Alive and Well and Kickin' It

I suppose when one gets to a point where one is getting concerned e-mails from one's parents, friends, and just about anyone she's met since approximately age 11, it has probably been a bit too long since she updated her blog. And so. Hello! Thanks for sticking with me as I balance life with a daily job, cute but demanding kitties and a fresh supply of Veronica Mars episodes (thanks, Andy!). These are all extremely distracting things. I'm sure you understand.

Let's see if we can't catch you up on all that's been happening over here lately. We'll start first with Christmas and New Year's, which saw a visit from my brother Andy. We spent a week in Bali over Christmas, mostly eating, beaching, rice paddying and snorkeling around old Japanese shipwrecks (so. fantastic!). We headed up to Bangkok for New Year's (far from any bombings, thank goodness) and managed to hit all the highlights there and have a perfectly ridiculous and very fun NYE to boot. And then we headed to Chiang Mai, site of the infamous food poisoning incident of early '07, but which was quite a nice little city. Lots of monks! You know how I love the monks.

In any case, let's start with some pictures from his trip. First, Bali:









Then we moved on to Bangkok, where Andy took the opportunity to phoon on Soi Cowboy, much to the amusement of the local lady dancers:



Also, let it be known that tuk-tuk rides are really bad for the hair:



Then, on to Chiang Mai! Pretty much summed up by: barfing and monks.




In other news, my fantastic and very funny little cats continue to devise ways about how they can win the Cutest Kitties Ever pageant: