Ah, it has been a great week so far!

We had dinner at my favorite sushi place on Tuesday night in celebration of a friend's first gainful employment in 2 1/2 years - the food was so incredible and so intense! Just amazing. I used to live on the same block so I am very familiar with the menu, but they really outdid themselves on Tuesday.

Last night, not only did I get a proper seatpost for my new bike (the one it came with wasn't long enough, so all test rides were done beyond min insertion and that is not good) we had the most amazing night out. We went to the WOMANKIND presented lecture with Jackie Kay, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson. Jeanette Winterson has long been my favorite writer, so when this came up we had to go. I packed up my Powerbook (my favorite bok of hers) and we headed down. It was amazing - just the three writers doing their readings - but we also had a folk musician entertaining us with her voice and guitar and Sandy Toksvig made an appearance, and an appeal for WOMANKIND, at the end. The night out was highly entertaining with much humor and laughter. And in the end I didn't have to chase Jeanette Winterson down with my Powerbook and hasitly purchased pen I just had to queue with the rest of the crowd in the book signing line and she singed my book - she ever wrote my nake in the book :) It was fabulous. And the ping of weissbier afterwards and the funghi bruschetta was exceptional as well.

So on to tonight! I have just been to the aquatic center and adopted 2 fish for my aquarium. Long ago I kept some minnows and a couple of weeks ago I purchased a new tank and it has been conditioing and making itself ready for it's new occupants. The place I went to is highly professional and I feel a little out of my depth looking to get a couple of tiny minnows in a place that can sort you our with 500 gallon tropical tanks with living coral and big fish but they don't seem to mind. In talking to one of the guys there and seeing the filterless biosystem fish tank I know what I aspire to. And there are so many fabulous tiny fish (which is what I like). I will invest in a heater, but not until my minnows and my new plants are ready...these things take time.

Tomorrow will be fabulous as well as I get to ride my new fixed gear to work - I have been waiting for this all week!!!!! I am on the motorbike today as I thought that would be easier on the fish than pedaling them up the hill back to my house.

More later!