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I finished a project!

Gina — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:29:39 +0000

Poor Michelle. She’s asked for scarves and headbands for the past couple years now and I’ll mostly start crocheting, but then get distracted with other things. (Or other people have their babies and I need to finish the blankets first.) Today though, she and I went yarn shopping (yay!) and I made a little headband/ear-warmer for her complete with a cute button closure and a flower on the side of her head, just above her ear. I think I may start making more of those soon. Once I’m caught up on baby blankets.

Game of Thrones

Gina — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:07:59 +0000

I’m already nearly done with the first book. At the rate I’m going (since I have to split my reading time between studying and fun), I should have finished the 4 books currently available before the 5th book comes out in July. Then I’m stuck waiting for the next ones in the series! It’s like Harry Potter all over again…

The Festival of the Arts

Gina — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:42:49 +0000

Evan, Jasmine, Rachna, and I met up with Michelle downtown today to have some dinner at the Festival of the Arts and take a look around. Unfortunately, as Jasmine pointed out, each time we try to take a brown person with us to a fair it gets far too windy. Rachna and Jasmine both lost some of their food and Jasmine had powdered sugar blown all over herself from our funnel cake. It was still fun though, and the night was topped off by just hanging out and relaxing at Rachna’s before we all admitted to being old and calling it a night.

I think we’re going to attempt the Renaissance Faire in Muskogee next week…perhaps with more than one brown person. Hopefully we won’t all get swept away…

OMG, Bilbo Baggins!!!

Gina — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:31:46 +0000

For my fellow nerdy friends, if you’re not friends with Peter Jackson on Facebook, you should be. He posted a 10 minute long video about the start of production on The Hobbit and it’s wonderful. There are some familiar faces and some new ones, a good look around Bag End and Elrond’s chambers, and many more little glimpses. He also promises more videos to come. Go check it out!

Staying up late just because I can

Gina — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:20:04 +0000

We went out for Jasmine’s birthday dinner and managed to shorten our wait time for a table by shrinking the truth a little and saying we had fewer guests than were actually coming. The highlight of the evening was definitely passing baby Kate around (this is what happens when you bring a baby out to play with a bunch of pediatricians). This is a daring thing to do since she’s 4 and a half months old and could cry at any moment, but luckily she handled it like a champ. (And I taught her all about Star Wars from my phone!). After much oohing and aahing over the baby, we called it an evening a little early since people have to work the next day, and split.

I don’t have to work the next day though, so I insisted on playing some more Lego Star Wars 3 when we got home. This was probably a mistake since I yawned through most of the level, but at least I finally had something to blame for my terrible aiming in game.

Office supplies?!?

Gina — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:06:54 +0000

Jasmine and I met with our future boss Wednesday afternoon to talk about the job we’re starting in a few months. The talk went pretty well and we now know who to contact about little details here and there. What Shannon told me about that I had not thought of before though was that we’d need office supplies for our office at Saint’s. Office supplies! Pens and pencils and stationery and stuff!!! As if I wasn’t excited about my new job already! Now I just wonder if I can buy said office supplies from wherever I want (aka JetPens) or if I have to go through some specific company.

New video game!

Gina — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:24:48 +0000

Evan and I picked up Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars when it came out yesterday and have been busily enjoying it since. The game play is much less linear than the previous 2 games but because I’m not familiar with the story of the Clone Wars animated series, I’m not sure what’s going on in the game. It’s a lot of fun though!

The Hobbit

Gina — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:17:11 +0000

This picture was posted on theonering.net very recently. PJ is so adorable! He looks much better now after losing all that weight, but he still manages to look like a hobbit. I can’t wait for the movie!!!

“Red Dwarf”

Gina — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:00:25 +0000

In our quest to find something silly and entertaining to watch, Evan and I decided to start watching the old British show Red Dwarf tonight. Red Dwarf started in the late 80s, and as I’ve learned after reading its Wiki article, ran until 1999, with another season planned for 2012. It’s not really laugh-out-loud funny but it’s amusing, and it’s definitely British. The first episode didn’t do much to draw me in or make me laugh, but for some reason we both felt compelled to watch the second episode. The only reason we stopped there was because I need to go back to bed before being on call tomorrow. We may have to keep watching the rest of the eight seasons throughout the month so I don’t go crazy thanks to work…

Full house

Gina — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:10:54 +0000

The hospital is full, so the people doing admissions (Batoul, Saurabh, and me) are all just hanging out in the lounge. I’ve wisely spent my time looking at cars and laptop bags while Saurabh has found more stuff he wants from Jetpens. Apparently I’m leading him down the dark and dangerous path of pen addiction.