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Saw this incredible video, had to share it.

What was THAT?

So I was in my room, watching the final episode of Heroes Season 1, and I hear a funny noise. I attributed it to Spencer playing video games in our living room. A few minutes later, Mer knocked on my door.

Mer: "Did you hear that? I think there is a woodpecker in our chimney!"
Me: "THATS what that was?" leaps from bed to living room in a single bound, the noise returns "Holy @$%&"
Mer: "Yeah I've heard it a few times now. I dont think it can get in, but we had a bird get in our house once... it was not a fun situation." woodpecker noises
Me: "Lets block the fireplace with cardboard or something." more woodpecker noises (loud ones, I might add)




Long story short. We found out that our apartment's office is not open on Sundays, we have new neighbors (who also heard the woodpecker), our fireplace is now surrounded by cardboard, and tonight I will be dreaming of birds bent on jack-hammering their way into my room.




The bird went away... we think he was actually on roof just pecking at the top part of the chimney... but DAMN am I glad Mer was around to help me investigate that noise. Otherwise, I probably would have freaked out. More than I am freaking out right now. Yikes. Never thought I was afraid of woodpeckers!

Zach

I do not know where these thoughts are coming from or why they are hitting me so hard lately... I cannot think of a single trigger. But no matter the origin, I am feeling this drive to write about it.

I cannot stop thinking about Zach. Zach was a friend of mine, not best friends by any means, but a friend nonetheless. He died around Christmas time last year (as in mid-late Dec. 2007) and for some reason I've just been missing him like crazy lately.

This man gave the best hugs. I have some pretty good huggers in my life but Zach easily made the top three, he might have even been number one. Its hard to say. Anyway, on a particularly rough day, Zach was there for me and we just hugged it out.



It had been a while since I saw him, but about a week before he died I saw him on campus. He saw me too, but we were far enough away that neither of us were sure, and we were both en route to different destinations. We caught up on facebook after our brush with one another and decided to meet for lunch sometime after Christmas break. It was not to be so.

Crazy and I went to his funeral. It was fitting, it felt right... it was done like it should have been. But I still miss him . Lots.

V-day

Happy Valentines Day!



Jayne made this card for me... yeah, made, as in created it. Thank you so much, Jayne.






Anyway, I've been chatting with Brad, so the actual update is, um... non-existent. But here are the pictures! Enjoy, and Happy Valentines Day!!

Procrastination- Kara style

How RAD is this photo!? I like to check out This Week in Pictures on Telegraph.co.uk on a regular basis (this is where I found the Rainier photo). Its fun to see what is going on around the world, and its less brain-straining than reading an actual newspaper. Really, I try to keep up to date on what is happening around the world, but I usually end up in the "weird news" sections or giggling at the News in Brief section of the Onion.

Another recent discovery which left me laughing out loud for a solid hour is CakeWrecks. Man oh man. You must check out the Flash Drive one.

Indexed is a fun site-







You get the idea.

And last but not least- I've been looking at bicycles. At this point I have not seriously looked, so of course the bikes I want (pictured below- Felt Cafe Series) are way out of my price range. But seriously, HOW COOL are these bikes!?




Thats all for now folks, hope this finds you well.

*sigh*

I've had a lovely night. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary, it was just nice. Made dinner with Mer and Spencer (rather, Mer made dinner for Spencer and I) and James was able to stop by for about an hour. We chatted for a long time, Mer and I drank wine. James took off, Mer and Spencer went down to Olympia to watch Heros. I get to catch up on the day's headlines + whatever the Onion or the Colbert Report has to say.

While I dont often write about shitty days I've had, I want it documented that today was a good one. Sometimes on those crappy days its hard to recall with much accuracy the days that went just a-okay. So yes, today, has been a good day.

And a song to top it all off. Elton John- Tiny Dancer