kitty got a tick this morning, but I didn't have to remove it

Last full day in Washington. I return to Portland. Hopefully it will once again be sunny and hot and all that. The last week and a half has been a rather drag. Mostly in pants and my hoodie.

Woke up early, and stayed up. Normally when I wake up at 9, I just wait till I fall back asleep for a couple hours.

These past few weeks I've been thinking about this one time travel story. About a house that is a designated safe spot for time travellers. A place where they can go back in time because they know it will be there. It is filled with people specially recruited to deal with time travellers and all that. A buoy in the current of time. Just thinking about it. Idea for a comic.

Mom and Celia went to Seattle for a little deal. Left dad and I to party in Seabeck. I watched some Buffy. Ate some toast and had some spiced cider. I so love this show. It is serious and silly in the right doses.

In the afternoon, pop and I went into town to see about using a coupon for a father's day joystick buying. Best Buy only had one but it was sold out. We wandered around the store looking at DVDs and seeing if there might be a converter for the old joystick. No luck. No DVDs were interesting enough. Well, that is not true. I am getting some ideas for Christmas (ahemSpacedCompleteSeriesahem). Afterwards we looped in Saturday traffic and made a stop at Joannes for a little something. There was a demonstration of a sort of Glocco/screen printing device. A poormans, no-need-for-serious-equipment silkscreen thing. Not so fancy, rather bulky.

We stopped at Seabeck for some ice cream and looked out across the water.

All while in town dad asked if I needed anything. To go for shopping for clothes or whatever. I said I want for nothing but I might find something if he kept asking.

Ma came home. We had potatoes and sparga and chicken. I didn't eat much. I'm still cautious about chicken after being so heinously ill over spring break.

sparga=asparagus
lamaclaga was lamaklaga and now I think it is supposed to be spelled yamaklage or llamaklage.

Then came a round of Carcassonne! It is so much fun to play without Nathan's random rules about stuff that somehow give him 54 points and us 3. I won with 94 or so, dad was 83, mom was around 60-something. A fun little game.

Afterwards, we all settled into bed and watched the Buffy episode "Phases" together. It is the one where Seth Green turns out to be a werewolf. Mom prefers werewolves to vampires. My subconscious prefers zombies. A cute little episode. Basil was so cuddly throughout. She was on her back and kneading her paws as I rubbed her sizable stomach. She eventually left but came back right when the episode finished. I miss her but there is no way she could leave Seabeck. I can, but she can't

what's next? blue flavor?

My tummy was acting up randomly today. Gurgles and burbles.

Might have been the two cups of tea. Heh. So much Jasmine Green tea. Delicious.

Ma, Nate, and Rubie went over to see the Grandparents.

I stayed home. Probably good, what with my intestines being unfun.

And yeah, lots of Buffy.

I made another batch of cupcakes for sort of Father's Day. Yellow. Though I don't think yellow is a flavor. How can a color be a flavor? It isn't like orange because orange is also a fruit.

Had more nightmares about zombies. It should have switched to vampires by now.

not quite lamaklaga

Woke up to find out that lamaklaga is not quite horseplay. Dad says it translates more to complaining, drivel and whiners.

lamaclaga: pedersen family slang for horse play

Did I mention that the helmet I have worn for two years looks like this:

Well it does. So awesome. I love it.

I am just zoom zooming through Buffy. I officially love its campy goodness.

Rubie came over today! Yay for Rubie! Ma, Nate, Rubie, and myself took a walk to the end of the driveway. On the way we picked berries. One bush had berries that all had worms in them. According to Nathan at least, he may have just told us that and stuffed his gob.

Holly lost her ball.

Nathan and I sword fought with sword ferns. He won the first few battles but then I got a chunk of fern stem and just beat him with that all the way back. Hahah!

Mom and I played Nate and Rubie in a game of Bocce Ball. It was close but we won 16-12.

After the game, Nate and I chased each other with the squirt guns. I got a few good shots in. We played till his broke. Heheh.

Exhausted after the lamaclaga, I watched more Buffy. Nate and Rubie left for Star Trek. We all settled in for a low key rest of the day sort of day.

