Back to Berkeley

12-30-11

Went in to work for a bit today. Back to Berkeley = back to seeing fun sidewalk art outside the BART station!

A Little After the Fact

12-27-11

The first snow since I've been in MI. A few hours before I leave. I sorta like it that way! Purdy.

12-26-11

YAY Credits with Jonathan's name!

Christmas Casualties

12-25-11

The Christmas festivities are just too much for some people.

Christmas Eve

 12-24-11

Christmas Eve! Tree, fire, presents and cookies. Kathryn always goes all out and bakes hella cookies. She even made some gluten-free for me! Yay! Merry Christmas Eve, everybody.

Meet My New Boyfriend

 12-23-11

I was disappointed that the Y here didn't have any heavy bags, and then I discovered this handsome fellow. Oh yeah. He's a punching bag. I went to the Y just to get in a core class and noticed him sitting against the wall, so I asked if I could use the room to work out more and stayed to beat him up a little. It was awesome. Shadow boxing is just not the same. And it was fun to have a "person" to hit - really helped me work on angles and uppercuts! 

Christmas is Coming...

12-22-11

I've been busy wrapping presents today - getting it done before everyone else gets here!

There Really Isn't Much to do in Michigan...

12-21-11

Obligatory visit to Meijer. 

Holiday Vacations: Contrasting Experiences

Jess is currently in Hawaii.

I am in Michigan.

I bring you: contrasts via text message:

Bekah: "It's sleeting. It's gross."
Jess: "It is bright and sunny here with cool tradewinds."
Bekah: "Jerk."
Bekah: "They call this a 'wintery mix'"
Jess: "Well, they call this paradise."

Then she sent me a picture of the balmy sunny day with the "cool tradewinds."

There is not justice in the world.

There isn't even any snow here to pretty things up. It's just gray and dead. Though to be honest it hasn't been as cold as I expected so far. Granted, I did run from the parking lot into Schuler's (a book store) screaming "it's sooooo coooooold" (drawing strange glances from everyone around...oh and my apologies to the lady I almost ran over...I was cold...?), but still. That was later in the day and I swear to you it was getting colder no matter what anyone may tell otherwise.

Also, I must admit, Lansing is pretty cute/charming during the holidays. A lot more so than I remembered it. Maybe the downtown area has just been renovated even more since I was last here. There still is jack shit going on and absolutely nothing to do, but it's definitely got the Midwest charm and jolly good cheer thing workin' for it this winter.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and take my camera in somewhere for fixin'...

"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on." 

--Stephen Sondheim

12-17-11

Buckeyes!! Katherine is having a Christmas party tonight so I made buckeyes in honor of her Ohio roots. You don't even want to know how much powdered sugar is in these things. Eesh.

Sorry for the poor quality of the picture. My camera is broken right now, so I had to use my phone :( 

12-16-11

More sidewalk art outside the BART station! I keep thinking this is a turtle, but I guess it's actually a ladybug...with a very turtley head. He's totally turtley enough for the turtle club.

12-15-11

Officially done with PhD apps! Unless I decided to apply to Gallaudet in Feb. But we'll not think about that for right now. 

Yipee! I'm drinkin your wine to celebrate! 

Sidewalk Art

12-12-11

Someone drew a rendition of the downtown Berkeley BART station on the ground outside the station's main entrance. I especially like the creepy bugs...

Christmas Time is Here

12-9-11

So I took over the family gift exchange this year. It has been no small task, let me tell you. The slips of paper I printed out to randomly choose the names, however, were quite small. Don't print a list straight off of google documents, everyone. They'll end up a millimeter wide and your roommate will curse you as she tries to choose them out of the hat.

Nerdy Times

12-8-11

And now for your viewing pleasure. I bring you: Devoid. Yes. I dressed up like Devo and then played in a rock band band for my friend's birthday. The audience of dorks and nerds totally loved us. 

Watch Katherine dance around - she's both awesome and hilarious. 

"He went to court and filed for divorce from his secrets, fears, shortcomings and failings. Citing irreconcilable differences, he said they had simply grown apart over the years and no longer had anything in common."

--Jonathan Carroll

12-4-11

Took a walk in the Albany Bulb after a nice day of relaxing and listening to RadioLab with Katherine and Eric. Someone had painted this...huge concrete block to look like a rubix cube! The bulb is so fun.

12-2-11

I thought this was Dinah at first, but sadly it wasn't. Still I thought she looked cool up on this garage. 

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

12-1-11

Hellooooo December! It's been quite windy today...