Jessie: Too Much All at once.

Ok, so it's technically Sunday night and I'm home from work. I didn't post "yesterday" because Greg and I went to a wedding (pictures will follow soon on facebook). Today our engagement announcement was in the paper! I'm very excited.
But I'm nervous for tomorrow (Monday).
Ever since the age of 17, I've had pain when I eat. Not like a tummy ache, but full blown "someone is ripping my stomach apart" pain. Every doctor has told me it's IBS, which makes sense, seeing that my grandma has it.
This last doctor though ordered an ultrasound. So I went. The result: gall stones. So I figure they'll zap 'em. No, after I met with another doctor on Wednesday.....I'm getting my gall bladder removed. Yikes! I should be fine, but I'll let you guys know....or I'll have Greg mention it tomorrow, since we know he posts as late as possible ;-)
Church is going well. Greg and I met with the Deacon and got our date set in stone! I'm very happy.
So that's pretty much it for now. Oh, and Greg and I are supposed to come down for Easter (seeing that I haven't seen you guys since Thanksgiving) and I miss you all!

Frank: In Conclusion

I enjoyed the blog. It's been an important and interesting period of time. It was nice to read about all of my siblings, made me feel like we were more in contact. Being at school, which is really busy, I don't talk or see most of you very often. There were some flash points and emotions were riding high some times, but overall the blog has been a great positive in my life. I've enjoyed posting each Thursday. As for where I think the blog should head, non-mandatory posting. This can be a place for us to post as we wish, about things that we want to share with each other.

I purchased Black and White and it arrived today. I'm still in the very beginning, but I'm looking forward to the game. I think it'll be a lot of work, but I'm hoping to accomplish some cool stuff with my creature.

I'd really like to make video games, like content and ideas. I have no desire or skill at coding or something, but I think games would be a great outlet for my creativity. so if you know someone who likes to code games but is short of ideas, let me know.

Anne

So one of the guys at work recommended this band, Paramore to me. I've added to my Pandora, as they are pretty awesome. Liz, you might like them.

I think if I were to describe the blog experience, I would call it fierce! Because each of us is fiercely unique, and some of our arguments were pretty fierce, too. But altogether, I'm glad we tried it. So I'm also fiercely glad and grateful for my siblings for going along with my crazy idea.

Things are going pretty well for me. I've been sick, but nothing I can't handle. Work, internet, read, sleep- that's mostly been my days. With food in there somewhere.

Liz, I made those zone pizzas with great success! But now I'm out of tortillas, so I'm looking for other things to eat. Any other recipes?

Bill, when wil your next beer be ready? I'm SO excited to try it!

Frank, we are way overdue for some Dynasty Warriors. Let me know if you have any free time coming up, and I'll see what I can do.

Greg, as you know I've been talking to Jessie lots. You are so lucky to have her. But I know a secret- (she's lucky to have you too!)

Anyways kids, I have to get ready for work. Take care all! Lots of Love,
~Anne

Some Winter Reggae

I managed to watch the Holy Cross Game. Yea, Tough loss Frank... The Crusaders went down hard... like in Edessa. And I didn't see Frank on TV either... Oh well...

I'm been listening to this song alot lately. Liz, this is the same band that does that Siberia Song I Love.

Red Elvises - Winter Reggae


This was a short post, I'll be back Tuesday with a longer one...

Frank: 7 Hours on a Bus, One Way

So I'm leaving Holy Cross at 6 AM to travel to Washington D.C. for the Patriot League championship round at American University. For those interested, the game will be shown on ESPN2, starting at 4:45. The winner of this game will gain an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. This may be the last game of my Holy Cross career.

Anne, I agree with you on the home-brew campaign setting. That's how I prefer to do things as well. But take the time to really flesh out the setting, and give the characters plenty of room to maneuver.

I've been selected to compete in a cooking challenge at my school. I competed in this challenge last year, the Worcester Telegram and Gazette did an article on it. You can read the article here. This year, I'm going to make risotto with ingredients selected from what is being offered that night. And no, risotto is not on the menu.

Greg, you were welcome to initiate those e-mail, IM, phone conversations about the blog. If you really thought that discussion should not be talked about on the blog, then you should have said something sooner.

As a final note, I will pose a question/challenge to each of you for the final week of our first year of blogging. Thinking about the year, what were your highlights or most memorable moments on the blog? Did you enjoy this blogging experiment, and how would you rate our success at blogging for a year? Finally, what do you think the blog will look like after our year of posting is over, and Anne's challenge to us completed?

Anne

I've been reading Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". Not just "Song of Myself", but the whole book. Let me tell you, there's some pretty racy stuff in there. It's good though. It's a cross between poetry and prose that I really like.

Here's one bit that I'm posting for all my bando buddies:
"With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums,
I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer'd and slain persons."

Not much else is happening. I'm slowly developing a D&D campaign- a homebrew thing, as I'm too lazy to read up on Faerun and the other pre-made worlds. I think it's easier, and more convenient, to make it up as necessary.

I am kicking butt and taking names in Mafia Wars. Liz, Greg- join my mob! Please?
Anyways, I'll catch you all later!
~Anne

And a followup

So I'm playing Animal Crossing again. The problem I'm facing right now is that I've planted so many fruit trees. So many that I seriously need to hire some not so legal foreign migrant workers to pick the fruit up... Or I could just spend 3 hours doing it myself and another week or so replanting fruit tress with normal ones.

After writing about Gibson this morning, I went out and got his latest novel, "Spook Country". I still have Pattern Recognition to finish, but I can't find it now after the move. I'm not to worried about it cause I though the main character was extremely boring and bland. Well, she's some brand-a-phobe so that doesn't exactly help her. What makes Pattern Recognition interesting is that the main plot revolves around pieces of film put on the net and the fans whom obsesses about it. Yep, Gibson got LonelyGirl15 right years before before she hit Youtube or Youtube itself for that matter.

Last week I bought a book on writing comics from one of the major DC editors. It's laid out well and explains the concepts well. This feeds into the "Greg wants to write a Comic Book" twang in the back of my head. It would be nice to have my name in the comic world mean something other than "some strange Alantian seeweed that heals".