I love my friends. And risotto. And moscato, which has made me quite a little tipsy wheee sparkling wine. And now Ali and Alina are watching Coraline and the Neil Gaimaness is making me smile. And I am going to Leah come to Vienna with me some day despite what she says. Just as an aside ( Read more... )

Okay, Helena. You win. Sometimes you are ( absolutely gorgeous )

Safely back in Christchurch! The neighbourhood around here is pretty unscathed, minus a few chimneys and some brand spanking new pavement cracks. But they're incredibly minor. Compared to the damage down town (which I have not seen in person and am content to leave it that way) it's nothing. At least nothing really visible. Some of the sand ( Read more... )

I have my friends, I have my house, I have my cat, and the best possible landlords in the entire world. I received texts from Alison and Alina to let me know the house was still standing and my Ariadne is okay if terrified. I may have cried with relief in the LAX bathroom because I didn't let myself panic while I didn't know. I don't know why ( Read more... )

We're listening to Abney Park playing Little Drummer Boy, which is awesome and hilarious. Ali is cooking and Leah's potatoes are baking. Lewi is here and we spent the afternoon watching Lord of the Rings in 60 minutes which is great fun starring my friends when they were teensy! And I cuddled a Simbacat and he purred so loudly it was slightly ( Read more... )

On Saturday there was the Chinese Lantern Festival with Alina and Ali which was AWESOME and dumplingy. And also coconut toasty and this weird bubble fruit...thingy. Wheee, drinks you have to chew ( Read more... )