| Pictures of Pictures of Relatives Resembling Other Relatives |
[Nov. 30th, 2009|10:40 pm] |
Sleepy Don under the Rogues Gallery
I'm said to take after my grandmother, Margaret Cash, and my brother obviously takes after my father.
My stunning mother, looking like my stunning mother.
Here's another picture of my father, looking a lot like my brother.
Margaret Cash again. Do we look alike?
This picture shows that I inherited my grandmother's figure, especially her elbows.
My parents impersonating fake relatives.
The younger generation has its own Rogues Gallery.
I thought my mom was calling this "The Rose Gallery," which seemed quite romantic to me, and appropriate for the Antique Room. Her aunt was named Rose, and Rose can be seen in many of the photographs in the gallery, and it wasn't until a few minutes ago that I finally understood. |
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| Body Words |
[Nov. 30th, 2009|09:41 am] |
Going through old books to try to give away and sell whatever isn't rare or treasured, I found "Webster's Encyclopedia of Dictionaries" in the bottom of a box at my parents' house. I decided it didn't belong in the bottom of a box, and since it's too huge to drag to Dubai, I've campaigned for its prominent display in the front room. It was one of my favorite books when I was a teenager; I guess it still is. It was printed in 1978, which makes the atlas interesting.
Here are some amazing words from the medical dictionary:
Ageusia, lack of sense of taste
Mephitic, noxious or foul
Alvine, pertaining to the belly
Balbuties, stammering
Bex, cough
Dragee, large sugar coated pill
Alienist, psychiatrist
Cainotophobia, extreme fear of anything new
Sitophobia, extreme dislike of food
I wanted to make this a long list, but I think I'm going to make a sandwich instead. We'll see if I continue it later. |
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| Halloweird, Part Second, and Mahmovies! |
[Nov. 20th, 2009|11:07 am] |
By parental demand... Halloweird, Part The Second. Only 20 days after Halloween, and worth the wait, I'm sure.
So this was the first party we went to ~ a house party with a "space" theme. There were all kinds of weird lighting effects which were bleached out of this picture by flash photography.
It was almost like being in another country. Or a Star Trek episode.
Two birthdays; two cakes with 30 candles each.
Then we went to Chi, where we had to wait the usual eternity even though there was a table reserved for us. These were some of these creatures waiting in line.
The view from our table in the garden. Chi was packed, as usual.
Another nightclub shot.
And for those of you who did NOT spot the "attention to detail" in my previous post, Don and I swapped eye colors to be Kirk and Miramanee.
After Chi closed, Don and I were invited to an afterparty by a Jordanian guy in a kilt. We thanked him politely and lost him. A few minutes later, he had found us and was urging us to come to his afterparty. Actually, it seemed like a good idea, because it meant sharing a ride with several other people to our own neighborhood, thus saving a bit of cab fare. The "afterparty" turned out to be four or five friends cleaning off their makeup and hitting the hay, all the while asking each other in Arabic who the Americans were. Randomness.
A few days later, we went to Mahmovies! at Jam Jar, for a free screening of I Am Cuba.
Here is curator Mahmoud Kaabour, director of Being Osama, which Don and I caught a few years ago at Dubai's film festival, introducing the event.
I read later that around 300 people attended.
The movie was excellent but sort of long; Don fell asleep. He'd had a long day.
Then, a few days later, Don and I grabbed one friend and went to Abu Dhabi to meet another friend, to skate on a big sundial at the corniche. I don't know why I didn't get pictures of the friends (or the skating), but I got some pictures of signs.
"The Original Americana Chicken Tikka"
If you need liquid or gaseous spare parts, you'll have to look elsewhere. |
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| Halloweird, Part First! |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|05:51 pm] |
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| | Don singing, "American Butt Belt! Stay From Meee!" | ] |
I'm about to cook dinner so I don't have time to go through all my pictures from last night, but I wanted to show you our costumes. As you can see, they were considerably less elaborate than last year's.
I had props to go with the Miramanee costume, not pictured. Until yesterday morning, I didn't realize I'd be going to the party, so I had to throw it together in a hurry. I was most proud of the belt.
Spot the attention to detail!
A silly picture, but look! (Especially Mom & Dad!)
Yesterday, I skated for the first time on my shiny new Vandals. For TWO HOURS. I don't know how it happened. But that's how my nose got sunburned, in case you were wondering.
Tonight, airport standby at two a.m. And Nanowrimo! |
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