National Cheese Day

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This was actually yesterday. But, I love cheese!So why not celebrate it for another day? I kind of celebrated it by having a couple of slices of a 4 cheese pizza last night. There are some cheeses that I don't like. Usually those are the really soft and smelly ones.

This is my wallpaper for the month. It's Sakaki from Acchi Kocchi. I kind of feel sorry for this character. He's constantly getting into deadly accidents. It feels like Mayoi is a sister to him, because they're always getting into trouble together.Anyways, he's in front of the bakery that he works at, called Hatch Potch. Kind of a nice laid back wallpaper.


My Jewish calendar has an interesting red patterned kiddush glass. It's from Amsterdam, from 1856. There's also a silver spice box from Germany, from 1670. And, another kiddush cup from Amsterdam, from 1847. Fancy looking stuff. Really cool to see the old cups and spice boxes.My herb calendar has some edible flowers: corn flower, nasturtium, violet, borage (or starflower), dill, marigold, and bean flowers. Kind of interesting. 


Here's the month-long holidays: Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Corn and Cucumber Month, Country Cooking Month, Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, Great Outdoors Month, National Dairy Month, Lemon and Mango Month, National Camping Month, National Fruit and Vegetables Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Rivers Month, National Soul Food Month, Women's Golf Month, National Candy Month, National Papaya Month. Some are important causes, some are to make you appreciate things you may take for granted, and some are just for fun. Interesting mix of holidays this month. 


I'm going to try to eat half of what I normally eat. Sometimes I feel like it's too much anyways.Maybe I'll lose even more weight this way. So, instead of a whole banana at breakfast I'll eat half of it, and save the rest for later (like for a snack or with lunch). Also, do things like half a sandwich, instead of a whole. I'm still eating the same stuff this way, just smaller amounts. (Which I've heard is good for me.) I've also started up my walking again. This time I plan to do longer ones than I did before. And, every so often, I'll make it even longer. Did my nails for the first time in a long time. It's called frosted lilac. An interesting light 'frosty' purple color. It's a nice confidence booster when I do my nails.


Did a lot of shopping on Saturday. Got some herbs for an indoor garden, and went to the mall. Thought I would find my kind of jeans, but they were out. 


Also, managed to get a nasty looking rash that day. It looked scary and huge.Called the nurse that night, and she said to take benadryl, wash the rash with cold water, and put powder on it until it goes away. It's looking a lot better. But, it's still there. Makes me nervous. 


Sunday, we did some grocery shopping. We were out of a lot of stuff. Also, played a little of the Sims 2. Made a family of 3 sims, that look really close to how I envisioned those same characters from my story. All with the help of 'The Sims Resource' site. There's so many things on there. The family is made up of cat demons. Managed to find cat eyes in a couple of shades, and different colored ears. Didn't find any 'cat' tails. Should be fun torturing them occasionally.Although, I really like those characters.


In Bleach, it was all about how that stuffed animal, named Kon, came to be. Basically the mascot for the series. The mod soul was kicked out of Ichigo, and returned to his capsule form. Ichigo decided to put it into the stuffed animal. Basically stuffing an artificial soul into an inanimate object. (He can move around and talk, too.) This way no one gets taken over by him. They like to abuse him a lot. Sad, but funny. 

日本語

Today's kanji is 教. Or: きょう (kyou), おし.える (oshi.eru), おそ.わる (oso.waru). It means teach, doctrine, faith, religion, religious teachings. 

For dinner last night I tried that cheese pizza, and it came with cinnamon sticks. It was so good!I thought the sticks would be flimsy, and have not much to them. But, I was happily wrong.Tonight I had some frozen sweet and sour chicken, with some rice. It was really good too! Putting together the leftovers, I can make about 4 more dinners. That's awesome! 

Hug Your Cat Day

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I think it should be everyday!It's good to encourage it, though. It's celebrated worldwide. The holiday was created to show some love to our cats. And, to raise awareness of the benefits for both the cat and the person. It tends to make not only the cat feel better, but you as well.I have 2 cats, so I guess I should give them more hugs than usual today.It's also National Macaroon Day. I'm a little iffy with macaroons. I'm mostly ok with the coconut ones.

In Fairy Tail, since the clock hand was stolen from Lucy, they decide to investigate her father's mansion. There haven't been any buyers since his death, therefore it's abandoned when they arrive. Lucy thinks she'll try to save enough to buy it in the future. It still has family heirlooms mixed in with the junk. They go through everything, and when Lucy's looking through her father's library, she finds a book titled 'To My Daughter'. It's completely blank, but they realize that the title's an anagram. Once they figure that out, it leads them to a picture book about time and the 'starry sky'. They get attacked when they find it. Once the enemy glances at it, he says he memorized it and returns it. One of the other enemies, named Dan Straight (yeah, not such a creative name, and not funny...), falls for Lucy and shrinks Natsu. Happy stomps on Natsu by accident. Dan leaves without turning Natsu back. Should be funny during the next episode, seeing him like that again. People keep commenting saying it's a 'filler' arc, but I still think it's part of the story. Not much filler to it.  


Played some more Irish tunes on my clarinet yesterday. I'll probably do some Klezmer tunes today. I'm thinking about becoming a private clarinet tutor. They say the only requirement you need is experience in playing the instrument. I have 17 years experience. I think I definitely qualify in that department.I'm thinking of starting with beginner students. And, help a little if intermediate players are stuck on something. Also, I think I can help people from all age groups if they're starting out. (Not just little kids.) I've heard a lot of private tutors work with their students from their own homes. That'd make it easier for me, as well. I have a lot of ideas for it, and what to put on a flyer to send out. The more I think about it, the more awesome it sounds to me!I love music and the clarinet, and I'd be happy to share that with people. Plus, it wouldn't be too bad to make some money from it.Have to figure out rates and stuff as well.

In Anagle Mole, Luchiru fights the other majin that was assigned to kill him. Luchiru beats him and wins in the end. He kept saying Luchiru was inexperienced, weak, and would never amount to much. Chiwa found Luchiru and Kyousuke in the pouring rain. The pic's of what happens when she sees them. 


Almost done transposing my Irish tunes. It's cool to see how many I've done already. I'll probably move on to the Beatles' songs next. Started reading the Merchant of Venice from my Shakespeare collection book. Interesting so far. Not sure if I like it as much as the Comedy of Errors, though.

日本語

The kanji for yesterday was: 弟. Or: おとうと (otouto), てい (tei), だい (dai), で (de). It means younger brother, faithful service to elders, or younger male. Interesting that otouto is usually used, the others are usually in compounds. When referring to another's younger brother, you say otouto-san (弟さん). When addressing one's own younger brother, you say their given name. Contrast to when addressing one's own older brother, you use an honorific onii-san (お兄さん). 

deviantART faves: Passed Out. Commission: Fledge I did not make these! First, a cute pic of a ferret sleeping on his own litter. He looks so worn out. Second, a drawing by another artist I watch. It's of someone else's original character. I love almost anything he does. Not too fond of some of the ecchi stuff, but the rest is amazing.

Youtube:

An interesting look at what animals 'say' from various countries. Like we say oink for a pig. Or, woof for a dog. I love languages, so this was kind of interesting to me. I knew most of it, but some I haven't heard before: