Defensive Swimming

Cockroach update:  When we strap our ak’s to our backs and bowie knives to our thighs, finally braving the trench of under-the-sink, we found carnage–three dead cockroaches and one live one.

One is way better than twenty-seven, like last time, but it is one of those comically smart roaches.  It is the one that vacations in the silverware drawer.  He’ll hang out in there and I’ll open the drawer and he’ll laugh and get behind all of the drawers and then we’ll take all of the drawers out and see him and try to hit him, and then he’ll jump out of the cabinet, onto the floor, and then run under the sink cabinet.

This exact series of events has happened three times already.  It’s like that part of the Christmas Story where you keep seeing Ralphie & Co. getting chased home in fast-motion by Scut Farkus (He had yellow eyes–so help me god, yellow eyes!).  It’s frantic and scary, but its becoming a routine and no longer interesting, it could be fast-forwarded through with the same result.

Other than that, I’ve received three 100s in a row on dictations, which is nice.  I also started a new Chinese book–it is actually easier than my old one, so it is a bit relaxing.

I had a wonderful Friday night, full of the cigar bar, getting to Hotel 1 thirty-minutes before it closed, crashing a stranger’s going-away party and talking a big group with me, and salsa dancing until 5 in the morning.  It was a fun night, a tiring night.  But it was wonderful and full of great people.

Here’s a picture of (R-L) Dom, Tatiana, and Moi for those not-on-facebook crowd. Oh, and I put three other pictures on my old xanga in order to save space on this blog.

I just got back from swimming.  If I had a choose an element I was most kindred with, it would definitely be water, and if I had a super power, it would probably be breathing underwater.  I think Scorpio is a water sign, right? Coincidence?  Yes.

Ok, I need to study and cuddle with my dog.  Love you!