elfs | The girls at Kidopolis

Yesterday, after a rather successful day at work, I got home to find that Omaha was stressing out over the presentation she was going to be given to a Toastmasters-like group she's been working with for the past year in association with her radio group. I agreed, therefore, to take both girls out to dinner and play at Kidopolis.

Dinner was at Zoopas, one of those all-you-can-eat buffet places with a good selection but spotty production. Sometimes their food is far too salty for human consumption. This time it was not so bad, but there was one moment of pure wrongness: they had pho. Pho is hard to get wrong; so many places seem to sell it and most do a passable job, although when you've had really good pho it is truly a sublime experience. This was truly bad pho: the broth was terribly bland and boring, there weren't enough sprouts, there was one pathetic leaf of cilantro and no basil whatsoever. They had the red pepper paste, but it had been left out and dried a bit; all the flavor oils had evaporated, leaving only pure hotness. It was a good, healthy hotness, but most hot sauces add something else, some savory flavor, and that's what connoisseurs look for.

In contrast to our last visit, both girls were very well-behaved this time. Yamaarashi-chan wore her eyepatch now so she wouldn't have to while at Kidopolis. At times I went with them to the various buffets, and at other times I let them go by themselves. For Yamaarashi-chan this was no problem, but Kouryou-chan was pleased that I let her go back to get her own utensils and drink.

After dinner, we went over to Kidopolis to let them run off their desserts. They wilded over the entire three-floors of human habitrail, chasing other girls and having a good time. I stayed on the ground for most of the evening but chased them up to the top for one round. While I was on the ground, they climbed to the top and made funny faces at me. Kouryou-chan shouted "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy Sternberg!" It was very cute.

Afterward, I herded the girls into the car. Kouryou-chan thrilled that I had found a dance remix version of the opening song from Little Snow Fairy Sugar. I took Kouryou-chan home, then took Yamaarashi-chan back to her mother's house.

I spent half-an-hour doing some data cleanup. I need to find a way to automate that process-- is there an external way to tell if a bittorrent is finished?