Monday, February 14, 2005

Marae says today is Valentine’s Day, and so we both wish everyone a very Happy Valentine’s Day!



Marae will be very busy today, she says. She has to make phone calls and run errands, and tonight she and Richard are going out to dinner to celebrate the day. So I may not get a chance to do much today, but that’s okay with me. I have next weekend to look forward to!

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Marae has already been out to take Boz to the vet to be weighed. She says it is a beautiful day today – I can see the sunshine from where I sit. If I can ever get her to pry herself away from the computer, perhaps she will take me outside. She wants to get some pictures of me in her yard.

The sunshine went away before we got to go outside, but Marae did take some pictures of me in my usual spots next to the computer. She also took me up to the attic with her when she practiced her folk harp. She practices twice a day. The first part was very boring exercises, but then she practiced a piece Richard wrote for her, and that was very nice.

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
It snowed overnight. “Too bad we didn’t take our pictures yesterday,” Marae said when she saw it. But it has melted a lot since this morning.

I got to hear one of Marae’s songs today. She was recording it at her computer. It was a nice song. She say she has plans to put it up on her web site, so maybe you’ll be able to listen to it sometime.

As the Rain Once Fell

The Bard's Farewell

Looking for You

We Sing Our Stories

Uh-oh, busted! Marae saw the picture of me and the Cosmopolitan, after I told her I was too young to drink! Now I’m embarrassed…

Thursday, February 17, 2005

It is sunny today but it snowed again last night. Marae has a job interview this afternoon and she is very nervous. I don’t think we’ll be going outside today.
Marae had her interview and said it went well. She hopes she gets this job-she says it sounds perfect. I wish her good luck!

Friday, February 18, 2005
Nothing much happened today. Marae battled computer virus threats in between finishing her recording project. We had pizza for dinner.

Saturday, February 19, 2005
Richard has to work today, so we don’t get to go downtown! I am disappointed, but Marae promises that tomorrow we will go. They have some place special they plan to take me.

Sunday, February 20, 2005
Today’s the big day! I am so excited! They are taking me to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History! We leave as soon as Marae’s camera finishes charging.
Well, we go to the museum and the lot was full – there was not place to park! The weather was bad, too – chilly and snowing. So Marae and Richard did not want to make me walk too far. They decided to go home via Euclid Avenue so I could see some of the sights.
I missed seeing University Circle(where the museums are) because I was still packed up warm in my carrying bags (Marae’s backpack) but soon they tool me out and Richard held me up while Marae drove so I could look out the window.
I remember seeing (more or less in order as we drove west): Cleveland State University, where Richard went to school; the Mather Mansion (which, like many of the old mansions, is no longer a mansion – it happens to be part of CSU now); lots of churches, many of them ethnic; Terminal Tower; Public Square; the Theater District including the Palace Theater which was all lit up for the Sunday matinee of “Movin’ Out” (Richard and Marae saw it – Richard’s dad has season tickets – they said it was boring); the Cleveland Public Theater; the Akzo Salt Mines (on the lakeshore.) Oh, yeah, at Public Square we changed roads and drove down Detroit for the rest of the trip home. So we passed Gordon Square at the corner of West 65th and Detroit. We saw lots of abandoned industrial buildings, including one huge old factory full of broken windows. It was quite a trip! Too bad we didn’t get any pictures Marae says if she can keep me for another weekend, maybe we can try to get some pictures and see the museum.

Monday, February 21, 2005
Very quiet day today. Richard had the day off and he and Marae went shopping. I rested after all the sightseeing yesterday!

Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Today was a quiet day at home. Looks like it might be that way for a while. It snowed again.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Today, Marae ran some errands and recorded another song, “We Sing Our Stories.” I think she should put the songs she records while I’m visiting on a CD for me to take with me! She says maybe she’ll do that. And tonight we shared a Silver Dragon – with less mint.

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Marae, and others, I note that when I convert all this text to PDF format the links are lost.

So for each poster that used links I am making 'foot notes' and identifying the name of the link and then the link. I will put these foot notes right below the text portion for each poster. Those that wish can copy the link to their browser and see what was posted.

