7457 - Friday! Hoo-ray!

Didn't make it for Moroccan food (no belly dancers until Saturday), so we did Thai/sushi instead, and then went to the club. The iced chai teas with soy milk was the highlight, I think. I got a plate of pad thai with tofu that probably could've fed a family of 12.

Dan and I first wanted to go to the Mai-Kai, but it doesn't open until 5pm on weekdays. The club was nice... we stuck around until about 7:30. Belle was there, for the first time in an age, but apparently she never got my CDs. I'll have to burn her some new ones when I do vimoh's cartoons this weekend.

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All of the reviews of the Batman Begins movie have been overwhelmingly positive... glad to heat it! Maybe I'll check it out before MP comes into town.

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An awesome collection of old school ad art and retro illustration. - I'm really digging this one, in particular.

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It was demoniacally hot yesterday at midday.... late afternoon rains were a welcome cooling factor, after the first half hour of jungle steam. I feel the change in atmosphere in my body.. sinus pressure is different, and the air is a lot thicker than it was, just a week ago. Sometimes I suspect I could fold an origami butterfly out of a cigarette paper, hang it in the air and the humidity would just let it hover in suspension like a slice of carrot in Gramma's beef stew.

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Weekend came just in time... I've been feeling fatigued this week. If I had a lesser work ethic, I'd have bailed on today.

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Moment of Lyric:

Ever close your eyes
ever stop and listen
ever feel alive
and you've nothing missing
you don't need a reason
let the day go on and on

Let the rain fall down
everywhere around you
give into it now
let the day surround you
you don't need a reason
let the rain go on and on

( ... )

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Keen Quote heard recently:

Forgiveness does not change the past...but it does enlarge the future.

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"The Shinto religion has a belief that all things possess a spirit, including dolls, so they are made with "side-glancing" eyes, so they can't look you in the eye and have a ceremony to destroy unwanted dolls so the spirit cannot come back to do vengeance on the former doll owner. Even today they have a "Thanksgiving Ceremony" to destroy unwanted dolls at the Meiji Shrine in Harajuku, Japan that takes place the Sunday closest to October 15th that is held annually."

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1 year ago - audioblogger/pic remote links a no-no, bro being bad, domain shuffle (newt has an email now!), local language map

2 years ago - sleepy newt-pic, black spot, signmaker, Scott spellings, Man of iron-isms (game notes from 1995), talked with Doug Wu

3 years ago - Doug and Cathy, animal babies, Gaming. (wow... must be something about this week for reflection), Barbie, SQL for rgladiator, a kiss goodnight, forgotten silver balls.

4 years ago - Reminder that tomorrow is Kev's Sister's B'day, 7 things meme (I wonder how many of those have changed?), missile silo home, how to be a super hero, superpower origin poll, enchiladas of doom

5 years ago - not a thing, but I know rough waters are ahead.

7458 -

'Child sacrifices in London'
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