unexpected

check out number 72 on this list. and, it was one of the four items from the list featured in the npr interview.

goodbye greezed lightnin

last weekend (well, weekend before last, january 8th) john paul, justin, and i went down to astroworld for the final time, to watch the last day of the astroworld auction. people were paying crazy money for ridiculous junk. i can no longer remember any good examples. sorry. i really wished i had an extra $5000 to buy some silly ol' sign from the cyclone. well, what i really wanted (apart from the roller coasters) was the big metal sign that was centered at the loop of greezed lighnin telling about the life and work of the roller coaster designer anton schwarzkopf who created greezed lightnin and the viper, among other classics. alas, it was not up for auction.



i was very disappointed that we missed the saturday auction as i heard they sold the actual greezed lightnin for only 7 thousand dollars. i hope whoever bought it reinstalls it somewhere in town and opens it up for fun. as you can see from the picture, they had already dismantled it. so sad. so sad.

p.s. am i going crazy? i really thought i had blogged about our pre-halloween trip to astroworld with heather and greg. i don't see it anywhere in the archives. is this a false memory i have?

heather and her perfect pies!

heather&pie
Originally uploaded by clairevoyant paranoia.

delicious! heather made some amazing pies: pecan pie, chocolate peanut butter pie, and the yummiest blueberry cranberry lattice pie. super duper!

happy pie day friday!!

pie day friday the fourth
Originally uploaded by clairevoyant paranoia.

today is friday the 13th, thus pie day friday. this is my 6th pie day friday celebration. (the picture is from the 4th.) this pie day marks a great expansion of the movement. i am off to austin to join heather's celebration. she's makin the pie and doing the hosting. jason and deb sent a nice message saying they were planning to eat some pie today as well, celebrating on the east coast. so, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, i hope you find an excellent slice of pie today.

p.s. pie day friday memories can be found here, near the bottom.

happy birthday, birthday boy

tuesday was john paul's birthday.

nasa lunch tray

NASA tray
Originally uploaded by clairevoyant paranoia.

johnson space center recently replaced their old, beautiful cafeteria trays with new, boring, generic trays. in the process, they sold the lovely old trays. john paul was lucky enough to snag a few. we love them.

passing

love.