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Mom: *sigh* I have a lot of paperwork.
[thoughtfully] I feel like taking a match to it. -
on the subject of tea
Proper moments for drinking tea ( Read more... ) -
iroha
iro ha niho heto
chiri nuru wo
waka yo tare so
tsunenaramu
uwi no okuyama
kefu koete asa
ki yume meshi wehi
mo sesun
That reminds me: I made onigiri the other day and boy, they were good. :) They definitely don't keep, though, not even frozen. I got Dad to eat one. Heh. -
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Oh, those wacky Japanese.Karen's wedding was so cute! There were a lot of snafus over the weekend, but Alex and Karen were adorably happy, and that's what made the event, really. (Obligatory "d'awwww.") She is officially Mrs. Bohoroquez, as of Monday. Yay Karen! I am seriously going to mention the coordination of the rehearsal dinner and day-of ( Read more... ) -
Bridesmaids ahoy
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On the usefulness of samurai swords
I'm discovering all sorts of hidden treasures in the family tree lately, but this one absolutely takes the cake... so to speak ( Read more... ) -
interviews!
I'm interviewing in two places this week, which makes me happy... and nervous. Tuesday, Mom and I rode over White Pass to Olympia, where the Public Library is looking for a Children's/Teen Librarian. Olympia was a great town, from what we saw. The Budd Bay Cafe and the Spar both had really good food. Then, on Friday I've got another with Arlington ( Read more... ) -
Political intrigue
Apparently a malicious email claiming Barack Obama is a radical Muslim is circulating, fueled by one mistaken report in January that was picked up and repeated ad nasuem by Fox News. It's sad that I'm not surprised. (The real scoop: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obama.aspNo, folks, he's not Muslim, never was, and never claimed to be; his ( Read more... ) -
Indiana, again
I think most of you know this already from Facebook, but Aaron broke up with me a few weeks ago. We're still friends, and I think that'll be fine. I won't be out of my "emotional hermit" stage for a while, three+ years being a lot to bounce back from. But I'm okay ( Read more... ) -
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Busy weekend: went to visit Sara and Alicia in Seattle, it being Alicia's birthday (as well as Sara's dad's, but that was incidental). A good time was had by all, I believe - certainly on my part. We ate well at Sara's with her family, a cousin, and her boyfriend Ian. (I made a peach pie that got compliments.) Then we went to Fremont to see Alicia ( Read more... )