My mom died last Monday, after a very long disease. She was 83. All the health personal and helpers took great care of her till the end. I saw her only a few hours before her death, I think she recognized me once again, but as she started to suffer she was given some morphin, so she left in her sleep.
She will be cremated on Monday, Oct.26 at Valenton at 10am, then her urn will join my father's in our family grave at the Old Cemetery of Charenton-le-Pont.
Her dear cat Pomponnet is with us now.

That's the new lorelei633 :oD

Here the 4 pics I won on eBay, enjoy :oD

I'm listening to 1st period of game 2, hope it went better than against the archenemy Flames... Wake up, Captain!

I won those ebay items, 4 Nick pics from Kyle XY. Man, it's been years I didn't buy any, but everything proposed I already had in my album... Of course I'll share when I get them.

On the Japanese front, I'm done with hiragana and starting to learn katakana. I wouldn't do the mistake to go on with following lessons w/o having both well anchored in my old brains. Fufu ("sardonic laughter" says my book), I'm trying to learn it a little by myself and with a funny manual, and that's just to read raw manga. Or at least, to try.

And 3), after a whole month of starving, eating and not slimming (fortunately I just stagnated), I went under the 205 pounds mark this morning. That's 29 lost from the very start.

Found on nicklea.com (thank you Leigh!):
Nick is Skidder (not Skinner, but that's probably a not-so-private joke) in “Excited” by Bruce Sweeney. The movie will air on Sept.17 and 18 at the TIFF (Toronto Festival).
( Synopsis after the cut )
Noticed by Leafanone on NLDominionClub (a Yahoo!group), an article in The Province about a movie in the making, Guido Superstar by Silvio Pollio, featuring Nick as a cop, partnered with John Cassini.
( Extracts after the cut )
NB— I put the quotes after a cut because 1) they're © of course, and 2) they won't stay on line, at least for The Province.

It's a little late but the pets had some problems at the UK custom. Due to their vehicle.
Happy birthday czeri!

A very happy birthday to ursula4x <3

That one's for aqualegia with all my sympathy!

Paul never understood what's Internet and he can't read anymore on the screen, but nevertheless I want to celebrate his 93rd birthday here and leave a mark. It's what's the Web for :o)

And here's Paul and his cake:

Je n'avais pas lu les pages de mes amis hier, j'apprends donc ce matin que notre adorable betagoddess nous a quittés. Je la connaissais, en ligne seulement hélas, depuis des années. Elle avait toujours un mot gentil pour accueillir mes petits cartoons, et quand j'écrivais des fanfics, elle s'est souvent donné bien du mal pour les réviser et corriger mon anglais chaotique. Comme nombre d'entre nous, je pensais qu'elle allait surmonter la maladie, elle qui aimait tant la vie. Elle s'est éteinte entourée de l'amour et de la tendresse de sa famille et de ses amis, si fière de son petit-fils dont elle partageait les progrès avec nous...
Ma bien chère Hélène, je te dédie cette rose de mon jardin. Je ne t'oublierai jamais, mon amie lointaine.

This isn't quite for Asami's birthday, but a French song from my childhood was hauting me and suggested that drawing to me... Characters belong to Yamane-sensei.
( Drawing, music and lyrics )

A great thank you to aqualegia, tarlanx and inlaterdays for your virtual gifts and alterai for the cute mouse! The balloons are hanging over my puter and I'm going to drink those refreshing coconuts, perfect with the summer canicule, phew. Huh, Lynda, "cocktail", did you put some white rum inside???
That's so sweet of you to have thought of me; only my on line friends can do so. Paul never remembered special days, even when he had his head, like most men :o/ and this morning, Mom didn't recognize me I think. There are so many strangers coming and going at hers with home hospitalization that sometimes she just refuses to notice people around her, and also forgets I'm coming each day. I can't blame her for that, really.
And I opened at last! my "Cloud Strife action figure plus byke" box this morning, as I've been watching it standing on the TV set for more than 3 months LOL. I already lost a tiny piece :o( but I should be able to make one easily from a small piece of plastic. That's my second figurine with Fujiwara no Sai, am I becoming an otaku? Anyway I don't think this could help me learning how to ride a byke, no more than having Sai here is improving my very poor go skill XD

Nous te souhaitons un très bon anniversaire annephoenix !
Fox and Ratty are proof that two girls can raise beautiful children together ROTFL

BTW, sweetie, tu peux m'envoyer ta nouvelle adresse par e-mail ? Meeeeerci !

I don't know if you play Tetris with a PS2... I just received the one I bought on eBay for my bd. First tries were awful, I couldn't see the menu on the TV or the DVD player, whatever connection I tried!!! Eventually I played a few minutes with my FF7 and when I restarted the console everything went smoothly, menu available, an obedient gamepad. Phew! I'll play only from my bd, I won't cheat LOL but right now I'm using it as a DVD player so I can check everything...

amazonx asked for photos...

Good news, with transportation beam, there's no supplement for heavy luggages...

NB, I'm not sure it's obvious, what the bunny has on his head is alu foil...

Time for booking. I don't put that one behind a cut, because if you don't get it... that won't hurt LOL

I'm lacking ideas those days, obviously... My PT suggested crowded roads with holidays departures, but of course "holidays" mean something else to Foxy! And that's a little series...
So, " en route " with "Outer Space Tour"!