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currently i am listening to C play at being a British soldier. it's odd to find the sounds of distant gunfire comforting.

i'm played out, but happy. the pollen in the air puts my body on a sort of low alert level that is draining even if i can get unbroken sleep. i visited scarlettina this evening, who made me a lovely dinner and shared a few episodes of the '80s version of the Twilight Zone followed by The Iron Giant. The Twilight Zone viewing was motivated by my interest in seeing Frostbite at SIFF - there's an episode called "Red Snow" with a related premise. it wasn't the best of the lot, but it's hard to beat a Yeats-loving hologram or Ron Glass as a demon.

so why was this the first time i saw Iron Giant? because i consider man-shaped robots an immediate black mark on any film. my prejudice only hurt me. it's just brilliant. the animation is masterful, as is the story. so yeah, Spanky the cat sat on my shoulder while i sat on scarlettina's couch and mopped up my tears with a swath of toilet paper. it's definitely worth owning.

then i read while waiting for the bus, and had a lovely ride and walk home. my bus driver said good night as i stepped out. C had left the lights on, so the house was glowing as i walked up the driveway. he came home a few minutes later, and gave me a big hug. it's a nice night.

staring at the sun

Mars Pathfinder animation set to Sunspots by NIN. wow.

outdoor life

one early rose
Originally uploaded by green eyed so and so.

last weeks' plant purchases are in the ground, after digging all the weeds out of the flowerbeds out front. i suspect that the one patch of random stuff is probably lemon balm - it looks like mint but smells like lemon pledge when bruised. i'm leaving it for now until i can see it flower and be more sure. (and then, tea!) the rosebush (or is it rosebushes? there are many canes in a formidable tangle) is absolutely loaded with buds and one random open rose.
we bought a grill today and strings of outdoor lights. i have one string up and we'll see if it becomes a new Rodent Highway for the squirrels that live in the garage. as i was digging today i kept discovering buried peanut shells. later when i walked to the drugstore i discovered why - a squirrel was halfway down the tree out front with a peanut half-in and half-out of its mouth. i told it that they were best consumed immediately rather than stored and that it should stop using my flowerbeds. it listened attentively until i continued down the sidewalk, whereupon it zipped back up the tree.

i have a mild sunburn.

a kinder, gentler model

crocheted hyperbolic geometry models. (via girlpirate and the crocheted coral reef project.) i wish art and applications could come into the math educational picture before college. sigh.