I've been trying to load an avatar for weeks.  First I couldn't get a file small enough (but good way to learn new things), then nothing would load from the dashboard (stupid safari?) and then when I went to my account from the forums, success!  mebbe.   I made it super small so it may show up funny.

I just bought a Coke in a glass bottle.  It's a special promotion thing for the Beijing Olympics.  It's not the best deal in town, but I love soda from a glass bottle. It was great!  I drank it as soon as I got out of 7-11 and had it finished before I got home.  It was 250mL I think.  Not too much. I can never drink soda straight from a can, particularly cola.  It's icky and the carbonation is too harsh.  I can sometimes drink it out of a plastic bottle, ...

I was thinking how blah this summer seemed.     I had a lot of projects that I wanted to do this summer.  I started a walk on Tokaido last year.  It is the road that connected Kyoto to Edo (now Tokyo).  I have two blogs for that trip even though it's still not complete. www.estelloproject.blogspot.com is the blog of a clay character I created.  The first entries are of Estello's experience on Tokaido.  The more recent entries are just stuff I did. &n...

It's a Puppet Show!  Choose any movie title you like and replace one word with "puppet" or "Puppets" and no, you may not use "marrionette".   A Few Good Puppets Full Metal Puppet Puppets of Madison County A Puppet Too Far Puppets Inc.  Once Upon a Puppet in America The Day the Puppet Stood Still Puppet on Elm Street It's a Wonderful Puppet The Maltese Puppet   Okay, I came up with 10.  Amaze me with your brilliance.  Have fun! ...

Three more weeks of the kindergarten assistant gig.  It's been fun but those mornings play havoc with my system.  Despite my best intentions, I return to my night-owl ways every weekend.  I started taking vitamins so that is helping with my energy level and since it finally warmed up, I don't feel like I'm eating like a pig all the time.  Best of all, I finally got over my cold.  At last! Did some pictures for an event.  I think it could be a good way to get some...

It's been hard to write a post or even a reply.  I'll get started, even write some long paragraphs, then I just sit there a while and then decide to delete the whole thing. I'll be amazed if I even get this post up.  I just realized I was daydreaming about stuff. I think I'm usually fairly bland and un-opinionated when I write or respond to things.  Blah.  Because that's not really me.  Ironically, I don't really like conflict but I hate backing down.  That le...