Osakatomebaby

I apologize for the animation, but I GOT THE BOX which I was waiting for. This is that very box. And I don't know how to make it stop spinning. C'est le sense de la vie.

So What was in the box?

• Books: Bradbury, most of the stuff written by TAL contributors, and, oh yeah, the Vintage Murakami I cared about a month ago.


• CDs: Leonard Cohen/Songs of Love and Hate, Lou Reed/Berlin


• PANTS!


• Presents! Books from Mum and Dum I can use in my classes

And this:



A star named for me. Awwwwwwwwwwww. However, to be really cool I think the star needs to change it's name to a symbol that looks like a greek letter and it can be pronounced like my name but with an Ancient Greek lilt. I'll be contacting Alfredo to see exactly what that lilt might sound like.

I wonder how many International Star Registries there are out there in the universe (or even just the galaxy) doling out names for my star. I suppose it's big enough to handle lots of names. Heck, the sun has about a million different names on this planet alone. Has it got more names out there? Almost certainly.

Still, I think it is about the coolest present I ever received. I just hope other critters out there in the universe can pronounce it.

On that note, I hope there are no Vogons out there writing poetry about it...more likely the only life forms in the vicinity are a bunch of unfortunate mattresses...or are they futons? Either way, that's where I'm heading now.