sickdonderdag 7 april 2011 Up at 5:11. Call in sick for work. My tummy is upset. Just Diet Sprite for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Just lay in bed. Nice excuse to stay inside my nice warm apartment and catch up with Glee and Torchwood. Play with FM Forums. They posted a cute little YouTube vid of Jedward - ET Katy Perry And Jedward Bubble Bath. Watch Glee - Preggers and The Rhodes Not Taken. I love it when The football team dances to "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" on the field. Switch to Torchwood - Fragments. This episodes does a review of the characters' personal lives. Play movies - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones. Up to #404 to visit the cats. Phoenix needs lots of petting. Back to my place. I bump into Christian is the hallway. Listen to podcast of The World.
woensdag 6 april 2011 Up with alarm. Tofu burrito for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Hal joins the show. They discuss the struggles that Obama has with the Republicans about the budget. Report - A visibly frustrated President Barack Obama emerged from a failed meeting on a budget deal Tuesday and said he would demand daily sessions with House Speaker John Boehner until an agreement was hammered out to prevent a U.S. government shutdown at week’s end. Shower. Up to Kaladi to blog and drink coffee. Lauren is playing French music. Merci, Lauren. Back to my place to drop off my little laptop. Walk up Westlake to work. 10 - Hang out with the Wildflowers while Sarah takes planning time. They want me to read books. Lots of books about planting and growing plants. 11 - Charmaine's lunch. The Seahorses are playing outside. When we go inside, I set up lunches while Patty does circle time. 12 - Anne's lunch. Kenn is subbing for Pam. The kids are still eating lunch. I take care of the lunch mess while Kenn does diapers. 1 - Kenn's lunch. Still with the Sea Otters, Anne and I take turns dealing with the Sleepless In Seattle Mr. O. 2 - Patty's lunch. Oliver wakes up early. He just stays on his mat resting. Charmaine and I chat about this and that. Streetcar to Denny. Shop for a few things at Whole Foods. Back at my place. Turn on The World. Fascinating story about life in a prison in Syria. Tik Root Tells Us About It.
Walk down to the library to blog. Listen to Rachel Maddow, too. "This isn't a budget. This is a cause!" Report - "CUT IT OR SHUT IT!" Back to my place... quick before it rains! Beef and spaghetti for dinner. Watch movie - Gladiator.
dinsdag 5 april 2011 Up with alarm. Couscous and fried egg for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. They're talking mostly about the impending shutdown of the government and how the Republicans are trying to destroy Medicare. Paul Ryan is having a press conference about his proposed budget. Report - GOP Budget Chief Calls For $6.2 Trillion Spending Cut. Look at that! Paul Ryan's All White Prosperity Band. Paul Ryan and his big band of white men are finishing up their press conference. How many white men does it take to rip Medicare to shreds? Watch an episode of Glee before going to work - Acafellas. We are introduced to Finn's friend Puck. How-Dee-Do! Walk up to work. I'm outside a lot with the kids. Brrr. It's breezy and chilly. I eat lunch with my Starfish friends. Nap time with the Seahorses. Streetcar to Denny Way. Shop for a few things at Whole Foods. Drop off stuff at my place. Short walk around First Hill. Stir fried beef and couscous for dinner. Watch Avatar.
maandag 4 april 2011 Up at 2:50. Turn on Deutsche Welle. On Talking Germany, they talk with Reinhold Robbe about the German military - Der Bundeswehr - and East Frisia. Switch to France 24. The Japanese government calls an "unavoidable emergency measure" amid growing concerns over ocean contamination. Report - Plant Operator Dumps Radioactive Water Into Pacific. Couscous and a couple fried eggs for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Steph and the Rude Pundit talk about the Quran burning by Terry Jones. Report - Ten Dead In Afghan Quran Burning Protests. Rude's post - Photos That Make the Rude Pundit Want to Cook Pork on a Holy Book/American Flag Bonfire. Shower. Walk up Westlake to Denny. Streetcar the rest of the way. 10 to 12 - Planning time for Elaine. Alicia covers for Jessica. We take the 7 Dolphins out to the playground. Really light rain falls on us. 12 - To the Bike Room to meet the Sunshine Kids to get give Kechelle a lunch break. I eat my couscous and chicken with the kids. I lay out the nap mats. 1 - Anne's lunch. Down to Sea Otters. The kids are napping. Nice quiet time. Alicia is subbing for Pam. 2 - It's Alicia's lunch. Streetcar to d'town. Monday Mondo Burrito at Taco Del Mar. Drop off stuff. Up to QFC to pick up a few things. Watch MSNBC then Stargate Atlantis - Broken Ties.
