Jennifer's 365 Project

What better way to celebrate the last free Tuesday before next semester begins (and our tradition of Tuesday-night movies is on hold for a few months) than to see Flash Gordon?

I'd never watched the campy film, riddled with Freddie Mercury's voice thanks to an all Queen soundtrack.  When I was little I had caught a piece of it when my dad was watching it and I spent a very long time thinking Flash Gordon and The Flash were the same (hey, the word flash and the color red were involved here people).

Needless to say I was set right tonight.  It was a crazy movie, and I'm glad I finally saw it - if only to finally get some popculture references.

Leki had a pretty rough day.  His feeding has been scaled back and he's not fully adjusted to the new 1/2c (total) diet.  He's kind of a pig with food and he'd started ramping up his eating to eating all of the 3/4c he was receiving so we adjusted the auto-feeder.

So Leki spent most of the evening terrorizing the both of us and then running over to the food dish quickly, to see if anything fell out.

Luckily he hasn't figure out how to break into the top food portion...yet.

Today was absolutely sweltering outside.  Any designs to spend more than a handful of minutes outside were abandoned when I hit the first wall of humidity and heat.  Still, we decided to swing by the Fulton Street Artisan Market and see what was going on.  Even with the heat there were a fair number of people out and we ran into one of Chris's old co-workers - who was very friendly and named Chris.

After a quick stroll through the market we bounced around to a few different stores and headed out to Celebration Cinema South for a movie.

Now, I'm ok with campy movies, and over the top cheesy horror flicks so I said ok to Piranha 3D.  The movie was alright, although since I was so sick from Avatar (since apparently you're NOT supposed to pan the scenery in 3D movies or risk feeling ill) I spent a big chunk of the movie a little paranoid and squeezing one eye shut.

I think Chris liked it more than I did.  I would have liked more Christopher Lloyd and Richard Dreyfus and less annoying teenage boy but then you're not really watching this type of movie for the plot.  Still, Jerry O'Connell was very good for the role he played.

Good weekend and I'm sad to see it go but I'm looking forward to a 3-day work week and then having 5 days off!

I got the whole apartment up very early.  I woke up around 4:30 in the morning and couldn't get back to sleep.  So I spent several hours playing around on the computer, clearing up files and playing video games.

I took a nap briefly then set to getting some pizza ready for dinner.  I tried my hand at breadsticks as well with some left over dough, but they turned into a brick.   I should remember to check on them before the pizza is done next time...

Yesterday was also the last day for the little dragon to hang out in it's jar of water.  It got as big as it was ever going to get, and I even let it sit an extra day in the water.


Here's the whole slideshow, from 1.25" to 3.75".

I completely forgot it was Friday today.  I'm not sure why.  It feels like it should be the end of the week, but it came up to fast.  Which meant I completely forgot I had lunch plans with Lori!

Quickly we hashed out plans via email and decided to check out the Polish Festival, put on by the Polish Heritage Society, down at Rosa Park Circle.

On Lori's recommendation, I tried pirogies for the first time and they were delicious.  So much so I think I'll try to make some from scratch one of these weekends.

I wandered back over to the festival briefly after work while waiting on my ride and there were a lot more people. Some additional booths had opened up and they were even holding some sort of art event near the art museum.

Today is also dragon growth day 10.

In the morning Chris set up the crockpot for tasty pot roast that evening.  As usual, we always make more than we need, which means plenty of left overs for the next several days.

Unfortunately, we also scaled back Leki's feeding for his diet, which meant he was extra hungry that night.  He even tried to get at the roast.  Normally he ignores human food.

Today is also Dragon growth day 9.

Leki has always had a love affair with my necklace.  He loves any shiny necklace he can lay his eyes on, but this is the one he usually encounters from day to day.

Spent a little bit of time with Peppy - letting her run back and forth on the couch and in the living room a bit.

She's still got spunk but she's slowing down a little from her younger days.  Still, at 5 1/2 years old, she's doing good.

Also, today is Dragon Growth day 7.

It's been awhile since I've had a chance to spend time with either Dan or Sherry.  There have been a few times where we were going to meet but it just hasn't worked out.  But not today!  Chris and I headed out to Ken-O-Sha to meet up with Sherry and Emilie while Dan was at work.

I had a good time catching up with Sherry, but poor Emilie was not at all happy with new people or the trail.

Today is also day 6 of the Dragon Growth.

My parents, Jeff, Chris, and I all hung out for a few more hours in the morning before they left back for metro Detroit.

I spent a big chunk of the day starting drafts of blogs for another site and just general messing around.  It was a pretty lazy day - an excellent way to recover from a hot and sticky trip through the zoo the day before.

And all the while the dragon has been growing, slowly every day.

Saturday my parents a little brother came over to visit.  It was raining in the morning but by the time they arrived to Grand Rapids from metro Detroit it was sunny and hot.

The advantage of having a friend who also works towntown means you can meet up quite frequently for lunch!

So Lori and I met up in front of a few restaurants on Monroe Center (where the dude twanging to his guitar plays everyday, as you can see) and tried out the Pita House.

It was pretty good food, and excellent company!

Plus - day three of the dragon growth.