Favorite Outfits

For a week now, Oooju has been real fussy between 7-9pm. It totally sucks. It's just adding to all the stress I already have trying to write my dissertation proposal. Anyways, here are some pictures of Oooju in some of my favorite outfits.


My cousins Jane and Grace got this jumper for Oooju. I like it because it reminds me of Bruce Lee in his yellow jumpsuit. However, Oooju's is way cooler because his has a unicorn and rainbow on the back.






I bought this onesie because it reminded me of Edward Hopper's painting "Gas Station."

Petit Madeleine

I have a new mania for madeleines. Today when I went to Starbucks for my daily coffee, I saw them and decided I had to have one. I used to work at Starbucks for about six months and never once thought of eating one, which is a shame because they're so delicious. Well, I enjoyed my three petite pieces and it made my coffee that much more enjoyable as well. So being that it's my new mania, I decided to do some research on it and it's just amazing how the search for a pastry can lead you to so many different places. It started off fairly normal with a wikipedia search. Not satisfied with the picture on that page, I did a google image search for "petit madeleine" and found this picture on a japanese page

But what caught my attention on the wikipedia entry was the section about involuntary memory and Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Yet again, I was not satisfied with that entry and searched more and found this:

Unusual experiences led Proust to "the truth of involuntary memory," the basis for his life's work. The famous incident of the petit madeleine revealed to him a past lying dormant within him, ready to be called back to consciousness. He was able to retrieve "a feeling of inexplicable happiness" when his mother offered him the little plump cake. He was illuminated by a childhood memory (of Combray), where his Aunt Leone on Sunday mornings used to give him a madeleine, dipping it first in her own cup of tea. It "all sprang into being, town and garden alike, from my cup of tea!"

It was on a secular humanism website. I remember a guy talking about secular humanism on bill moyers, but I couldn't remember his name so I searched PBS and found this on Faith and Reason. I still can't find this guy who was a scientist and secular humanist and I'm tired and it's getting late. But anyways, he believed that secuar humanism was going to save the world, or at least stop global warming or was it terrorism.

Go Coors Light

In the July issue of Consumer Reports, the magazine rated Coors Light in the can number 4 in the light beer category, only to be beat out by Michelob Ultra Amber, Michelob Light, and Michelob Ultra. Some of the beers it beat out were: Sam Adams Light (5th), Budweiser (6th), Bud Light (8th), Miller Light (11th), Labat Blue Light (16th), Heineken Light (17th), Amstel Light (18th), Corona Light (19th) and Beck's Light (last place).

So in honor of this recognition, here is Tubba in Montreal in front of a Coors Light billboard in French.

Duff and Lucas

Lucas is Robert and Hazel's son. He's totally cutie. We like to think of Duff and Lucas as best friends, but there are a few minor problems in their relationship. First off, Duff doesn't know that Lucas exists. And Lucas probably wishes Duff didn't exist. The first time Lucas met Duff, he hit him in the head. Then, he get's really jealous and sad when Hazel holds Duff. He (and Robert) had a lil fur fit when she tried to put Duff in her baby hawk. (So I figured it out. Yay!). The last time they hung out at the mall, Lucas went straight for Duff's soft spot. But we know deep down inside, they love eachother and they'll end up bffs. Here are some pictures Hazel and I took of the two this summer.

Duff is probably two weeks old in this one.This one's from early August.Labor Day weekend at Del Amo Mall. Duff is probably 10 weeks.

Kick the baby!

When I found out I was having a boy, I actually hoped the baby would look like Ike from South Park. I don't know but I just think he's super cute and I really like him. Well, as you can see, Duff really likes him too--maybe a little too much. I just wanted Duff to hold Ike. I didn't think he was going to try to eat him.

Stuff on my baby

We think it's totally fun to put things on Duff and take pictures. The idea to get a series of photos came from the book "Stuff on my Cat." I would love to link to amazon so you could see the book, but unfortunately, I don't know how to do that yet.
But once I learn, watch out cuz I will go hyperlink crazy.

Choclate Rain

So robert lobo told us about tay zonday, the guy that sings "chocolate rain." all i have to say about that is: very interesting, very repetitive. anyways, i like his song "internet dream" because i can relate to his mom.

enjoy!