17th, 2009, 12:51 PM
Oh God. Catching a male Gardevoir.
Biggest mistake of my Gallade life.
August 17th, 2009, 12:54 PM
It was when I reached the 6th gym and didn't even know that there was a bridge there so I got stuck 5 days there
August 17th, 2009, 3:01 PM
Picking Treecko for a starter was a bad idea, and I wasted the Master Ball on Groudon.
I also used an Action Replay so much that the game froze and I was unable to move anymore.
I was stuck next to the computer in a Pokemon Centre FOREVER.
August 18th, 2009, 12:40 AM
Dumbest thing I ever did?
A few years ago, maybe like 4 years ago, I was playing my FireRed, getting ready to start a new game, linking over all my dear Level 100 Pokemon to a friend of mine. After I had started a new game, I realized, my beloved Level 100 Latios that I had caught in Ruby was missing. It was not on my friend's game. I then realized, with a sinking feeling..
"Oh, no."
August 18th, 2009, 12:46 AM
Using my Master Ball on a Spheal. Enough said.
And using 257 Great Ball to capture a level 70 Groudon.
August 18th, 2009, 1:18 AM
Probably buying emerald in the first place. I wasn't enlightened on the world of emulation then.
But other than that, I used my master ball on Rayquaza.
August 18th, 2009, 1:27 AM
Using the Master Ball on Groudon probably. In Colosseum, trying to save my Master Ball (before I knew the glitch) for Shuckle.
August 18th, 2009, 4:33 AM
Dumbest thing I did was use a master ball on groudon in ruby (Shoulda saved for latios)
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to catch Kyogre now without dying -.-
I did that the first time round and after I completed it and found out about Latias I was like really mad at myself.
Mine was using a master ball on a ratata, no idea how it happened :P
August 19th, 2009, 8:58 AM
While trying to catch a sharpedo, I was about to select a great ball I by mistake selected my master ball.
August 19th, 2009, 9:36 AM
set my shiny pokemon which i worked hard on leveling free
but at least i was using a vba so i pressed F1 and restored it
August 19th, 2009, 3:40 PM
The dumbest thing I ever did was knock out a wild shiny Pokémon.
August 19th, 2009, 3:59 PM
..Forgot to grab the Master Ball my first time.
August 19th, 2009, 4:25 PM
Supidest things: 1) Getting rid of my 2nd Diamond File with a shiny Forretress still on it, and getting Pearl for Christmas soon (a month) after xD
2) Even attempting the cloning glitch in Silver (That's how I lost my Shiny Donphan)
Teh Blazer
August 19th, 2009, 4:42 PM
Attempting to walk through Rock Tunnel (in Blue) without Flash. I had to restart all over because of that!
The Corrupt Plague
August 19th, 2009, 9:39 PM
I forgot to grab the masterball in team Aqua's hideout.
August 20th, 2009, 2:28 AM
I was wondering around looking for the 3rd gym.
August 20th, 2009, 3:13 AM
I let my Charizard have Scratch and Ember till' round lvl76.
August 20th, 2009, 11:52 AM
Not catching Feebas. >_>
August 20th, 2009, 2:06 PM
I was new to the pokemon world when i got a shiny feebas. I didnt know it was shiny, and i didnt know it would evolve in a milotic, so i traded it for a Zangoose. (i had sapphire)
August 20th, 2009, 7:07 PM
Lost a Gardevoir to the cloning glitch in Emerald. Dang, that Gardevoir's Smartness went beyond the chart. DX I've never had such a good contest Gardevoir (or Pokémon in general, in that case).
Also, my first run through of Sapphire, I found a Numel with a blue top (I had no idea it was shiny, as it was my first one I saw), and started a new game, losing it. DX
August 21st, 2009, 2:06 AM
I realeased my feebas, and my Blaziken.
August 22nd, 2009, 2:15 PM
I caught rayquaza with a masterball -.-
August 22nd, 2009, 2:17 PM
Didnt know about the masterball.
Stupid Sapphire.
*Grumpy Face*
Cynic Kaka
August 22nd, 2009, 2:18 PM
I bought Pokemon Ruby
I suppose it was starting off with Treecko.
August 22nd, 2009, 2:39 PM
Commonly, I couldn't figure out how to get to Mauville.
But I'm embarrassed because this was on the second Hoenn game I played, I had gotten to Mauville in Sapphire just fine....
August 23rd, 2009, 8:06 AM
I couldn't find Captain Stern in Slateport so I just walked around for days.
LMAO exact same thing that happened to me....
other than that i happened to use a masterball on ralts... :S
August 23rd, 2009, 8:09 AM
LMAO exact same thing that happened to me....
other than that i happened to use a masterball on ralts... :S
I used my Masterball on Groudon >_< Should have used on on Latias. At least it's better than using it on Ralts.
Johto's Best
August 23rd, 2009, 9:43 PM
Attempting to walk through Rock Tunnel (in Blue) without Flash. I had to restart all over because of that!
Really? I thought everyone (including myself) memorized it by now...oh well.
Back on topic: I forgot to heal after victory road and faced the league. They could've at least shown SOME mercy.
August 28th, 2009, 1:46 AM
for me it was throwing a masster ball on skarmory. i thought master ball was useless....
August 28th, 2009, 3:54 AM
Knocked out all of my Elite Pokemon before facing champion Steven in the Elite 4, leaving a half-HP Rayquaza, only to accidentally save right before facing him -_- o.0 worst mistake ever.
Lady Gaga
August 28th, 2009, 5:34 AM
i played those horrid games >.<
uh, really, im good at Pokemon, so i dont make mistakes ;3
though, i did have a friend who gave me his ruby. he was older than me, but still, his swampert was lvl 80, and he didnt train anything else. all lvl 30s. also, he taught EVERY SINGLE pokemon he had HMs. it was sad, i could not import them. he was abouto face the E4. he failed xD
August 28th, 2009, 6:55 AM
Used MasterBall on Groudon.
August 28th, 2009, 9:22 AM
I remember in Sapphire I caught a Roselia and I insisted on using it all the time because I thought it was awesome.
Of course, this made the Fire gym ridiculously difficult. Then when I got it to level 67 or so I let it go by accident somehow. I was too upset to play it for days. XD
August 28th, 2009, 11:38 AM
KO'ing a black rayquaza,then saving it.
Jumps off bridge
August 28th, 2009, 11:56 AM
uh........deleting my save game that had lv.100 of just about everything obtainable without events or trading (i was rly, rly bored nd pissed)
August 28th, 2009, 12:31 PM
I used my Masterball on Groudon >_<
i did the same. :( it took me AGES to catch latios.
August 28th, 2009, 12:37 PM
1 Thinkin' There's only Electrodes in MB Hideout and leaving it ThERe >_<
2 1st time I played I ended up at Steven like this : Blaziken lv. 91 moves Blaze Kick Sky Uppercut Mirror Move Rock>_< Smash LoL I won geez Also othere wer Lv. 20 30 Pokemon ! This explains my loove to Blaziken eh ?
3 Turned off the game without purpose At the BatTow and lost 61 WinnStreak >>>>>>________<<<<<<<<
LoL I was 8 or 7 .... poor me
August 29th, 2009, 7:17 AM
In my Ruby, I totally forgot about the MB in the hideout... ):
But that's not even the stupidest thing I've ever did... -________-;;;
I spent DAYS (okay, it might not seem like a lot, but it's easier said than done!) trying to catch Groudon, and it never worked... and since I didn't have the master ball that I wanted to use on him anyways, I thought 'hey, at least I get the Pokedex entry, and it'll probably give me truckloads of EXP!' and knocked him out.
And he didn't even give out that much EXP! ;__;
But I got my friend who was playing alongside me with a Sapphire to get her Master Ball, and catch Kyogre with it, and trade it to me for a Tropius =P She had never encountered one and thought they were super rare, and I also thought it was pretty rare since I practically never run into them so it was a somewhat fair trade... but right after that, she kept bumping into a zillion of them and was like 'I thought they were rare! O__o'...
August 29th, 2009, 7:29 AM
I first played Saphire when I was 10, and it was full of these moments. However my biggest one was having a team of Swellow Lvl. 70, and Kyogre Lvl. 63, yet still losing to Phoebe =.=
August 29th, 2009, 8:05 AM
I've never did nothing wrong in RB/SP/EM ever. Except maybe buying Saphire and Ruby but only playing Ruby and leaving Saphire away after 40 min. But that is not ingame so.. Nothing, im 1337
August 29th, 2009, 8:18 AM
Training my starter way more than my other pokes I learned why that was a bad idea when i fought Phoebe =(
August 29th, 2009, 9:44 AM
I have something to top most of these.
