Smoked Turkey and gravy
Italian sausage and parmesean cheese stuffing
Green beans with goat cheese and warm bacon dressing
Lima beans
Cherry tomato gratin
Cranberry sauce with marmalade and cinnamon
Crescent rolls
Pumpkin pie
Procrastination Things I need to get/do before we leave on this shopping trip:
1. Laundry! I haven't done any in ages.
2. My MOH *loves* cream soda. (so do i)
3. We absolutely must have the camera this time. I still regret that we did not take the time to find it before I bought my dress.
4. I want to print out some things I have stored on my computer before we go on the trip. We're taking my laptop with us, but I wanted it safely stashed in my wedding notebook too.
5. All my wedding paraphenalia has to come, so my MOH can see it, and I can play with it during the long car ride.
6. I want to do my nails, and remember to take all the beauty stuff and jewelry I will want for trying on with my dress.
and
7. And of course, clothes!
Okay, that was fun. Back to work for me.
posted by Kecia 5:53 PM
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
"Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind."
- Marston Bates
posted by Kecia 9:47 AM
The sun danced on the snow with a sparkling smile,
As two lovers sat quietly, alone for a while.
Then he turned and said, with a casual air
(Though he blushed from his chin to the tips of his hair),
"I think I might like to get married to you"
"Well then, she said, "Well there's a thought,
But what if we can't promise to be all that we ought,
If I'm late yet again, when we plan to go out.
For I know I can't promise, I'll learn to ignore
Dirty socks and damp towels strewn all over the floor.
So if we can't vow to be all that we should
I'm not sure what to do, though the idea's quite good".
But he gently smiled and tilted his head
Till his lips met her ear and softly he said
"I promise, to weave my dreams into your own,
That wherever you breathe will be my hearts home.
I promise, that whether with rags or with gold I am blessed
Your smile is the jewel I will treasure the best.
Do you think then, my love, we should marry - do you?"
"Yes" she said smiling "I do".
Sentiment of the Day Stupid people make me unhappy.
(I am not alone in this. Today, when trying to talk a bright undergrad into attending grad school instead of med school, several grad students used the arguement: "but if you're a doctor, you have to be around/deal with stupid people!")
posted by Kecia 9:42 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
"Money. A social life. A shave. A Ph.D. student needs not such things." So True. Every Strip.
Scientists' Mantra "A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library."
- Westheimer's Discovery
posted by Kecia 9:56 AM
Friday, October 17, 2003
Snape has the right of it
Was riding home the bus today next to two insanely giggly, vapor-headed freshman girls. They lived on the north part of campus, so they assumed that the "Adelphi North" bus would take them to their dorms. Nevermind that Adelphi is the name of the neighboring town. There was much ear-splitting shriekage when their dorms were passed, and at the next stoplight they confronted the driver, who tried to explain where the bus was going. I felt pity on him, because you could tell they had no clue, so I intervened. Besides, if they hadn't gotten off at the next stop (at my encouragement), I would've had to sit next to their inanity the whole trip. I find it hard to care if they found their way to the adjacent bus route.
After they got off, the bus driver shook his head, and solemnly offered this wisdom "You shouldn't smoke weed."
posted by Kecia 4:27 PM
Two Morning Quotes "Any woman can flash skin," says Southern author Ronda Rich, "but the most irresistible damsel is the one who seduces and flirts with a sharp, knowledgeable mind."
"[Tech] just attracts weird people, and that's all there is to it. Also, the normal people leave their first year, 'cause the first time they see people playing D&D in the student center, they realize they came to the wrong school." - some random guy
posted by Kecia 10:22 AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Party On!
(see, you'd thought i'd forgotten about my blog. but i've just been busy. yeah, that's it, busy. i haven't been cheating on my blog with a wedding journal or anything like that, of course not.)
posted by Kecia 9:19 PM
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Early Morning Anger It is my firm belief that the state should not be in the business of legislating morality.
I don't know if I should be allowed to vote again - I did such a horrible job of it the first time.
posted by Kecia 8:32 AM
Tonight It's so clear and cold here tonight that it looks like our balcony has brought us even closer to the city. The capitol is gleaming briliant white tonight, and I can see a hundred patterned stars, moving in their dance into and out of Reagan. It is beautiful. This is my favorite time of year, when your breath makes shapes in the frosty air of the mornings, the sun blazes warm on a cooling earth in the afternoons, and over it all a perfect azure sky.
