Kokochi

Roller skating in front of the Ferry Bldg!

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A theme camp for Burning Man is throwing this public dance party. I can't skate very well, let alone dance!

The art of sofa lounging

I figured Kokochi is due for a big Kitty update, so I took the liberty of doing a careful study over the past few weeks of Wakame and Katsuo's mastery of enjoying our sofa. I must say, they certainly know how to lounge.

Allow me to interpret their various positions beginning at top, going left to right:

• Wakame enjoying the "jungle" corner I created for her. Kats doesn't care much for such ambient niceties, but still opens an eye to be sure he's not missing any action.
  

• Katsuo grabbing my sock while in deep sleep.
  

• Early evening, just after dinner. Still alert, but preparing for some serious lounging.
  

• Wakame during the day, staring intently at an imaginary bird outside the window (good lounging requires a bit of entertainment).
  

• Kats and his superman pose.
  

• Kats very much ready for bed, where he snuggles instead of lounges.
  

• Wakame showing off her whiskers.
  

• Kats watching TV from the arm rest perch.
  

• Wakame copying Kats' paw-stretch technique (she just started this recently).
  

• A rare snapshot of Wakame looking directly at the phone (wondering if I'll ever finish taking pics of them).

These last 2 consecutive shots capture perfectly their personalities. First, Kats is spread out, acting all proud and majestic. Wakame is minding her own business in the back corner. Then Dav, sitting at the dining table, leans back to pet her. You can see how appreciative she is by her expressive tail. Kats turns back wondering what she did to get a nice pat and is a bit jealous. He always has to be center of attention!

At SBC - my first time!

Actually, only my 2nd time at baseball...And that was minor league. This place is buzzing with energy and excitement. Like a stadium full of kids. Someone just slid into 3rd base and the place exploded in an uproar...Now someone else got outed and I've never heard so many boo's...but they changed ruling and the place rocked in victory! Obviously the Giants are the favorite here! I am fascinated by the scene: the rules, the play that is "such" a show, the crowd, the eating (when did I last see cotton candy? and see how much Dav loves his peanuts!)...This is fun!

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Now we're home, so I'm uploading the videos. It's hard to caputure the crowd, but there's one video of everyone singing the Giant song (2nd video), one where I'm doubting they are even playing cuz I can't ever see the ball (3rd video), and then there's the last video where Dav told me the Giants had lost (I don't know much about baseball) but he was totally pulling my leg.

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Um, apparently the above written post brought many laughs to many people. I typed it on my tiny phone, while trying to keep track of what was going on so I wouldn't miss my chance to jump up and cheer, and I really didn't know what I was talking about, did I? Writing eloquently wasn't my priority.

I had no idea about how 'off' my comments were until I read this snippet of conversation between Dav and his friends on the IRC:

<paul> haha..Kokochi "Now someone else got outed.."

<paul>: BJ Upton was recently called up from the Bulls, first 19 year old to hit a major league HR in awhile.

<dav>: paul, i thought the "singing the Giants song" was pretty funny (it was "take me out to the ballgame")

<dav>: and watching the bullpen warm up, apparently she thought that was actually part of the game

<Jesse>: none of that was intentionally humorous?

<dav>: i don't think so

<paul>: ah..heh, it wasn't a specific Giants song? like "Meet the Mets" ?

<dav>: nope

<Jesse>: and I'll suppose a game has never been watched in a bar, at home, anyway

<dav>: if we ever go to another teams game, at 7th inning she's gonna say "Hey, they're singing the Giants song! They must look up to the Giants!"

<paul>: alot of that extra stuff in ballgames is kinda funny..

And there's the part about being surprised the Giants were the stadium's favorite...

I started laughing at myself at how, um, "entertaining" I can be without even knowing. (How do you describe such a person anyway?) Now everyone at work is enjoying the post, so I can't really edit it, can I? People who know me know that this is me...

Lost Bunny

Purple and fluffy. Sittin' on CalTrain's Hayward Park ticket machine. Waiting to be taken home.

A little pre-Burning Man partying

After the Tonga Room, Dav and I made our way to Anon-Salon's party where we could meet up with fellow burners ansty to get to the playa. Dav wore his cowboy cheetah outfit and I was in my giraffe costume. We figured we should do a test run with our costumes - which was a good idea since I need to make some adjustments to Dav's furry chaps. I got a lot of compliments on the giraffe outfit but realized there's one incongruency; I'm short! People seemed to think it curious when I announced I was a giraffe, and one person even suggested I get stilts (just so I can really get the giraffe imagery perfect). And actually, both Dav and I have been thinking about stilts...

Of course, since I was already in party-mode from the Tonga Room, I forgot to get pictures of Dav, and after a few initial pics in the party, I forgot to keep documenting. Alas, such is the case with fantastic parties.

But you can see some of the neato decor they had with lights, a room full of bunnys and famous bunny pictures, a room for creating your own wacky barbie doll, seperate rooms for dancing, and much much more. There were like 20 rooms in a maze (Dav kept saying they were all in a square, but I sure got lost!). So fun. Can't wait until BM!!

Tonga Room

Met up with a bunch of people, some from work, at the Fairmont Hotel's Tonga Room. At first it was so cheesy it was entertainment just looking at the place. We all ordered colorful fruity drinks with little tacky umbrellas. But they were so good that we all kept ordering and soon we were having a blast, swaying to the romantic love ballads played by the band floating on a boat in the middle of the place. I realized that this Tonga Room isn't innocently cheesy. They knew exactly what they were doing and we all fell right into it. No wonder the place was jammed packed by the time we left!

And the art gallery where this all took place was full of cool work!

As you can see...

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And this is uploaded specially for my Dav.

bwawk bwawk bwawk

All these fun people into blogging!

Of course, since this is also Six Apart's first company party, I took lots of photos of us! Caught Mena running around with a camera too. You can tell how much fun we were having at the welcoming sign-in table (see the 3 wine glasses?). I almost made a new Six Apart employee sign-in since I hadn't met him and actually didn't know we had even hired ... Six Apart is getting big enough that this is happening now! Met Jen whom I first met at SXSW...she noticed I was wearing my Pink Cat Shoes and told me about similar Panda Shoes. She's going to send me an online purchase link so I can walk around wearing Pandas. Now wouldn't that be cool? And finally, don't you like the little monster faces peeking out amongst us as we chatted with each other?

Here are some more photos from Lilia.

At our Sneak Peek Party

Transcription by Anonymous:
[a bunch of multicolor signatures]
SIX APART 8/04
Deborah, Ginevra, Anil, Lilia, Mark, Walt, Maile [heart!], Paul, Barak, Brenna, Ezra Cooper, Ben, Mena Trott, Jamison, Mie [smiley face]

MT3.1...More party pics later, since I want to enjoy the party. But at least I got all 6A members to sign at this historical moment. Pardon me for saying 'Yay Six Apart!'

Anil and his mountain of work

Not to be outdone by hard-working Judy, Anil promptly got himself involved in a big project.