Yogurt

170+

Time to let them go.

Peanut butter and apples

1Q84

This is the longest book I have ever read.

Possibly with more intensity than any other.

It does not have a typical Murakami ending.

Which gives me a strange hope for the future.

For the last two weeks, living in my own world. 

Never has a book consumed me so fully.

You build your own reality.

You have to write your own story.

The path back to the world you want to exist in.

Might not lead you to the reality that once existed.

But with the right person next to you holding your hand.

It doesn't matter which road you choose or where it leads.

1Q84

"The air was startlingly fresh, and the stillness filled the surrounding space.  The perfectly clear sky seemed to soar upward, and the warmth of the sunlight gently touched any skin directly exposed to it."

This is what I want it to feel like where I live.  I want to move to the country.

1Q84

"Either I'm funny or the world's funny, I don't know which.  The bottle and lid don't fit. It could be the bottle's fault or the lid's fault.  In either case, there's no denying that the fit is bad."

-Aomame

１Q８４

Like it or not, I'm here now, in the year 2Q13.  The 2013 that I knew no longer exists.  It's 2Q13 now.  The air has changed, the scene has changed.  I have to adapt to this world-with-a-question-mark as soon as I can.  Like an animal released into a forest.  In order to survive, I have to learn the rules of this place and adapt myself to them."

*Adapted

Moto's, Owls, and Elephants

Good ideas and beautiful nature

Soo cold....

I don't remember the last time I felt like this...
Couldn't even keep my head up at school
Sooo sick....

Unfamiliar places

I rode my bicycle to Whole Foods yesterday....

I stopped at the river to reflect....

and remembered how close to the skatepark this is

Sunset

I grew up with a good sized creek in my front yard

 ..and the Wabash river in the woods in my backyard

As a kid I spent a lot of time at the water's edge

Making boats to float down it

Looking for snakes, frogs, fish and crawdads....

 It's strange to remember those feelings and sounds as an adult

I can't help but hope that if I ever have a family, my children will get to experience the same thing

and not just on weekend visits to the grandparent's house........

I am glad this wasn't plugged in

Moyou needs a friend during the day--no amount of chew toys can prevent this...

Parent teacher conferences till 8 tomorrow....that is a 14 hour day folks..... 

Going to miss first Thursdays at Thai Taste again so I made my own green curry tonight

The new normal.........

B for L

"The haunted man"

溶接 and Safety Moyou

Skip the last two photos unless you like to look at ugly welds

"Thanks for keeping me safe dad."

-Moyou

That face!

 Needs brazed...I'm scared I might blow through the thin tank metal where the leak is..

 Ugh...