10 things in my yard

Since I rarely do yardwork, the weeds in my yard have taken over. And actually, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I was inspired by Vicky to post 10 things in my yard.

Here are a few things I have in my yard.

Ivy and Kudzu:

Silver maple:

Honeysuckle:

A mystery weed that was hard to kill. We took a hatchet to it and it seeped out all this gunky sap:

Another mystery - this thing looks like spruce, but it’s really really soft when you touch it:

A creek:

A carving on a tree from 1956:

A fox:

Daffodils and flamingos:

This picture doesn’t do it justice, but there’s a Japanese Maple behind me:

UPDATE: I forgot fern:

UPDATE:  Duh, I should have used this picture for the Japanese Maple.  I had even already noted it months ago.

Some other things that I don’t readily have pictures of:

white oak

iris

myrtle

yellow poplar

wild raspberry

rhododendron (that’s currently buried)

a pink dogwood tree

and a white dogwood tree that isn’t doing very well.

I also used to have a birch tree but it died, and we used to have some sort of fruit tree that died.

 

Camping was fun

The weather turned out fine.  Kipp & Gene strung three tarps together to make a lean-to for if it rained.  We had a bet going around as to when the rain would start.  It did start to sprinkle lightly, and we all high-tailed it under the tarps thinking it was going to downpour at any second, however, 5 minutes later, the rain stopped and never started again.  It wasn’t even enough rain to get your clothes wet if you didn’t seek shelter.  In the end, the effort of making the tarp wasn’t worth it since there was barely any rain.

Oranjello had a great time climbing trees, chasing bugs, and just being a kitten in general.  He didn’t stray far from us at all and so that was good.  At one point, he burrowed underneath my tent.  Someone asked me what I thought he was doing, and I said, “He’s probably sleeping”.  A few minutes later, he stuck his head out, and his eyes were half-closed and sleepy looking.  It was cute.  Later, he went into the tent and took a nap.  This morning, Oranjello was chasing his leash around this big tree.  So once he’d come around the tree, he’d see the tail end of the leash also go around the tree.  He spent 5 minutes trying to chase that leash.  Finally, he stopped and was just kinda sitting there.  I said that he was probably waiting for it to come around the other side.  Sure enough, Oranjello turned around and tried to cut the leash off, but unfortunately the leash was just sitting there limply and so Oranjello finally lost interest.

Gene found this weird flower/fungus thing near his tent.  There was a whole cluster of them growing in the ground, but it was only in that one spot.  We didn’t see any others anywhere else.  It was weird.
So, anyway, it was a good time, and I’m looking forward to having more trips this summer.

 

survey thing

I don’t usually do these, but a few of these questions stood out to me and I felt inclined to answer. (Ganked from Kittenofwrath)

 

1. Why did you stop liking the last person you liked?
n/a

2. Were you dating the last person you made out with?
no, we’re married.

3. Are you taller than your mom?
no
4. Are you an emotional person?
Yes, stupid emotions.
5. What do you think of cheerleaders?
I dunno… in high school, I thought they were somewhat snobby.

6. Do you like Taking Back Sunday?

no idea
7. Who do you want to kiss right now?
who do you think.

8. What did you have for breakfast today?
I skipped breakfast today in preparation for an early lunch meeting
9. Last time you studied?
A few days ago.  I’m supposed to be doing this self-study class for my job, but haven’t gotten very far.
10. What are you listening to right now?
the sound of keys typing (i.e. silence).  I need to plug my speakers back in and start up my mp3 player
11. What kind of books do you like to read?
Fantasy, sci-fi, fiction
13. Do you crack your knuckles?
no, unless it’s really really necessary
14. Who was the last person to make you laugh?
Clint.  last night… I was cackling up a storm!

15. What are any weird impulsive habits that you have?
not sure

16. Have you ever lived in an mansion before?
Nope

17. What is your favorite thing to do on a lake?
I like paddleboating.  Canoeing, kayaking.  Crabbing on the bay (not really a lake, but they call it a fishing creek)
18. What color are your finger and toe nails painted?
nothing
19. What are any nervous habits that you have?
pulling my hair
20. Can you say “I love you” in french?
Not sure.  Jetaime? (We had a duck named Jetaime.  No clue where the apostrophe belongs, or if there is one)

22. What food are you craving right now?
nothing… I had a delicious cookie earlier.
23. What are your plans for the day/night?
Watching tv and movies with Clint and whoever else shows up
24. Have you ever broken your nose?
Nope.

