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Happy Thanksgiving!

25 November 2009 in Fall, Family, Holiday, Radio, TV, UK | No comments

Over Thanksgiving in 2006 I was living in England and going to the National Broadcasting School. It felt strange being in a foreign country and not having the usuals: a holiday break, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, being with the family and gathering around the table to feast, Black Friday, ect… it was just an ordinary day across the pond. Being in England though did not stop me from carrying forth the American tradition – there was at-least a feast!

During Thanksgiving week at the NBS I was doing some research for a project when I came across and old WKRP clip about a Great Turkey Drop. Instantly I was fascinated and laughing at a radio promotion gone bad. (Not just because all the work I was doing happened to be in radio.) The show brought an awesome smile to my face and filled part of the hole for missing the Thanksgiving traditions. Since then, I have made it a yearly tradition to watch the WKRP Turkey’s Away episode to bring in the Thanksgiving spirit.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you have some time and are looking for some fun laughs, gather around the computer or TV and check out Turkey’s Away.

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Future Suitress Friday

6 March 2009 in Family, Future Suitress Friday | 1 comment

Now that its Friday it is time for week two of notes for my future suitress.
Disclaimer: These are notes, not ultimatums or definitions for wonder woman… just notes. No hate mail this time. Please.

- Self motivation & personal responsibility. I’ve been with the constant negative put-downers, and I don’t wish to go back. Nor do I care for the constant blamers. “Ahhh stupid squirrels throwing nuts, jerk-face rock, shitty socialists, rectal republicans, idiotic independents, damn democrats, lousy libertarians, eff’in hippy…. blah blah blah.” Yes the universe is out to get us and the girl next door is evil because she looks hot and I’m a creeper for noticing. Yet I won’t blame the universe for the stud husband that makes you look twice. Craziness, is it ever possible to escape? Even though I’m supportive!?

- I have no desire to become a simpleton. Additionally, the idea of becoming complacent scares me… running with new ideas and embracing challenges is HUGE in my book. This though, might end up conflicting with point number 2.

- Family first. However, I’m no nazi with that motto. Secondly, Best TV show ever. Know which one I’m talking about? I’ll buy you a drink and give woo-ing points. Seriously. And then we’ll watch it on Hulu.

- Intelligent conversations and debates are definitely cool. The other day I was in Chicago and I heard a couple arguing about operating systems and which one will work better for their media center. I was jealous. There was all sorta of coolness being thrown around.

- The smell of coffee is fantastic. A good tea is soothing. And a hot-chocolate is heart warming. Really… is there a bad choice?

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Now don’t go making my bear roar!

19 August 2008 in BBC, Family, Gadgets, Nonspecific | 1 comment

Teddy bears are generally known to convey warm feelings of affection. It’s even nicer when one can bring you a happy ending. As with family members getting elderly there have been times when we’ve had troubles with certain caretakers or cleaning crews. A teddy cam would have probably alleviated much of the stress and damage; in addition to future people getting hurt.

Time to find a bear-cam that roars.

A forensic science graduate and her father caught his terminally ill mother’s care assistant stealing by putting a camera in a teddy bear’s eye.

teddy cam

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4 July 2008

4 July 2008 in Family, Friends, Holiday, Pittsburgh, Politics, Summer | 2 comments

As we celebrate today with good friends, family, food and fireworks it is important to not forget why we observe this historic day. Too often I feel we loose sight of why we fought for our independence over 232 years ago… and with current politics, we could easily loose everything that we fought for.

As Ben Franklin said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little tempory safety, Deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

 

Here are some flags from around the yard with my new purchase.

 

Sit back, relax and turn on live independence. Most of all, have a fun, safe and happy Forth of July!

 

This is as American as it gets.

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24 years as of 9:31AM on the 2nd of July 2008

2 July 2008 in Family, Friends, Summer | 4 comments

At 9:31AM this morning, twenty-four years after I emerged into this world, I was sitting infront of my computer at work – my first “real-life” job – and I said, “So this is the day.” I looked around my office some and realized, this is the day that I had to finally “work” on my birthday. Never before had I worked on my birthday… in-fact, for my entire life I’ve only ever been three places on the big day. Pittsburgh (Home), Stone Harbor, and Boy Scout camp. Now that “Pittsburgh (Work)” is being added to the list, the feeling of “old” has started seeping in.

Although, my uncle graciously reminded me on the phone tonight that this is the last year I can answer the question about my age as, “Oh, I’m in my early twenties.” Next year it’s, “the mid-twenties” and the year after that it’s, “the late-twenties.” So looking at it in his view, I’m still plenty young!

Tonight I went and had dinner with the family at the CheeseCake Factory. I feasted on some avocado egg rolls and a giant grilled portobello mushroom treated like a burger. Afterwards we came home for a relaxing evening which included a double-decker cookie cake. All in all a fairly mild Wednesday evening.

September of 1985, I was 1 year old and hanging out with smokey the cat

Drew - Sept 1985

Drew - June 2008

In June of this year I was checking out a summer music festival in the park next to work. In between one and twenty-four? Well thats a story, I can direct you to several photo albums or meet you for a drink.

So I made it twenty-four years before having to work on my birthday, I guess that’s not to shabby…

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes, cards, emails, phone calls and fb posts; I enjoyed hearing and talking to everyone! It’s because of people like you that I forward look to at-least sixty more years in this life game.

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My Soppy Divulge

17 June 2008 in Family, Housing, Pittsburgh | No comments

Over the past 6 months I have started a new job, lucky for me I was able to live at home to save money. I have never been a fan of living at home as I like being out on my own and I find it hard for me to relax around my immediate family [not sure why,] but I like my family, extended family and grandparents very much.

Right now, my Grandma is living across the street – and one of the main benefits to me living at home is being able to spend time with her. I actually grew up really close to my Grandma and Grandpa E because they lived across the street (kinda like the Everybody Loves Raymond, except different drama.) The memories and times I have had with them are very fond and I feel fortunate to have such memories.

Well, since my grandfather died a few years ago my grandmother has been slipping. I feel really sorry for her, seeing her suffer is hard on me, seeing her live alone is hard. Luckily though, before my Grandfather died he bought my Grandmother a yapper of a dog. My grandmother has been treating the dog like a daughter almost and I can tell that she and the dog have developed a connect – even so, I still feel sad for her. The way I have found to deal with the pain is to be there for her, help her out, spend time with her, fix up the house, have lunch with her, take her out for a drive. I decorated her house for Christmas this past year, put her pumpkin out for Halloween and most recently been tending to and grooming the yard this spring. It’s also been useful that I work mostly evenings, which has enabled me to be there during the day for her (other family usually around in the evening.)

So as the months have been going by, I have been finding it harder and harder to live at home. I keep desiring my own space, my own kitchen! (A vegetarian always cooking in a meaters kitchen gets annoying.) So I went and visited a realtor the other day to start the apartment search and/or entertain the idea of possibly owning a house. So when I told my Grandmother this the other day, I felt like I was hurting her – even though she agrees that it is in my best interest, I could tell she was crying inside. Luckily though, she felt better when I mentioned that I’d be able to visit and spend the night fairly often. In addition, once my Grandmother gets back from her summer home this year, I think we are going to have full time help in the house for her – which will help and make the situation better.

So it’s official, I have joined the real-estate game. I’m searching seeking places / certain areas in Pittsburgh – stay tuned.

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