Jeremy Henrickson is going off on some crazy travels in the next few months (biking tour of Vietnam!), and had a little get-together at his place to uh… celebrate. It’s a very small world! Many of the attendees seemed to know other people there through non-Jeremy channels. After eating the fruits of Jeremy’s culinary talents, we hung out and listened to a few people tinkle around on the piano.

Other exciting news: I climbed my very first 5.10b at the gym today, and I made it up the big wall for the first time just a few days ago! I’m very proud. :) Unfortunately, the 5.10b wrestled some skin off of my elbow and knees before allowing my conquest of it. The area around Mission Cliffs can be kind of sketchy. Last week I parked inches away from two clumps of human feces, two used condoms, and an automobile differential.

What else is new? While cooking last week, I realized that cutting raw chicken with a dull knife is all but impossible. I let it slide. But today, I happened to be browsing the American Express rewards program redemption items, and picked up a nice 9-piece Henckels knife set, which should arrive in 4-6 weeks (strange to have such long processing times in the web age, huh? 4-6 weeks is more like old-school mail order shipping times.) I wanted the all-steel one, which would have matched my kitchen (and personality) perfectly, but it wasn’t offered on the list. It also costs twice as much. :) Enough writing for today.

Also, there are some pics on Adam’s website. My photos –>

Heidi Hau, back from Ireland	Jeremy and Sophie
Heidi Kim	Adam Tow, Issac Roth, and Sophie
Issac, me, and Adam	Adam Nash, John and Kathy Lilly
Joel Brown, Rae, and Joel’s physics friend	Adam, Mauria, and Martha
Mauria, Joel, Joel’s friend	Toli
Jeremy, with a guy who thought my name was “John,” and two girls I didn’t meet	Adam Tow, in action
Katherine, with exposed tongue	Katherine and Toli
Nikon 885 fun	Sophie
Making bread	Mike Hanson and Anne
Jeremy, telling stories	The cool conductor dude I bought for Jeremy
Jeremy and Crystal Chang	Mike and Anne
Jeremy and… Chris? reading duets	Elise, singing opera
Elise, singing opera	Katherine
Vienna, singing “Eric’s Song” (not me)	Amabelley, dressed for Drink Club