Love

 At one point during last night's party,didjimandecided it was time to grind up some ink and indulge in one of his passions. "So,"  he said to me, "I understand you have a Japanese name you use in the SCA. Do you know how to write it? " Well, not really, no. I have it in hiragana somewhere but I haven't practiced it for ages. So I fed him the syllablic elements and he looks up the various kanji on the computer. It helps that I know the meanings of each root element as well as how they're spelled in romaji. 


Some time later, he presented me with this. The large character is "Ai" or "Love." The top three at right are for "Saionji", the bottom two are "Hanae."  It goes without saying how deeply touched and honored I am to have been presented with this work of art.

Suggestions on how best to get the paper to lie more smoothly before I attempt to frame it more permanently are gratefully appreciated!

The long weekend so far

( Icky dental details )

Asian pear works perfectly nicely in a pie - a co-worker has a tree and I'd enough fruit for a pie for the party. I also took a bottle of the Shirakabegura Tokubetsu sake, which went over well with the sake drinkers. By right of chewing disabilities, I had no qualms about taking as many scallops as I liked, seeing as I couldn't manage some of the other party foods. There was an interesting pasta salad with broccoli and bits of sausage I had some of.

I was also reminded - as if I need reminding of it - that when it comes to friends, I tend to hit the jackpot. You know who you are. Thank you.

Parties two nights in a row means screwed up circadian rhythms. I slept late yesterday and today, but it was good, uninterrupted sleep, which I clearly needed. Ran an errand, did some laundry, called my Mom just to catch up for catching up's sake.