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Well, last night in honor of stargems’ weekend visit, I cleaned. Yes, stargems, all for you I cleaned the kitchen, the bathroom, my closet, the hall closet and I even dusted a bit.

Perhaps I just needed an excuse. But thank goodness because apparently I forgot about that all important Spring cleaning. I thought the dust bunnies in my closet were going to eat me.

Which leads me to…weeeeeeeee one day until stargems’s and Saturn’s night at the theater.

Plus, I just got back another picture of me with Joey and a great picture of Joey outside the theater. I’ll scan them next week and share. I *heart* Joey.

To days of inspiration, playing hooky, making something out of nothing- the need to express, to communicate. To going against the grain, going insane, going maaaaaaad.

Friday Five just because...

I want to play, too.

The Friday Five

1. How many TVs do you have in your home? Two. But neither are in my bedroom.

2. On average, how much TV do you watch in a week? Per week? Problaby about 15 hours. Mabye. But it used to be a hell of a lot more.

3. Do you feel that television is bad for young children? I will censor the shows my children watch and limit the number of hours they can watch per week. They'll have to enjoy reading and being creative.

4. What TV shows do you absolutely HAVE to watch, and if you miss them, you're heartbroken? Heartbroken? Really, only missing The West Wing would leave my heartbroken but I also try not to miss Buffy, Friends and ER.

5. If you had the power to create your own television network, what would your line-up look like? Hmmmm. That's tough. I'd resurrect Scarecrow & Mrs. King, ad some music videos, toss in GH and include the favorites listed above.

PS- I'm not feeling productive so much as I like that mood icon a lot and wanted to use it. Now.

Grandma is back from China

My grandmother just got back from a two week trip to China. And for hours and more hours we heard about the trip. No joke- it took a full 60 minutes for her to tell us about the plane ride. But I realized that I didn't know much about China. I learned a lot of little interesting facts. And now you can, too.

1) Chinese is a nationality, not an ethnicity. There are a number of ethnicities in China but the largest is Han. The Han are restricted to one child per couple but couples from the smaller ethnicities are allowed up to two children so that they don't die out.

2) The Great Wall of China is 4,000 miles long. It took 900 freakin' years to build. Good grief!

3) The Staten Island Dump and the Great Wall of China are the only man made fixtures that Lance would be able to see from space.

4) Most of the Chinese people do not have religion. There are some Christians and Buddhists but that is not encouraged by the government. The holidays that are celebrated are national holidays. In fact, there are two national holidays where everyone gets a full week off from work. The number of people in the streets for the celebrations made Times Square on New Year's look as busy as Montana.

5) You can go to an Italian restaurant in China. And, if you stay at a hotel, you can get bagels and lox.

6) Singapore was once a part of Malaysia but eventually broke away and became independent. (This is completely unrelated to China but we had a loooooong debate about the history of Singapore over coffee. You want to come to dinner at my parent's house now, don't you?)

That's all I can remember right now but, if you want to know more, I'll give you grandma's number. I'm sure she'd be thrilled to find more people to tell about her trip.