Yay! Erin won! Erin is the champion!

I knew you could do it!  Isn't it great to be the winner?  Now you can run around town screaming and waving the flag.  Please don't do it naked.

Triumph is right, beautiful Natty.  You go and get them, Nat.

How are you feeling Piene?  You're a cool cat, so don't worry OK?  Isn't life exciting?  Isn't it great to be an beautiful international model?

Yaaaay Erin! Woo Hoo! Go Erin Go Erin Go! You can do it! You can win!!!!

Wahoooo!  One more game to go!  You can do it, Erin!  You can be the champion!  Oh, I'm so excited!  Go Erin Go!  Yeeeehaw!

Congratulations Natty, and you are so beautiful.  You look absolutely great as a name brand model, and I am very proud of you.

I'm reached my data cap, so I will only be able to post mostly words for the next few days.  Also no Second Life, so you won't find me there until next week.

Hmmm, yesterday I had 7 guppies and today I have only 6.  Where are my fish going?  I can't find any fish carcasses on my bedroom floor.  The cats never had any interest in my guppies and besides, my bedroom is a closed door to naughty kitties.  Plus, there's only missing fish and no watery mess.  Mystery of the Missing Fish.

White rice with sweet and sour scorpionfish

Yeah babe, that was lunch today.  I found some scorpionfish (or was it grouper?) at the night market Monday.  The fish was a bit too big to get a perfect crispy fry, but a couple turned out perfect.  When a crispy fried fish is perfect, you eat the whole thing, head and tail and all.  But I couldn't bite through the spine of a couple of fish, they were simply too big.  The sauce was onion and ketchup based, but a bit too sour for my stomach but not for my mouth.  I'm very sensitive to sour, that's why my sushi rice has no vinegar in it.  Dinner was pizza.  I didn't take a photo of that.

Hm.  I'm missing a fish.  I had 8 guppies, now I only have 7.  Maybe it jumped out, and I can't find the body.  My fish don't jump out, though.

I know you're feeling emotional, Piene.  Join the gang, honey.  I don't recall ever going to Borough Market when I was a tiny kid.  I had other things on my mind.

Go Erin Go Erin Go! You can do it!!!

You can win Erin!  Be the Champion!  Only 2 more games!  You can do it!

Natty, I'm glad to see you are perking up a little.  I believe in controlling one's emotions, which can be hard to do, especially when one's body isn't cooperating.  I hate hot weather, and can be very grumpy when it gets hot.  Cute dress, Sweetie.  A couple more days to go, and you should be functioning normally inshaAllah.

I wanted to merge East and West with my noodles in soup for lunch, so I made noodles in French onion soup.  With tomatoes and potatoes.  It would have been borderline unpalatable, but one crucial element made it a great success: crispy anchovies.  East meets West in my ramen!  No mustard flower this time, Natty.  Sorry.

Noooooooo......

But you can still do it Erin!  You can win!  All you need to do is win the next 3 games in a row!  That's no problem, right?  You can do it, Erin!  You can win!  We can win!

Aw Natty, you beautiful little creature.  You're such a gorgeous little sweetheart.  Don't fret dear, everything will be all right, inshaAllah.

Piene, I hope you didn't drink all that wine.  Please don't be a party girl.  Those glowing red eyes kind of suit you, though.

Dinner was hash browns stuffed with sliced chicken, tomatoes, hummus, mustard greens, and spicy sauce.  Tastes kind of like shepherd's pie with chicken, tomatoes, and hummus.  It would have gone even better with ranch or brown gravy, but I didn't make any.

You can do it, Erin!

You can win!  So be the Champion!  We can win!

Aw Natty, you poor little darling.  You are such a beautiful girl.  Don't worry dear, everything will be OK inshaAllah.

Lately, I've been cleaning Bat Cat's ears everyday to get rid of ear mites, or at least every time he comes to me.  He is an outdoors cat and a good hunter at that.  He's also very intelligent.  But my work isn't good enough for him: he doesn't like even the slightest itch, and he's not smart enough to not scratch his own ear to pieces.  So today I got sick of his trying to rip out his own ear, so I slapped a restraining collar on him and threw him into the cage.  Of course, the first thing he tried was to turn on the faucet, but I secured that with wire.  You think you're so smart.  You dumb ass cat.  Scratch your own ear off.

How are you feeling, Natty?

You poor, precious little sweetheart.  You're so beautiful.  Don't worry Sweetie, you have many many people who love you.

Hi Erin!  Are you getting ready for the next game?  You're going to do great, honey.  You're gonna win!  We're gonna win!  InshaAllah.

Nothing much going on on here but the usual.  You know, taking the elevator up to the same floor I started on.  In the morning, I went to the hospital to pick up some eye drops for my Dad.  Today is Friday, so I attended the Friday prayer as usual.  I had pizza for dinner.  I think tonight is drums night.