But Aeris’ mom put her foot down
“No one goes anywhere!”
“But Mom . . .” “No buts, young lady!
You’ll sleep on it, or I swear . . .”

Cloud could not find sleep that night
His mind just had to rove
Met the Prez, chased by the Turks
And Aeris, one room ove’ . . .

“What’s with you?” asked the myst’ry voice
“Does this room not suffice?
I mean, not since we were a kid
Has our room been this nice”

So Cloud thought of his childhood
‘Twas much like any other
Until he heard the nagging of
His domineering mother

Cloud sat up, said, “I’ve got to go”
Like he’d seen the abyss
“Sep’rate bedrooms, met the mom
Can’t get tied down like this!”

“You’re running from a pretty girl?”
The voice asked, nonchalant
“Course,” Cloud answered, frantically
“It’s just what she would want”

Down the stairs and out the door
Cloud tiptoed through night air
Got to Sector Six, and heard:
“Are you going somewhere?”

This week’s puzzle:

Two men who lost their jobs for doing something foolish try to make their way home.  Meanwhile, two revisionist historians and two merchants guide a woman with famous relatives on a journey so that she can kill a feeble old man.

Last week’s puzzle:

Two young men get into fights with their peers, one because of his mother and the other because of his father. Later on, one of them tells the other that the only way to save the day is for them to fight each other.

And the answer is . . . ▼

Where will his films spirit you away?
The lands of Princess Mononoke?
Or perhaps Totoro
Castles move to and fro
Miyazaki Hayao: born this day

Event: Birth of Japanese animated filmmaker Miyazaki Hayao
Year: 1941
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki

This post is for all you out there who miss seeing pictures on this site.

In honor of the new year, I thought that it would be a good idea to look around my apartment and come up with a list of laudable things to plan to do but then forget about before February rolls around.  The list is as follows:

1. Occasionally use dining table for dining (or, failing that, at least for sitting)

2. Solve disc storage problem

3. Sit in rocking chair

4. Never again go into roommate’s bathroom

5. Solve cardboard storage problem

Down from rooftops, through the slums
Which stank of grime and sweat
They passed hovel after hovel
Cloud asked, “Are we there yet?”

Aeris looked suspicious
But then she just said, “Okay”
“It is in Sector Seven”
“Oh yeah, sure, I know the way”