◆ unmatching socks.

Today I was sorting laundry, as is one of my very few chores (I mean, doing too much work would cause my creative juices to stop flowing! I assure it is very, very bad if that happens). I saw two socks of mine. I thought they must be matches since they are both plain white with a heart on the part of the sock which will be on the “backside” of your foot. It turned out they were not a match after all. When I inspected the socks more closely I realized the two hearts were different colors! So I had taken two unmatching socks out of my drawer one morning and not realized it! (I always try to keep the matching socks close together in the place in which I keep my socks, but sometimes they drift apart from me fumbling through my socks so often) Luckily I have managed to allocate the real matches for each sock. (But there are sometimes unsolved cases. I just leave the single socks on top of the dresser. …Wow, I sound like a detective or some other investigator)

My GIMP program has been suffering a lot these days. Maybe it’s because I’ve installed too many brushes. (Hey! I had no idea how many there were until I took a look!) It takes a long time to load (at first it just looks like a window with nothing inside it, just that top bar which says GIMP startup, but then it recovers) but it’s okay after it gets loaded, unless I try to refresh my brushes or it just gets stuck on an action. Today I got a pop-up from GIMP which said that the program had to terminate in an unusual way. That’s freaky. Perhaps it is true that GIMP has a grudge against me just as my fellow PE students do (check the post ◆ do my school’s teachers know my dad? in the archives of the month of May).

When I asked my dad, he said that GIMP is using a huge amount of memory! More physical memory than our computer has! But because we have a hard drive apparently GIMP can “leech” memory off of it. So if I turn on my hard drive then GIMP is more easily able to start. I thought that was really amazing. It was like a symbiotic relationship in nature, except these aren’t living things.

Do you all know what today is? It’s a very special day! Yes, it’s the day celebrating all of our fathers. I know my dad is kind of kooky because he’s addicted to PGA Tour (by the way, he’s very pleased because he picked a guy called Lucas Glover who is doing very well this week) and he tends to be rather emotional but it’s certainly better than having no dad. So you should all at least wish your fathers a Happy Father’s Day (or if you aren’t with them, just a phone call or e-card would do). I know it made my father break out into a smile. (This is the first year I ever gave him anything. XD Actually, the first year anyone ever gave him anything, maybe.)

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◆ libraries on the same wavelength?

I know, libraries aren’t like radios or something like that. But I was kind of suspicious. This year I joined the Summer Reading Celebration for two libraries, the Santa Clara County Library and the San Jose Library. I just wanted prizes and a chance to suggest books to people (because apparently you have to write a review if you signed up for the teen one). I don’t remember whether I did it last year; maybe not, since I don’t remember doing it. So I was surprised to see that it’s online nowadays and not on a weird map in which you color in pawprints or something like that. I wonder if I should’ve put 8th grade or 7th grade. Not like it really matters, but I’m confusing since in the summer you are kind of in-between. Also, Mr. Robinson says when you start the school year you are still the previous grade, like if you start 8th grade he says, “You’re still a 7th grader for a few weeks, until you kind of grow into it.” Oh, and Mr. Robinson doesn’t like 8th graders since he thinks they are more cocky, because they rule the school pretty much. (Not that all 8th graders are all like that. But I suppose the ones he knows are.)

Oops, I shouldn’t stray too far off topic. What I realized was that both libraries I signed up for had pretty much the same system. The login information you need to give was very similar and the review system is, too. You write a review, rate the boo, and put the book title and author’s name. Then you can read other reviews by other people and say Yes or No depending on whether you thought their review was helpful. It’s just that at one of the libraries you can add a book to your reading list or something…So I suppose the libraries use pretty much the same system. I wonder if they knew that or if they copied each other by accident. (I mean, sometimes I see the exact same books with the exact same reviews written on both, so I guess I’m not the only one who participates in both summer reading celebrations. Except I write slightly different reviews for each library.)

Anyways. Summer is pretty slow for me so far. All I’ve really been doing is going on the computer to make graphics and post in forums, or I’ve been playing Wii Fit or practicing piano, or trying to remember things I have forgotten (like buying someone a birthday present! I was going to get her a book she wanted! I just reminded myself to go look up the price and where to get it). I haven’t been sleeping much this summer. I just feel kind of restless and tired. But at least I have been able to find old stuffed animals I thought I lost. Like this red and black snake stuffed animal. He’s too fake-looking to be freaky. (Too bad, then I could’ve startled my dad. I don’t think he likes reptiles particularly much.)

Just a reminder to everyone! Father’s Day is this weekend. Have you gotten presents for your father? A card at least? If you think your dad deserves a little something, you’d better get moving. Time is ticking. And TIME IS MONEY! (I’m only partially kidding.)

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