shinjuki71 translated the letter Tsunoda Narumi sent me. It makes me happy to read it.

( The Letter )

OMG! Do you remember the post I made back it April writing to Tsunoda Narumi? She wrote back! She included a letter written in Japanese and a version of it translated by a computer. It's a bit had to understand, so I think I may ask shinjuki71 to help me with it ( Read more... )

Even though I've only read about half of the first Harry Potter book, I went along with shinjuki71 to three different bookstores on Friday night to see the festivities. We went the the Borders in Beaverton, the to the Powells downtown, only to realize that they still closed at 11 pm. A small part of the store would open at 12:01 am to sell the book, so the ( Read more... )

I haven't had nearly as much time on the computer as I once did. Between two job and work, things have been hectic (all except for last Tuesday when I was putting off doing homework...). I might have had some time last Thursday, but while reading the Willamette Weekly I found out a movie that I had been waiting to see was playing at the Portland ( Read more... )

Here I am, getting my homework done at the last minute before class starts, when I came across this at chemistry.org ( Read more... )

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. They've kept me at the bookstore, so now my days are quite busy. Between house cleaning, bookstore, school and volunteering at the Red Cross I don't seem to have much time anymore. This weekend was also busy, but in a good way.

( The Weekend )

I got a second job at the campus book store, so things are a bit busier as of late. And my e-mail is now working. Thank goodness ( Read more... )

I was just getting used to my gmail account when this happened Friday ( Read more... )

Today in Chemistry Lab we were using different method for testing the presence of Hydrogen. My favorite part of this lab in the past had always been adding a piece of sodium to water and watch it zip around the container. However, since the sodium from our lab was missing, we got to watch a video called Disposal of Sodium, 1947. Basically they ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas!

Things went well this year. Everyone seemed happy with their gifts. One of my most entertaining ones was from mr_utopia_man: Black Death, Ebola, and E. coliStanley and Zena enjoyed their gifts as well. In fact, Stanley got into them early. I bought both kitties cat nip mouses from the Saturday Market at Skidmore Fountain. They said they were ( Read more... )