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| Yesterday my sister went to Oakland to a farewell Barbecue for one of her friends that she's known for many years. He and his wife (and child I think) are moving to Sweden. He's selling his house and said we could have anything we needed so sister said she'd like a futon so she stuffed it into the back of the car and now it's waiting to be brought into the apartment. Before we drove from Texas to California we took out the back seats of the PT Cruiser so we'd have enough room for 5 cats and me and everything else we could fit back there. (that's how there is room now for a smallish futon) Anyway I just went to the car thinking I could carry the futon up myself and there's no way. It's all very heavy. I can't wait to get it put together so that I can have a soft place to sit in the living room. Patio chairs are not good for my body. 
This weekend is the Whole Earth Festival here in Davis. From the noodle;
The Whole Earth Festival (WEF), an ASUCD unit, is a huge, FREE, eco-friendly three-day music, dance, arts, crafts and education festival which takes place in Spring during Mother's Day Weekend. It's the closest thing to Woodstock we have. It's a must-see Davis event. Tons of folks who are committed to sustainable living and environmental harmony make a pilgrimage to Davis for the WEF, and the UC Davis Quad area is lined with art & craft tents, music acts, massage tables, food and a child care area. Various workshops occur throughout the weekend as well. Of all the festivals that take place on campus, this is one of the most organized. Volunteering is quite the experience, plus you get a free shirt if you do.
Many people partake of Marijuana at this event. If you wish to use mind-altering substances at this event, please refrain from drinking alcohol. You see, the stoned swagger and the drunken swagger are opposites of each other. If you get drunk while others are stoned, you'll run into people and nobody will be happy. If everyone tokes up, everyone swaggers the same way and collisions are avoided! In the words of the prophet Dylan, "everybody must get stoned!".
I could have easily walked there but I was too lazy and concerned also about my cat who isn't feeling too well. It was a little hot outside too. (I have so many good excused for not doing anything)  It's also Mother's Day so we may go to the cemetery. First we'll have to buy some flowers or something. I'll take Tiny although he's not allowed to walk among the graves. I carry him or let him walk on the paved areas. I used to live about a block from the cemetery but now it's on the other end of town. Maybe it's better not to be too close.
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| I've been waiting about 3 years for GIMP 2.8 to come out and it finally did a few days ago. The main reason I wanted 2.8 is because it has a 'single window' option. Instead of lots of dockable dialogs all over the desktop it would be more like Photoshop with the single window. So I waited for the Mac version to be ready and then I downloaded it. Everything worked fine except when I tried to add text to an image, then GIMP would crash and disappear. I figured that would be happening to other Mac users so I waited for someone to post the solution and they did. It was the X11 that was causing the problem. The solution is to download XQuartz. I did just that and now GIMP 2.8 works perfectly. I found out that Mac is dropping support for X11 in Mountain Lion. From now on people will have to download XQuartz if they need it for some applications. I love to find out solutions to computer problems.
Tonight I bought a different brand of Mexican rice pudding and it wasn't as good as the other one I tried. It just wasn't sweet enough for me. (I do like my sweet stuff) Tiny really seemed to like it though so it wasn't a total bust. | | |
| I can't imagine Mittens as President. He chased down and cut off the hair of a fellow classmate because he didn't like the hairstyle. Here's the article. From the article; The interview came on the heels of a Washington Post report that detailed Romney's behavior as a student at the Cranbrook School, a prestigious institution in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. In the article's most explosive revelation, multiple classmates of Romney's recall how he led a group of students that forcibly cut the hair of John Lauber, a student who was thought to be gay.
Mittens is certainly qualified to be a Republican, that's for sure. Just not President.
Tiny feels much better today. He even had some spaghetti with Trader Joe's organic mushroom sauce. Tonight I took him for a short walk in the park and he pooped and peed and had a good time. Now he's ready for many hours of sleep.
The Archangels are scheduled to leave here today. I was a terrible host, I mostly forgot they were even here. There was one verifiable miracle during their visit, sister's cell phone. She said I'd get one one day but I said I didn't want one because they're a pain in the arse. Cars and cell phones, I don't want to be bothered. All I need is the internoodle and someone else to drive me around. I've always depended on the kindness of strangers and angels.
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(I think I tried to make one in the past and something kept going wrong so I gave up) Anyway, I just made an ID in case I ever need it. I don't buy anything from iTunes so I don't think I'll need it but you never know.
Since she gets terribly dehydrated when she's not well I now have to give her an intravenous fluid injection once a day for who knows how long. This involves a plastic bag of fluid that has to be positioned up high (so gravity will make the fluid flow) and also a long plastic tube from the bag of fluid and a needle to stick in the cat. OMG. The vet insisted that I did this before for one of my cats but I have no memory of that. I haven't been to this vet since moving back from Texas but they all seem to remember me better than I remember myself. 
I have to make it executable some how.