- The sandwich my beloved made me, with just the right amount of (English) mustard on it. The sandwiches he makes are not the sandwiches I would make for myself, but I love the quirks he gives them, and the opportunity it gives me to acclimatise my tastebuds to hot stuff.
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moonshaydewrote me a ficlet! *sporfles at it* - Everyone who recommended Lois McMasters Bujold to me. And the librarian I started chatting to on Saturday who was determined I should read The Warrior's Apprentice, to the extent that she searched through the so-recently-returned-they're-still-behind-the-counter shelves for me. And found it. (Although, the fact that I was up reading this book until late late late last night may be one reason I'm finding this Monday morning so very difficult.)
- I drew this xkcd strip on our whiteboard on Friday, and have seen people reading it, notably the person who made me think of it in the first place. Hopefully learning will percolate.
- I have the latest Lucinda Williams album and a DVD set of Sapphire and Steel on order. My love for Sapphire and Steel, I will show you it soon, no doubt. "Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available..."
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mrspollifaxwrote funny Sam/Jack fic! - Getting up early on Saturday and meeting up with a friend at the local shops for tea and toast, and wandering round the shops, and stopping for more tea. And then going to the library with A, and then coming home and having a nap. And then waking up, having dinner, pottering around for a while, and napping again. Until 5am. And then waking up, looking at the moon and what I think was Orion (three bright stars, his belt), and... going back to sleep.
- Feeling very refreshed on Sunday.
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annerbhp. :) - Stephen Fry's expression after the flyover at the unbe-freaking-lievable local ball game between two American colleges (a game which, in the UK, would have consisted of maybe fifty people watching two teams and a referee on a muddy pitch, too damn early on a Saturday morning. Your country is huge, Americans. HUGE.)
- A picture of a baby owl. SO CUTE.
- Pistachio ice cream. My favourite flavour since a school trip to Bolougne, where I ordered it from a street stall, thinking it was mint. It wasn't mint, and it was a million times nicer. Other than that, I remember that Bolougne was steep and sunny, with old stone city walls, and a beautiful cathedral with stained glass windows and a carved and polished wooden hand, smooth as glass.
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You'll fly through them and then cry when it's over. :-)
One of the things I adore about those books is how each one is a different sub-genre. It's been a while since I read them, but she seems to have hit up just about everything.
Umm... may need a Miles fix soon.
It's a very strange culture, I know.
Um... I really hope I'm not pissing people off, now. :)
I agree, though, that the fanaticism some people have for cheerleading/football/marching does border on absurd. Then again, I shouldn't talk because I get obsessed with books & tv-shows and probably invest as much time into those things as others do into football. My obsessions just aren't nearly as flashy
and are more intellectually stimulating.I really hope this series gets broadcast on BBC America soon. I've been looking forward to this for ages, ever since he mentioned it in his podcast.
College sports as a collective is probably the closest thing we have to a national religion in America.
I'm also curious as to what he has to say about my home states...
David McCallum and Joanna Lumley!!!!!!
But the country is huge. Aside: Have I ever mentioned that when I was spending a lot of time in Germany, I was asked how big the US was, and I said, "About 4500km across," and was told, "No, you must be converting wrong, that's impossible."
That is my favorite xkcd strip ever.
It's so BIG. It's just... hard to get my head around. I mean, I know it's huge, but I'm used to living in a country that you can drive between the furthest points within a day. No wonder the different states are so very different. Yeesh. And, hee - I can sympathise with the poor, confused German. :)
It's says it so succinctly, doesn't it? Someone at work has now scrawled next to the cartoon, "Hey, my daughter has an MSc in Maths!" (And, she later told me, a BSc in Nuclear Physics.)
A friend of mine used to say that the European idea of a nation-state was as far as they could drive in one day, and that they could never truly grasp how big the US, Canada, Australia, etc. are without driving across them. :)
Someone at work has now scrawled next to the cartoon, "Hey, my daughter has an MSc in Maths!" (And, she later told me, a BSc in Nuclear Physics.)
That is awesome.
I think sometimes people forget the US is so big that we have different climates in different parts of the country.
different climates in different parts of the country.
Yeesh. Freakin' HUGE.
It's not like this is news to me, but some things give you a better idea of scale, you know?
Your Saturday sounds lovely, and it reminded me that I've been meaning to ask if you ended up doing anything with those Rosehips from your picture meme.
And that particular xkcd strip can't be linked to enough times. Drawing it on the whiteboard is even better! =)
Your fic made me feel much better about the whole Monday thing, so I thought I'd pass it on. :)
Jealous of you. :) You'll have to tell me how it is. I bought another record this week and will have to wait a couple weeks before I can have Lucinda's new one.
Your country is huge, Americans. HUGE.
I think this every time I drive to my parents' place and realize that most other places I would have driven through several countries instead of just states.
Driving in America seems like so much more of a thing in itself, rather than a means to an end - you know? I like travelling - we do it here, but it's more a case of meandering, otherwise you get somewhere too quickly. :)
ok, spill. The cartoon you drew, story behind it?
Ugh. Well, it's a work colleague. He has a habit of saying things like, "I don't think women are interested in politics..." / "Women aren't very good at chairing meetings..." / "Call me a bigot, but I don't think women like things like military history..." And I tend to snap at him, when he says those things. So I thought this was a more succinct, non-confrontational of getting my point across. :)
O.o problem is, he probably agreed with it.
"too bad bigots need to resort to demeaning women to measure the size of their puny dicks" ^_~