My friends are torturing me. Travis and Brandon both have blogs. Both of these blogs are hosted on services that supposedly support RSS feeds. Yet their blogs have no RSS feeds. They (or their blog service providers) are trying to make sure I don’t keep up with their lives… *sigh*

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tarv

2006-03-23T21:40:03.000Z

In my case it’s probably my fault.  There’s probably some setting I haven’t settinged right, or some such technical tomfoolery.  I’ll mess with it.  If you go there now, there’s an extremely cute pic of an extremely cute baby in the latest post.

Tim

2006-03-28T23:19:12.000Z

is super cute. And Julie notifies me that that is the outfit we bought Henry. Cause she remembers things like that for me… :D

This is the view I got of St. Basil’s and the Kermlin in Moscow, right after arriving. Well first after arriving we had to walk past the scary soldiers with machine guns (I really appreciate the US Government not putting machine guns in our airports). Then we had to wait for the the 20 odd 75lb suitcases to come through the bagage check, and put them into a van. I seem to recall at this point my dad noticed the destroyed printer from the last post, and was ushered into a small smokey windowless office to talk about possible remedies. I seem to recall they wanted to give us roubles. Which at the time were worth 1/6 of a dollar. That’s not too bad except you couldn’t really find anyone to change your roubles to dollars. The other way around was easy. But we needed a replacement printer from the United States where they don’t take roubles so there was a protracted negotiation that went on for quite a while before my dad got the money for the new printer from Pan Am.
But back to the picture. You see, being the consumate tourist I am. I fell asleep in the van, woke up long enough to notice that the van had stopped and that there was “that building from those pictures”, and drifted back off to sleep. Apparently everyone else went to St. Basil’s and took pictures in Red Square, and went to GUM, which is apparently this amazingly big department store/mall thing near the Kremlin. I mostly slept. Never to fear though, I did eventually go into St. Basil’s on a subsequent trip to Moscow (to go anywhere in the Soviet Union you had to either go through Moscow or St. Petersburg). Oddly enough it was very small and dark inside, and was reminiscent of a cave made out of wood. You would not guess from the bright cheerful exterior that the inside looks like a fairy tale woodcutting. Next stop Domodedovo airport! Well, unless I go back and talk about the Baptists we stayed with in Lancaster, PA. Their last name was Booze. They were Baptists.

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Tim

2006-03-21T02:24:10.000Z

He’s KGB. I’m joking, but at the same time I’m probably telling the truth.

Tara

2006-03-22T22:44:12.000Z

Well if that don’t beat all! That’s got to be one of the funniest coincidences that I’ve heard of in a good long while. I keep thinking about Baptists named Booze at all sorts of inappropriate times.

So yesterday came and went with little fanfare. I did lead Julie, Roxie, and Lucy on a 3 mile death march around the town lake loop. I did draw her a bubble bath in return. Then we mostly just went to sleep. Hmm… things are going well. We’ll see how the auditions are going.

Lookie here kids… isn’t that Tim sitting inside that ugly green van? Ready to leave on a 5 week trip across the United States that will culminate in a plane ride across the Atlantic to the Soviet Union. I’m not remembering the number of bags. I think we could only have 18, but then we paid for extras maybe? All those bags were the full 75lb. max weight limit, btw. And yes, we did cart a large proportion of these through the Paris Metro (albeit a bit later, maybe we’ll have more pictures then). Ah… good times.

You might also wonder how we got all those suit cases in that van with 6 people. Not with people sitting particularly ergnomically I can tell you that.

Your euphamism for the day is deputation. This is when you go from church to church asking people for monetary and prayer support. I suppose this is because they are deputizing you to carry out the good work they should be doing, but can’t because, well… fill in the blank as you will.

UPDATE: The longer I look at this picture, the more I remember. See this box? That’s our Epson Dot Matrix printer. When we got to Alma-Ata it had a gigantic hole through the middle of the box. It was amazing. It was as though they had taken a Javelin and thrown it straight through the printer. The most impressive part was that they had managed to get all of the circuit boards. This was back in the early nineties when most technology was still in a huge box with a lot of empty space in it, so the airline’s ability to target the most sensitive part of the printer was impressive. We had traveled to the Soviet Union via an Aeroflot/Pam Am joint venture. So my dad had to get a refund from Pan Am, and then get a new printer hand carrier over to us. I’ll write more about the topic of hand carrying things soon.

