tag:www.srah.net,2010:/mt421//feed/grandma 2010-09-06T19:15:24Z Movable Type 4.21-en 41 1 41 tag:www.srah.net,2009:/weblog//1.4960 2009-02-01T19:19:00Z 2009-04-02T14:42:17Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I kept dreaming and waking up last night, so - although there are portions of these dreams that are unrelated - I've divided them into three parts. Parte the First I was riding a bus with Adrian Monk¹. I was also a TV detective or mystery-solver of some sort with my own show, maybe sort of like the one on Medium. I looked like Laura Roslin from Battlestar Galactica though. Somehow - whether through a Groundhog Day thing or because we both had psychic powers - Monk and I both knew that he was about to get shot by a... tag:www.srah.net,2008:/weblog//1.4860 2008-07-04T13:07:14Z 2008-10-02T10:15:23Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog My grandmother grew up in Germany. In college, my mother studied abroad in Central Europe one summer and visited Germany and Austria. I took four and a half weeks of German in middle school. Last year my parents had a delightful German exchange student living with them. Although I never really studied it, German was always sprinkled into language around the house. And yet ich kann nicht sprechen Deutsch.. I have picked up phrases and words here and there - not enough to actually communicate in the language, not enough to use without embarrassment in front of actual German-speaking people,... tag:www.srah.net,2007:/weblog//1.4720 2007-11-12T00:33:53Z 2008-10-29T13:01:06Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I dreamt last night that I was in a Catholic church, dressed in a frumpy dress and a choir robe, and everyone was expecting me to help with Communion. I don't know why, because I'm not even eligible to take Communion in a Catholic church. I complained loudly about this but no one cared. Someone asked me if I was a novitiate¹, which offended me no end. I shouted, "No! I don't know why I'm dressed like this!" Then later they made me hand snacks out to the old people and children in the congregation. These horrible kids took all... tag:www.srah.net,2007:/weblog//1.4653 2007-08-16T23:41:21Z 2007-11-14T19:58:37Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I don't normally like to post about products in my blog because it feels like I'm selling something. But I want everyone to know what delicious chocolate things I am enjoying right now! Wheeee! I feel like Mindy Kaling. No Sugar Added Fudgsicles are theeeeeeee greatest thing ever. I can't stop eating them, which is okay because they only have 10g of carbohydrates (2g of sugar). Wheeee! Guilt-free sweets! They are artificially sweetened, but don't taste like artificial sweetener. This is good because I hate artificial sweeteners. The only side effect that I've found so far is that they cause... tag:www.srah.net,2006:/weblog//1.4449 2006-12-15T17:14:54Z 2007-03-15T13:58:03Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I am so conflicted. On one hand, I am really excited that the creator of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and the Indiana Jones movies is going to be the Grand Marshal of the Rose Bowl parade this year. On the other hand, I am really disappointed that the creator of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Smeaaaaaaghth, Revenge of the Sith, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor and Howard the Duck is going to be the Grand Marshal of the Rose Bowl parade this year. Hmmmm... Alright, now I am finally upset about being... tag:www.srah.net,2006:/weblog//1.4408 2006-10-25T23:52:05Z 2007-10-01T01:56:36Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I dreamt last night that instead of living miles from Ohio's border with Indiana, I lived miles from Ohio's border with Italy. My family took a wrong turn and ended up in Ravenna, Italy, so we checked out a gift shop, which was owned by an old Amish lady. My grandma turned out to be chillin' in the café there. I looked over the things for sale in the gift shop, like "Greatest Hits of Ireland" and "Greatest Hits of Spain" CDs, but I didn't have any Euros. Then we went out to watch the harness races. I have never... tag:www.srah.net,2006:/weblog//1.4282 2006-04-22T23:10:18Z 2006-11-05T03:26:57Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I spent most of my early life listening to Oldies music. In order to prepare my track list for smg's CD swap, I went and got out my old mix tapes from high school and scouted out which tracks I also had in CD or mp3 form. A mix from 1994 includes "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds, "Bobby's Girl" by Marcy Blaine, "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" by Cher, "Downtown" by Petula Clark, "Oh Sweet Pea" by Tommy Roe and "Walk Away Renee" by the Left Banke as well as a smattering of showtunes and some more contemporary songs. I... tag:www.srah.net,2005:/weblog//1.3883 2005-05-15T18:11:38Z 2008-02-14T15:11:20Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Free associations made and typed. Srah out.... tag:www.srah.net,2005:/weblog//1.3875 