Halloween!
I got a Halloween idea, finally. I would like to be Blackwater employee, and have a group of my friends dress up as dread Iraqis.
I'll go out and do some Halloween reporting tonight. I am excited to see what is going to be out there.
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October 31, 2007
Another Lost Cat
His name is Lonesome, eh?
Good Eats, Fast Lanes: A Belated Birthday Report
Never really got around to talking about my birthday, did I? Well, apart from the whole getting a year older part, it was great fun, and I had an amazing time.
We had visitors to our place, our sleepover guests in the new house. My brother and his long-time girlfriend, now fiancée, Ammie flew into town from Colorado to join in on my birthday celebrations. It was great to have them here, as I had not seen them more than a year. Yes, going to the other side of the world goes do a number on guests visiting count, only the truly dedicated make it.
When the brother around, there is always much fun and trouble to be had. It was had. One of the highlights was Ammie's amazing cooking. She cooked special meals for both Christy and I, both of which were excellent. I am excited that she took the time and wrote about what she cooked for us:
I am most impressed that she dealt with my catastrophic bad planning. I invited all my friends to hang out in a cafe in WIlliamsburg in the afternoon so we could have waffles there, then meet up later in the evening for some bowling. I neglected to plan for my special birthday meal. Rather than tell all my friends to bugger off and have a slice of pizza while I had succulent lamb chops with exquisite mac and cheese—made with very fancy cheese from the Bedford Cheese shop—Ammie offered to cook the meal for whole lot of us. It was amazing, and I want to publicly thank Ammie for the amazing cooking. Best chef ever.
Bowling was had after the fine meal. Here is a polaroid of me in all my bowling furry:
I can also give you a gift glance. The great Dremel, an amazing belt and beer cozy (that's a stubbie holder for any Aussies reading this) custom made by my brother, a rice cooker, a new teapot ... I'll stop there, as this is starting to get a bit boring.
October 25, 2007
Parched Georgia
I was thinking about the situation down in Atlanta, and how according to what I have read, that there is less than three months of water left before the city dries up. I would guess that there is a pretty good chance that this will sort itself out and there will be rain before the end of January, but it does make me wonder, what happens if that last last bit gets used up? What does a city do when it runs out of water?
I have always thought that if any city were to dry out, it would be Vegas. Apparently, so did the people in charge in Atlanta. But anyways, imagine some sort of worst case scenario like the following:
There is no more rain in the south for three more months. Legislative gridlock continues. Agriculture interests plus a large, water-intensive, soda bottling company choose to do keep doing business as usual. They need to keep from losing billions of dollars and perhaps bankruptcy after all. Atlanta's citizens continue to use the same amount of water that they always do, because all those water saving toilets and showers are pricey, plus there are all those Christmas presents for family and friends that need to be had. And all of the sudden, there is no more water.
Water tankers for everyone or a modern day exodus?
October 22, 2007
Pumpkin Season
Well, that last post did not come out like I thought it did. Blank was not what I was shooting for. Try, try, try again.
As I meant to say in my last post about the Pumpkin Season, it has too warm for me to get excited about Halloween. Usually by this time of the month I have at least one or two tasteless ideas about what I should be for the 31st. Perhaps this is because there has been a dearth of celebrity tragedy in the last few months, but maybe without that autumnal feel in the air it's just hard to rev up the sardonic wit. It's too nice to be dark.
If I don't think of anything, I will probably end up being a pirate. That's a fun one, and it involves a wig of long flowing hair, something I consider a plus, as it is the only time of the year I can get away with a full head of hair. Still, I've been a pirate before, so there is some hesitation on doing the same thing again.
I do feel that some pumpkin carving is in order. My neighborhood goes crazy with this holiday. There are some very impressive stoop displays. I am not exactly sure why a Polish neighborhood loves this holiday so much, my current theory is that the huge Catholic presence here has something to do with it. Got to believe in good to have the evil, right?
But the real reason I want to carve a pumpkin is not actually Halloween related. I really just want to test out my birthday present, a dremel tool. And what a better testing ground than a pumpkin? Any bad cuts will just be added character to the scary face. I am pretty certain that Christy will not be too excited with me destroying a pumpkin with a power tool in the kitchen, but boys will be boys. She will get those super yummy pumpkin seeds out of the deal, and everybody loves those.
Any Halloween ideas out there, I ask you readers?