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Julie

2006-03-06T16:06:08.000Z

sometimes i am amazed by how different our childhoods were.  I think if you’d grown up on Pluto, and I’d grown up on earth, they could not have been more different!

It has been asked that we show pictures of our cool shower gifts. If Julie did this there would be a concise inventory, but as far as I went, I just rummaged and tried to find things that I remembered that she hadn’t put away too well yet.

Without further ado:

A ridiculously cute picture of Travis and Ashley’s son Henry and I.

Wonderful monkey from Katie and Ryan, and wonderful lamp from Tiffany and Isabel:

Bevo mobile from Aunt Laurie. Indoctrinating the 4th generation longhorn early:

Cute pantsuit from Chinatown from my mom:

Beautiful dress from Katie and Ryan with London landmarks:

Monkey wearing cute hat that Tara knitted for little monkey:

Loaded Gun Theory Baby Division TShirt from Ian (Front):

Loaded Gun Theory Baby Division TShirt from Ian (Back):

So Kelly posed a question on her blog I wanted to answer, but blogspot wasn’t taking comments (or rather it was crashing). To burn 900+ calories I run for about 1 hour and do somewhere between 4 and 5 miles. When I started running I was running a half-mile and walking a half-mile and it took me twenty minutes. That was the tail end of last spring, so you build up endurance pretty quickly.

Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place.

Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.

for those of you who are on here, don’t feel any pressure to do it, do it only if you feel
like it. YOu’re only getting picked because you have blogs. and I’m curious about you.

1. Shelly
2. Zyde co Fish
3. KTS
4. Julie
5. Tim

Then you get to select five people to pass the love on to so they can do this meme, like so:
1. Le
2. Brandon
3. Michael Coker
4.
5.

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Oh, God. It’s a Wednesday so I believe that I had my art appreciation class at Mountain View
Community college in Dallas, wo rking on finishing 30 credit hours so I could transfer to UT. I
was unhappy about my complete lack of people to hang out with and mostly played video
games, watched movies and slept. I also had a job at the UA 8 movie theater in Grand Prarie.
This involved wearing black high-water jeans and had blue pockets.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Working at Neopost LoopOne working on some ugly perl code. Probably also working on
the publicity for I Am Alpha. Drinking too much coffee, not eating, and working on gaining
about 30-50 lbs by eating free snacks at work.

Five snacks you enjoy

1. Thin Wheats

2. Triscuits

3. A rotisserie chicken

4. McDonalds French Fries

5. A package of oreo cookies (haven’t done that in a while)

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics (let’s play the misanthrope today):
1)“If I only had a brain” MC 900’ Jesus
2) “Somebody” Depeche Mode
3) “When I win the lottery” Camper van Beethoven
4) “Sheep go to heaven” Cake
5) “Up above the sea” John Vanderslice

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Quit job

2. buy the building just east of lamar on barton springs
   (across from the Daugherty Arts Center) and turn it into a wonderful modern house

3. Build a theater

4. Write lots of software.

5. Hang out.

Five things you like doing:

1. Cooking
2. Programming
3. Seeing Theater
4. Watching movies
5. Reading

Five things you would never wear again:

1. red suspenders, blue haiwan shirt and white highwater pants

2. tinted glasses

3. brightly colored flannel

4. white high top sneakers

5. sweat pants

Five favorite toys:

1. Calphalon Commercial Nonstick 2-Quart Sauté Pan with Glass Lid2) My chef’s knife
2. heart rate monitor
3. Digital video camera
4. DVR

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kelli

2006-03-11T21:06:30.000Z

Somewhere in the depths of my mind there may be a picture of you wearing that red, white, and blue horrific ensemble you mentioned.  Was that an actual outfit that you wore, or am I dreaming that?

Tim

2006-03-17T15:25:42.000Z

Many, many pictures of me in that red white and blue outfit. I think there were even studio protraits done.

APPEARANCE

I am shorter than 5’4.

I am taller than 5’11”.

I have many scars.

I tan easily.

I don’t shave my legs.(regularly)

I wish my hair was a different color.

I have a tattoo, or more.

I am self-conscious about my appearance.

I have/had braces.

I wear glasses just to read.

I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.

I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.

I have/had more than 2 piercings.

I have/had piercings in places besides my ears.

I have freckles.

FAMILY/HOME LIFE

I’ve sworn at my parents.

I’ve run away from home.

I’ve been kicked out of the house.

My biological parents are together.

I have a sibling less than one year old.

