excuses

I hear Stefan is doing really well and that makes me really happy and proud. I'm going to visit Maryland for the last three weeks of December and I cannot express how excited I am. I'll be able to go to tutorials and seminar possibly get a small taste of what Stefan's been doing (Laurel offered to give me some homeschooling projects. Yay!). And I might do some cooking.

Life has been pretty ordinary.

I started physical therapy last week. I get to do these super duper sweet exercises with therabands and a bosu balls including this thing that makes me look like a cowboy that just dismounted a horse for the first time in his life. I've been very inclined to do the whole galloping thing while swinging the lasso and all. The whole shabang. I told my physical therapist that I'm a Crossfit trainer and my family runs a gym and he said "Oh that's great! So you have access to all this great equipment." referring to the fit balls and pink dumbells against the wall. "Actually no," I say. Sigh. Two more weeks of this fun.

I just finished 1984 by George Orwell and have started Brave New World, by Huxley. It's pretty terrifying. The former has put me in a mindset where I wonder what it would be like if not only the government could detect our thoughts but also the people in our proximity. It's a weird thought and I wouldn't like it. You don't want to know what I'm thinking. I may appear innocent on the outside but...
Or it could be that I'm just watching to much Heroes.

I watched Grizzly Man on Friday night. It's about Timothy Treadwell, who lived with grizzlies in Alaska for 13 summers before he was eaten by one. I think this was one of Herzog's lighter themed movies though he doesn't hesitate to express his view:
"...I differ with Treadwell. He seemed to ignore the fact that in nature there are predators. I believe that the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder." -Werner Herzog
Papa and I got a good laugh out of this. It is apparent, though, from his other movies such as Aguirre, Wrath of God which depicts the story of a band of rebellious Spanish conquistadors exploring the Amazon. They are eventually all driven crazy and/or killed off by disease or hostile natives.



For Aimee:

more crossfit stuff.

Last weekend was Parent's weekend at St. Johns and Papa flew out to Maryland to visit the rest of the family. I was left at home. Bethany adopted me for the weekend and I hung out at her house watching Heroes and enjoying good food. We made a good meal: Sticky pork ribs, green salad Korean style, and I was in charge of the tapioca, melon, and coconut milk dessert. Very Yummy. We should do it again.

Bethany showing me how to properly hold the glass.

down time

Sunday: Bethany, Mi Suk, Caden and I took a little adventure to downtown to watch Where the Wild Things Are.









Fall is upon us.

This leaf alone has all the Autumn colors.

And this one is just a purple leaf.
Our house after raking.
This cat is my best friend. I call him buddy, he's just a stray.

Alki w/ Papa and Oksana

Funny story:
I accidentally locked myself outside my house this afternoon and then found out that my house isn't too hard to break into if you are flexible. One of the windows was unlocked and I pried it open with my little fingers and climbed inside. It was pretty sweet.

some fun in the gym

the squashed philosophers

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