A Picture of Caroline the Perky Goth
Posted By Kathleen David on May 27, 2010
Caroline holding her lioness Nala with her Goth look. Her hair is down.
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RTBTCKI (A short entry because I have things to do edition)
Posted By Kathleen David on May 27, 2010
Caroline informed me that she wanted to dress “goth”. I asked her what that entailed and she told me that it was dressing all in black. So this morning I assembled her clothing and she dressed up “goth”. Think Gilly the Perky Goth from Dork Tower. I didn’t start giggling about it until I got back from taking her to the bus.
I have a writing project that the drop dead is today. So I need to get cracking on it thus the shorter blog entry.
Lets Go Mets! Hard to believe that is the same team that couldn’t get anyone around the bases about a week ago. Seems they have figured out their ball park.
I am cheering for Chicago in the Stanley Cup and Boston for the NBA championship.
The company that services our air conditioner is slated to be here between 11 and 2. I am not holding my breath but I am picking up the living room so they can get to the various vents.
Peter and I had a very nice and rather quiet anniversary. He wasn’t feeling well so we didn’t get to go to the concert we had planned to attended (his doctor told him not to go out in public until he has been on his antibiotics for 48 hours). Instead we went out and spent time together doing various errands that we have needed to do. We had lunch at Bobbie’s Burger Palace, which has a darn fine burger. We had dinner out as a family and finished it off by trying a new Italian Ice Place which was very good.
Happy Birthday to Harlan Ellison who will never read this because he doesn’t play on the Internet much/at all but we love him anyway.
I am grateful for pleasant days with good company.
Happy 9th Wedding Anniversary to My Husband
Posted By Kathleen David on May 26, 2010
An Open Letter to My Husband Peter David
Dear Peter,
Nine years ago I walked into the chapel that I knew very well from attending mass there with my parents. But this time was very different. For one thing I was wearing a dress (and my friends can tell you what a rare occurrence that was) and for another I was going to be married to you. The wedding went off without a hitch and the reception went pretty well too. Friends and family who wishes us well in our new married existence surrounded us. The Shakespeare Tavern even got a trivia question out of it.
Nine years later and I still grin and a get a little teary eyed thinking about that day.
We have done a lot as a couple in those nine years. We have collaborated on projects together. We have traveled some very interesting places. We have introduced each other to things that we like. We found that we can have a conversation about the oddest things. Our love has grown over the years more and more for each other.
I married a man who is thoughtful and kind. You encourage me to be the best that I can be. You believe in me at times that I don’t really trust myself. You light a fire under me when I need to get off my keister and get something done. You come up with crazy sketches for us to do with costumes I build for conventions. You love me and tell me so in many ways. I love and am loved in return and I know that can be a rare thing indeed.
Then there is Caroline. Without you there would be no Caroline and I, sometimes, have a hard time remembering a time before she was in my life. We have a lovely daughter who works hard in school and goes that extra step to help others as well. She is kind and loving. Her imagination is a wonderful thing to listen to as she creates grand stories while playing with her toys or watch her create a comic on her dry erase board about all kinds of subjects.
I love you Peter. I am happy that I married you. I feel truly blessed that I have you in my life.
Happy Anniversary Sweetie.
Love Your Wife-
Kath
Posted By Kathleen David on May 24, 2010
But first my short review of the end of LOST. Spoiler free and I ask that the comments are the same. I’m OK with that explanation but I am not loving it since it was the one that they said it wasn’t after the first season but it really was but a slightly different version of it. Also, considering all the padding they had this season, the very end (aka the answer) seemed rather rushed. So not the best ending of all times nor the worst
Ok back to the good Doctor who has some issues (heck he has the whole subscription) deciding to helps some other people with their issues with mixed results for them and for him.
The costumes in this one were fun but the Beeb has always done well with costume drama. We get to know Rory better and it amazes me how polarizing that one character is in fandom. Personally, I am hoping that we get more time with Rory and Amy.
More about the villains in the spoilers section. They are doggone hard to talk about without spoilers really.
Anyway it looked good and again felt like an episode that you could drop just about any Doctor in and it would have worked. I think that is interesting that RTD’s Doctor Who was very much his playground and you couldn’t see another Doctor doing what his Doctor did but here Moffat is producing episodes that could be just about any of the Doctors probably with slightly different results. And I am enjoying that. It feels more connected to old Who than RTD’s run did (I’m not saying that RTD’s work is not Doctor Who or in the DW universe).
So in the immortal words of River Song Spoilers (more…)
Some Stuff I have been Thinking About
Posted By Kathleen David on May 22, 2010
I finished up the book Drive. It was an interesting read although the end seemed very promotional for various groups and motivational speakers. There was a section that got me to thinking. They talked about a study that followed artists out of art school and into the real world, which is, apparently, rarely done. They had them rate their satisfaction with the work they were doing and asked them to rate the creativity of the work they were doing over a period of time. Funny thing, the artists that were doing commissioned work were less satisfied than those who had more freedom to create what they wanted to create. The stricter the conditions under which they were creating, the more miserable they were both with the process and with the final product.
Speaking of art, Caroline has been very busy drawing various big cat families. She has been concentrating very hard on these drawings. When she gets the last one in the series done, I plan to take a picture and post it. She loves to draw and I encourage that a lot.
We saw the latest and last installment of the Shrek series yesterday. It has laugh out loud moments and very teary moments. Caroline was scared once or twice that everything wasn’t going to work out but I reminded her it was a fairy tale so it would. There are some complex concepts that she did follow along with for the most part but time travel makes my head hurt at times so why should I expect that it should be easy for her.
Some people should really stop and think before answering a post that annoys them. I think the count to 10 rules should be enforced when replying to someone. I have watched some stuff escalate to the ridiculous recently. Also if you have a problem with someone in real life, maybe you shouldn’t attack them on the net. You end up looking like a big meanie when, given the history, it was a rather reasonable response. It is not going to work to your favor.
Off to move the laundry around.
Tonight we are watching Disney Presents: Tim Burtons’ Alice in Wonderland as a family.
I am grateful for things to think about.