zaterdag 2 april 2011 Up at 1:30. Turn on DW World. Fall asleep with the news. Up at 7:50 with DW World still on. My iPad's battery is at the 33% level. Wow. That's the lowest power I have ever seen it. Turn on Alternative Radio. It's Martin Luther King: Beyond Vietnam. Then it's Eat The State. Couscous and fried egg for breakfast. Switch from KEXP to KUOW. Since I don't have a car, I rarely listen toCar Talk. I like the occasional relationship counseling that they do. I get a double dose of Wait, Wait today. Yay! I get an opportunity to laugh at the news. Thank you very much. But they get into some obscure subjects like Phantom Vibration Syndrome... and Soloflex. I see the sun is coming out. Walk up to Cal Anderson Park. The sun goes away. Back down Pine to catch a #72 bus to the UW. There's a car show on Red Square and the cherry blossoms on the quad. There are lots of people admiring the trees. They're beautiful. The #73 is packed with students going d'town with me. I love it. Luv you guys! Back at my place. Listen to Travel With Rick Steves on KUOW. Start to play with Google Earth. Man! I REALLY REALLY should go to Paris for real. I explore the western suburbs. I find Suresnes and the American Cemetery And Memorial. Watch movie - Black Hawk Down. Then Stargate - Search & Rescue.
Michael: Well. I guess we're fighting after all.
Caldwell: Major Marks, please make that ship go away. Marks: Yes, sir. (fires Asgard beam weapons at the ship, destroying it)
vrijdag 1 april 2011 Up at 1:24. Oy! Watch Rachel Maddow. I feel so frustrated after watching this... Voter Regret, Backlash In Wake Of GOP War On Workers. I feel like moving to Vermont after listening to this... Vermont To Improve Health Reform With Single Payer Plan. Switch to France 24. Top story - Ouattara Loyalists Seize Capital Of Ivory Coast. Fall back to sleep until the alarm goes off. Hummus on toast for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She covers the latest about the wrangling on the budget - Where's The Spending Squabble Heading? And... Only about 100 Tea Partiers rallied in DC yesterday, urging Republican House leaders — Speaker John Boehner above all — to resist the drive toward compromise in the protracted fight over the federal budget. Shower. Play with Google Earth to visit Paris again... The Marais. Streetcar to work. Turn on Weekday - The Psychological Trauma Of War. They talk about The Soldiers Project. It rains all day. 10 - Planning time for Kechelle. I hang out with the 5 Sunshine Kids. Julien invites me, "Would you build with Legos with me?" I repsond, "I love Legos!" So, I build skyscrapers with the kids. Mr. J. is probably the most well-adjusted of the group. The rest exhibit various spurts of emotionalism. We mellow out with some books. They seem to like my dramatic style. 11 - Charmaine's lunch. The 7 Seahorses are playing in the Bike Room. Patty does the lunch prep. 12 - Cristin goes home with a migraine. I help Toni with the 5 Starfish. Nice mellow lunch with the kids. I set out the mats and do the diapers. 1 - Kenn is subbing for Jessica. It's his lunch break. The 8 Dolphins are going down for naps. It's pretty quiet except for a little coughing. 2 - Patty's lunch. The 6 Seahorses are sleeping. I like to leave work in a mellow mood. Streetcar to d'town. Drop off stuff and turn on KOMO News. Chicken and spaghetti for dinner. Watch episode of Heroes - It's Coming. Sylar and Elle confront each other. Elle takes vengence on him for the murder of her father. Bolts of electricity hit Sylar. Next is George Carlin - You Are All Diseased. Fall asleep with The Naked Gun.