So yeah. So You Think You Can Dance. HOW COULD THEY ELIMINATE MAX?? He was AWESOME. And cute and talented. Max or Kupono? It should have been Kupono. I can't believe it. That sucks. Booo!!

Bought my ticket. Back in Portland at 7:00pmish on Sunday.

pew pew pew! take that tv screen!

Last night I watched two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The first two of the first season. Because Karen is watching it and what Karen does, I have to do. It is cheesy and awesome.

Went over to Chris' today. Well, watched an episode of Buffy in the morning to start me off. Mom dropped me by his place at 11:30. Snacked on snacks. Drank pop. Watched Galaxy Quest. We were trying to find something to watch and landed on VH1 or MTV or something. A show with lame clips and moron commentary. So we whipped out the nerf gun and played a little game. Everytime you got a moron in the head with the nerf dart, you got a point! We played for an hour. Chris beat me by a point after 10 rounds. I want a nerf gun of my own, though it isn't as fun without a TV to shoot. I don't think it would stick to my wall.

Ma Peeler made orange chicken and rice for dinner and I gobbled up two helpings.

When 8 rolled around I just had to watch So You Think You Could Dance? To preserve Chris' manliness, we only watched the dancing and we switched to Aliens on AMC when that wasn't going on. Aliens rocks. So awesome.

So yeah, just spent the day on a different couch watching different TV. Chris says he plans a little road trip this summer so I might see him in a month.

I think I am returning to Portland this Sunday.

uhhh...

Ho hum. Didn't do much. Got up. Ate some oatmeal and cider. Dad made bacon. We watched an episode of Serenity together. The Shindig episode. Hulu rocks.

Downloaded. Watched stuff. Didn't draw ANYTHING. I am so behind. I thought I was going to be productive and be ready to print SOMETHING when I got back to Portland. No such luck.

Nathan came over and worked on Dad's computer. It wasn't broken but it needed some updates.

We three watched some Look Around You. Dad made pot stickers for us. Nathan left early for a little dance thing with Rubie.

Apple pie for dessert after a not really dinner. Lots of tea.

I will think of something to say eventually.

short post

I don't feel like writing much.

I'm going back to Portland Thursday or Friday. Not sure yet.

Ma, pa and myself went to see Angels and Demons. It was good. Lots of churches and Ewan McGregor. Kept ya guessing. Better than I expected it to be but I don't know if it would stand up to repeat viewings.

Dad made us burgers when we got back. Mmm burgers.

portishead

We didn't get the house. The guy rented it to someone else.

back to 'beck

Cold. Brrr. Misty. Brr. Again, thought I slept in but no such luck. Dad made a big racket while making oatmeal.

Grumpy start. Took a shower in the small little shower booth. No conditioner. Dad made some pancakes and bacon. I stole one of moms pancakes from right under her nose. Ha!

No one went for a kayak trip. I think mom and dad went biking for a little while. Last night we watched Flight of the Concords. Mom loved it. Celia stopped by for a little bit in the morning. We set her up with some coffee and snacks. Auntie and I walked and talked and looked at silly videos on the Internet.

She left in her truck to go home and we packed things up. Well by we I mean mom and dad. I didn't help much. I got real lazy, as I do.

Packed up, headed out. Listened to the radio, snacked. Swung by Grandparent's to return their vegetable plate. Returned their plate. Played with Grandpa's new remote control helicopter. I was able to land it a lot better than dad, though I did hit some trees. We all checked our blood pressure. Mine was 129/60 or something. A place that was good enough to still eat bacon. Yay!

And back we went. Dad and I unloaded, mom put away what we unloaded.

We installed the digital TV converter. In getting nice, clear channels we ended up with only getting Fox and a Fox weather channel. Well, we can still watch So You Think You Can Dance. That is all I care about.

Nathan came over for dinner and after dinner board games. Salmon, beans, and rice jambalaya. After dinner, we all played a round of Carcassonne. Nathan won, I came in second. Mom third, dad fourth. Mom kept drawing rode tiles. Nathan just cleaned up real good.

Mom and pop went to bed. Nathan and I watched a few Look Around You episodes. Hilarious.

I feel weirdly light headed now. I think I'll go to sleep.