25. Write down a funny movie quote here:
there’s so many, and I forget them.
26. Has anyone ever spread a rumor about you?
I don’t remember
27. What’s your Justin’s deepest darkest secret?
What?

28. Do you have any trophies?
no
29. What was your favorite TV show as a kid?
I liked Highway to Heaven alot.  I had a crush on Michael Landon.  Earlier than that, I don’t know… I watched disney movies alot.  I liked the Sword & The Stone, and Lady & the Tramp. 
30. What did you do yesterday?
worked, made dinner, watched tv with Clint, cackled up a storm when we spontaneously played “be a band talking about a situation” (chosen by the other person). I told Clint to be Sabbat describing a monster shit. 

31. Has anyone told you a secret lately that you aren’t allowed to tell anyone?
my lips are sealed.

32. Are you addicted to anything?
sure.
34. What music do you like?
punk, goth, alternative, rock
35. Who is your favorite superhero?
superheros rule! I like ‘em all.
36. Who do you think of when I say Vagina?
Nobody?

37. Do you like to dance in public?
not so much.  I have to really like the song.
40. Who gives the best gifts?
i like gifts
41. Are you any good at basketball?
no, I’m not that good at any sport.
42. What is something embarrassing that you have done?
can’t recall at the moment
44. Do you have any scars on your head, if you do, what are they from?
Yes, I got it in the 5th grade when my sister threw a rawhide bone to the dog and hit me instead.

45. Have you ever punched a hole in the wall?
not punched, but I kicked one.  I put a poster over it and never mentioned it for years until my mom was going to repaint my room and discovered it.
46. What’s on your wish list for birthday/christmas (whichever comes first)?
one of those herb gardens that Chriggy has.
47. Do you think you are a good person?
overall yes.

48. Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
If I really think about it, nervous.

49. How many pull-ups can you do?
not sure, haven’t tried.

50. Last thing you broke?
i’ve never broken any bones.  I’ve broken plenty of other stuff though.  The most recent that stands out in my mind is I broke a mug that belonged to Clint.  It was *not* dishwasher safe.

 

TagCow Sucks

I was a guinea pig for TagCow. We figured if this was going to do what it says it’d do, that save us a lot of time tagging our pictures.

 

The kitten is officially named….

We have named him… (drumroll)… Oranjello.

Clint was the one who first said it out loud and therefore gets credit for the name. It comes from the band Green Jelly (formerly known as Green Jello). The band members used Oranjello and Lemonjello as their aliases on a talk show, Talk Soup. I couldn’t remember what band it was, but Clint volunteered the information when we were hanging out last Saturday.

When Clint first suggested the name, we googled for it, and the first page was some baby names page that was talking about the “urban myth” of twin boys named Oranjello and Lemonjello. After reading along, we get down to the comments. Clint was the first one to leave a comment on 12/8/2004! It actually spawned quite the discussion about racism.

Alas, I cannot find any mention of the band Green Jelly using the names Oranjello and Lemonjello. Oh well.

UPDATE: I forgot to say that the vet has confirmed that he is long-haired.

We found his father:  http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/04/16/funny-pictures-direkly-proportional-to-amount-of-happy/

 

We have a new kitten-name contender….

Oranjello

Other names still in the running:

Cornholio

Xanatos

Oberon

See pictures here.

 

Keith David and the new Spiderman cartoon.

Just yesterday, I was riding with my dad to Home Depot, and a radio commercial came on that had Keith David’s voice. 7 Keith David was the voice of Goliath in the cartoon Gargoyles. At the time, I thought, “Wow, it’s such a shame that such a talented voice actor has been reduced to crappy commercials.”

Later that night, Clint & I checked out the new Spiderman cartoon on WB (I think they’re calling it “Spectacular Spiderman”). And Keith David is voice acting in it! He’s playing a villian, I believe.

On another note, when the theme song came on for the Spiderman cartoon, Clint & I immediately wondered if it was going to be too juvenile for us. That theme song was HORRIBLE. Then at the end of the theme, it had Greg Weisman’s name. Then we realized Greg Weisman is the writer. He’s the guy who was behind the Gargoyles cartoon. Needless to say, we’re giving it a chance.

