tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77383092435720040362024-02-21T12:12:15.067-05:00Only a Fool Would Say That...and that is something I am only just beginning to accept.Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-58866678060288388432009-01-16T12:02:00.006-05:002009-01-16T12:20:00.791-05:00Teachin'So right now,In a lab,No where near you,I'm teaching science.Or at least that's what I would be doing if any of these kids had questions.Nothing to really report that's worth reporting.I've gotten back into a routine for the semester and am trying to get things organized at Ken's so that I can finally move the last of my things over. It's really not much at this point and it's a lot lighter sinceBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-76609738056682824872009-01-12T18:29:00.003-05:002009-01-12T18:31:21.491-05:00It Doesn't Make Sense...PC210028Originally uploaded by Bonicita ...that the three of us should live so far apart.I propose the building of a commune. We could raise cows.Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-17125095165045443862008-12-25T22:17:00.014-05:002008-12-31T01:19:38.733-05:00Traditionally, we stick to traditions.The standard Garcia Christmas is chock-full of traditions. These start sometime after I arrive back from school and go until Dec. 26th.In general, the tree is up but not decorated. This has turned into a yearly event at which time mom and I decorate with ornaments that span the ages and play all the holiday cds we own. Personal favorites include the League of Decency's A Swingin' Christmas, A Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-29171934084727036472008-12-03T13:42:00.007-05:002008-12-10T19:31:20.341-05:00I'm thinking I want.......to get another tattoo......and I think I want Brandon at Fine Art for Life to design it......and I'm thinking I want it to look like this......oh wait, it's already done!Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-72503110638763897182008-12-01T07:25:00.006-05:002008-12-07T13:27:15.584-05:00My Thanksgiving with Jason Mraz<!--StartFragment--> Ok, not really. Ken and I drove up to North Carolina for Thanksgiving and were met by his parents, his brother, and the cold.<!--EndFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> Boating? On Thanksgiving? In North Carolina?? It was a great Thanksgiving – lots of good food and conversation. And the scenery there is simply beautiful. Ken and I were both amazed with just how quiet it Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-5500772030251634202008-11-25T11:32:00.005-05:002008-11-26T09:10:30.857-05:00"I'm not depressed so much as I am paralyzed with HOPE!"I don't mean to brag. But I met Maria *F-ing* Bamford last Friday.I had been waiting and waiting and waiting for this show and somehow managed to even get Ken to come along for the ride. A buddy of ours, Mike, and his girlfriend were also there so we all got to sit together and talk. It had been awhile so it was nice to catch up.We're pretty in that "special" way.The show was fantastic! She did Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-18275167587128666472008-11-17T00:40:00.004-05:002008-11-20T12:01:23.795-05:00Tragically TruantThat would be me.Two weeks ago my Dell of four (and almost a half!) years bit the dust.Just....gone....adios...So now I type upon my new MacBook. And while I miss the Dell...I do love this sexy little machine! And I will be loving it for awhile since it cost so damn much. Oh technology.The semester is coming to a close and with it comes the end-of-the-year business of grading, finals, and worriedBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-21775447920187473562008-11-03T22:09:00.007-05:002008-11-04T13:36:42.123-05:00Opeth and Ben KwellerTwo artists who may never be mentioned in the same post, ever again.A few weeks ago, Ken, Marc (Ken's buddy), and I went to go see a metal show. Opeth is the one metal band Ken listens to that I can actually stand and actually enjoy so we drove to Orlando's House of Blues and watched metal god, Mikael Akerfeldt, and his crew rock our faces off. You can check their music out on their myspace page Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-7209455239127400962008-10-11T17:16:00.004-04:002008-10-14T10:07:30.837-04:00"That was quick." "Yeah, everybody could shot."Wow, is it Tuesday already?Let's see what's been going on...*Ken and I celebrated 3 years with Bone Fish, wine, and a diamond necklace!Face-eating is a must.*Teaching, teaching, teaching -- my kids have their midterm tomorrow so some of them are getting mighty spooked.