Flowers and Such

As those of you who've befriended Emily on Facebook or Twitter know, she got these flowers the other day:

From Flowers on 15th, which is local, so that mostly makes up for the odd website (if you sell pretty things, shouldn't your site be pretty?) and the odd phone call ("Send them to Providence Archives"
"what's an archive?")

Good flowers, though.
Side view:



In other Emily news, she ran in a briefcase relay with some friends. And they came in 7th out of like 40+ teams! (We think: no official record.) Still hoping I'll get pictures (didn't get any good ones myself) of them dressed in "business wear" for the race...

But she also ran the 5k, as you can see here. And as you can see from the official results, she's improved since we ran that 5k last fall.

Way to go Emily!

[Update 15:51]
Team photo!

Emily, Nick, Ben, Sara, Jon

No "business wear" shots yet, but maybe soon?

In other running news, the seniors at Seattle U streak every spring, and apparently my office window had the best view:

Huh.


In unrelated news, we tried some St-Germain on Uncle Vinny's recommendation:

Verdict: yum! Tastes like flowers! (In a good way.)

Okay, back to grading.

At least it's nice out, so I can grade in the park.

Happy Sunday, reader.

Strings and Screens and Greens and More

Spent our night Saturday with some friends in Fremont. They decided to host a "salon" at their house:
"An evening to hear about what we all do during the day. A semi-formal presentation by two of our peers on their day job, intense hobby or a combination of both. Hopefully educational as well as intriguing: a chance to learn as well as listen."

Ethan Thompson, a PhD student at the U of Washington talked about string theory (um, yeah).


And John Snavely talked about his job "envisioning the future" (?) for Microsoft. Also showed this video:

Somewhere in between cool, unrealistic, and a little scary, no? But how cool is that phone that projects an arrow on the floor to give you directions?


In other news, some ROTC kids repelled down the side of my building last week:

[Some overlap with Twitter here--apologies to any of you who object to cross-posting.]


And I bought some "bicycle knickers":


I had a salad the other day:

Endive, apples, walnuts, and goat cheese--delicious!

And we saw Neko Case, who was absolutely amazing.

No shots of the show, but here I am waiting excitedly...

Speaking of excitement, I have some full days of grading and Spanish lessons coming up, so I'll say goodbye for now.
Cheers, reader.

Yes Yes Yes: You'll Like Glee

Did you catch the pilot of Glee recently? We loved it. (Watched it twice, truth be told.)
Too bad we have to wait for fall for any more episodes.

But in the meantime, I've cued the full episode to one of the great musical numbers, which Alessandra Stanley described in the Times as follows:

One of the funnier scenes has Will taking his troupe to hear the reigning champions and get a look at the competition. They are dumbfounded by what they find at a nearby school: a razzle-dazzle Broadway-style song-and-dance number to Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab.” That scene is lifted from “Bring It On,” but it’s the mismatch of choreography and song that makes it funny.

The Longest Bike Ride Ever

...at least for us.

Rode out to Woodinville. 20 miles one way! Here's a map:

View redhook ride in a larger map

And when we got there? Dinner at Red Hook Brewery.

Here's the photo Emily's looking at in the photo on the map:


Speaking of Emily, she was just named Chair of the Seattle Area Archivists. Huzzah!

Oh, and here she is with a large pine cone:


Cheers!