If some one loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that’s enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars. He tells himself, “My flower’s up there somewhere. . . .” But if the sheep eats the flower, then for him it’s as if, suddenly, all the stars went out. And that isn’t important?

- The Little Prince, when told by the narrator that his rose is not a serious matter

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)
Source: The Little Prince

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16 \o/

I was hoping to see the whole Ume no Kouen (Plum Flower Park) in Yoshi-no-Baigou, Ome, covered in pinks and whites. Alas, this was the scene that greeted me.

Boo!

But anyway, if the weather is great and my lethargy decides to take a break next Sunday, I *might* just go back there to finally shoot me some ume blossoms — probs more blossoms that I will ever handle, unlike the one below:

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On to other things:

* Torah Bright got the gold in the Women’s Halfpipe competition in the OGs. It was brilliant! Too bad neither 2006 Gold Medalist Hannah Teter nor 2002 Gold Medalist Kelly Clark could top her technical stunts. They, however, shared the podium with her as Teter got the silver, and Clark (who was so amusing with her karaoke~ing before her runs) got the bronze.

* Shaun White is awesome. ‘Nuff said.

* The Storm will have an exhibition game with Phoenix on May 2 at Key Arena. Can’t wait!

Ewww.

Okay so whatever, I’m still a Scrooge but what the heck, just let it go. It’s allowed to be sappy once in a while, okay?

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Wow, 2 entries in a span of 2 days. That’s more than what I’ve coughed up the whole of January. Hah.

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I’m currently filing this under the Fiction category haha. Go figure.

“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”
~Marcus Tullius Cicero

I just realized it’s only a matter of — OH MY GOD — 2 days before Christmas and what the heck we still have work til the 26th (yes, they don’t celebrate Christmas here, but whatever, we’ve known that since the beginning of time so let’s move on, get it over and done with)!

So anyway, here’s my version of the Grinchy Kilcher for 2009. I managed to add some sort of festiveness (if there is even such a word) by donning on my favorite hat (of the moment) — Meemax’s gift jester hat from Veeeeeghuzzzz.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS, EVERYALL!

From last year:

‘Nuff said.

Autumn’s here! It’s really frakking here and I finally got the time and the energy and the urge to drag my lazy ass out of my very comfy room to go walk around the ‘hood and finally get that chance to stop and smell the flowers, err, in this case, see the crunchy yellow leaves.

I also finally managed to watch 500 Days of Summer and got to see what the fuss is all about. Props for the awesome awesome writing. It was soooo real and it hits you real deep. And it comes with an awesome OST too.

Favorite exchange of the movie:

Summer: I woke up one morning and I just knew.
Tom: Knew what?
Summer: What I was never sure of with you.

At dahil adik na ko sa animoto:

Flickr set can be found → here.

PS: Salamatz kay Meemerz sa pagpapahiram ng kanyang animoto account.