Hi Nilly!

I slept for a really long time last night, and now I have coffee and tandoori naan. Yay.

(which isn't considered fantasy, apparently, regardless of the amounts and types of foods the characters are supposed to eat while maintaining their very slim figure)

Bwah! Very good point. I consider Friends a fantasy show as well, considering the size of the apartments these people inhabit.

Betsy has meanwhile fallen hard for Farscape, and that's been fun to watch. Even her kids like it! Heh.

I'm watching some dvds of dueSouth that a friend lent me, and liking them so far, but not loving them. It's a mid-90s show about a Canadian Mountie (federal policeman, basically) in Chicago. It's quite witty, especially when the Mountie's dead father shows up and starts kibbitzing on his life. Also, there's a wolf, although he's played by a rather unwolf-looking Malamute.

Kate, that sounds awesome, indeed! It's great that you get to meet your Cape Town friends again, on various places around the world. I hope you have a wonderful trip.

What is vegetarian, kosher ham? How does that work?

It's a vegetables product that's supposed to taste like ham. Since it's all vegetarian, there's no problem in it being kosher.

The moment I saw it in the store, I just *had* to buy it, so that I could imagine how actual ham tastes like. I even made poor Perkins taste it so that somebody who knows the taste of actual ham may compare the taste of this imitation to the real thing (she said that the taste is not so similar, but the aftertaste is).

Hi, Perkins! You're all settled in your new place and your new job by now?

Nilly! So good to see you here. Has anybody mentioned, or posted a link to, the Serenity trailer? Just...you know, for taunty purposes?

Cute Annabel photo!

And it's Eddie's birthday? Felicitations, Eddie!

Chametz cereal:

I consider Friends a fantasy show as well, considering the size of the apartments these people inhabit.

Hee. I'm really enjoying "Gilmore Girls" (my friend T lends me her tapes - she's trying to tv-educate me. She's also lending me "The West Wing"). It's fun and witty. I just want to make that clear.

Betsy has meanwhile fallen hard for Farscape, and that's been fun to watch. Even her kids like it! Heh.

I really should take a peak at the relevant thread, shouldn't I? Of course, you do realize that if I do fall in love, I'll immediately start whining, because the tapes I got only have the first season, right? (some of the rest, at least seasons 2 and 3, were shown in Israel at some point, I'm pretty sure. Only, on channels I don't have, so no use for whiney-me).

[Edit: Beverly!

Has anybody mentioned, or posted a link to, the Serenity trailer? Just...you know, for taunty purposes?

So that's why there are over 500 new posts in the "Firefly" thread? I didn't get a chance to glance there, yet.]

You're all settled in your new place and your new job by now?

Well, it depends what you mean by settled. I still have about 40 boxes to unpack, and so far no one has figured out how to make the home grown in NY software that I need to do my job actually work in California, but other than that things are really good.

I hope you have a wonderful trip.

Thanks! I expect I will. Now I just have to figure out a way to come visit you in Israel someday...

Perkins, are you going to have a housewarming at some point, so all the locals may descend on you with giftage?

but other than that things are really good

Tell me about the good stuff. Are the people at the new place nice? How are the cats adjusting to the new apartment? Isn't it somehow better to do things gradually, both unpacking and starting-to-get-to-work-wise?

Now I just have to figure out a way to come visit you in Israel someday...

Yes, this. Israel is gorgeous, it's worth the visit (even if it wasn't for meMeME!) I hope I'll get to see Hil when she's here in June, too.

are you going to have a housewarming at some point,

I've been thinking about it, but I suspect it will be at least a month before the apartment or I are in any shape for that. What does your end of May look like?

Nilly, All the people I work with are really nice, and once we get the software stuff worked out, which people are working on, I think the job will be really good. I love where my apartment is located, and my view, and I like the apartment itself. I think once I get stuff unpacked it will be very homey. The cats are still a little upset, but they are getting much better.