Blog: Sherpa's Wonderin's

Mom, here's the Carole Burnett "Glee" episode. You can just watch it from this blog or click on this link and watch it on a larger screen on Hulu . Enjoy. No, I haven't watched it yet. Mom, If you use Hulu- let me know and I'll take this off. Hulu is a great use of the laptop by the way. Your desktop is so old it may be pretty slow. :) The wireless we [...]

Thanksgiving was nice. I needed to go to the office to pick up my phone and ipod so I meandered my way into the city. I stopped at Old Navy to check out their Black Friday sale and was completely impressed by their customer service. I felt sorry the Old Navy staff had to work, but they definitely weren't surly about it. Then it was a stop at the grocery store and into the city in about 10 minutes maybe (I live 6 miles from my office). After marveling at how many people were saying [...]

I don't often ask you to vote for friends, but a childhood "friend" of mine would like to host SNL, and if you watch his audition tape-maybe you'll just go to his facebook page , press like and contribute to the Big C's dream. Thanks! Even if you hate the Muppets, but like SNL, just watch this. I think it's safe to say that this audition tape above was brought to you by the [...]

I wish teeth weren't so valuable. I ended up almost eating a filling today. Luckily, my dentist will see me in the morning.

Today was quite the day. I drove to the Doctor's office, "negotiated" the amount of prednisone I'm on with my Doctor (we like him, but I think he won the negotiation), drove my breathless self to work and worked about 4 hours. Then I navigated back home in rush hour(I'm a tourist when it comes to DC rush hour traffic and stopped in to CVS. As I was leaving, I saw this little guy below. I'm not much for stuffed animals but Snoopy dressed up like a shepherd? I thought it was the perfect Christmas [...]

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Often, a book-a movie, or an album is greater than the sum of it's parts. However, in the case of the Hunger Games Trilogy (HGT), I'd argue that the book's greatest influences are comparable (in the case of Twilight) or far better (Spartacus and 1984). Why the Twilight parallel? Well, both series feature a heroine in a love triangle. Now, on one side you have a clutzy, damsel in distress who has to choose between a werewolf and a vampire. HGT has a kick-grass [...]

Here's a little ditty from "Little Joy" called "Unattainable," to usher in the weekend. Enjoy.

2 years ago today, I was released from the hospital after staying there for 5 days because of asthma complications after a bout with the flu. Although I now know Virginia Hospital Center well, I'm happy to say I haven't stayed the night since. Even though I made an ER visit a few days ago-I've learned a lot since then about a bunch of different things. One being, don't wear hiking boots to the ER if you can help it.

Last night, Kelli and I watched Jaws 2 for the first time. I never saw it before, mostly because Jaws is a treasured childhood favorite and one of the greatest films of all time in my world. I didn't want to ruin the first film with the sequels. Well, on a whim, we watched it and wow. Talk about awesomely bad. So many favorite scenes already. There's the whole Orca subplot in the first 20 minutes that's incredible. Then there's the helicopter "rescue scene," the teenage angst, the ending, the "shark riding" bit...and [...]

Good News: I slept 7 hours last night of uninterrupted sleep. That hasn't happened for at least a week. Bad News: I woke up congested as both my humidifiers were out of commission. Good News: I made the bus on a semi-chilly, rainy day. Dumb News: I didn't put a fleece on underneath my rain jacket. I chilled myself. Good News: My regular medicine started to attack the congestion in my chest. Bad News: During an [...]

Memo to myself: Get your humidifiers ready to go by November 1st. Otherwise you'll endure several days of nearly sleepless nights in a row 2 weeks later before you figure out why you have insomnia. Yes, you're "really quick" at figuring this things out. Have fun at work today! PS: Clean out your humidifiers in March next year. Seriously, that humidifier is gross. PPS: Hopefully 4AM "impulse" purchases work well and you'll be sleeping well Tuesday night ! [...]

I've been having trouble sleeping the last couple of days. Insomnia comes with having asthma so it's not a big deal-although it's super annoying. Anyway, last night, exhausted, I went through my regular bedtime routine. However, right as I was finishing up, I accidentally grabbed an Albuterol (rescue) inhaler instead of a controller inhaler and took two puffs before I realized I just wired myself right before bed. Needless to say, I didn't get to bed until 3:00am last night. Ah, I'm still kind of chuckling at that one.

One of Elder Richard G. Scott's paintings One of my biggest struggles growing up was reconciling my curiosity in almost all things of the arts (music, literature, movies) with being a faithful LDS member. I wanted to follow all of the Church Teachings that were given to me, but I I've always had a brain like a sponge when it comes to art and literature. You see, as an active LDS member, we're strongly encouraged not to watch, read or listen to any media or art that doesn't invite the [...]

Last year, I read about a Bakery/restaurant that specialized in French pastries and Indian dishes in Alexandria. Intrigued, I wanted to try it. I finally had the chance to eat there this evening. Although I didn't have a pastry, the sandwiches were delightful. I had a spicy cauliflower curry wrapped up in a toasted flatbread....less than $5.00. Not bad for the DC Area. Not bad at all. 6548 - C Little River Turnpike Alexandria, VA 22312-1443 (703) 354-1812 [...]

My roommate was given this "awesome" jacket (she loves the sleeves) from work. She's tried to wear it at work-but ends up taking it off. She feels a little weird giving it away to goodwill as it says board certified. I tell her she could repurpose it into something....but it's polyester. Salvageable or Tossable?

Ninjabread men for less than $9.00 ? How fun would these cookie cutters be? Via

The big event I do each year is tomorrow and I'm exhausted. I'll write a better blog....well, on Thursday probably.

I admit, I have a secret concern every Sunday at church. You see, I live in a Stake where women can't give the opening prayer during sacrament meeting and it bothers me. I try not to think about it, but everytime I see a women give only the closing prayer, I think quietly, "that's not right." You see, it doesn't say anywhere in the Church handbook that a women can't give the opening prayer in Sacrament. Some stakes or wards have the woman give the prayer, some don't. However, I was reading Feminist Mormon [...]

Once in Switzerland, you'll notice quite a few Indian tourists. One reason? Switzerland is a choice location to film Bollywood movies and dance scenes. The lake above? Oeschinensee lake is well-known to anyone who has watched much Bollywood films. In fact, I even recognized it from watching Bollywood films just a little bit at Delhi Dhaba in Arlington.