Marae, you recently mentioned something that you had on web. Songs I believe. If you send me the links, or post them here, I will put them into a foot note below your text postings.

This book keeps getting bigger but we are now on the down hill part of the list. Nearing the end. Only 10 to go after Marae's is done.
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How many pages is it so far, Bob? And what do you mean, only 10 to go? 10 pages left in the trip?

speedy, I have 107 pages to the start of Marae's post and pictures.

The 10 I mentioned is 10 more hosts with text and pictures. Actually a couple did not have pictures and I expect that the text portions will be a bit shorter too.

You have one of the most extensive postings and pictures. Just a chatty person I guess.

But, I think so far it is actually Honey that had a lot of text and pictures, maybe the most.

Use my link and look at the Squee Book. Page two is an index.

Squee Book
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Wow! I contributed 15 pages! Yipes, I guess I was either chatty or picture-taking-happy. Then again, I did bring the squee along for the Mysterium that was in Boston that year, so people wrote some in there...
But still: wow.

Links to Marae's songs are now available in the preceding (gaberax) post. Give them a listen when you can!!!

Thanks for the alert Gab. I have now picked them up and inserted in the book materials.
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Wow, I haven't been by in a while -- I have a lot to catch up on! Gab, thanks again for putting all of this up for our enjoyment! And Bob, what a wonderful thing it will be to have a copy of they Squee's travels for our own if we choose! Thank you for doing that!

Thank you Princess.

It really all depends on how much time Gabe has for the translations and publishing of the book entries. I imagine that some of the stuff is hard to read.
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Thursday, February 24, 2004 continued: Marae (rhymes with Sarah) Cleveland, Ohio, USA


Another quiet day. Marae is recording another song. Today se made a MIDI track; tomorrow she will sing the vocals. She usually plays this on her folk harp but there is no room for her to play the harp next to her computer! (Her room is too messy.)

Friday, February 25. 2005

Another quiet day at home. Marae finisher her recording of “As The Rain Once Fell.:

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Marae and Richard spent most of today running errands. In the evening they went out, but didn’t think it would be a good idea to take me with them. That is ok; tomorrow we go to the museum!

Sunday, February 27, 2005

It is a lovely sunny day for our museum trip. I am looking forward to it!

We had such a great time today! We got to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the first thing we did was go see Steggie the Stegosaurus. Steggie is a big model – I think it might be life-sized – outside the front of the museum. Marae took a picture of me looking at Steggie. Richard is holding me. Then we went inside. Oh, Marae wanted me to tell you that that big reddish-gray square thing behind Richard’s shoulder in this picture of a giant block of Iron Formation – very iron-rich rock. She doesn’t know what the cream-colored rock behind me is, except “in the way.”

So we went inside. First we went to the new exhibit: Feathered Dinosaurs. Then we went through the Hall of Human Ecology to get the Hall of Prehistoric Life, the permanent dinosaur exhibit! They took a picture of me in front of a giant Haplocanthosaurus. It’s HUGE! But you can’t see it very well because the lighting isn’t so good. It’s head is right up above us.

Over to our left is a Dunkleosteus, a big fish that left lots of fossils around here. I only saw it from the back. To the left of Dunkleosteus was Lucy the famous fossil human ancestor (Australopithecus Afarensis) Marae told me how to spell that! We really didn’t look at her but I saw her as we went by. There is so much to see!

On the way to the Feathered Dinosaur exhibit, I forgot to mention, was an exhibit on Balto, the famous sled dog. It’s the 80th anniversary of his run this year. In fact, just two days ago was the anniversary of the days he and his team completed the 674 mile trip to Nome to deliver medicine for diphtheria. His body is on display at the museum.
The next picture of me is in front of an animated model of Velicoraptor, he scary dinosaur that was in the movie. They think dinosaurs may have had feathers - you can see some on Velociraptors neck here – and that birds are dinosaurs. Marae says it’s not a new theory, she’s know about it for 30 years! But she says this was a good exhibit about it.
After we saw all that, we went outside again. Behind the museum is a little sort of zoo., with animals native to the area. These are all animals that cannot be returned to the wild, either because they were injured or became to dependant on humans while they were recovering. We saw deer, owls, hawks, foxes (the red fox was all curled up asleep right by the fence – just like a cat!), otters, raccoons and bald eagles! There’s a picture of me with a very friendly deer and they were bringing a bald eagle (Marae says a young one) past us so Marae took a picture. It’s pretty! Oh, and earlier we were inside and got to see a live animal show with a great horned owl and an opossum! It was a wonderful visit.

