Pics of Libby and Libby's sister!

Winnie let me sleep in until 10:30 this morning! (Sort of -- I took a nap on the couch as soon as she'd had breakfast. But she didn't insist I get up and play!)

The pictures are great. so nice to have each other!
That Winnie, she needs a piglet to chase! you are such a great dog sitter!
When can you do it for me?

Uh ... not for a while.

I'm so proud of this dog. Her good behavior stands in stark contrast to that of the rude little kid last night.

Enjoying lunch with my mom on her 81st birthday. What a blessing that is.

listening to my best friend, excitedly planning his next painting!

having lunch with a friend. i'm giddy!

former love interests who become good friends -- for real.
good friends coming over for a working on research party
holding a poetry reading party at the beach.
being the only student invited to a meeting for the heavy hitters in campus worship.

The fact that some people are having a decent day.

Annoying my parents by watching the Democratic NAtional Comitee.

I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. I just bought the complete series of Cowboy Bebop on DVD for $18 (including shipping). The bad news is... it's not in English. But there are subtitles.

Uhhh, yeah. I actually saw a simaliar price for the japanesse version. WEll, you always wanted to learn a new language, right?

Not really. But I guess I will.

Aqua teen hunger force.

my family term for important, influential or well-respected persons: woo-de-wa.
the fact that when anyone hangs out with such people we say things like "ooooo, hanging with the woo-dees." "Do I get to be a woo-de now?"
that I figured out how to spell woo-de-wa in an effective way.

also, driving around blasting mellow music.

Hearing my pal Patti's voice last night, on her 38th birthday. We converse every few days, via e-mail, but it has been more than a year since I had actually heard her voice.

(Odd how this online medium allows us intimacy in some ways but detaches us in others.)

I have used the talk feature of my Windows and Yahoo Messengers to talk with my kids and my sister in an IM. Have you tried it Lynne? Free long distance.

Another really cool tool is Skype. Skype is internet telephone and is awesome.

I chat with friends (literally) all over the world with it.

Aww, thanks Scott.


B, it's a good thing... though the subtitles are never the same as what the English translation would have been. I tried using them to fill in the gaps when my speakers were a little off. The spoken translation was often quite different from the subtitled words. Anything Cowboy Bebop is good, though! Almost anything!


Happy things:
long conversations with my best friend
getting to drive
swimming in the river (in my underwear)
time with my family
SO MUCH JUNK FOOD!
walking through the plantation as the sky turns to every color of strawberry sorbet

The subtitles are the best translation from the Japanese. The spoken English version is altered a bit to match up more precisely with the characters' mouth movements (which isn't as bad as it sounds--they do a really good job with it).

i really love that ed's voice in japanese and in english is almost exactly the same.

And I love that she's equally kooky -- no toning her town or turning her up for either audience. Her little "circles are pretty" song in the movie cracks me up every time.

Hijacked threads
the 1990
angst filled music from the 90's
the violet burning

Ed in the movie is the reason why I didn't like Cowboy Bebop for at least six months. That song -- that song! -- would not leave my head! I guess that means I would have cracked you up for an extended period of time.


Favorite thing: mocking incomprehensible live-action Japanese movies with my siblings.

Getting packages in the mail.

They cut it from the movie, but in the soundtrack, Ed goes on to sing pi out to about 40 decimal places. That's why I know pi out to 12 decimal places--memorizing the lyrics to that song, slowly but surely. 3.141592653589...

Finding old family pictures!! Whee!
Baking cookies with my best friend.
Pizza.
Pancakes.
Playing guitar with my best friend's little brother.
Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

Lisa in a blanket fort with Tigger:

Free Vioxx.
The funny names they give these drugs.
Sundaes.
Driving.

Ahhhhhhh.
Getting an email from someone whom I lost contact with.

I have added the makers of Vioxx to my personal pantheon of minor deities. Chocolate is yummy. Knowing EXACTLY where to set my feet when running along a pitch-black street just because I've run along it a thousand times before thrills me. Sunrise, sunshine, sunset, being able to see the stars (one downside to city life is light pollution)... all of these make me happy. Huge bags of Jelly Belly at Club Price, sharing label space with the words "Kirkland Signature," make me giggle. And that riddle thingy Brandon posted in that other thread made me smile a great big smile. You guys are sweeties.

Yeah. That's one o' my favorite things, too!

: )

My first guitar amp!



The Ibanez TA35 Troubadour. It sounds great.

no way! i had no idea you were getting one!

I have to have a guitar amp if I'm going to be a rock star. Even if I'm just an acoustic rock star.

groovy.

Accoustic ROCK, all the way.

I still play mine out of an old base amp (when in dire need to do so)...verrryyy interesting.

I play my bass out of a normal amp. Actually, I played my guitar through it to. I played everything through that amp. Once, we played my Super Nintendo through that amp.

I haven't tried my electric through the new amp yet. I'm anxious to see how that sounds, but I can't stop doing stuff online.

I got new ... uh ... guitar strings. But for the first time, I've got new ones before my old ones sound like crap. So, yay. And yay for Brandon's amp.

In accordance with the camera thread...here is one of a few of my favorite things:

The nonflash HOLGA is cheaper. I think I'm gonna get another.

Watching Cowboy Bebop with Brandon. Now that he's out of college, we go too freakin' long without doing this.

House hunting.

The cutest game ever!

People who let me get my raniting out, and then just move on.

Lisa and Anna (sisters).
Aaron listening.
Sandwiches.
Knowing I get to sleep in my bed (well, on my air mattress) again Sunday night. There are only so many couches and cots one back can take!

Covers of beatle's songs that are actually worthwhile
cafe's with pool tables and paintings, not just hte nomal computer geeks (though there seems to be some pretty hardcore gamers in the next room.

"I have five brown ones, a squirrel, and a deer." --Noah, counting his change

me being acting like a dumb blonde (no offense to any of you nsmart londes out there). ANyway, I just realized that libby was talking about a kid counting money. For some reason I thought he was playing with plastic animals.

One of my favorite things.....with this post, I am officially number two poster in the orchard. Sorry Steve, I had to catch up with you one of these days.
(does a little dance)

With this post, I am still the #17 poster in the Orchard. Everyone is kicking my butt. But I think I'm about to pass up Lynn.