Today:

• Had to manually run some things for work because there was an electricity cutoff last night.
• Took SCSI to the vet. When tiripou was here, we noticed that she was slightly limping. I waited to see if it'll just pass. It didn't. In addition, she gave herself a total shave of the tummy. So to the vet we went. She said the tummy is probably due to ( Read more... )

I think I look a little less retarded in this one ( Read more... )

My mom came to visit my sister, so my sister called me and invited me over. At first I was reluctant because I was planning on cooking - and doing several other chores - today, but eventually I decided to substitute chili con carne for the originally planned stuffed peppers, and chili con carne is a lot quicker to make ( Read more... )

I took next week off, so I have 10 days of rest ahead of me ( Read more... )

After we finished today's calligraphy course session, the teacher started talking with one of the other students about something they had in mind. So he says to her "Well, let's wait until more people come - today two students were missing - and then ask them." Then he reconsiders, turns around and asks me ( Read more... )

One of the calligraphers in my local Japanese forum posted an ad about it in the forum, not much ahead of time, but enough for me to clear the afternoon and go straight from work ( Read more... )

So, I've been studying Chinese-Japanese calligraphy for a while now. It's very demanding on my time. Like learning to play the piano, it requires frequent and long practice ( Read more... )

So, you know that I want to take calligraphy lessons this year. I don't usually get to try before I buy, when it comes to courses and workshops that I take, but it seems the calligraphy schools in Israel have this practice of offering demo lessons to prospective students ( Read more... )

My sister just told me that she wouldn't be able to take the Japanese Calligraphy course this year as we planned. I really wanted to finally do something together with her. But it just doesn't work with her days off. In both available schools, this year's course will be on Monday, and her off days are Wednesday and Friday. She asked to have Monday ( Read more... )