Happy Halloween!

So, not only does it turn out that the Halloween party last night was across town (I will kill Brent for taking 1604), it was a family barbeque. Me (devil lawyer) , Analiza (gothic fairie), and Stepho (school girl) were dressed a little too sexy for the occasion. We'll dress up again for pictures sometime.

*sigh* At least I can make pretty decent desserts.

Have you seen that Journey Diamond commecial (click "watch 'Dandelions' ") lately? For those who like the song playing in the background as much as I do, it's Dusty Springfield's "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" from the Dusty in London album.

(I listened to every rendition of that song to try and find it. Barbara Streisand, Stacey Kent, Fantasia Barrino, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn -- none of them was the voice in the commercial, so I finally had to Google "diamond commercial song". Dur.)

Musings
Right as my head hits the pillow at night, I pose the most ludicrous queries to myself. I usually exhaust the riddle until I fall asleep, but tonight, I finally had an answer.

I don't know how to describe the case in which I store my glasses. What I usually mumble in haste is "glasses case". There's too many S's, and it makes me sound stupid. I can't just say "glass case" because a glass, technically, would be a container you drink out of. I was about to fall asleep in defeat when my mouth moved of its own accord.

"... spectacle receptacle"

Good night.

Brill Fight Song
as sung in kindergarten

Oh we are the Brill Broncos you've heard all about,

We never miss a day of school, so proud we want to shout!

You'll know us by our happy faces and our Gold and Blue,

Oh we're the Brill Broncos, so proud to be one too!

Oh as we go marching and the band begins to P-L-A-Y

You can can hear the people shouting:

BRONCOS BRONCOS BE AT SCHOOL

BRONCOS BRONCOS BE AT SCHOOL

YAAAY!

(Clapping and "YAAAY!" from other classes)

(Thaaaaaank yoooou)

(You're weeeeelcooooome)

It's been such a long time since I've sung that ... I caught myself humming it freshman year at UTSA, but I couldn't remember all the words (as I didn't speak English in kindergarten.) I contacted administration at Brill through the website, then to Mrs. Holmgreen, who kindly sent me the lyrics.

Apparently, they'd stopped singing that a while ago, but started it back up when I reminded them of it. I feel like I've actually accomplished something worthwhile.

When I hum that song I can still smell those strawberry-scented stamp pads.

Wot, Wot?
mooched from Johann
If I were a stone, I would be: those smooth ones at the bottom of a river that make pretty tinkling sounds when you drop them
If I were a tree, I would be: pine
If I were a bird, I would be: cockatoo
If I were a machine, I would be: standing mixer
If I were a tool, I would be: a mallet
If I were a flower/plant, I would be: gardenia
If I were a kind of weather, I would be: cool fog
If I were a mythical creature, I would be: Fauna
If I were a musical instrument, I would be: wood flute
If I were a land animal, I would be: a horse
If I were a color, I would be: forest green
If I were an emotion, I would be: desire
If I were a vegetable, I would be: onion
If I were a sound, I would be: rustling leaves
If I were an Element, I would be: earth
If I were a car, I would be: Bug!
If I were a song, I would be: Pure Imagination, Willie Wonka
If I were to trade places with another person for a day, it would be: someone at random
If I were a movie, I would be: Garden State?
If I were a food, I would be: Pickled plum riceball with nori
If I were a place, I would be: somewhere in Washington
If I were a material, I would be: twine
If I were a taste, I would be: chili chocolate
If I were an object, I would be: a wine glass
If I were a word, I would be: spacebear
If I were a body part, I would be: a knee
If I were a facial expression, I would be: cross-eyed determination
If I were a comic/cartoon character, I would be: the guy who shouts, "No, it's Superman!"
If I were a shape, I would be: a triangle
If I were a number, I would be: 3
If I were a month, I would be: January
If I were a day of the week, I would be: Wednesday
If I were a time of day, I would be: three o'clock
If I were a direction, I would be: west
If I were a piece of furniture, I would be: a comfortable, worn-in leather chair
If I were a sin, I would be: acedia
If I were a historical figure, I would be: the guy who invented the spork
If I were a liquid, I would be: water
If I were a method of death, I would be: falling off a balcony on fire only to land in the pool and, eventually, drown
If I were a planet, I would be: Saturn
If I were a scent, I would be: the bakery
If I were a sea animal, I would be: a manatee
If I were an insect, I would be: grasshopper
If I were a language, I would be: Japanese
If I were a country, I would be: Sweden
If I were a body of water, I would be: a river
If I were a Greek god/goddess, I would be: Hestia

Squee!

Brock, Phillip's Kitten


Ow, my ovaries.

Like web comics? My friend Sterling and his friend-and-partner Shawn have an awesome site for you:
http://www.bluehousecomics.com/
... but you already knew who they were because they've been on my sidebar since forever, right?

I just got done downloading and cataloging The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music (1685-1928). It's a lovely collection of songs everyone should appreciate.

I love Liszt's Liebesträume (No. 3) I haven't cried listening to music in a while.

Here's to you, Mr. N (and Shun)

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a photo. A very old photo. I believe my father took this on one of his business trips to Japan. Mr. N is a close family friend of our family, and we still keep in contact with him. He was in country/state/town very often back back in those days, but he hasn't visited since then ... WHYYYYY, MR. N? WHY HAVE YOU LEFT US?? DO YOU NOT LOVE US ANY MORE?! (Yeah. I know you're reading.)

I know those with sharp eyes out there have already spotted Shun in this photo. For those who haven't:


Close-up:


That's Shun's profile looking screen right. You see, Shun? We haven't forgotten you (yet).

Well, now that We've spent an aweful lot of time on Shun, here's some very recent photos of Mr. N on his trip to Beijing where he ... enjoyed(?) a form of massage.


He also enjoyed the side-effect of being able to look like a mutant ladybug for a little while, but as for whether the massage felt good or not, we may never know.



So, here's to you, you silly Mutant Ladybug (and Shun). Cheers!

I was just now reminded that a certain bastard threw pinecones at me back in fifth grade.

And he got in trouble for it. *glee*