In 2004, my knowledge of shinies (solely from the Red Gyarados encounter) was that
-they were different colored
-they were uber-rare
-you couldn't run away from them
So when I saw a shiny Tailow in that faraway place with the Jigglypuffs, I was like,
"Is this really a shiny? Hmm.. if it were I wouldn't be able to run away from it.
Got away safely!"
I Laugh at your Misfortune!
August 29th, 2009, 11:41 AM
I found a shiny elecktrike and I'd forgotten to buy any Pokeballs. To this day, it's still the only shiny I've ever seen.
August 30th, 2009, 3:02 AM
Yer I didn't know about the Master Ball and they closed that stupid cove so I couldn't get it.
August 30th, 2009, 4:50 AM
Using a luxury ball on a magicarp.
August 30th, 2009, 6:25 AM
finding the Sky Pillar....it took me three weeks :paranoid::tired:
August 30th, 2009, 8:04 AM
My Blaziken Hp was on red and it got killed by a wurmple lol xD
mama luigi
August 30th, 2009, 11:46 AM
first time I played emerald,I ONLY raised my swampert for beating the Elite Four...That was epic FAIL!
September 1st, 2009, 5:12 AM
I have something to top most of these.
In 2004, my knowledge of shinies (solely from the Red Gyarados encounter) was that
-they were different colored
-they were uber-rare
-you couldn't run away from them
So when I saw a shiny Tailow in that faraway place with the Jigglypuffs, I was like,
"Is this really a shiny? Hmm.. if it were I wouldn't be able to run away from it.
Got away safely!"
For some reason that epic fail is almost a win (unless it's just because of how you typed it out). =/ But this is a classic case of pwning oneself. XD Sorry for your loss. >.<
Anyways, mine would be saving in the middle of the E4. I ended up using all my items and had to start over with no money/items. XD My team was weak also because I never bothered to train. :S
Do not ask how I managed to achieve this because quite frankly, I have no clue either, ask my 13 year old self. o.O
September 2nd, 2009, 2:21 AM
1. Not picking up the Master Ball.
2. Trading a Pokemon with a Masterball attatched to it, later then accidently using it on a level 5 Ralts.
3. Killing Kyogre, Rayquaza & Groudon.
I am intellectually challenged :\
September 2nd, 2009, 2:39 AM
Restarting my game and chooing Treecko to pwn May's Marshtomp because Blaziken couldn't beat it.
September 2nd, 2009, 3:15 AM
That was before I joined PC , my friends are telling me that I need the Move Dig in order to battle the Regis , but I deleted it >.< , so I restarted the game knowing that theres no pokemon that learns dig except in TM ....
September 3rd, 2009, 11:51 AM
Catch and keep a Bad Egg. Destroyed my Emerald
September 3rd, 2009, 9:55 PM
On Sapphire (first file):
I killed Kyogre, killed Latias, I didn't get the Masterball on my first file 'cause I didn't know were it was, I tried to beat steven with a Delcatty, Blaziken, Mightyena, Swellow, Agron, and Tentacruel.
I thought Wallce was going to be an easy win...was I wrong, I spent 8 hours looking for Rayquaza...in Granite cave (I thought there would be a top called the spear pillar were Ray was since I couldn't find the real SP), I also attempted to beat Tate and Liza with level 30 - somethings......until I saw they had two extra pokemon.
I think that's about all.
September 4th, 2009, 12:14 AM
After i saved the Wingull from the cave i tryed to smash the boulders
September 5th, 2009, 1:57 AM
Using a MB on a Machop.That was when I didn't know about BW Cloning...>_<
September 5th, 2009, 1:44 PM
I encountered a shiny Whismur, and thought my game was cursed. I was convinced that if I caught it, everything in the game would turn shiny, including all the characters, buildings, scenery etc, and annoy me for the rest of my playing days. So I ran from it.
I was only 10, but it's still worthy of a facepalm.
September 5th, 2009, 1:52 PM
I think the first time I played Ruby, my brother told me a rumor about catching Mew in the Safari Zone if you cut all the grass areas down. I spent 4 hours doing that to accomplish nothing.
Weatherman, Kiyoshi
September 5th, 2009, 3:43 PM
Oh, when I was just a Poke'newb,
I kept trying to beat Brawly with weak, WEAK pokemon because apperantly, I didn't conceive the whole:
"Beat other pokemon you get EXP points so your pokemon get stronger." concept. :X
September 5th, 2009, 3:49 PM
Losing to the Elite Four because i was underleveled, and then losing all my money, and then beating them finally due to fighting them over and over till I was strong enough, and I getting extra lucky with Minun's Thunder. Ugh.
September 6th, 2009, 7:29 AM
On my Ruby version I taught my Linoone (nicknamed Kyuu) the Dig TM and then I deleted it! When I discovered the Sealed Chamber, I needed to use dig to open the door! (How stupid!) Here is the dialogue for your enjoyment: (With Blaze the Blaziken!)
Latiace:So this is the Sealed Chamber, eh?
Latiace:So how do you open the door?
Kyuu:I think you have to use Dig!
Kyuu:What's wrong, Latiace?
Latiace:*Sigh* I guess I can't open the door of the Sealed Chamber...
Kyuu:What do you mean, Blaze?
Blaze:Apparently that is the only way you can get access to the Three Regis!
Kyuu:*Sigh* here we go again...
I guess the Sinnoh Elite Four has the same problems...
Aaron:So this is the Sealed Chamber, eh?
Flint:I'm really not sure, but I think I lost the Dig TM...
Aaron:OMGNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111NINETHOUSAND *Faints*
Lucian:I think you killed him...
Flint:*Sweatdrops* of course........... not.
Aaron:*Wakes up* Huh? What happened?
Flint:Apparently I can't get access to the Three Regis...
Aaron:AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!11111 *Faints again*
Flint:So this is Snowpoint Temple, eh?
Aaron:Of course it is! I can't wait to get Regigigas!
Lucian:I've heard that you have to catch the Three Regis first...
Aaron:Aw dang it!
Flint:OMGAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!11111 *Runs away*
Lucian:Hehe, they'll never know I caught the THREE REGIS! *Evil laugh*
Aaron:Huh what?
Lucian:Nothing! ^_^
THE END! (Again!)
I'm a born storyteller XD
September 6th, 2009, 9:20 AM
In my Ruby, I used my Master Ball on a wild Gloom, thinking that it was an ultra ball.
In my sapphire, I ran away from a shiny linoone, and I taught dig to my other linoone (non shiny) and deleted it. No regis for me. :(
In my emerald, I did the duplication glitch... And crashed my game.
September 6th, 2009, 10:42 AM
for me it was when ran away from catching kyogre in saphire
September 6th, 2009, 11:14 PM
I encountered a shiny Whismur, and thought my game was cursed. I was convinced that if I caught it, everything in the game would turn shiny, including all the characters, buildings, scenery etc, and annoy me for the rest of my playing days. So I ran from it.
I was only 10, but it's still worthy of a facepalm.
Lol, that's what I did. My R/S cartridges must've been blessed, cause I ran into a shiny ralts, numel, and whismur on Ruby and a shiny golbat and electrike on Sapphire. And each time I ran. :/
Another dumb thing I did: caught a pokemon with pokerus and thought it was bad, so I put it in my pc and released it. >:U
Air Pichu
September 7th, 2009, 7:09 AM
Thinking that if you beat the Elite 4 50 Times you can go to the Kanto Region.
September 7th, 2009, 9:25 AM
Going up against Wallace (Emerald) with a lv.80 Swampert and 5 lv.35 pokémon.
September 7th, 2009, 9:34 AM
1 kid in my class said he could unlock the event to goto the island with latias on it...like an idiot i belived him and lended him my game
next day he gave my game back, and all my good pokemon were gone...at least he gave the game back =/
September 7th, 2009, 9:57 AM
back when i loved to read i thought kyogre was Moby Dick (famous book) so i ran from him.
and then i wondered why i don't read that mutch now.
September 7th, 2009, 10:21 AM
I had a busload of Pokes and a lot of traded ones from Emeralds Safari Zone [GSC] and I also caught a shiny Golbat and raised it into a Pink Crobat that became a permanent part of my team...the started getting boring after a while...so I restarted...and that's when DP came [ i found out about migration] and I havent stopped kicking myself about it yet...this was on Ruby...
Lol. I sold my Sapphire version right before they announced Diamond/Pearl. I had Jirachi and Deoxys lvl 100 and now I can't get either one of them. T_T
September 7th, 2009, 3:41 PM
Not to mention I've gone insane trying to catch a Sableye only to find out you can't find them in Ruby! *Is embarrassed*
September 7th, 2009, 4:22 PM
It took me a year and a half to beat Steven.
I am ashamed of myself now XD
Kam the Narwhal
September 7th, 2009, 4:36 PM
Going up against Wallace (Emerald) with a lv.80 Swampert and 5 lv.35 pokémon.
That's a fairly accurate representation of what my Emerald team looked like, lol
(Besides, I was screwed if I didn't trade over Swampert since I chose Torchic as my starter.)
September 7th, 2009, 11:42 PM
my stupidest thing was the first time i played ruby i spent like 2 hours trying to find out how to like leave the first town and get my pokemon lol.
September 8th, 2009, 12:58 AM
First time through on Sapphire, I missed the Master Ball. I don't understand what's so wrong with someone giving you the Master Ball. RBY: President of Silph gives it to you. GSC: Professor Elm gives it to you. What's wrong with someone not giving you one in RSE? Finding it in a warp panel infested hideout? That's a sure way to find it, and later when you find out it was there, the hideout's been closed up. What's that about?
That was annoyingly annoying for me in Sapphire. I couldn't understand why they couldn't just give it to me either. I didn't even know that they had a Master Ball up for grabs in the game until my friend told me about it. But by then it was too late, since I had already gotten to Kyogre and blew him up. :/
September 8th, 2009, 3:20 PM
While its not necessarily 'stupid' I missed the MasterBall in Team Aqua's Hideout during my first run through the game.
The funny thing was, I battled both Electrodes and then left the Nugget and MasterBall, thinking to myself "Geez, how stupid does this game think I am? Those are going to be even more Electrodes..."
Boy, is my face red.
September 9th, 2009, 3:02 PM
Beside missing the Masterball, I think it was selling all of the berries in Hoenn. I would always try to avoid trainers, constantly making me broke.
September 9th, 2009, 3:08 PM
Fishing on Route 209 for a Wailord when I suddenly found out that you needed to SURF to get them.
September 9th, 2009, 8:53 PM
While its not necessarily 'stupid' I missed the MasterBall in Team Aqua's Hideout during my first run through the game.
The funny thing was, I battled both Electrodes and then left the Nugget and MasterBall, thinking to myself "Geez, how stupid does this game think I am? Those are going to be even more Electrodes..."
Boy, is my face red.
That striked a funny note! XD
Even I did something that was not exactly stupid but it was..............I don't know what exactly. XD
I just went inside that shoal cave without knowing about the fact that the tides keep on changing there. I actually went in search of snorunt and searched nearly for 3-4 hours but I couldn't get anything. And as I was playing on an emulator I was not able to play the game with the clock based events(I had the Real time clock feature disabled XD.).
I was really frustrated and just quit the job of capturing it.
When I came to know about all what I didn't knew, I captured it. xDhttp://www.pokecommunity.com/images/icons/icon6.gif
September 10th, 2009, 12:36 PM
I missed the Masterball, and got stuck in the first 2 towns.
I couldn't figure out how to get past the guy who was looking at the 'footprints'. (I was 7 xD) So I just sat in the first few routes and trained.
Only good thing from that was that I had a lvl 25 Combusken for once I got past there. xD
September 10th, 2009, 2:09 PM
I don't think ive done anything wrong ever.
September 11th, 2009, 5:59 PM
when i traded my shiny beautifly25, groundon lvl 84, and other really rare pokemon in ruby to my other game and the other game getting erased a few days later.
September 11th, 2009, 6:41 PM
I trained Sableye to a ridiculously high level in hopes he would evolve. Never happened.
September 11th, 2009, 6:43 PM
I restarted when my Pokedex was at 190-ish :/
September 12th, 2009, 1:02 AM
Me? I released my Celebi. ;_;
And there was only one Celebi event in our town...
September 12th, 2009, 6:33 PM
Using nothing but my Blaziken.
September 16th, 2009, 5:55 AM
I don't think ive done anything wrong ever.
RIGHT, you are pokemon GOD :p
September 16th, 2009, 6:56 AM
Actually beating the game 36 times...
September 19th, 2009, 9:33 AM
i made rayquaza an HM slave. :(
September 19th, 2009, 9:48 AM
Here's something really stupid: I caught a Whismur. /thread
September 22nd, 2009, 6:47 PM
so many stupid things i've done:
-Shiny Claydol killing-- the shiny claydol looks exactly like a normal claydol w/ the shiny mark, and back then, i never knew what a shiny pokemon was!
-Relicanth master -- used a master ball on a relicanth.
-Roselia transfer -- transferred my best roselia to my glitchy, laggy Pearl
September 23rd, 2009, 10:13 AM
Didn't catch a Shiny Aron because it looked funny......we truly are stupid when were young.
September 23rd, 2009, 11:29 AM
I ran away from a shiny Swablu thinking it would blow up my game or something xD. Lol, when I found out that they were incredibly rare, I was kicking myself for days!
September 23rd, 2009, 11:41 AM
I started a new game with the default name "Kimmy" and completed the Hoenn Dex with it. I spent two years looking for a Feebas only to find out my friend had one all along. I've beaten the Elite Four fifty-nine times and counting.
September 23rd, 2009, 6:05 PM
The stupidest thing I did(which is also where Im still at) Is I defeated the Sootopolis gym leader and now I don't know where to go. >.<
September 25th, 2009, 5:00 AM
Catching Rayquaza with Master Ball. Not that bad though, in my second try I used Ultra Balls and it was a torture.
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September 28th, 2009, 5:48 AM
Wasted like 6 hours trying to find a friggen Feebas =_=
September 28th, 2009, 10:44 AM
Not planting BERRIES!! I mean, I know there's some glitch to where you can't grow berries after about a year or so, but geez...I didn't plant any and used just about all of mine. A game without PokeBlock-making is a sad, sad game. =(
xXI JOE IXx
September 29th, 2009, 11:17 AM
My sister caught a magikarp in my masterball, oh the horror :(
September 29th, 2009, 11:45 AM
Bought About 400 Poke Balls ( Yes just normal Poke Balls ) And making me broke. I don't even think i used a single one before i realized how stupid that decision was....
September 29th, 2009, 1:10 PM
Me is umm.. Giving Rock Smash to my Torkoal .. -.- Gosh I cant wait to take it out!
Fire Wolf
September 30th, 2009, 3:00 AM
Spending 9 months in finding a way to Lavridge Town.
Using my MasterBall on Absol because by looks it looked one-off.
After Absol-gate, I quit playing Emerald on GBA. But I started 2 years later again on PSP and my team now is - Glalie, Rayquaza, Swampert, Kyogre, Salamence and Latios, which was caught in a state of shock by MasterBall. Also have all the 3 Regis and Groudon in the PC.
September 30th, 2009, 3:07 PM
Lol I agree with you skorupoke. You should usually stick to training mostly your main pokemon. Thats what I did with my Torchic. I also caught other pokemon to use the HM's on so I could get through the game. When I reached the pokemon league my torchic was a lvl 70 Blaziken. :D So don't waste your time training all of those pokemon because you won't get a good return at the end. I would only start making a team when I beat the league. Lvl 40's won't beat the league.
You could also catch a legendary or catch pokemon in victory road. Legendaries will definitely give you a BIG boost. :)
Oh and the worst thing I have ever done in Emerald was when I spent a few hours searching for a god dang RALTS!!!!
October 1st, 2009, 1:17 PM
For 3 months I searched the safari zone for a shiny shuckle. Then, when I decide to go to the battle factory and take a break from hunting, I get a shiny Walrein to rent! That drove me nuts for days.
October 1st, 2009, 1:53 PM
Back when I was eight or so, I thought the cave in Dewford was a tunnel to the next city.
I spent hours trying to find an exit.
Time Shift Dialga
October 2nd, 2009, 7:11 AM
I used my masterball on a level 47 (I think...) Altaria O_o
October 2nd, 2009, 9:04 AM
I bought a pirated ruby. T_T Didn't know it was pirated, before I tried to trade with Colosseum. I couldn't. I did a little research and found out that you have to have hall of fame data in order to trade with it. I though: "Hey, I beat the champion!". I checked the "hall of fame"-option on my PC an this horrible phrase appeared on my screen:
"Hall of Fame data corrupt."
...Yeah. Nowadays it doesn't even remember my saves. Screw you, Bulgaria!
October 2nd, 2009, 9:11 AM
Found a shiny Zigzagoon in my Sapphire, then restarted it after I got to a certain point.
I had a tendency to restart Pokemon games, and I sure did forget that I had a shiny Zigzagoon. D:
October 10th, 2009, 12:04 AM
Searched frantically for the place that sells Porygon, only to find out there were none in Hoenn.