For once, everything has fallen into place. My job, my home, my life. All, tonight, is perfect.
But I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
-Matchbox 20
We should be fine. I have work off today, and so I'm going to spend the day moving stuff away from the windows, putting electronics in the closets, stuff like that. We moved the stuff in from the balcony last night, and it's nice to have pretty flowers in the house. :) I've got the news on in the background, and they say the wind is already picking up. The eye is supposed to pass over us - or just to the west of us - around midnight or a little after tonight. I think we're planning to huddle in the big closet most of the night - though we may abandon it for the stairwell if things look bad. We've got bread and water enough for several days, and fortunately there's no danger of flooding on the twelfth floor.
Don't worry if you can't get in touch with us for the next several days - lines go down like dominoes here even at the slightest hint of storms.
Musings Matthew and I have now been together for four years. It doesn't seem that long and yet seems much longer than that, all at once. Fulfilling. That is really the best term that can be applied to it. *shakes head* Four years ago, at this moment, I was at my second - first fully attended - DT open house. Mostly hanging around Hetal, as I remember. And now . . . wow. Just wow.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I'm not sure all these people understand.
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday.
Nightswimming, remembering that night.
September's coming soon.
I'm pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
*sniffs* Well, if they don't want to know that the hills are carpeted with a sultry shade of green, blown by a warm breeze that wafts tales of lazy, sun-washed summer days, they don't have to read it, do they? :)
My old ones finally broke Sunday night. I'd been needing a new perscription anyway. Apparently, my right eye stayed the same (near perfect) and my left eye (always a problem) got worse. Anyway, this is the result.
posted by Kecia 5:11 PM
Monday, August 18, 2003
Sorting Hat Song I just felt like compiling this. So there. (edited to add: there has been some confusion regarding this post. I just sorted people based on the side of themselves they most often present to me. There is no way I can possibly know what is your defining trait. I don't even know mine. (that's why they have an enchanted hat do these things.) So, chill.)
Me: Ravenclaw
Hugh: Hufflepuff
Aaron: Slytherin
Hetal: Gryffindor
Matthew: Gryffindor
Kevin: Gryffindor
Jenn: Hufflepuff
John B.: Hufflepuff
John R.: Gryffindor
Anni: Ravenclaw
Audrey: Slytherin
Gettys: Gryffindor
My mom: Ravenclaw
My dad: Hufflepuff
My brother: Ravenclaw
Kash: Slytherin :)
Alex S.: Slytherin
AM: Ravenclaw
Sid: Ravenclaw
Craig: Gryffindor
Carl: Slytherin
Bill D: Ravenclaw
Shana: Slytherin
More Wedding Conversation Lyrelle: trying to think of what to call kevin
Lyrelle: bridesman? sounds too much like you
Lyrelle: brideslad?
MBSatGT: i like bridesyeoman
Lyrelle: yeoman! that was the word i was trying to think of!
Lyrelle: i think, anyway
Lyrelle: because bridesknight and brideschampion
MBSatGT: or bridesknight
Lyrelle: just didn't sound right
Lyrelle: heh
MBSatGT: or brides billygoat
Lyrelle: HAH
. . .
MBSatGT: or bridesgigalo
Lyrelle: um
Lyrelle: no
MBSatGT: or however you spell gigalo
Lyrelle: bridesnoble
Lyrelle: sounds like barnes and noble
MBSatGT: yes
Lyrelle: bridesbard
. . .
Lyrelle: bridesfriend?
Lyrelle: bridesgoodman?
Lyrelle: bridesviscount?
Lyrelle: hmmmm
Lyrelle: this is difficult
MBSatGT: bridesbitch
Lyrelle: um
Lyrelle: no
MBSatGT: bridescutie
Lyrelle: hah
MBSatGT: bridescutiepi
MBSatGT: e
Lyrelle: jenn would get me
MBSatGT: bridesflailer
Lyrelle: besides, that's you
Lyrelle: flailer?
