happy halloween
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Monday, December 05, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
Boss Overstuffed Leather High-Back Executive Chair, Black at Office Depot.
christmas present from cindy
ast night we got a 7.5" Kodiak Christmas tree from HomeDepot. It has 500 lights.
The huge box couldn't fit into my small Acura Integra
It's raining. We tore open the box and took out three sections of the trees and stuff them into the back seat of the car. I folded down the back seat rest so as not to scratch the leather. It was comical. We were worse then the Griswalds.
ast night we got a 7.5" Kodiak Christmas tree from HomeDepot. It has 500 lights.
The huge box couldn't fit into my small Acura Integra
It's raining. We tore open the box and took out three sections of the trees and stuff them into the back seat of the car. I folded down the back seat rest so as not to scratch the leather. It was comical. We were worse then the Griswalds.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Saturday, October 01, 2005
hi fi
My Adventures in Hi Fi Fi:
Date: 2005-10-01, 9:07AM PDT
I've got a nice pair of 2 way classic Advent legacy speakers that need a new home. Nothing wrong with them I've just got too many speakers. The cabinets feature a 10" long throw woofer (just re-foamed and good for another 20+ yrs.) and a 1" tweeter and they sound great. All of the drivers work as they should. The cabinets are black vinyl with a solid pecan wood top. There are a few scratches on the sides and the grills have a few small rub holes up against the grill frame but like I said they sound great and are a great value. Call Joe
well I did and ended up with a BeoVox which is currently blaring out Dave Mathews...
Have you ever heard of Clips horn speaker?? I had the opportunity yesterday. It is a piece of furniture. The cross section is a work of cabinetry.
I answer Joe's Craig's list and drove out to the country to see the Advent Legacy. Joe's house is full of speakers and other junk. His wife puts up with it and he makes decent money from his hobby restoring old speakers that he finds at garage sales. Joe knows his product and has a discerning eye and instinct for the valuable rare collector's items. His wife tells me he has netted profits beyond what he pays for. The speakers had fetched a grand on EBay.
His wife desperately wants him to get rid of his junks. Joe is a musician, a drummer to be exact. He has several pairs of drum kits. One set has a very low serial number.
He took me to another room and left me there to peruse over a cabinet while he look for a pair of BeoVox. I accidentally knocked over a cardboard box full of white socks and other dirty laundries.
I should have brought a camera with me. Joe is very convincing and a good sales man. He doesn’t much like his day job and has reduced his hours to tend audiophile business. I wish I was more productive in my hobbies.
I'm really happy to google tool bar with spell checks. I don't have to use word to check the spelling.
Date: 2005-10-01, 9:07AM PDT
I've got a nice pair of 2 way classic Advent legacy speakers that need a new home. Nothing wrong with them I've just got too many speakers. The cabinets feature a 10" long throw woofer (just re-foamed and good for another 20+ yrs.) and a 1" tweeter and they sound great. All of the drivers work as they should. The cabinets are black vinyl with a solid pecan wood top. There are a few scratches on the sides and the grills have a few small rub holes up against the grill frame but like I said they sound great and are a great value. Call Joe
well I did and ended up with a BeoVox which is currently blaring out Dave Mathews...
Have you ever heard of Clips horn speaker?? I had the opportunity yesterday. It is a piece of furniture. The cross section is a work of cabinetry.
I answer Joe's Craig's list and drove out to the country to see the Advent Legacy. Joe's house is full of speakers and other junk. His wife puts up with it and he makes decent money from his hobby restoring old speakers that he finds at garage sales. Joe knows his product and has a discerning eye and instinct for the valuable rare collector's items. His wife tells me he has netted profits beyond what he pays for. The speakers had fetched a grand on EBay.
His wife desperately wants him to get rid of his junks. Joe is a musician, a drummer to be exact. He has several pairs of drum kits. One set has a very low serial number.
He took me to another room and left me there to peruse over a cabinet while he look for a pair of BeoVox. I accidentally knocked over a cardboard box full of white socks and other dirty laundries.
I should have brought a camera with me. Joe is very convincing and a good sales man. He doesn’t much like his day job and has reduced his hours to tend audiophile business. I wish I was more productive in my hobbies.
I'm really happy to google tool bar with spell checks. I don't have to use word to check the spelling.
Friday, September 30, 2005
vietkieu
September 29, 2005 Thursday
For diner tonight I made spaghetti. Standards have decided to give us a kitchen aid refrigerator because the whirlpool in Satin is out of stock. I’m happy that mom got the big refrigerator and the new stove. I’m begging to think of topics or subject not to write about. I’m editing before writing.
For lunch, I went to Chen’s Open Kitchen and wrote in my journal while I ate beef low mien.
Idea for writing…. write about visiting my father’s grave. It’s been more then ten years since I visited my father’s gram. It’s the first time I visited. There weren’t many fresh flowers. Because the Chinese are afraid of ghosts. The fresh flowers are of the fresh grave. Here I’m trying not to get into too deep or too intimate. My mind is distracted into thinking about repetitive writings. In one way it’s good to revise and rewrite these ideas. Afternoon office birthday party, Autumn suddenly got more information out of me then I had wanted to reveal. She told me her past boyfriend was 38 years old. They have 16 years apart. Her mother was dating and is still dating some one much younger then she. I found out that they got marry because of her. I told autumn the story of how I came to America.
For diner tonight I made spaghetti. Standards have decided to give us a kitchen aid refrigerator because the whirlpool in Satin is out of stock. I’m happy that mom got the big refrigerator and the new stove. I’m begging to think of topics or subject not to write about. I’m editing before writing.
For lunch, I went to Chen’s Open Kitchen and wrote in my journal while I ate beef low mien.
Idea for writing…. write about visiting my father’s grave. It’s been more then ten years since I visited my father’s gram. It’s the first time I visited. There weren’t many fresh flowers. Because the Chinese are afraid of ghosts. The fresh flowers are of the fresh grave. Here I’m trying not to get into too deep or too intimate. My mind is distracted into thinking about repetitive writings. In one way it’s good to revise and rewrite these ideas. Afternoon office birthday party, Autumn suddenly got more information out of me then I had wanted to reveal. She told me her past boyfriend was 38 years old. They have 16 years apart. Her mother was dating and is still dating some one much younger then she. I found out that they got marry because of her. I told autumn the story of how I came to America.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
condo notes
We have been having very bad luck with the refrigerator. Maybe it's because I married someone born on the 13th. My wife thinks so.
The delivery man was late because he for got his tools.
I took a nap while I waited at home for the delivery truck to arrive.
