Forgetting

20060526 | London Eye, London | Helena and Susie
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Beautiful weather, domestic life, play practice and etc. have made it difficult to be very reflective. But a lot has happened. For example, my London co-worker Susie sent me a book of her poetry which was a very sweet present. I absolutely love when (and am envious of) people are motivated to be prolific with their creativity. Esp. since my picture-a-day promise flopped maybe three days after its nativity.

Not forgetting to mention my friend Carrie and Hai both turned 30, and I was a bum and missed both events. Who knows what birthdays I'm missing this very moment. I've never been good at sending letters out, and this is just another example.

Boxing has been good. I got some praise from Julia, which is nice since her joy in life is to make every work out feel like your legs are going to explode. She pumped up the Latin music last night, paired me up with a student I can't stand, and lo, today I feel like my muscles have been ground between a giant mortar and pestle.

Plans

20060819 | Seattle, WA | Pepe
(c) JS. Originally uploaded by Three Heavens And Hells.

I've started rehearsal for Capitol Hill High again. We've already reached Episode 3. And still, every antisocial pore of mine is against theatrical warm-ups, but by the time we finish a round of "Zip Zap," I feel energized, etc. It's embarrassing, really.

After practice, I met up with Jose for a Himalayan dinner at Annapurna. We crossed paths with both Debbie and Raissa, so we set up a MahJong night for next Tuesday. I haven't played for a few months and they both are from the old MahJong group, so we don't have to teach anyone the game.

It's getting closer to our trip to Wisconsin. I'll miss my cats while I'm away, but I'm leaving them in very capable hands and it's only for a few days. I called up Jay to meet up in Milwaukee, and I received an e-mail from Amanda yesterday. Lisa sent me a very ballad-heavy Sakis CD which will add some lovely Greek kitsch for the flight over. I'm all set!

Volunteer Walk

20060817 | Seattle, WA | Pierre
(c) JS. Originally uploaded by Three Heavens And Hells.

Instead of boxing practice last night, Jose and I walked around the hill looking for a new apartment. As we strolled through the Volunteer Park area, we could feel beady Neighborhood Watch eyes trained on us from the expansive and freshly-painted, purple "UW Dawg" porches. We made it safely back down to our ghetto after stopping for Thai food on 15th. I'm not willing to go past $1000 for an apartment, so for now we'll be staying right where we are. Besides, I've got a very heavy pottery wheel that neither me nor my friends are currently in the mood to move anywhere.

This morning I walked to work and meant to bring my camera, but of course, forgot once again. I'd like to try and take a photo a day, but unfortunately there are many things I'd like to do once a day that I never seem to accomplish; I'll just add this to the list. How many pictures of my cats do I possibly need anyway?