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I got tired of the old theme and wanted something plain and simple so replacing it with a boring one seemed fitting.  The old theme came with Google Adsense ready.  Did I really want ads on my site when I have no inclination to make money off it?  Nah, not really.  When I removed adsense and replaced it with a Twitter feed, a couple of things never worked right so here we go with the new theme.  What do you think of it?

I watched an insect drown today.  I don’t know what to call it.  It was a black ant with wings - flying ant?  Its wings were stuck in some leftover sauce on a plate in the kitchen sink.  I watched it struggle for a bit and decided I should end its misery.  I turned on the faucet and the plate filled with water.  The ant’s legs were flailing all around, and then it was just the top two, reaching straight out as if it was trying to lift itself.  Or perhap reaching out for me to pull it out.  I didn’t.
And after twenty seconds or so it stopped moving.

I didn’t feel great about it but what’s done was done.  I left and came back about 5 minutes later.  Lo and behold, the winged ant was gone.  It was under a spoon and to my surprise, alive!  The water had diluted the sauce enough to free the wings.  It must have known this and played dead to get me to stop watching.  The trickster!  I didn’t try to kill it a second time.  Hope it’ll find its way out the house or at least out of my sight.

My birthday was at the end of October and it was celebrated with a small family gathering at Shabu Zen in Chinatown.  I initially was not feeling well and didn’t want to go but was talked into it.  I’m glad I was because it was a good time.  We had lots to eat and my sister surprised me at the end with a cake.  Not just any cake - a Totoro cake!

She’s always making fun cakes.  Last year it was Cupcake Candyland and the year before that was a giant Turtle that I didn’t have the heart to cut.

I received Blue Man Group tickets, a lot of Ghibli themed presents, mostly from my wonderful boyfriend, who also got me this: Yup, a 1/8 scale Kamina figure from Gurren Lagann.  *squeals in delight*