I've been totally slacking all month on my reading goal. I think part of the problem is the book I am reading..."Getting Mother's Body" by: Suzan-Lori Parks, it's a little boring to be honest. I'm 100 pages in and it hasn't gotten to the plot described in the back...which usually wouldn't be a big problem with me if I found the story interesting...which I am about 30% on that...the other problem is I've gotten into other things that have been like a near obsession for me...
My biggest problem is I've never been able to have multiple interests and keep up with them. I pretty much focus on one thing obsessively and ride it out till I lose interest.
But I am getting back on the wagon of reading. I have three more days in the month of July, this book is about 250 pages long and I am on page 100...I'm gonna get this one done before August and hope the next book I choose at least holds my interest enough to want to come back to it regularly.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Comic Con 2010 pt.2
I had such a fun weekend. Was so busy and "on", but it was a total blast. Here's the lowdown:
The original plan was to bring Mary, but after taking her to preview night, we quickly decided it was not going to work. So hubs and I switched off days. He went on Thursday while I stayed home with Mary, which was fine with me cause there was nothing I absolutely had to do that day.
I went Friday morning...scoped out the Hilton Bayfront cause that's where the "Leverage" panel was being held, thengot in line for ballroom 20 which was an insane line. Things got screwed up which I was in the middle and I ended up being put all the way in the back...to which I thought "fuck this" and left the line to go to the floor.
So I didn't get to see "The Big Bang Theory" panel, but I did get to meet Daniel Dae Kim (Jin from Lost)...squeeee!!!!!!!! He was on the floor for "Hawaii 5-O" signing autographs and I actually got to talk to him for 5 seconds. I very much do not want to be that fan girl that can't keep her shit together, so I tried to be kool...but I wanted to say something...so when I get in front of him I'm like, "I loved you on "Lost", you don't even know..." which by itself is kool...then I go on to say "I cried for days after the finale"...he smiled real nice and said thank you and was like "it was really emotional huh?" and then I had to move on...I'm walking away at first absolutely elated I met him. This is seriously one of the things on my bucket list. I used to joke that my life's ambition was to go to Hawaii and stalk the cast of "LOST"...after the glow starts to wear off and I think about what I said, I start to feel so dumb, why oh why did I tell him I cried for days after the finale?!?!?!? That just makes me look unstable, lol. But I was able to get a good picture of him and meeting him was the highlight of day for sure.
I wandered the floor for a while more, then before I left I decided to check what the line for ballroom 20 looked like...a sidenote: for Comic con, your not getting in line for a panel, your getting in line for a room...they don't clear them out in between panels, so it's a free for all...the line looked better then last time so I decided to get in it and try to see the "True Blood" panel. After 3 1/2 hours, I got in. I was all the way in the back, but that's alright. The panel itself was kinda lackluster and I walked away feeling a bit letdown. It's hard waiting in line for over 3 hours for a 1 hour panel, your expectations will not be met all the time.
Saturday was my big day. The "Leverage" panel started at 11 and I wanted to be there really early. Not that I thought they would have as big of a audience as some others, but I knew there would be people getting in line for the room for the later panels. I woke up at 430 am to my cat scratching the hell out of his litter box, and I was too excited to go back to sleep, so I got ready at 5 and left by 615 am. Took me 30 minutes to get there and another 15 to walk clear across the convention center, so I got in line at 7 and it was really worth it. I was pretty much in front :) The videos of the panel are on youtube if anyone is interested, but I will say that I enjoyed myself immensely and even got a couple of free t-shirts. This was the one thing I wanted to do at comic con and it didn't disappoint. I left afterward so Jose could go and see his panel later on in the evening.