*Trying to nail down the "Big Question" for my thesis. I think I may take a turn towards fossilized and extant salamanders but Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-82209607770620942192008-10-01T13:34:00.011-04:002008-10-21T09:00:50.308-04:00Nearly 3 Years Ago...I met this kid.Together, we became the unstoppable duo of Konnie, or Benneth, or Kennie, or Bonneth. Whatever the celeb-name mash-up style, we rock.On the 9th, we'll be celebrating three years. And although we have had our ups and downs, we are, right now, very much in love.Funny enough, of our multiple anniversary gifts, we both gave each other stuffed animals/dieties.Ken found Fievel Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-90640107925431661582008-09-24T17:54:00.005-04:002008-09-24T21:33:31.572-04:00What I Did Last SaturdayI work in an awesome lab. Example from Saturday: Trip to St. Augustine Alligator FarmThat's right -- I got to manhandle alligators and crocodiles from around the world!It was pretty fun, too, except at one point where I was sitting on the back of an alligator that decided to thrash around a bit. That's when I realized that I probably wasn't big enough to be sitting on the back of that alligatorBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-24719597930170573062008-09-16T15:58:00.003-04:002008-09-16T16:07:50.412-04:00Tuesdays, Tuesdays, TuesdaysTuesdays are odd.For me.Much of this day is focused on my duties with the class I teach.I go to their lecture.I hold their office hours.I make their weekly quizzes.Which makes the day sort of lazy except that I know I have other things I should be doing.Because Wednesdays I'm back to the grind of my classes where I have just as many responsibilities.I have Quantitative Methods.I have a paper thatBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-91179329134923684752008-09-09T13:07:00.008-04:002008-12-11T14:54:24.108-05:00What does he know, and how long will he know it?First day of office hours. My prediction: no one comesThis always baffled me as an undergrad. I went to office hours a lot -- granted the TA or professor seemed like they knew what they were doing. But when I talk to others the general consensus is that office hours are a waste of time.If someone can help you learn, how could that possibly be a waste of time.The more I'm on campus and seeing Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-40442491782605995012008-09-05T08:31:00.010-04:002008-09-05T10:28:50.481-04:00I keep my life on a heavy rotationHOWDY!Well, yesterday marked my second day teaching. The board looked like this:Click for larger spongy informationSo far the semester isn't bad -- it's just tiring. I feel like it's hard to get everything done.I'm at the office everyday from 8AM to sometimes 8:30PM (given the day) which makes sleeping all that more glorious.In news that's completely different, my iPod broke about a month, month Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-44567828877371208262008-08-25T10:32:00.002-04:002008-08-25T10:39:18.350-04:00What my future holdsSo this is what my schedule looks like.My goodness.Somewhere in there, I'm also suppose to have a life. Oh, and do research.The black text are classes I'm taking and the red text corresponds to labs I'm teaching/having to attend for said labs/pre-lab set-ups. I also have a reading group that has yet to be scheduled as well as a few weekend trips for my Quantitative Methods course. And as you can Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-9173229621116501782008-08-23T13:35:00.005-04:002008-08-23T13:51:55.973-04:00And now for something completely different...Ok! So! Got back to Tallahassee about a week ago(?) and have been in a TA workshop all week. We were told, quite a bit, that we shouldn't date our students. I bet some bozo is still going to do it.I'm actually sitting in my office right now because there is no internet at Ken's yet and I have a meeting at 2 for the lab I'll be instructing. We'll be picking times for the labs so my next post may Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-84820326009347468522008-08-15T14:26:00.004-04:002008-08-15T15:25:16.615-04:00I've decided to stop counting the days.Sorry this post has been a long time coming. The internet went out at the house I'm staying in so I've been checking email whilst at the home of Toby and Mocha (I'm totally stealing internet from the cafe next door).Toby and Mocha. Adorable.The other night (Tuesday?) I had dinner with some of my family and brought over the raw pomegranate cheesecake con strawberries. And it was a