Well I want to make some stuff. Like spam musubi. Plus I want to cook more rather than opening something and heating it up.
On Saturday I forgot to buy a new bottle of olive oil. Also I never got around to installing the disk brake caliper on my bike. Reckon that's what Sunday is for. Plus I still need to get long underwear.
There's not much else to share because I'm a lazy person.
It is important to understand the language of the region where one will be visiting for any length of time. Many earth languages have two forms of the second person pronoun, familiar and formal.
When greeting humans, always greet the eldest and work one's way towards the youngest. Always show respect to elder humans by avoiding eye contact and using the formal you if applicable to the language or culture. When visiting the homes of humans, it is recommended to bring a physical token of one's esteem. Generally these gifts do not need to be expensive.
Humans consider the topic of money to be uncouth. Price tags should be removed from gifts. Gifts are traditionally wrapped to give an element of surprise and to diminish the impact of the perceived cost of the gift. The exception being the Republic of the United States of America.
Show deference to elders and females by standing upon their entrance to a room. Always offer your seating area to them if there are no other available seating arrangements. Ignore this rule if one's place was upon the floor. Offering one's seat also applies to crippled and invalid humans.
At no time should a visitor enquire of a female human their age or weight. This is considered inappropriate among humans and can be considered disturbing if such queries are initiated by reptilians or insectoids dut to carnivorism. Always open or hold a door for elderly, invalid or female humans.
When greeting humans, always refer to them with the appropriate honorific followed by their family name. If the human desires to be familiar, the human will acknowledge it is permissable to refer to them by their given name. One should still be careful with language and not cause a faux pas using the familiar you unless the human allows it or is already using it in interpersonal dialog.
Use caution with the selection of gifts. Flowers can cause allergic reactions in some humans. Flowers can be ascribed with supernatural powers depending on the type and number. Cutting implements are not considered to be appropriate gifts for most occasions considering their use in the popular human pastime of "war".
Being a bilaterally symmetrical species with a predisposition towards chirality, humans have various and groundless superstitions. The left hand is considered unclean or unlucky while the right hand is for nearly every conceivable task. Most humans are right handed.
In the same vein, hands are important to humans being one of the primary reasons for their ascent to sentiency. In addition to toolmaking, writing and other tasks hands are used for communication via gestures. At all times avoid using the index finger to attract attention and use caution when raising a thumb.
Overall with earth cultures, gifts are always opened in private.
At no time is it considered appropriate for a visitor to complain about Earth or its countries or cultures. The natives will freely express their disdain but will focus greater disdain upon a visitor who voices an unkindly opinion.
Never pour your own beverage. It is important for someone else to pour your drink and the favor will be reciprocated by the recipient. During the act it is important to maintain eye contact. Prolonged eye contact, especially in such situations, can be considered to be aggressive or a romantic invitation.
A ritual known as a 'toast' acknowledges a connection between drinkers and extends goodwill between them. Toasting is unnecesssary if the drink contains no alcohol. All who engage in the act of toasting must immediately consume their beverage. If pouring one's drink is permissable in a culture, it is always important to offer to pour someone else's drink before filling one's glass. Always use the right or rightmost appendage. Some cultures insist that each member of a group pay for a series of shared beverages. Understand that the consumption of alcohol is not observed in some regions and may be unlawful and in some cases punishable by death.
Always refrain from eating until all dining participants have received their portions or have joined the party.
An unofficial moratorium on telecommunications is observed at 22:00 hours, earth reckoning, except in the case of emergencies or between close allies or human's personal retainers.
It is illegal to smoke within confined spaces on Earth. Caution is advised when smoking outdoors due to the oxygen content and flammability of local flora. Always offer to light another person's smoking device. Never light a smoking device with a candle out of deference to human superstition.
Humans look alike but maintain artificial delineations which must be observed or respected by visitors. Austrians are not Germans despite Austria's participation in the Earth's 20th century second great European war, common language and alliance with the National Socialist Party.
Later I was wandering around a cramped comic book store. On the shelves were the final issues of Cerebus the Aardvark. Behind one of the shelves were new issues of Cerebus the Aardvark which were numbered from one to ten. At first I thought Sim had re-issued the original comics with new covers but once I flipped through the pages I discovered there was entirely new material.
Towards the end of the dream I was standing in line with a bundle of comic books and suddenly realizing that I didn't have enough money.
