Kittens: Man's other best friend.

If you ever wish to turn somebody into a blubbering idiot, put a kitten in front of them and watch as they magically transform from a normal functioning member of society, into a drooling and babbling fool who can no longer form proper sentences or real words. That is me when I am around Graeme's new kitten Data, his namesake being Lieutenant Commander Data from Star Trek TNG (Data is an android who serves on the USS Enterprise and is the coolest character on the show. A very big responsibility, I imagine). I'm sure you are asking your computer "Claudia, have you always been this big of a nerd (/loser)?" to which the answer would be "yes". I've always been a nerd, just not a Star Trek Nerd. I blame this nerdiness on Graeme, and a tiny bit on my mom who I used to watch the show with when it was still new (Geordie was my favorite character at that time because he was also on Reading Rainbow). But I digress. So my friend Maite gave us one of the kittens that her kitty birthed a few months ago, and he is so very precious. Graeme and I like to give him big smooches and he in turn gives me head massages with his tiny, sharp kitten nails whilst I sleep. Then he bites me with his tiny, sharp kitten teeth and wakes me up. It's a thing we have. Here is Graeme showing Data off, they're the such buds.

Data and Graeme, having a cuddle.

Food, glorious food

Soup!

I'm not in such a writey mood at the moment, but I did promise to post more on this blog, so post I shall. Here is a picture of one of the bowls of the udon noodle soup I made for Graeme and I the other night. For those of you not familiar with the wonderful udon noodle, it is a thick wheat-flour noodle that when put into soup with some random fixens (ie. egg, seafood, veggies, tofu) makes for a very satisfying and delicious meal. The base of the soup should be made of something called "dashi", a very popular base for many Japanese dishes, however we couldn't find it at the local grocery store and had to settle for a vegetable soup cube. The soup still ended up being pretty tasty. Not very authentic, but tasty. Oh, and just a side note: we watched "The House Bunny", starring Anna Faris whilst we ate. And now you're jealous.

Must blog

I don't really know what my problem has been lately, I have no motivation to write or post. My friend Barbara, who is the most disiplined blogger I know (I don't know many bloggers, but even if I did, she would still be the best), keeps reminding me to keep blogging, and she is totally right. It's good to have a some kind of daily habit (as long as it's not something like smoking, or shooting up). Plus who wants to visit a blog that is never updated? Nobody, that's who. This is why I must continue to write and post as often as possible, even if I write about something like the A-team episode I watched today, or what I ate for lunch, or how hot it is in the projection booths were I work. Eventually, something interesting is bound to happen in my life... right?

Tonight, I am going to bake a yellow layer cake with chocolate frosting (my mom just bought some cake pans).

Sweet pools

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I learned a few things today. Number one: family reunions are boring as crap, but if you go to the public pool in the park where the reunion is located, you can have lot's of water fun. Two: the water fun can be enhanced if you have a camera that has the ability to take photos underwater. However, if your camera is not waterproof, and you bring it into the water anyway, you may not have such a good time. Three: make sure you are subtle (but not suspiciously subtle) about the fact that you are taking photos of yourself or your friends (today I had no friends, but my cousin did sit by the water and wave at me encouragingly every so often). Don't be a creeper and take pictures of the little kids in their bathing suits. You may be thinking "aww cute!" but to their parents you're thinking "Hmm, I think I'll ask that kid if he wants to take a break and get an ice cream..."

All hat

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Originally uploaded by claud-hop

I haven't written or posted anything on my blog in so long, for shame! Incidentally, after my last post (the one where I wonder if photography is in fact my cup of tea), I got a letter saying that I got into the Ryerson photography program. I was shocked, to say the least, but decided to accept and see how things go. Maybe it will be a lot of fun. I also opened up a flickr account, so I've decided to put the majority of my photos up there, so now you can come here, read my posts and see one or two photos, then click the link I have provided for you on the left which will conveniently lead you to the rest of my fantastic fotography.

More Georgia

And here are more from yesterday's photo shoot. I need to stop dilly-dallying and start taking more photographs. Do I still like taking photos? I'm not sure. I think I'm just really awesome at being lazy and procrastinating.

Comic Georgia

Just some photos I took for my friend Georgia for a press release she's trying to get into one or some newspapers. It will be talking about gangLion, a collaborative comic zine that she created. I took a bunch of others in different settings, but these one's are my favorite because she looks ridiculous.