Lyrelle: that's sort of disturbing
MBSatGT: brideshobbit
MBSatGT: brideself
MBSatGT: bridestroll
MBSatGT: bridesdwarf
MBSatGT: bridesstallion
Lyrelle: um
Lyrelle: i love you
MBSatGT: bridesdunedain
Lyrelle: hey, i like that one
Lyrelle: Main Entry: yeo·man
Pronunciation: 'yO-m&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English yoman
Date: 14th century
1 a : an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household b : a person attending or assisting another
Lyrelle: bridescomrade
MBSatGT: bridesnerd
MBSatGT: i like you
Lyrelle: *snerk*
Lyrelle: i like you too
MBSatGT: bridesgeek
MBSatGT: but both of those are me
MBSatGT: wehich is a problme
Lyrelle: true
Lyrelle: though most of these are you
Lyrelle: bridesally
Lyrelle: bridesamigo
Lyrelle: Main Entry: gentleman-at-arms
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural gentlemen-at-arms
Date: 1859
: one of a military corps of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions
Lyrelle: hmmm
Lyrelle: bridesgentleman?
MBSatGT: brideswaiter, bridesbellhop, bridesbutler, brideschauffeur, brideshorseboy, brideslackie
Lyrelle: bridesgent?
Lyrelle: hah
MBSatGT: hah?
MBSatGT: bridesfarmboy?
Lyrelle: your words are silly
MBSatGT: (like princess bride)
Lyrelle: no, then he would be westly
MBSatGT: oh
Lyrelle: exactly
Lyrelle: and we can't have that
MBSatGT: you can't speellll westley
Lyrelle: whatever
MBSatGT: i can't spell spell
. . .
Lyrelle: http://www.troy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/g_titles.htm MBSatGT: bridestheow
Lyrelle: i'm a big fan of brideslaird
Lyrelle: but i want everyone to try to pronounce bridesgeneat
MBSatGT: brideshold
Lyrelle: bridessocman
Lyrelle: right
Lyrelle: that was fun
posted by Kecia 1:32 PM
Thursday, August 14, 2003
Montreat Montreat is not just a place -
it is a state of mind,
a state of grace.
A high valley surrounded by
tall, graceful, old mountains,
its life is nurtured along streams
which flow through a sparkling lake
and out into the rivers and the oceans.
Its life is also nurtured by high springs of faith
which have cascaded through generations
to pour out into community, church, and world
a lively sense of believing as belonging
to a family which is deeply relational,
yet limitlessly extended.
Its currents of committment have been carried forward
by memories of childhood, youth, and old age;
by laughter, hikes, picnics, and square dances;
by spiritual heights of conferences, retreats, and worship;
by reunions of all sorts - form families to global communions.
It serves to recall for us all that church is family,
not just genetic, nor nuclear family,
but global family.
Scripture calls it "the household of God,"
and so we are.
Of this deep truth, Montreat is a faithful reminder.
For a century, now, it has overflowed its mystical force
into homes and churches, schools, and hospitals,
places of need and of care.
Like a mountain stream it moves on,
always changing and yet, somehow, always the same.
For those who have loved it for a lifetime,
as for those for whom it is a fresh discovery,
its elemental effect has been to guide -
in courses sometimes quiet, sometimes turbulent -
toward Him who is the water of life.
Recordari Haven't been posting much here lately. I'm not sure why. I have been updating my wedding planning journal, but nothing else. Been a bit busy with other stuff, I guess, though I can't think what. Work is going . . . well, going at least. And Matthew and I still haven't picked a photographer, though we have started work on our save the dates. And we've started weight watchers, except without the meetings. I've been forming new resolutions to go out and see more of the city, but we've just been working so much lately we haven't had a chance. Watched a beautiful thunderstorm over the capitol last night from our balcony; will post pictures (taken with the assitance of Matthew's newest thrift store purchase: a five dollar tripod) eventually.
Um . . . yeah. That's why I haven't been posting lately. Not much to say.
posted by Kecia 9:29 PM
Saturday, August 02, 2003
*does dance of joy* In some number of days (300!), I will be getting married to my best friend. I will be surrounded by friends and family, all of whom I love and who love me.
Not only is this cause for giddy excitement, it warms me to the depths of my soul.
I just thought I'd let you know.
posted by Kecia 11:44 PM
An Announcement Our refrigerator is now de-iced and restocked.
It's good to have food in the house again. :)
posted by Kecia 11:19 PM
Friday, August 01, 2003
You are Ravenclaw! You ponder. You think about stuff. You tend to remain neutral. You are probably a geek, but at least you're not a bloody Gryffindor, right?
The Not So Bloody Obvious Sorting Hat brought to you by Quizilla
It's been a hard week. Here's hoping the next will be better.
posted by Kecia 9:31 PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Return Have made it back, in one piece, with a newly-acquired measure of respect for the French. How they manage to take so much time off from work and ever recover, i'll never understand.
