oh--by "hiatusland", i actually meant "not".

oh ho ho. ain't it glorious how the blogger technology develops? now with a few simple clicks and THIRTEEN MINUTES OF STINKIN' WAIT i can post pictures--directly from my computer to the internet. it's a POWPOWPOW of advancement, really.

that was a picture of me months (one month? one point five months?) ago. here is a more recent picture:













i'm the pretty one on the left.

stop laughing at me, i can hear you all the way from china.

your prolonged absence has left me IMMORTALIZED IN STONE, doggone it!

in conclusion, i think faces carved in stone are really cool.

the. end.

wait! i'm just kidding. i'm right here, and i'm living it up all jewish-like:










+matthew