Project 365: Day 172

A lovely Oregon panorama! (Click on it-- it's worth it! My blog doesn't like this format but I'm too lazy to change it right now.)

(This is technically cheating. I actually took this on Jan. 1, but not a single photo from 12/31 turned out. It was a boring day-- rain, cold, mediocre college football...)

Project 365: Day 171

There are a lot more photos of the awesome hike AJ and I took on facebook. But I liked this one especially because of the rain-- it started to rain when we got to the top of the hill his house is on, and we stayed pretty dry by staying under the trees. The rain looked like a shiny white sheet. Or an invisibility cloak. So beautiful!
And then you get some bonus pictures:

Project 365: Day 170

Roseburg from AJ's porch.

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AJ teaching me about the woodstove.

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The Oregon coast

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A very Motel 6 Christmas! It was actually great. :-)

Photos of home Christmas from Claire to perhaps follow...'

(VERY LATE UPDATE: a photo of the chandelier I got Mom for Christmas!)

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The view out the back door. Snow! City streetlight glow! I can almost hear the song now...

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Happy birthday, B!

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Pottery painting with almost all the women in the family, plus Patrick and Connor.

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Our annual Christmas party, with attendant wrapping paper fight. :-)

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Yesterday 6th graders; today 2nd graders! How cute. :-)

Project 365: Day 158

I went to Brian's school today and talked about Egyptian religion It was pretty fun. Please ignore my dippy looking birds on the board. :-)

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Skyping.

Project 365: Day 157

I woke up to find this frost on my back door. In the sunlight, it looked bright white. And cold! Brrr.

Project 365: Day 156

Dad and I went to the Christkindelmarkt to have a celebratory brat and beer. It was so good. And we met a nice German man, whom we talked with for a while about beer and wine and all good German things.

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Home sweet home! And a real, amazing Christmas tree.

Project 365: Day 154

Ok. It's cold in my room. Yesterday's final kicked my butt. Today's should be easier, except for the part where I didn't start studying until yesterday night.
Thus:

Project 365: Day 153

Today, i took the worst exam ever. Oh man, was it painful!! So then I came home, had some wine, and then made myself cheese and spinach risotto with chicken and veggies in a red wine reduction, steamed broccoli and more red wine. Om nom nom.

Oh, and as a bonus image: the photo ID from our exam today. Feel free to speculate about what it means/where it is/who it is/etc in the comments, if you're feeling bold! 

Image via maat-ka-ra.de Don't go here before you guess, or it'll give it away!

Project 365: Day 152

Ok, this is cheating. But remember weebles? Weebles wobble but they don't fall down? Remember them? Well, I spent so long studying that by the end of the night I was wobbling right out of the library, basically incapable of saying anything other than "Weebles wobble! Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!!"

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MSE library. Oh, soooooo many hours.

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Makin' dinner.

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I walked into my room to find AJ working at my desk, wearing the bright pink snuggie and listening to Kelly Clarkson.

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Evalyn made a Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner for the house (and AJ). It was delicious!

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Chris finished his comps. We were celebrating. :-D

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Today, we went to the lighting of the Washington Monument. (No, not that one. This one. They're both pretty phallic, though.) It was pretty much a big party, lots of food and people and lights and glowsticks and fireworks!

And then I saw these ladies. They're so... Bawlmer, somehow. I love it. They happily posed for me.

And then we went to a neighborhood dive-y bar, where these were my favorite signs.

We also talked to some guys who were building a beeramid out of beer cans. Natty Boh, of course. I think it should be the Egyptologist's wizard staff...

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Our cable has a "Yule Log" Channel. It roars and crackles and plays Christmas music. Comcast ftw.

Project 365: Day 143

This is how graduate school makes me feel.

Thanks to Maggie for taking this one.