Sunday the three of us went. We decided not to see any panels and just wander the floor for a few hours. Went to breakfast at this crappy little restaurant/diner in downtown called "Cafediem" and then went in. I met James Marsters!!! (Spike from BtVS) Had to pay $45 (40 to get an autograph and 5 for the picture) and Jose kind of had to push me to do it cause I felt weird paying for it, but he knew if I didn't I would regret. He was very nice and I pretty much only talked about my grandmother who just loved him. He was real sweet about it and even let me take a picture of him on my phone :) I texted my mom right afterward!!! We walked around for a bit more and bought Mary a yo gabba gabba beanie and a true blood t-shirt for me...then we went home...we were really pooped, lol.
I had so much fun this year and I'm already telling Jose to buy tickets for next, I don't care if we're still living in San Diego or not, lol.
The original plan was to bring Mary, but after taking her to preview night, we quickly decided it was not going to work. So hubs and I switched off days. He went on Thursday while I stayed home with Mary, which was fine with me cause there was nothing I absolutely had to do that day.
I went Friday morning...scoped out the Hilton Bayfront cause that's where the "Leverage" panel was being held, thengot in line for ballroom 20 which was an insane line. Things got screwed up which I was in the middle and I ended up being put all the way in the back...to which I thought "fuck this" and left the line to go to the floor.
So I didn't get to see "The Big Bang Theory" panel, but I did get to meet Daniel Dae Kim (Jin from Lost)...squeeee!!!!!!!! He was on the floor for "Hawaii 5-O" signing autographs and I actually got to talk to him for 5 seconds. I very much do not want to be that fan girl that can't keep her shit together, so I tried to be kool...but I wanted to say something...so when I get in front of him I'm like, "I loved you on "Lost", you don't even know..." which by itself is kool...then I go on to say "I cried for days after the finale"...he smiled real nice and said thank you and was like "it was really emotional huh?" and then I had to move on...I'm walking away at first absolutely elated I met him. This is seriously one of the things on my bucket list. I used to joke that my life's ambition was to go to Hawaii and stalk the cast of "LOST"...after the glow starts to wear off and I think about what I said, I start to feel so dumb, why oh why did I tell him I cried for days after the finale?!?!?!? That just makes me look unstable, lol. But I was able to get a good picture of him and meeting him was the highlight of day for sure.
I wandered the floor for a while more, then before I left I decided to check what the line for ballroom 20 looked like...a sidenote: for Comic con, your not getting in line for a panel, your getting in line for a room...they don't clear them out in between panels, so it's a free for all...the line looked better then last time so I decided to get in it and try to see the "True Blood" panel. After 3 1/2 hours, I got in. I was all the way in the back, but that's alright. The panel itself was kinda lackluster and I walked away feeling a bit letdown. It's hard waiting in line for over 3 hours for a 1 hour panel, your expectations will not be met all the time.
Saturday was my big day. The "Leverage" panel started at 11 and I wanted to be there really early. Not that I thought they would have as big of a audience as some others, but I knew there would be people getting in line for the room for the later panels. I woke up at 430 am to my cat scratching the hell out of his litter box, and I was too excited to go back to sleep, so I got ready at 5 and left by 615 am. Took me 30 minutes to get there and another 15 to walk clear across the convention center, so I got in line at 7 and it was really worth it. I was pretty much in front :) The videos of the panel are on youtube if anyone is interested, but I will say that I enjoyed myself immensely and even got a couple of free t-shirts. This was the one thing I wanted to do at comic con and it didn't disappoint. I left afterward so Jose could go and see his panel later on in the evening.
Sunday the three of us went. We decided not to see any panels and just wander the floor for a few hours. Went to breakfast at this crappy little restaurant/diner in downtown called "Cafediem" and then went in. I met James Marsters!!! (Spike from BtVS) Had to pay $45 (40 to get an autograph and 5 for the picture) and Jose kind of had to push me to do it cause I felt weird paying for it, but he knew if I didn't I would regret. He was very nice and I pretty much only talked about my grandmother who just loved him. He was real sweet about it and even let me take a picture of him on my phone :) I texted my mom right afterward!!! We walked around for a bit more and bought Mary a yo gabba gabba beanie and a true blood t-shirt for me...then we went home...we were really pooped, lol.
