Hippo Pillow Buddy

Picked this out for my sis for Christmas. It's sooo comfy, cute, and funny. Jealous bear :-(

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Pat Loves Me

That's tweet #2 from Mr. Sajak. We're basically bff at this point.

Snoopy On Ice

Snoopy is a beagle. Jay Beagle probably gets a lot of Snoopy jokes. This goal gave me a hockey boner. Add it all up you get a Snoopy Hard On.

How Do I Get A Job Here

I swear whoever writes these is looking straight into the depths of my soul.

White Elephant

This is what I got for the holiday office gift swap. It was the first chosen gift and out by round 7. OFFICE HERO.

Season's Greetings

Birthday Images

Our shirts together are my favorite color palette. Coincidence? I don't think so.
The Brains, the Looks, and the WILDCARD, in every order.

Paul we definitely need to talk

NWHS love

This never should have happened.

Every day I'm mean muggin. DJ OL' YOUNGIN

Up retrievers, Down retrievers. Yeah, I changed it.

Birthday cupcakes by Em and Jen!

Birthday cucks. Also known as master playlist mixers.

Happy Bday Dinosaur from Monica!

Nikita knows what my soul looks like. Fabulous.

Cell phone created card from my mom!

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So...Does This Mean He's Coming To The Party...?

THIS. JUST. HAPPENED.

Pat......Pat......Pat...Pat...Pat.Pat.Pat.PatPatPatPatPatPATPATPATPATPAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arts & Crafts

Latest project. Nikita chose the yarn and I knit a lovely scarf for a lovely lady. In record time. Because she forced me. Through relentless badgering.

"You can't ASK for THINGS, Nikita!"

I want my biscuits, woman. (Pandas eat biscuits, did you know that?)

Crazy Janet

From: Dick
Body: This is how I think of you

Eerily accurate.

Winter Classic Or Bust

Winter Classic tickets feel so good. Pittsburgh here I come!!!!

Snow Day

Maria: you, and a bear

This is what I wish my life looked like.

Rasika

So yesterday was quite the food day. I finally went to Rasika. Aubrey and I tried to make reservations here for last restaurant week but they were booked by the time we called, almost three weeks out! Obligatory shout out: Mayank went here over the summer with his friends and talked about it. Non. Stop. It wasn't annoying at all...

The decor was really pretty, they had these green shimmery curtains I LOVED. And then a random chandelier over our booth blocking my view of Em's sweet face...We ordered the Palak Chaat (crispy spinach/ sweet yogurt/ tamarind/ date chutney) based on the recommendation of everyone we knew who had been there. Literally three different people told me to order this (pictured above). I was thinking, honestly, how great can spinach be? The answer is SO GREAT. UnBELIEVABLY great. Yummy. As appetizers we also ordered Ragda Patties (Spiced potato/ chick peas/ tamarind/ date/ mint chutney) and Goolar Ke Kebab (Black mission figs/ lentils/ spiced mascarpone). Yum Yum Yum. I also splurged and had a glass of Grenache. For my main entree I had the Chicken Makhani, or their butter chicken. Our waiter said it was the most popular dish on their menu. I ordered it at a level 8 spiciness, I think I probably should have gone for the 10. Incidentally, our waiter was a 10+. A married 10+. Womp womp. Back on topic, the chicken was unreal and, as Em put it, I could brush my teeth with the sauce. Also ordered a piece of Naan. Everything was perfect. So good. According to Waiter 10+ the chef at Rasika applied for Top Chef, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Next up, Zaytinya! Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go heat up the ramen I'll be living on to make up for the meals I had yesterday.

@LobstertruckDC

Kissairis: the lobster truck is at van ness today
Best gchat ever.

The Red Hook Lobster truck somehow found its way up to Van Ness. I gathered the NEEF troops and headed down to feast on food cart delights. This was my first time actually getting food cart food which is kind of weird because I follow at least 15 of them on Twitter. I thanked the driver PROFUSELY for coming up to Van Ness and he said they love going to new places. Unfortunately, there was no line when we got there and they left before 1pm. I hope they chalk it up to the rain. I tweeted them twice about how yummy and wonderful they are. In my scheme, they will tell their food cart friends how lovely and hospitable Van Ness yuppies are and soon I'll be living in a food cart utopia.

