I woke up this morning to a small face peering at me, counting.. "eleventy-one, eleventy-two..."
Then it went down to "sixty-one, fifty-nine..." and finally, "AUNTY LINLI! ARE YOU AWAKE??!!" in surround sound.
I opened my eyes to the Counting voice.. ah.. It was our friend's 3 year old who was staying the night. Maybe I should have gone to bed when she did.
Anyhows, she is a real character and makes me laugh on my insides and we are going to have breakfast now while I ponder the origins of "eleventy-five".
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Gmail appearances
I really like the "teahouse" setting on gmail. It features a fox at a japanese/asian teahouse, engaging in various activities through the day and night.
Harvesting chrysanthemum flowers, eating noodles, doing calligraphy...I can start to see the draw of other virtual friend/pet programs like Animal Crossing, Neopets and even, Civilizations. Basically, something cool is happening and you are in some way connected to that world. Would I like to be living in a Japanese teahouse? sure! (not that I've ever tried, but the concept sounds tranquil and fulfilling) Lonely? This fox has friends that come round at 4pm when I'm checking email. There are even a bunch of ghosts that come round at 3AM if I'm checking email. (that was a little scary though. I haven't checked email at that time since.)
Anyhows, kudos to the designer of this setting ;)
Harvesting chrysanthemum flowers, eating noodles, doing calligraphy...I can start to see the draw of other virtual friend/pet programs like Animal Crossing, Neopets and even, Civilizations. Basically, something cool is happening and you are in some way connected to that world. Would I like to be living in a Japanese teahouse? sure! (not that I've ever tried, but the concept sounds tranquil and fulfilling) Lonely? This fox has friends that come round at 4pm when I'm checking email. There are even a bunch of ghosts that come round at 3AM if I'm checking email. (that was a little scary though. I haven't checked email at that time since.)
Anyhows, kudos to the designer of this setting ;)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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