The refrigerator door is damaged so we will have to get another one and wait another day
The delivery man was late because he for got his tools.
I took a nap while I waited at home for the delivery truck to arrive.
The refrigerator door is damaged so we will have to get another one and wait another day
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Friday, September 02, 2005
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
garbage
start of commision on the 15 of august
lunch at mcminimans
my wife told me that the garbage can arrived
i asked her if it's big enough for her to fit into it
she said yes...i said then i got the correct size...hehe
lunch at mcminimans
my wife told me that the garbage can arrived
i asked her if it's big enough for her to fit into it
she said yes...i said then i got the correct size...hehe
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
lexly87's Xanga Site
lexly87's Xanga Site
art ideas: project "voice mail" i get random voicemail messages at work and they are converted to wav files. i plan to save these and use it in an art project some how.
art ideas: project "voice mail" i get random voicemail messages at work and they are converted to wav files. i plan to save these and use it in an art project some how.
Monday, August 29, 2005
plumbing problems
our downstairs showers over flow saturday night.
i showered and the milky white water didn't drain. i thought nothing of it.
it is a little bit of shower today.
sunday my wife and i woke up with aching bodies.
i showered and the milky white water didn't drain. i thought nothing of it.
it is a little bit of shower today.
sunday my wife and i woke up with aching bodies.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Friday, August 19, 2005
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
cuerpo on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
cuerpo on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "?The entire mystery of pleasure in a woman?s body lies in the intensity of the pulsation just before the orgasm. Sometimes it is slow, one-two-three, three palpitations which then project a fiery and icy liqueur through the body. If the palpitation is feeble, muted, the pleasure is like a gentler wave. The pocket seed of ecstasy bursts with more or less energy, when it is richest it touches every portion of the body, vibrating through every nerve and cell. If the palpitation is intense, the rhythm and beat of it is slower and the pleasure more lasting. Electric flesh-arrows, a second wave of pleasure falls over the first, a third which touches every nerve end, and now the third like an electric current traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm. There are times when a woman feels her body but lightly played on. Others when it reaches such a climax it seems it can never surpass. So many climaxes. Some caused by tenderness, some by desire, some by a word or an image seen during the day. There are times when the day itself demads a climax, days of which do not end in a climax, when the body is asleep or dreaming other dreams. There are days when the climax is not pleasure but pain, jealousy, terror, anxiety. And there are days when the climax takes place in creation, a white climax. Revolution is another climax. Sainthood another.?
Anais Nin"
Anais Nin"
Monday, August 15, 2005
lexly87bungee
i went bungee jumping for the first time in aug 14 2005
It’s not as bad as one would think…at first I was against it
But when we got there it was not as high as it was in our mind.
Yes it was the crazy polish couple that urged us on.
Nina really wanted to try it and I didn’t want to stop her. I didn’t want to be left out of the experience either.
They got about seven people to go jumping. More girls then guys actually. There was one other couple.
A bunch of people from another group that we didn’t know.
I saw an old man jump so I decided that I would go to it.
The father and his daughter and son jumped. They try to get the mother to jump but she didn’t want to. The daughter didn’t make a sound. We all scream like mad.
Nina jumped before me and I jumped last in the group. I didn’t want to and didn’t decide to jump until the last minute. So for me I didn’t spend so much time fretting about it.
It’s very strange feeling…hard to write about it. It’s similar to an awakening. The first step off into air is amazing really. You don’t hear or see anything for a few seconds and then you see the ground rushing towards you. I closed my eyes then. The ride up because of the bungee bounce is strangest and this happens for two times. We all hang in mid air and stay like that for a few seconds. It’s all very disorientating.
We both decided to do only one jump in our lives and we wouldn’t do it again. But it’s safe because we saw many jumps and it’s not logical that you can fall form the harness. It’s very tight fit.
We talk about it more after the jump and now have an intense shared experience.
It’s not as bad as one would think…at first I was against it
But when we got there it was not as high as it was in our mind.
Yes it was the crazy polish couple that urged us on.
Nina really wanted to try it and I didn’t want to stop her. I didn’t want to be left out of the experience either.
They got about seven people to go jumping. More girls then guys actually. There was one other couple.
A bunch of people from another group that we didn’t know.
I saw an old man jump so I decided that I would go to it.
The father and his daughter and son jumped. They try to get the mother to jump but she didn’t want to. The daughter didn’t make a sound. We all scream like mad.
Nina jumped before me and I jumped last in the group. I didn’t want to and didn’t decide to jump until the last minute. So for me I didn’t spend so much time fretting about it.
It’s very strange feeling…hard to write about it. It’s similar to an awakening. The first step off into air is amazing really. You don’t hear or see anything for a few seconds and then you see the ground rushing towards you. I closed my eyes then. The ride up because of the bungee bounce is strangest and this happens for two times. We all hang in mid air and stay like that for a few seconds. It’s all very disorientating.
We both decided to do only one jump in our lives and we wouldn’t do it again. But it’s safe because we saw many jumps and it’s not logical that you can fall form the harness. It’s very tight fit.
We talk about it more after the jump and now have an intense shared experience.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
fairy tale
oops didn't mean to post twice.
additional comments...
because of time constraints I was only able to look at two or three pages of the most current pictures in the pool and my choice was based on that. However, I don't think my choice would have been different. A photographs first impression is pretty strong. Roland Barthes said something to the affect that a photograph has a punch or a punctum as he called it i think. there is something there in the photograph that can reach out to my mind and hit me and this photograph does that for me.
additional comments...
because of time constraints I was only able to look at two or three pages of the most current pictures in the pool and my choice was based on that. However, I don't think my choice would have been different. A photographs first impression is pretty strong. Roland Barthes said something to the affect that a photograph has a punch or a punctum as he called it i think. there is something there in the photograph that can reach out to my mind and hit me and this photograph does that for me.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Friday, August 05, 2005
Saturday, July 30, 2005
carn art center oregon city
closed
the carn art center in oregon city is closing
i went to collect two paintings one sold to stephnie hall
the carn art center in oregon city is closing
i went to collect two paintings one sold to stephnie hall
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Monday, July 25, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Monday, July 04, 2005
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
storm
June 19, 2005 Sunday
I just drove back from Seaside and saw some thunder storm. This shot is from my backyard.
Hi guys,
I was driving in this strom coming back from Seaside.
Duc Ly
I just drove back from Seaside and saw some thunder storm. This shot is from my backyard.
Hi guys,
I was driving in this strom coming back from Seaside.
