Blogging My Life

Last night I’m sitting Oliver’s bed and he comes in eating a banana. His chair is in the middle of the room. He points to the chair and says, “That’s my time-out chair. It’s blue.” I say, “It is, but you can sit there for other reasons too.” He says, “Like banana reasons!” and sits down. “Like monkey reasons,” he adds.

Luiza’s first Christmas. Oliver’s third, but his most aware yet. (Ask him about Santa Claus!).
The menu (just the four of us):
Ham with glazed apricots
Succotash with herbes de Provence (sort of Aix-em-Savannah)
Carrots with Marsala (a la Elizabeth David)
Sweet potato and apple purée
Apple and Mincemeat Pie
sugar and pepparkakor cookies
Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne
Lots of Christmas music courtesy of Usenet.
Notable presents:
a laptop lap desk for me, great books
a pink dragon and “The Lonely Moose” for Oliver (his pick, my pick, respectively)
It’s super quiet in the dorm! Haven’t seen a campus safety patrol even since Dec. 23! The dog walker and jogger comes by. Beautiful views of the snow-drenched San Gabriels in between rainstorms.

“Oliver, your five minutes are up.” “No! My five minutes are down!”
“I don’t want that bandaid. That bandaid is ridiculous.”
For a long time, after returning from Brazil in August and making the difficult transition back to using both English and Portuguese, Oliver said porque for “because” and quando for “when” in all his English sentences. He still says quando, but porque has morphed into “that’s why” instead of “because,” which makes sense if you look at the literal translation of porque/por que, which, of course, is used both for “why?” and “because.”
For instance: “It’s hot that’s why the sun is out.”

my is Cindy,25yrs lady straight raised up in United States of
American,Am looking for nice peacefully cool place to rent in Ur
city on this month, B’s have a great project to do in Ur city for
my company this month
I saw your advert and I am sincerely interested in renting Ur place
and I ‘am writing just to confirm if you still have the place
available for me to rent.
More in formations About Me
Basically an easy going woman and I am a little on the goth/punk
side but get along with most everybody not picky about people.I’ll
trust you the way you trust me I’m a very outgoing person and also
a roommates who are down to earth relaxed and respectful I d stay
out of the way and pull my fair share and am a very open minded
woman,I would like to extend my friendship, and perhaps even more
with an honest gentle roommate of integrity of the area i found my
self in
I speak many European language- meeting people from other cultures would
not impose any difficulty and have spent the last few years raft-guiding
in the summer and traveling in the winter.
I feel that people that are important to you should be made to feel
that they are important. Life is shorter than it should be
sometimes. I don’t want my roommate ones to wonder if I cared. A
good sense of humor is a must! What fun would life be without
laughter? I like funny movies, love Jeff Dun ham, Dane Cook, Ron
White, etc. I enjoy going to the Comedy Club, and love sit Com’s.
With all of the bad things and evil in the world today, thank God
for laughter and humor! For FUN I enjoy training (karate),
walking/running, interior decorating, TV, cooking, flea markets,
music, etc. Oh, I’m also a big Tiger fan. I love to go places and
do a variety of different things. It would be nice to have someone
to share things with. favorite hot spots: I’m not a huge fan of
bars, but I do like live music. I enjoy eating out. I enjoy trying
new places and new foods. I love to try “hole in the wall” places.
I love both the mountains and the beach. I haven’t been to either
in quite some time
though. favorite things: Food: Southern, Italian, Greek, Thai,
Chinese, Mexican- Easy to please. Colors: It depends. When it’s
raining, I like to read, watch TV, cook, cuddle, do puzzles, etc.
TV and Music: wide variety of both. (I Love Lucy and Andy- mindless
and wholesome) for fun: What I enjoy at 50…HM…. *Laughing
with family & friends – they are my core *Shopping for the unique *
Walks at sunrise/sunsets *An accurate drive-Thur order *The thought
of being a Grandma someday (No rush kids Wait)! I have been single
for a few months now and think Im ready for a new adventure. I am
an honest and trustworthy person who is looking for mutual respect.
I am fun-loving, passionate, silly, hard-working, and have a great
sense of humor. I am not perfect, (and do not expect to find
“perfect”), and have my scars like the rest of us. But, I have a
lot of love, laughter, loyalty, and friendship to offer to the
right guy who is looking to enjoy life and a loving relationship. I
am a self-employed artist and have a crazy/flexible schedule and
love traveling, animals, hiking, walks on the beach, quiet nights
at home, going out to see live music of all kinds.
I’m really friendly, open mind kind of person, don’t get upset for
nothing, I’m clean and really organized and when I cook I leave no
trace behind Before going back, I hate cheating and riding and I’d
love to give the best i can to all my roommate and i knew that its
not gonna be easier for only you to be responsible for all the
payments method for the house and i think on that i can do
every-things to please you to make sure we both both put hands
together to pay rent bills and every-things regarding for the house
payment regularly and i knew its gonna be a great happiness for you
to have a hard working, disciplined,easy going and a clean down
earth person, easy to get along with as your roommate preference,
if you think am a very lucky lady for you as this time you can rent
out your room with please i would appreciate if you can get back
with me via my private contact Email Address: siliconcindy @ gmail.com
NOTE: PLS ANSWER THE QUESTION BELOW CAREFULLY
(1) QUESTION`S
(2) Do you like quiet or parties?
(3)Would anyone consider getting to know me & possibly get an
apartment together?
(4) Do you pay your bills on time?
(5) Are you one who eats others leftovers?
(6) What is your biggest pet peeve??
(7) What is your religious background??
(8) Are you married or Do you have a person who would be over often?
(9) cool pic of you and the pics of the room?
(10) little introduction about Ur self?
(11) Total cost to move in as first month rent?
I will be very glad to have all this questions answered with out
leaving a stone unturned.
Pls for quick respond & Fax Email kindly write me back via my gmail
account. siliconcindy@gmail.com

If these ever learn just to say “Is the apartment still available,” we could be in trouble. In the meantime, who is going consider an inquiry like this?:

Hi,
My name is Julian ,22years old,female, a very simple and quiet
person to live with. I love travelling, sporting and enjoy meeting
people. I don’t smoke but do not mind people who do being around me. I
am cool, pretty laid and easy going person and like to have a roommate
or landlord who is very responsible and understanding . I saw your
advert and i am sincerely interested in the room advertised as i will
be moving i leave here [Australia].
I am writing just to confirm if you still have the room for
rent…………..If YES Please I will like to have answers to the
following questions below:
1) I will like to have the description of the room, size, and the
equipments in there.
2) I will like to have the rent fee per month plus the utilities.
3) I will also be coming with some of my furniture, that is if it is
allowed, like bed, book shelf because I read alot, shoe rank etc
4) If the 4 questions are YES, I will like to know the total cost for
the initial move as in first month rent plus utilities and if deposit
is necessary.
5) I will like to know the major intersection
Note my question is not compusry if you can not answer all.
Thanks as i anxiuosly await your mail. I am looking forward to
hearing from you soon.
Regards
Julian.