| Friday, January 4, 2008 |
| Post-Xmas Pre-New Years Update |
You know in case you wanted that sort of thing. This post kind of covers three different areas podcast, crafting and personal.
Podcast: No the Theme Show isn't dead. It's been a crazy pre-Christmas and I haven't had a lot of time and also was having issues. I fully intended to do Christmas episodes this year, but every time I tried to get songs, some computer error would occur and I just got frustrated. On top of that I have been doing "mini" family friendly versions for people to listen to during the intervals of films for the Rialto Theatre in Lancaster NH. Those versions eventually end up posted over at my regular website http://ishtarandromeda.com so if you really wanted to hear a Christmas episode from me, there's a short 43 minute one I did for the "Polar Express" event they had, that will probably be up at some point. In the meantime you'll hopefully see a new full length episode next Tuesday... with any luck...
Crafting: My new crafting idea is off and running. Aside from collecting lots of small instructions on really random items to make for fun or craft faires, I also received my very own sewing machine for Christmas!!! Hooray! Now I don't have to beg my grandmother to borrow hers and get it out of storage and all that. Let's just hope I still have those old home-economics lessons tumbling around the ole database somewhere... Actually if anyone can recommend some good books with good pictures but not too much reading on sewing basics to get me started (particularly one with clothing projects as I'm really not too interested in making a bunch of potholders and stuffed animals) I would appreciate suggestions. Hopefully by this time next year (or sooner) I will have made not only a couple of costumes for myself to wear to King Richard's Faire and Halloween, but maybe just maybe will be on my way to making some multiple quantities of stuff I can sell on Etsy.
Personal: And no just because you don't know me personally doesn't mean you can't read it! Just for those who didn't already know, my Christmas went pretty well. Meaghan got spoiled rotten (figures), and my cousin Carlo is here visiting from Milan, Italy! Fortunately he's learned English since the last time he was here as for some reason I have yet to learn Italian (I swear it's on my to-do list, but then so are about 500 other things). All us Pino cousins got together and had a cousin's night out the day after Christmas. We had Mexican (his request) at Casa Romero, which despite having once been about three blocks from my old condo; I have never been to before. It was pretty good, though I still think I prefer some place I went to that I can't remember the name of (it was in Dorchester I think... the food is really good and they have Mariachi and everything. It's owned by a Peruvian guy. My brother thinks it might be Acapulco's in Jamaica Plain, but I think maybe it was Taqueria Casa Real. Anyone know? Sounds like a quest is in order, visit all the Mexican joints until I find the one I used to like). Anyway, back to the story. Firstly it's really bizarre because Carlo kind of reminds me of my Uncle Joe, who passed away a while ago now (1989? I remember I was in High School and I remember who I was dating because me and my dad got in a big fight over it). For one thing they look a little similar, but also because Carlo is a big ham, and my Uncle Joe was always the life of the party. I forget exactly how the family tree goes, but I think Carlo's mother or grandmother is sisters with my grandmother, or something like that... but it's still funny how genetics make it completely possible for one person to be a lot like another despite the distance and generation gap! After eating we went over to King's for bowling, which was a little weird all in itself because it was once the Cheri theatre, and I remember seeing movies there in college. It was amusing trying to remember what used to be where; some things like the concession stand were obvious. It was Ten Pin, which I normally don't play too often (having grown up on candlepin) and we all had a pretty fun time despite the fact that poor Carlo didn't seem to have a clue how to play other than understanding he had to get the ball down the lane. I think he ended up with a score of like 33 his first try and 45 his second try, but I also think once he realized he wasn't very good at it; he just started fooling around instead. Meanwhile my cousin John almost got us tossed out of the joint! Basically the day before on Christmas my Cousin Vilma had on this backless dress. Apparently in an effort to tease her, my cousin took this t-shirt and cut the back out of it. This backfired as he wore a sweater over it, and got hot bowling. He had to take the sweater off... so he was left with this foolish looking t-shirt with the back cut out of it, and abotu halfway through our second frame the manager of the place came over and told him he would have to put a "real" shirt on, pretty funny in a poor planning way. |
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Name: IshtarAndromeda
Home: Medford, Massachusetts, United States
About Me: I dabble in many things. I'm not really a professional anything, though I try to be all of the following: music critic, dream intrepreter, DJ/podcaster, Astrologist, crafter (jewelry, clothing & acessories, as well as other miscellany), television theorist, video gamer, and the list is always evolving and changing.
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