Duc Ly
Monday, June 20, 2005
Unbridled versus Restrained on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Unbridled versus Restrained on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "i just drove through a storm yesterday and it was just a small one still very scary...can't imagine the one you described."
Originally entered into DPChallenge Opposites and earned 1st place!
This was one horrific storm. I drove through it for roughly 40 miles and there were hundreds if not thousands of strikes during my drive. Lightning was hitting in front of me, to either side, behind me and above me, I honestly thought I might die that night.
Anyway, after what seemed like hours I managed to get out from under the storm. I pulled over in a rest stop and set up. At first I did it hand held, figuring it would be a cool effect. Those didn't look to great, so I set up the tripod.
So, was I lucky? To come out alive, for sure! To get the shot that won? Definitely. But, I was luckiest to get to experience that storm and have the luxury of pointing my camera where ever I pleased and to know I would capture lightning in a bottle.
i just drove through a storm yesterday and it was just a small one still very scary...can't imagine the one you described.
Originally entered into DPChallenge Opposites and earned 1st place!
This was one horrific storm. I drove through it for roughly 40 miles and there were hundreds if not thousands of strikes during my drive. Lightning was hitting in front of me, to either side, behind me and above me, I honestly thought I might die that night.
Anyway, after what seemed like hours I managed to get out from under the storm. I pulled over in a rest stop and set up. At first I did it hand held, figuring it would be a cool effect. Those didn't look to great, so I set up the tripod.
So, was I lucky? To come out alive, for sure! To get the shot that won? Definitely. But, I was luckiest to get to experience that storm and have the luxury of pointing my camera where ever I pleased and to know I would capture lightning in a bottle.
i just drove through a storm yesterday and it was just a small one still very scary...can't imagine the one you described.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Sunday, June 05, 2005
Friday, June 03, 2005
self portrait book of sleep
http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/37913/
Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air
one of my photograph is chosen as the photo of the day!!
Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air
one of my photograph is chosen as the photo of the day!!
Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air
Flickr: Asleep in the Garden of the Alchemist - Earth, Fire, Water, Air
one of my photograph is chosen as the photo of the day!!
one of my photograph is chosen as the photo of the day!!
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
>YOU ARE INVITED TO THE MATZO FILES FIRST ANNUAL BENEFIT!
>YOU ARE INVITED TO THE MATZO FILES FIRST ANNUAL BENEFIT!
>
>Wednesday, May 25, 6-9pm
>
>at Mo Pitkin's, a brand new performance space, bar and restaurant from
>Phil Hartman, the owner of Two Boots, and Jesse Hartman. Located at 34
>Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd Streets, 2nd floor.
>
>An innovative evening of unusual combinations featuring a SILENT ART
>AUCTION of affordable work by the Matzo files artists and friends!
>JUDEO-LATINO CUISINE from Mo Pitkin's restaurant; MYSTERY MATZO BOXES -
>factory sealed at Streit's - some contain matzo and some contain art!
>BLUEGRASS MUSIC performed by the East River Boys, and MORE MUSIC by
>Daniel Carlson following the benefit party!
>Plus drinks, matzos, and more...
>
>TICKETS are $15 in advance / $20 at the door Become a Matzo files
>Benefactor at the $100 level (includes 2 tickets) Mystery Matzo boxes
>available for $5 each
>
>To reserve tickets, contact the Matzo files at benefit@matzofiles.org
>or call 212-677-0876
>
>PLEASE NOTE: All checks to reserve tickets should be written to
>'Artists Alliance, Inc.' with 'Matzo files' written in the memo. Mail
>your advance payment, no later than May 20, to our mailing address: The
>Matzo files,
>Attn: Benefit, 107 Suffolk Street, #402, NY, NY 10002
>
>Visit our website for more information www.matzofiles.org
>
>
>_______________________
>The Matzo files, a flat-file gallery presenting the work of 250
>contemporary artists, is a program of the non-profit organization
>Artists Alliance, Inc.
>It is located in a generously donated space within Streit's Matzos
>storefront on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
>
>The Matzo files would like to extend special thanks to AAI, the
>Federation of East Village Artists, Mo Pitkin's, and Streit's Matzos.
>
>
>Wednesday, May 25, 6-9pm
>
>at Mo Pitkin's, a brand new performance space, bar and restaurant from
>Phil Hartman, the owner of Two Boots, and Jesse Hartman. Located at 34
>Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd Streets, 2nd floor.
>
>An innovative evening of unusual combinations featuring a SILENT ART
>AUCTION of affordable work by the Matzo files artists and friends!
>JUDEO-LATINO CUISINE from Mo Pitkin's restaurant; MYSTERY MATZO BOXES -
>factory sealed at Streit's - some contain matzo and some contain art!
>BLUEGRASS MUSIC performed by the East River Boys, and MORE MUSIC by
>Daniel Carlson following the benefit party!
>Plus drinks, matzos, and more...
>
>TICKETS are $15 in advance / $20 at the door Become a Matzo files
>Benefactor at the $100 level (includes 2 tickets) Mystery Matzo boxes
>available for $5 each
>
>To reserve tickets, contact the Matzo files at benefit@matzofiles.org
>or call 212-677-0876
>
>PLEASE NOTE: All checks to reserve tickets should be written to
>'Artists Alliance, Inc.' with 'Matzo files' written in the memo. Mail
>your advance payment, no later than May 20, to our mailing address: The
>Matzo files,
>Attn: Benefit, 107 Suffolk Street, #402, NY, NY 10002
>
>Visit our website for more information www.matzofiles.org
>
>
>_______________________
>The Matzo files, a flat-file gallery presenting the work of 250
>contemporary artists, is a program of the non-profit organization
>Artists Alliance, Inc.
>It is located in a generously donated space within Streit's Matzos
>storefront on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
>
>The Matzo files would like to extend special thanks to AAI, the
>Federation of East Village Artists, Mo Pitkin's, and Streit's Matzos.
>
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Friday, May 20, 2005
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Friday, April 22, 2005
Friday, April 08, 2005
muvo v200- why cant i find anywhere - MP3 Players - Creative Labs
muvo v200- why cant i find anywhere - MP3 Players - Creative Labs
try the creative labs ebay store they might have it
i've see the 500mb but not the 1 gb at my best buy store
btw i just returned my n200 and i miss it a little but now i have a jukebox 3 and I still have the rhomba which recorded the Pope's ritual that was broadcast on the radio.
try the creative labs ebay store they might have it
i've see the 500mb but not the 1 gb at my best buy store
btw i just returned my n200 and i miss it a little but now i have a jukebox 3 and I still have the rhomba which recorded the Pope's ritual that was broadcast on the radio.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
After Years - Ted Kooser - Poem by
After Years - Ted Kooser - Poem by
llast night lisent to terry gross's interview iwth Ted Kooser.
