My fingers have been itching to play piano; whether this is related to a recent half-viewing of the Nodame Cantabile special, or the piano battle clip of Jay Chou in Secret, I'm not sure. In any case, I tried playing the old family keyboard and it is just NOT the same. At all. Plus it's missing a whole two octaves at least ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took a day off with the intent to "possibly" snowboard, but it turned out to be an awfully rainy day to be up. Of course, that means more snow for later. *wink* I was hoping to get in a snowboard session once a month this season; this month is almost over, so I'd better get crackin ( Read more... )

This morning before work I was changing and spotted something small and black floating in my peripheral version. I jerked my head in that direction and saw that it was one of my most hated enemies--a mosquito ( Read more... )

Whew! Events seem to sink in a lot slower in my "older" age, but I really did finish my first marathon on Sunday. The idea sounds pretty amazing, but actually doing it isn't so much--all you think about is pace, fueling, hydrating, and (trying to ignore) pain; and not so much about how small the city must be for you to have gone from the heart of ( Read more... )

Today felt like a very productive day, even though I didn't have time to do my Jpn homework ( Read more... )

This weekend I took a free composting class with my cousin, and learned that composting creates compost, while worm composting creates fertilizer (nourishing worm poop, yay). I found out worms can eat paper plates and cups, and even newspaper. How cool is that ( Read more... )

I haven't posted for a long time, ne? Went to Fanimecon this past Memorial Day weekend, so hopefully I'll be posting a few pictures later on ( Read more... )

I was able to catch Neil at this event--it's nice to be able to re-live it through this video that I'd forgotten they were going to film until now.

http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2007/04/lazy-sunday.html

It's been at least 7 years since Clutter has dominated my life; slowly draining my energy, my confidence (in showing my room, at least), blurring my train of thought, and keeping me fighting to "get it together." The only perk is that it's effectively suppressed, if not irradicated, my perfectionist tendencies through overwheming shock and then ( Read more... )

It's Thursday--one day away from Friday, the best day of the week ( Read more... )