58010--Not the Bronx

[zyzyly]

A year ago today I was in Frankfurt, toward the end of our visit, and soon to board a train to Paris. I walked the neighborhood where Malida's family lives and came across some graffiti. There is quite a bit of it--much more than I remember from when I was there before. We were looking at some of the pictures from our trip and wishing we could go back. We will, but not for a few years. We will go to Thailand this year to visit the family.



9 things I do every day.

I'm not sure why everyone else who is doing this avoids the basic functions of human life. Not me.

1. Poop.
2. Brush my teeth. I have had the same dental hygienist for better than 20 years. There is always one spot she really has to work at. Last time she told me it was making her hand hurt, so I have adjusted my technique and spend 30 seconds there. I don't want her hand to hurt on my account.
3. Read the paper--see #1. I still have the paper delivered every morning.
4. Coffee. A day without coffee is not even a day.
5. Give the cats their crunchy treats. This comes just after I make coffee. They are conditioned to come running when they hear the coffee pot. If I sleep in, they prompt me--"Time for coffee!"
6. Look at my news feed. I have an aggregate of news sources that I look at. Stuff from all over the spectrum.
7. Hug my wife.
8. Listen to some good music.
9. Have a glass of wine.

Comments

[pasticcio.livejournal.com]

We cancelled our paper about 2 years ago now - the paper boy still gives me the evil eye when he sees me!

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

haha!

Even though I get pretty much all my news from the internet, I can't imagine not having a paper, although the day will come, I'm sure. I remember sitting at the kitchen table as a kid and reading the columnists in the San Francisco Chronicle. One of the things that sparked my love of reading.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I love the editorial in the graffiti.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Haha--yeah, not sure what that's about, but it's what prompted the picture.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

I figured someone was exerting cultural influence on the idiot who merely tagged rather than making art.

[annie-r.livejournal.com]

I keep the coffee and tea stuff right next to the pet treats, so all of them come running when they hear me boil water or turn on the grinder. I don't give them treats first thing in the morning though (they have their food), but they still try.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

When I make coffee in the afternoon they come running, but no treats. One has figured this out, but the other hasn't.