"But you won't let those Robots eat me"

Here is what is going down in September:

1)The first day of September is tomorrow. Looking forward to this month, there are gonna be many adventures. This weekend will be a trip to Seefeld Austria. A few years back Luc took me there during the summer. I'm trying to remember exactly when...uh lets see...summer of 2008. I'm gonna try to find some pics right now, oh wait, I found a video:



I can't wait for all the hiking in the gorgeous Austrian Alps. It's gonna be like Fellowship of the mother f-ing Ring.

2.

Then the next big adventure will be to SCOTLAND and IRELAND!!!
Disclaimer:
I have never been there before!

3.

"CALIFORNIA here I come.
Right back where I started from.
The flowers
The bla bla
That bloom in the sun."

I think I learned a song that went something like that in kindergarten. Anybody know it? Anyone? I am returning home on September 30th for Glenda Renk's wedding!!! What! What! Jeannie Power's is gonna be my date to this wonderful occasion. Not only do I get to attend a wedding I'm also invited to celebrate Shenine's 27th birthday. She is having a 80's themed roller skating party.


These are all the wonderful things I am looking forward to in my future.
Life is good!

Chicken soup

I have never attempted to make a home-made soup before today. My mom makes the best minestrone soup and all the times she was about to make my favorite soup she would say, "Would you like to learn how to make it?" For some reason I never did. But today I made my own chicken soup. I went to the grocery store and got celery, bouillon, carrots, cabbage, red onion, garlic and kip (Dutch for chicken) I'm learning Dutch by the way it's tough but I'm getting better. Anyway I really enjoyed preparing the soup. I didn't even look up a recipe I just went for it. I think it turned out really delicious. Luc and I are bringing it over to his mom's for dinner tonight. Hope she likes it. I think the next soup I am going to try is potato.

My good deed for the day

Luc needed to open a German bank account today in Aachen. I decided to go along with him for the short trip. While I was sitting patiently waiting for Luc to finish his banking business I noticed one of the employees standing next to an ice cream refrigerator. I thought to myself his job must be to just sell the ice cream. Then a women came up to him and handed him a wallet. He looked inside and pulled out an ID glanced at it for a second then put it back and walked away. A few seconds later a women sat down next to me. She waited for awhile then a guy stood next to her speaking in German. He made an obvious gesture reaching to his back pocket, this was my cue to intervene. Even though I do not speak German I politely asked if he was missing his wallet. They nodded yes and I pointed to the man who received the missing wallet. His wallet was returned and I got a "Thank you". I felt like sharing this story to brag about my good deed and my intuition.

Chinese food

I made chicken fried rice and beef and broccoli minus the beef. Didn't have any beef so just used the same recipe using only the broccoli. It turned out really goooooooood!

My first time cooking with a wok...thanks IKEA!

Aachen

Luc and I are going to Maastricht today to check out an apartment in the inner city. We walked passed the building the other day, it has white brick with a balcony, very exciting. Our appointment is at 13:30 this afternoon, can't wait. If we decide to take it we will move in right away. But our trip to IKEA yesterday revealed that we indeed have completely different tastes. He would prefer our apartment look like a modern expensive hotel, as for me I discovered I like a bed and breakfast look.

Once we were finished disagreeing on just about everything in the entire store we took a trip to Aachen Germany. Luc took me to his favorite store...model trains. He pointed out every train and building he had as a child, "I still have them in my basement TT". I thought his excitement for miniature towns with trains and people was adorable but also very humorous. I kept thinking of one of my favorite quotes from Best in Show "Thank god for model trains, they wouldn't have the idea for the big ones."

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

One of the questions from Trivia was, "what does the egg represent?" If you guessed it is a sign of rebirth, then you my friend are correct. I woke up very early this morning (ug... jet lag) and had some time to chat with my sister Beth and my friends online. Luc just informed me that I don't have jet lag, "you have butt lag!"

Breakfast was tasty and festive completed with a white laced table cloth covered with bread, cheese and chocolates. Luc's momma prepared an Easter Egg hunt in her garden in the backyard. Luc and I followed the path in the forest searching for gifts. Luc's mom is so cute I found lots of candy and goodies hidden in the plants, trees, flowers and bushes all over the garden. I felt like a little kid again, it has been a long time since I have had an Easter hunt. I do recall a home video from the time my family lived in Biloxi Mississippi. My dad recorded me hiding eggs in the front yard of the house on On the Green Street for my sisters Mary and Beth. Gosh I had to of been eight going on nine which would make Beth and Mary seven and five years old. When I finished hiding the plastic colored eggs filled with candy I yelled towards the front door to let them know it was time to hunt for the eggs. During the hunt Mary is getting upset at Beth for having more eggs. At one point Beth actually starts putting eggs in her basket but that wasn't enough. We all start calling, "Mary come back!" as she storms off into the house. It's a pretty humorous and classic hissy fit scene, one of Mary's famous temper tantrums.

Peanut Butter Cookies

I just learned how to use the metric
system...piece of cake.
Those are peanut butter cookies made with honey and peanut butter I had to improvise but it was delicious.

