Monday, November 27, 2006

Ags Win! Ags Win!!

Ok, so I've been living at my mom's house while my brother and his wife have been in town. AND, my mom's internet access has been all messed up...so no computer time for me. I've got a bunch of pics from the weekend though and hopefully I'll get those posted soon.

But for now, all you need to know is that the Aggies defeated the longhorns for the first time since 1999. And I even sported my awesome A&M shirt earlier that mornign on the Turkey Trot run. Whoop! Pics to follow....

Ags Win!

Gig 'Em Aggies!

Monday, November 20, 2006

Turkey Trot

Anyone else doing the Austin Turkey Trot this year? I'll be out there with my family this year. It'll be my Mom, Dad, Step-Mom, my brother's wife and their baby. So look for me in the "Baby Jogger" section!

See you hashers at the end of the run. Maybe I can stay for one quick beer, but then we're off to get to our Thanksgiving luncheon. Or wait, I think I'm gonna stash some alcohol in the baby's stroller!


Here is last year's post-race group shot

Friday, November 17, 2006

You Will Be Missed...

My friend Mark lost his battle with colon cancer today.


Margaret & Mark, my Boat Club buddies-4th of July, 2003


At Mark's b-day celebration-May 2003


The Lynch Brothers-April 2003


M&M at their rehearsal dinner-November 2005


M&M - November 5, 2005

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The Last Kiss


I am loving a new CD I bought last Friday...it's the Last Kiss Soundtrack. If you were a fan of the Garden State Soundtrack, then you'll love this one too! And I was introduced to several new artists whose songs on here I immediately liked. Gonna have to check out their own albums soon. Examples are: Imogen Heap, Joshua Radin and Turin Brakes. And duh...didn't know that Imogen sang on the Frou Frou albums!

Of course, a lot could have to do with the fact that last Thursday night when my friends gathered to make casseroles for my sick friend's family, we made a trip to the store to buy a bunch of wine for the fam...and blared this CD while waiting in the parking lot for one girl to go inside and get the goods. Brooke played track 7 over and over again, windows rolled down, nice breeze floating into the car. Great song by Imogen Heap. If you click on the link above and scroll down on the page, you can hear mini clips of each song.

Monday, November 13, 2006

It's a Curry Cookoff!

I forgot to include all the pics. The link is

After the judging ceremony, it was time to get our drink on and watch more football. High Beams' friend Darla mentioned that she had a bunch of wine in her trunk since she had just gone to some sale at Central Market. Bad idea to tell us that! She kept going to her car to get "one more bottle." I kept saying in my head that I was gonna leave after I finished my glass, but Darla kept going around refilling everyone's glasses...so it never ended. I had to make sure I could drive home since I was in BFE South Austin. Last thing I remember at her house was sitting on the floor with Taz...a super sweet dog.


I finally decided to head towards home and ended up calling in a food order at CS. Hung out for a while on the red couches. I'm told I dozed off for almost an hour. WTF? Also, I apparently talk in my sleep because they told me the next day that every now and then I'd wake up and say something...like, "Krapow" or "beer." (Krapow is one of my favorite dishes there.) When I did wake up, I found that all the waitstaff was sitting around the couches, eating dinner having their post-work meeting! I guess all that wine did me in.....

Had to pass on going to Graffiti's and Homer's for last call that night. I was partied out. :)

Wanks' 1st Time



Wanksgiving hared a trail on November 6 - for the 1st time as the new GM of the Full Moon Hash. It was a nice trail with very limited pavement that ended at Free Meat & I Pee Freely's restaurant, which was very fitting considering it was Loy Krathon, the Thai festival of lights.

The pack was small, but a blast none the less. We circled up behind the restaurant and then went inside for a family style feast. Wanks and Marisa had planned a great menu and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

So who is the hare for December's Full Moon and can they top this one???

The pics are here.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Another heartbreaker


This pic was obviously taken before the game was over!

Two weeks in a row, the Aggies have lost the football game by one point in the final seconds of the game. Damn Huskers. So heartbreaking!

Article.

