A pictureless entry

Apr 17, 2010 by

Something that prevents me from posting — and this is stupid — is not having a photograph to add. I’m just a little bit too lazy to do photo editing and truthfully there isn’t much to display at the moment.

April has been good and quite honestly gorgeous in Colorado.

After Easter with my mom, I saw my father the very next weekend. He came to stay with me and then we went to the Rockies game on Sunday. We had great seats, great weather, and a great win by the Rockies. Spending time with my family is such a joy. I love them so much.

As April winds down though, I’m saddened that I won’t be out in California to attend my friend Jay’s wedding. I had been planning on going all along, but when I took a look at my finances, I just couldn’t make it happen. It was tempting to break out the credit card, which is essentially locked up. I’m making good progress on getting out of debt and so it would set me back. I’m living by a cash only philosophy as much as possible. So when I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford it, I opted out and sent them a very nice present instead. The best I could afford with cash. I hope they enjoy it, although I’m sure they’d enjoy having their friend there more. I guess that’s life and being responsible.

Life at home is serene. Time off is a blessing.

Shifting gears, to not be too serious….my newest obsession (there are always so many) is Keith Olbermann. I’ve loved Keith for years. If you know me, you know that I swing his way politically, so I enjoy his show every now and again. I know that he goes a bit too far sometimes, but I just find it adorable. Sickening, I know. Especially if you disagree with his views. I hear about people loving Beck or that other guy on Fox. What’s his name, the dark haired commentator? I find it awesome I can’t remember his name. Anyway — I get sick to my stomach when I hear people gush about those guys, so this is very hypocritical and I apologize if you feel sick now too, but I can’t help it. Turn away!

So what’s with the sudden love fest? He’s on twitter! And his posts make me so happy. I don’t know what it is. It’s not even that cool really, but I just dig it.

Random enough for you?

If it’s not, I could go on and on about my almost lesbian love for Rachel Maddow. So much that I love this Tumblr blog devoted to her. She’s adorable and so freaking smart. In an alternate universe I would legitimately fall for her. But, alas, in this world I just like boys. Shucks.

Finally, I picked a new (bright and busy) blog template. We’ll see how long I keep it. One day I’m going to really design my own. But today that seems hard.

And with that, I hope you all are well and I promise better blogging — even if I don’t have pictures.

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Easter 2010

Apr 4, 2010 by

Sorry for the unimaginative blog post title, I’m a little knackered after this jam packed weekend. Today, was Easter and it was a very nice day. I didn’t get it spend it with my whole family, which would have been awesome, but I did get to spend it with my mom, step-dad, Marissa, and Johnny. We had a really nice afternoon.

There was food….

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

And there was lots of sitting around the table…

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

And there was our traditional egg cracking game….

Which I have to tell you a side story about. My father’s side of the family has been playing this game forever. It’s traditional Lebanese or more likely Mediterranean, because it was in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. But it’s flat out a thing that most Malouffs do at Easter. Even Malouffs, that I’ve never met, who I’m not even really related to, like the Maalouf and Maloof families. And because of the wonder of Facebook, I’ve friended a few Malouffs that I’ve never met. There’s a million of them all over the world. Our crazy Lebanese clan is just everywhere. So, I saw this woman post about the game and it made me so happy. She also describes how it’s played.

Well, even without my dad here today, we played the game.

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

Michael had the winning egg, which is one that Johnny decorated the night before. He beat Johnny to win. The irony!

And of course there was a lot of love….

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

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iGot It

Apr 4, 2010 by

Yes, I am one of those Apple evangelists and I’m going to catch a lot of crap at work for this on Monday from the hard wired Microsoft nerds, but I just couldn’t help myself. I had to get an iPad. It was actually a last minute decision. Friday, I was watching Charlie Rose and the iPad was the topic. They sold me on it. When I woke up early on Saturday, I decided go for it. I live right by an Apple store, so it was no big deal, and only had to wait for a little over an hour.

The past 24 hours has been a ton of fun. It’s a very cool device, perfect for consuming media and the perfect size. Browsing is fantastic, and it’s so fast. There’s a lot of cool apps, but I can’t wait for more. Netflix watch instantly is very nice. There’s a great NPR app, and Twitterific is well designed. The new interfaces for mail and calendar is a huge selling point, and I really can’t wait to use this at work. Not having to lug my laptop to meetings will be awesome. Not having to rely only on my iPhone, when I didn’t feel like lugging my laptop will be even better. The fact that this can just slip into my purse is the best of all.

It’s not perfect though. There’re could be more apps, there could be better productivity tools, and of course, more multi-tasking. I bought a low end one, because I know there’s more down the road.

I love technology!

iPad - April 2010

Ps: this post was typed on the iPad. It definitely takes some getting used to, but it’s not too bad.

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