Connecticut Free Shakespeare

I have finally gotten to see this play (for those who don't know, there's a bit of a history of absurd things coming between me and Skakespeare). =D

It was quite good, often hilarious, and punctuated by a peacock who insisted he stand on top of the stage set the entire time. It was presented by CT Free Shakespeare, and I would certainly recommend it to anyone in the area this weekend or next. Many thanks go to our summer intern for telling me about this and then somehow arranging a sunny day in all this rain.

The only problem is the subsequent "I miss doing theatre" response...

visiting home, part 2

Banik's parents gave us a blanket while we were down there, and when we got home we put it on the back of the couch and returned to unpacking. While we were busy the blanket was immediately claimed by our resident bedding monsters, and they've been sleeping there a large portion of the time ever since.

visiting home, part 1

This weekend went home to visit family in WV. It was hectic, but we had fun. One of the awesome things about where Banik grew up is that some of the wildlife has gotten used to having a few humans around (in an "oh it's just you" way rather than a "pet me" sort of way).

The first evening we got there Banik was tossing pieces of apple to a deer off the back deck, but I didn't get pictures of that. The next day I took some videos of one of the hummingbird feeders from about 12 inches away from the feeder. You wouldn't think those little birds could make so much noise.

Rhode Island Scottish Highland Festival

We went out here yesterday, and although it was two hours of driving each way I think it was worth it. We got to look at a lot of venders, see some SCA folks from the Barony of the Bridge, taste some white honey mead, and look at clan tents. We watched a sheep herding demo, caber toss, hammer throw, and weight for height. We listened to a harp demo, fiddlers, and a couple pipe and drum bands. It was an all-around good time, except for the insufficient number of smoked turkey legs (which has actually plagued Banik on many such occasions). Below is a clip of one of the pipe and drum bands- sadly I don't know their name.

On the way home we also stopped in Mystic, CT to walked around and then stopped in Hamden, CT for sushi. It was a good day.

Chewbacca is most easily photographed when asleep

because my mom will think it's cool

This is the sort of thing you see every day in the parking lot behind my office- clunkers mixed with sports cars. My well-loved teal Ford is in the foreground, and there's a Corvette two spaces away.

I know you really just want to see the Corvette.

I still maintain that the back ends look dumb.

And this is the part for Mom. No, it's not just any old Corvette. Yes, when it's warm and relatively dry someone drives this to work every day.

employment causes abandonment issues

Banik has been a stay-at-home dad ever since we got the kittens. Sure we do stuff on weekends or evenings, and he had evening classes for a while- but he was always home all day.
But he's been gone all day. And now all they're doing is watching the window and running around looking for him.

They're probably blaming me for this. When he's not here and I come home without him, the cats act like I forgot him some place. Apparently I'm careless with their human.