Got A Plant
My sister is coming home tomorrow! Hooray!!! I am so very excited!
In other news, I bought a flower today:
He is a Ranunculus and is seen here on my window sill with another small plant gifted to me by a friend on her way out of town. Here is hoping that I am able to keep them alive. Suggestions on names, anyone? Also seen here is a bottle of Fanta from the yummy neighborhood Indian restaurant.
I have been very busy lately, with a visit from my dear old Dad, and other various activities. Maybe I will post some pictures of the hike and whale-watching excursions we took. Things should be calm (ha) until the next spate of visitors begins to arrive on Friday.
I am thoroughly enjoying the first evening of Daylight Savings (or it’s reverse??) - having sunshine until 7 pm is right up my alley and it can only get better from here on out. The weather was also sunny and warm all weekend, keeping everyone in a good mood.
Last night I saw Mount Eerie play at a high school in the city (sponsored in part by the All Ages Movement, something I can get behind). Very good show with lots of fog machine. It so happened I was sitting next to someone who directs plays in high schools so there was a very short commiseration on fog, theatrics, etc. Another interesting point about the show was that the opener got on stage, informed the audience he was about to share four songs with us, and proceeded to give a lecture on Eritrea, a small village therein, and the OLPC project, much blogged about by my mum and Sam the Archaeologist. Anyone who would like a more detailed explanation of the lecture is free to ask and I would be more than happy to describe it. I’m not sure I can describe it well enough here. It was an interesting evening, bordering in many moments on performance art more than music performance.
I didn’t have my camera, but was lucky enough to be parked on De Haro on a steep hill, facing north toward downtown - there was a fantastic view of the city lights (it was a clear night). On the way home I caught a glance of the construction they are doing on the Bay Bridge and was pleased to notice, although maybe I should have realized this before, that they are constructing a bike slash pedestrian bridge with the new eastern span between the Oakland and Treasure Island. Neat!!!
Tags: Dad, Excursions, Fanta, Mount Eerie, Mouse, Plants, Visitors
March 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Grok grok. I’m still watin’ fer my li’l green ‘puter. grok grok.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:19 am
I saw a wee story on TV about a guy who returned to his teeny rural hometown in Arkansas, and realized there were kids who ride the bus for over an hour each way, which is usually a waste of time, and ordered each an XO, and now they do things that are constructive (well, kinda) while they’re being transported. [And, yes, I’ve heard lots of later-ordering people haven’t gotten their machines yet; shame on OLPC!]
March 10th, 2008 at 8:27 am
hopefully you haven’t inherited Black Thumb Banana’s um, black thumb.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Mine finally came about a week and a half ago. I make a lot of mistakes when typing on it, due to the small keyboard, but was pleased to see that there are two quasi-programming activities. (I’m counting Turtle Art as a progrramming activity.) Need to play around more with the music application.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
that’s right you miss me. ;D
March 20th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
My friend was searching for info about that crazy OLPC lecture, stumbled upon this and e-mailed me the link to this page titled “Hey I think this mentions you”. I felt like I should give a shout out, but I am a bit shy about public internet forums. Why can’t I send an e-mail to this site?
March 25th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Soo like the last 5 time we’ve talked i’ve been like “gotta remember to tell lizzy you read her blog” and i forget every dang time. so! now i’m posting a comment. It just happens to coincide with some hearty commiseration about fog machines. ughh. if only you could feel how hard i hit the keys typing in fog machine. I’m shaking my fist too. haha. anyhoo. love you a lot more then i love fog machines!
p.s. good luck with the plants!