Saturday, March 13, 2010

title pic Well Now That That’s Over

Posted by beth on March 9, 2010

Thirtieth birthday – Check. And now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I can go back to being 29. Here’s what I’ve decided: There is nothing wrong with the number 30 or the age. I’m not upset that I’m 30. I don’t long for younger days or miss the glory of my youth. [...]

title pic Well That Was Fast

Posted by beth on February 16, 2010

First of all, I’d just like to add to the title – That’s what she said.
Ok, now that that’s out (that’s also what she said), I was just lamenting yesterday how I had no birthday plans, and now I’ve got THREE parties in the works!! That’s one for every decade! I love it. So what [...]

title pic T-Minus 19 Days and Counting

Posted by beth on February 15, 2010

So…my birthday is in less than three weeks. And it’s not just any birthday. It’s my THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY, and I don’t have any plans. That is either the biggest relief or the most depressing thought ever. On the up-side, I don’t have to bake a million cupcakes or clean my room or take a shower [...]

title pic Dreamy Thoughts

Posted by beth on January 23, 2010

I’ve had some really weird dreams lately, which, you’ll know if you’ve been reading Onward Hoe! for a while, is not at all abnormal for me. I can’t remember what they’ve been exactly. I know a couple of nights ago, I was at some sort of performance camp for all ages. We were all learning [...]

title pic “Exploring” New Topics

Posted by beth on January 6, 2010

I thought of something to write earlier. Something good, something deep, something vulnerable and reflective. But then I got distracted by the awesome playlist going on at Borders and an absolutely ridiculous conversation about how I should ask the cute guy next to me what song he’d choose to do a striptease to. I didn’t [...]

title pic Pàpa and Vienna: Yet Another Pictorial

Posted by beth on October 23, 2009

Well, there actually aren’t any pictures from Pàpa, but just so you know, it’s a small city in western Hungary where student Beth’s brother lives with his family. We went there partially because she wanted me to meet them, but mostly I think because she already had the trip planned before I decided to visit. [...]

title pic Weekend Update

Posted by beth on September 21, 2009

Buon giorno!!!!!
Ok, first of all, I gave up on the rest of the Beth trivia because there wasn’t much participation, and my internet availability has been limited. Oh well. And now a few words on adaptation.
So far, the biggest difference for me between my life in America and my life in Italy is that I [...]

title pic Beth Trivia Continues

Posted by beth on September 15, 2009

And now for part two of Beth Trivia!! For those of you who participated either in the comments or privately, here are the answers to yesterday’s movie quote round:

A Mighty Wind
When Harry Met Sally
Moulin Rouge
Zoolander
Everything Is Illuminated
Once
Anchorman
The Sound of Music
Love Actually
Newsies

How did you do?
Now for a harder round. This is “Where was Beth when…?” Good [...]

title pic How to close a chapter of life: Just make sure everything’s clean.

Posted by beth on September 11, 2009

I’ve definitely been busy all day, but when I look back over the past several hours, I can point to exactly two things that have gotten done: article prep and laundry.
The laundry is self-explanatory, and the article prep just means I did a lot of the preliminary internet research necessary to write a bunch of [...]

title pic License Plate Interpretation

Posted by beth on August 27, 2009

I don’t remember how it started, but a while back, WhitneyJosh and I started texting each other whenever we saw interesting, weird, funny or puzzling vanity plates. It’s a fun game. And come to think of it, didn’t there use to be a game show where people deciphered license plate messages? I think there was. [...]