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It's Summer. Overnight, no less. That's efficiency for you, ain't it?

95 degrees yesterday. HERE. Add 15-20, going inland. Needless to say, not much got done here as it was over 81 degrees inside.

I did the time-honored desert rat thang - I took a nap between 2:00 - 5:00PM and stayed up until 1:00 AM.

Today? I expect not a whole lot more - except I'll take a dive out into the back house and see if I can find the fans.

I put a dozen eggs on the boil this morning, why? Because I expect the only food we're going to be eating here for the forseeable will either 1) cold or 2) frozen. So much for making rhubarb pie today. There's no way I'm going to add any source of heat today....

Got through the first Bleach manga - if I can get past the mental image of strawberry yogurt every time I read the protagonist's name, I'll be good. The frames are packed full - but still scannable (some of the frames in CLAMP's Tsubasa are just too busy to scan well with me these days). You like some asian zombie goodness, this is for you.

We're still picking up Ranma 1/2 manga. TEH SHAME. ~*DOOM*~

catsonmars - you need to ping Jim; he has a kiddie clock for you! XD

Another weird quirk noted lately on media is that past volume 1 of SAC:2nd Gig, the discs don't play in the old combo player (though they are KICKASS on my Mini). Okay. So I have to take time out from Sims2 to watch anime. Poor little me. With the creature speakers, 5.1 is the bomb. (betnoir, I need to get some time to corrupt you with this series. It's the cyberpunk one I mentioned....)

It's got a wonderful soundtrack, beautiful visuals, tight writing - and at the bottom, is just a really good cop show. And I love me some really good cop shows, lemme tellya.

Another thing to bring in from the back house - did I mention I have two DVD players out there gathering dust? One of them a 5-disc carousel? Yeah. No, no - there's no reason I have to set up shop in the office to watch 2nd Gig, I'll just bring another machine in - that 5 disc will come in handy playing music. That make *counts on fingers* 6 devices in the wall unit in the living room. Oh well. And no, I can't record a damn thing from one to the other. Not even TiVo.

While I'm talking about the Mini, I should mention this clip - Really Expensive Cat Toy. Yes, your Mac can even amuse your kitten for hours. People ask why I power down my Mac when I leave the house - cos' I came home one night and found they'd muted the entire system and I didn't want to tempt fate with something more vicious.

And now? I'm going to set out some sun tea, crawl under a rock and try not to melt.

It's Summer. Overnight, no less. That's efficiency for you, ain't it?

95 degrees yesterday. HERE. Add 15-20, going inland. Needless to say, not much got done here as it was over 81 degrees inside.

I did the time-honored desert rat thang - I took a nap between 2:00 - 5:00PM and stayed up until 1:00 AM.

Today? I expect not a whole lot more - except I'll take a dive out into the back house and see if I can find the fans.

I put a dozen eggs on the boil this morning, why? Because I expect the only food we're going to be eating here for the forseeable will either 1) cold or 2) frozen. So much for making rhubarb pie today. There's no way I'm going to add any source of heat today....

Got through the first Bleach manga - if I can get past the mental image of strawberry yogurt every time I read the protagonist's name, I'll be good. The frames are packed full - but still scannable (some of the frames in CLAMP's Tsubasa are just too busy to scan well with me these days). You like some asian zombie goodness, this is for you.

We're still picking up Ranma 1/2 manga. TEH SHAME. ~*DOOM*~

catsonmars - you need to ping Jim; he has a kiddie clock for you! XD

Another weird quirk noted lately on media is that past volume 1 of SAC:2nd Gig, the discs don't play in the old combo player (though they are KICKASS on my Mini). Okay. So I have to take time out from Sims2 to watch anime. Poor little me. With the creature speakers, 5.1 is the bomb. (betnoir, I need to get some time to corrupt you with this series. It's the cyberpunk one I mentioned....)

It's got a wonderful soundtrack, beautiful visuals, tight writing - and at the bottom, is just a really good cop show. And I love me some really good cop shows, lemme tellya.

Another thing to bring in from the back house - did I mention I have two DVD players out there gathering dust? One of them a 5-disc carousel? Yeah. No, no - there's no reason I have to set up shop in the office to watch 2nd Gig, I'll just bring another machine in - that 5 disc will come in handy playing music. That make *counts on fingers* 6 devices in the wall unit in the living room. Oh well. And no, I can't record a damn thing from one to the other. Not even TiVo.

While I'm talking about the Mini, I should mention this clip - Really Expensive Cat Toy. Yes, your Mac can even amuse your kitten for hours. People ask why I power down my Mac when I leave the house - cos' I came home one night and found they'd muted the entire system and I didn't want to tempt fate with something more vicious.

And now? I'm going to set out some sun tea, crawl under a rock and try not to melt.

Got home late last night after driving,driving,driving. Somebody or something had an accident at the 110/91 juncture and they CLOSED THE FREEWAY at that point, going west. So, you have to fight six lanes of traffic that reallyreallyreally want to get off the freeway at the nearest exit, which has one lane. Managed it without getting killed. Some people don't like my "Drive Hawaiian Style" stumperbicker - last night, it almost seemed like it smacked some people upside the head and went "OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT" and they began behaving. It's subtitled "Slow Down. Be Nice." And it has a nice lil' brown person on it.

Only cracker in the box, and I know it.

82 when I left home yesterday, it was 103 when I got into town - went up to the Ramona Bowl and snapped some shots for my open_yours project, looked around for something I could take with me, but only the gardener was there.

So I went down the street to Ramona Bowl Park and picked up some rocks. I used to scramble all over those boulders when I was younger. Rode my bike there. The one with the banana seat and sissy bar. I passed the little church that had a water spigot out front where we used to get drinks of water back then. Still there. Looks like it's a bible study "clubhouse" for teen groups now. Spic-n-span with a new coat of paint, and bars on the windows. Weird.

Got to Mom's house, and the skies opened. Literally. Had one of the good ol' gullywashers I remembered from many, many summers - rides in, crashes, booms, knocks out the power, dumps inches of rain and then leaves. In about 20 minutes. NBC had enough time to get a minicam crew out, but by then, it's done. They said a tornado touched down somewhere the 74/79 intersection. Whee! When I went back out, the humidity was higher, and just as hot as when it started. Ew. Steam coming off the sidewalks and such. FUNKY.

Went to the Mall. Surprised to see so many other ethnic groups - when I grew up there, it was as WASP as it could come, and if you were Catholic or Jewish, you were strange and exciting. Honest. There are a larger number of Indian & Pakistani medical professionals out there now, they all have their own HUGE medical business offices. Looks like they called friends. It's good.

But unexpected. Sushi in at least three places. This makes as much sense as having Sushi in St. Louis (ask Jim about that) - but that's new, too.

Still can't eat out in that town - even the Arby's sucked. Scary.

Today is housework before it gets too hot to move. So - off I go!