Tonight's TV

I just finished watching a short program on how to take good pictures of your pet cat. Some of the pointers they suggested were taking pictures at your cat's eye level, making sure your cat is not afraid of your camera, and speaking gently to the cat while taking pictures.

Cute story

Last weekend I went to a nearby junior high school to root for Izumi's girls' volleyball team. They're quite unbelievable, and I just heard recently that they won the city championship and are going on to the prefectural tournament. Anyway, a couple of my students that had graduated last year were there to watch the games. One had brought her little brother along, and I shook his hand, which I guess meant to him that we were friends for life. So we played together for a little bit, throwing a ball, catching a ball, etc. He forgot my name at one point and called me Jackson. I told him that wasn't my name, and that he should try again. He said Jack Sparrow next, and I told him my name was Jason and that Jack Sparrow was my brother. He was very amazed and didn't doubt me for a second. He asked me if we went on adventures, I said sometimes, and that I saw him every weekend. He kept asking me lots of questions about my brother Jack Sparrow and I was starting to feel bad for lying to the little guy. So we played a weird game the kid made up for a while. I was starting to feel bad about lying, so I told him after our game that he misunderstood what I said earlier and that my brother was Jack Sparrow, but he's not the famous pirate; he's a lawyer. He was very sad, but my conscience felt a little better.