Filled Six of my boxes with Gulpins and Swalots! Yay for Gulpins!
October 12th, 2009, 8:12 PM
I couldn't figure out how to get past the guy who was looking at the 'footprints'. (I was 7 xD) So I just sat in the first few routes and trained.
Only good thing from that was that I had a lvl 25 Combusken for once I got past there. xD
i had this 1 friend that did somthin similar on his silver version. he couldn't figure out how to walk to morty through his gym...he thought he needed an hm or somethin, so he just trained and talked to everyone. he had a lvl 60 typhosion by the time i told him what he needed to do
October 12th, 2009, 8:16 PM
In Emerald. Captured Rayquaza with Master Ball right before seeing a Wild "Shiny Spheal" And Accidentaly killed it..
October 13th, 2009, 1:09 AM
Figuring out how to get an Azurill by breeding...
...ended up with like 15 Marills =.=
October 13th, 2009, 5:11 AM
Started with Torchic/Treecko in Emerald. MASSIVE difficulty difference as opposed to choosing Mudkip. (See the third gym for what I mean).
I had to get Grovyle to low 30 and go catch an Aron to get past him.
October 13th, 2009, 8:43 AM
accidentaly used a masterball on a tentacool =(
October 13th, 2009, 9:39 AM
I didn't catch hooked FEEBAS.
October 18th, 2009, 3:57 AM
1. Using MB on Kyogre
2. Testing MB on Tentacool
3. Missing MB
Sure alot of MB mistakes...
4. Kicking my little brother around after my pirated Sapphire had deleted my save. Quote: "Stupid! You destroyed my save! I had a Sceptile!". I was like 8 years old... Yes, most of all I was sad of the Sceptile.
This mistake isn't really mine, but when my friend was playing LeafGreen and I was sitting next to him, doing my nerdy stuff on a computer, I started talking something about shiny pokemon. He said he has seen lots funny colored pokemon but had just killed them. He hasn't found any after that. BTW, he was 12.
October 18th, 2009, 4:14 AM
I used My Masterball on A Tentacruel x3
October 19th, 2009, 9:03 AM
Probably equipping Lileep with exp share and fighting like 50 trainers before realizing that I wanted to EV train Lileep. It was male, and I had already saved my game. =(
October 19th, 2009, 11:29 PM
my cousin told me to release my starter so i could catch it in the wild
October 20th, 2009, 7:43 AM
I've never did anything wrong in Pokemon.
October 20th, 2009, 1:25 PM
I tried to caught other trainers pokemons >.<
hi fi wi fi
October 30th, 2009, 9:46 PM
I killed the kyorge and my last save file was back like 3 gyms ago as i had been on for a while and i just decided to start over
November 1st, 2009, 8:22 PM
i nicknamed my skitty balls lol
lol hahahah o my gosh thats funny
November 30th, 2009, 7:01 AM
Trying to find out how to launch the rocket in Mossdeep City
November 30th, 2009, 7:09 AM
Trying to find out how to launch the rocket in Mossdeep City
Same my friend said talk to the old man and if your lucky he'll take you out to space to catch Deoxys ....
I checked everyday
November 30th, 2009, 7:13 AM
Beat the whole of the Elite 4 then forgot to heal my Team and got destroyed by Wallace
November 30th, 2009, 10:15 AM
I was new to pokemon when I played Emerald and I overleveled my Sceptile because I used it a lot more than other pokemon. I filled the rest of my team with legendaries and an underleveled Aggron and Wailord.
November 30th, 2009, 6:37 PM
The first day I got the game I wasted the whole day trying to figure out how to fish for pokemon. LOL.
November 30th, 2009, 9:31 PM
I'm not entirely sure how it happened, but I beat Wattson before
Brawly. Also I used my master ball on groudon. I also put two rhydons in the daycare center and I was unable to get them out because the horny punks wouldn't stop going at it! -.- I ended up with 3 boxes of eggs before I gave up.
December 6th, 2009, 4:15 PM
Same thing with the space shuttle. I thought you could actually go to the moon and get Deoxys, but I then found out it was fake.
December 6th, 2009, 7:55 PM
I caught a shiny zigzagoon which i raised to a linoone. then made it to a contest master for fun. but, the sad thing is that i actually thought that i could catch a new one after i restarted the game file -.- . so, i lost it XD
December 7th, 2009, 12:04 PM
Stupidest thing I did?
You know the Cycling Path?
Well, I didn't know you could go under it, so I got stuck.
And I also didn't know what the PC was for, so I didn't know how to retrieve my Pokemon.
December 7th, 2009, 12:52 PM
Only bought enough items for the elite 4, forgetting about the champion. I wasted so much time! T_T
Ancient J W
December 8th, 2009, 9:15 AM
1. Using my Masterball on Groudon
2. Spening months trying to launch the rocket in Mossdeep city, I wanted a Deoxys!
3. Crying that I could never get to Mirage Island. (not because it's rare, I thought you had too do it when it was sunny before you catch Groudon, so the man could see it better!)
December 8th, 2009, 11:19 AM
Forgetting to pick up the master ball is team aqua's lair the 3rd time round completeing the game. d'oh
December 8th, 2009, 12:22 PM
Catching and training a Zigzagzoon thinking i would get an awesome pokemon.
I got it to level 69.
Deja Vu
December 8th, 2009, 2:01 PM
Trying to figure out what was behind that door in Mossdeep.
Trying to strike up a conversation with the TV freak in Lilycove.
Trying to Launch the rocket.
Spending hours trying to get through the Sky Pillar on foot.
Using my Master Ball on Groudon.
December 10th, 2009, 2:13 PM
in emerald i heard of this glitch cheat thing to get deoxsys (something to do with the mosdeep spaceport) and i spent soooooooo long trying to activate it...(like 2 months maybe?)
and in diamond I traded my dialga over the gts for a @#$%*& Abomosnow ( I was trying to get the cloning glitch working)
December 10th, 2009, 3:53 PM
Same my friend said talk to the old man and if your lucky he'll take you out to space to catch Deoxys ....
I checked everyday
Me too! I thought you could launch that rocket or whatever and go into space to catch Deoxys. I so wanted to go into space. It would have been sweet.
I was about 8 or so back then. Haha.
December 10th, 2009, 8:02 PM
Took my sapphire back after i got poisoned and i thought it was glitching up.....fail.......when i got to the gamestore they offered to fix it and thats how i figured out.
December 10th, 2009, 8:31 PM
i used explosion just to end a battle
December 13th, 2009, 8:07 PM
I picked Treeko... Enough said, :,(


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
So here I am...
2008 is almost over. It was a year full of rolling hills of anticipation and letdowns, but I survived with my sanity mostly intact.
Let's recap shall we?
January: My friend Jennifer moves to Costa Rica, leaving me behind in God-forsaken Arkansas. Kansas beats Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. I watch the first the half at work, while screaming at my co-workers that the Jayhawks were going to lose even though they never trailed throughout the entire game.
February: Hmmm. I know Valentine's Day was stuck in here somewhere, but hell if I remember anything about this month. (Hint to hubs: Make Valentine's Day more memorable this year.) Oh yeah, I buy Ryan a BlackBerry.
March: I turn 25. Ryan is out of town. Ryan almost dies in the Georgia Dome. KU starts its march to the National Championship. I am certain the Jayhawks will lose in the Sweet Sixteen, but I pick them to win it all in a game over Memphis anyway.
April: I win lots of money. And then my grandfather dies.
May: Ryan and I have first wedding-related event in Omaha. More people host the shower than attend. I meet Anna and am extremely thankful.
June: After what seems like forever, I convert to Judaism. Ryan and I have shower in Topeka. I apply for a job on a whim, interview and fall in love with it.
July: I get offered dream job, cry for days then let guilt win. I apply for business editor, don't get it, then buy myself an iPhone to make myself feel better. I make an appointment with a therapist.
August: I go to two appointments with therapist. She tells me I need to stop protecting everyone and says I should take anti-anxiety medication. Therapist gets sick, canceling our third appointment. I never go back nor get the medication. I get married and forget to smile going down the aisle.
September: Ryan and I go on our mini-moon during Hurricane Gustav or Ike. Instead of swimming we watch the RNC and heckle Joe Lieberman and Sarah Palin. I relaunch my blog. Ryan turns 28. I go to several KU football games. My dad goes to none.
October: I finally give "dressy casual" the finger. Ryan and I celebrate three years of togetherness by taking a "pleasure trip" to Van Buren in an overpriced caboose. It is pretty awful. We meet Laine and Adam at a cool wine bar with weird hired help.
November: I host Thanksgiving. No china is broken. Kansas beats Missouri. Ryan and I rejoice in the snow. We leave Olivia for an extended vacation with the grandparents. Our house is free from hair for a month.
