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it is also surprisingly loud
Sep. 5th, 2011 08:30 pm
also, rain would be lovely
Sep. 2nd, 2011 12:11 amOh my god, you guys, I am so sick of summer.
I keep having these surreal moments where I hallucinate cool autumn winds, and then realize it was just the air conditioning and feel like I'm losing my mind. And whenever I read a story or watch a movie set in winter, with snuggly scarves and coats with the collars turned up against the cold, I have this horribly visceral sense of pining. It's really quite awful, and kind of sickening.
I JUST WANT A COOL BREEZE, OKAY. IS THAT REALLY SO MUCH TO ASK.
I keep having these surreal moments where I hallucinate cool autumn winds, and then realize it was just the air conditioning and feel like I'm losing my mind. And whenever I read a story or watch a movie set in winter, with snuggly scarves and coats with the collars turned up against the cold, I have this horribly visceral sense of pining. It's really quite awful, and kind of sickening.
I JUST WANT A COOL BREEZE, OKAY. IS THAT REALLY SO MUCH TO ASK.
that is all
Aug. 29th, 2011 12:08 pmMy dad does this thing where he still buys groceries and cooks as if he's feeding three growing teenage girls who do soccer three or four times a week, plus himself, plus my mom back when she was in her forties and also doing soccer three or four times a week (my mom's awesome, what can I say), no matter how often we remind him that this is not the case. It's terribly annoying.
Anyway, the point of this post really isn't to bitch about my dad, who is a lovely man despite his grocery shopping habits. But he does buy just massive amounts of white grapes, for example. Luckily, that of all fruits is probably best; once they start going squishy, you can just throw them in the freezer, and they make a really awesome snack for when it's 112 degrees outside and you're also running a slight fever.
Mmm, frozen grapes.
Anyway, the point of this post really isn't to bitch about my dad, who is a lovely man despite his grocery shopping habits. But he does buy just massive amounts of white grapes, for example. Luckily, that of all fruits is probably best; once they start going squishy, you can just throw them in the freezer, and they make a really awesome snack for when it's 112 degrees outside and you're also running a slight fever.
Mmm, frozen grapes.
few things
May. 3rd, 2011 03:36 pm- I find it really ironic that in my last post, it was 85 and humid and our AC was broken. The day our AC got fixed? A cold front swept through and dropped temperatures into the 50s. GOOD TIMING, WEATHER. *eyeroll*
- I really love this picture. It makes me think of school, of the screenplay I'm (still) trying to finish, and (weirdly) of H50. Also, it's just an awesome picture.
- I'm trying to decide if I want to register for my 1-year college reunion. On the plus side: the line-up of events actually looks pretty interesting, and I'd get an excuse to hang out in NYC with old friends for a while afterward. On the negative side: lots of small-talking about "how's life been since graduation?" "so what are you up to now?" and "what are you doing with your degree?", none of which are topics I feel particularly great about. Also, since I did that whole take-a-year-off-and-then-graduate-a-semester-early thing, it's a bit weird, because my graduating class isn't really the group of people that I spent the most time becoming friends with; I always felt a bit dislocated in my last year and a half.
So. I'm not really sure what I want to do. Anyone else have strong opinions or advice about college reunions?
- I really love this picture. It makes me think of school, of the screenplay I'm (still) trying to finish, and (weirdly) of H50. Also, it's just an awesome picture.
- I'm trying to decide if I want to register for my 1-year college reunion. On the plus side: the line-up of events actually looks pretty interesting, and I'd get an excuse to hang out in NYC with old friends for a while afterward. On the negative side: lots of small-talking about "how's life been since graduation?" "so what are you up to now?" and "what are you doing with your degree?", none of which are topics I feel particularly great about. Also, since I did that whole take-a-year-off-and-then-graduate-a-semester-early thing, it's a bit weird, because my graduating class isn't really the group of people that I spent the most time becoming friends with; I always felt a bit dislocated in my last year and a half.
So. I'm not really sure what I want to do. Anyone else have strong opinions or advice about college reunions?
how the fuck did the pioneers do this shit
May. 1st, 2011 10:38 amIt is 85 degrees outside (that's about 30*C, foreigners on my flist) and nasty humid, so of course our air conditioning has been broken for the last two nights. Now I am sleep-deficient and sticky and cranky.
I'm fucking off to get a haircut and then live at the freezing cold pool in my neighborhood.
I'm fucking off to get a haircut and then live at the freezing cold pool in my neighborhood.
home again, home again, jiggety-jig
Sep. 26th, 2010 03:40 pmBack from visiting my grandma over the weekend. For not doing much of anything, those visits are always inexplicably exhausting. I don't know if it's the humidity, the sleeping on the couch, or the awkward born-again-Christian turns the conversations sometimes take, but regardless, I am very tired. I'm glad to be going over to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
junebug_waltz's humble abode tonight for the comforting embrace of Doctor Who-watching and general geekery.
junebug_waltz's humble abode tonight for the comforting embrace of Doctor Who-watching and general geekery.So, that whole thing about it being illegal to pick bluebonnets in Texas because it's the state flower, which I have believed is true my whole life?
Apparently, not so true.
It's an urban legend! It's still kinda tacky and bad karma to pick them (because unless these annual flowers are left alone, they won't re-seed for the next year). But it's not illegal.
I feel so disillusioned, and kind of silly.
Apparently, not so true.
It's an urban legend! It's still kinda tacky and bad karma to pick them (because unless these annual flowers are left alone, they won't re-seed for the next year). But it's not illegal.
I feel so disillusioned, and kind of silly.
talk about race fail...
Mar. 4th, 2010 03:22 pmWe just got back from bringing our granny flowers and taking her out for a lovely lunch, as it is her 89th birthday today. ♥
Granny is using a cane at the moment, and was gesturing around with it while we examined some plants for new spring growth. This caused my dad to remark that she looked just like a lady they had apparently know back in their hometown (Beaumont, in East Texas), which prompted Granny in turn to tell us the most hilariously appalling story. Which I immediately wanted to share with LJ. :)
Granny was born and raised in New York, and moved down to Beaumont in the 1940s with her husband when she got married. This, of course, meant she was still a damn Yankee. Her mother-in-law (our great-grandmother) took Granny around to be introduced to all her friends, including the aforementioned elderly dragon lady with the cane. Upon meeting her, this lady shook her cane at Granny and exclaimed, "My garden would look much better if you hadn't freed all my slaves!"
At which point, Granny started wondering just what she'd gotten herself into.
O.O
Granny is using a cane at the moment, and was gesturing around with it while we examined some plants for new spring growth. This caused my dad to remark that she looked just like a lady they had apparently know back in their hometown (Beaumont, in East Texas), which prompted Granny in turn to tell us the most hilariously appalling story. Which I immediately wanted to share with LJ. :)
Granny was born and raised in New York, and moved down to Beaumont in the 1940s with her husband when she got married. This, of course, meant she was still a damn Yankee. Her mother-in-law (our great-grandmother) took Granny around to be introduced to all her friends, including the aforementioned elderly dragon lady with the cane. Upon meeting her, this lady shook her cane at Granny and exclaimed, "My garden would look much better if you hadn't freed all my slaves!"
At which point, Granny started wondering just what she'd gotten herself into.
O.O