I had so much fun this year and I'm already telling Jose to buy tickets for next, I don't care if we're still living in San Diego or not, lol.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Comic Con 2010!!!!
I am so effin excited I can barely stand it. Tonight is preview night so I am not expecting much. Taking Mary with us the whole week and I admit, I'm nervous. So nervous I briefly considered bringing some tylonol...(j/k....sorta :P). I figure, snacks + yo gabba gabba on the IPad = a content baby. Plus, we're not going to be there from the moment it opens till it closes. We didn't even do that the first year we went.
I will say, that if I only see one panel at Comic Con, it will be the "Leverage" panel. The show came back for it's third season a month ago and they have been on fire. Plus, the line up was updated and now four of the five members of the cast are going to be there: Timothy Hutton, Aldis Hodge, Christian Kane, and Beth Riesgraf....AHHHHHHH!!! It's starts at 11 but I will probably be there at 8...I'm not kidding...I will camp for Leverage...I am so stoked!!!!!
I will say, that if I only see one panel at Comic Con, it will be the "Leverage" panel. The show came back for it's third season a month ago and they have been on fire. Plus, the line up was updated and now four of the five members of the cast are going to be there: Timothy Hutton, Aldis Hodge, Christian Kane, and Beth Riesgraf....AHHHHHHH!!! It's starts at 11 but I will probably be there at 8...I'm not kidding...I will camp for Leverage...I am so stoked!!!!!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Ragu, Dog the Bounty Hunter and David Sedaris
Eventually I will be one of those people that can have multiple priorities and keep up with all of them.
Till then, these are the things that have been on my mind.
Ragu Spaghetti. In an effort to be cheap shopping for a weeks worth I bought Ragu Spaghetti Sauce, meat flavored, instead of Preggo Meat Flavored sauce. Oh my goodness...for the extra, what? 40 or 50 cents, just spoil yourself and buy Preggo. Ragu is really just a watery, reaaalllllyyyy watery tomato paste. I choked it down. Jose tossed it. Mary ate it, but I didn't give her a whole lot of it. Gosh it was so disgusting! I can't believe that was the sauce I ate as a child. I don't remember it being so nasty. Ugg...just never, never again!
Dog the Bounty Hunter has been on a lot on A&E lately. I admit, I'm a reality tv show junky, but I do have standards. I don't watch spoiled ass kids and spoiled ass adults being spoiled and rotten as hell. But anyway, I first started watching back in 2005, I had just moved to CT after living in Hawaii all my life and I was depressed and sad and I missed home and my family. I started watching this show and it really helped me through a tough time. So I continued watching. I was enthralled and I loved them. Even through all the controversy and un-masking that has gone on with Dog, I still love him. I don't know why. I still enjoy the show. Even more, Mary likes to watch it with me :)
I just got through with "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by: David Sedaris. I think this is the latest in a series of memoirs he has written. I'm hoping his previous books are better then this one. This was a series of essays it seemed and it was hard to get into whichever tale he was trying to tell at whichever point in the book. It took me forever to get through it and it irritates that it took me so long. But I am not the type to stop in the middle of a book. Even if I don't like it, I won't just abandon it. That's why I am so picky about what books I start reading. Plus, I realized toward the end of the book that I don't think I would like Sedaris as a person/friend in real life. That's never quite happened to me before.
So now, before my computer dies, I bid you...adieu!
Till then, these are the things that have been on my mind.
Ragu Spaghetti. In an effort to be cheap shopping for a weeks worth I bought Ragu Spaghetti Sauce, meat flavored, instead of Preggo Meat Flavored sauce. Oh my goodness...for the extra, what? 40 or 50 cents, just spoil yourself and buy Preggo. Ragu is really just a watery, reaaalllllyyyy watery tomato paste. I choked it down. Jose tossed it. Mary ate it, but I didn't give her a whole lot of it. Gosh it was so disgusting! I can't believe that was the sauce I ate as a child. I don't remember it being so nasty. Ugg...just never, never again!
