Fun & Games

Well I took my new camera to Alex's birthday party last night. Maybe I just have to get use to using a different camera. I have to play with the settings. I wasn't terribly pleased with the outcome of the photos. However the party was really fun. I started out with a bit of Wii playing. I've never played the Wii before, I'm not sure I really loved it all that much I guess I just like traditional controllers better. Next we played 80's Trivial Pursuit. When it came out I thought that I'd be a lot better at it then I was. Turns out I mostly only knew the music and the movie categories. Then we played my super special game! I made my own game. I retrieved an elastic waist black mini skirt from my work dump box of samples which I sewed on strips of black Velcro on the back then embroidered a bulls-eye to the butt. I found these little flower crochet pieces and put the other side of the velcro on the back of them. We then played Pin the Tail on Alex. I was very happy that Alex was a good sport about it (he even made donkey sounds) and everyone participated. I was worried that I'd bring it out and no one would play it. I deem it a success. After that game we sang Happy Birthday with cookie cake. I have never had cookie cake before. It was a giant cookie! Yum yum yum! After cake and present opening we played Taboo. I liked Taboo and I seemed to be not horrible at it. Then it was back to Wii for the rest of the night. It was a delightful time and a really good idea for a birthday party. You can look at more photos here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/framented_light/sets/72157602214100707/

Hood Study

Ingredients for Life

I don't know what triggered this memory but I wanted to share with you the way I learned about the birds and the bees.

When I was but a wee child in elementary school I brought home a paper for my mom to sign giving me permission to learn sex ed. Of course at this age I think they were just going to tell us about menstruation and vaginas and nothing about actual sex. Well, my mom sat me down and said "Now, you can learn about this in school or I can tell you about it, which would you like?" Now I was rather naive but I knew that sex was when people got naked and rubbed up against each other and I certainly didn't want to hear about whatever was involved with that from my mother so I said "I'd rather learn it in school?" My mom said "Are you sure? Wouldn't you rather know going into class?" I could tell that she wanted me to have her tell me but I said "No, I'd rather hear it in class." So she said okay and everything was fine. The next day my mom had me pick out a receipt from her cookbook to make because one of my favorite things to do was bake, I'm not claiming to have been a normal child. I picked out this awesome receipt for these dessert bars with gram cracker crust and chocolate and butterscotch chips. We went to the store and got ingredients and came back and made them. I but them in the oven and look behind me and my mom is at the kitchen table with a stack of books. She tells me to come over while the bars are in the oven. She then starts to give me the sex talk. I remember feeling tricked and mad. She is telling me about ejaculation and says "you know that sweetened condensed milk you put into the bars, well when a man ejaculates semen with sperm that's what it looks like." She goes through her books and I find it all gross but then the realization that my parents have done this sets in and I feel nauseous. I take the bars out of the oven to cool. She goes on in painfully clinical detail. After she is done and I feel embarrassed, angry, and nauseous she puts one of the cooled bars in front of me and says "here now you can have one." All I can think of is the sperm filled semen like ingredients I put into the bars. I hid it in my napkin and threw it away.

What's It Going to BeeeeeEEE?

This song has been in my head ALL day! I mean I love it and all but it really needs to stop!

MEEEEOOOOOOW

I have a big internet crush on Winston the most annoying cat in the world! I loves him! I want a Winston cat!

Leaf Storm

I got my beautiful, gorgeous, new camera today. Next on the list is to buy a beautiful, gorgeous, new memory card. Here is the leaf in front of my apartment that I took with the new camera. Yeah, it isn't an impressive photo but don't bug me I'm tired.

F This!

There is a house on the 101 freeway. Worst traffic jam EVER!