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Monday, April 28, 2008

My people

Friday night at dinner, the game was "to say words that start with the 'ch' sound only".

Pop: chihuahua
Buzz: china
Leta: chisel
Nina: chin
Liam: chalupa

Pop: chomp
Buzz: chore
Leta: chill
Nina: chastity
Liam: what?

Pop: chop
Buzz: champion
Leta: cello
Nina: challis
Liam: choo choo train

Pop: chafe
Buzz: chow
Leta: chew
Nina: chink
Liam: chocolate

Do we sound boring to you at all? How about the next day when the game was to think of as many names for the wood-pecker in the maple tree... and we settled on "Bore"?

I am climbing tonight. Have a chalky Monday.

5 comments:

Julie said...: That sounds like fun to me. And I think the woodpecker should have been named "Hiram."; April 28, 2008 at 11:30 AM
utenzi said...: I suspect you have to prepare friends before you bring them along to meet your family for the first time, Nina.; April 28, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Megan said...: Cheers my friend!; April 28, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Anonymous said...: The cult of Blog365 has ruined me. I thought something awful happened because you missed a day. Seriously, I'm a little too wrapped up in your life.; April 28, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Unknown said...: Hello there. I have been asleep for winter but now I am back. I missed your blog, but I will have fun reading what I missed.

be well; April 29, 2008 at 12:05 AM

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Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

English Teacher Disclaimer

I teach English, and I sometimes get a emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.