picture test, Life of Pi film

just testing the uploading of pictures on Blogger
it works OK with Google Chrome
while testing, I uploaded this guy
I met him at the Grand Canyon back in 2008...

last night I watched Life of Pi on 3D with my mom
really enjoyed the film!
for a good review of it, please read I Me My's blog entry
http://iditis.blogspot.com/2013/01/ang-lees-movie-life-of-pi-illustrates.html

hello!

Domingo antes del almuerzo

Sunday before lunch
Sonntag vor dem Mittagessen
Domingo antes del almuerzo

Salute to Vienna 2013

a lovely re-creation of the world famous
Salute to Vienna, New Year's concert
here in San Diego, on January 1st of 2013
at the Copley Symphony Hall
with the Strauss Symphony of America
with Andreas Mitisek, conductor
Anita Lukacs, soprano; Zsolts Vadasz, tenor
and the dancers from the Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine

it was a great way to start the year
with live music, fun Operettas, Polkas, and Waltzes
and with my mom's company...

also plenty of costumes at the entrance!

adiós 2012

this was an interesting year
a good year
the first year in my new home
finding a more comfortable place at work
enjoyed spending time, mostly with these 3...
my mom, Herr Gato, and lovely Frau Kitty
reading books, listening to music
and mostly, living life...

i wish you all my blogger friends
the best for this 2013, and always
health, love, warmth of heart
and some little money, why not? too!

love you all who are around this blog!

now the infamous 3 from pictures
from these days...

my mom outside my home

Frau Kitty by the window

Herr Gato helping my mom pack her suitcase

old year's resolution: 1Q84

back in August, i bought 2 books, that actually came as 4,

Julian Barnes' Sense of an Ending, which i finished 3 days after getting it

and Murakami's 1Q84...

the original hard cover novel is something like 900 pages or more,

very ala Infinite Jest

but the lovely paper back,

is divided into three more manageable books,

with colored graphics by Chip Kidd (i wish i had his job...)

today, as my last old year's resolution,

i finally finished the first book, another 2 to go...

but the 'other' and 'this' reality lived by Tengo and Aomame

is worth getting confused by, and yes,

the 1Q84 is a Japanese word-game, and yes,

it has to do with Orwell's 1984... very recommendable so far!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1Q84

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Kidd

http://www.julianbarnes.com/bib/senseofanending.html

give it a try! and happy 2013...

little Christmas tree

the little Christmas tree and the cats
der Weihnachtsbaum und Katzen
el arbolito de Navidad y los gatos

live Christmas Monterey Pine, so a tree won't die! and Herr Gato's look-alike ornament

Frau Kitty enjoying a peaceful morning by the live Christmas tree

The Benedictines of Mary "Advent at Ephesus"

truly beautiful and holy music
the best for this Christmas!
the The Benedictines of Mary "Advent at Ephesus"
really sounds like heaven on Earth
if you buy the album from the sisters' web-page

 http://benedictinesofmary.org/content/advent-ephesus-0

the funds will go directly to them

December 2012 mom visit

my mom is visiting and we are having fun!
thanks to mister Smorg's recommendation
we went on Saturday to the Handel's Messiah
sing-a-long with the San Diego Master Chorale

it was lovely! (mainly 'cause I didn't sing)

and yesterday we went on a 3 hour walk
to Balboa Park, around and back

it's good to have a fun healthy mom
to walk with!

Elections 2012

elections elections elections
all we have talk / read / breath for the past couple of weeks
I am glad I voted already, for Barack Obama, of course
as I did back in 2008
and I can forget, until the polls are closed...

for Barack Obama / Joe Biden

Halloween

another American Halloween!
I like this dark holiday
I celebrate with my cats, and at work
and even better, this year, I watched
the original Halloween film
from 1978
spooky low budget film!
some pictures to share

Franken-Herr-Gato, grrrrr

Frau Kitty and the Little Witch:
"Please be my black cat tonight!",
"But I am a tuxedo cat, not a black cat!",
"It's OK, a half-black cat will do..."

Halloween at the office