To me, Spiderman has always been somewhat more light-hearted and juvenile in the comics and cartoons anyway. He’s always talking to himself and is always so wholesome. So, we’ll see where it goes. The 90’s animated Spiderman rocked, though it was never as good as the 90’s X-men cartoon.

 

House hell

I was helping my mom paint her house all day today. She’s calling in the favor from when she helped me paint my house back in August. I’m going back tomorrow before we go out to Easter dinner to continue.

Mood: sore

Music: Ministry - TV III

 

Microthin Wow!Pad mouse pads suck

Just so everyone knows.  I don’t know how you can screw up a mousepad, but I attempted to use a Microthin Wow!Pad mouse pad here at work with my optical mouse.  And it sucks.  It makes my mouse skip across the screen uncontrollably every couple minutes.  Very strange.

Needless to say, I’m not using it anymore.  Sorry Glen.  It was a nice thought, and it’s not your fault it sucks.

 

Incarnations Of Immortality - the 8th book

Several years ago (2004), Melanie loaned me her copy of the first book in the Incarnations Of Immortality series by Piers Anthony.  I didn’t even get through the first book when I knew I was hooked.  I immediately got the rest of the series and worked my way through them.  The stories were good, and I really like how intricately everything was tied together.  It was almost hard to keep track of, but it all came together at the end.  I really enjoyed the series.

Several months ago, I was reading about them online.  I think it started with the wikipedia page, and there were plot synopses and I read through them all.  Suddenly, I noticed it was talking about an 8th book that hadn’t been published yet, “Under A Velvet Cloak”.  I eagerly anticipated the release of that book.  It was due to come out in December 2007.

I think I added Under A Velvet Cloak to my wishlist at some point, but I also added the Dark Materials trilogy to my wishlist also.  So for Christmas, I got two copies of the Dark Materials trilogy and 0 copies of Under A Velvet Cloak (Amazon wishlist apparently duplicates presents!)  I ended up returning one to Amazon.  I screwed myself because they didn’t have an option saying “Duplicate wishlist item” so I selected their option of “I just don’t want it.”  Sooooo, because I selected *that* option, they didn’t refund the entire $ amount.  They didn’t  refund $3.99 for Prepaid Return Label.  I sent them a letter complaining that it wasn’t *my* fault I had to return it, but that it was theirs because their wishlist item duplicated.  Of course I was ignored.  Whatever, it was $4.  Not worth going crazy over.  Because what I did was take the remaining balance and ordered myself Under A Velvet Cloak.  There was some confusion when the package came and I told Clint that it was his present to me (because it was his present I had to return because I opened Britt’s at Christmas Eve the night before.)

So, anyway, I must say I enjoyed the book.  But it was FILLED with sex!  It wasn’t like the romance novel my mom gave me when I was a junior in high school that had some sex scenes in it..  This was about SEX!  And LOTS of it.  With LOTS of people!  I liked it, but I was just surprised about it.

It was tied to the rest of the series, but it wasn’t as intricately entwined as the other books where.  Which makes sense because it was about the 8th incarnation that had kept herself separate from the other 7 in the previous books of the series.  But there were some twists that kept it in the story as a whole, and then it was tied up nicely in the end with the rest of the series.

It involves alternate timelines, and the creation of the universe as a whole (including the alternate timelines).

Anyway, if you read the Incarnations Of Immorality series, then I would recommend reading this book.   And if you haven’t read the Incarnations Of Immortality, then I would highly recommend reading it.  It starts with “On A Pale Horse” which is about the incarnation Death.

And some people may recall my “MILF Nature” halloween costume in 2004 - I was trying to be “Nature” from this series. 

 

This is messed up right here

Dad accused of forcing daughter to kill their pet cat.

Why are people assholes?

 

This is good news

The last book in the Harry Potter series will be split into 2 movies. Hopefully that means it won’t be butchered too much.

The reason this is important is after reading the books, the movies seemed “rushed” to me. Like I felt as if I didn’t already read the book and knew what happened, I would be totally lost.  I did watch the first two movies before I read the books, and then when I read the books, and saw the two movies a second time, I appreciated them much more.

