Change of plans.
otterhill had to bail on the festival; she needs to study, and Fiery Doom Girl has apparently been a right royal brat, so no privileges for her. I do not enjoy going to such things alone; it's not fun if I don't have someone to share the experience with.
If I feel like taking a chance and escaping the neighborhood and its bicycle race BS (still tempted to put signs in my windows expressing my displeasure), I could see if there's anything I want at Hancock Fabrics. Or maybe see if someplace like Metro Lighting is open; I still need a light for the living room and a porch light. Glad to have gotten lights for the dining room (I splurged a little there - it's another Tiffany-style with dragonflies!) and 2nd floor hall.
Yes, I did get the lawn mowed. My legs have the scratches to prove it (darn raspberry canes!). Took some stuff home from church to do admin work. Laid in provisions for the week. Parked in the back again (this time carefully checking for naily boards).
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The bad accident I referenced yesterday involved a teenager attempting to cross the interstate (WTF?) and ending up becoming an unfortunate driver's new hood ornament. Driver survived; teenager - no.
I take this highway several times a week. There are safe ways to get from one side to the other, either under or over the road, about every 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile. There is no reason to step into high speed traffic. If you want to play chicken with objects 10 times your weight and 10 times your speed, what you are saying is, "I'm an idiot with a deathwish; please remove me from the gene pool." Wish granted; a tragedy and a waste.
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RE: the whole crossposting kerfuffle - ye gods, the drama! Really? Was that necessary?
I completely understand the whole "keeping parts of my life separate" thing. I do. I post differently on FB than LJ (I don't tweet). But you know how people are. And hey presto, fix-its appeared about 1 instant after the announcement about the crossposting. Problem solved!
But now everyone wants to be all butthurt and run off to Dreamwidth. Look, folks - I'm not on DW. LJ and FB are *quite* enough for me, especially if most entries get onto LJ too. I don't want to lose you all; could you please just let things settle, use the fix-it, and see how it goes, rather than taking your marbles and running off in a huff? I mean, I'm willing, I guess, to set up a DW account if one of you offered me a code (but that REALLY pings my snob-o-meter; it smacks of cliques that you have to HOPE you're cool enough to get an invite to - my lower social class, bullied and ostracized inner child wants to slap someone over the inherent unfairness there), but only if it's absolutely necessary, like you all leave in droves. That would make me sad.
If I feel like taking a chance and escaping the neighborhood and its bicycle race BS (still tempted to put signs in my windows expressing my displeasure), I could see if there's anything I want at Hancock Fabrics. Or maybe see if someplace like Metro Lighting is open; I still need a light for the living room and a porch light. Glad to have gotten lights for the dining room (I splurged a little there - it's another Tiffany-style with dragonflies!) and 2nd floor hall.
Yes, I did get the lawn mowed. My legs have the scratches to prove it (darn raspberry canes!). Took some stuff home from church to do admin work. Laid in provisions for the week. Parked in the back again (this time carefully checking for naily boards).
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The bad accident I referenced yesterday involved a teenager attempting to cross the interstate (WTF?) and ending up becoming an unfortunate driver's new hood ornament. Driver survived; teenager - no.
I take this highway several times a week. There are safe ways to get from one side to the other, either under or over the road, about every 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile. There is no reason to step into high speed traffic. If you want to play chicken with objects 10 times your weight and 10 times your speed, what you are saying is, "I'm an idiot with a deathwish; please remove me from the gene pool." Wish granted; a tragedy and a waste.
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RE: the whole crossposting kerfuffle - ye gods, the drama! Really? Was that necessary?
I completely understand the whole "keeping parts of my life separate" thing. I do. I post differently on FB than LJ (I don't tweet). But you know how people are. And hey presto, fix-its appeared about 1 instant after the announcement about the crossposting. Problem solved!
But now everyone wants to be all butthurt and run off to Dreamwidth. Look, folks - I'm not on DW. LJ and FB are *quite* enough for me, especially if most entries get onto LJ too. I don't want to lose you all; could you please just let things settle, use the fix-it, and see how it goes, rather than taking your marbles and running off in a huff? I mean, I'm willing, I guess, to set up a DW account if one of you offered me a code (but that REALLY pings my snob-o-meter; it smacks of cliques that you have to HOPE you're cool enough to get an invite to - my lower social class, bullied and ostracized inner child wants to slap someone over the inherent unfairness there), but only if it's absolutely necessary, like you all leave in droves. That would make me sad.