http://annamatronic.wordpress.com I MIGHT BE LAND LOCKED BUT I'M STILL A PIRATE Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:11:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I'm at the beach with my family.  It's great.  The house is great.  The weather has been great (given the tropical storm that took an unexpected turn away from this particular stretch of coast...thank you, up above), the food has all been great, we've all been laughing and rocking ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/say-what/ My face feels clogged full of whatever it is that makes dust:  ash from before we stopped smoking in the house, dirt, skin cells, whatever.  I think I have a pound and a half stored in my sinuses alone.  I realize now, in the act of packing this house that ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/the-battle-against-dust/ Currently, I am sitting in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida.  My parents and my little brother are sleeping not five feet away from me, and in my usual style, I can't sleep before 2 a.m.  Boo.  My dad had his 65th birthday today, and to commemorate such a Big ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/what-a-week/ Yesterday was a funny day...I woke up with a r a g i n g hangover, due to a dinner with my temporary roommate (departing tomorrow forever) and our teacher and his partner.  We ate fresh summer salad and grilled corn in their beautiful backyard garden, and lord did we ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/flip-on-a-dime/ Friday was fantastic...it marked my last day in the paint shop at school, ever, and although I feel tied to that place and will miss it, I'm ready to move on.  Friday night, Anchors, Matty and I went to try and see Get Smart.  Steve Carrell is funny and I ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/another-brilliant-weekend/ One month and five days until I depart this state, my Home for thirty years.  I don't know where I'm going to live, or how much I'm going to make in a month to know what an affordable apartment might be, realistically.  I would hate it if my only requirement ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/whas-happeninnnn/ I'm on a too-short lunch break, but it's been a few days, and plenty of things have happened that deserve mention.   The Wedding Weekend was really pretty perfect.  My roommate (D) and his girlfriend (L) and I all piled into D's incredibly hot classic BMW and raced to the mountains ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/weekend-warriors/ I have been shaking my head all week long in disbelief that somehow, I have managed to receive a salary from This State in exchange for making puppets.  I mean, I still paint for half of the day, but there are ten puppets that have to be made for this ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/got-em/ Does anyone remember the SNL sketch with Anna Gasteyer and Mollye Shannon as NPR anchors, with their guest, Alec Baldwin, promoting his Shweaty Chocolate Balls?  Highlights from that sketch kept running through my head earlier today, when I was both sweating my figurative balls off, and craving chocolate.   Being back ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/shweaty-balls/ ...starts this week.  I am SO excited.  I re-watched the last four episodes of season 3 (if you don't know about it, check out watchtvsitcoms.com) to get myself back up to speed and fully prepared for what's about to happen.   I won't be terribly surprised if they end up moving ... http://annamatronic.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/weeds-season-4/