He came to Portland Arts and Lecture reading series and I missed out on it.
Went to see W.S. Merwin instead
llast night lisent to terry gross's interview iwth Ted Kooser.
He came to Portland Arts and Lecture reading series and I missed out on it.
Went to see W.S. Merwin instead
Saturday, April 02, 2005
roe
breakfast with an old college crush. show her the drawing she drew in my black sketchbook.
there is so much to clean out with my old life and new with nina. there are my past life and there is the new life.
her name is rosie
although she goes by roe too
so i'm reminded of a carver poem about
milk and roe
he has a way with salmon
if he were a chef instead of a poet
i could dine in his restaurants
and the salmon would be in my belly
instead of in my heart
the milk and roe spawning infinitum
there is so much to clean out with my old life and new with nina. there are my past life and there is the new life.
her name is rosie
although she goes by roe too
so i'm reminded of a carver poem about
milk and roe
he has a way with salmon
if he were a chef instead of a poet
i could dine in his restaurants
and the salmon would be in my belly
instead of in my heart
the milk and roe spawning infinitum
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
ws merwin
I stay after my shift at 114 to chat with Kimber about the mind.
W.S. MERWIN : March 29, 2005 – 7:30 p.m.
Wieden + Kennedy Atrium – 224 NW 13th Ave, Portland
Buy Tickets Online
"Merwin has always been a contemplative poet, drawn to the lessons of the natural world and the rigors of unmediated vision. He has also been a romantic poet, heroic in his quest for the depths and intensities, the powers and possibilities of consciousness. Best of all, he has been a surprising poet, continually slipping the bonds of anyone's easy admiration."—J.D.McClatchy, The New Yorker
For more than five decades, W.S. Merwin has been an illuminating fixture in the worlds of poetry and translation. His first book, A Mask for Janus (1952), was selected the winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. In 1971, he won the Pulitzer Prize for The Carrier of Ladders. In the fall of 2004, Merwin was awarded the prestigious Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry.
http://www.literary-arts.org/poetrydowntown.htm
W.S. MERWIN : March 29, 2005 – 7:30 p.m.
Wieden + Kennedy Atrium – 224 NW 13th Ave, Portland
Buy Tickets Online
"Merwin has always been a contemplative poet, drawn to the lessons of the natural world and the rigors of unmediated vision. He has also been a romantic poet, heroic in his quest for the depths and intensities, the powers and possibilities of consciousness. Best of all, he has been a surprising poet, continually slipping the bonds of anyone's easy admiration."—J.D.McClatchy, The New Yorker
For more than five decades, W.S. Merwin has been an illuminating fixture in the worlds of poetry and translation. His first book, A Mask for Janus (1952), was selected the winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. In 1971, he won the Pulitzer Prize for The Carrier of Ladders. In the fall of 2004, Merwin was awarded the prestigious Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry.
http://www.literary-arts.org/poetrydowntown.htm
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Re: Experience with your Creative Player - MP3 Players - Creative Labs
Re: Experience with your Creative Player - MP3 Players - Creative Labs
SPECS
TYPE - Zen NuVo N200 white
Capacity - 252mb
DATE - March 15, 2005
PRICE - $79 with 10 rebate
COUNTRY - US of A
ACCESSORIES - none
SOUND QUALITY - Good wish fm was a bit better but digital fm is hard to get clear reception. The white head phone from creative is the best small head phone compare to the ipod or even the sony mini disc NH1 head phones. It just has the right lenghth for joggoing too.
USER INTERFACE - hard to find the record function. wish they had a record button separate for quick access. small display hard to see. scrolling only forward not backwards....makes finding present stations much harder.
SOME COMMENTS - like it? LOVE IT can record from my Mini Disc to mp3 for voice recorderings
BATTERY LIFE - Recording mp3 drains the battery fast. Rechargable batter doesn't work well with this.
Wish list for this player: Option for usb charge...better fm reception and record in wma or mp3 formatte
This player is so tiny and very cute and modern clean looking. The rubber shield is nice to keep the player from scratches and the clip is nice. The arm ban is a bit big and clumsy looking for a player this size. I didn't find the lanyard when i bought this player but there is a hole for the lanyard.
it has a wonder full built clip with white rubber plastic protective case which allows you to hook your usb and headphone without taking it off. the only time you need to take off the case if when you change your battery. Mine is white and 256mb...i want to upgrade to the one gig.
SPECS
TYPE - Creative Labs Rhomba
Capacity - 252mb
DATE - March 15, 2005
PRICE - $59 ebay auction drop
COUNTRY - US of A
ACCESSORIES - none
SOUND QUALITY - Good wish fm was a bit better but digital fm is hard to get clear reception...good for recording voice radion program only and personal voice recordings note to self type.
USER INTERFACE - hard to find the record function. It has a record button separate for quick access. Bigger Display easier to see. scrolling only forward making it hard to find stations quickly.
SOME COMMENTS - like it? LOVE IT can listen to NPR and record bits from it.
BATTERY LIFE - good usb charger but only wish is that they make a universal usb charger like the NuVo N200.
Wish list for this player: universal usb plug. if they made it for the tiny n200 they can make it for the rhomba.
Got it on ebay auction drop with proceeds going to the tsunami victims. it came with out any cables.
so i had to buy the special cables from Creative. At first it didn't work. Then i down loaded the driver and upgraded the firmwear and i was so excited to see it come alive. Almost returned it to Auction Drop but what the heck the proceeds goes to the Tsunami victims right??. So i went to best buy and bought the N200. then came home to play around with the Rhomba which came alive. So i have two players. I bought the $16 warrenty or upgrade plan. I'm thinking of upgrading to another Creative N200 player to another one but can't decide which just yet. there are so many options and just a little bit of difference between the variety of Creative line of product choices.
SPECS
TYPE - Zen NuVo N200 white
Capacity - 252mb
DATE - March 15, 2005
PRICE - $79 with 10 rebate
COUNTRY - US of A
ACCESSORIES - none
SOUND QUALITY - Good wish fm was a bit better but digital fm is hard to get clear reception. The white head phone from creative is the best small head phone compare to the ipod or even the sony mini disc NH1 head phones. It just has the right lenghth for joggoing too.
USER INTERFACE - hard to find the record function. wish they had a record button separate for quick access. small display hard to see. scrolling only forward not backwards....makes finding present stations much harder.
