[01:12] <pleia2> document sent to summary writers
[01:13] <pleia2> I'm spending the weekend in Napa Valley without my laptop, I'll be back Sunday night to finish any lingering summaries and send to editors, then will likely publish on Monday morning before my flight to Singapore (never a dull moment!)
[01:16] <wxl> pleia2: boozing it up, huh?
[01:20] <pleia2> wxl :D
[01:20] <pleia2> I mean, wine drinking is totally classy
[01:20] <wxl> drinking wise is always classy
[01:20] <wxl> however, what comes after it—
[01:21] <wxl> XD
[01:21] <pleia2> lol
[01:21] <pleia2> we have reservations on Sunday at one of the best restaurants in the country (routinely ranked the best in California)
[01:22] <pleia2> so pretty much planned the weekend adventure around finally getting reservations there <3
[01:22] <wxl> wow what's that???
[01:22] <pleia2> The French Laundry
[01:23] <wxl> um, that SOUNDS appetizing
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[01:23] <pleia2> lol
[01:23] <pleia2> aw http://www.businessinsider.com/best-restaurants-in-america-2014-5?op=1 says it's only #3 in the country ;)
[01:23] <pleia2> but it is #1 for california http://www.businessinsider.com/best-restaurants-in-california-2014-5?op=1
[01:23] <pleia2> wow those are horribly loading websites
[01:24] <wxl> looks pretty darn good
[01:24]  * wxl is looking their menu
[01:24] <pleia2> I'm pretty excited
[01:25] <wxl> they just do prix frie?
[01:25] <pleia2> yeah
[01:26] <wxl> that's kind of cool
[01:26] <wxl> well congrats and enjoy
[01:26] <wxl> we're taking the teens out to go see "the witch" tonight
[01:27] <pleia2> hah, fun :)
[01:27] <wxl> last night we saw 10 cloverfield lane and it was awesome
[01:27] <wxl> i think i'm going to be disappointed by this movie in light of it but oh well
[01:29] <pleia2> geez, I am so out of touch with movies
[01:29]  * wxl shrugs
[01:29] <wxl> mostly they're crap
[01:29] <pleia2> lol
[01:29] <pleia2> I gather than when 8 months later I'm watching them all on an overseas flight
[01:30] <wxl> i'm just sad our local art cinema stopped doing their membership thing where you could see as many movies as you want
[01:30] <wxl> cuz THOSE aren't crap
[01:30] <pleia2> aw, that sounds lovely
[01:30] <pleia2> the last theater I went to was an independent one, saw the oscar nominated short animations, good stuff
[01:30] <wxl> new miyazaki movie! yay! http://bijou-cinemas.com/bijouartcinemas/?p=5934
[01:31] <pleia2> yeah, that ones playing at my local place too :)
[01:31] <pleia2> might see when I get back from trips
[01:31] <wxl> i want to see this next though (not animation) http://bijou-cinemas.com/bijouartcinemas/?p=5895
[01:32] <wxl> well when we see the new miyazaki we can compare notes
[01:32] <wxl> maybe write a blog or two about how it applies to ubuntu XD
[01:33] <pleia2> neat
[01:33] <pleia2> :)
[01:33] <wxl> heheheh probably be darn hard i imagine
[01:33] <wxl> i'd have trouble with most of miyazaki's movies
[01:33] <wxl> except maaaaybe kiki XD
[01:34] <pleia2> my cats don't like the catbus
[01:34] <pleia2> "what is that cat noise, no likey"
[01:34] <wxl> wait, you have a cat bus.. and you intended the cats to get in it? XD
[01:34] <pleia2> no no, cat bus! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catbus
[01:34] <wxl> oh i know i know
[01:34] <pleia2> from Toroto :)
[01:34] <pleia2> hehe
[01:35] <wxl> my daughter has a no-face doll XD
[01:35] <pleia2> nice
[01:35] <wxl> yeah 'cept it's kind of scary XD
[01:35] <pleia2> Studio Ghibli has a museum in Tokyo, but you have to get tickets months out, I wish I had known, totally doing it next time
[01:35] <pleia2> haha
[01:35] <wxl> oh wow i'd love to do that
[01:35] <wxl> haven't been to jp yet
[01:36] <pleia2> my first time was just a few months ago
[01:37] <wxl> あなたは日本語を話せますか/
[01:37] <wxl> or rather:
[01:37] <wxl> Anata wa nihongo o hanasemasu ka?
[01:38] <pleia2> nope
[01:40] <wxl> me either, really
[01:40] <wxl> but i know enough to be able to stumble my way around
[01:41] <pleia2> I'm a pretty touristy traveler, and they have well-marked trains, so I had no problems really
[01:41] <wxl> ah yeah
[01:41] <wxl> i'm not so touristy
[01:41] <pleia2> plus with a phone, never lost, can usually figure things out
[01:41] <wxl> i need culture and society when i go somewhere
[01:42] <wxl> i could give a hoot about architecture :)
[01:42] <wxl> i really want to go to hokkaido
[01:43] <wxl> i have a friend that organizes bike tours in jp
[01:43] <wxl> http://www.japancycletour.com/
[01:44] <pleia2> cool
[01:44] <pleia2> we did tokyo, osaka and kyoto
[01:44] <wxl> she wrote "living abroad in japan" which is a useful book http://moon.com/books/moon-living-abroad-in-japan/
[01:44] <pleia2> nice
[01:45] <wxl> she was raised in jp— parents of missionaries— and became a linguist here in the us
[01:46] <pleia2> oh wow, so she definitely speaks japanaes :)
[01:46] <wxl> um, yeah, for sure :)
[01:46] <pleia2> apparently I can't even type it
[01:46] <wxl> she basically considers herself japanese primarily
[01:46] <wxl> yeah well typing it is much harder than saying it
[01:46] <pleia2> lol
[01:46] <wxl> and even saying it is very trying on us westerners
[01:46] <wxl> those darn short syllables
[01:46] <pleia2> :)
[01:49] <wxl> it is fairly easy to type as long as you have the right input manager and you know how to pronounce things
[01:49] <wxl> but there's often many ways to type the same sound
[03:36] <tsimonq2> pleia2: tomorrow I'll get some summaries, I'm tired tonight :)