"Finding Face"

"Finding Face" Co-Produced/Directed by Patti Duncan (OSU) and Skye Fitzgerald, this is a documentary shown in Portland, OR. last night, anyone and everyone read in on the piece, Tat Marina's story and do what you can to raise awareness... and bring justice for the women of Cambodia and for the greater whole.

James and I went to screen this, his first and my second time seeing it... it's third showing in the world. This sparked tons of convo between the two of us, and means a great deal to me, considering Patti Duncan is one of the Professors I work with and the topic at hand, of course. Truly amazing, read in on it! :)

Bottled-up... Anger from the pissy-cats

Bottled a smoked ale for the first time today... well bottled for the first time of all... Winther brewed this amazing Smoked Brown Ale... and it is really something. Although today was full of the usuals, chaffeuring around the teen, cleaning what I could in the house... I did enjoy learning a little bit about what makes Winther, Winther. He truly has a gift, and definitely knows what he's doing... although he said that he would go into German-mode while we were bottling... it was more the cat that was in the way then my clumsiness. Zoe (the cat of strawberry anger) is the roommates cat, and does not like Winther or myself. Will he can stand him, but the cat definitely hates me. I have been known to be quite the "cat-whisperer", ha... not true considering everytime I get within 3 feet of one, or closer(which I always find myself in) I either get scratched in the face, or nearly have my eyes taken out. I think this all comes back to when I was 5 years old, and I had an orange cat named Simba... I loved that cat soooo much. One day we were outside and my mother had just set up an inflatable pool for my brother and I to play in. Well seeings how Simba and I were so close, I thought that he would like to go swimming... so I threw him in= End result, pissed-off wet orange cat, millions of scratches, deflated pool... and now as I continue to have these run-ins with felines, I believe that Simba passed along negative-cat-voo-doo... and now every cat knows and senses this about me. So even though I know that cats hate me, I still can't help it, I Love Animals and even no matter how matter times I get scratched in the face, have my eyes clawed at, get hissed at.... and like Zoe did the other day (have my whole container of strawberries knocked over), I still get closer to them then I should. So today while we were bottling, Zoe came in and teased me... she plays hard to get... she acts like she wants to be pet, but then she hisses at you and growls... so I try to bug her as much as possible, hoping she'll learn to love me... but I guess after grabbing her out of the loft and throwing her down a couple of steps to keep her in the house, she will continue to hate me for life... but two cases of brew is better then 5 angry cats
Look forward to seeing how the brew turns out, and hopefully in the future, brewing a little of my own... ;)

August 25th; Miranda Poppins almost out

This summer has been really good... but I have to admit that I am a little overdone... I am ready to be in Corvallis, studying, living in my apartment and near my best-friend. Portland has been good to me, but this last week and a half might be a little tiring,oh and long... but it has been great and I have had a lot of opportunity to figure out more about myself, life and what I need and want to make me happy. So far I have watched overall 8 kids this summer... and I figured out that at the most I would like to have three little ones... NO Sisters!!! I just want one little girl... so hopefully this will be in the cards for me. I will also not have kids so far apart in age... this causes a complete disconnection between siblings. Portland is a really great town... I have been to all kinds of pubs, two brewfest, a documentary showing, many gelato/pastry shops... and coffee of all sorts (in fact I'm in a coffeeshop now :) Which leads me to the apartment update. Because OSU has been major assholes to Winther, he will probably not be going back this year. They won't give him funding until he writes an appeal, in which he will end up paying out of state tutition totally $30,000... which to be honest isn't worth it. So he's decided that hopefully if a position opens up at McMenamin's that he'll take it and live in Portland for a year or two, to establish residency... and I'll be in Corvallis finishing my degree(s)and living with new people! I have three prospect lined up; Abi (the horticulturist), Clare (Ag Science Lady) and Sami (the Vet)... all are great potential roommates... but I'm still a little sad that Winther and I won't be moving in together... we certainly put our apartment life on a pedestal... with a puppy too, and now I don't think I'll even get to pick out a set of dishes... but other then that all is well and flexibility is a virtue... plus I'm there for studies so maybe this will help... all the apartments are at the most two blocks from campus, I can have a dog, and they are all my age and focus-on-studies-style... so it's cool. So we'll see how the year plays out... I will update more, when I move in a week... but if I can muster up the enthusiasm I will try and end my Miranda Poppins right, and start writing again everyday... to end it will... stay tuned!