Pictured above is the Maine style lobster roll, but I actually got the shrimp roll since I don't care for lobster. Everything was delicious on all accounts. They also had "hot yummy apple cider" which I also ordered. And, best for last, please take note of the built in soda fountain on the side of the truck!!!!!!! Kate will be getting me a similarly tricked out vehicle for my bday, substitute lobster for crab. Hoo Eee!!

Fall Treat

I made pumpkin cream cheese muffins with a candied pecan crumble topping. Definitely the most in depth item I've ever baked! Hope they're delish, deep creekers this weekend will be judges!

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Thanks Thomson

Speaking of the Rangers, Sarah won box seats to a Rangers game in a charity raffle and she invited ME to be her guest! We went to the Rangers vs Blues game on Sunday night. To be completely honest the game itself was a little boring. Neither Halak nor Lunqvidst were in goal and I don't think Boogard punched anyone. Ended up 2-0 Blues. The BOX though was sweet, free beer is a revelation. Really cool experience and resulted in a great trip to NY, thanks a lot Sarah!!!

Five Minute Major

Hendricks had his first two point game of his career last night against the Rangers with a goal and an assist. He also had a fight and I definitely thought he had pulled off a Gordie Howe hat trick, but turns out he got a two minute minor for roughing and not the five minute major for fighting. I'm disappointed. He's disappointed. We're all disappointed. Boo refs! I basically wanted an excuse to post this photo because it puts a huge smile on my face. Again, really liking this guy!!

Additional interesting note: Erskine scored his first goal in 31 games followed less than a minute later by a goal from Boogaard for his first in 234 games. Odd.

"You've Won A Signed Capitals Jersey!"

So I'm having a normal day at work, minding my own business, when my phone rings. I'm thinking which peds asthma nerd needs me now? Turns out, it's Mix 107.3 calling to tell me I won a signed Capitals jersey! BEST. I just went to pick it up and have rubbed my cheek against Brooksy's signature no less than three times. It's a men's XL so I'm probably going to frame it, but not before I wear it once, on my couch, probably tonight for the Rangers game. Bask in the glory that is this jersey. Mmmm... :D!!!!!

Avenue Q

I saw Avenue Q on Saturday night in New York, it was GREAT. Bad idea bears were hilarious. Go see it!

Polar Bear Coat

Spotted: Van Ness

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Top 50 Hockey Fights of All Time

Best top 50 list ever.

The pic for this post is an ode to Matt Hendricks who I am REALLY liking this year. Here's a quote from him about his moustache for movember:
"I don't know," Hendricks said. "Not cute. Probably a little ugly. But that's all right; I guess it goes with my game."

Love.

Mr. Brooks

Brooksy's been nominated for Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. You can read the nomination from Michael Farber here. I am BURSTING with pride for my baby Brooks, it is so cool he's getting this recognition from the sports world at large. So well deserved.

DROID

Mayank sent me this excellent graphic. It has two things I love on it, but I'm not sure what it says about me either.

Rookie of the Month

I've really fallen off the blogging wagon. As my first post after a little hiatus, let's talk about Michal Neuvirth getting NHL rookie of the month for October. VERY well deserved. Here's THE highlight of his month with a save against Carolina's Eric Staal, coming in his first career shut out game.

It's game night, going to the see the boys play the Leafs. They've been in a huge scoring slump so maybe Neuvy will pull off another shut out? Let's go Caps!!

Jujyfruits

I want jujyfruits. Bad. There are no licorice ones in this picture because I've thrown them all out of Mayank's car window.

Seriously, what are these shaped after. Any ideas?

Zoo Atlanta

Bear neck tattoo. Blow up elephant (thanks Mayank!) Best zoo day!

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Rock the Red

My g calendar is rocking the red so hard. I wish Brooksy would return the favor...

