A Weekend in Pictures

On Saturday I had ballet class, and we went to a friend's birthday party. The theme was 'paint and take', and Brian and I had our first miniature painting experience. Hanging out in the secret room was a lot of fun!
http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=12

From there we did ran some geeky errands before going home. I picked up sculpey to make female Tusken bracelets (finally), and I picked up shoes for my Inara costume. They aren't nearly exact, but the material and color are correct, and the heel is as squareish as I could find given current trends. I still have a saved e-bay search for the originals (Marni brand, very expensive) but at least I know I'll have something if a better alternative doesn't turn up.
original: http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=10&pos=8
my shoes: http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=10&pos=4

Yesterday was the NEG Ladies Lingerie shopping trip. We had a great time, and though I did get some cute funky things I was mostly under control. We're thinking our next Ladies' group outing will be for shoes:
http://www.marmontianderson.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=13

Music memories

A friend asked: What songs evoke a memory for you, and what is the memory?

Often entire albums or artists do this for me. Scanning my iPod, here's some biggies:

Home (in many senses): Waltham or Damone
Childhood: Muppets Soundtracks, Rick Springfield
Painting with Dad: The Beatles or McCartney
Home Construction: Aerosmith or Journey
Childhood Dance School: Fame/Flashdance/The Pointer Sisters

Jr. High: Metallica, Megadeth
First Boyfriend: Black Sabbath, Jane's Addiction
High School: Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Kiss, Prince, Madonna's Blond Ambition era, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wheatus "Teenage Dirtbag"
All-Age Shows: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Allstonians, Sam Black Church, Only Living Witness, Slapshot

Undergrad: 10,000 Maniacs, Tori Amos, The Smiths, Smashing Pumpkins
RHPS: "The Crow" Soundtrack, some NIN, Gary Numan
Early (to me) Manray: Dead Can Dance, Nick Cave, Thrill Kill Kult, Lords of Acid
Faire: Loreena McKennit, Bedlam, Sterling Renaissance Festival "A Time Together"

HUUUUUGE TRACKS OF LAND!

An interesting article about Waltham development that was in yesterday's Globe.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/11/extreme_makeover_in_works_for_waltham/

I'm really thankful that the behemoth in the works on the corner of Main and Moody was turned down http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/8998998136609308671 . Something new there would be neat, but of that size would be awful to deal with (there's already a lack of parking in that area at night). I'm really curious to see what happens with the massive former Polaroid site, and how things change around 117/Rt. 20.

As usual, its interesting seeing such change coming to a city that when I was a kid was a total dump where some people were kind of scared to spend their time. Waltham in the grand scheme of things has seen great change, but most only see a small snapshot of a town. Its neat to be a part of something like that, and I'm curious where it will make us end up.