Rändajad

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By Urban Symphony. This was Estonia's entry in the 2009 Eurovision contest. The song's amazing.  Almost haunting. Very unique sound, combining both modern electronic music and acoustic instruments. Randajad means nomads or travelers. The band's comprised of 6 women. The song tells a story of never-ending nomadic journeys through the sandy deserts. 





Today was a bit cold, yet again.  Last time I checked, tomorrow's supposed to be 79 and Wednesday's supposed to be 89. Some places will hit 90.  (That's about 32 C if you use that.) It's supposedly, going to be in the 80's during the rest of the forecast. 90's a bit uncomfortable. 70's are perfect for me. My ears have been bothering me again.  It might be because of the weather, who knows.


Today we went to Costco.  Got a lot of good stuff again!  Huge crate of oranges, huge jar of biscotties (they're supposed to be healthy ones), a mixed snack thing that I think's called Pub snacks, a Pecan and cinnamon cereal, huge thing of sliced meats, huge thing of sliced sharp cheddar (not used to sharp, so we'll see ), trail mix, more hummus, those small multi colored sweet peppers, bagels, huge beef hot dogs, and more. It will probably last a long time. Most might be more than a couple of months. We also had dinner there. We had Polish hot dogs. And, for dessert, frozen yogurt with 3 different berries. So good!  They make some of the best Polish dogs! 


I'm going to make it short, since it's so late.I started signing my Gumbo Limbo pics. Tomorrow, I'll probably do a couple more. And, might post a couple. I'll try to write a bit more, too. Won't have much time, but I'll try. Played my clarinet, but since I was not into the music much and thinking about other things (that pissed me off); I made a few mistakes. It wasn't bad, not good either. 


In Kuroshitsuji, Soma's staying at the mansion a little longer. The queen's servant from before had slipped Ciel some tickets to see the Noah's Ark Circus. The servants are getting ready for Randall from Scotland Yard's visit. Each servant seems to be hiding a dark past. Makes me want to know more about them. 


Finished a sentence from the grill's manual, and started another. Will post it tomorrow. 


In Hetalia, HRE seems to still think Chibitalia is a girl.  When France hears chibi Romano's going home for 3 days, he fights Spain for the 4th time over him. 


In Letter Bee, the place where Niche was supposed to be delivered to was a freak-show called Love Someone Down. They abuse their animals. Apparently, Niche's part dragon and she would be their showcase. She breaks out. Her hair can become swords. After she escapes, Lag finds her and saves her from a Gaichuu. She sees his memories. Being touched by it, she says she'll be his dingo. 


I didn't get far, but I highlighted/outlined more of Loathe's tail and some of the feathers falling down. I only have a small section left. Then, I sign it and post it.

Happy 4th of July!

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Or Independence Day! Wahoo!  Hope it's been a safe and fun holiday. The fireworks from downtown and in our neighborhood, freaked out our cat yesterday night.  She kept looking at us with big eyes, and ran up and down the stairs. Tonight should be even harder for her. During the day, there's been a lot of fireworks going off. Why during the day? You can't even see them! Even if their not the colorful ones, they're usually cooler at night. So, I don't get it. I do love one of those things I used to get as a kid. You throw them on the ground and they pop loudly. They're not dangerous, just loud.  We used to throw them at each other. Oh, and those sparkler things on a stick. Those were fun too! It's sad it had to be so cold today. 


On Saturday morning, we went to a Bar Mitzvah. We first went to the family's house for a Friday night Shabbat service in their backyard. It was a lot of fun!They had maracas and tambourines for people to play during the service. We sang a lot and the Bar Mitzvah guy played his guitar throughout. (That's pretty cool in front of that many people, and being a little nervous about his big day.) We knew a lot of the people that showed up. The only problem with being outside for it, was the mosquitoes. I was slowly being eaten, but it didn't matter to me. Since, I was having fun. Later, I found out I was bitten right in the middle of my forehead. Yay!  I do have a large vein that pops out sometimes, maybe they saw it as a good opportunity? 


After that, there was like a dessert feast. They were set up outside, but people took them inside because of the bugs and how cold it was starting to get. There was such a variety! Things like brownies, apple pie, apple cobbler, mini eclairs, cookies, lots of fruit, cheesecakes, rumballs, and more. All good stuff!  I couldn't have everything, because it was just too much for me. They're punch was nasty though. 


The Bar Mitzvah service in the morning was very nice. Yet again, he played his guitar. The only problem was how close together the chairs were. He had a candy shower at the end. Which was us throwing balls of gummy bears.  He had a helmet and catcher's mitt. I love how he had a sense of humor about the whole thing. He sped through a few prayers and some of the Torah readings. That's ok, it's kind of to be expected. He was nervous.  After the service, we were outside for a bit. It was at a beautiful lodge. They had to set up for us. 


When we went back inside, they had chocolate lollipops with name tags on them. Which also said which table we were assigned to. Since I told her I wasn't sure if I'd sit with the high schoolers and college students or my parents' table; she put both on. The tables had balloons and halfway up the string, had record covers hanging. These were the 'labels'. My parents were at the Pearl Jam table, and my other choice was at Led Zeppelin. (By the way, I like both, so it was a hard choice still. ) I couldn't find the Led Zeppelin table, so I stayed with my parents.  They had decorated the tables with guitar picks and a record at the center. Kind of a cool idea.  I knew everyone at the table, and they were all good family friends. The food was amazing! Lots of fruit, salmon, an awesome Caesar salad, pesto ravioli with a ton of cheese in the middle, and garlic bread. (There was also a marinara choice for ravioli.) They also had a band playing. Eventually, people started dancing off to the side. 


Then, they started doing some Israeli dancing. I was watching off to the side debating whether I should join them.  After a while, they all came over to me anyways, and made me the head of the 'snake'.  We were doing like a hora thing and picking up people along the way. I didn't expect them to grab me and make me lead it.  I did it for a while, weaving through the tables and the sides of the room. Then, there was a slight obstacle. Someone's chair and stuff was in the way.  So, there was a mini jam. Then we split up and went to the front of the room. While I was leading the line, the Bar Mitzvah boy was playing a song with the band. When he was done, he sat in a chair in the middle of the circle we made at the front of the room. The guys hoisted him up, while we sang and clapped. That was a lot of fun too. After that, it was back to Israeli dancing. This time, I immediately joined in.  It was so much fun, then the band switched to an undanceable song. So, we got some of the cake. I met a couple of the college students, which was nice.  I got the chocolate cake. Which had very thick sweet icing. So good!  Then we sat outside for a while, and eventually went home. We didn't get back until around 3. 


That night, we watched District 9. It was very good, and a bit disturbing. Really sad how the humans treated the aliens. The ending kind of left it open for a sequel. It would be interesting to see the next one, if they make it. 


I also started playing the Sims 2 again. This time I decided to make it a bit more fun and interesting.  I made a Sim that looks a lot like America from Hetalia.  He was pretty easy to make. His personality's similar too. Not only that, I also put him in the Strangeland neighborhood. It's one that's right next to a UFO crash. Supposedly, there are aliens there. Perfect for that character. In the anime, he has a pet/friend named Tony who's an alien. Fits a little too well.  More things happen in this neighborhood than the normal one. So, it's been a lot more fun. 


Tonight, we're going to have the 'patriotic' cookies we bought at the market. Thick sugar cookies, white icing on top, and blue and red star shaped sprinkles. It looks good!  Then, we'll watch the fireworks from Seattle on TV. Might look out our window every once in a while to see some of the neighborhood fireworks.