Daydream Believer

On Saturday, Grant and I went to the local pet shelter and adopted a couple new family members. Meet Olive and Morgana:

They’re still a little skittish, so grabbing a good picture of them was hard. And, as a footnote, Olive doesn’t have red eyes – it’s just a reflection/distortion.
We originally went “just to look” [...]

Enough has been said and written about McCain’s pick of Gov. Palin, and I have ranted about it long enough in conversations over the last 24 hours. So, I won’t discuss all my complaints. But my two main objectives lie in two issues closest to my heart.
The first is the environment. McCain [...]

I really love Mint.com for putting my entire financial picture in one place for easy, comprehensive access.
I really hate Mint.com for telling me my net worth is -$XX,XXX.  It’s depressing to actually know the figure. 

Google Reader has released a set of new feeds you can subscribe to and follow the news that newspeople are following.
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/08/read-what-they-read.html
At the web site above, you can subscribe to the feeds of Barack Obama and John McCain, but also political journalists like Arianna Huffington and others.  The idea is that by reading what they’re reading, [...]

I had my first doctor’s appointment for the egg donation process on Friday. It was really quick, actually. They drew blood, just as if it were any other medical exam, and then I had an ultrasound. I gotta say, I have no idea how those nurses and technicians know what they are [...]

Links on the side are updated.  Woo!!

Here’s a game for you.
Answer each of these twelve questions:

What is your first name?
What is your favorite food?
What high school did you go to?
What is your favorite color?
Who is your celebrity crush?
What is your favorite drink?
What is your dream vacation?
What is your favorite dessert?
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Who/ what do [...]

A lot of times when I finish a dolphin show, people approach me and ask how they can become a dolphin trainer, because they think it’s the best job in the world.  Sometimes, though, they tell me that I have the best job in the world.  I tell them, I couldn’t agree more.
I try to [...]

In a week and a half of so, I go to the doctor to get blood work and an ultrasound done, after which I will start the egg donation process. It’s going to take several weeks and daily hormone shots. Many of us remember that my emotions are pretty vulnerable when it comes to [...]

Photos from Ren Faire are UP.  Check them out, some fun shots.