More funs!

Another fun night with da kitty! :)

If "pro" is the opposite of "con"....

then isn't "con"gress the opposite of "pro"gress?

Panhandling

A consequence of residing in Oakland and frequenting San Francisco is regular encounters with panhandlers. 

Last evening was no different.  I wandered around Old Oakland at dusk with my camera, trying to take interesting pictures.  I was approached on two separate occasions.  Instead of declining to assist them, which is my modus operandi, I told them that I was an amateur photographer and would pay them $2 for a portrait.  Both were delighted and readily obliged.  I chatted with one of them for a while.  Oakland born and raised, Ivan is hiv positive and has lived on the street for 6 months.  After a few pleasantries and good luck wishes, we shook hands and parted ways. 

I'm not sure what to think about this.  I dislike certain aspects of street photography because it is frequently exploitative.  Is what I did really any less so?

Fun. Night.

The weight of grad school...

...is beginning to crush me slightly. Five more years...

Any advice to help me deal with the stress?

Becky, the link for the mozzarella sticks recipe you wanted

http://www.recipezaar.com/Mozzarella-Sticks-30977

I'll take "Things My Husband Will Allow Me to Do to Him for $1000, Alex"

Take a look at the "tattoo" on his abdomen
Now that's good old-fashioned married fun
:) :) :) :) :)

Adventures in cooking...

As most of you know, I am generally afraid of cooking meat. I always think I'm going to undercook it and thereby plunge myself and my hubby into the bowels (pun intended) of food poisoning (even though I've never actually undercooked meat). Tonight, however, I tried something new with promising results: I cooked a meatloaf. I was inspired by a recipe from the latest issue of Cooking Light magazine--and it turned out fairly delicious. My anxiety about undercooking was mediated by the fact that I just had to stick the thing in the oven. Perhaps I'll even be able to move up to cooking a chicken breast or hamburger...

Proud of myself

T-shirts that amuse me are kryptonite. I find myself weak and helpless
when confronted by one. I'm proud of myself today, though. I
resisted purchasing a Jackson 4 tshirt.

wedding pictures!

Not sure if I sent this to everyone already, but for a complete showing of wedding pictures (Cameron's brother did a fantastic job), here is the URL.

http://www.gagethompson.com/ClientGalleries/CameronEmily/

If any of you would like to order pictures, feel free to contact Gage (Cameron and I are still too poor to order that many or any enlarged pics). There are great ones of all of you!

Mom, I sent you an email a week ago--I need those addresses, please send them to me! Also, I don't have your father's email address, but told him I'd have you send the link to view all of these pictures. Love you all!!!

Car. Found.

In a very upscale neighborhood. In seemingly good condition. Even
the two bucks worth of quarters I keep for parking was still there.