2010, bitches (redux)

Hey all.

Once again, it was great seeing you in 2009. Looking forward to more fast times in the Twenty Tens. I've started the decade off with a small bought of swine flu and loads of time on my hands given my semi-unemployed status. Things can only get better from here!

Enjoy these ridiculous FLIP videos--or as lovingly call them, Flipideos!

(Hint: The secret password is the name of our black cat.)


Holiday Greetings from Togetherness Central from Dan Hirsch on Vimeo.


Christmas with the Gaubingers from Dan Hirsch on Vimeo.

Hope you enjoyed. If you have a holiday related photos to share, you too can post them on the Togetherness Blog... Here's how!

2010, bitches.

Hey Everybody!

My new year's resolution: to make the this blog the number one Google hit for the search term "togetherness." Boo-yah.

I hope you all had a great new years, it was so nice seeing everybody who was around for the holidays. I hope you enjoy these ridiculous videos captured on my FLIP!

Pre wek off pre week back pre thksgiving pre sabbactical

Hey all
Can't compete with the dan but walks, fires, tabooooo, dogs, Betsy, Rocco, Denali, Nina and Smudge could lead us in a wild chase around the property and into the woods.
I am off to SF. tomorrow in teh am to my best friend from childhood's daughter's wedding. Eddie to join in a few days. he can't miss his tuesday class. Planning and looking forward to a 2 month sabbatical from work with the Ed in Feb. and March. Eddie is looking over my shlder and probably about to criticize me for my spelling, typing or lack of funniness.
Sorry I am tooo tired but love to you all!
See you dan in the next cple of days.
Rachel

Spanksgiving Part I: FFFA

(A pilgrim spanking an Indian? Next to a unicorn? Huh!?)

Hey party people.
Some updates...

• Much congratulations to Anya for passing the New York State bar! Big ups. Big ups, indeed
• What's Rosie's email address? I'm afraid she may not be getting my emails.
• I might have a job. But only might.
• Looking forward to seeing Eddie n' Rahel this week in the Bay

Since Thanksgiving is soon upon us, and the real live togetherness with it, I figured this might be a good space to bounce around some ideas for forced-family-fun-activities (FFFA). A FFFA could be something like a walk, a crafting project, a party game or some sort of Greco-Roman wrestling match. As opposed to sitting around eating all day and wondering what we should do to celebrate, let's use the internets to be proactive. Maybe we can vote on an activity when we see eachother in person!

Baller-ween

Hello there all.

So good to here from you in blog form. For the silent ones out there, it’s fine to hold your piece, just give me some sort of sign that you’re receiving my messages.

A couple of Togetherness Project updates:

• In the sidebar I’ve included links to Blogger’s help page to provide aid to newbie techies and veterans alike.
• I’ve also entered all your emails to be notified when there’s new published posts. The follow thing only works if you have a Google reader. If you’d rather not receive notification emails—I don’t know why you would, you anti-social jerk—I’ll take you off the list anonymously and with no questions asked.

Life updates:

As I write you the drums of the Mission District’s Dia de los Muertos festival are beginning to fade. Celebrating the afterlife with irreverent skeleton masks, homemade altars, Aztec dancing and some good old fashion drum circles, white hipsters and Mexican families partied in the street right outside my house. It was pretty fantastic. (pictured below courtesy of my friend Jenni.)

I’m still interning at the SFgate.com where I do web development stuff, meaning I update sections of website, make photo galleries, record podcasts and even get a couple of blog posts in. It’s mostly interesting work, learning a lot about how the that crazy thing called the internet works, wishing I had a job where I got to do more writing and got to bring home more cash money. I’m currently--perpetually--job searching, I got let go of my job as a political canvasser. You’ll have to ask me why at Thanksgiving.

Which, by the way I will be heading to on Tuesday, November 24 and leaving from on Sunday, November 29. What are your Thanksgiving travel plans?
Also, what were you for Halloween (post pictures please)? I was a Hasidic boy scout (pictured above).

So I am never going to retire because I never want to talk to anyone except Eddie about curtains! Never mind blog about it!
Dan great idea. Hmnn........ Not been anywhere at all or to brag about..Oh I did go to see Debbie Gordon in New Haven at the Medical Anthroplogy meetings which was great to see her, to see Yale and to think anthropologically as opposed to just psychologically...wishing I was an anthropologist. Working...leaf gathering and making a crumpled colorful display on the dining room table of my finds, hiking in the woods, playing piano a lot and looking for an adult piano camp for the summer and dreaming of taking a break from work. Hmnnn I sound just as boring as Eddie but oh well...He is off playing Wed nite tennis..Can't wait to have you all here.
Love Rachel

hey hey hey - i think this is such a wonderful idea danny! i'm trying to think of something cool to say... not sure i know how to blog! but i'll think of something soon. still up in the air whether i'll be home for thanksgiving.. may have to go visit the boyfriend's fam but i'm hoping to come home so i can see you all. and bake pie. yum. new york is cold and dreary today. i've been to the gym and otherwise haven't left the house. it's good old pasta and artichokes for dinner here! time for warm winter meals again already. anyways i'm "following" this blog.. still not sure what this means. maybe the tutorial is a good idea? anyways love to all. xoxo

anya