Thursday, March 29, 2007

beautiful danish falsetto

If this piques your interest, you should go looking on youtube for "zookeeper's boy" by Mew. It is a very pretty song and I hvae just seriously listened to it about 10 times in a row. I would include a link to youtube but I am a computer dunce so you will just have to do the work yourself, you wanker missmachismo excluded. I would never call her a wanker.

Isn't "piques" a good word?

Sunday, March 25, 2007

lydia, I hope the structure of this email fills you with a sense of wellbeing.

The loveliness of cherry blossoms has finally been accompanied by the sight of our yellow friend, the sun, here in Vancouver. I approve.

Also, dang, that story of the Lost Son, which Eric is campaigning to rename the Parable of the Prodigal Father, sure is moving. I have heard it goodness knows how many times but still it can make my nose prickle in church.

Has everybody seen missmachismo in her headscarves? She seems to be under the impression that having her hair hidden makes her look haggard and old, which should be a lesson to us all about how much we can trust her judgement.


Today's question: Spork or Foon?

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Rain and sniffles

Hello everyone. I am feeling crummy this weekend, and fortuitously, the weather is cooperating by being absolutely horrible. THere's nothing like having rain pouring down for days on end to keep one from feeling jealous about staying indoors all day and drinking hot things. It has also given me more time to read Brother Cadfael.

Friday, March 02, 2007

Now we are Twenty-Five

Highlights of my birthday:

1) Ben made french toast for me for breakfast. He also gave me Quiddler! I am delighted with this present, though sad that I cannot play it with all my friends.

2)I got a package from my parents which I am pretending I opened today and not on Tuesday. They gave me a cd, some socks, and a lovely pale green pashmina which I adore.

3)Kait's package came in the mail, totally on time and not late as she feared! The slip came yesterday but I picked it up today. It contained three excitingly different pairs of socks, and a book of Scottish recipes, as well as a charming card. Horray!

Lowlights of my birthday:

1)The french toast had raisins in it and I could not eat it with syrup because it is Lent. Oh well, it was still pretty good with yogourt and applesauce. And healthily low in sugar.

2)I had asked my parents for a card with personal messages from each person in my family. Instead Mom just wrote, "love from mom and dad". I suppose they figured it went without saying. UPDATE:Neverminds! They phoned me tonight and everyone sang happy birthday to me, in harmony. I could hardly say hello afterwards, because I was all weepy. I love my family. PLEASE NOTE: APOLOGIES TO PEOPLE WHO HATE THEIR FAMILIES I DO NOT MEAN TO BE OFFENSIVELY HAPPY.

3)Ben left this morning for the weekend and I don't have any close friends here, and it is Lent, so I'm not having a birthday cake or a party or anything. Which meant that I didn't tell anyone at work that it was my birthday becuase it's always awkward when they say, "Oh, that's great! What are you doing for your birthday?" and you say, "Not a dang thing."

What I am going to do now:

Read some books.

How is everyone else?