Back to School

Christmas break is over, and it's back to school.


This is my last quarter, Wendy's too. After this, we're officially massage therapists.

Today was the first day of business class, which is taught by a very nifty guy named Jerry. Mostly it seems like it's going to be guest speakers, starting today. Our first speaker was Dennis Simpson, the guy who started and owns the Colorado School of Healing Arts.

Nice guy. Great talk. Dennis made me think about a lot of things I hadn't thought about before. And he ended his talk with "Row, row, row your boat."


Not as a song. As advice.


Strangely enough, after listening to him speak, I would have to say that it IS advice. Good advice at that.

I'm glad I got to meet him. I think he was glad he got to meet me too. :)

Onions Have Layers!

I was tagged by Handsome Bear with this little layer meme!

Layer ONE - On the Outside
Name: N. Gage Ment
Birth Date: April 13th
Current Status: Single
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Righty or Lefty: Right pawed.
Zodiac Sign: Aries

Layer TWO - On the inside
Your Heritage: Mutt American Bunny
Your Fears: Dying alone and unloved in a thrift store.
Your Weaknesses: Hot chocolate
Your Perfect Pizza: Veggie Lovers

Layer THREE - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your thoughts first waking up: This morning - "It's snowing AGAIN?"
Your Bedtime: Around 9 - 10 p.m.
Your most missed memory: Meeting Rabbit for the first time

Layer FOUR - Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi.
McDonald’s or Burger King: McDonald’s
Adidas or Nike: I don't wear shoes
Lipton tea or Nestea: Any kind of tea, especially Earl Gray
Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee, sweet flavored coffee

Layer FIVE - Bad Habits
Do you Smoke: Only when on fire.
Curse: Not often

Layer SIX - In the Past Month
Drank alcohol: Nope, not since the Margarita Incident
Gone to the mall: Nope. Never during December, when they change the spelling from "mall" to "maul".
Been on stage: Yes. I was on stage at the Hangface concert at the Universal Lending Pavilion in Denver. Unfortunately my hard drive died and I lost all the pictures. :(
Eaten sushi: Mmmm...yes, though I can never remember what the kind I like is.
Dyed your hair: Nope.

Layer SEVEN - Have You Ever?
Played a stripping game: Pretty pointless, I don't often wear clothes.
Changed who you were to fit in: No, I have the best friends in the world, who all accept me for exactly who I am.

Layer EIGHT
Age you’re hoping to be married: I thought it might be this spring... but I was wrong.

Layer NINE - In a Girl/Guy
Best eye colour: Blue
Best hair colour: I liked blonde more than I thought I would
Short or long hair: Long
(though none of this is important, really. It's what's inside that matters)

Layer TEN - What Were You Doing
1 minute ago: Wondering what the heck I was going to do for a blog entry and pondering if saying I would update every Tuesday and Friday was really a good idea.
1 hour ago: Drinking my first morning coffee
4.5 hours ago: Sleeping
1 month ago: Trimming a Christmas tree, getting ready for Christmas, being the happiest bunny alive.
1 year ago: Not sure, but probably being really glad Christmas was over (I usually am).

Layer ELEVEN - Finish the sentence
I love: days that it's not snowing
I feel: like sitting around in my bunny slippers and drinking hot cocoa all day
I hate: feeling lonely
I hide: what Voltaire and Tsume did to Kumo's motorcycle boots
I miss: Rabbit, and I hope she's okay
I need: to quit whining and get back on track

Layer TWELVE - Tag 5 people
I tag Mal, Marigold, Osgood, Billy and Marmie!!

P.S. My comfy chair is back in the library!!

Return of the Couch

Yes, she is a huge goofball, (ninja goofball, mind you) But there are times I think I have the best sister in the world.

I told Kumo that I was going to try rearranging stuff back the way it was, and she said that seemed like a good idea, but didn't say anything else about it.

I was a busy bunny today, lots of errands to run, and when I got back home I found this in my office -


I think the dogs were just as bewildered by it as I was. Though chose not to express my bewilderment through furious sniffing, leaving that to them instead.

