Someplace that's green

I just went to purchase the two Blizzard pets - Little KT and the Panda Monk - and the monk is SOLD OUT. *Cries*

Little KT is mine now.

Wheel of Time book 12 shipped from Amazon yesterday. I am a happy girl. I suspect I'll have to decline some upcoming raids.

Anyone in the Portland area interested in adopting a snuggly cute kitten? A friend of mine rescued them, and they are now 8 weeks old and house-trained.

http://fivelittlecats.blogspot.com/ for pictures and more info about each of the kittens.

SO. CUTE.

This morning I declared today to be Adventure Day. I put on a long flowy dress to cover the sunburned legs, covered yesterday's blister with a bandaid before putting my sandals on, and headed out to see what I could discover.

The grass here is hard to walk in. The blades are very wide and flat like in Hawaii, but it's very spongy and sinks when I take a step, even where it is not wet. I found some little touristy shops and bought myself a cute little purse.

I was walking along the boardwalk when large dark clouds appeared on the horizon; it looked a bit like three funnel clouds to me, but my camera wouldn't pick them up and they slowly lifted up away from the ground so I guess it was ok. The restaurant I was walking past started unrolling heavy plastic sheets and tying them around poles so their outdoor seating became enclosed. The sun went away (celebration!) and it got very windy. All of the flags were standing straight out as if made of cardboard, not even flapping. I took the opportunity to head to the beach for more pictures of the sand. The sun stayed hidden until I was already heading back and had plenty of shade to walk in. Thank you universe! I even saw some of the suicidal sidewalk lizards that Jason told me about.

For a late lunch, I stopped back at that restaurant for fish & chips with a pale ale, which I quickly determined that I liked a lot but didn't drink much since it seems to hit me harder when I have been in the sun. The fish was good, nice little place called Backwater.

Now, back to the hotel to get some rest and possibly do some crossword puzzles.

Article on Portland Time Travel Day. Thanks go to enlightened77!

I'm listening to the Les Miserables soundtrack and relaxing. Jason is in the kitchen doing... something... and the apartment smells of fresh basil and roasting garlic. Went out and got a massage today, Jamba Juice, watched Persepolis, lots of snuggling. Discovered the goodness that is fresh figs with dark chocolate. Enjoying every moment. Life is so good.

I am very happy. :)

I really want to give the rest of my small appliances googly-eyes now.

Okay, I give in to peer pressure. I now have a Facebook. Whether I will check it and/or remember the password remains to be seen, but I have one.

Jason and I got back home from the gym just as the alarm went off, telling us to get out of bed. I had a surprisingly easy time getting up and heading out when it was still dark out. It's kind of like the world doesn't really exist until the sun comes up (in my strange mind, anyway).

The weight machines are a little different than the ones I learned on (wow, how long ago was that?) and I can't do nearly as much as I know I used to. Probably should have been expecting that. I only did one set of the machines instead of the three sets I'll start doing. I don't want to hurt myself while getting used to things again.

Something I find interesting with working out more is that I crave healthier foods. Most of the times when I've gone on health kicks, I do an all-at-once kind of thing, so now I have mental associations. I kick up my metabolism and start working out again, and suddenly the constant cravings for unhealthy munchies at work goes away. I have a sandwich baggie of peanuts and craisins for today, since nothing at the office even sounded good yesterday.

I could get used to this.

Delicious note: Hazelnut-cinnamon-vanilla coffee.

Happy birthday to hinoai! I think it was yesterday there so I hope it was awesome! =^_^=

Happy (late) birthday to curtisleach! Hope it was a great one!

Must post. Killed Kel'Thuzad on 25-man. Won beautiful shield covered in little skulls.

I am very pleased.

My photo for this week: "Shopping"

Catching up on Real Life Comics this morning. This one made me laugh.

Zoo pics! These are my favorites of the batch, and the rest are on Photobucket. The prairie dog and ground squirrels are by Jason.



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http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn58/alanna_liadon/SLC%20Zoo/

I just got this from the Freecycle group and want to pass the idea along. X-posted to damnportlanders and some emails. Better that everyone get it lots than people not getting it at all, right?

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We throw out tons of garbage. Along with garbage, though, we also throw out lots of valuable items – items that others would love to own.

Here's how it typically goes – in your garage is a great bike you rode maybe twice in five years. It's taking up space. When you finally get sick of looking at it, you wheel it out with your trash on garbage day. Problem solved? Not really.

So here's this beautiful bike out by the curb, free to a good home. But no one knows about it. And the people who rush by on their way to work are too sleepy to pick it up. So your bike winds up with thousands of others like it – rusting in a landfill.

Meanwhile, millions of kids all over the place would love to own that bike. This culture of excess ownership and waste is prevalent in our country. It wasn't like that in the old days – just ask your grandparents.

So I created "Curb Day" to reduce the number of valuable items going to landfills. I'm hoping Curb Day becomes a national event twice per year. I'm hoping it makes us less wasteful and makes millions of usable free items available to those who could use them.

Curb Day is a simple two-pronged solution:
1. Let's not throw out valuable items with our garbage
2. Let's put our items out on the same day – so others can easily pick them up

The first Curb Day will be on Saturday, May 16, 2009. On that day, or the night before, people are encouraged to take their valuable (but unwanted) items to their curbs. Because this is a weekend, it will not interfere with normal trash pickup. There will be treasures on neighborhood curbs all over the country. People will be out en masse picking up these free items. Kind of like Halloween!

The key to success is promotion. If everyone knows about Curb Day, it will be a safe and efficient way to transfer goods to those who are willing to pick them up.

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www.curbday.com

Happy birthday to sara_super_id!

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
- Michelangelo