uninteresting ramblings, and some boring photos

[wao]

And now that New Years' is out of the way, here's some old'd pictures.

But first, apologies for not being able to comment much on you guys' posts, I've been alternating between awfully busy, dead tired, and hopelessly braindead to go onto LJ (enough to talk crap on skype though, thanks for the the company outofbrown: ever considered becoming a shrink?). I

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[outofbrown]

Oh puh-leeze, become a shrink? I got more issues than National Geographic myself. Shrink indeed. You are silly Wao. And no need to thank me for the company, it's always fun talking to you.

I am very amused at your being thrilled at simple things I take for granted, like cats and driving on freeways! I think I watched about 10 episodes of Wolf's Rain way back when and liked it a lot...you might just enjoy it. Have fun in Cali.

PS: Mexican food is like...*so* good.

[wao]

Eh, the best shrinks have always got a truckload of issues before they can treat other people. Takes one to know one.

And well, a lot of people are thrilled at things I take for granted! Like um, uh... Asian food, curry powder and clean rooms... I think the freeway thing is exhilarating simply because the place is so big - any place does that to me really because it's hard to beat the second smallest country in Asia.

Point taken. Had Greek gyros today and sadly spilled a lot of it, but I insisted to my brother I gotta try Mexican before I go back.

[kazk]

happy new year~

is tuxedo cat a descriptive term or the actual breed? because if it's the latter, then...cats are awesome.

i might be in san francisco next saturday; did you still want to meet up?

[wao]

Same to you~

Actually it's just a descriptive term if I'm not wrong - it's more like a fur colour pattern, like "tortoiseshell" or "colourpoint". You can have various breeds of cat with this colouring, although for some reason some people think it's also a cat breed... I doubt it. There's some cats like the Russian Blue that just don't come in this colour of course.

Ooh! So you will still be free, okay :D Great. I presume you'll be around Japantown... or some other part of SF? I'll be meeting pacificpikachu prolly on the 10th around Japantown, I'm not 100% sure what time though. It might clash, I'm not sure.

Would you be around in the morning? I don't mind having $caffeinated_drink with you and sound like a complete idiot for a while. :)

[kazk]

i'm not a morning person but my schedule is flexible, so let me know when you're available and i'll see if i can work around it.

i usually gravitate to the polk st. area (russian hill or marina/nob hill) but japantown works for me too. i haven't been there in a while and i could use some reading material from kinokinuya to brush up on my japanese. there's a great crepe shop in the mall (1581 webster, close to the webster and post intersection), then there's a bakery with really, really good cakes, and a picturesque cafe in the mall with a fake waterfall (which also has good coffee), or if you're in the mood for mochi...

[wao]

Ooh, I'd be fine with places other than Japantown too, but since I probably will be meeting a friend there on Saturday... I don't know. When she can confirm with her friend I'll let you know. I'm fine with going anywhere really, I eat a lot of things and as someone who hardly goes out to eat, any of these places looks awesome to me really :o

Out of curiosity whereabouts do you usually hang out? I'm entirely clueless... really everything here just seems impossibly huge, I'm used to living in such small spaces :v

Happy New Year! <3 Let's have some brand new, 2009-style TL;DR!

[pacificpikachu]

I'm glad you're here safely and things are going reasonably well. :) The snow certainly looks pretty! There was snow here around Christmas but it's almost all gone now... Sounds like it was more or less the same thing up there

I woke up at 10 and really should invest in a teal deer icon now

[wao]

Yaaaay tl;dr! Been some time since a good tl;dr-match lol.

I love tuxedo cats too - those paws could just kill me really, so cute and dainty. And it's the first time I've really touched a cat's pawpad - it's SO SOFT! Eeeee. I wish I could take her home. ;_;

Yeah, it's much wetter here, because the rain clouds sort of gather together and much precipitation happens on the windward side of the Cascades. On the east of that though (including Spokane and places like that) it's incredibly dry because of the rain shadow effect. The hilly contours are AWESOME though! I find it absolutely amazing that you can see rows of houses on slopes mingled with the pine trees and the sky and... *_*!!! It's amazing... even though I feel bad sometimes when the freeway seems to go through a forested area and it's probably causing fragmentation of the forest.

