It's my vacation time!!! I can't wait to get to MN! I just added a Twitter account, but I don't know if I will be updating it much. I will be updating my facebook status occasionally. :) If I get the chance, I might post to my blog, too.

Not hitting panic mode quite yet-that's for about midnight tonight when I realize that I'm running out of time! LOL.

If you are interested in following me on Twitter, here I am: http://twitter.com/romana1977. :)

Everyone have a fun and safe 4th of July!!!!

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My friend Peter posted a link to this video on Facebook, and I just had to share:


(original link here: The Sideways Tornado).

It gave me goosebumps!!! Tornadoes have been on my mind lately (with all the activity this weekend, no wonder!)

I've always been fascinated by thunderstorms and tornadoes-no wonder this was one of my favorite books growing up:

(I loved those Lets Read and Find Out books!!!)

No, I am not a storm chaser, but I wouldn't mind playing one on tv. ;)

Growing up in MN, while not exactly what you would call 'tornado alley', we certainly had our fair share of tornadoes. Tornado drills were the norm (hey, do they still test the sirens on the first Wed. of every month at 1pm?), and I can remember having a set plan to get all of our outdoor toys inside the fastest way possible whenever a tornado siren sounded.

Here's a picture I took with my cell phone almost 2 years ago. My sister and I were on our way back to her place from the Cities when we got a call from my mom and the kids-you could hear the sirens going off in the background. The kids wanted us to pull over somewhere to stay safe (they didn't know we were still on the outskirts of the storm). As soon as we got off the phone, I snapped this picture:

Cool, yeah? :)

I think I'm going to have to start watching Vortex 2 on the Weather Channel now. Darn you, Mike Bettes!!! ;)

(Oh, yeah, I think I need to post a Marcon update soon...) ;)

Marcon starts tomorrow!!! Yay!! I'll be there-I never did get around to making my Sarah Jane costume from the Hand of Fear, but I did manage to put together a couple of costumes from the Sarah Jane Adventures. They aren't perfect, but they'll do. As with all of my costuming-I start out basic, and try to improve them as the cons go by. ;) Now if only I could find a pair of boots that'll fit my freakin' huge calves! ;) My goal this summer is to set up my sewing machine so I can get working on a couple of 'classic' SJ costumes!

My badge will say 'Romanadvoratrelundar'...I'm not sure if I remembered to include the "-DWC". I'm also considering adding 'Romana1 on Sarah-Jane.tv', which I eventually did to my Chicago Tardis badge (I really should have done that at the beginning of the convention!) I'll probably be totting around good 'ole Krismutt, dressed as K-9. :) I'm adding something to the K-9 costume-nothing big, but I hope people will think it's cute. Gotta remember to make it tonight!

Yikes! I better get going-I have more geeky tidbits to share, but I don't know if I'll have time to post again tonight, or before I leave for Columbus tomorrow.

Yay, Marcon!!!

Betcha didn't think I'd ever get around to this, did ya? Well, who could blame you? My track record for posting events/trips in parts isn't exactly spot on. ;) As it is, I started this 10 days ago, and haven't had the time to finish typing it up!!


Brian and Bill, setting up our tent

So, since this was the first Relay for pretty much everyone on our team, we came up with a list of items we should have on hand for next year:
(I do realize this might be a better part 3 post...? Who knows? By the end of this entry I may have decided it would be.

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Happy May Day!!!

Eureka is coming back to SciFi in July!! It's moving to Fridays:
http://video.scifi.com/player/?id=1090958

...wouldn't new day and time indicate that it would be in a different time slot? It's moving from Tuesdays at 9, to Fridays at 9. Oh, well, maybe that's just me. ;) Yay, Eureka is returning!!

Also, I should have posted this long ago, but, tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day!!!!

www.freecomicbookday.com
Check out the website to find a participating comic book store near you!!

Coming soon: Relay update #2!

So Sunday, I went to a Twins game...although most people around here would call it an Indians game...go figure!