At least the Longhorns also lost. No national title game for them now. HAHAHAHAHA. Although, it would have been fun to be the one to beat them and crush their hopes of a repeat.

Friday, November 10, 2006

My week

Ok, so last night a few non-hasher friends of mine got together to make several casseroles. Why would I do this on a Thursday night you ask? Well, on Tuesday morning as I was driving to work I got a call from one of my college buddies who lives here in town. She informed me that our friend who has colon cancer had a really bad episode and was taken to the hospital. Things don't sound good at all and I wasn't expecting to hear this yet. So it's been a rough few days.

Tuesday night my ASS friends were having their monthly meeting so I decided to join them so I wasn't sitting at home by myself getting more and more sad. Plus, they have $2 pints on Tuesdays...anything on tap! I know I shouldn't just drink my sorrows away, but that's what I did.

Last night we decided to do something more constructive...thus, the casserole dishes. Now M&M's family can freeze them and whenever they need some home cooked food, it is ready for them. We actually found out that their freezer and fridge is already jam packed with food. Friends are so wonderful during times if need. :) Luckily, the house we prepared the dishes at is a street away from M&M, so our tasty concoctions will be close by.

So, if I don't show up to events this weekend, you know why. I just won't know my mood until later. Plus, a crying girl isn't fun anyway.

Take care,
Jen

P.S. I did get at least one good laugh last night. After cooking, we watched The Office. Oh my goodness....Jim and the future fax was HILARIOUS!!! Ok, maybe it was because I had finished off a bottle of wine.

No...wait. I still think that was hysterical. :)

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Mad Cowboys

So last Friday was the 1st Friday of the month. All you Austin hashers know what that means.....the Mad Cowboys at the Carousel Lounge! I hadn't been in months and decided it was time to head back for some more fun.

My boss told me I could go home early at 3:30pm. What's a girl to do? I headed straight for Lovejoy's for the 1st shift. Squeef was already there, so we chatted until he had to take off. While I was waiting for my ASSer friend to show up, I started chatting with the guy sitting next to me at the bar. He was drinking some beer I had never seen or heard of. I asked him about it and he actually let me taste it. A little fruity, but dang...its alcohol percentage is 9%. It's called Delirium Tremens, which is latin for trembling delirium, indicating a violent sickness induced by withdrawal after alcohol abuse. Too funny!

ASSer Jeff and Heavin' Semen arrived about the same time, and Beaver Cleaver was close behind.

Shots of Patron


Grabbing and pulling Jeff's hair. What did he say again??

Hung out for a little while until it was time to say goodbye to Marshall and make the journey over to the Carousel. Hashers were already there, so we all joined up. Was another great evening partying to the sounds of the Mad Cowboys. They sure are fun. I highly suggest you go sometime if you've never been.




You can see all the pics here.

They're gonna put a Wal-Mart where??

As a kid, I took ice skating lessons at Northcross Mall, filled up on Lammes candy (Peppermint kisses are my favorite!), had iron-on T-shirts made at some cool store and watched movies at the theater in Northcross.

I heard about this last night on the news. Brownie, get ready to hurl...
I am told that a 2 story Wal-Mart is going to be put in, along with a parking garage at Northcross. Say it ain't so!

Ok, so I know that mall isn't what it used to be. Nobody really shops there anymore. But still. And they better not tear down the Schlotzsky's that is in the corner of the parking lot of the mall!

Read about it here.

Or the Statesman article is here.

Monday, November 06, 2006

BRC weekend

Due to my NYC friend being in town, I was hungover most of the day on Friday, October 27...which sucked since that was the BRC. Oh well. I still had fun, just didn't get quite as crazy as last year. I did finally meet Panther from the Austin Duathletes. Too bad I wasn't in a social mood due to my hangover and lack of sleep. I'll have to get to know them better at their November pub run. :)

I'm not gonna bore you with stories from each bar. Maybe it's because of my lack of memory when I drink...doesn't matter how few I have. Or maybe I just don't want to type it up!

Here is the beginning group shot, minus the impatient folks who took off early!


