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I am officially a 3 and a 4 today - hooray!

This little message was waiting for me when i got out of the shower this morning. I love mornings that start off with a good solid belly-laugh!

**The Momo? Is a reference to a time when the b.e.d.'s handwriting was a little, hm, ambiguous...

On My Way To My Cube:

I absolutely love this time of year. I like the transition period between full summer and autumn, when you can feel the days getting shorter and you don't have to get up at the butt-crack to see the sun rise. I like the smell as the earth seems to be cooling off; clear and crisp.

Well, Are You?

I saw this on a big utility truck sitting next to me at a stop light. It made me chuckle.

Dangle, Dabble, Toil and Babble:

Well no, i haven't really been anywhere. Then why the hell haven't i been here you ask? Hm. That is a good question. I'm not sure what's been going on really.

I know that i've been flying low, trying to recover from the fiasco that was the Buick's Dying Days - in which i continuously flung money at it in the hopes that, after approximately $700 in the space of a month, it would be fixed and drivable - two vacations, two new tattoos (at, ahem, a significantly lower price than i had anticipated - two for the price of one hey hey!) and the stress brought on by the B.E.D. starting high school. All of this happened within a two month span. I'm broke - but am catching up, have been exhausted - but am catching up, am 4 weeks away from my test out of intermediate and into advanced - which will involve a 1.5 mile run, one complete weapon form and all of my empty hand forms - and i haven't started running or training or, hm, anything.

I'll be turning 34 in a couple of days and it really hasn't sunk in yet, partly due to the thick layer of "burnout" that envelopes me. But not really burnout. But yeah, kinda like burnout. I don't know. Two jobs, free-lancing, and no training seems to take a toll on me, but on the other hand, i've been travelling a lot, have been drawing a lot more and crafting a lot more and have been devouring books. Oh sweet christ have i been reading. And music? Yeah baby. People have just been shoving music at me and i can't seem to get enough. Here Wee, take this external hard drive that has nothing on it but music, and copy what you want. Add some stuff to it if you think i'd like it...Oh, here, i brought this fist-full of CDs for you that i thought you'd like. No, you don't have to give them back, i copied them for you...Ahh and the music. The music, it makes me smile. It elicits "Man! You listen to the coolest music!" from the Blue Eyed Daughter. Oh, and letters. Yeah i've been writing more letters. Well, notes really. Nothing lengthy or soul spewing, but handwritten and slightly personal.

But somehow, my pendulum seems to swing blatantly one way or the other and never just hangs out and i'm thinking that to just dangle would be a nice thing. Dangling with a little dabbling...

His Highness:

Saimon

Francine:

Licking loudly

Sigung:

My Teacher's Teacher (and his grandson).

Sifu:

My Teacher

Titan:

So, uh, he keep growing. Stats as of 09/03/07: 4 months old & 40 lbs. I haven't weighed him since the first of the month...i imagine he weighs more but i'm skeered.

Purple:

Hippity:

This little bunny was sitting at the far end of the parking lot at work the other day. He looks so soft and caressable and completely unaware of the hawks that are seen daily...hunting.

Doesn't Everyone Love Pretty Happy Rainbows?

One of my friends had a birthday last week and i was thinking about beading a prism - sort of like the one above - and sending it to him.

Would that be too unmacho? I'd use manly coloured beads...