Well, shockingly enough, around 2.30pm on Friday, the skies cleared, the sun came out, the birds were singing, and squirrels pelted us with detritus from the trees. Yes, the weather actually smiled on our birthday celebrations ( Read more... )

At last it seems the weather has finally caught up with the calendar, it's goddamned JUNE already. Thursday it was dark and stormy, and when the wonderful princess335 arrived I said, "So nice that you could visit October!"

It's been since before I left Seattle that princess335 have seen each other, and it's been a very happy (and ACTIVE) reunion. Although princess335 would be ( Read more... )

Okay, so, no ca phe sua da which I mentioned at the last in my last post because between the time I posted it and made something to eat, Zed got online and invited us to tour Wicker Park with him as our escort ( Read more... )

First things first: Singapore Airlines has indicated that they were MISTAKEN. So the Phooka just has to get his international health certificate here this week, then he goes home next week. I'll be getting flight details soon, cynstressSeriously, as I said in comments earlier, this whole thing with the computers and cats and other traumatic shit is really ( Read more... )

Don't you like... wandering down to the kitchen at 3.17am after startling out of a fitful feverish doze, because you realize that you're bloody well starving, and standing there at the kitchen sink lit only by the streetlamps outside eating torn off bits of baguette with small chunks of cheddar* you just didn't have the patience to slice, and ( Read more... )

Oh my gawd. I'd say that I'm the most tired person in the world, but I know that by tomorrow night, I'll make that statement untrue; because then THEN, I'll be the most tired person in the world ( Read more... )

The cynstress and I have had a very good visit. She got to stay an extra day, and as per usual with us, we've been getting our most important talking at pretty much the last minute. I have a similar relationship with cynstress to the one I have with seriouspenguin: we don't have to talk. If you don't hear from me, everything is, if not cool, at least maintaining. We can not talk ( Read more... )