hurray!

      received my passport with my student visa yesterday! *squeals and relaxes* that's the last of everything i needed for spain. now all i need to do is start packing. 19 days. ahsfjkashdjkasfdshj.

      i'm up much earlier than i've been up in a while. and it's sunny outside.

      nothing really to report. if you're looking for something to read, science daily has an interesting article up.

      this is sparky, or as my mother has dubbed him, "miming".  he belongs to our neighbor but comes around every day, at the oddest hours, for food.  at first mama put out milk but quickly realized that he was lactose intolerant (several frantic phone calls to me while i was in seattle followed: "there is!... shit!... all over!... in front of our door!... i am TIRED, anak ko, of hosing it!... down!...").  now she puts out some turkey mush she found at petco every morning.  i was awake at 7:44a today and he was perched atop our welcome mat like a little sphinx, ready to be served.  he's also deaf, so he meows VERY loudly.  ie, i can hear him through our closed front door and my closed bedroom door.  while i have water running in my tub behind my closed bathroom door.  it's comical.

      humphrey just sent me this. love the wave at the beginning. "HIIIIIIII i'm a prodigy!"