fruits basket

The heroine of Fruits Basket


My friend Michelle was kind enough to lend to me some anime recently, and I'm now totally hooked on Fruits Basket. The animation style takes a little getting used to at first, such as when the characters' eyes turn into roughly sketched circles when they are emotional, or a giant teardrop appears on the back of a character's head when he or she is nervous.

Anyway, I love the series. I called Michelle recently to thank her and to also ask for more episodes. Unfortunately, she has no more right now. Fortunately, she has six more on order, which should arrive in May. Unfortunately, there are No More Episodes After This (!). I can't believe it. How could Michelle get to be hooked on this series, knowing that that there were only 26 episodes available?! Maybe she's hiding some. Maybe if I post more pictures of her in Blatherings, she will be able to find them for me. ( Evil cackle fading into the distance)

I'm no longer taking Vioxx (anti-inflammatory pills), or rather my doctor has told me to only take it when the pain is really bad, since I'm apparently a member of the small percentage of the population who suffers side effects from the drug. She is worried about my mild side effects of turning into more serious side effects, all of which sound rather nasty.

More sad news: Nick the Physiotherapist is leaving me! Or at least for three weeks, while he takes off on a vacation in Greece. I told him I would miss him terribly; I think he thought I was joking.

I'm finding that ViaVoice is not as helpful when replying to e-mail, mainly because I still have to use the mouse quite a bit. So I'm focusing on practicing of ViaVoice through my Blatherings for now, since my arms can get more rest that way, and I'm gradually getting closer to the point where I will feel confident enough to start writing columns and articles and fiction using ViaVoice. I'm also forcing myself not to surf the web to try and minimize my keyboard work.

I wrote this entire Blathering without using my arms even once, and the editing process is gradually becoming a little bit easier each time I blather. The key seems to be patience, slow and steady speech, and taking the time to edit as I go along so ViaVoice has a chance to learn, and I get more proficient at using the editing functions.

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