Free Hugs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

Here's the story behind it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hugs_Campaign

This is the Russian version of "Tom and Jerry" that I watched growing up. Discovered that Google Video has many many clips - was made happy. This particular clip is circa 1980s, when USSR hosted the Olympics ( Read more... )

Samcallahan lent me Pema Chodron's "When Things Fall Apart".  She's got a chapter on  hope in it.  Says hope is actually not such a great thing, and hopelessness is the better way to go.  Sensei said something similar - that if you hope, you're already trying to plan the future - and that's just ain't never going to happen.  And robbing yourself of ( Read more... )

So Izumi is 6+ months old now, and is getting spayed this Friday. That makes me kinda sad ( Read more... )

I was having the kind of day immortalized by the quote "I can get these fucking trees right I WILL KILL EVERYONE!!!"* I wanted to drop-kick everthing and everyone in sight ( Read more... )

Conversation with AT&T internet customer support guy over the phone ( Read more... )

1. Swift Elementary School outside announcement board: "We expect the best - and got it ( Read more... )