Dog the Bounty Hunter has been on a lot on A&E lately. I admit, I'm a reality tv show junky, but I do have standards. I don't watch spoiled ass kids and spoiled ass adults being spoiled and rotten as hell. But anyway, I first started watching back in 2005, I had just moved to CT after living in Hawaii all my life and I was depressed and sad and I missed home and my family. I started watching this show and it really helped me through a tough time. So I continued watching. I was enthralled and I loved them. Even through all the controversy and un-masking that has gone on with Dog, I still love him. I don't know why. I still enjoy the show. Even more, Mary likes to watch it with me :)
I just got through with "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by: David Sedaris. I think this is the latest in a series of memoirs he has written. I'm hoping his previous books are better then this one. This was a series of essays it seemed and it was hard to get into whichever tale he was trying to tell at whichever point in the book. It took me forever to get through it and it irritates that it took me so long. But I am not the type to stop in the middle of a book. Even if I don't like it, I won't just abandon it. That's why I am so picky about what books I start reading. Plus, I realized toward the end of the book that I don't think I would like Sedaris as a person/friend in real life. That's never quite happened to me before.
So now, before my computer dies, I bid you...adieu!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wanting to be a little more frugal
Every once in a while I become obsessed with saving money. I don't really know why, but I go through periods of not wanting to spend as much (which never works out) and wanting to cut back on some things.
I've been thinking in the last few days about where I could cut back and try and save a few bucks...so far this is what I've come up with:
-I changed Mary's diaper from Pampers to Huggies. Huggies is only a few bucks cheaper, but the Commissary sells a box of Huggies with 120-something diapers for $30.00...they don't sell a box of Pampers. I used to buy a pack of 52(? going off memory and my memory is not the sharpest tool on my box) for $17.99...so to get at least more then 120, I would have to buy three packs of Pampers with 52 diapers in each, so I would be spending $53.97...so I'm glad to save the $20.00....not lucky for me, Mary hasn't had a bad reaction to them, so they are working for now.
-I've also changed her wipes. I used to buy the pampers wipes pack which were about $12.00, I bought the same amount from Pure and Gentle for $4.00...now I can't say I like them and they certainly rubbed Mary the wrong way at first, but it seems to be working for now. We'll see if I keep buying them when they are gone.
-I'm going to make my own laundry detergent. The cost effectiveness is astounding and reading reviews from people who do it make me want to try it. I'm gonna buy everything I need this weekend and try it out.
-I'm also gonna use white distilled vinegar for cleaning. 1/2 water and 1/2 vinegar is supposed to be a decent all purpose cleaner. I'm gonna try that out too!
That's all I could really come up with for now.
Time to go, Mary is trippin out over gosh knows what.
I've been thinking in the last few days about where I could cut back and try and save a few bucks...so far this is what I've come up with:
-I changed Mary's diaper from Pampers to Huggies. Huggies is only a few bucks cheaper, but the Commissary sells a box of Huggies with 120-something diapers for $30.00...they don't sell a box of Pampers. I used to buy a pack of 52(? going off memory and my memory is not the sharpest tool on my box) for $17.99...so to get at least more then 120, I would have to buy three packs of Pampers with 52 diapers in each, so I would be spending $53.97...so I'm glad to save the $20.00....not lucky for me, Mary hasn't had a bad reaction to them, so they are working for now.
-I've also changed her wipes. I used to buy the pampers wipes pack which were about $12.00, I bought the same amount from Pure and Gentle for $4.00...now I can't say I like them and they certainly rubbed Mary the wrong way at first, but it seems to be working for now. We'll see if I keep buying them when they are gone.
-I'm going to make my own laundry detergent. The cost effectiveness is astounding and reading reviews from people who do it make me want to try it. I'm gonna buy everything I need this weekend and try it out.
-I'm also gonna use white distilled vinegar for cleaning. 1/2 water and 1/2 vinegar is supposed to be a decent all purpose cleaner. I'm gonna try that out too!
That's all I could really come up with for now.
Time to go, Mary is trippin out over gosh knows what.
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