Clint & I watched a fan edit for one of the movies (the fourth, I believe) that had all three hours and it was SOOO MUCH BETTER!

 

Day of Mourning

Thanks all who came to my party last night. I enjoyed myself, even if I was somewhat preoccupied with what happened to Beavis. Thanks everyone for your words of condolences and the birthday wishes.

We just finished burying Beavis. We had to go to Home Depot because we don’t actually own a digging shovel. Also, our bathroom sink sprung a leak last night, so we got a new faucet, and we already had a spare sink in our attic. Beavis is buried on the other side of the big tree in our side yard. Samhain is on one side, Misfit’s on another, and now a third side holds Beavis.

Anyway, I hope everyone had a great time, I know I did (all things considered).

 

Crazy week

After we had lunch at Rio Grande for Clint’s birthday, I got onto a plane headed for Chicago. Chicago itself wasn’t very exciting. I was there for training for my new job, and so I was only there Sunday evening through Friday afternoon. All week, my coworkers and I were talking about getting out to see the town one night so we can say we did it. We planned on doing it Thursday - the reasoning was Friday was a half-day so it wouldn’t matter if we ended up tired.

 

Tatiana, The Mauling Tiger

So, I’ve been following the story about Tatiana on CNN.com. The news has been reporting that the investigators are trying to get evidence that the tiger was taunted. As far as I can tell, they haven’t found any yet, but they’ve been going back and forth for a few weeks now. The latest and greatest prompted me to go into a tirade.
“Personal property seized from the victims of a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo may contain evidence that they taunted the animal, provoking it to escape its pen, the city attorney’s office argued in court documents.

 

I’m jumping onto the New Year’s posts bandwagon

Here’s 2007 in a nutshell:

 

Peapod sucks - first complaining post.

Peapod has really been screwing up lately. For awhile there, they were screwing up every single order of mine in some way shape or form. Out of the past 10 times (at LEAST), they got two orders completely right. I was amazed. Those were the orders that I had delivered at a different time than normal because I was home during the day.

Today’s screwup was really bad.

 

They Might Be Giants

The TMBG concert was a lot of fun.

 

WEEDS SPOILER ALERT!!!!

******* here be spoilers for the season(?) finale of weeds: *******

 

WTF? Beavis communicates his displeasure…

I was minding my own business sitting at my computer upstairs when Clint suddenly laughed at something Beavis did. Apparently, Clint started to exclaim something, and Beavis jumped a foot. So while laughing at Clint’s story, I happen to glance down at Beavis who was crouched down on the floor behind me. Suddenly, my laughter was cut short, and turned into an exclamation. “What the hell Beavis, what are you doing with *that*?!?” “That” was the filter to his water fountain.

 

Stacy & Louise’s wedding & SubGenius Devival

Stacy & Louise had a nice wedding yesterday. It was a Catholic ceremony, so the ceremony was long, but it was nice. I whispered to Sean, “Is Stacy’s baby here?” and Sean nodded. So I’m looking all around, but the only baby I could see was right in front of us (with a snotty that was too close to Clint for comfort. :)) Sean informed me that was the wrong baby, and that Addie was being held by Stacy’s dad. Oh yeah, now I see her.

 

All about Beavis

One day, I was in the utility room looking for Beavis. I was calling his name, and I heard some scuffling around in the corner. So I went to the corner, and bent down under the desk while still calling his name. Then I started hearing that the scuffling was coming from above me in the ceiling. So I kinda look up, and suddenly there’s Beavis’ head peaking out of a hole that I had no idea was there! It was totally reminiscent of “ceiling cat”.

 

What Tarot card are you? I am The World

 

Rate My Life Results

 

What drug is your personality?

Your Personality Is Like Marijuana

 

Appendix

When I had my appendix out in September of 2000, I asked Clint if that meant that I would die sooner than if it had been left in. Clint replied, “If it was left in, you’d be dead already.” Oh yeah! Yay!

 

House hell continues — is there an end in sight?

This morning, I finished the painting the walls downstairs purple!!!!!! NO MORE WALLS!!!!!!!! I started them on September 26th, and finished it today. Whoo-hoo!

 

Blacklight in the kitchen

Having a blacklight in the kitchen is sort of interesting sometimes. It’s funny what weird foods glow in the blacklight (mustard). Today, I discovered something else that glows.

