My first girlfriend turned into the moon

maypirate: Once I colored a page from a coloring book for my friend and wrote "Anyone can drown at any depth" on it and he hung it on his wall.
infinityduck: Can we be friends? For real?
maypirate: Yes. I think so.

The above chat snippet is from 30 minutes into our very first conversation ever, way back in January. I knew right then that she was someone special. :-D

I met homoshiroi and her husband Joel this weekend. maypirate made a delicious beef+tofu+rice dish (EDIT: I am told it is called "mapotofu") and we watched the Found Footage Festival (featuring hunks, pool hustling and Angela Lansbury taking a sensual bubble bath) and The Last Cigarette (featuring the goblin Rep. Henry Waxman grilling tobacco execs). It's always strange to meet someone in person that you've only known as a screen name, but they were both awesome and I am looking forward to hanging out with them more!

My roommate Spencer recently returned home from a 10-day bike ride across Iowa. Now, apart from wondering why anyone would find enjoyment in biking across an entire state, I'm also wondering WHY IOWA?!? (I have nothing against the proud Iowinians or the Hawkeye State, but come on guys. Your state is basically a 300-mile wide cornfield.)

I visit many strange and wondrous sites in my travels on the Internets, and yesterday I found myself on the CIA web site. Apparently they are hiring, so if you've ever dreamed of becoming an assassin, here's your application! I was also amused and slightly disturbed that the CIA has a kids' page, complete with games. I got a perfect score on the Photo Analysis Challenge, which clearly means I'm ready for a career as a spy. Sadly they didn't have my favorite game, the Secret War in Laos Adventure starring Tommy the Junior Tiger Spy.

I finished watching all three seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I blazed through all 61 episodes in less than two weeks because it's just that good! It's an epic quest story (think Lord of the Rings) with such memorable characters and solid writing that you quickly forget that it's supposed to be a kids' show. I'm looking forward to the live-action movie trilogy directed by M. Knight Shyamalan next year.

Hmmm... I know there was something else... oh yeah I got a job! It's a temp job at a life insurance company. Not a great job, but a job nevertheless. I start tomorrow. More on that after my first day.