Kumo said that she'd been calling couch places all day, and finally tracked one down that looked like my old couch. What a sweetie. And she used the big monster couch that was in my library as a trade in.

So, up next... my comfy chair returns to the library.

It's starting to feel more like home already.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Well, Wendy and I did not go out for live music tonight. We were both a little afraid of whether we could get out of the driveway or not. So it's been a quiet, contemplative night for me.

Tomorrow begins the reclaiming of the bachelor bunny den. Wish me luck with that.

I guess I should have a resolution, but I don't. I like Wendy's idea of just having goals. So I have a goal -

I will finish my 100 themes photo project in the year 2007.

Okay, and I will update my blog at least twice a week - Every Tuesday and Friday. I will. I don't promise it will be interesting. Just updated.

So, now it's just after midnight. There are fireworks going off, but strangely the two dogs are sleeping through them, blissfully unaware that another year has gone by. Good for them. Happy New Year little sleeping doggies.

Welcome 2007!

Happy New Year everyone!!!

- Gage

Out for Dinner With Mal

Mal and I went to dinner at Pappadeaux last night. VERY yummy seafood place.

I didn't want to go out. I wasn't feeling very social, or hungry, or much like watching adorable happy holiday couples feeding each other shrimp. But Mal really wanted to go. And he said it would make me feel better.

He was right.

I do feel better.

And I have yummy leftover shrimp to eat while I watch this NEW blizzard blow in.

It's always good to see Mal. He had some other visiting to do, so I think this is going to be my only adventure with him this time around. Well... assuming he can actually get out of the airport for his flight on Saturday.

If not, you can always come back and stay here as long as you want, Mal! I'd even share my leftover shrimp!

What I Got for Christmas

For Christmas, I got dumped.

Well, everyone is saying it was really a mutual thing. And I guess it was.

If mutual is her saying "I need space" and my saying "Um, okay."

After Rabbit left, Kumo assurred me that she would ALWAYS be here.

Oh, good.

So I've been trying to figure out how to post about this, and Syri, my muse, has really been encouraging me to write about it. But I figure nobody wants to hear the whining of a newly single bunny, so I've been dragging my paws and not posting. But now you know.

Good things about the holiday - Wendy got me a bunch of cool books, I got Wendy a couple of books I know she really wanted. I did finally get a bed (Rabbit got it for me, so I need to decide what I want to do about that. Any of you who have ever been dumped, but who got a big present right before, from the dumper, will understand my dilemma). Mal and his girlfriend, Serenity, are in town. It's been great hanging out with Mal again.

Wendy and I have been talking a lot, and I hadn't realized how much I'd lost touch with her while I was involved with Rabbit.

I lost touch with a lot of things.

So in the end, maybe it's all for the best. I start 2007 as a bachelor bunny, and I kind of like that. Wendy says that if there's not a blizzard, we'll go catch some live music on New Years Eve, and I think that would be great. Having a girlfriend who didn't leave the house, well... yeah. I haven't gotten out much either.

So 2007, here we come. A sadder, but wiser bunny, back out in the world.

Yeah, it's all good.

More Tree Trimming with Wendy's Mom

Rabbit and I took Lenore and wandered over to Wendy's mom's house to help with tree trimming. It was a lot of fun!

Rabbit brought a lot of festive decorations.

Which it turns out were NOT for the tree.

Lenore was a lot of help. What a sweet kid. She carried a lot of stuff, and helped us unpack the ornaments.

Rabbit said she didn't need a stepladder...

When we were done decorating, we all sat down and watched "Silent Hill". Because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like watching a town full of the damned... um... well, actually Rabbit really wanted to see it, and so did Wendy's mom. We only covered Lenore's eyes twice, and she said it really wasn't that scary. Actually, she had a different take on the movie than I would've thought. When we were talking about it at the end, she asked if we really thought someone would go through all that trouble for a child that wasn't theirs. Like people we know. Rabbit and I said that we sure thought so, and she just kind of nodded and got very thoughtful. (shrug)

Kids.

Anyway, the movie was great, and the tree turned out beautiful!

Many thanks to Wendy's Mom, Karen, for letting us come help her decorate her tree! Thanks, Karen!