It's tough being a fan of a non-local team-no hoopla, no fireworks when one of your guys does something totally awesome. No flashy announcements (although it was cool when they used to use the Imperial March to announce the opposing team. Hey, if you gotta have enemy music, at least it's the most awesome enemy music out there! ;)) But something does have to be said for being in enemy territory, and then spotting someone sporting a Joe Mauer jersey just like yours in the crowd. The look of recognition on someone's face when they see a complete stranger, yet we are not complete strangers, since we are rooting for the same team. Yes, we are here, and we'll keep screaming for our team!

Earlier, I ran into my friend Jerm at the Rapid station-he was there with his dad and his fiance, Allison (not to be confused with my lil' sis, Ally!!) After joking about how I was going to a Twins game and everyone else was going to an Indians game, we decided to grab lunch once we hit Tower City. Once at the game, Jerm called me and asked where I was-I told him the lower reserve, near the homerun porch. He spotted me, I waved, but still couldn't find him. After about 5 minutes of trying to figure out where he was (they were in the 400 section, way up in the sky over homeplate), I noticed they had signs for each team member and asked him which one he was by. He said, 'Oh, yeah! That's a good idea!' Once I found him, we waved at each other like over-excited children.

Here was my view:


That's the third base line-I was inches for away from the homerun porch. A great place for foul balls right? I mean, after all, it seams like when I'm on the other side, I see balls fly over here all the time. So did it happen? Did I get the chance to catch a foul? Of course not!!! Go figure, the balls all went flying on the other side that day!!! :p Sharon's husband managed to catch a foul ball...in the loge!!!

It was a great day for a game-maybe just a tad bit warm for April, but a great day. Too bad the Twins forgot their brooms!!! LOL.

I had a good time-even though I would like to see my team in my home town again. Last year for the Dome! (that's a good thing, although I bet come April 2010, they are gonna be wishing they had sprung for the retractable dome.) ;) Hey, Shan, we are SO going to a game when I come visit this summer!!!

Our team, taken by DJ Dohanyos

Friday, April 17th, I participated in Case Western's Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. Brian (our team captain) and I stayed the entire 18 hours, with various members coming and going the rest of the time. I tried to stay awake for it all, but I had to take a nap about 10 til 5 Saturday morning. I was also made a team captain, but I'll get to that later.

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Egaads! Another long stretch. I really need to find time at home to sit down and blog.

Tonight's our first Italian Band gig for the year-the Good Friday procession at St. Rocco's. Hopefully we'll get our summer schedule, too. Hopefully the rain will hold off another couple of hours! ;)

I've signed up for Case's Relay for Life which is next week. I've been meaning to write more about this...*sigh* Where does the time go? ;) Here's my page, if you are interested in my progress. :) I've joined the library's team. Only one week to go!

Already have my ticket for my summer trip to MN. Airfare's are much lower than they were last time I was looking! Yay!

I've decided I'm not going to make my Sarah Jane costume for Marcon this year. (I was going to make her Andy-Pandy outfit from the Hand of Fear) The only weekend I have free in April is the last weekend (even then, it's not-I'm going to a baseball game that weekend), and who knows what May will be like. Oh, well-perhaps next year!

Well, I need to get going-have to meet my ride to St. Rocco's! If I don't get the chance for another update before Sunday-Happy Easter!!!!

Happy Spring, everybody!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

I'm due for another update soon...ha!

...of things I need to do:

1. Write here more.
2. Write here more.
3. Write here more.
4. Write here more.
5. WRITE HERE MORE!! (ha!)

Seriously, I was hoping I would get back on track with the new year. That hasn't happened yet. Lent starts next week-maybe I'll get my act together by then. ;) I'll write a list. I'm very good at writing lists...just not so hot at keeping up with them. ;)

List of projects:
1. Finish Bella's baby blanket
2. Start my SJ costume for Marcon
3. Scrapbook for Chicago Tardis
4. Put Tardis consol together (no, Dave, I haven't forgotten!!) ;)
5. Get back on the healthy track
6. Coca Cola reward points (more on that later...)
7. Develop film (more on that later)

Ah, well-it's back to work for me!

Woo! So how's everyone holding up with the storm? I've got mounds and mounds of snow up and down my street. It's a good thing I had a ride home yesterday, because now I live too far to walk, like I did during the Valentine's Blizzard of '07. Although we didn't have the whole day off like we did in '07, the University did close early yesterday.

