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Just droppin' in to say howdy-do & what-not. I'm still playing the role of Professional Tour Guide to

dradiscontact--I feel like Vanna White, showing off letters. Oooh--and don't have time for a Rachaliciously long entry right now, but I did want to keep everyone updated on how I'm doing.

1. So far, everything is going well. I've actually been eating more than once a day, though I was really not thrilled last night to find it had caused me to gain three pounds (my scale decided to start working again. I haven't decided yet if I still want to throw it out. Tossing something when it works is much more difficult). Coda has promised to teach me to cook a few things while she's here too, which should be nice. Kevin tried to teach me a little as well, back when we lived together, but we only got so far. I still have a lot of bad associations from the few times I got my mom to cook with me--she spent the entire time calling me stupid & criticizing me--so I think it will be good for me to add a few new memories to offset that stuff. Plus it's fun to be around someone who cooks anyway as I find it super fascinating to watch. Heh. My mom wouldn't even let me IN THE KITCHEN most of the time (it "annoyed" her & stressed her out. I was only allowed in for quick tasks like grating cheese or cleaning), and really didn't do much stuff from scratch to begin with, so watching something as simple as a corn tortilla being fried in oil is like "tada!" ~Magic.~

2. They put Coda in a box when she first arrived (at the airport, that is. The smokers had to stand in it like a bunch of lepers. Haha). I was like, "Welcome to Portland!"

3. I took her to Powell's City of Books yesterday, where she nearly had a stroke (typical reaction), then walked around NW 23rd & the Pearl District, so she could get a feel for the cafes/restaurants/apartments in the area (as well as taking a mini-tour of the Art Institute of Portland, which is where she'd want to go), in case she decides she does want to move here. She's still keeping her options open & deciding, but she says she does like the area for what it's worth. We'll see how it goes.

4. Last night, we came back & got Thai food & had a mini-marathon of The X-Files: X-Cops, Bad Blood, How the Ghosts Stole Christmas, & War of the Coprophages. Alllllways a good time. We also decided that 1. my next fanfic should be a Bones version of Bad Blood (YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT), and 2. that "Boothy" is the new adjective for "douchey." Hahaha. "Stop being such a season 6 Booth!"

5. Today, the agenda is Saturday Market, which would normally be closed during the winter (not that I remembered of course, but hey) except they're for some reason having a "Festival of the Last Minute" and will be open 12/16 through 12/24. And she arrived on the 16th! It's like they did it just for her! Heh. At some point we're supposed to go to the Shanghai Tunnels, and possibly the Chinese Gardens etc, but we don't have plans for that stuff yet so I'll come back to that later.

Oh yeah, and eventually I suppose I'll find a job. Meh.

This update feels very scatter-brained, but that's okay. At least it's short for once.

And now, I needs to be gettin' goin', so I'll leave you all with a Vid of the Day. This got shared by everyone & their grandmother in Portland on Facebook yesterday, and it made me laugh so hard my neighbors probably heard. The show is supposed to air on the IFC in January & I CANNOT WAIT.

"Snake Juice is Basically Rat Poison" (Watch on YouTube)