2005-05-09T12:34:33Z 2006-05-09T18:27:33Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I kicked off my shoes, and felt the good earth beneath my feet I loosened my tie, and felt what it feels like to breathe I found the secret to life I took some time for living I took off my watch, and found I had all the time in the world I opened up my arms, so I could hold life like a beautiful girl I laid down all of my hang-ups forever I looked around, and saw what sweet things can be found Simply by taking some time for living Grooving on little things life is giving From... tag:www.srah.net,2005:/weblog//1.3850 2005-04-20T12:53:35Z 2007-10-01T02:09:45Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I had a dream last night where I was on a car trip with Cheryl, Robin and Harini and we stopped to get ice cream at this roadside stand. I went to the bathroom, but it had a big window into the stall, which looked right out onto the ice cream line. So people could see in! My grandma was there too and she was making fun of me. Then I was back in Vichy and ran into two of my hôtellerie students, who were now selling electronics. I was disappointed that they hadn't gone very far in hôtellerie but... tag:www.srah.net,2005:/weblog//1.3760 2005-03-01T04:59:17Z 2007-10-26T14:29:30Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog After work, I came home and collapsed. The snow had started and I didn't feel like doing anything. Well, I felt like shopping (I almost always feel like shopping these days) but I couldn't get ahold of Mr B******. So Rachel and I lazed around until MaTT got back and then the three of us lazed around until it was time to eat dinner. We picked a likely candidate out of the AAA guide and set off through the blinding snow. Well, maybe not blinding but it blew around a lot. The place we'd found turned out to be more... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.3289 2004-05-31T17:23:00Z 2007-05-16T23:20:43Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog We're doing the usual Memorial Day Family Cemetary Tour. Alfie: (points out a statue of a lamb on a baby's grave) That doesn't look like a lamb! It looks like a Westie with plants sticking out of its butt. Srahgrandma: It looks like a bear to me. Srahdad: Looks like a wolf to me. Srah: (being facetious) Looks like a sea anenome to me! (points at Alfie) Hey, I sea anenome! Alfie: (grumbles) No one likes you. Srah: I do! Alfie: You don't count. Srah: One, two, five, eleven... Srahgrandma: You went from five to eleven. Srah: I also skipped... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.3286 2004-05-31T16:06:00Z 2008-04-07T19:20:52Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I have been trying very hard not to be the New Parent who thinks that their baby is the most amazing thing in the world and has to tell you about everything that it does as if it were something special, when you know very well that millions of other babies can do the same thing. I think this is why I haven't been blogging regularly - I've been playing with Isidore and reveling in all of the amazing things I can do and the amazing places I can compute from but trying not to blog about all of them.... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.3130 2004-03-07T15:27:57Z 2007-10-26T14:29:11Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog As you may remember reading, we played MadLibs in the car on the way to and from DC. My carmates have asked that I record some of them for posterity, but as most of the things involving our SI professors (whose names have been abbreviated to avoid Googlings) will not interest you, the results are all in the extension. Read on if you dare!... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.3113 2004-02-29T04:42:17Z 2007-10-26T14:29:11Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Amanda and I woke up early today so that we could see the White House before we left. I had seen it from Constitution Avenue, but hadn't gotten up to the gates. So around 8am, we set off down the street a bit and got a look. We couldn't see many snipers and guards and SS men, so we decided that either they were hiding or they were betting that no anarchists and terrorists would be up and about at 8am on a Saturday. On the gate, there was a button that said "Welcome to the White House". It didn't... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.3027 2004-01-19T16:02:56Z 2005-09-08T19:24:58Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog The Man wants to screw homosexuals out of a verb*. Heterosexuals can "marry" or "get married". Now they're talking about offering homosexuals the possibility of "civil unions," so as not to cheapen the sacred vows of marriage. So what do they do? Do they get civil unionized? That sounds like they're miners or auto workers. Civilly united? That sounds like two people who can barely stand each other being sewn together (which is almost as good an image as terrible p0rn!). Sucks to be you, gay people. You are second-class citizens, so no verbs for you! I had always assumed... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.3025 2004-01-19T14:32:17Z 2006-11-04T18:37:48Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Mr B------ was in the kitchen and I called to him from the living room. "When you come back, will you bring the caramel corn?" "What about a horn?" "Caramel CORN. Will you bring the caramel corn?" "Terrible whore?" "What? Terrible p0rn? No, I said CARAMEL CORN!!!!1" He finally understood what I'd been saying and tossed me the bag. Eventually I recovered from the mental image of terrible p0rn, with people completely dressed and glaring at each other from across the room, but he only started my hysterical laughter again when he added, "You know, my great-grandmother made that caramel... tag:www.srah.net,2004:/weblog//1.2993 2004-01-09T20:58:36Z 2008-12-17T14:32:37Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I was on a road trip with my family, including my grandma. We got lost and were travelling down this dirt road, which turned out to be a dead end. We turned into this driveway to turn around, where there was a sign that said "Beware of Brownies". My family was speculating about whether this referred to the chocolate kind of brownies or the magical kind in Willow when this cow came rushing at us. Apparently "brownies" was slang for "cows" wherever we were, because this cow started chasing us. My dad put the pedal to the metal and just... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2942 2003-12-19T15:45:59Z 2008-01-12T17:14:32Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Need content. Am tired and depressed lately and have blogtopics but not the will to blog. Encourage me? In the meantime, it's memetime. 1. List your five favorite beverages. Tea with milk and sugar, chai tea, bubble tea, peach iced tea and apricot juice. 2. List your five favorite websites. SI webmail (when it works), IMDb, Technorati, The Onion and... uh... srah blah blah. 3. List your five favorite snack foods. Junior Mints, my grandma's Nuts and Bolts (basically like Chex Mix), chips and salsa, gingersnaps and cheese. 4. List your five favorite board and/or card games. Trivial Pursuit, Rummikub,... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2769 2003-10-14T12:36:56Z 2007-10-26T14:26:58Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I was watching TV with my grandma and the rest of my family (I don't remember why, but it was significant that my grandma was there) and flipping uncontrollably through channels. Something about Jamaicans came up - a TV show or a reference or something. Then I was at Meijer with my sister and my high school nemesis and her mom. We were buying peas, but I was carrying everything in my arms for some reason and as we neared the checkout, I started dropping everything. I dropped two cans of peas and they broke, so I had to go... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2765 2003-10-13T14:14:24Z 2007-10-26T14:27:56Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Why don't my friends like mushrooms? Everyone seems to hate them these days, whereas in the past things were pretty well divided between the violently anti-mushroom and violently pro-mushroom camps. I don't see how you couldn't like them. They don't have much flavor. It must be the texture - I can see how the canned ones are a bit squishy. Is that the problem? They're wet and raw and wriggly... like fisssssssshessssss. As my grandma says any time we disagree with her about anything, "You just don't know what's good."... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2753 2003-10-08T16:27:08Z 2008-02-24T18:08:13Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I don't know anything about California. I've never lived in California. All I know is, when I hear Governor Schwartzenegger*'s voice on the radio, it makes me giggle. How can anyone take him seriously? I can't get past the voice enough to actually listen to what he's saying. Mummy says I shouldn't take him less seriously because of his accent. Am I one to take people less seriously because of accents? I don't think so. My grandma and ex-boyfriend and loads of my friends from Albion have accents. I like accents. Sometimes I think I might be more likely to... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2593 2003-08-26T01:47:35Z 2006-01-11T18:55:42Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog "So, tomorrow's a special day," my grandma says on the phone. It is?, I wonder, What's tomorrow? Oh yeah.... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2098 2003-05-20T20:25:20Z 2005-09-08T19:24:39Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog For a moment, I thought I had forgotten how to spell Alzheimer's. Then I realized I had never really known for sure. Is it better to be ignorant than senile? I'm not so sure.... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.1875 2003-03-21T11:11:43Z 2006-11-20T22:35:15Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Here they come: Vichy Grenoble Paris Meldreth Stonehenge Andover London... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.1820 2003-03-07T11:16:59Z 2006-11-04T18:38:14Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I've seen my parents and grandma off to the airport and have a day to kill in London before taking the train back home tomorrow, so I have taken the opportunity to check in online while I'm here. I am drowning in a sea of email (over 500 and mostly spam) qnd I cqn4t type on stupid English keyboqrds qny;ore... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.1811 2003-02-23T21:25:49Z 2007-10-26T14:26:58Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I dreamt last night that I was in a ski station and there was an avalanche. The snow kept falling and there would be blue flashes like when you bite a wint-o-green Life Saver. Apparently it was the Worst Avalanche Ever. As soon as the snow settled, the Jews came out with their banners, claiming that the avalanche was a sign from God that Israel belonged to them. Then the Muslims appeared with their banners, saying that it was a sign that Palestine belonged to them. Then the Christians showed up with their banners - not to put a claim... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.2148 2003-02-21T14:14:50Z 2006-11-04T18:38:18Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog The main difference between this trip and our trip a year and a half ago seems to be the pace of it. Instead of Daddy, Becky and I trekking along and Mommy trying to keep up, it is Grandma and Mommy walking at their bad-kneed pace and Daddy and me suddenly turning around to discover we've left them in our dust.... tag:www.srah.net,2003:/weblog//1.1737 2003-02-01T11:50:00Z 2008-01-26T18:19:20Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Srah is not a nerd! Srah is a trend-setter! I like to wrap a scarf around my head instead of wearing a hat. It doesn't do as horrible things to my hair, and I like to think it makes me look exciting and dramatic like a movie star, when really it makes me look like a mémé. The boys teased me for looking like a grandma, but once everyone's ears were exposed to the cold, the girls realized it was a good idea and were asking for head-wrapping advice. Renata, Jennifer and I often kid that we fit in in... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.1108 2002-06-25T01:46:38Z 2008-01-27T04:48:10Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog After going to sleep late, we slept in. I woke up around 8am with my sore throat worse, went back to sleep, and it was much better by the time I reawoke and ate Chocapic. Today was the day for a big driving trip. We borrowed a car from a friend of the family, picked up Pato's maternal grandmother, and took her with us on our adventure. The trip from our house to Pato's grandma's was the most exciting leg, because it was Pato's first driving experience in 9 months. That's always exciting... lots of engine revving and sudden bursts... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.1100 2002-06-18T00:50:21Z 2008-01-27T04:48:10Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog We woke up and met Pato's nanny, Rubet, who made us breakfast. We took showers, got dressed, and left the house. Pato hailed a collectivo which is an interesting system of taxis. They're more like a bus, in that they have a fixed rate for all rides (about 35 cents) and a route to follow. But you can hail them as they drive by, like you would a taxi, and they are just regular cars with a sign on top showing which line they belong to. We took the collectivo downtown where we tried to find Pato's friend Rodrigo. It... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.1049 2002-05-30T12:57:54Z 2008-01-18T02:17:33Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I never know what to call the person who cuts my hair. Hairdresser sounds like something my grandma would say and stylist sounds a bit too la-di-da for someone like me, whose hair has no style whatsoever. So she ends up being "The Woman Who Cuts My Hair" or "My Haircutting Lady". Anyway, my haircutting lady is out on maternity leave, so I made an appointment with someone else at the same place. When I was a teenager, I resented the fact that haircutting ladies always tried to talk to me. But now I've come to accept it as part... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.1008 2002-05-06T14:20:41Z 2008-01-12T17:08:00Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog 1. Do you have any tattoos? If no, why not and what would you get if you did get one. If you do have one or more, tell us how you came to get it, and why you chose the design you got inked with. I don't have any. If forced (who forces you to get a tattoo?), I would get a tattoo of a potato right under my knee, just like the kid in one of the Sideways Stories from Wayside School books. 2. Has anything ever happened that caused you to believe, or disbelieve, in a Higher Power.... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.2258 2002-05-04T13:01:23Z 2007-05-05T15:12:53Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog 1 day. Okie dokie, today's the big day. Thank you (and in some cases, goodbye) to Alex, Roommate, Bob, Cheryl, Dively, Jillian, Erin, Kelly, Stephanie, Carl, Bo, Theron, Kurt, Paul, Todd, James, Keven, Lewis, Denny, Larry, Andy, Meredith, Chris, Jaclyn, Juliette, Freddie, Sophie, Denis, Françoise, Jean-Pierre, Pierre, Noémie, Joachim, Marie, Cheryl, Harini, Robin, Darcy, Christianna, Antoine, Fanny, Mariana, Pénélope, Vivi, Shunkers, Sarah W., Lindsey, Mommy, Daddy, Alfie, Grandma and Grandpa Munsell, Grandma and Grandpa McNitt, Aunt Pat, Scott, Uncle Reg, Auntie Averill and Dennis, John, Michael, Ellen, Krista, Nancy, Diane, Fred, Geir, Karen, Amy, Molly, Lisa Lew, Dan, Joh, Tara,... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.970 2002-04-27T21:40:47Z 2007-05-16T22:52:30Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I'm wandering around my site, fixing things, adding other things, tweaking things... I haven't looked at some of my Projects in years, but I always love to see this picture of my grandma at school. In some ways she looks a lot like I did when I was younger and in some ways I think she's a lot cuter. My grandma is cool. My Tudor-Stuart England professor was talking about how grandparents and grandchildren are often similar because everyone tries to raise their children the opposite of the way they were raised. You can see that between my grandma and... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.884 2002-04-11T17:03:43Z 2005-09-08T19:24:13Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Googlepranking Roommate: I've been getting some weird searches lately. Me: (innocently) Oh really? Roommate: Yeah, and they're all from an Albion address. Like digital video of a rockstar and a kitty or my roommate did the luge in the olympics or surprise pyramid of loo roll or scottish rugby team in ghetto olympics or digital videos of-- Me: --cranky bums having fun? Roommate: It's YOU! Krista has also recognized me as the source of the search request let's see my grandma tickle jeff, satan, and stevie nicks. I amuse myself so much more than I amuse anyone else. Heh heh.... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.855 2002-04-04T15:37:41Z 2007-10-26T14:26:59Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I dreamt that my mom bought the whole family tickets to a Marilyn Manson concert. I don't know what she was expecting, but I don't think she got it. And I'm not exactly sure what she didn't like. The place was full of grownups like her, who all had their own boxes in the balcony. But all the little teenaged Marilyn Manson fans in their makeup, etc, had standing room only. Well anyway, Mom didn't seem to think much of that, even after MM left and some jugglers/acrobats came out. Apparently it wasn't just a MM concert, but a big... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.851 2002-04-03T00:28:58Z 2007-05-16T22:51:00Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog My family is in Toronto this week, so the devil dog has gone to stay with Grandma and Grandpa. I'm sure he is on a hunger strike, as he does that whenever he is separated from my father. Well, he tries. Eventually he gets hungry and gives up and eats. But he wants Daddy to know that he's upset about being abandoned. I almost feel sorry for him.... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.840 2002-04-01T18:35:21Z 2005-09-08T19:24:12Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I'm sad the Queen Mum is gone. I'm sure you've all read and seen documentaries by now about what a cool lady she was and how she supported her husband, who didn't expect to be king, and how she supported her country during WWII. She was lovely and dignified and many people's favorite royal, a sort of grandma to a nation. It's rather sad, so I won't talk about that anymore. She lived to a ripe old age. Please give her a thought or if you don't know about these stories, please read up on them and find out what... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.600 2002-02-19T01:12:39Z 2006-01-11T18:55:42Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog Grandma sent me home from Grandpa's birthday dinner with a care package that included 5-layer bars, deviled eggs, and veggies. Yay Grandma. Deviled eggs: miam miam. Jen Dively told me about rose bush maintenance and said I didn't need to water it as much as I have been doing. But it looks so thirsty! I watered it anyway. I hope I'm not drowning it. Antoine's brother and best friend are coming next Sunday. Alex is afraid that I will meet up with Frenchmen and abandon him. Poor little jealous paranoid Patito. I talk big and friendly, but I'm sure I... tag:www.srah.net,2002:/weblog//1.311 2002-01-02T13:33:00Z 2008-01-31T02:00:11Z srah http://www.srah.net/weblog I dreamt night before last that my car went through the car wash without me and I had to catch it on the other side. Then later I was driving around in a yellow cardboard box with one pedal. LAST night, I dreamt that I had to close Neptune because Gilles was leaving early. It was located in a strip mall where they also sold possessed ice cream. I didn't manage to get any, but I was encouraging my grandma to get some. They were shopping in another store and the owner closed up and forgot to bring down the...