One other thing we got to see was the planetarium show. The museum has a new planetarium and it is very nice. We saw what the sky looks like when you’re far away fro the city. We also saw a presentation about how the dinosaurs went extinct. That was really interesting – it was a giant comet or an asteroid or something. Marae says she has a t-shirt showing two dinosaurs when they saw the comet coming. She says it’s pretty funny – if you’re not a dinosaur! The shirt. Not the comet.
Anyway, then they went to the museum store and bought some souvenirs – some postcards and a piece of Ohio flint, which is really pretty. It’s all wrapped up and there’s a card with it that tells all about it. What a great day! Now I’m a sleepy squee!

Monday, February 28, 2005
Today we rested. Yesterday wore us all out!

Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Wow! It’s March! Marae still does not have the next person’s address, so I will be here for a few more days. She wants to put some songs on a CD for me to take with me.

Wednesday, March 3, 2005

I will go to Rik in Iowa next! Marae says Rik is a very nice person and I am lucky I get to meet him!

Tonight we took pictures. Richard took some pictures of me with Marae. They are OK. He took one of me with Boz the cat but it was too dark do Marae took some of me with Boz.

Friday, March 4, 2005
Today I march forth (get it) to go visit Rik. Marae is letting me write one last time in here before she packs me up. She is felling a little uneasy and a lot sad to see me go. She hope she can get me packed safely for my journey! I have had a nice visit with Marae and she say she has had a very nice visit with me!

Well, Marae did not get me mailed off today as she planned, but she got all my pictures ready and sent to Donahoo for posting. She will mail me to Rik first thing tomorrow – or at least before noon!
Today we watched session 6, 7 & 8 of Cowboy Bebop! It was great! Marae said it was a nice thing to do on my last night here. And she treated me to one last Silver Dragon, and took one last picture. After I write this she is tucking me into my box for the last night, so I’ll be ready to leave in the morning. ‘Bye, Richard, ‘bye Boz! ‘Bye Marae!

Thanks Gab. Will pick this up and put it in the book. Now I know you are well still.
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Sorry it has taken so long to post. As you may remember, I have taken a new job in the same company. Lots more runing around, as I still report to the other place at least once a week. And I have lost my office there. All in all, my life is a ton more busy.

I will try and type up some more this weekend and hopefully some next Thursday.

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That is a big problem with having a job. It just takes up too much of your time. Not enough free time to do more important things.
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Thursday, March 10 Urikrak, Iowa
Today I arrived at Urikrak’s house. He likes to be called Rik! He’s a really nice guy and lives by himself in a townhouse apartment. It was snowing out when he took me out of the box. He showed me around, and introduced me to MiniSquee. He took a picture of us. He is kind of busy, so we didn’t do too much. But it’s nice to spend some time with another Myst fanatic. We are going to visit a TV station and meet his daughter and see the Mississippi River

Wednesday, March 16
Earlier this wee I visited the Mississippi River. Had fun playing with Rik’s daughter Cara10. Today I was on TV! It was awesome! And with such a pretty lady named Paula Sands. Cara10 gave me a nice little necklace.

Monday, March 21
I must say goodbye to Rik. It was fun. We relaxed way too much. I will go to see Cimmera next. I hope she will be a lot more fun! Spring started yesterday and I hope it will be warm soon. Also yesterday, I went to Rik’s church and had a good time. It is called the Adventure Church. Cool place and nice people. Here I go, back in the box!

