Freeze Frame!

Hockey Song...

Here are some pics from the Olympics so far...Having a blast! Can not believe I have only been here a couple of days. We have done so much!
Photos-
Our digs
The rings
Us in front of our first event. China vs Switzerland women's hockey
Me with a fiver!

larghetto...

It is thesis-time. I am finishing up my first draft of the first chapter, and it feels strange. Not bad strange, or good strange, just strange, strange. It is already February which is kind of crazy since it was just Christmas. I hurt my neck on New Year's Eve and in the last few days I am finally starting to feel back to myself. Since I am going to be (gulp!) forty, I guess it takes a bit longer to heal.
Saw the Residents a few days ago and I enjoyed it. It had been quite a few years since I had last gone to see and hear them, and they did not disappoint. I mean it wasn't as good as the first time I saw them twenty years ago (Cube E and King and Eye), but it was very enjoyable. Who knows when I will write again. Word!

Sitting on a cornflake...

Did you know that goldfish crackers have names? Gilbert, Brooke, Finn and Xtreme.
It has been forever since I wrote on thee ol' bloggy blog. I have been engaged in many activities: thesis stuff, school work, Italian work, and GRE. Not to mention watching the remake of V , Mad Men and Modern Family. The only thing it seems I haven't been doing is playing music. The band has been quiet and I have been sketching out my covers project (I have one song done out of 20 I want to do) but I have put that on the back burner because of school deadlines, etc. I am going to a conference this weekend so playing music will not happen again.
Bummer.
On a happier note I had a fun Halloween. Hung out with friends, played BRB (Beatles rock band) and ate great food.
I saw decorations up for Christmas already. My mother is breaking the tradition of decorating Thanksgiving weekend. She is decorating the weekend before! Up is down, high is low! I will stick to tradition and decorate Thanksgiving weekend.
Who day and night must scramble for a living--to have the final word at home? Tradition, tradition!

This town, is an all-right town...

Reno. For some reason I just love it. The husband and I spent a few days there and played penny slots, roulette and blackjack. We also had an Awful-Awful at the Nugget. They have tried to class up the joint with more light and tables, but I know.

She bought a clock on Hollywood boulevard the day she left...

X is my favorite band. I can be in crummy mood play one of their songs and feel better. They played a few weeks ago at the OC Fair and they (of course) were great. They played a couple of tunes I hadn't heard in awhile which was exciting. Exene was recently diagnosed with MS and I don't know if they will play as often---so anytime they play I am there!

Robert DeNiro is waiting...He's talking Italian.

In case you don't know what that means it is a song title-Bananarama from the 1980s.
ANYWAY! I am taking a summer Italian course and I learned that in Italy there is a slow food movement. It is a community of people who enjoy local produce, homemade products, and have a commitment to the environment. There is a website for gli Uniti Stati- http://www.slowfoodusa.org
Kind of cool. I think with the garden, compost, frequent farmer's market visits, and B thinking about making cheese (again), that we think "slow food" is a good thing.
Please recycle.