 

Now that’s the way to get a kitten.

After we came back from the shelter empty-handed yesterday, I had a message from Casey. She & Kipp saw an ad for some kittens at the library.

 

Here kitty kitty kitty…

I have finally decided the time is right to adopt a new kitten. Should be easy, right? Wrong!

 

House hell

So, the addition is relatively finished. The staining is done. The upstairs flooring is done. The next major project we are going to undertake is painting the upstairs room. My mom & Clint’s mom are going to help me with that next week. Then comes moving in upstairs. We’re talking about buying all new components to make that possible/easier. So the main thing that would be holding us back is getting the pool table from upstairs to downstairs. And researching for a stereo/tv/computer/etc. Once we are moved in upstairs, we will start concentrating on all the projects to be completed downstairs - flooring, painting, installing bar, moving in, getting pool table in there, etc.

 

Cowon Iaudio X5

So, I have an mp3 player that is awesome in every way, except for some reason, the battery does not last more than 2 hours. Over vacation, Clint told me the battery is supposed to have a 14-hour lifespan. So, now comes the time to try and get it fixed.

 

“Zombie-cat is coming to get me!” aka Raccoon #3 continued

The other day, Clint’s parents came over to help us set up a cabinet in the bathroom. Since the cabinet was in the attic, we checked the raccoon trap. The trap was set off, the food was gone, but there was no animal. D’oh.

While the parents were setting up the cabinet, I happened to glance out the window, and exclaimed, “Someone dug up Misfit!!!!!” Something had pushed the rocks marking his grave over, and dug a hole where our poor kitty was resting. I had to go back out and rebury him. We made some “zombie cat has risen from the dead” jokes.

 

Silent Sinus Syndrome - My journey

Since my blog seems to get a lot of hits from people searching for “Silent Sinus Syndrome”, I added a “Silent Sinus Syndrome” tag so maybe they can more easily get to all the other posts that I had about my medical problem.  If my experience can end up helping some other person who has a wide eye and doesn’t know what’s wrong with them, then that is great!

I recommend Dr. Andrew Lane at Johns Hopkins University Hospital for all your Silent Sinus Syndrome needs.

I’m wondering if it is more common than I thought because it seems to pop up in searches a lot.

 

Status on the house: Painter’s tape hell!!

Guess what everyone!!  The staining and sealing is done!!!!  Except for a third coat on the trim around the spiral stairs upstairs (which is barely worth pulling out all the equipment for, but we agree that it’s a good idea to have a third coat on that high-traffic area).

Today, I got to move Clint’s clothes into his closet.  I have my closet back!!!!!  It felt nice spreading out my clothes.

I also started removing the painters tape.  That stuff is EVIL!!!!  It has stain and polyurethane sealant on it, and so it’s hard to pull off.  Plus, it pulls the paint off with it.  So that sucks a lot.   I felt bad for what I did to the ceiling and walls, so I stopped.  When Clint came home, he tried one, and left a mark way worse than any I had done, so I felt slightly less bad.

It’s very strange how our first attempts (inside the closet and inside the cabinet of the bookshelf) are much browner than our later attempts.  The bookshelf and closet and enclosure wall are actually pretty damn close to the color of the original wood.  Yay!!!  Pictures will soon follow.  We aren’t sure why they are different, but with the inside of the closet, we didn’t sand in as much detail as with everything else, so maybe that had something to do with it?  I don’t know.

 

Life without a cat

I can’t believe it has been two months since Misfit passed away.  At first, it was really hard to adjust to not having a cat.  At first, I slept on the couch because it depressed me to go to the bedroom knowing a little furry animal wasn’t going to join me.  I would see that perma-Misfit shape in the curtain above the bed and would get sad to think he wasn’t hiding back there.  Now, I barely think about it.  Last night, when I went to the bedroom, I started to close the door because I knew I was going to be sleeping in, and I didn’t want Clint to wake me up with his morning ritual.  As I closed it, I thought, “Oh, I don’t have to worry about locking Misfit out.”  Then I realized that was the first time I thought something along those lines in awhile.