SOME COMMENTS - like it? LOVE IT can record from my Mini Disc to mp3 for voice recorderings
BATTERY LIFE - Recording mp3 drains the battery fast. Rechargable batter doesn't work well with this.
Wish list for this player: Option for usb charge...better fm reception and record in wma or mp3 formatte
This player is so tiny and very cute and modern clean looking. The rubber shield is nice to keep the player from scratches and the clip is nice. The arm ban is a bit big and clumsy looking for a player this size. I didn't find the lanyard when i bought this player but there is a hole for the lanyard.
it has a wonder full built clip with white rubber plastic protective case which allows you to hook your usb and headphone without taking it off. the only time you need to take off the case if when you change your battery. Mine is white and 256mb...i want to upgrade to the one gig.
SPECS
TYPE - Creative Labs Rhomba
Capacity - 252mb
DATE - March 15, 2005
PRICE - $59 ebay auction drop
COUNTRY - US of A
ACCESSORIES - none
SOUND QUALITY - Good wish fm was a bit better but digital fm is hard to get clear reception...good for recording voice radion program only and personal voice recordings note to self type.
USER INTERFACE - hard to find the record function. It has a record button separate for quick access. Bigger Display easier to see. scrolling only forward making it hard to find stations quickly.
SOME COMMENTS - like it? LOVE IT can listen to NPR and record bits from it.
BATTERY LIFE - good usb charger but only wish is that they make a universal usb charger like the NuVo N200.
Wish list for this player: universal usb plug. if they made it for the tiny n200 they can make it for the rhomba.
Got it on ebay auction drop with proceeds going to the tsunami victims. it came with out any cables.
so i had to buy the special cables from Creative. At first it didn't work. Then i down loaded the driver and upgraded the firmwear and i was so excited to see it come alive. Almost returned it to Auction Drop but what the heck the proceeds goes to the Tsunami victims right??. So i went to best buy and bought the N200. then came home to play around with the Rhomba which came alive. So i have two players. I bought the $16 warrenty or upgrade plan. I'm thinking of upgrading to another Creative N200 player to another one but can't decide which just yet. there are so many options and just a little bit of difference between the variety of Creative line of product choices.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Monday, February 07, 2005
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Catherine Edelman Gallery
Catherine Edelman Gallery
Hi Pam,
Wow I'm impressed with your knowledge and network.
The Edelman Gallery has all of my most admired photographers: Rodney Smith, Witkin, and Misrach, Harrison-Parker, Modica...etc.
I would be very honor if I could get in.
Thank you for your newsletter and the mention of my name.
I'm busy preparing for my March Show at Gallery 114. It will be an abstract painting show with some figurative works. I do like the concept of the Enigma Gallery as an active communities space and the location also will get more traffic I believe. Here in Portland there is a Gallery above retails space with an active bar and small musical events. I think the traditional model of the gallery is passé. Our Cooperative gallery 114 is trying to be apart of and better involved with the community also. I see your gallery as a super example of forward thinking and I am proud to be apart of it.
I just got back from an ‘Idea Break’ Through Seminar. Todd Duncan is a terrific speaker. He as a book out call the Time Trap.
Hi Pam,
Wow I'm impressed with your knowledge and network.
The Edelman Gallery has all of my most admired photographers: Rodney Smith, Witkin, and Misrach, Harrison-Parker, Modica...etc.
I would be very honor if I could get in.
Thank you for your newsletter and the mention of my name.
I'm busy preparing for my March Show at Gallery 114. It will be an abstract painting show with some figurative works. I do like the concept of the Enigma Gallery as an active communities space and the location also will get more traffic I believe. Here in Portland there is a Gallery above retails space with an active bar and small musical events. I think the traditional model of the gallery is passé. Our Cooperative gallery 114 is trying to be apart of and better involved with the community also. I see your gallery as a super example of forward thinking and I am proud to be apart of it.
I just got back from an ‘Idea Break’ Through Seminar. Todd Duncan is a terrific speaker. He as a book out call the Time Trap.
Monday, January 24, 2005
lexly87's Xanga Site
lexly87's Xanga Site: "I got my led out!!
Led Zepplin has a new dvd out of their live performances. I hooked up the Beo stereo and Rocked out all weekend!!
this renew interest in Led is the result of the movie 'School of Rock'"
I got my led out!!
Led Zepplin has a new dvd out of their live performances. I hooked up the Beo stereo and Rocked out all weekend!!
this renew interest in Led is the result of the movie 'School of Rock'
Led Zepplin has a new dvd out of their live performances. I hooked up the Beo stereo and Rocked out all weekend!!
this renew interest in Led is the result of the movie 'School of Rock'"
I got my led out!!
Led Zepplin has a new dvd out of their live performances. I hooked up the Beo stereo and Rocked out all weekend!!
this renew interest in Led is the result of the movie 'School of Rock'
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
lexly87's Xanga Site
lexly87's Xanga Site
January 4, 2005 Tuesday
I went to see Doctor Walter Buhl about my cough. I told him I went to Poland to see my girlfriend. He said he’s staff Emily married a polish man. Later on Emily Gaige gave me her phone number and asked that I call if I have any questions. She filed for her husband when the fee was only $100. They raised the fee every four months she said.
Mrs Gaige studied at a university in Poland. She is helping an Iranian man who is an U.S. citizen to sponsor his fiancé from Tehran.
January 6, 2005 Thursday
Today Nebraska servicing center email to me a Notice Of Action number two approvals. I was and am still delighted. I wrote in Visa journal to let my friends who are also waiting know. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved: Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received. Monika met her boyfriend when he was tutoring her in English. Aga’s boyfriend visited her during Christmas break. They got their notice when he was with her. I was trying to do this when I was visiting Nina.
The postman came by to say that he had a package for Nina. She didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was paperwork from Nebraska? Then again she had order some doggie treats for Diana. It turned out to be Doggie treats and we open it then went out side to play with her dog Diana.
I called Nina soon after I checked with the good new. It has been ninety two days since the Nebraska Servicing Center received our petition on October 4, 2004. We are fortunate. I made an album of our Christmas memories on Ofoto website and had it deliver fedex to Nina’s home.
January 8, 2005 Saturday
I’m at the gallery sitting. I was looking for bed. I found an old cribbage board but it was too expensive $36 to buy. I wanted to buy it for Andy and me to play. I bought a wooden one from Fred Meyers for ten dollars. The old board our first lost its pegs. Before I left for Poland, we bought a cheap board made of plastic in a drug store when we picked up prescriptions for Andy and condoms for Nina and me. Andy was excited to find bee playing cards. That’s when he told me Ramone, him and Dan, his friend, flew to Vegas a week before he came home for Christmas. He didn’t mention any winnings so I assume that he lost some money. He had won nine hundred dollars in a casino while he was on a business trip.