I want to have kids someday.

I have children.

I’ve lost a child.

SCHOOL/WORK

I’m in school.

I have a job.

I’ve fallen asleep at work/school.

I almost always do my homework.

I’ve missed a week or more of school.

I’ve been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years (of school)

I failed more than 1 class last year.

I’ve stolen something from my job.

I’ve been fired.

I’ve skipped school.

EMBARRASSMENT

I’ve slipped out a “lol” in a spoken conversation.

Disney movies still make me cry.

I’ve peed from laughing.

I’ve snorted while laughing.

I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.

I’ve glued my hand to something.

I’ve laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.

I’ve had my pants rip in public.

HEALTH

I was born with a disease/impairment.

I’ve gotten stitches.

I’ve broken a bone.

I’ve had my tonsils removed.

I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend.

I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.

I’ve had serious surgery.

I’ve had chicken pox.

My vision is better than 20/20.

TRAVELING

I’ve driven over 200 miles in one day.

I’ve been on a plane.

I’ve been to Canada.

I’ve been to Mexico.

I’ve been to Niagara Falls.

I’ve been to Japan

I’ve been down under.

I’ve Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

I’ve been to Europe.

I’ve been to Africa.

I’ve been to Hell.

EXPERIENCES

I’ve gotten lost in my city.

I’ve seen a shooting star.

I’ve wished on a shooting star.

I’ve seen a meteor shower.

I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.

I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.

I’ve kicked a guy where it hurts.

I’ve been to a casino.

I’ve been skydiving.

I’ve gone skinny dipping.

I’ve played spin the bottle.

I’ve drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.

I’ve crashed a car.

I’ve been skiing.

I’ve been in a play.

I’ve met someone in person from the internet.

I’ve caught a snowflake on my tongue.

I’ve seen the Northern Lights.

I’ve sat on a roof top at night.

I’ve played chicken.

I’ve played a prank on someone.

I’ve ridden in a taxi.

I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I’ve eaten Sushi.

I’ve been snowboarding.

SEXUALITY

I’ve had a crush on more than one person.

I’ve had a crush on someone of the same sex.

I’ve kissed someone of the same sex.

I’ve had a crush on a teacher.

I am a cuddler.

I love to flirt.

I’ve been kissed in the rain.

I’ve hugged a stranger.

I’ve kissed a stranger.

HONESTY/CRIME

I am a terrible liar.

I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.

I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.

I’ve snuck out of my house.

I have lied to my parents about where I am.

I am keeping a secret from the world.

I’ve cheated while playing a game.

I’ve cheated on a test.

I’ve run a red light.

I’ve been suspended from school.

I’ve been in a fist fight

I’ve witnessed a crime

I’ve been arrested

I’ve shoplifted

DEATH & DYING

I’m afraid of dying.

I’ve fantasized about my own death.

I hate funerals.

I’ve seen someone dying.

Someone close to me has attempted suicide.

Someone close to me has commited suicide.

I’ve planned my own suicide.—In the past—Don’t worry, I’m not suicidal now.

I’ve written a eulogy for myself.

MATERIALISM

I own over 5 rap CDs.

I own an iPod or MP3 player.

I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.

I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.

I own something from Hot Topic.

I own something from Pac Sun.

I collect comic books.

I own something from The Gap.

I own something I got on e-bay.

I own something from Abercrombie.

POLITICAL/SOCIAL ATTITUDES

In general, I don’t like people.

I’m a feminist.

I’m very outgoing.

I listen to political music

I’m Democratic

I’m Republican.

I’m liberal.

I don’t like Bush because he is dumb.

I don’t like Bush with my own reasons to back it up.

I am for Bush.

I’m religious.

I dress fairly modestly. (but I wouldn’t if I had a better body image)My attitude is, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.”

RANDOM

I can sing well.

I’ve stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.

I open up to others easily.

I watch the news.

I don’t kill bugs.

I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for the sake of being able to rhyme.

I curse regularly.

I sing in the shower.

I am a morning person.

I paid for my cell phone ring tone.

I’m a snob about grammar.

I am a sports fanatic.

I twirl my hair.

I have “x”s in my screen name.

I love being neat.

I’ve had Spam.

I’ve copied more than 30 CDs in a day.

I bake well.

My favorite color is blue.

I would wear pajamas to school.

I like Martha Stewart.

I know how to shoot a gun.

I am in love with love.

I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.

I laugh at my own jokes.

I eat fast food weekly.

