Io- December 25, 2007 I'm here at my sister's (and her husband's) place in the semi-boonies of northern BC, having arrived on the 23rd. The parents are here too, and my brother already lives in this particular town (with the longtime girlfriend he's finally beginning to refer to as a girlfriend), so it's a reunion. It's good. The town is way more hick than what I'm used to but for several days' stay it doesn't matter. There's a ski hill less than 500 feet high three minutes' walk from my sister's front door; we..http://www.shauny.org/mess/archives/2007/12/io.php You Can Come Back, You Know- December 14, 2007 I finally met with Lindsay last night and it was good -- infinitely better than the last time we saw each other, which was bad. The meeting was my idea and during the few days we waited for it to happen I couldn't really say why I thought it was going to be any good, was not sure, in fact, that it would be good at all. At first I thought that maybe she thought she'd made a mistake, but then I figured no. So all that was really left was the reckoning that it would be better to have our next...http://www.shauny.org/mess/archives/2007/12/you-can-come-ba.php Gnaw- December 10, 2007 The box set arrived today, very smart, signed by the man himself. I think I'll call the Mirror's Rant Line and offer it to whoever writes in with the best reason of why they should have it. I'm supposed to meet with Lindsay tomorrow after a micro-econ exam I will probably pass. I am still not sure why I'm agreeing to this - scratch that, I'm not sure why I suggested it. I think I thought I'd feel better about things, but I get the gnawing sense that I'm going to come away feeling worse. I..http://www.shauny.org/mess/archives/2007/12/gnaw.php 1 2 3 4 5 6 Switch- December 5, 2007 I note with a little dismay that I've inherited my father's habit of thinking out loud. I think I've been doing it for awhile, but I've only noticed it recently. In my defense, I don't do it that often (haha, I just murmured "I don't do it that often" unconsciously as I wrote it out), I usually do it sotto voce, and hardly do it at all when people are, or possibly are, within earshot. It's a semi-conscious sort of thing. Let me emphasize that these are not conversations I'm having, they are.http://www.shauny.org/mess/archives/2007/12/1-2-3-4-5-6-swi.php Smushed In- December 1, 2007 There was a pretty girl on the bus while we were smushed in close with all the noisy schoolkids and she kept smiling at me. At one point I said 'scuse me to somebody else and she chirped "oh no problem" and then we were talking. We talked for maybe a minute until she said her stop was coming up next, and I paused for just a moment before asking if she wanted to go for coffee sometime. She gave an enthusiastic yes, got my name since we're both on Facebook, and has already contacted me there. .http://www.shauny.org/mess/archives/2007/12/smushed-in.php |