My,
life is a-changing;
don't forget to just breathe.
--
I've been neglecting my
good old loyal blog(and using flickr..) so I'm making up for this
by posting my two favorite pictures from the entire trip to China.

Shanghai Nights:
(hehe but no jackie or owen)

how strange it is to be anything at all.

The moon looked so tasty tonight
I just wanted to gobble up
the big yellow natural satellite.

Cherries are red
Your flowers are blue
Today was lovely
And so are you.
(cheezay but I speak the truth)

happy birthday nate.

i just want to scavenge for bark with my antlers
and prepare for winter.

I open the door and you are standing there

holding red,yellow, and orange flowers,
smiling.

together, we are trilingual!

---
after a day of errands, panic, and frantic CD burning
I now have a 12 hour plane to catch..
(only 17 minutes behind schedule!)
zai jian!

I should be packing/preparing for the trip(China!) but instead
I am running around hills,flying kites, and doing photo shoots.

The clouds were pretty yesterday.
It was like a dream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzge5vY72hE

A Sunday read, warm soft breeze
giggles, tickles and lemonade.
A handy webcam, dips in the pool,
with cat-hair covered sofa cuddles.

and the best part,
finding a magic wand by the sewer!

I'm giddy.

A Pecking Party
(and no, not the Group Therapy kind)

We were a little slow at organization today but
at the end, our lovely picnic/rest of the day worked out.

after stuffing ourselves with lots of eatables,
we lured the ducks(and a goose) over with stale goldfish.

Navid approves

then the evil one showed up

Nemesis Duck was being a bully to the "weak females" so
Navid bullied back and shooed him away

Nap time came but we did not nap
for fear of Nemesis Duck's attack
so we just shared things in a circle
(like in kindergarten..but not)
--
we drew smiling kitties, flowers, hearts, and played tic-tac-toe

"We R college kids and atheists"

baby Omid wanted to play too
he was supposed to "be ready at 5"

hmmmm toxins and plastic

then we drank 100 grams of sugar each, devoured cinnamon rolls, and ate more food
while staring at a colorful talking box for 4 hours.

Navid official-ized the friendship between us as he reached the point of
comfortableness throughout the day
and then crossed the line..
thanks Navid,
we love your popped pimples, chapped lip, and goldfish stuck in teeth...

You're my
favorite canvas.

the vicious kitty

unsymmetrical, but you are forgiven.

>:)

How Long is still drifting in my mind.
over and over and over again.

----XIII----

I've searched for the Matisse print of

Nasturtiums and the Dance
high n' low to decorate my room next year.
But I couldn't find the right size/color/price/etc
so I painted my own.

Diana and I would turn on the Amelie soundtrack
and oil paint in the living room on sunny afternoons.

Today, I grabbed my unfinished painting and joined the danceinspired by Henri as well as
Futurism(note the superimposition)

tumbleweed.slumber.demons.

sirens.lacrimation.snot.stripes.naan.5.
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you know when you sneeze at your desk
and the computer screen gets all rainbow-y?

well it just happened!

Keananotron 4.0 vs Navidinator 2009

eheheheheee

The berry mashin', clubhouse huntin',
scooter ridin', clay diggin' days are over.

But they shall remain in our hearts forever and ever.

Happy Birthday Ellen.
Thank you for being just who are you for the past 9 years :)

I'm sorry for embarrassing you in math by
announcing it twas your date o' birth.
But then again,
how could I not?

Happy birthday excellentos amigos #tres

adventurous tetra playdate

hehe

p-p-rom!

well we've got the land
but they've got the view

giggles

only one out of hundreds

clam chowder

"why did she do that?"
" I think that's what they did back then, err, in the future"
[[]] exceeding c?! [][][]

in my dungeon

euclidean geometry

"mm! it's good"

"what do you think of this yoga mat?"
"I think it can be easily chewed"

“When the light turns green, you go.
When the light turns red, you stop.
But what do you do when the light turns
blue with orange and lavender spots?”
s.s

Why, gloom?
Sun come back soon.

It kind of resembles the moon
(when its big and yellow)
If you squint your eyes,
it can be easily mistaken for a lunar phase
when the geocentric apparent longitudes
of the sun and moon differ by 180 degrees.

we like to go to the sea
just you and me.

There they laid in incubators.
Tiny, helpless, and fragile.
One struggled to yawn (or breathe).
Most had deflated paper thin chests
and looked like they would tear if you touched them.
One opened her day-old eyes
and the black marbles stared curiously at me.
.
how lucky we all are
(to live)
.
welcome to the world;
day #1 of your itty bitty lives.

every time you close your eyes.

thank you for the lovely lovely lovely past 365 days.
happy one year :)