December 2009
11 posts
santa claus(ette) is comin to town?
i knew it was coming.
the questions in the family listserv alluded to it weeks ago.
‘does santa have to a man?’
i felt my lack of kids, nieces or nephews pointing giant santa colored arrows at my head.
just the other day, i was talking to papa one-t, “papa one-t, they are gunna try to pressure me into that red suit!”
he replied, “nonsense! that fat man is a...
one of the things that’s fun about dc is all the crazy memorials EVERYWHERE. these come in the forms of statues, plaques, parks, trees, benches, traffic circles…
and i really never notice these.
but recently i have been walking more. different from running when i’m totally involved in how my legs want to detach and start kicking me and i’m doing my best elphaba...
anacostia river boat tour
a few weeks ago the squeeze and i went on a tour of the anacostia river given by the executive director of the anacostia watershed society. it was enlightening. and beautiful. and dirty. and inspiring.
i have always been told the horror stories…that the river is a disaster, and it is, but i never really took the time to check it out before. it’s quite beautiful. and they have...
skigolfing astronaut!
the old man and i did a lot of wandering around dc while he was in town over thanksgiving. we ended up in a museum neither of us had set foot in in YEARS, the smithsonian national air and space museum. it was kind of incredible actually. kids everywhere learning and loving and adventuring. such crazy history. and just about the nicest helper man at the info desk who found out our interests and...
phantastic show
naked guy + unbelievable set list + a well practiced band + snow + the squeeze + champagne + hotel room + phriendly phans = one heck of an amazing phish weekend
the squeeze and i originally had a hotel room. we canceled it after deciding that we’d just drive home after the show so it would be easier to get to sunday’s trail race. not 10 minutes after we canceled it, did the email come...
emigrated to another star
mom
august 30, 1944 - december 9, 1996
i love you
and miss you
and continue learning from you each and every day.
thank you.
thanksgiving...a little post thanksgiving
i’m thankful for my friends, family and squeeze. pretty simple.
trot for hunger 2009
thanksgiving dinner at ET’s house.
rock creek hike.
museum fun.
cantlers.
Adventures for the Cure
roosk and i headed out to a screening of adventures for the cure at a local dc bike shop, bicycle stations. i think you should watch the trailer, but in case your just not into the whole youtube thing, i’ll tell you it’s about cute boys who ride SINGLE SPEED FIXED GEAR bikes (ONE gear, that doesn’t coast…if the wheels are moving, the pedals are pedaling) across the...
my favorite MO
HOTT!
i loved movember. or rather, i love what it stood for.
and i encouraged my man and every other man i know to sport the mo.
the squeeze was just excited i was supporting any sort of facial hair at all and immediately jumped at the opportunity to sport mo.
now that its over, i’m not sad to see it go.
but boy was it hilarious.
it was like a weird third person in the room. and a...
i joined team fatty!
i did it, i joined team fatty, just as i said i would! and i’m super stoked.
i’ll no doubt babble on and on in the coming months, but for now, here’s the skinny…
i’ll be riding in Philly in the livestrong challenge to beat the snot out of cancer in memory of my mom and uncle terry and everyone who has ever or will ever come face to face with it.
the numbers
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