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Nino, the trend starter!

Firsts.
First best friend: Tina Hoelscher
First car: 1978 Ford Fairmont
First date: Cody Deike
First real kiss: Paul Zuniga
First screen name: big_benford (Actually, I think I used to have something different when I IRCed years ago but I can’t remember what it was)
First self purchased CD: Maybe Kathleen Battle & Wynton Marsalis “Baroque Duet”
First pets: JJ and Henry — 2 cute white mice
First piercing/tattoo: Ears
First musician you remember hearing in your house: Pavarotti
LASTS.
Last cigarette: A few months ago…maybe New Years?
Last car ride: This evening, coming home from work
Last kiss: almost 2 weeks ago.
Last good cry: maybe about a month or so ago. Don’t remember why. But they’re always healing.
Last library book checked out: something I needed in my Elementary Music class a year ago
Last movie seen: Ray
Last beverage drank: Mango Kool-aid
Last food consumed: Chicken and veggies
Last crush: Len Casarez
Last phone call: Len. He’ll be my next phone call as well!
Last time showered: This morning
Last shoes worn: a pair of brown sandals
Last cd played: the one Jon Faddis gave me last weekend — Dizzy Gillespie’s All Star Alumni Band
Last item bought: lunch today
Last annoyance: One of my students was doing a good job pushing my buttons and he knew it. But he’s a good kid most times.
Last disappointment: how complicating this supposed simple gig this coming Saturday is becoming
Last shirt worn: short sleeved denim button up
Last website visited: Mine (looking for the last movie) Before that, Nino’s
Last word you said: stop (to the cats)
Last song you sang: who knows…I’m scatting things all the time!
What color socks are you wearing? my feet are NAKED
What color of underwear are you wearing? wouldn’t you wanna know?
What’s under your bed? empty luggage, storage bins with sweaters but no cats
What time did you wake up today? about 5:30 am. I got out of bed around 6:15, though.
FUTURE
Where do you want to go? all over the world
What is your career going to be? conductor (music, not trains)
Where are you going to live? where ever I end up
How many kids do you want? 2
What kind of car(s): I like my Honda Accord. I’m not sure what other car I’d want!
CURRENT
Current mood: calm
Current music: none. TV’s on
Current taste: Mango Kool-aid
Current hair: long and straight. A little layering at the bottom. Bangs growing out. It’ll be different TOMORROW!!!
Current clothes: short sleeved button down denim shirt and khaki pants
Current annoyance(s): none!
Current desktop picture: Homestar Runner “Seriously.”
Current book: Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Current color of toenails: I’ve got clear nail polish on them.
Current hate: people that won’t take responsibility for their own actions

(x) – you’ve done
(_) – you haven’t done
(X) been drunk
(_) been high
(X) kissed a member of the opposite sex
(_) kissed a member of the same sex
(x) crashed a friend’s car
(X) been to Japan
(X) ridden in a taxi
(X) been dumped
(X) been fired or laid off
(X) been in a fist fight
(_) snuck out of my parent’s house
(_) ever had a crush on someone of the same sex
(_) ever dated someone of the same sex
(X) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
(_) been arrested
(x) made out with a stranger
(_) stole something from my job
(_) celebrated new years in time square
(X) gone on a blind date
(X) had a crush on a teacher
(_) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(X) been to Europe
(X) skipped school
(_) cut myself on purpose
(_) been married
(_) gotten divorced
(_) had children
(X) seen someone die.
(_) been to Africa.
(_) Punched a friend
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
(_) Thrown up in a bar
(_) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
(x) Eaten Sushi
(_) Been Snowboarding
(X) Met someone in person from the internet
(X) Been moshing at a concert
(X) had real feelings for someone you knew only online
(_) been in an abusive relationship
(_) been pregnant or got someone pregnant
(_) lost a child
(X) gone to college
(X) graduated college, community
(X) had sexual intercourse of any kind
(_) tried killing yourself
(X) taken painkillers
(X) love someone or miss someone right now

Birthdays, Crawfish, Movies

Friday was Joe’s birthday. Len & Damon worked very hard to put together a very fun surprise party for him. Of course, it didn’t go over exactly as they’d planned but Joe was still VERY surprised and had a lot of fun! I had only known the overview of the plans for that night but periodically, I felt like the details weren’t working out so I improvised and filled in what seemed to be blanks and it seemed to help.
“You know what I love about Daylight Savings time? It’s 5 ’til 8 and the sun’s still up. Can you believe it?”
“OH, my friend Blanca was telling me the other day how Spanish Flowers was her favorite Mexican restaurant in Houston.”
Good times!!

Saturday, Len & I went to Galveston and hung out on the beach and watched the cruises take off. While there, I had an instinct to call Cheryl and it turned out she & Steve were having their annual crawfish boil. So, we headed out to Kingwood! They had plenty of food, beer, jello shots and hurriacanes. Wow, did I have quite a bit to drink, too. We met some interesting & wonderful people.

Sunday, Joe, Len and I headed out to see Sahara. It was still just as good the second time!

The drive home was utterly tiring so I’m going to head to bed. Long day tomorrow.
~B

Easter Break

I had a wonderful Easter weekend! I had 4 days off so I decided to take the time to hang out in Houston with Len & his brother Joe. I was kind of a party pooper on Friday because I was so tired. Remember my insomnia on Sunday night a week ago? It really didn’t go away the rest of the week so I think I was suffering from some sleep deprevation. I had had 3 days that was around 14 hours at work as well so I was quite exhausted. Still, Len was quite the patient trooper and was absolutely wonderful with his understanding.

Saturday, Len had to work so I took care of a few bits of personal business and met Len for lunch. I finished my errands (how many can one really have in a town you don’t live in?) and hung out at their house. I studied my scores (we have a concert coming up in a few weeks) and waited for my man to come home (sounds like an old sappy country song, huh?). Then, Len, Joe & I went to eat dinner at Spanish Flower (YUMMY!!). I really hadn’t had too much time to spend getting to know Joe so this weekend was nice in that regard as well. We got back, watched Shrek 2 and chilled out.

On Sunday (HAPPY EASTER), we got up, went to church and stood. Even though the church was filled to standing room only and the lead trumpet player couldn’t stay in tune to save his life (or his paycheck), it was a nice service. Lots of kids in their fancy Easter dresses and families coming together to make time to spend time together. We drove around to see a closed Houston. Went back to the house and hung out and got ready to bar-b-que. The bar-b-que we made for dinner was fun & yummy! We watched The Red Violin with dinner and enjoyed our evening together.

On Monday, we worked out and hung out some more. In order to make the movie back in Austin, I had to leave Houston earlier than I had originally planned so we kept things simple.

Definitely another wonderful weekend together. (Sappy, I know. Get over it.) Just the break I needed!