Well the month of February is coming to a close, and this one has by far been better than last years. (*knock on computer desktop*)
What to report? Really not a whole lot. Promotion at work is fun, I love looking at art books all day. I've also got an actual office at my other job, as the assistant/filing whiz...even have a window...goody.
This past weekend Iowa found itself smack in the middle of a nasty ice storm. Because I am dog sitting on the opposite side of town from my parents and some of my friends, we were all comparing notes about when our power was lost, when it came back on, if we used flashlights or candles, had heat or didn't, fireplaces or no fireplaces, lost trees, cable etc. For my two cents, the furnace here was already on the fritz, so no heat was already being experienced anyways. Poor puppy was pretty stressed by all the people and plows parading back and forth in front of the windows (she's a big protector in a very small body hehe) so I have relocated the center of operations to the basement family room, which is located next to the furnace room, so that I can keep an eye on the thing and reset as needed. This way puppy has no windows to peer out of either, and she's a stitch. She keeps bringing down a different toy each time we come downstairs from feeding her or "playing" upstairs (playing really means she runs around and I chase her good naturedly and then i collapse in a pant and realize that dogs are like children and adults are like adults==translation where they heck do they get all that energy??) Regardless, shoveling the ice off the driveway Sunday morning was okay, and Cas came over to play too. We did a Buffy marathon of sorts, to make up for my lack of power the night before.
Otherwise life in IC is pretty ok.
Things I am looking forward to:
***Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Gnarls Barkley in DM this weekend.

***Starting my volunter Collection Development Project at the UI art library on Friday morning

***ChickFlick with Jaime tomorrow night.

***Picking up Erik's and My Finished creations at Fired Up! on Wednesday (I decorated a vase, he decorated a stick bowl...) and
***celebrating my mom's birthday by taking her to Fired Up! so she can release her inner artist with glaze.

***Wildfire, Veronica Mars, GilmoreGirls (though not so much lately), Heroes, Studio 60 and Scrubs. (Oh yea, way to show my life is ruled by television shows)

***Spring Break for ISU/Iowa which means Chicago w. Erik for "White Day" which is a Japanese Valentine's Day like deal...He can explain it far better than I can. But I had fun at the New Year's gig, and in VERY small world moment ran into one of my NYC cousin's ex girlfriends who is also a JETT alumni...too bad I didn't re-introduce myself haha...I first tried sake with her.

***Lis' return from Boston for Spring Break fun. That girl's had a rough time of it this past year, and I am ready for her to be able to kick back and relax a bit with us. My heart really aches for her for all she's been through!

***La Boheme at the end of March which Cassi is assistant directing.

***Possible visit to Indiana for "my own invented" Spring Break/long weekend

***Seeing Guster at Luther College in Decorah Iowa in April - if I can pose as a Luther student and/or the public is allowed to attend Campus Consciousness tour...

***April 26-May 1st Atlanta for ARLIS/NA and visit to Traci's stomping grounds in Athens, etc. Gwinnett County here I come######

***Possible commitment to Ships and Dip III with Cassi, Pete and my boyfriend???? How cool would it be to go on a cruise to islands with bffs? *I'll take a cue from Andrew and Sam though if I do go and make sure I stock up on the seasickness drugs...

**Ryan and Khahn's wedding in July, which will also be the week of Spamalot at the DM Civic Center AND Harry Potter 7 release. Hahah, we've got it worked out b.c we cannot possibly do a 4am stand in line at Barnes and Noble when we'll be attending a wedding later that day. We'll be amazoning (okay go with me here it's a verb like "googling") the book to my Great Aunt and Uncles in Hinton IA. The wedding is in Sioux City IA, 20 minutes away. We'll see Martha and Alan...pick up the book, and then get to read it on the way back to Ames/Iowa City. Now, question is...audiobook version, or make Erik read aloud to me while I drive us home.....decisions decisions

***Sara Whited's bachlorette party and wedding (also occuring sometime this spring/summer)

***Teaching Cassi to say "Noch ein bier bitte." and many other fun phrases before her European adventure ---and devising a way to fold myself into a little cube so I can fit in her carryon luggage.

It's now 10:30 and time to watch the tape of Wildfire...then streaming video of Heroes/Studio 60...ttfn folks.


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Apologies Trac, but whenever I pronounce that in my head it comes out with a fake Southern accent that makes me chuckle. And makes me think of that Dialog class with our favorite guest speaker....
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I joined the pods....again

My 60G ipod has decided to start acting very funny. I will leave it with the "hold" button in the off position, so that I think the ipod is off and the battery is being saved. No such luck, a few hours later I come back to find it has been playing the whole time...but nothing has happened to make the ipod turn on. hold is still in the same spot. no items of clothing or bookish nature have touched said ipod. it is also sticking when I try to play the songs. So, of course, logical course of action...I know have 2 ipods. I bought a video ipod last weekend.
I find it so much fun...especially since I can now take my podcasts on the go. Including Rick Steve's Travel in Europe, Art History in a Minute, NPR Books, Veronica Mars, Photoshop Killer Tips, all of them include video spots.

In an unrelated but truly awesome sidebar. Guster signed my shirt!! :) Hehe, Cassi got it signed during the Ships and Dip Cruise for me...she's awesome, to almost quote Jayne from Firefly/Serenity "it is my very favorite shirt"

Also, those of you still in the Bloomington area...I will most likely be venturing back to town on the 24 of February because Guster is performing there, AND I haven't seen you guys in awhile and miss ya.

There ya have it. Oh yeah, and other good news. Found a temp job for the next couple of weeks, and got a promotion at the public library I work at now...woot. So far my February has started well. I cross my fingers for the rest of you that you get the same results.