100 grams of Peanut butter
25 grams of honey
50 grams of flour
5 grams of vanilla
1 egg

180 C

Trip to the East Coast

Hello to All,

My stay in New York was fantastiche. I stayed with my friend Jensen who is studing Theatre at Columbia University. We didn't arrive unitl around two in the morning, thanks to the six hour lay over in Chicago. If I had known I could have made my brother George and his family come visit me, boo. Oh well, anyways on the first day Luc and I met up with my friend Candace for some Dim Sum in Chinatown. This was Candace's first time to New York. After lunch I went a little crazy with the shopping in SOHO. My friend Alison who is a comedian living in the city wanted to meet up so we met her at a bar called Still. Her friend was hosting Trivia night, unfortunately we did not win, even with Luc on our team. My favorite quote of the night, "We would of won if there were more guys on the team." -Lucien.

There is a lot more to write but I am going to attempt to bake cookies using the metric system. Okay I'm back from baking delicious peanut butter cookies. Luc and his mom hate peanut butter but they enjoyed my cookies.

Where did I leave off...arrived at Jensen's late, next day dim sum, shopping with Candace, then oh yea Triva night, we lost. If we had won the prize was $50 off bar tab. Jensen had called it a night early while I was still at the bar. I called to check in to see what time I should head back to her place. During our conversation she told me she had two tickets to see Lend me a tenor. I was under the impression it was a Columbia student production. It was actually a Broadway production http://http//www.broadway.com/shows/lend-me-tenor/

When I went to San Diego State one of my Theatre classes required was Theatre Production. It would be hard to explain my assigment for this class but lets just say I busted my ass working on Lend me a Tenor. Seeing the play live was incredible, it was my first Broadway show in New York.

After the play I met up with Alison and Candace one last time for drinks and a late dinner at the mercer kitchen.
http://http//nymag.com/listings/restaurant/mercer-kitchen/

Luc and I got on a plane Friday morning to fly to Germany we got to the airport just in time. It was the best flight ever. Seven hours to Europe is much more pleasant than 10-11 from California. From now on I'm stopping in New York.

I'm in Chicago right now!

I am currently waiting to board flight 845 to New York. It's been a loooooooooooong day. Thinking I would sleep on the plane the whole way to Chicago I decided to stay awake all night. I'm actually feeling alright, but I can feel the sleep deprivation and insanity creep in. The reason I wanted to mention all this is because Luc and I are flying with free tickets earned by my southwest chase credit card. oh yeah!! Unfortunately we are definitely paying for the inconvenience. Our flight to New York only mentioned the lay over in Chicago and neglected to reveal the flight path to Los Angeles then Chicago. Once we landed in L.A. the captain got on the microphone and said if your destination is Chicago stay on the plane, the next thing I knew Luc is telling me to get off the plane. Being in the state of delirium I got off the plane completely confused and followed his lead. We had to deplane and re board another to catch our flight to Chicago. It's 3:34 here, and will begin our departure at 6:45. Ugggg! I can't wait to get to New York!!!!

The 101

When my boyfriend Lucien arrived at San Francisco airport from Germany, I picked him up and we took a trip down the coast. I had contacted some friends down south to let them know I wanted to see them before I move to Europe. When we arrived in Long Beach Luc passed out from his long ass journey.

The next day Luc went to Orange to visit his Chapman friends meanwhile Mary and I had a sister date. I asked her what she wanted to do, she replied, "I'm hungry." I responded with the most obvious solution, "Let's get corn dogs!" Mary and I share a strange obsession with Disneyland, we entered California Adventure with our awesome season passes and went on a mission to satisfy our hunger. We didn't ride a single attraction we just went to the park for some corn dogs and root beer floats. After our delicious lunch we decided to drive to the observatory at Griffith Park, a first for the both of us.

My visit was short but sweet. I managed to spend time with family in Burbank with my cousins Tina, John, and their baby Jackson, great friends from high school living the dream in Los Angeles Blake and Kyle (premiering on Comedy Central this year) I even drove down to San Diego and spent the day at Ocean Beach with my peeps from SDSU Bobby, Chris, Dana and Phil.

Luc and I returned today to have dinner with my mommy, my best friend Shenine and her family at Benihana. Shenine told the employees that it was my birthday so we could get the cool picture afterwards!

I'm pretty tired but it was all worth it. I love my friends and family!

San Fancisco Sisters

The day was a perfect one for sister time.

My sister Beth drove from Bodega Bay to meet me in San Francisco to spend the day with our older sister Catherine and her son Linden.

Linden took a nap when we arrived so Beth and I headed

to the golden gate park to play some good ol' catch.

Then we moved on to the Cliff House followed by a slight hike to the Legion of Honor (a personal accomplishment for Beth) Since the museum was closing the nice gentlemen at the front desk said, "hello ladies, it's on the house, you have a half hour".

When Beth and I returned to Cathy's we prepared a delicious dinner... homemade butternut squash ravioli. Yummy!!!