I had a nice long conversation with Nina. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved. Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received.
For Christmas, we had the same idea to buy engraved jewelry gifts for each other. I choose the heart tag bracelet with roman initials ND. Nina gave me an eighteen-karat gold pendant necklace with the engraved DL/ND. Wednesday December 15, is Nina’s Name Day? I had the idea of getting her a bracelet with her initial engraved upon a silver heart. I order the bracelet from a website that sells jeweler call Blue Niles. It is the first time that I gave a bracelet to a woman. On Nina’s name day, her friend Marta gave birth to a baby big girl Natalie. She was born after much intense labor. Nina told me about this laying on her bed. They had to force Natalie’s head down the cannel. It was too late to do a caesarian section. Nina drove Marta to the hospital. They often give enemas to the mother to clean out hers system and also just incase during the delivery she may defecate and infect the child.
Mama Dabrowska went to get some medicine for Bacia today. She spoke with the doctor and he asked about my health. He asks who I was in relation to her and her family. Apparently Tata Leszek told him that I was his son. I wanted to say to him in Polish ‘nie gowno…nie chce lewatywa’ which means no shit…I don’t want an enema. But I lost my nerves. He shoves a tongue depressor and told me to say ‘Ah’. This is very comical from Waldek and Tata Leszek. They later told Nina. Nina said that she wish she could see this all. Waldek had tutored his daughter. The doctor gave Waldek a pen in return for his good service. I saw him use a green Waterman fountain pen with a yacht inspired shape cap. He had the most handsome handwritings. He also kept on his desk a crystal bottle of black ink with two steps down to receive the barrel of a pen.
Mama Dabrowska made the traditional Makoviates. This is a poppy seed cake of dark and moist cake. It is surrounded with coconut flakes. Every house I went to had this special cake. The history behind this and the symbolism of poppy is significant. After a bloody battle the blood soaked ground blooms the red color variety of Poppy flowers. At Mount Montecassino, the Polish soldiers defended the Italian countryside on this small mountain against the German invasions. The soldiers used the dead bodies of his friends as shields to defend and march forth against the enemies. Mirek, Nina’s brother tries to explain this to me after many shoots of Vodka in broken English. Be we understood each other as Vodka connects many cultures and people. As Mirek said, “…connecting people…”
I’m reading Delilo’s ‘The Body Artist’. I picked up this book when I was shopping with Andy at the Woodburn outlet store. He had read this book and recommends it highly to me. I like the book very much. It’s different from Delilo’s book because it is so thin, anemic. Andy brought back the book by Nick Hornby, which is about his reading experience for the month. He lists the books he bought and the books that he is reading at the moment. He mention reading Dickens’s ‘David Cooperfeild’. I brought with me Dickens’s ‘Picture from Italy’ because of Hornby’s recommendation that Dickens is his favorite author. When I was at Shirley’s house I saw ‘David Cooperfield’ but never even open the book. What a pity. ‘Picture from Italy’ is very different from ‘Great Expectations’. The book is normal writing almost modern compare to Dickens’s novel. It is rich with description. My favorite so far is his description of Venice.
January 4, 2005 Tuesday
I went to see Doctor Walter Buhl about my cough. I told him I went to Poland to see my girlfriend. He said he’s staff Emily married a polish man. Later on Emily Gaige gave me her phone number and asked that I call if I have any questions. She filed for her husband when the fee was only $100. They raised the fee every four months she said.
Mrs Gaige studied at a university in Poland. She is helping an Iranian man who is an U.S. citizen to sponsor his fiancé from Tehran.
January 6, 2005 Thursday
Today Nebraska servicing center email to me a Notice Of Action number two approvals. I was and am still delighted. I wrote in Visa journal to let my friends who are also waiting know. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved: Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received. Monika met her boyfriend when he was tutoring her in English. Aga’s boyfriend visited her during Christmas break. They got their notice when he was with her. I was trying to do this when I was visiting Nina.
The postman came by to say that he had a package for Nina. She didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was paperwork from Nebraska? Then again she had order some doggie treats for Diana. It turned out to be Doggie treats and we open it then went out side to play with her dog Diana.
I called Nina soon after I checked with the good new. It has been ninety two days since the Nebraska Servicing Center received our petition on October 4, 2004. We are fortunate. I made an album of our Christmas memories on Ofoto website and had it deliver fedex to Nina’s home.
January 8, 2005 Saturday
I’m at the gallery sitting. I was looking for bed. I found an old cribbage board but it was too expensive $36 to buy. I wanted to buy it for Andy and me to play. I bought a wooden one from Fred Meyers for ten dollars. The old board our first lost its pegs. Before I left for Poland, we bought a cheap board made of plastic in a drug store when we picked up prescriptions for Andy and condoms for Nina and me. Andy was excited to find bee playing cards. That’s when he told me Ramone, him and Dan, his friend, flew to Vegas a week before he came home for Christmas. He didn’t mention any winnings so I assume that he lost some money. He had won nine hundred dollars in a casino while he was on a business trip.
I had a nice long conversation with Nina. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved. Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received.
For Christmas, we had the same idea to buy engraved jewelry gifts for each other. I choose the heart tag bracelet with roman initials ND. Nina gave me an eighteen-karat gold pendant necklace with the engraved DL/ND. Wednesday December 15, is Nina’s Name Day? I had the idea of getting her a bracelet with her initial engraved upon a silver heart. I order the bracelet from a website that sells jeweler call Blue Niles. It is the first time that I gave a bracelet to a woman. On Nina’s name day, her friend Marta gave birth to a baby big girl Natalie. She was born after much intense labor. Nina told me about this laying on her bed. They had to force Natalie’s head down the cannel. It was too late to do a caesarian section. Nina drove Marta to the hospital. They often give enemas to the mother to clean out hers system and also just incase during the delivery she may defecate and infect the child.
Mama Dabrowska went to get some medicine for Bacia today. She spoke with the doctor and he asked about my health. He asks who I was in relation to her and her family. Apparently Tata Leszek told him that I was his son. I wanted to say to him in Polish ‘nie gowno…nie chce lewatywa’ which means no shit…I don’t want an enema. But I lost my nerves. He shoves a tongue depressor and told me to say ‘Ah’. This is very comical from Waldek and Tata Leszek. They later told Nina. Nina said that she wish she could see this all. Waldek had tutored his daughter. The doctor gave Waldek a pen in return for his good service. I saw him use a green Waterman fountain pen with a yacht inspired shape cap. He had the most handsome handwritings. He also kept on his desk a crystal bottle of black ink with two steps down to receive the barrel of a pen.