I am online 24/7, even as an away message.

I’ve not turned anything in and still got an A in a certain class.

I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.

I am really ticklish.

I love white chocolate.

I bite my nails.

I play video games.

I’m good at remembering faces.

I’m good at remembering names.

I’m good at remembering dates.

I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.

My answers are totally honest.

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Tim

2006-02-01T18:03:56.000Z

Random thoughts about me

Ramblings

Posted on February 1,2006 10:47 AM by Julie

I totally was not going to do this, I was REALLY going to work today, really, but then I read Kelli’s blog and she had done it, and I felt guilty for not doing my duty since Katie put me on her list.  So, here I go.

Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so. 

for those of you who are on here, don’t feel any pressure to do it, do it only if you feel like it.  YOu’re only getting picked because you have blogs.  and I’m curious about you.

1. Shelly
2. Zydeco Fish
3. KTS
4. Julie
5. Tim

Then you get to select five people to pass the love on to so they can do this meme, like so:
1. Le
2. Brandon
3. Michael Coker
4.
5.

What were you doing 10 years ago?
Oh, God. It’s a Wednesday so I believe that I had my art appreciation class at Mountain View Community college in Dallas, working on finishing 30 credit hours so I could transfer to UT. I was unhappy about my complete lack of people to hang out with and mostly played video games, watched movies and slept. I also had a job at the UA 8 movie theater in Grand Prarie. This involved wearing black high-water jeans and had blue pockets.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Working at Neopost LoopOne working on some ugly perl code. Probably also working on the publicity for I Am Alpha. Drinking too much coffee, not eating, and working on gaining about 30-50 lbs by eating free snacks at work.

Five snacks you enjoy

1. Thin Wheats

2. Triscuits

3. A rotisserie chicken

4. McDonalds French Fries

5. A package of oreo cookies (haven’t done that in a while)

Five songs to which you know all the lyrics (let’s play the misanthrope today):

1. “If I only had a brain” MC 900’ Jesus

2. “Somebody” Depeche Mode

3. “When I win the lottery” Camper van Beethoven

4. “Sheep go to heaven” Cake

5. “Up above the sea” John Vanderslice

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

1. Quit job

2. buy the building just east of lamar on barton springs (across from the Daugherty Arts Center) and turn it into a wonderful modern house

3. Build a theater

4. Write lots of software.

5. Hang out.

Five things you like doing:

1. Cooking
2. Programming
3. Seeing Theater
4. Watching movies
5. Reading

Five things you would never wear again:

1. red suspenders, blue haiwan shirt and white highwater pants

2. tinted glasses

3. brightly colored flannel

4. white high top sneakers

5. sweat pants

Five favorite toys:

1. Calphalon Commercial Nonstick 2-Quart Sauté Pan with Glass Lid2) My chef’s knife
2. heart rate monitor
3. Digital video camera
4. DVR

Things I observed on my run that make me happy:

• Two terriers. Very cute, not focused on walking.

• Pitbull puppy. Makes you understand why people get pitbulls. Super cute.

• Fuzzball that looked like roxie. Except it was running.

• Kid in running stroller. She was strapped in. Legs straight out in front of her. Sitting up. Leaning forward into the wind, hair flying behind her, like a paraplegic sprinter. Big smile on her face.

• Same Pitbull puppy playing with a border collie (I lapped it). Ridiculously cute.

• Kid pointing at me and telling her mom, “That man is really sweaty”

• The fact I burned 970 calories.

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kelli

2006-01-25T20:56:42.000Z

Your wife did mention in a comment on my blog that people are talking about how sweaty you are.  Makes me laugh.  I love the funny things that kids say.  :)
And congrats on burning so many calories!  No wonder you sweated!  (is sweated a word?  should I just say sweat?  is it like moose, one of those words that doesn’t change?  i don’t know…)

Loaded Gun Theory is proud to present…
”Imagination Penetrative”
An arc of a longer full length piece by Dolores Judith Diaz.

When William Hunt assembles The Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, the most
talented painters in London, he is desperate to put an end to the
unbearable wait he has endured his 21 years. But when the Brothers’
own agendas get in the way, they find that their art has turned on
them. Subjects penetrate the real world from their place on the
canvas and the Brothers find themselves face to face with an
unexpected and dark challenger.

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 8pm
Part of Frontera Fest at Hyde Park Theatre
For info on Frontera (or reservations), go to
http://www.hydeparktheatre.org