Long Time, No Post

Wow! It's been a while since I've last posted anything. Well, I'm back now, and I hope to post blogs more often from time to time. Anyhoo, while I was away, I've been absorbing a new and exciting hobby for me. Wanna guess what it is? Okay, okay, I'll just go ahead and tell: it's ORIGAMI.

It started, oh...I'd say...about 6 months ago. A friend I know kindly gave me two packages of origami papers that he bought from a hobby store as a gift. Now before I go on, I just want to mention a little known fact about me: I've always known how to make a crane, and I've been making cranes for years. It's one of those things I can memorize, and can do "on the spot". Anyhoo, after I received the origami papers, right away, I made something...and, yes.. it was a crane (Gee, how can you ever guess, eh?) The next day, I came to realize that the package of the papers actually came with an instruction of how to make a box. To my surprise, I tried to follow the instruction, and before I knew it -- I'd made a box! After making that box, I kept making more boxes - some with different colors, some with different sizes. And then, it hit me - I wanted to make more origami! So, yes, I went to Amazon.com, and ordered a couple of origami books. I also went to the bookstores, and bought origami books there. Oh, and I even checked out the local libraries, and what do I know, they got really cool origami books there, too! ( And, they're for free! Yippie~!)

So, yes, I've been folding like crazy since then. Here are pictures of some of my origami that I've made. And, to tell the truth, I just couldn't believe that it all started because of those two packages of papers I got that one day :o)

MISC: IMA pic, updates, and general bitchin' (but not particularly in that order~)

02/17/07 - Indianapolis Museum of Art on a Snowy Day

So, it's almost March, and the weather here still pretty freaks. Yesterday we had some power outages throughout the evening. I know it sucked, especially when I had to reboot my computer again and again, and by the third time of that process, I decided to call it quit, and just left the computer alone! The sad thing was I was editing some pics on Photoshop, and, yeah, ZAP~!! I only got a chance to save this one pic above, but the rest was history :o(

Anyhoo...on a more festive note, so yeah, I finally finished with the bonus program thingy I started in January - 100 OT hrs later, and I was home free! Woo hoo!! So, now it will be some vacation time before I head back to school in summer (Whee~!). I'm planning to visit New York and Chicago in March, so, hopefully, things will go as planned :o)

Peace, love, and cheesecake~!

Snow Day: My Very First Indiana's Winter Storm

Icicles hanging from the eaves of the house
(This is actually NOT a good thing!!)

Aside from doing 3 loads of laundry and surfing the net, I'm also looking at the snow as it's accumulating outside my window. Did you know...this is my very first major snowstorm in the mid-west! I believe, by the end of today, my area is expecting to be a total of 9 to 15 inches (I know, I know..this is NOTHING comparing to the recent 100 inches in upstate NY). There's also a blizzard warning which remains in effect until midnight tonight (ummm...I wonder if I could go to work tomorrow?). While the snow does look really pretty outside, and though I wish I could just go out and roll around the snow, the winds are very gusty and very strong! As a matter of fact, I just went outside to get today's mails (I know, salute the USPS!!), and it is SOOOOO cold!!

Boy, am I glad I decided to stay in with the cats today!

Indy Winter BLUE(s): COLTS City~!

	ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUPERBOWL? So, the SuperBowl is on this Sunday. Are you guys ready for the big game? Well, here in Indianapolis is all BLUE UP and ready as you can see. We actually had the official "send off" the Colts to the Super Bowl today at the Monument Circle. We're also having the kick-off week-long events to celebrate the Colts and their playoff run. Yes, it is obvious that I'm all for the Colts (can't you tell...lol~!) And, of course, I definitely want the Colts to win the Super Bowl, but, also, I personally think that no matter who wins the game, we already are winners. GO COLTS!