{ Pictures long forgotten }

Once upon a time I had a lame Gateway PC laptop that, while it served me well for at least six years (and I am very grateful you bought it for me, mom), decided to crash one winter day in late 2006. With it's crash, it obliterated years of photos (No, I did not have them backed up on any other source, thank you for asking). Gonner photos included pictures from a trip to Europe, all my digital prints of a friend of mine who passed away, and lots of other fun memories that would have been long forgotten if not for my RAD FRIEND JOHN CHO who took a few hours a couple Saturdays ago to retrieve them from my brokeny computer. Oh. My. Fantastic. I love that 1. There are people out there who know how to do things like that and, 2. I know at least one of them.

I took some time out to look through the pictures the other day, and was even more thankful to have them back after re-discovering some gems that had sadly slipped my mind. Here are some of the highlights (along with the photo at the top of the post of me and Mr. Matt Cobabe riding his scooter 3 summers ago -- he definitely had just purchased those scooter goggles off ebay):

NOTE: pictures are now safely saved on my Mac. Still no backup versions. I should probably look into that.


Playing with the pigeons in St. Mark's Square in Venice.


Handsome dog in Florence.


Handsome Nicki in Florence.


Nicki and Lindsey breaking the rules in an Italian train station.


Old woman in a suit riding a bike in Rome.


Between buildings in Venice.


Bike riding at the Palace of Versailles.


Abbey Road in Florence.


The cutest dog in Paris -- taken outside a subway station near Notre Dame.


Golden Gate Bridge in 2002 -- taken on a drive back from a backpacking trip with my brother, Andy.


Favorite picture of me and aforementioned brother, Andy. Taken at our family reunion 3 years ago.


Dancing with my mom in my brother's living room in Seattle.


Me in front of the house I grew up in.


Katy with her icicle bicycle.


Katy and Amy on a summer ride with their non-icicle bicycles.


Nicki and Brian as dinosaurs. With red eyes.

{ Pancakes in the mail }

The other day I was talking on the IM with my friend Bryan Potter who lives in New York when he said something like this:

"I made pancakes from scratch for my roommates this morning. They were delicious. Do you want one?"

I, of course, answered yes. And in response, he, of course, sent them. To me. In the mail. Awesome.

As a helpful bit of information, it costs $4.95 to mail two pancakes from Postdam, New York to Provo, Utah in two days. And it just so happens that they are still delicious after the journey. Mmmm..mmm...mmm. Pancakes in the mail. Can't beat that.

{ Skeeson Already? }

I'm not sure if Skeeson has officially returned, but I do know is it was in the 40s when I came to work today, and my little neck DEFINITELY needed some protection. We'll see if the necessity sticks around. High for the week is 66. It'll only be 51 on Sunday. Maybe Skeeson will start early this year; I will keep you on the update.