Hmm, what an interesting week. It could be because I've spent the last few days inhaling the plasticky-sweet smell of tempera paint, but I feel more than usually elated at the prospect of my Memorial Day weekend. Oh, or it could be because I'm going to see my friends, Sophie, Keith, and Anna, and little baby Asher, during *cue announcer voice*... my fabulous trip to Nampa, Idaho *insert studio applause here* Oh, yes, I'm taking my vacation days a mere two weeks before the end of school and having a preview of summer vacation, starting tomorrow morning. It's going to be divine.

In other news, I made the pictured kitty bowl at one of those paint-your-own-ceramics shops and I wanted to show it off. You'll notice it has the word "Fantastico" around the outside, and pictures of little mice and birds around the inside, to commemorate MKF's recent conquests. Clearly, she's already claimed ownership of it, as the "stay back or else" look on her face demonstrates.

Let's see... what other interesting stories do we have... Well, yesterday, I went and bought one of those long feather dusters on a stick so I could clean the giant blinds that cover all the numerous windows around our house. I made the first rounds with it yesterday afternoon, and MKF followed me curiously from window to window, batting at the bright blue duster every time it came within paw's reach. I put it away in the closet when I finished, and then, a few hours later, opened the closet door to grab a washcloth. Miss Kitty Fantastico sneaked in, like she always does, to try to burrow in the linens. Not two seconds later, she comes flying back through the air, hissing, claws out. With one scorching look at that naughty blue duster that dared to invade her closet, she streaked through the living room and into the kitchen, presumably to plot her revenge from the safety of the windowsill. I suspect that this is far from over.

By the way, I've been starting to go back through and label all my old posts, so soon we will be able to search for, say, "grammar," and find all the grammar posts from 2003 to the present. How cool is that? (And yes, the effort to be expended is probably far more than the final product is worth. Too bad. Deal with it.)

So about this Battlestar Galactica... I've never seen the original series, but I am finding the new one awfully interesting. I was getting rather tired of the first season's Gaius "oh-I'm-such-a-tortured-sex-addict-with-my-imaginary-Cylon-girlfriend" Baltar, but thankfully the second season has laid off on that topic--at least a little. Anyway, I love the Starbuck character, and I'm very intrigued by the whole anyone-could-be-a-Cylon-in-disguise plotline as well as the delicate military/political balance of power, and of course I'm always a sucker for Romeo and Juliet-type forbidden love affairs (remember these two, anyone?) But in particular I find the show's portrayal of religion fascinating, especially in light of its discussion of what it means to be human.

Basically, (if you're not a fan), the humans are all polytheists, worshipping something similar to ancient Greek and Roman gods. It's the Cylons (the sinister, perhaps-not-so-artificially-intelligent robots) who "believe" (if such a thing is possible) in something like a Christian God. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with this. Consider this an open invitation for Galactica discussion if you're interested.

Labels: battlestar galactica, MKF, Nampa, pictures

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

"I think thou hast the veriest shrew of all.."