December: Ryan and I drive all over the place to celebrate the holidays. I go to California for the first time. We finally collect Olivia, much to Ryan's excitement. I find out I'm going to Israel. I get another invitation to an event demanding "dressy casual attire." I decide to get some anti-anxiety medicine. I can't bring myself to take medicine. I get new job after interviewing internally. I accept my Birthright trip the same day Isreal bombs Gaza. I win "Most Fabulous Wedding of 2008" from the Realies. Kansas beats Minnesota in the Insight Bowl. I want a Wii.
Book Review — Have You No Shame
My reviewrating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm a big fan of memoirs and have taken quite an interest in book from a Jewish perspective since my conversion. They seem to help fill in gaps in my Jewish experience. I have to say that even if I grew up Jewish, I probably wouldn't have had the same experiences at BBYO or the same fascination with gas chambers, but this memoir was still telling nonetheless. It's incredibly brutal and honest and definitely provided a hilarious escape for a few hours.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Running Log #1
Workout — 0.25/.5/.25 intervals with .25 in between.
Total mileage running — 1 mile.
Total mileage — 2 miles
Time — 30 minutes including cooldown
Pace — 5.5 mph for the quarter-mile intervals; 6 mph for the half-mile portion
Highest Heart Rate — 195 (yikes, I don't think this is good)
Average Heart Rate — 150
Calories Burned — 234
Overall Report — Not bad, but my upper body was sore from body pump the day before.
Monday, December 29, 2008
I took my first Body Pump class at the new Lowell gym today, and it was not pretty. My upper body must literally have no muscle whatsoever, because it was shaking within the chest set. (For those of you who don't know about Body Pump, it's a 55-minute class that is broken up into 10 "tracks" that is set to music. Each track works a different muscle group — warm up, gluts, chest, back, triceps, biceps, calves, shoulders, abs, cool down.)
Let's just say that it hurts to raise my arm to drink from my water bottle.
I WILL stick with it, but it's going to be tough. I really need to work on my upper body strength and focus. My lower body strength and abs are all right. I'm hoping to do Body Pump three times a week and run three times a week. My goal is to run the Hogeye 5k in early April and the four-mile Trolley Run in Kansas City with Erin at the end of April. That's a lot of fitness goals to have for the first four months of the year, but I figure if I throw enough shit on the wall, something has got to stick, right?
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Here I go...
I got a new job!
After working more than two years at The Morning News, I will be working at The Morning News.
Yeah, so it's not that exciting, but it's still a change and a challenge, which is just what I need right now. I'll be the web content editor, so truly the possibilities are endless and I can't wait to get started -- which may take a while because they have to find a replacement for me first.
What does this mean? It means I don't have to work nights anymore! Yea! It means Ryan and I will have more opportunities to spend time together. Sure we'll probably fight more, but we might cuddle more, too. It'll even out in the end I'm sure.
Secondly, I finally clicked on the orange button and confirmed my Birthright trip. I bought a ridiculously inexpensive flight and will be staying with Marissa a few nights on the tail-end of my vacation.
So that means 2009 will triple my international experience between my trip to Israel and our trip to Belize. I talked my gyno into giving me some anti-anxiety meds to take for the flights, but she says I need to try them out first.
I keep telling myself to remember to take them before a high-anxiety situation and see how it works out. Is it weird that I can't think of any?
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Happy Hanukkah!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
O Hanukkah!
Anyway, I only realized this today, so I couldn't buy the candles from the synagogue because it's Shabbat. So my friends tell me that Wal-Mart carries them but not every one. I'm sure almost all of the Wal-Marts and grocers carry them in the KC area in the Jewish food area, but I'm in Arkansas, so I call around...
The first Wal-Mart transfers me to the toy department -- um, OK. I explain that I'm looking for Hanukkah candles. She asks me to repeat a few times and then says she's going to transfer me to furniture. I try to explain that surely hanukkah candles wouldn't be in furniture, and she goes "Sure, that's where we keep all the candles," so I play along.
I get the furniture guy and he starts to ask me for the measurements of the kind of candle I want. (I'm imagining he thinks I want to buy pillar candles or something.) When I explain that these are special candles that would be boxed with Hebrew letters, he seems to get it. He puts me on hold to say that they're out, but they'd have more in a week. You know when Hanukkah is almost over. Great...
I call another Wal-Mart that is near the other synagogue in my area. I tell him what I want. He asks me to repeat about four times and finally says "I don't know what those are" and starts laughing. At this point I'm really pissed off, so I just hang up.
I'm crossing my fingers, because I called Party City and they told me they have many different types of Hanukkah candles. DH is on his way to get them, and if they're just regular candles I'm going to be so pissed.
This has been another edition of "HOW IN THE FECK DO I LIVE HERE?!?!?!"
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Book Review: Under the Banner of Heaven
My reviewrating: 3 of 5 stars
This book wasn't really my type of book. It explores Mormon fundamentalism through the purview of a true crime novel. The author goes back and forth between the early period of Mormonism and the more modern murder of Brenda and Erica Lafferty. It's hard to maintain interest in both simultaneously.
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Monday, December 8, 2008
I'm Going To Israel
I was accepted through Israel Experience for a Taglit-Birthright trip.
It is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of opportunity and I'm so thrilled to be truly stepping out of my box. Most people know that I abhor traveling (especially flying), but I knew this was a life-changing experience that I couldn't walk past.
I will be going to Israel via NYC on March 4 and returning March 15! It will be my longest trip ever. The trip takes you all over the country, which is only about the size of New Jersey. I'll be able to see the wailing wall, the Holocaust museum, a kibbutz, the Dead Sea, Rabin Square and lots more. There is even rumors of camel rides and spelunking. It is totally out of my comfort zone to embark on such a journey with a group of complete strangers, but I think it's about damn time I do something so exciting.
I'll post more about the trip as I get more information. :)
Sunday, December 7, 2008
[If I could make the heart symbol it would go here]
She's green and soft and mostly functional. And I love her.
This is not an endorsement...
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Quick update
I just finished up my grandmother's wedding album, and I thought I'd post a link here. It's a mini-album and it was really important for me that she have this because she wasn't able to make the wedding. Unfortunately I slacked off and I won't be able to give it to her in person tomorrow, but I'll find a way to give it to her by Christmas.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Photoless T'Giving Recap
I am going on about 20 hours awake after two hours of sleep last night. I woke up at 6 a.m., realized I was a little over-prepared, but still managed to run myself ragged all morning.
Overall, it was a success. We actually started eating at 1 p.m. on.the.dot. I'm so proud. I figure that I had the meal ready -- including the turkey carved -- at exactly our mealtime on my first time out deserves some kind of recognition.
Grading my Thanksgiving:
• Decor — A-
I'm pretty damn proud of my place cards (Alex called them name tags), and I got a lot of compliments on my table arrangement.
• Turkey — C+ for execution, B for taste
Prepping this turkey was a pain in my ass and I made it harder on myself by making a mess every step of the way. I also did not anticipate that the breast would cook faster than the thighs and wings, though after some quick googling I see this is fairly common. It kind of threw me for a loop, though, and caused the bird to be overdone. I'm kind of disappointed that I screwed up the turkey a bit because I hear such good things about brining, but I think my mistakes might have limited the turkey's potential.
• Challah stuffing — B- for execution, B+ for taste
I was probably not the best person to make the stuffing because I've never had stuffing before. I also stick to the safe-looking things on the Thanksgiving menu. I made a few mistakes, and I think it was soggier than it should have been, but not a bad dish all around.
• Cranberry relish — B
I'm giving this a B because only one person bothered to eat it (and it wasn't me). I knew it wasn't a favorite in the South, but I mostly made it as an homage to my grandparents.
• Sweet Potato biscuits — B
I got this recipe from a friend, and they didn't measure up to her incarnation of them. Maybe I overcooked them a tad? They were the last thing into the oven and by that point I was mostly winging it.
• Pumpkin Pie — A
This pie was so good. I found the recipe online and it uses ice cream instead of evaporated milk. I don't think I'll ever eat a regular pumpkin pie again.
• Appetizer Trays — A-
I made a cheese/cracker tray and a veggie tray. My only complaint is that perhaps I put too much out at first.
So that's that. Overall, I think everyone had a good time. I still have to put away the flatware and finish cleaning the stove and roasting pan in the morning. I might make it out to BBB for Black Friday, but it's just as likely I'll skip it and sleep in. Finally.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
It's out of my hands now.
Last night was a struggle -- literally. I dumped water all over the kitchen floor about three times. For future reference, I will no longer brine a turkey and expect to carry it, plus the gallons of water it is submerged in, across the kitchen.
I have to say, nothing quite prepares you for pulling the neck out of your first turkey -- especially when you kind of forgot it was in there. I remembered to pull the baggie out and put it in the fridge last night when I was brining the turkey, but the neck completely escaped my mind. So when I was about to stuff the turkey and I reached in and felt a block of ice around the neck I was not amused. Let's just say I'm one step closer to being a vegetarian and Ryan will be disposing of the neck that sits in my sink when he gets home in a few hours. Gross.gross.gross.
Now that the bird is a-roasting (and I've come to grips with the fact that my stuffing will suck), it's time to think about what I'm thankful for:
• My husband. I think we have the most stable (and silly) relationship I know.
• My job and our house. As much as I complain about both my job and our house, I'm so grateful we have them.
• Our wedding. I STILL would have rather eloped, but I'm glad we had our wedding because it made Ryan happy. (And I have something to hold over his head for years. Hehe.)
• My family (both biological and of the in-law variety). I've been through some trying times this year, and I'm thankful for the support system of our families.
• Our pooch. Olivia is simply the best.dog.ever.
• My best friend. Marissa single-handedly was pretty much my entire cheering section for the duration of the wedding and she did it all the way from Brooklyn.
• My friends Anna and Jennifer. Though one is in Costa Rica, these two girls make living here a bit more bearable.
1. Set the table (check)
2. Do last-minute shopping (check)
3. Make seating assignments (check)
1. Brine the turkey (check)
2. Prepare wet and dry ingredients for stuffing and refrigerate (check — after a struggle)
3. Make pumpkin pies and put in cool place (check)
4. Make appetizer tray and refrigerate (check)
5. Prepare biscuit dough, wrap and refrigerate (check)
6. (add) Clean the rest of the house, including guest bathroom and make sign reminding guests to jiggle the handle (check!)
1a. Get up ass early and immediately turn off the heat in the house (check)
1b. Get up ass early, stuff turkey and get it in the oven (check)
2. Try not to screw it up (tbd)
3. Bake sweet potato biscuits
4. Shower (Hopefully Ryan arrives around this point and starts helping!)
5. Banish Olivia to the back yard
6. Put out appetizers/wine
7. Set up buffet area and clean kitchen
8. Fill glasses with ice
9. Eat
10. Clean
11. Go to work
A break from our regularly scheduled T'giving programming...
(OK, not really Bush, but the First Lady's handlers.)
In other news, Happy Thanksgiving! I'll have my full report later.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I always hear you're supposed to actually READ the recipe before beginning to cook. And I swear, I think I read it. But truth-be-told, I probably only skim it to make sure I can, in fact, tackle it.
Sure enough, about halfway into preparing the stuffing this afternoon, I realized I missed a crucial step and proceeded to hurriedly un-mix my stuffing. (Yea, this is not really possible. Humor me.)
Also, I totally mis-read (probably didn't read) the brining directions. So that set me back a few hours (and I was late to work).
I swear I'm a good cook. I just get ahead of myself (all the time) sometimes.
Anyway, I'm about to head home and finish up the brining of the turkey and prep the sweet potato biscuits for baking tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.
1. Set the table (check)
2. Do last-minute shopping (check)
3. Make seating assignments (check)
1. Brine the turkey (kinda/sorta check)
2. Prepare wet and dry ingredients for stuffing and refrigerate (check — after a struggle)
3. Make pumpkin pies and put in cool place (check)
4. Make appetizer tray and refrigerate (check)
5. Prepare biscuit dough, wrap and refrigerate (almost)
6. (add) Clean the rest of the house, including guest bathroom and make sign reminding guests to jiggle the handle (check!)
1a. Get up ass early and immediately turn off the heat in the house
1b. Get up ass early, stuff turkey and get it in the oven
2. Try not to screw it up
3. Bake sweet potato biscuits
4. Shower (Hopefully Ryan arrives around this point and starts helping!)
5. Banish Olivia to the back yard
6. Put out appetizers/wine
7. Set up buffet area and clean kitchen
8. Fill glasses with ice
9. Eat
10. Clean
11. Go to work
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
What do you get when you combine a pinecone sale and a newlywed with lots of leftover paper?
Complete and utter over-the-top-ness.
In my defense, I have some picky friends who would like to sit next to so-and-so and not next to another so-and-so. And since my table is a tight squeeze, I wanted to make sure the guys were on the corners and had plenty of elbow-room. I figured it was nicer to do this instead of being bossy. (Now I'm just covertly bossy.)
Besides it took about five minutes and the leftover pine cones went into my trifle bowl to make an excellent (and yummy smelling) centerpiece on the coffee table where I'm serving the appetizers.
See what you folks are missing in Arkansas?
1. Set the table (check)
2. Do last-minute shopping (check)
3. Make seating assignments (check)
1. Brine the turkey
2. Prepare wet and dry ingredients and refrigerate
3. Make pumpkin pies and put in cool place
4. Make appetizer tray and refrigerate
5. Prepare biscuit dough, wrap and refrigerate
6. (add) Clean the rest of the house, including guest bathroom and make sign reminding guests to jiggle the handle
1a. Get up ass early and immediately turn off the heat in the house
1b. Get up ass early, stuff turkey and get it in the oven
2. Try not to screw it up
3. Bake sweet potato biscuits
4. Shower (Hopefully Ryan arrives around this point and starts helping!)
5. Banish Olivia to the back yard
6. Put out appetizers/wine
7. Set up buffet area and clean kitchen
8. Fill glasses with ice
9. Eat
10. Clean
11. Go to work
Thanksgiving To-Dos
1. Set the table (check)
2. Do last-minute shopping
3. Make seating assignments
1. Brine the turkey
2. Prepare wet and dry ingredients and refrigerate
3. Make pumpkin pies and put in cool place
4. Make appetizer tray and refrigerate
5. Prepare biscuit dough, wrap and refrigerate
6. (add) Clean the rest of the house, including guest bathroom and make sign reminding guests to jiggle the handle
1a. Get up ass early and immediately turn off the heat in the house
1b. Get up ass early, stuff turkey and get it in the oven
2. Try not to screw it up
3. Bake sweet potato biscuits
4. Shower (Hopefully Ryan arrives around this point and starts helping!)
5. Banish Olivia to the back yard
6. Put out appetizers/wine
7. Set up buffet area and clean kitchen
8. Fill glasses with ice
9. Eat
10. Clean
11. Go to work
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Clothing Ban?
My friend says I wouldn't last two hours.
The thing is -- I never need to do laundry. I've finally gotten to a place where I can reasonably wear whatever is in my closet. I'm no longer trendy and I have a wardrobe from skinny to roomy. I can where whatever I want to work -- including sweats on Sundays. So why would I need to purchase clothes except for a pick-me-up?
Shopping for clothes drains my bank account. I earned Luxe status at Banana Republic this year, and I'm too embarrassed to tell you what that means.
So, dear readers, how long do you think I could make it? And should this include all shoes and accessories?
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Thanksgiving Menu
Cranberry Relish
Challah Stuffing
Salad with homemade dressing
Egg Salad
Butternut squash side
Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
Turkey gravy
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Mystery Pie #1
Ice Cream and Cool whip for garnish
Many thanks to Dustin, Patty and my grandma for lending recipes. Also thanks in advance to our eight guests who are helping make this feast happen. I am spending the afternoon laundering our linens in preparation.
I'm most excited to try my hand at the turkey (my first one), the sweet potato biscuits and the pumpkin pie (instead of using evaporated milk I'm using vanilla ice cream). It could all go very, very well, or we could end up ordering pizza.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Random Thoughts from Arkansas
It's not simply the SIZE of the Bethelhem star, nor is it the ugliness of the Nativity set. It's not even the fact that Thanksgiving is still more than a week away. It's just the fact that I always think there's a car with headlights on right behind me as I'm about to pull out into the road. This display has been up for at least a week, and I'm still not used to its garishness.
• I hate the holiday season. I hate gift-giving at this time. It's so expected, so coerced, so not what I need right now. I've ranted about this before, and I'm afraid my feelings have only grown more bah humbug on the topic. My poor kids are going to have miserable holidays, I know.
• On Friday, Ryan and I have a date. Now to most of the world, this isn't a big time. BUT Friday night will be the first night Ryan and I both have off that we're spending by ourselves since our wedding. The only other mutual nights off were our trip to Omaha and this past Saturday when we went to the Texas game. I think we're going to stay in and rent some movies so we can save enough money to buy Christmas/Hanukkah presents. We're so exciting.