The mountains were gorgeous, as always, and much fun was had. Wedding planning threatened to overwhelm the whole vacation with melodrama, but fortunately, everything worked out in the end. Found out when I got back that I'd missed much goings-on at work; am just as glad I spent last week away.
Missing everybody from back home tonight; you guys take care of yourselves.
posted by Kecia 12:20 AM
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
So Most of you know that I'm having a dilemma about my attendants. For those of you that don't, here's the situation.
I'm good friends with a couple. I've known the guy longer, and would like to invite him to be an attendant in my wedding. However, I am afraid this will hurt the feelings of the girl. What should I do?
1) just ask the guy already. nobody's feelings will be hurt; you're just paranoid
2) don't ask either of them
3) elope already
Also, how crucial is it that the groom's sister be an attendant? And shouldn't she be the *groom's* attendant?
posted by Kecia 4:36 PM
Monday, July 14, 2003
Conversations at Work Lyrelle: aha!
JBOB2002: ?
Lyrelle: i have found out what is wrong with rpl10
JBOB2002: it sucks?
Lyrelle: it is 666 nt long
JBOB2002: something more specific?
Lyrelle: :-)
JBOB2002: ahhh, the devil it be
Lyrelle: i think we should burn it
JBOB2002: I see - it was a pitchfork causing that stabbing burning pain in my ass
JBOB2002: sorry, that was gross
Lyrelle: *snerk*
posted by Kecia 4:46 PM
You are a broadsword! you are double-edged and sharp. As swords go you are a happy medium. Long but not to long. Sharp but not enough to make the blade weak. Strong but not overly heavy.
Interesting "look, if I want to play with male bits I've got my own and have never had a desire to play with someone elses..." -- a friend, explaining why he isn't gay
posted by Kecia 11:15 PM
Saturday, July 05, 2003
"Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other. Now you will feel no cold, For each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two bodies, But there is only one life before you. Go now to your dwelling place To enter into the days of your togetherness. And may your days be good and long upon the earth." -- Apache Wedding Blessing
Congratulations, Kev & Jenn!
posted by Kecia 9:29 AM
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Apparently No one should tell me anything, ever, as I almost undoubtably burst out with it in front of the exactly wrong person. Secrets aren't the real problem; I can keep those just fine. Gossip, however, that should not be repeated, or stuff I didn't realize was so volatile . . .
*sigh*
I've managed to f*** up two friendships in the past four days. The rest of you should leave before I chase you away.
posted by Kecia 9:47 PM
It's that Time of year Again . . . when all the wedding dress desginers release their new designs.
Wedding Toast "Instead of a toast, I wanted to read a page from the velveteen rabbit. But I forgot the book. (everyone laughed) It seems like this whole wedding has been about forgetting things. You have no idea how many things went wrong, or were missed, or I forgot. (Everybody laughed again.) But it has occured to me today, that maybe marriage has to do with forgetting things, too. It seems to me that marriage has half to do with remembering - remembering what it is that you love about each other, remembering your sweetheart's favorite colour, and his birthday, and that he likes two creams and a sugar in his coffee - and remembering the things that have brought you together - the things that you have learned about each other, and the people who have seen you through. And it seems that the other half is about forgetting - forgetting the little things that the other has done and said in their weaker moments. Forgetting your own little grievences. Forgetting that he forgot to take out the garbage, again. So here is to remembering - everything that that made today so beautiful - and to forgetting - all the woe and chaos and everything that made getting here so difficult."
posted by Kecia 9:14 AM
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Quote "He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much."
- Bessie Stanley
posted by Kecia 11:35 AM
10. It doesn't bother me at all that my college roommate is making $80,000 a year on Wall Street.
9. I'd be delighted to proofread your book/chapter/article.
8. My work has a lot of practical importance.
7. I would never date an undergraduate.
6. Your latest article was so inspiring.
5. I turned down a lot of great job offers to come here.
4. I just have one more book to read and then I'll start writing.
3. The department is giving me so much support.
2. My job prospects look really good.
1. No really, I'll be out of here in only two more years.
Insomnia This post is here because it is three-thirty in the morning and I cannot sleep. I could post profound thoughts here on the subject of insomnia, but am somewhat hampered in that effort in that it took me a full minute to think of the word "subject."
posted by Kecia 3:26 AM
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Hrm. Playing with commentses again. Apparently neither my computer nor Matthew's will allow me to save changes to the template for this, so I'm hashing it out in the grad student office - So far, not so good.
