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Milwaukee … Shopping for the Weird

Matt has already blogged about our trip to Milwaukee, but I thought I'd share my 2 cents . For me, the highlight of the trip (I'd already seen the pretty pretty architechture) was American Science and Surplus. It's a really cool store, full of weird things. You can buy a frog to disect, camoflouge tape, chemistry glassware, speakers ripped out of god-knows-what, and on and on and on. I went a little buy-happy (since I never get to it, being that it's over an hour away). I bought:
+ a pen that doubles as a duster (for my computer)
+ a table-top trashcan that looks like dude with his mouth open
+ tiny little round containers (good for pills or lip balm)
+ some kiddie-style blocks (good for god-knows-what, but i'll figure out something)
+ a neat woden box with latches and a handle
+ some eyedroppers
+ a bunch of duct tape in different colors (for my duct tape crafting endeavors)
+ a new (very cheap) engineering ruler
+ some wax that i have no clue what i'll do with (it was cheap and a very good brand)

It was a very successfull shopping trip indeed … well for me.

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Not So Lazy Sunday

As usual, our Sunday was not so lazy. We had plenty of errands and housework to do. We even did some annoying things, like re-organizing the pantry. It looks super now.

Tonight's episode of Alias was super. Finally, we've got a decent idea of what Sydney did for 2 years. Of course I forgot to record it, so I can't go back and parse it for deeper meaning like I like to do. And now I want the next episode and the next … such a good show!

Now I'm going back to doing work … laundry is grand, eh?

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Christmas is Over

Christmas is by far my favorite time of year. Now that its over, I’m kinda sad. I don’t think I could have handled much more however, it is expensive and really time consuming, and after my two week trip to Denver, its really exhausting too. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Jess and I went to Nashville for a few days and then we headed west to Denver. My Mom, brother, and sister went to for part of the trip. After Christmas we went to Vail with a few friends for some relaxation and skiing. That’s was fun. Anyways, now that I’m back at work, I feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation. I guess I kinda had that today. Jess and I went to Milwaukee for the day. Jess wanted to go to a Science Surplus store and I need a new cell phone. I can’t believe that there’s not a sprint store within 25 miles of Madison. No big deal though. We had a good time. We had lunch at a neat little restaurant called the twisted fork. It was neat little place. Kinda trendy but not over the top, and most importantly, the food and service were quite good.

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I Think I'm Gonna Need a Slide Rule

I'm trying to calculate out all of the Christmas finances … who owes what to whom. It's terribly complicated. It gets to be amazingly circular and then it doesn't quite add up. Yeesh. I've already pulled out my TI-89 from my college days but it might not be enough. Maybe I'll have to load up Excel.

I also just recently found out that Simon and Garfunkle toured together from late October 'til January and I missed it! I'm quite POed. That's a tour I would have paid beau coup bucks to get in on. I LOVE Simon and Garfunkle. Grrrr.

I worked out on weights for the first time yesterday since before Christmas. It felt good then, but now I'm not so sure. I'm sort of really sore all around my shoulders and back. I guess it means it worked some muscles or something, eh? That's gotta be good.

Ok, enough whining. Back to calculations.

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Amazonrific

Right now I'm wasting time on Amazon. It's truly one of my favorite pasttimes. Updating my wishlist … checking to see if that book is out yet, or if the sequel is coming out … it's very very good. Karaoke Revolution, for example, claims they'll be making more discs so you can get more songs. So I'm checking around for them and haven't found any yet. Bah.

I've got to finish up laundry today. Until I do that, I've got this annoying huge suitcase sitting in the middle of our bedroom taking up way more than its fair share of space. Our teeny washer/dryer just can't get that much done in one day, especially if I don't feed it like I'm supposed to.

We got the puppy back last night. She's so damned cute. Her temporary parents said she behaved very well and had only one accident. Way to go May!! I think she's glad to be back home though. She's sitting on the floor right near my desk, looking up at me. I missed her too.

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We're Back!

Yes, yes, I know you have all been wondering when we'd start filling your lives with joy … well the answer is: NOW! We had a lovely trip. We saw friends and family in Nashville, spent Christmas and New Year's in Denver and skiied 3x! It was way fun. I've got tons of pictures (some of which came from my new digi-camera … thanks mom & dad!). So I'll be posting them soon.

All of our gerbils were glad to greet us and our apartment smells good. And tomorrow, we get to pickup the puppy! She's been staying with some friends of ours and hopefully having a lovely time romping around in a backyard for a change.

What else? Oh yes. We got a new game. It's called Karaoke Revolution and it's BRILLIANT! You can sing songs and the playstation judges your singing based on pitch … how cool is that? It works really well too. Kelly and I are great at it … but the boys kinda suck. It's funny anyhow though. Especially if you're DRUNK.