Jane + Brooks

Another time I received this email:
From: Paul
Subject: Jane + Brooks
Body: Photo Attached

I'm the panda. Just in case. That wasn't apparent. :D

Paddington Jane

One day I got an email..
From: Paul
Subject: One day, Paddington Jane decided to visit friends in a different part of town
Body: Photo Attached

LOVES

Additionally:
Paul: i like EVERYTHING about Paddington Bear

toggle coat, wellington boots

marmalade sandwiches and cocoa at elevensies

Haiku

I found some Caps haikus this morning, I really liked this one:
Schultzie is awesome/ Greener should have won Norris/ Haters gonna hate

Another haiku by PDS:
Jane loves Capitals/ Pass, shoot, score, change flat tires/ "Stalk" is undefined

Mayank decided this ancient Japanese form of poetry was worth mocking. He established the Maiku (5/6/5). Here is his example:
Atlanta is hot/ Beaches are extreme fun/ Jane does Atlanta

Any other good ones out there?

It's Not Easy Being A Dinosaur

:-\

Courtesy of Emily Y Lin

Noah Gets a Haircut

So the set up here is that Kate's cat Noah got a haircut. And then her other cat Claiborne didn't recognize Noah anymore. And he was not happy to have this strange "new" cat around. And it is hilarious. And it's from months and months ago but every time I think of it I lol on the inside.

Bears

Bears by Lyle Lovett (Thanks for sending this Carrie!)

Some folks say there ain't no bears in arkansas
Some folks never seen a bear at all
Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw
Some folks got a bear across the hall

Some folks say that bears go around smelling bad
Others say that a bear is honey sweet
Some folks say this bear's the best I ever had
Some folks got a bear beneath their feet

Some folks drive the bears out of the wilderness
Some to see a bear would pay a fee
Me I just bear up to my bewildered best
And some folks even see the bear in me

So meet a bear and take him out to lunch with you
And even though your friends may stop and stare
Just remember that's a bear there in the bunch with you
And they just don't come no better than a bear

Woolly Bear

While on our nature walk at NCTC, Katie found a peculiar looking reddish rolled up caterpillar. Our nature guide casually said, "Ah yes. That's a woolly bear." My head almost fell off my neck. A woolly WHAT?!?!?! Woolliest bear. I came home and made my gstatus a picture of a woolly bear. Kate made it her gpicture but she feared it looked like "a weird pill or a piece of poo." So to solve all our problems I gave woolly bear googly eyes and a nice smile. Kate then went ahead and yammered this photo, exposing me to all of NEEF as a complete weirdo. I guess it's time everyone found out... And that is the legend of woolly bear!

For Jane- With Love and Beariness

When I was at NCTC completely bewildered and frantically panicked over my lack of ability to communicate with the outside world in any reliable way, Nikita thought it would be a great idea to send me the above photo. Her, Dick, drinks, and FREE FLIPPING TOYS. Great Nikita, thanks a lot. Subsequently, she wrote me the following apology poem:

Poem for you:

My sweet sweet Jane
I'm riding on a train
You're near a fake fire
I'm far from hire
Just two baby cucks we are
Our distance is far too far
We will reunite soon
Under a pretty moon
Our furs will shine
We will no longer pine
There will be lots of treats
And even a few sweets
No talk of snooki
But definitely a can of cookies
I will demand the Taco bell
And give everyone hell
I will also ask for no caps talk
But at my request, everyone will balk
And then ill be distracted with music and dance
And will spill a drink on my pants
We'll all have a good laugh
At my silly gaffe
And bears will never feel crappy
Because we are so happy!

Best train DROID poem of all time :D

Also as a side note the title of this post is, of course, modeled after "For Esme- With Love and Squalor" which is one of my favorite short stories.

HUGE NEWS

O my GAWD. Reunited and it feels so good...

"Bonfire"

Due to recent drought, there is currently a fire ban in place around these parts. That meant no bonfire. Which would mean no smores. Kate and I were not having it. So we put our brainfruits together and created what you see pictured above. And one of the HCPs sang to us and played his guitar, my favorite was about swimming salmon. "Salmon salmon, you're a fish..."

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Weird

First I found a picture of myself on the wall here at NCTC... And then found Nikita too!

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