• P.S. -- S. Of course I wouldn't have a nativity scene in front of my house. Silly girl.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Book Review: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
My reviewrating: 5 of 5 stars
If you claim to be a literature lover (not just chick lit, romance or crime novels), then you MUST read this book.
This is not a book that will leave you feeling all warm and cuddly inside, but it is a novel that will make you wish you were reading it along with your college literature class. The book is so rich in symbolism, allusion and metaphor that I highly recommend reading it with a like-minded group. You will enjoy it without delving into all of that, but I think having reading partners to bounce your ideas off of will really enhance your reading experience. (I immediately felt like calling Mrs. Stanfield after reading this book and asking her what she thought was the significance of the family surname.)
There is a Shakespearean tie-in throughout the book. If I told you which play it was, it would give the ending away, but it would definitely enrich the book and make the ending more satisfying.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns
My reviewrating: 4 of 5 stars
I liked this book much more than The Kite Runner. I loved the wa Hosseini established each character individually before bringing them together. The author did a really good job of dropping hints throughout the book and waited a long time before tying up loose ends.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
I'm a journalist. I paid lots of money to the University of Kansas and have worked for a newspaper non-stop since I was 16 in order to hone my skills. For someone my age, I have lots of experience.
But I have no experience compared to the 16 people laid off at The Kansas City Star today. I love The Star. I learned so much there when I served as a intern three times and a staffer for about a year in the Johnson County bureau. I was able to do great things, because I worked with and for great people.
But The Star is now a shadow of its former self. Many of my mentors have been given their walking papers. Several of my former co-workers, people I've shared beers and bylines with, are also out the door. The remaining people I know are just lucky to survive the FOURTH round of terminations this year.
It's happening at smaller papers, too. The Joplin Globe laid off several members of the newsroom staff recently. And my current employer is reportedly getting ready to drop the ax for the second time since August. My co-workers are taking stock of their importance to the company and filling out applications on the side, talking about going back to school and saving what little money they can.
The talk starts to turn co-workers against each other. You start internally betting who among you will be eliminated. You make mental notes, notice when the bosses are huddling, try to figure this all out. You make lists of people who surely will be "let go" before you, then you damn yourself for thinking that maybe you'll be spared.
Because, really, what this all boils down to is this: None of us will be spared. Newspapers are on their way out. It's just a matter of time before everyone gets their daily news consumption on their BlackBerrys and iPhones. All newspapers are left to do is survive until their time has come, pick up the pieces and retrofit themselves as something new.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Some of my favorite articles so far today...
NYT: Electoral Shifts: A Story In Graphics
HuffPost: Palin Didn't Know Africa was a Continent, Says Fox News Reporter
Fox News: With Emanuel, Obama Could be Sending Signal to Isreal
Animal Planet: Vote for First Pup
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Mr. President
Review: American Wife
My reviewrating: 5 of 5 stars
This was a GREAT book. Sittenfeld took a figure that is very public, but still relatively unknown, and crafted a tale so shocking, yet so believable. I especially enjoyed the first part but I also enjoyed the section on her life in the White House.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
What happens in the photo booth...
...doesn't stay in the photo booth.
All of the pictures from our photo booth guest book are available online on our Web site for download.
We had so much fun at our reception in Omaha, and we hope everyone did, too!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Waving the Wheat!
We went to a Halloween party last night in Fayetteville. I went as Sarah Palin and Ryan went as a blind referee. My costume was a hit, though I was not intoxicated enough or comfortable enough to throw out my Alaskan accent at whim. I was mostly met with boos throughout the night, but what was most interesting was the reaction from my fellow male guests. Even though I was probably the most covered-up women there, guys still found my costume attractive. I guess now I understand the GOP appeal.
I really wish my friend JT was here right now because I bet I could convince her to go with me to a certain political candidate's rally in Springfield tonight. Part of me wants to get in my car by myself and go. I know it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but I also know I promised my husband dinner and a movie tonight -- which we both know is a rare event. Hopefully I'll have another chance to see this certain political candidate in person another time. He's truly changed my outlook on life and may have inspired Ryan and I to finally take the plunge in another direction.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
File This Away
I know there are a lot of Americans out there who are scared of Barack Obama. So scared that they are angry. So angry that they say prejudiced, hateful things. While I get enraged every time I hear a story of another Obama effigy hanging from a noose in the South or see a business sign saying that he is a socialist, I understand this is all rooted in fear. Naturally a lot of us are afraid of change. A lot of us are afraid to hope, for fear that we will be duped, led astray or disappointed.
In this election, it's as much about fear as it is about the economy and change.
For those who won't vote for Barack Obama for real reasons, I respect you. But he WILL become president because the majority of Americans see him as a turning point.
So please file away Obama's infomercial from last night and watch it when the anger and fear have worn off. You'll understand why scores of Americans have already voted for him and millions more will on Election Day.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Obama's Fantasy Team
* OK, maybe a president who was a POW? All right, fine.
Monday, October 27, 2008
A Blantantly Partisan Post
And yes I do realize that most of the arguments (in terms of experience) made against Sarah Palin could be made against Barack Obama, too, if you're of the Republican persuasion. But I'm not. So there.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
That just happened
So depressing
Rock Chalk!
Rock Chalk!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
This is it, Kansas!
Today's THE day -- your last chance to register to vote in the upcoming election.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Review: Living History
My review rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved listening to Hillary Clinton read this book. The book was excellently put together and it was interesting to listen to this only a few weeks after I listened to her husband's book. I will say I enjoyed the president's memoir more (especially the parts about his time at Oxford and talking about Vietnam), but I loved hearing both sides of the story.
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Bringing Jayhawks and Tigers together?
Someone needs to send Obama a Barack Chalk Jayhawk shirt, stat.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Early Bird Special
Buren. We're easily the only people here between the ages of 8 and 50.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Late Night in the Phog
I can't believe it's already that time.
I went for a simple design, but don't be surprised if it changes along with our life over the coming years.
Basically, www.michelle-and-ryan.com is a place to find anything and everything about us. Right now, it is fairly wedding-centric, with Web-quality versions of all of our professional pictures as well as our rehearsal dinner video. But look for a variety of content in the months and years to come.
Don't worry, our wedding Web site is not gone. Simply click on the link at the bottom of the home page, and it will take you there easy-peasy.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Happy Birthday/Anniversary!
Happy Birthday to one of my dearest friends, JT.
JT was the first person I met in Arkansas who seemed somewhat normal. I soon realized how wrong I was about that, but we're still friends anyway. About 10 months ago, JT left me to move to Costa Rica to pay to do something noble. I secretly hope she'll move back to Northwest Arkansas broke as hell and live with me for a while.
I love you, JT! Can't wait to see you soon!
And, to Ryan, it's been a wonderful three years since we first kissed during a really boring Sunday Night Football game. We've come a long way.
I'm it!
5 Joys
1. Cleaning -- even though I loathe to do it, once I put on my apron, slip my iPhone into the pouch and really get down to it, cleaning calms me.
2. Making decisions -- whether it's a life change or picking out the perfect present, I get a bit of an adrenaline rush.
3. A really good book. I love it when I finish a book and I can't wipe the smile off my face.
4. Long gChat conversations about everything and nothing.
5. Pizza, diet coke and a good bagel -- but not necessarily at the same time.
5 Fears
1. Being stuck. The economy is REALLY scary right now if you haven't noticed, and I'm afraid that it will keep Ryan and I in Arkansas much longer than we should be.
2. Of being too careful. Kind of related to No. 1, I'm afraid of not taking good risks that will pay off in the end. I've been talking about going back to school for years, and I just need to do it.
3. That my friends and family aren't making the right decisions. (See Joys No. 2.) OK, I don't think I know everything ALL the time, but it is hard for me to sit back and watch people be destructive.
4. That I won't be able to have children.
5. That we won't have enough money to have the family life we want.
5 Obsessions
1. Reading -- once I start a book I cannot put it down.
2. Grammar and design rules at work. I'm sure most people think I'm a total know-it-all bitch, but we have rules for a reason people!
3. My shows -- I'm embarrassed to admit how many season passes I have on our DVR and TiVo (yes we have both).
4. Getting into other people's business. :)
5. My Realies.
5 Surprising Facts
1. I am a tag virgin. This is the first time for me. (Smooches, Moth!)
2. I have never been high. (OK, this is probably not surprising.)
3. I'm a KU fan who likes football more than basketball.
4. I have never been to California or Florida.
5. I hate taking showers.
And I'm tagging...
1. Nems at Cast Sugar
2. Meghan at Wifestale
3. Jennifer at I'll Fly Away
I'd tag my sister, but I don't know if she wants all my friends reading her blog. :) So Shannon, if you're reading this, you're it!