Mama Dabrowska made the traditional Makoviates. This is a poppy seed cake of dark and moist cake. It is surrounded with coconut flakes. Every house I went to had this special cake. The history behind this and the symbolism of poppy is significant. After a bloody battle the blood soaked ground blooms the red color variety of Poppy flowers. At Mount Montecassino, the Polish soldiers defended the Italian countryside on this small mountain against the German invasions. The soldiers used the dead bodies of his friends as shields to defend and march forth against the enemies. Mirek, Nina’s brother tries to explain this to me after many shoots of Vodka in broken English. Be we understood each other as Vodka connects many cultures and people. As Mirek said, “…connecting people…”
I’m reading Delilo’s ‘The Body Artist’. I picked up this book when I was shopping with Andy at the Woodburn outlet store. He had read this book and recommends it highly to me. I like the book very much. It’s different from Delilo’s book because it is so thin, anemic. Andy brought back the book by Nick Hornby, which is about his reading experience for the month. He lists the books he bought and the books that he is reading at the moment. He mention reading Dickens’s ‘David Cooperfeild’. I brought with me Dickens’s ‘Picture from Italy’ because of Hornby’s recommendation that Dickens is his favorite author. When I was at Shirley’s house I saw ‘David Cooperfield’ but never even open the book. What a pity. ‘Picture from Italy’ is very different from ‘Great Expectations’. The book is normal writing almost modern compare to Dickens’s novel. It is rich with description. My favorite so far is his description of Venice.
Friday, January 07, 2005
January 7, 2005 Friday
November
January 7, 2005 Friday
I need to buy a bed and fix the door before the Chinese new years. I am trying to get rid of the big screen T.V.
09/14/04 - retain lawyer
09/16/04 - biographic to nina.
09/20/04 - nina sent bio recieved pic
09/22/04 - naturalization requst
09/28/04 - met w/ attorney sent k-1 forms
10/04/04 - Nebraska received it.
10/07/04 - Check Posted
01/06/05 – NOA 2 email notice
case number assigned at NVC
nina to receive letter from NVC letter sent to Embassy
Package 3 receive
Package 3 sent
January 7, 2005 Friday
I need to buy a bed and fix the door before the Chinese new years. I am trying to get rid of the big screen T.V.
09/14/04 - retain lawyer
09/16/04 - biographic to nina.
09/20/04 - nina sent bio recieved pic
09/22/04 - naturalization requst
09/28/04 - met w/ attorney sent k-1 forms
10/04/04 - Nebraska received it.
10/07/04 - Check Posted
01/06/05 – NOA 2 email notice
case number assigned at NVC
nina to receive letter from NVC letter sent to Embassy
Package 3 receive
Package 3 sent
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
journal visa
January 4, 2005 Tuesday
I went to see Doctor Walter Buhl about my cough. I told him I went to Poland to see my girlfriend. He said he’s staff Emily married a polish man. Later on Emily Gaige gave me her phone number and asked that I call if I have any questions. She filed for her husband when the fee was only $100. They raised the fee every four months she said.
Mrs Gaige studied at a university in Poland. She is helping an Iranian man who is an U.S. citizen to sponsor his fiancé from Tehran.
January 6, 2005 Thursday
Today Nebraska servicing center email to me a Notice Of Action number two approvals. I was and am still delighted. I wrote in Visa journal to let my friends who are also waiting know. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved: Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received. Monika met her boyfriend when he was tutoring her in English. Aga’s boyfriend visited her during Christmas break. They got their notice when he was with her. I was trying to do this when I was visiting Nina.
The postman came by to say that he had a package for Nina. She didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was paperwork from Nebraska? Then again she had order some doggie treats for Diana. It turned out to be Doggie treats and we open it then went out side to play with her dog Diana.
I called Nina soon after I checked with the good new. It has been ninety two days since the Nebraska Servicing Center received our petition on October 4, 2004. We are fortunate. I made an album of our Christmas memories on Ofoto website and had it deliver fedex to Nina’s home.
January 8, 2005 Saturday
I’m at the gallery sitting. I was looking for bed. I found an old cribbage board but it was too expensive $36 to buy. I wanted to buy it for Andy and me to play. I bought a wooden one from Fred Meyers for ten dollars. The old board our first lost its pegs. Before I left for Poland, we bought a cheap board made of plastic in a drug store when we picked up prescriptions for Andy and condoms for Nina and me. Andy was excited to find bee playing cards. That’s when he told me Ramone, him and Dan, his friend, flew to Vegas a week before he came home for Christmas. He didn’t mention any winnings so I assume that he lost some money. He had won nine hundred dollars in a casino while he was on a business trip.
I had a nice long conversation with Nina. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved. Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received.
For Christmas, we had the same idea to buy engraved jewelry gifts for each other. I choose the heart tag bracelet with roman initials ND. Nina gave me an eighteen-karat gold pendant necklace with the engraved DL/ND. Wednesday December 15, is Nina’s Name Day? I had the idea of getting her a bracelet with her initial engraved upon a silver heart. I order the bracelet from a website that sells jeweler call Blue Niles. It is the first time that I gave a bracelet to a woman. On Nina’s name day, her friend Marta gave birth to a baby big girl Natalie. She was born after much intense labor. Nina told me about this laying on her bed. They had to force Natalie’s head down the cannel. It was too late to do a caesarian section. Nina drove Marta to the hospital. They often give enemas to the mother to clean out hers system and also just incase during the delivery she may defecate and infect the child.
Mama Dabrowska went to get some medicine for Bacia today. She spoke with the doctor and he asked about my health. He asks who I was in relation to her and her family. Apparently Tata Leszek told him that I was his son. I wanted to say to him in Polish ‘nie gowno…nie chce lewatywa’ which means no shit…I don’t want an enema. But I lost my nerves. He shoves a tongue depressor and told me to say ‘Ah’. This is very comical from Waldek and Tata Leszek. They later told Nina. Nina said that she wish she could see this all. Waldek had tutored his daughter. The doctor gave Waldek a pen in return for his good service. I saw him use a green Waterman fountain pen with a yacht inspired shape cap. He had the most handsome handwritings. He also kept on his desk a crystal bottle of black ink with two steps down to receive the barrel of a pen.
