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citrus_cactus

Citrus Cactus and the Case of the Mysterious Atlas

Oct 11, 2015 13:57

So, I randomly went home last weekend (eh, not so random-- parents' birthdays, you know). OMG, I had really been missing Colorado. The dry air, the altitude... even though Saturday was a bit cold and rainy, Sunday was very much my idea of a Perfect Fall Day: warm and sunny (but not too warm), great for a grilling outdoors and taking the Samoyeds ( Read more... )

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citrus_cactus October 15 2015, 11:29:52 UTC

Oh good, glad you enjoyed it! And you know, somehow I never really registered that Pikes Peak no longer has an apostrophe. Huh! And haha, my sister went to school in Iowa and Indiana, and she was likewise amused/indignant about their descriptions (but hey, apparently Indiana = good place for education! XD)

That's a pretty interesting area of study, I have to think! It was definitely something I knew existed, but I was really fascinated(/shocked) to see these specific examples of it! The sort of thing no one would have thought twice about back then, I'm sure. And yeah, that hunting license really is something else, isn't it? O_o Interesting about your great-grandma too. Yes indeed, times have changed!

lelenmargyle October 16 2015, 02:34:53 UTC

My sister went to school in Indiana too. O_o

citrus_cactus October 18 2015, 02:33:59 UTC

No WAY! *Twilight Zone music plays*

lelenmargyle October 14 2015, 04:15:38 UTC

So cooool! I actually have no idea what it's like to be close with extended family members. My parents were always very sheltering...But I have to trust that they had good reasons for that. (I can certainly see how each of them is a black sheep within their own families, and I've realized that I have quite literally nothing but genes in common with my dad's side of the family, so...yeah. I kept my name 'cuz I respect my dad for working hard and breaking the cycle (going to college lol), I guess ( ... )

citrus_cactus October 16 2015, 01:04:34 UTC

Yeah, I think I can understand that. It might help that my immediate family on both sides (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and one cousin) is quite small and we all lived in the same city while I was growing up-- but then again, I was never as close with my mom's side of the family, so maybe it was a combination of having things in common with my dad's side and this sense of history/pride in the family's origins that caused me to gravitate that way! Aaaand then I think about my parents' personalities and the way I was raised, and I realize that the apple didn't really fall far from the tree (for better or for worse...) XD ( ... )

lelenmargyle October 16 2015, 01:46:34 UTC

I think that's a nice thing! I'm certainly like my parents in a lot of ways. I'm grateful that I'm a generation removed from having to "break out." (My mother's parents were both college educated, but there were other kinds of instability on that side.) They "done did good," as far as I'm concerned. (I *would* say that, since the result is me. B ( ... )

lelenmargyle October 16 2015, 02:39:40 UTC

Oh dang, I think Chicago might be the Hufflepuff of major U.S. cities. XD

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lelenmargyle October 20 2015, 01:29:38 UTC

Oh yeah, forgot to mention (and just remembered): Neil deGrasse Tyson's COSMOS totally covers female astronomy assistants, and gives due credit for couple of significant discoveries! (Can't believe you still haven't watched that!!)

citrus_cactus October 22 2015, 02:42:50 UTC

Oh man, that's cool! Yeah, I really need to. WAAGH! >_