Ah, there's no reason why it HAS to be the 9th - it's just that I'll be there on the 8th evening but I'll be free the whole of the 9th. Turns out kazk will be in SF on the 10th... I'd probably be meeting

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[pacificpikachu]

Indeed--so adorable! I love little paws like those. ♥ Cats pawpads are very soft and silky! Does your mom not like cats? Or does your house not allow for it? I'm just curious why you can't get one of your own back home

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[wao]

Yes, now that I've touched cat pawpads there is no returning. *_* My mum doesn't want pets in the house (it's an apartment) because she doesn't want to be clearing up after them and is convinced none of us would take care of them.... so no pets. It's not like the house can't handle one but no amount of convincing has changed her mind... :/ She used to take care of stray cats before and is very gentle with animals, but oh well

[ohpochok]

Normally, I don't like cats but I LOVE LILIAN. She is so cute. She reminds me of Postman Pat's "black and white" cat :D http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42731000/jpg/_42731947_patinus_er.jpg

Now I know that apart from penguins, cats are uber cute in "tuxedos" too. (Humans are usually awful in them though.)

[wao]

Yes! That is also a tuxedo cat. They're sometimes known as "jellicle cats", popularized by the musical version of Cats cos I think any 100% black cats had to be depicted as tuxedo (the face and front had to have white or you couldn't see the actors).

I think she's a cat you'd find very agreeable - she is very polite and waits her turn, and doesn't get all loud and demanding even if she's hungry (like right now). Only if you go near the food bowl and she's hungry then she'll let you know (unless she's REALLY STARVING). She enjoys sitting at the window in a stately manner and quietly looking outside... but will play if you want to play with her.

OK, but sometimes she's so friendly she might rub against one's leg a tad too often.

[ohpochok]

Haha my professor's completely black cat ran under my chair many times until he sensed my anti-cat vibes and left me alone.

JELLICLE CATS ARE TOO CUTE TO BE TRUE! I wouldn't mind such a even-tempered cat, except that my grandmother will flip because Chinese folks think it's inauspicious to have "white socks".

Haha, contrary to popular belief (my classmate says I look like an animal abuser... -__-), I actually get along with animals quite well. Not particularly averse to a couple of rubs, as long as I don't start sneezing.

First Sesse, now Lilian. You guys sure know how to make me envious :D

[mei_san]

@__@ that's a lot of anime!!! And they're mostly boxsets too!

Washington is the wettest part of the country, but it's nice (and kinda rare) you get so much snow this year! Did you make snowmen and snowangels or have snowball fights and such? I know it sounds so kiddie-like. I used to love those things when I was in Canada though.

And the tuxedo cat is so cute! How old is she/he? I'm glad you're enjoying your America trip. And yes, Happy 09!!!

[mei_san]

And kuru kuru sushi is so much fun haha. I had it first when I was a child and thought that's how you're supposed to have sushi. Then I realized it's supposed to be a cheap thing in Japan. I went to a real sushi house only once in the Japantown in LA and it was heavenly...but I actually like kuru kuru better than a real sushi house sometimes.

[wao]

Oh, what you see mostly is just the boxsets - there's as many if not more DVDs on the left of the shelf... Untold numbers ;o

Yes, the snow was quite unexpected - many people just gave up going to work (if they weren't already on holiday late Dec) because of the snow. Unfortunately I didn't do those because there wasn't anyone to do it with really - and when I did try to make a snowball it wouldn't stick together so :(

She is! She's 7, my brother adopted her and I really don't know why her previous owners would abandon her at all :( Happy '09 to you too, hope it's good.