So now I've resorted to asking the Haloscan people for help. *sigh* I'm going Thanksgiving grocery shopping now, though! Turkey, here I come!
posted by Kecia 3:31 PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Birthday September 3rd:
Beautiful but full of melancholy
attractive
very empathic
loves anything beautiful and tasteful
loves to travel
dreamer
restless
capricious
honest
can be influenced but is not easy to live with
demanding
good intuition
suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.
Outrage There are no words strong enough to describe how I feel about the author of this article. So I won't even try. Click and see for yourself.
posted by Kecia 9:35 PM
OotP
Hollow. I feel hollow.
It's just so . . . different.
Edited to add: Arabella's opinions align with mine, in a far more powerful and accurate way than I could have shared them. Spoilers included, so click at your own risk.
posted by Kecia 5:21 PM
On Photography MBSatGT: why is everyone so expensive?
Lyrelle: that's what i'm saying. the only ones in our price range SUCK
Lyrelle: :-(
MBSatGT: that could be because our price range sucks
MBSatGT: :-(
Lyrelle: oh.
Lyrelle: well, yes.
posted by Kecia 11:35 AM
Argh! I am such a dork. There is a dress on ebay that I have unthinkingly allowed my heartstrings to wrap around. Unfortunately, I would have to lose ~15 inches around my waist to fit into it. Which means, of course, that I can't bid on it. If it were five inches, maybe. But not fifteen.
But it is calling me . . .
(and no, I haven't posted about AtE yet. I can't bring myself to. one more chapter and it will be *over,* and I don't want to think about that.)
posted by Kecia 8:01 PM
Friday, June 06, 2003
Dragons & Ribbons A very good sort of story. Just the thing to while away the hours until the next chapter of AtE . . .
posted by Kecia 9:18 AM
Quote of the Morning A kiss is a contraction of the mouth
Due to an enlargement of the heart
posted by Kecia 8:17 AM
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
For Those of You in The Know:
We found a lodge with an attached chapel. The lodge part can be viewed here. A theoretical reception site can be viewed here. Also, check your calendars for the end of May next year . . . it's looking more and more like that'll be the date.
Rumor has it that a chapter of AtE went to beta today . . . minions, be on alert!
posted by Kecia 5:20 PM
For the Stalkers out There: I decided (mostly because I can, and because I can't sleep) to post pictures of what my house (well, my living room, really) looks like when it's actually clean, which very rarely occurs. This is probably of no interest whatsoever to anyone but my mom; I didn't have the energy or the time to clean before she came to visit.
Now you know. This particular bout of cleaning was inspired by the impending visit of Matthew's sister and her husband. More people should come visit, so we'd clean more often. The living room does not at all match the pictures these days . . . and besides, then people could come duckpin bowling with us. We're all about spreading the love of duckpin bowling. (Below is Jennifer and Matthew S. proudly displaying their duckpin scores.)
I can hear bottle rockets going off under my window. This makes me jumpy, as I can never quite forget that I live in one of the more hated cities in the world . . .
I've been posting a lot of pictures lately. Does this interfere with/increase anyone's browsing pleasure? Questions? Comments? Snide remarks?
I'm still awakeful. Which is bad, because I have to be at work early tommorrow because we're expanding into hostile territory - that is, the lab next door. We make more money for the school than they do, and we need the space, so we get it. John and I are not actually thrilled about being involved, but we have little choice; we're just peons in the whole process. So tommorrow I have to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed so I can carry heavy objects into a dirty, hostile room. Yay.
2. Who is your favorite band? (not that it’s in existence anymore, but whatever)
3. Your favorite faerie tale?
Not my favorite, and not exactly a faerie tale, but I couldn’t find a picture of the Lady of the Linden Tree.
4.You wish you looked like:
5. You wish you were dating: (oh wait, I am!)
6. Favorite drugs:
7. The best idea ever:
8. The best place ever:
9. Current favorite movie:
10. Describe yourself:
11. Something that irritates you:
12. Something that makes you happy:
13. Describe your life:
14. Your favorite picture: (Okay, so it’s a sculpture, not a picture. I don’t have a favorite picture. So sue me.)
One thing I realized as I was filling this out, is that I would have chosen quite different pictures six months ago. Yay for the wonders of modern medicine. :)
posted by Kecia 6:49 PM
a home for my blatherings on the web, because i have a real need to procrastinate more than i already do
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