March 23, 2005 Cimmera - Springfield, Missouri

Wow! I made it! It’s a little cold here, but I hear it is supposed to be nice tomorrow. Cimmera has a birthday tomorrow! I have good timing…with a little help from Rik. There is a large window with a great view! Cimmera has a lot of dogs, cats & fish! I am spending some time communing with her offspring’s fish. His name is Crush (like the turtle on “Finding Nemo”…Dude) He is quite active. Cim tells me tomorrow is going to be fun! We are visiting this place called Bass Pro. Can’t wait. Will rest on the 24th since it is her B.D. Maybe she will give me some cake!!

April

Time to go! Missouri is a bit too quiet for a party Squee like me. The fish were cool.
The lake was nice-too cold to swim That Bass Pro place was really cool. There were fish, ducks, an alligator snapping turtle that was so big it scared me. Cimmera’s daughter held on to me and made me feel better. Missouri has a lot of snakes. Cimmera’s daughter showed me a brown water snake that got trapped in a minnow trap. He drowned so we were safe. I am on my way to SqueeLord!!

May 12, 2005 SqueeLord, Salt Lake City, Utah
It’s soooo great to be out of that box! Much more of that and I’ll develop chronic claustrophobia! I’m in Utah! I was given a very warm welcome by SqueeLord. He says I should just call him M@ (it’s pronounced like “Matt”.) His whole family is glad to have me here. They’ve got some big plans for me! Sqrrrk!

May 16, 2005

Well, there isn’t as much time as we thought for me to do stuff here in Utah. Tomorrow, M@’s family is heading down to Las Vegas, and then he’s going to his summer job in Arizona ~ and I’m going with him! But I’ve already had some fun here. On Saturday night M@’s brother K’laames took me swing dancing! We got some pictures of us “Striking a pose” with a few of K’laa’s lady friends Fun fun!
Hopefully, they’ll have time to take me to the Salt Lake Temple Square tomorrow before we all head out of town. Sqrrrk!!

May 18, 2005

Well, there wasn’t time for Salt Lake, or for sightseeing in Las Vegas. But now I’m in Arizona, way up in the mountains! It’s very forest-y her **smile** Not like Edanna…it’s much less jungle-y. But it’s still very pretty. I can’t wait to meet a Kaibab Squirrel! This place will be fun!

May 28, 2005

Jacob Lake Inn is a wonderful place! It’s such a beautiful area and the people here are so friendly! M@ has shown me around, an I love it. He works a lot, but he still finds time to hang out with me in the solitude of nature. He keeps forgetting to bring the camera along, though. Oh, well. I don’t need pictures to remember this place.

June 10, 2005
It’s about time for me to go. Noooo…. Not the box again! M@ would have mailed me a week ago or so, but being rather cut off from civilization here, he hasn’t been able to get to a post office. But hopefully within 3 days or so he can take a trip to a nearby town to mail me to my next gracious host Sqrrrk!

Gab, very nice illustrations for the Squee with me! Thank you!

I will have some edits for you eventually for my entries in the Squee's diary, but you might want to fix the one that screamed at me this morning: the date on this entry, right at the very top, should be February 24, 2005, not 2004! I was sitting there thinking, wow, that was four years ago? Well, no... only three years ago. Still... that's a long time in Internet terms. Wow!

Marae, I have corrected the date error in the 'book' I am working on.

Also would like you to include me with any updates you offer to Gabe. It would be a lot easier that having to do a word by word search in the forum inputs to see what you had Gabe change, correct, or whatever you ask of Gabe.

Gabe is nearing the end of the translations so I hope your inputs will be fairly soon. Once Gabe is done I will want to do a page by page review to make sure the PDF translation comes out OK. Then I will publish the 'book' for all to copy or look at.

Question, at one time in the original Squee files, about page 110 plus or minus 2, you had offered to upload Riks video. Did you do that? I could not find anything that said you did. Do you know if anyone uploaded the file? If so I will include that link in Riks part of the 'book'. I have looked at the TV stations archives and not found Riks video yet. Maybe it isn't there in a linked form any more.

Let me know what you know and how you feel about my request for change info.
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I'm not sure but I think Rik's video is included in the Squee booty. I will check tonight and upload somewhere if possible.

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Originally posted by Gaberax:
I'm not sure but I think Rik's video is included in the Squee booty. I will check tonight and upload somewhere if possible.

It was there when I had it because I watched it.