The movie was so good!  It took place at an inn, a sort of a spa in the forest.  A soldier staying at the inn stabs his foot on a hairpin in a pond and a little later the innkeeper gets a letter from a geisha named Emi asking about a lost hairpin.  So she returns to the inn to apologize to the soldier, and of course…

Oh yeah, so much scrubbing and sanitizing.  No amount of lotion or badger balm can keep up with it!  Your poor iphone screen!  I can't imagine using a touchpad now with my greasy lotiony balmy fingers.  I can tell by how shiny the keyboard keys are which letters I type the most.  The Q is perfectly dry!  Well, not…

BOM BOM BOMMMMMMM  tweedleeeedeee!  Yeah, and its a great movie too, although joyless people tend to dislike it.  The wild music while Dwan is being carried to the altar is so exciting!  And then it just cuts off suddenly and then silence and then GRARRRRRRROOOOO!

Claudia, how does Hello Kitty speak to you?  Is it someone in a costume or a robot?  I have a friend who has been heavily into Hello Kitty for as long as I've known her.  She has Hello Kitty everything.  It kind of makes me feel bad that I don't have more stuff to show my love of Tintin.  I mean, if you looked around…

I was going to ask before what you meant by cute things making you cry. Do you mean misty eyed or really crying crying?  Yes, the word cute is definitely a bit condescending.  Its used to suggest frivolousness.  Kyary impresses me because she's given the word a totally new definition.

I like talking to you for the exact same reasons, Claudia!

Claudia, more TOAST!  She's got a real thing for toast. And also this time skulls and ducks and bears and it sure looks like she's farting stuff too!

Claudia, what do toast and onions have to do with candy?  Are they there for contrast?  I do like the video!  I particularly love the pastels. How can she run so well in those heels?  You know what else that video made me think of other than baked onion soup?  Seeing how long I can squat with one ankle over the other…

Your street is so nice!  Are you on a hill like that, too?  Okay, even though its for candy, that video makes me very hungry for baked onion soup.  Have you had it?  The kind that comes in a little ceramic bowl with toast and cheese melted overtop?

AGHH PAPER CUT!!  There is no way to put a bandaid on that spot either.  Do you have polysporin?  It really speeds up healing.  Between your papercut and stupid extra schoolwork, its like the world is trying to keep you from Sketchbook Pro.

My sock somehow survived!  Just one little scorched spot to remind me to be a little less dumb!

I call it melodrama when EVERYTHING goes bad in the worst possible way.  Its just one terrible thing after another for her.  Its more tragic than scary, but it ends well!  Yes, she is the one with the hair!  She actually had to part it and flatten it down for the scenes in the reformatory.  She is just the most…

Well, I'm relieved all that drama has passed as quickly as it started.  Did your cousin phone or text you first or did she just suddenly show up at school?  Getting called away from class can be pretty scary when you don't know what its for because usually it means someone is sick or has been hurt.  I'm glad its all…

I'm so glad you posted again before I went to bed! I have nightmares about forgetting crucial things like that. I am always making notes for myself but my notepads and chalkboard and calender are so full of notes its all a blur so I still forget things!

Claudia!  Okay, I'm really forgetful too, but this sounds so serious.  Please post again if you get the chance so I know that everything is straightened out!

Oh yeah, isn't that video amazing?  They have such a unique, sad sound and I love the way they harmonize with each other!  I'm trying to think of the band you mean.  New Pornographers?  I think I told you how I got into so much trouble once for saying OMG out loud that I can't type it anymore!  I was really stunned…

Well, you were faced with such a gigantic decision lately, whether or not to stay for another year.  And then with school starting and the stress of not having as much space as you are used to, this can all add up to feeling sad.  Little treats and special days are very important!

Yeah, I really like Belle and Sebastian!  I know you've mentioned them before, but why are you suddenly fixing on them now?  Are you feeling a little sad?  Do you listen to music that fits your mood?

Well, the castle was described as being in the family for generations, and that's why the captain won't sell it to pay his debts.  But when they go out to it, its totally filled with furniture and decorations and paintings and suits of armour, and every room is nicely finished — Claudia, its a castle as big as a…

Yes, the calamari I see here look like onion rings! I am very curious about them now.  You said the pizza with them had mayonnaise on it?  That sounds really good.  Is mayonnaise what you would usually eat them with?