news

nothing is new with me, but oliver has had lots of excitement. i'm hoping if i post a teaser about what he's been up to he'll actually post some pictures..

he took a sculpture class from a guy that makes monster masks as a career for movies and stuff.. so oliver took a 9 week class and.. yup. made a monster mask. he sculpted it in clay, then made a plaster cast, then put this latex/rubber in the plastic and now has his very own monster mask.

also, his work (blizzard.com) is having a world wide convention in paris so he left this morning for a week in paris! here's the hotel. it might be for work.. but i think if your work is making art for video games.. going to a convention about your videogames is pretty sweet.

otherwise.. friday is my last day in my cardiac surgery rotation.. being gone from 5am-7pm is exhausting.. next is neuro -- spine and brain stuff, so ... yeah, it'll be an awesome summer, almost 1/2 done!

st patricks day traditions

every once in awhile i google my name, just to see what's around.. today after googling mine, i googled maureens.. aside from the olympic stuff, the heagany st patricks day traditions newspaper article came up..

for those of you who missed it..
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yeah, maureen and i were quoted in it quite a lot.. but the writer really took it above and beyond our holiday traditions.. take a look. i wish we sat around the table telling riddles in thick irish accents.. maybe we can try that next year.

new home!

we're moving. here's the place. great neighborhood, can walk to trader joes, restaurants, and even ride our bikes to the beach.. we can't wait!

& here's the street view from the porch.



and for practically the same price as our 1 bedroom apartment in the middle of nowhere california desert. sweet. (By the way - we are just renting this house, not quite ready to buy yet)