I hate packing peanuts
the past week. Not very environmentally concious, I'd say.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
So what if Obama was an Arab?
I think she says what many are thinking, and knows how to spin an issue on its head and get to the real problem.
Brown wrote a great commentary on the now-famous "Obama is an Arab and I don't trust him" comment at a McCain rally last week.
I applaud Sen. John McCain for standing up to one of his voters and correcting her, but his answer instantly left me unsettled. His answer: "No, old crazy lady, he's not an Arab. How could he be? He's a nice, decent human being!"
OK, he didn't really say that, but that's what it sounded like to me and apparently Campbell Brown.
Read it here.
Monday, October 13, 2008
"My idiot friend converted to judaism and shuns me"*
*I have an account with statcounter.com, which tracks where my readers are from, how they get to my blog and what they do when they're there. Apparently I have a reader from Staten Island who has some issues.
::Hugs OJ::
But is it possible that some of your best friends are girls you have never met?
Well, now I think so. So do about 100 of my closest friends.
About a year ago, I signed up for an account on a Kansas City message board. The idea was to trade wedding advice, get the dish on the best and worst vendors and complain about all the problems that come with planning the most important day of your life.
It started out simply enough. I would go days without checking in. I had no idea who these people were (save for one who I went to college with). But, very quickly, I knew everything about them and found myself confiding in them, even relying on them.
As a group, we have raised money for children in need during the holidays. We have celebrated weddings and births. Shared miscarriages and divorces. Helped each other lose weight, conquer a fear, laugh at themselves.
But nothing could have prepared us for this.
Today, we mourn the death of Orangina's sweet husband Robbie. OJ is now a widow at 24, something that no one, no one, should ever have to understand.
It's true that no one but us understands the connection that we have. Ryan simply calls them the "Realies," a nickname derived from our Web address, the nearest thing to a hangout that we have. He's even met a few at a Royals game.
But I think he finally got it this morning as he watched me cry about a girl I have never even met.
So from Snookies0608 to Orangina: ::HUGS::
At last...our wedding video
We wanted to wait until after we returned to share our wedding highlights video with the World Wide Web. So, here it is.
I promise, I am almost done sharing wedding crap with you all.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Shades of a Man
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Boy, am I hungry...
I don't know if I'm going to make it this year.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (imagine that being said in a voice out of an old horror flick, and you get the point), began at sundown tonight. This is the my third year fasting, but my first when I didn't take the proper precautions (i.e. eating so much food that I pass out and wake up only hours before I can eat again).
You see, Ryan and I are driving to Omaha tomorrow for break fast and for our reception. Because of that, I was running around like a mad woman all day getting ready, leaving me little time for eating. I had a decent lunch (I cooked spinach and cheese calzones this morning), but after that it got a little sketchy. I managed to remember to eat some chocolate chip cookies (for blood sugar purposes of course) about 3 p.m. Then, as I was racing to Kol Nidre services, I peeled an orange, getting juice all over my shirt, and stuffed a Sonic Junior Burger down my throat with some water.
I can't with a straight face say I must eat, so I suppose I will suffer through the seven-hour car trip with my book and Ryan to keep my mind distracted from what my stomach is screaming.
For those of you who are read this by e-mail, I have changed your settings so that you only get a preview in your e-mail. My mother-in-law pointed out that those of you who read my blog exclusively via your inbox often miss out on videos and photos that I post.
So, sorry for the inconvenience, but you're going to have to do a little work to read this from now on.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
'That One'
It's looking more and more clear that Barack Obama will become our president, and more and more Americans believe he's ready. (A poll taken of independent voters after the debate actually showed Americans believe Obama would be a better leader, a big change from just a few weeks ago.)
And just because this is probably the funniest thing I've seen in a while:
Sunday, October 5, 2008
It's not too late!
If you're in Kansas, you still have until Oct. 20 to register in Kansas. Go to maps.google.com/vote if you are unsure of your deadline.
If you'd like to share this video (and you SHOULD!), click here to go to YouTube in order to pass it on.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Review: The Audacity of Hope
My reviewrating: 3.5 of 5 stars
The book wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be, but it still made a good read. I would definitely recommend the chapters on faith and family (the last two parts of the book) to anyone -- conservative, liberal or somewhere in between. Obama's views on the topic are so common sense, so base, that it's almost unfortunate how revolutionary they seem in today's society.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Great Bend = Heart = Home
- Even though she uses Microsoft Outlook, she obviously has little faith in its contact list. She rips the top inch of e-mails in order to keep the address for her relatives. Some of these scraps of paper date back to 2005, which is like 1968 in Internet years.
- As if those scraps weren't enough, the drawer and desktop are littered with napkins from a host of occasions and holidays, most with e-mail addresses meticulously copied onto them. On her desk alone, there are napkins for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, autumn, graduation and spring. Apparently only pretty napkins are allowed near the computer. The Bounty ones (likely a generic brand actually) are relegated to the kitchen table.
- Other relics from our recent past include a filofax, a magnifying glass, a dainty watch and enough phone books to surely locate a number for anyone in Barton County if she doesn't already have their e-mail written down on a napkin.
After a long day at my grandmother's, I love sitting in this chair and noticing details that could be recent or touches of my grandparents' from decades past. The window treatments next to me are pinned shut to keep the light out. Nearby, a flashlight rests on the floor, propped up against the wall. I like to imagine that my grandma pinned the drapes shut 20 years ago so I could see the television more clearly and that flashlight might have dropped from the nearby buffet six months ago when grandpa was fumbling around for his glasses.
These bits are pieces of my grandparents, reminders that no matter what religion you practice or what your last name is, parts of you will always be the same. No matter how much time passes, with seasons marked by napkins, a grandparent is your time capsule.
Review: What the Dead Know
My reviewrating: 3 of 5 stars
Hmmm, I'm not so much into mysteries, but I got pulled in by the promise that this book had more depth. It proved to have plenty of depth, but I found the twists, turns, whodunit, could it bes? a lot more gratifying than the actual ending.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Great Schlep
I had heard about The Great Schlep all week but I still hadn't seen it until my sister-in-law passed it along (thanks, Erin!). This has got to be one of the funniest things I have seen in a while.
I'm excited about the debate tonight, though I'll be working. Hopefully my boss will let me control the work TV (usually it's on football).
The debate does worry me, however. I don't understand why journalists in the traditional and nontraditional media have decided to play into the McCain camp's game. The expectations for Sarah Palin are SO LOW that if she gives one intelligent answer -- which I'm 100 percent sure she will -- she will come out a winner. McCain strategists are smart. They know this.
Oh well. At least Sarah Silverman is good for a few laughs.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Good-Bye Baleboosteh Bible
Dear Jewish Living,
I, for one, am so sad to see you go. I was actually thinking about buying subscriptions to you for all my Jewish gal pals, but I see I am too late.
I was one of your first subscribers when you opened shop last year and I looked forward to your bimonthly issues. Now I wish I had saved them all. I will miss your kosher recipes, smart articles on everything from mikvah use to whether tattoos were kosher.
It's been a good 10 months.
P.S. So, um, could you not run that credit card for my next two years' subscriptions? Thanks.
Monday, September 29, 2008
L'Shana Tovah!
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown tonight. Ryan and I wish everyone a happy, healthy new year.
I just got a call that Ryan and I have been chosen to do an aliyah during tomorrow's Rosh Hashanah service in honor of our marriage and my conversion. It's a big honor and hopefully I'll do everyone proud. I will have to practice tonight before watching The Hills.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Schooners All Around!
And, just in case you didn't get enough of us the first time, click here for some more lovely pictures from our wedding day on our photographers' blog.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Youth Fest at the Amp
Anna and I spent part of our day volunteering in the hot sun at Youth Fest, a fundraiser for Youthbridge. This was much more my speed after last night's foray at Bikes, Blues & BBQ. That involved loud music, rude people and semi-nudity. I also got pelted in the head with Guiness beads and saw a girl throw up in her beer. Lovely.
So, yes, after that, playing bean toss with a bunch of kids and doling out prizes was much more down to my tempo. It didn't hurt that our shift followed with Cold Stone Creamery (mmm Cheesecake Fantasy) and a quick trip to the mall, where I bought Ryan more things than I bought myself. Weird.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Book Review
My reviewrating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book. The heroine is very relatable and the love interest is almost too-perfect, but charming nonetheless. I put down this book and my heart was literally soaring and I had tears in my eyes. It's been a while since I could give such a good review to a book, especially one that is easily identified as chick lit.
It's been close to three years since I read The Devil Wears Prada, but I think this book clearly matches up.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Can't. Stop. Looking.
The first post of several to come is up on my photographers' blog. Take a look and tell Eric and Neal how fab and talented they are.