i think i found out what breed gramlin is (other than barn cat). allison gets all the credit for finding this out. it looks like gram is probably a korat. this is a picture from a korat breeder.
that pretty much is gramlin's twin minus gram's fangs.

so i've been home for several days. it's been super relaxing, but i have to buckle down and get some business done. otherwise...blip, i'm gone. eeeeee...

i've been able to see a few people since coming home. and it's always super nice. but the thing i find so strange is that a lot of times you're kind of forced into these artificial settings. we'll get food or coffee or drinks or something, but sometimes all i want to do is just sit in someone's living room and listen to music over a glass of wine or a beer. like really see what someone's life is like. "where did you take this photo?", "how was this book?", "wow, this song is so good." it's especially the case this time with all these fb-catalyzed reconnections. with some people, it's like no time passed even if it's been years....but it'd be nice if you could continue the conversation beyond the few hours in a coffeeshop.

one thing that is really great about the east is how close i am to my friends in other cities. even boston is a 90 minute flight. and we can pick up where we last left off. i'm sad b is leaving because we had lots of good times in living rooms chitty-chatting. i'm hoping that this isn't the start of the district's hemmorhaging of my closest friends. my campaign to move everyone out west will go into full effect in 2009.

grumble, grumble....my stomach is growling. mom's making something delicious....yummy!