Aftermath

I feel pretty sorry for Awii. She seems to be taking Guri's death quite hard. At first I thought it was my imagination, but I am certain now that Awii is much quieter than usual. Usually she is quite annoying at times, but the only times she has made a sound this weekend is when I she bit my nipple and I jumped and screamed throwing her across the room.

Of course maybe it is that she is now, finally at peace, and all the annoying screaming she did was not for fun, but out of stress from having to be in that tiny cage with Guri.

I have a treat for my reader who likes buildings. The Connection did a program called The World Trade Center, Reimagined
. They also had a link to a site displaying the finalists in the bid to design what will be in the spot. There are slide shows of the plans and lots of interesting images and concepts. The winner was Studio Daniel Libeskind. The whole thing seems like a real joke however, after hearing how the contest and designs were made based on almost no serious contemplation of what the area will be used for, traffic needs, and most of all budget, and that if a project of this magnitude were to be done correctly, there are so many issues that have to be taken care of before the design begins that it could be years (20 they said) before it even happens.

It's like when a prospective client will ask us for an estimate and schedule on "a web site". They don't know what it is for, what functionality it will need, how many pages, etc... this is fine that they don't know, that's what I help them with, but what often happens is that if we give an estimate for something we think they will want, based on our experience with similar clients, we loose because it is too expensive. If we give an estimate for something simple and closer to their budget, they get pissed when they realize that they are not going to get an Amazon.com. I guess that's supposed to be part of the fun though.

Finally I was able to get Guri to sit still long enough to paint her.

Congrats to my sister. As I look through the server logs, I see that her site has been ranked number one by Google when searching for 99% dried Korean poop. I wonder if they mean 99% korean, or 99% dried...