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People at Jeff's work appreciated the cake and thought it was extra yummy. I heard about it when he got home, so it was nice that some people thought it was cool. :)

I accidentaly broke Jeff's computer... or rather, not his computer but the keyboard. I spilled some soda in it yesterday and fried some of the keys... the most used keys of course. So I'm on my slower than ever, but at least now sort of working, computer until Jeff gets a new keyboard, since apparently that was the only one he has (of the someodd dozen in a box) that works on his computer. I feel bad, but he keeps telling me it's no big deal, so I'll just go along with it and try not to feel bad anymore.

We're going to the zoo this weekend! They have a baby giraffe, it's early enough that it will be nice and warm without being overcrowded, and Alex is old enough to enjoy it. I'm excited. I love the zoo. Jeff doesn't, but he agreed to go. We invited a woman from work he knows and her two daughters. He had initially said he'd think about it but he really doesn't like the zoo and would probably say no, but then he talked to Kristi and she wanted to go as much as I do, so he agreed and we're going! Woohoo!

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Just found something out. After watching Moulin Rogue and then finding the original on telly (the one focusing on Toulouse), and knowing Toulouse was a famous painter, I decided to do a bit of research on what many have called this "freakishly short yet exceptionally talented" man. He was the son of an aristocrat. At 12 he broke his left leg, and at 14 he broke his right. The bones did not heal properly and he was left with legs that did not grow, so while his body reached normal size, his legs did not, causing him to be excessively short. He was ridiculed by all around him for being so much smaller. He lived in Montmarte in Paris and turned to alcohol to escape the ridicule. His most famous paintings are those done of the Moulin Rogue and it's inhabitants. Even the freaks and socially unaccepted did not accept Toulouse into their folds because of his abnormal height. He died on September 9, 1901 after being taken care of by his loving and devoted mother (it was the alcohol addiction that eventually killed him). He was the last in the line of the Toulouse family, and the name died with him.

Everything says he was 1.5 meters tall. I did the conversions. The man was 4 feet 11 inches tall. 4'11"! The man was TALLER than I am (admitadly only by 1/2 an inch, but still) and they called him freakishly short?!?! That kind of makes me feel bad now... I mean, I know I'm short, but I didn't think I was THAT short... not so that someone taller than me would be called freakish for being so short.