B-I-N-G-O! #2

So, for the past six months to a year, I have heard about Bingo night at the Catholic Church in Redondo Beach called St. James Catholic Church.  I always have school on Thursday nights but our teachers went on strike two weeks ago (the night after my big test) and lo-and-behold it was Bingo night!

Sherri and Jim Joe (expert Bingo player)

Me and Sherri with our Bingo cards and blotters

Me, Susie (with Seger in the carseat) and Dalia

Serious business - Danny, Sherri and Jim Joe

I don't think I have ever really played Bingo before (Jim Joe was pretty much the only expert) and let me tell you - it is intense!  These people take it very seriously and even bring lucky charms like Troll dolls and rubber duckies.  We all had a blast and plan on going back soon - with lucky charms!

30 for 30 - Item #1 - Thai food

The first thing I managed to cross off my 30 for 30 list is to try Thai food.

We asked around (Kevin had never tried it either) and this restaurant was given a thumbs up

We ordered a spicy seafood soup - it was really good except I bit into one of those red things in the bowl and oh my gosh - I have never tried anything so spicy!  I was literally crying, coughing and felt like I could hardly breathe.  I almost wish I had a picture of my face lol

This was really good - I forget what it was called

Overall, big thumbs up minus those red things - do not ever eat them!

I also liked that this was my fortune:  especially considering that my big comprehensive test was coming up in 2 or 3 weeks at this point

1 thing done - 29 to go

30 by 30 - in progress

• This is my list [in progress] - I have already done a few things so I need to start blogging about it.  
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• Bring it on!
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• Play Bingo at St. James w/friends
• Visit Carrie and Jamie in NY - and Somer in Boston
• Make Something in my CrockPot
• Hike the Waterfall in Malibu
• Read the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Eat at the Stinking Rose
• Try Thai food
• Finish our Wedding Album - and Order It
• Actually visit Erik in Pasadena
• Trapeze again at Santa Monica Pier
• Snowboard Mammoth
• Hike to the Hollywood Sign
• Visit La Brea Tarpits/Museum of Tolerance
• Visit Lindy's apartment in Huntington Beach
• Score a perfect score on Just Dance
• Fix my headlight
• Visit Catalina Island
• Meet my nephew Lincoln Triplett
• Do a 1/2 Marathon
• Run Runyan Canyon in L.A.
• Drive Highway 1 in the Porsche
• Get a Real Job aka A Job as an Adjunct
• Pass the Comps/Graduate Grad School

p.s. Any suggestions would be appreciated :)

Comps are OVER!

Monday, November 14th and Wednesday, November 16th were the two days of my comprehensive exams.  There were 3 parts total - one part Monday, two parts yesterday, and today I feel like I got run over by a truck.  My head hurts, I'm exhausted, but I definitely feel the relief and weight lifted off my shoulders that the test has been taken and, for the moment, I don't have to worry about it.  I find out my results in about 3 weeks - so, until then, I only have to write two short papers, have a midterm and write a 10-15 page paper.  No sweat haha.  I should be posting things more regularly now that the stress of the test is over - but for now here are a few funny slides to show you guys all the rhetoric I have been learning:

Plato is the theorist I wrote my last essay for the exams on - I hope I was right in what I wrote about him 

This one cracks me up

And this is great too