Mama Dabrowska made the traditional Makoviates. This is a poppy seed cake of dark and moist cake. It is surrounded with coconut flakes. Every house I went to had this special cake. The history behind this and the symbolism of poppy is significant. After a bloody battle the blood soaked ground blooms the red color variety of Poppy flowers. At Mount Montecassino, the Polish soldiers defended the Italian countryside on this small mountain against the German invasions. The soldiers used the dead bodies of his friends as shields to defend and march forth against the enemies. Mirek, Nina’s brother tries to explain this to me after many shoots of Vodka in broken English. Be we understood each other as Vodka connects many cultures and people. As Mirek said, “…connecting people…”
I’m reading Delilo’s ‘The Body Artist’. I picked up this book when I was shopping with Andy at the Woodburn outlet store. He had read this book and recommends it highly to me. I like the book very much. It’s different from Delilo’s book because it is so thin, anemic. Andy brought back the book by Nick Hornby, which is about his reading experience for the month. He lists the books he bought and the books that he is reading at the moment. He mention reading Dickens’s ‘David Cooperfeild’. I brought with me Dickens’s ‘Picture from Italy’ because of Hornby’s recommendation that Dickens is his favorite author. When I was at Shirley’s house I saw ‘David Cooperfield’ but never even open the book. What a pity. ‘Picture from Italy’ is very different from ‘Great Expectations’. The book is normal writing almost modern compare to Dickens’s novel. It is rich with description. My favorite so far is his description of Venice.
I went to see Doctor Walter Buhl about my cough. I told him I went to Poland to see my girlfriend. He said he’s staff Emily married a polish man. Later on Emily Gaige gave me her phone number and asked that I call if I have any questions. She filed for her husband when the fee was only $100. They raised the fee every four months she said.
Mrs Gaige studied at a university in Poland. She is helping an Iranian man who is an U.S. citizen to sponsor his fiancé from Tehran.
January 6, 2005 Thursday
Today Nebraska servicing center email to me a Notice Of Action number two approvals. I was and am still delighted. I wrote in Visa journal to let my friends who are also waiting know. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved: Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received. Monika met her boyfriend when he was tutoring her in English. Aga’s boyfriend visited her during Christmas break. They got their notice when he was with her. I was trying to do this when I was visiting Nina.
The postman came by to say that he had a package for Nina. She didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was paperwork from Nebraska? Then again she had order some doggie treats for Diana. It turned out to be Doggie treats and we open it then went out side to play with her dog Diana.
I called Nina soon after I checked with the good new. It has been ninety two days since the Nebraska Servicing Center received our petition on October 4, 2004. We are fortunate. I made an album of our Christmas memories on Ofoto website and had it deliver fedex to Nina’s home.
January 8, 2005 Saturday
I’m at the gallery sitting. I was looking for bed. I found an old cribbage board but it was too expensive $36 to buy. I wanted to buy it for Andy and me to play. I bought a wooden one from Fred Meyers for ten dollars. The old board our first lost its pegs. Before I left for Poland, we bought a cheap board made of plastic in a drug store when we picked up prescriptions for Andy and condoms for Nina and me. Andy was excited to find bee playing cards. That’s when he told me Ramone, him and Dan, his friend, flew to Vegas a week before he came home for Christmas. He didn’t mention any winnings so I assume that he lost some money. He had won nine hundred dollars in a casino while he was on a business trip.
I had a nice long conversation with Nina. Our approval for the fiancé visa was January 6, 2005 Thursday. Two other polish girls got approved. Monika and Aga. It has been 92 days since our petition was received.
For Christmas, we had the same idea to buy engraved jewelry gifts for each other. I choose the heart tag bracelet with roman initials ND. Nina gave me an eighteen-karat gold pendant necklace with the engraved DL/ND. Wednesday December 15, is Nina’s Name Day? I had the idea of getting her a bracelet with her initial engraved upon a silver heart. I order the bracelet from a website that sells jeweler call Blue Niles. It is the first time that I gave a bracelet to a woman. On Nina’s name day, her friend Marta gave birth to a baby big girl Natalie. She was born after much intense labor. Nina told me about this laying on her bed. They had to force Natalie’s head down the cannel. It was too late to do a caesarian section. Nina drove Marta to the hospital. They often give enemas to the mother to clean out hers system and also just incase during the delivery she may defecate and infect the child.
Mama Dabrowska went to get some medicine for Bacia today. She spoke with the doctor and he asked about my health. He asks who I was in relation to her and her family. Apparently Tata Leszek told him that I was his son. I wanted to say to him in Polish ‘nie gowno…nie chce lewatywa’ which means no shit…I don’t want an enema. But I lost my nerves. He shoves a tongue depressor and told me to say ‘Ah’. This is very comical from Waldek and Tata Leszek. They later told Nina. Nina said that she wish she could see this all. Waldek had tutored his daughter. The doctor gave Waldek a pen in return for his good service. I saw him use a green Waterman fountain pen with a yacht inspired shape cap. He had the most handsome handwritings. He also kept on his desk a crystal bottle of black ink with two steps down to receive the barrel of a pen.
Mama Dabrowska made the traditional Makoviates. This is a poppy seed cake of dark and moist cake. It is surrounded with coconut flakes. Every house I went to had this special cake. The history behind this and the symbolism of poppy is significant. After a bloody battle the blood soaked ground blooms the red color variety of Poppy flowers. At Mount Montecassino, the Polish soldiers defended the Italian countryside on this small mountain against the German invasions. The soldiers used the dead bodies of his friends as shields to defend and march forth against the enemies. Mirek, Nina’s brother tries to explain this to me after many shoots of Vodka in broken English. Be we understood each other as Vodka connects many cultures and people. As Mirek said, “…connecting people…”
I’m reading Delilo’s ‘The Body Artist’. I picked up this book when I was shopping with Andy at the Woodburn outlet store. He had read this book and recommends it highly to me. I like the book very much. It’s different from Delilo’s book because it is so thin, anemic. Andy brought back the book by Nick Hornby, which is about his reading experience for the month. He lists the books he bought and the books that he is reading at the moment. He mention reading Dickens’s ‘David Cooperfeild’. I brought with me Dickens’s ‘Picture from Italy’ because of Hornby’s recommendation that Dickens is his favorite author. When I was at Shirley’s house I saw ‘David Cooperfield’ but never even open the book. What a pity. ‘Picture from Italy’ is very different from ‘Great Expectations’. The book is normal writing almost modern compare to Dickens’s novel. It is rich with description. My favorite so far is his description of Venice.
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