Meanwhile, our staining still isn’t finished, but it is very close.  My mom called me today to tell me about a kitten at her vet’s that is looking for a home.  I do want a kitten still, but I don’t know.  I wanted a male cat, and this one is female.  I definitely want to meet the kitty before committing to it.  And I don’t know.  Samhain was definitely unplanned.  We walked out of Wal-mart the day before Father’s Day.  I didn’t find a gift for my dad, but there was this family with their kittens to give away.  That was a great idea on their part, because I fell in love with Samhain and took him home.  Well, there’s more to that story, but I can go on and on. :)  Misfit also was pretty unplanned.  This woman had just started working at Miller’s and mentioned she had kittens that needed a home.  I said, “I have a husband and a cat at home that would both kill me if I show up with a kitten.”  Then not long after that, Samhain died, and the lady said, “I have a kitten for you!”  So not more than a week later, I had Misfit.  So, life without a cat has been different, and I’ve been waiting for one to show up practically on my doorstep so we can fall in love with it and keep it.

Maybe after Assateague, we’ll be able to go seek out a new member of our family.  I’m sure the staining would be done by then (IHOPE!)!!

 

Raccoon #3

July 4th, the night before we leave for our vacation in Cambridge, I was trying to sleep, and was having trouble. Around 6am or so, I heard that familiar scratching. I thought,”What, the raccoon is back?” Then I thought to myself, “It sounds like it is right there.” I pulled back the curtain and I can see the addition area and sure enough, I see a raccoon tail hanging down from the roof. I was like, “No! Don’t go in there!” and I knocked on the window. The tail disappeared up into the attic. D’oh.

Now we are back and I am ready to set the trap up there and see if I can catch it.

You can read about Raccoon #2 here and here

 

Evil bugs

So, apparently, I am very susceptible to bug bites.

 

Argh

Hospital bills suck.  I thought I was on top of them, and it was pretty easy.  I guess it was a little “too easy”.

 

Computer woes

Well, my computer, Magic, is slowly coming back to life.

 

I need some new topics.

My blog consists mainly of posts about Misfit and my eye. And maybe a Clint one here and there.

So, anyway, like Clint mentions, we are currently working on staining the wood upstairs.

 

More about Misfit

These past couple of days have been very emotional for me. I feel like Misfit’s death has hit me harder than Samhain’s death in a way. I think it’s because his life was so short compared to Samhain. Samhain was getting up there in age, and I had 9 1/2 years to prepare myself for, “Someday, Samhain’s going to die.” But Misfit was so sudden.

 

Clint made a Misfit slide show.

Click More to see the slideshow

 

it’s not fair

I have terrible news. Misfit was hit by a car. I knew something was up because he didn’t come home. The neighbor who told me about it said she thinks it happened this morning, but I’m not so sure. When we got home late last night, he didn’t come in, and he usually does. Anyway, I’m pretty depressed about it.

 

Argh. I thought I was done!

I went to have my two-year follow-up exam with the optometrist. In order to have the lifetime warranty, I have to have yearly exams. Anyway, she starts out asking, “So how’s your vision?” and I say, “It’s fine. Of course, I think my right eye is slightly worse.”

 

“It’s finally looking normal…”

I had my last follow-up appointment with Dr. Andrew Lane at Johns Hopkins otolaryngology dept today. He said there is no more swelling, and my sinus looks like a normal sinus now.

 

New keyboards

I needed a new ergonomic keyboard. We currently have a shortage of ergonomic keyboards, though we have plenty of the crappy non-ergonomic keyboards. So, I found my company has a cheap one in their catalog, and figured, what the hell?

 

Books I’ve read recently

Here is the list of books I’ve read lately.

 

Survey: What X-man are you? I am Jean Grey

You scored as Jean Grey. Jean Grey is likely the most powerful X-Man. She loves Cyclops very much but she has a soft spot for Wolverine. She’s psychic so she can sense how others are feeling and tries to help them. She also has to control her amazing powers or the malevolent Phoenix entity could take control of her and wreak havok. Powers: Telekinetic, Telepathic Jean Grey 60% Rogue 55% Storm 50% Cyclops 50% Iceman 50% Colossus 40% Wolverine 20% Beast 20% Nightcrawler 20% Gambit 20% Emma Frost 10% Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com

 

Opthalmologist appointment

The opthalmologist appointment on Thursday went pretty well. He basically confirmed that my eyeball has sunken. He pulled up the images from the CT scan