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Things are better than in my last post. At least, I'm feeling more positive, haha ( Read more... )

I am in Albuquerque. Since I flew in Sunday night, I have purchased a car, visited six possible places to live, chosen one of those places, moved in, bought a bed and a variety of other sundries, made lists of more things to buy, and generally have a full schedule for the rest of the week of things to do and people to see ( Read more... )

Did I do everything I had hoped to do this summer? No. So I won't dwell on that ( Read more... )

I've recently discovered Hayley Westenra. She has such a sweet, pure sounding voice. It's a true pleasure to listen to ( Read more... )

Why, you may ask? It is not horrifying because there is a monster wreaking havoc amongst the crowds, it is horrifying because you are made to watch and experience in intimate detail the horror and the pain experienced by the people involved. Last night John and I watched the Host. "On par with JAWS!" a quote on the case proclaims. My ass. On par ( Read more... )

Watching a sparrow nervously hop towards me, then seize a cookie twice the size of its head and desperately drag it towards a safer dining location while still trying to keep on eye on me. And then watching it struggle to reach the creme filling.

Also, my favorite quote of the moment, by Konrad Lorenz in his book, On Aggression:

If it is argued that animals are not persons, I must reply by saying that personality begins where, of two individuals, each one plays in the life of the other a part that cannot easily be played by any other member of the species. In other words, personality ( Read more... )

Ingrid wants to know what's going on, and because I love her, I will post ( Read more... )

There have been few things that I ever really contemplated buying that are well and truly beyond what I can afford. One of those things is first class tickets to Indonesia and back. Holy. Schiesse ( Read more... )