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a post just to startle you and see if you are paying attention
this upcoming september, which is up and coming way too quickly, assuming all continues to go well, i will be participating with some friends in the J/24 Western Regionals and J/24 National Championships races that are being held locally in San Francisco Bay. for those of you for whom those words make individual sense but not a coherent sentence, ( Read more... ) -
dogs, more cats, and palm oil
we have made it to walindi plantation after 60+ hours of travelling and a whole lot of 'seriously, no, wtf am i doing here'. the degree to which the people in my group are all feeling disconnect is pretty severe, yet, here i am, updating livejournal ( Read more... ) -
nearly a year after my last entry, there are tiny ants on my laptop
some 21 hours or so after leaving SFO, the first thing i do at my hotel in singapore is settle in for some good internet access. i'm staying in changi village, which is at the north-eastern tip of the island and quite a ways from orchard road and all that, but quite close to the changi sailing club, who happens to be hosting a j/24 regatta in three ( Read more... ) -
gabba gabba hey
merry and happy holiday that you celebrate to you and yours! it feels remarkably un-festive here in our apartment hole in SF-land due to a number of factors - one, no family, no travelling. two, gorgeous weather. three, no decorations. none of this is in any way bad; it just feels like another long weekend that will be shortly followed by a ( Read more... ) -
chesters go *ting*
chester has toughed it out.. his litterbox habits, while not back to normal, are not in any sort of danger zone. his cold has completely disappeared, which is great, because for a while chester WAS the most pathetic living creature, no contest ( Read more... ) -
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phoning in with a chester update: he is about 50% of normal, and had been acting reassuringly like a twerp (his natural state), but today seems to have full-on fallen into a snotty cat cold. he spent the entire day between the blankets on our bed, sneezing, which is sympathy-inducing except for the fact that my bed is now covered in cat snot. ( Read more... )