So I've been thinking about New Years resolutions-I was going to post them, but now it's like, 'what's the point?' After all, one of them is writing here more, and I've already broken that one! LOL. Seriously, though-I may just do a post of some goals I've set for myself this year.

One thing I have been thinking about, though-I'm going to start re-posting my blog entries from my Blogger blog to my blog here in LiveJournal. Originally I just got the account so I could respond to some of my friend's entries, and would just post random things here, but I haven't posted here in a while, and I really dislike having an inactive blog. Not that I have many readers, but for the ones I do, continue to read where ever you like, and as always, feel free to post comments! ;) Things I won't repost: testing new features for Blogger and LiveJournal. I mean, what would be the point? I do prefer blogger's interface, so I still consider Wandering my main blog (well, that, and it's what I started!), but at least my LiveJournal won't look abandoned anymore. ;)

I've got one-word reviews for the last two episodes of Doctor Who, and the next time trailer:

Midnight: Intense!

Turn Left: Holy...

Trailer for Stolen Earth: ...crap!

And I'm on vacation this weekend! Gotta wait two weeks...

I'll be ok. ;)

I love this show.

Ooh, been a while since I posted here. Look! I have a new layout! LiveJournal suggested I upgrade to S2. I'll play around with other themes later. :)

...wonder if I can add an image header...

....but WAAAAAAHHHHHH!

Brett Favre is retiring.

Better for him to leave on a high note-but it still makes me sad. :(

I had a feeling-when, for the first time in years he didn't talk about retiring at all, I just had this feeling.

Football just won't be the same...*sigh*

He's retiring a Packer, so my jersey is still good. ;)

There can be only one No. 4.
Go, Packers!

I've never posted a meme here, so I thought, why not? :)

1. When did you start watching and why?
When I was around 3 years old-my parents saw it and thought it was cool, and I guess they also felt it was appropriate for youngesters, too.


2. What was your first serial/episode?

The Time Warrior (yes, I was young, but I'll never forget the first time the Doctor met Sarah Jane!) ;)

3. Which serials/episodes have you seen?

Hmmm...lets see. All of Tom Baker through David Tennant (including the Paul McGann movie). About 98% of Jon Pertwee (currently working on making that 100! ;) ) About 70% of what's still available for William Hartnell. Sadly, I've seen very little of Patrick Troughton- but I'm working on seeing as much of his surviving stories as I can!

3a. Favourite?

Genesis of the Daleks

4. Are your friends/family interested in the show?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! *whew* Now that I've recovered-my grandfather, my parents, my younger sister and brother-we used to watch it all together growing up. It was our Friday night/Saturday night family show :) Now my sister's kids are getting into it, and their friends-both classic and new. When I go to visit, my God-niece always reminds me to bring as much Doctor Who as I can carry onto the plane. I am so proud. :-D I have several friends who are also into the show-in fact, with one of them-we have been watching classic Who together almost every week for several years now, mixed in with New Who once it airs.

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Yay, Twins!! ;)

(special thanks to my sister for letting me know about this commercial during the superbowl!)

I know it's a tad late (15 minutes or so...), but I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

10-1!!!!!!!! The Packers are 10-1!!!!!!!!! This is their best start since 1962!!! GO GREENBAY!!!!! And the best part is, I actually got to watch this game, and it was awesome!!! (the Packers seem to be playing at the same time as the Browns as of late, so I have to follow the game by watching the score in the corner...stupid NFL rules) Thanksgiving dinner was just a little later than intended as I kept running from the kitchen to the livingroom to watch the game. LOL.

*does happy dance*

Speaking of amazing football seasons, how about them Spartans?!?! OMG! Case is in the playoffs!!! They made it to the second round!!! They haven't lost a game yet this season!!! They play this Saturday-GO SPARTANS!!! :-D

Yay, football!!!

Now why couldn't my marching band ever do this?!?!


This was so awesome!!! A Nintendo geek/marching band geek's dream!!!
Long live 16-bit!!! ;)