resounding Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-75074305507468705572008-08-12T00:28:00.011-04:002008-08-12T02:39:42.021-04:00Day Five, Six, and Seven or Wait. What? I have a blog?This post is long and has a few pictures. Just a heads up.Sorry about the delay, folks. This weekend was eventful and lots of good things happenin'. I just got real lazy on Sunday (probably due to Saturday night) and never updated.I thought I'd start by addressing some questions Patrick asked me after my last post:What are you doing for protein or is there something you are constantly eating thatBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-6852499018952873582008-08-08T22:36:00.007-04:002008-08-08T23:58:33.893-04:00Day Four or Good AftanoonGot up today pretty late and decided to just have a few bananas and a peach for breakfast. Tim came at about 1:30 and we just sort of took off for downtown Decatur. We had lunch in this little place but the salad was just sort of eh, and the dressing was OVERPOWERING! So I didn't get much to eat but I thought I was fine. When we got back to the house, I realized I had nothing for dinner and Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-36869909532405667752008-08-07T23:48:00.005-04:002008-08-08T00:33:31.835-04:00Day Three or Sleeping FasterToday was a super lazy day. Even Carson didn't seem to have the energy to really play outside and at about midday, it was extremely overcast and looked like it was going to pour. So Carson slept (A LOT) and I read (A LOT). It didn't end up raining but that didn't stop us from not doing much of anything with the day.For breakfast I had, you guessed it, BREAKFAST CAKES! Still yummy but I think nextBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-40038533883782618942008-08-06T23:11:00.006-04:002008-08-06T23:44:50.457-04:00Day Two or It's Getting Better All The TimeDay two began with breakfast cakes! Yum! I still had batter from yesterday AND I got the mix to actually look like pancakes (read: they were in round, flat shapes). The were delicious. And so was the PEACH! Thank you GA!Doesn't he look like a happy fellow?Still no milk alternative and I don't have a juicer so I've been drinking water with every meal. Which isn't too bad actually. I really want toBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-22841473412554654652008-08-05T21:49:00.006-04:002008-08-05T23:03:35.899-04:00Day One or Long Road to unRuinAnd so today I began the grand journey into raw foodism. I didn't make all of the meals I had planned but I did try a few recipes that I can talk about.Today was a very early morning as the guys I am housesitting for left at exactly 5AM. I got up to see them off and subsequently had breakfast at 4:30AM. Yay for yogurt! Which I think still falls under the raw foods category since it is LIVE Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-18830481207825726572008-08-04T22:37:00.006-04:002008-08-04T23:22:39.748-04:00Going RawSo this is something I've been thinking about for a little while now. There are many reasons but when it comes right down to it, I just want to be freaking healthy. Over the past year I've felt a major deterioration in my physical and emotional health. I contribute much of this to the fact that my innards aren't getting what they should and as such my outer suffers, a lot. And before I get a Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-84680574753890909672008-07-18T01:33:00.001-04:002008-07-18T02:29:11.487-04:00Pondering a Specialty PlateI've been thinking since I got Kid Charlemagne (2008 Honda Fit SPORT -- not that I'm bragging, I'm actually in love...) that I'd really like to get a specialty plate of some kind.I'm really not interesting in a FSU plate or a "Trees are Cool" plate, though I do feel bad that it apparently ranked 109 in sales in 2007 -- and was beat out by NASCAR (G.O.B.: "COME ON!"). I'd like to get one that Bonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738309243572004036.post-70942265023998546672008-07-14T00:12:00.000-04:002008-07-16T11:12:41.827-04:00Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyKen and I see a lot of movies. Just a few days ago we saw another one: Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyThis film was one of the many films I've been waiting all summer to finally see which is probably why I was slightly disappointed with it after its viewing.It's not that I didn't think it was entertaining because it was. And it's not that I didn't think it was visually interesting because it was thatBonicitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109824057673569675noreply@blogger.com2