ASSer Lynn passed out whiskey shots at Ginny's

Also, thanks to Traci Gunn for sponsoring the Lone Star at Ginny's. She bought everyone their beer!

Beers for the long stretch between LaLa's and Buddy's


The last bar


Once the Canary Hut closed, sober Bridgett said she'd drive us. As we were driving towards the start to drop off a couple of people, we noticed our beloved Race Director stumbling down Burnet Road. Yep, Grabber was wasted and barely managing to walk all the way back to his truck at Billy's. We picked him up [in the already jam packed car] and he sat on my lap in the front seat. Thank goodness we didn't pass any cops. He promised to sleep in his truck and not drive anywhere. We were told he does that often, so we believed him.

Next stop was Taco Cabana...where we ran into some red BRC shirt folks. Whoo-hoo! Bridgett then took us to the Keever's house. She was sober and wanted to play beer pong, but I had other ideas. I immediately went upstairs and left her and Day Old Fish downstairs to party. Made a beeline for the futon that Janna had already laid out with sheets and a pillow. Thanks "Mom!" Apparently, Fish passed out on the couch, so Bridgett was left alone with no party buds. Sorry B.

On Saturday, a group of us went to grab some breakfast at Kerbey Lane Cafe. Mmmm, gingerbread pancakes. Afterwards, we needed to pick up some cars from the start. Once we arrived, since most of us were still in last night's clothes, we decided to start drinking at the BRC bars again! After a few beers at Billy's, we headed over to the Poodle Dog for some shuffleboard.

Check out the plumber's crack...and he is wearing a Buddy's shirt. Classic.


Lone Star cheers to Todd


We then decided we were hungry for lunch and wanted a burger from LaLa's since the one Janna ordered the previous night smelled so damn good. Turns out they're closed on the weekend. Crikey! [Guess that's why they weren't open last Christmas, Brownie] Hovis then told us that Todd Gunn used to love to go to Dart Bowl. Since we were still on "Tribute to Todd" time, we decided to go bowling and grab lunch there. What? No frito pie at the bowling alley? What the? Had to get a burger...not nearly as good as LaLa's. Oh well...doesn't matter because I kicked everyone's ass at bowling! Gagger rocks!!!!!!!!

Gagger is the champ!


After bowling it was time to relax on the Keever's couch before the Tech vs. ut game. That game was filled with horrible calls on the field and in the review booth. Hey, at least the pizza and beer was good. And nope, I still hadn't been home yet since I left for work on Friday morning...

Woke up at the Keever's again Sunday morning. Darin went to Rudy's to get us all tacos for breakfast. Dee-lish. I finally went home around lunch time. Man, did that shower feel good. :)

You can see all the pics here.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Halloween 2006

Mia's 1st Halloween!

Mia the little angel & Mo the devil
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Mia the Fairy
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Mia met a stormtrooper!
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My Halloween was quite different from Mia's. I didn't wear a costume and I didn't go trick or treating. Skipped all the parties I was invited to because I just wasn't in dress up mood this year. Ended up going to Bull McCabe's to meet a friend for an impromptu happy hour...that went on until the wee hours of the morning! Two more friends met up with us. We sat on the front patio area so we could laugh at all the funny costumes going by. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera in my purse like I normally do, so no pics. :(
We decided to change up the scenery a bit and walked over to Mugshots. Somehow we ended up on some stairs in the back which overlooked the parking lot next door to LJ's. It was actually quite entertaining to yell out at drunkards trying to get in or out of those tiny spaces. We also played a game called "costume or no costume." Pretty self explanatory. And it was surprisingly amusing! Hey, is that girl's ass hanging out of her skirt because it's Halloween and she's a slutty _______? Or does she always dress like a hooker??
By now we were getting hungry and it was a little after 1am. We decided to see if Crown & Anchor was still serving up their delicious bacon cheeseburgers. But on the drive over, I missed the turn for Red River. Next street was IH-35, so I just decided to bolt and go home! Sorry guys, but Gagger needs her sleep in order to function well at work. The C&A kitchen was closed anyway!
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