Kokochi

at Van Kleef in Oakland

	Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.
	Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.

house dinner

There are 5 of us living together. And 2 cats. It works well since there are 5 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, 2 kitchens and great views. We're all busy but got together to have dinner at home. And the guys cooked! It was awesome. Dav made yummy okonomiyaki and I made a pear tart.

at Baobob

In the Mission...Reggae tonight...my fav.

This makes sense

Another experience where technology blows my mind, rearranges the way I see this world, and makes a whole lot of sense. Yes, technology can be strange, scary and worrisome. It has powerful potential and who knows where it may lead us. It certainly intimidated me, and the more I felt I didn't know, the more I felt left behind and on the outside of some special cirlce. Yet lately, meaning these past 2 years or so, the internet has meant a lot to me. Like heart-felt, "geez, this is important to my life," meaning.

And tonight, for the first time, my dad conacted Dav and I through our macs to use iSight.

I got to talk to him as if we were sitting across the table. No worries about the phone bill. In fact, twice he got up: once to answer the phone, once to answer the door. It was refreshing to have the luxury to discuss whatever came to our minds instead of focusing on the urgent issues at hand. My mom wasn't home so we're all gonna try and hook up tomorrow.

I don't feel so far away from my parents now.

thoughts to share

First thought:

I think I'm still adjusting to a work schedule. The weekend zoomed by; I felt like I barely had time to do laundry (which is an activity I actually like although I'm too embarrassed to call it a hobby). And tonight I'm pretty exhausted. Dav just left to see some music at Bruno's with friends. I didn't feel up to it and knew I'd be looking for a comfy booth to rest in rather than dance around. So I opted to stay home. And then I realized this may be one of the first times we aren't going out together because one of us decided to stay home. We're certainly not glued by the hip, but we like similar things and I like being together. When we had our long distance relationship, during our international visits to one another, I wouldn't let a fever or heavy jet-lag take even a minute of our time. But now we live together. And this moment, where I'm here at home and he's out and about, is natural. I sure look forward to him coming home though : )

Second thought:

Wakame (the female cat) is talking a lot more then she used to. And she's increasing her vocabulary or repertoire of songs. I can hear her meowing down the hallway as she makes her way from the living room to the bedroom

which takes quite some time since she walks soooooooo slowly, checking out every dust particle she finds (I swear, I think she hallucinates cuz she'll act as if she sees ghosts...even dust must dance around according to her). Some of her meows end like a question...which makes me automatically meow back at her. Some of her meows are like gentle howls and some are short meows that I translate as a 'yes.' Anyhow, I would like to record all of her quirky styles someday and load it for you to hear (and for me to have as a keepsake).

Third thought:

I haven't provided you the link I promised for that cool dorkbot event Dav and I went to during which I scribbled notes with my digital pen. Here is the link.

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

Definitely check out Graffiti Archaeology, although all is pretty neat stuff!

after dinner

	Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.

Hanging out with the Six Apart group...After 11 hours of presentations and discussions. Time to hit the hay...

my morning

Transcription by Anonymous:
I have meetings in Half Moon Bay today. Yesterday, I got completely lost and was late :(

So today I left super early - now I've got half an hour to listen to waves, seagulls, and a fog horn. Not bad, eh? [drawing of seagulls, ocean and boat]

------------------------------------
このマーク :(　ではなくて、これ
m(_ _)m 　でしょう？

ジョージ
------------------------------------

My 2nd dorkbot

	Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.
Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.

Transcription by da*xiang:
I'll provide the link to give more details about dorkbot, but we're hearing about the growth of independent CG animation creators = putting thought into action for many people (democratization), got to see how a CG character is made (1 week just for the head), time-lapse collage of graffiti showing SF's work and how they create it (see grafarc.org; 19th Street is amazing), clothing with lights embedded so the jacket flashes with changing images (!) (very cool) that also respond to sound levels (see video).

Sorry if my writing is unclear - I'm writing while listening. I'll update later. :)

a new kind of dinner

Having udon tonight to warm the belly. But Dav is also in the middle of setting up IChat with my parents in Tokyo. For now, we got the cam up staring at us. In anticipation of connecting with Tokyo, Dav got out a livecam shot of Mt. Fuji. So here we are at the dinner table with the laptop videoing us and showing us beautiful Mt. Fuji.

Battle of the Bands

Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.	Quicktime 6.5 Movie (.3gp) Download free player.

At Pound SF with Dav and his cousin Magen. Her friend is the manager of one of the bands called American Tradition. Magen is a film producer and is filming them.

Update:

Dav and I stayed until the end when they judged the 6 bands according to how much applause each got. We screamed our heads off and even jumped up and down inspite our sore legs. And you know what? American Tradition won! Yeah!