…posted too quick! Meant to congratulate your sister and commiserate over the challenges of cutting new beds and amending red clay.
Nobinayamu
13 years ago
min0o, thanks for the congratulation and the weeping hoses tip. I’d done a bit of research on weeping hoses once she explained what kind of soil she has and I was, admittedly, waffling. On the one hand, I don’t want to create beds that will give “curb appeal” for a couple of months and be either hideous or useless by the time she finds a buyer or renter.
On the other hand, there are cost concerns. Not so much for the hoses; that process seems cost effective. The real problem is that she doesn’t seem to like any of the low maintenance, drought resistant, ornamental plants that are common to the area and doesn’t understand why she can’t just have whatever she wants.
She’s all “I want roses like the kind at Mom and Dad’s house. Why can’t I plant those and not these stupid shrub rose bushes?”
Bee: used to read Savage, gave up in disgust fairly soon, for the same reasons you mention here.
I see him as the representative [white middle-class able-bodied cis urban gay] homonormative man who can be good addressing some issues, but his lack of awareness or other matrices of oppression AND his relative privilege is definitely problematic. As a queer fat woman, I don’t even consider him an ally anymore, and his racism over Prop 8 was just ugly.
Have to say that I am at Louisville airport, awaiting my plane, watching the rain, and drinking chai tea (ruining the rhyme).
Got here nice and early because there are probably 2000 English teachers leaving day toafter an incredibly successful week of grading AP (there were 359,000 Eng/lit testbooks, and since each has three essays, that’s about a MILLION essays read). Cannot talk about any of the specfics (CONFIDENTIALITY), but it was a hoot. Probably equal numbers over in the Eng/comp test.
Just picked up The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power by Geoffrey Dunn whch I will be reading on the plane….which will be taking off in the rain….unless I fall asleep.
Also! I rescued a kitten today! He is the most adorable black and white ball of fluff and I’m looking for a home for him. Some asshole cut most of his whiskers off 🙁
In other news, the sociopath that assaulted me made another appearance in my (very small) town. I did not run. I did not get scared. I got very, very angry. And as trite as it may seem, I named and shamed him on my Facebook. And I’m not going to back down.
sarahejones, the whiskers will grow back. One of my dogs got too close to the barbecue when it was being lit and got half her whiskers singed off. They were back to normal in a month or two.
Good for you for naming and shaming. I hope you don’t have too much blowback to deal with. *hugs*
Plymouth
13 years ago
My kitten says “meow”. Ok, so my “kitten” is like 3 years old. But she’s still a kitten. If I get to be 35 and still be a girl, my 3-year-old feline can be a “kitten”. (and don’t anyone fucking tell me I can’t be a girl. Dumbass society made me pick a gender identity and that’s the only one I’ll bloody accept! I’d really rather just not have one.)
Following up on Elizabeth’s plant question: I bought a plant, and then it died. Do you think it will affect my new plant’s morale if it’s sitting where it can see the dead plant? I don’t want to throw away my old plant, because I think that maybe it will come back to life somehow. But I’m worried that the new plant will be scared if confronted with such stark evidence that I’m a bad plant owner.
I do have bigger, more important worries in my life. (Like, what if the dead plant comes back to life and the two plants don’t get along?) Also: spitting on short men. It takes up so much of my day! What to do.
Yeah, there are at least two more Human Stupidity posts I’ve been meaning to write about; that’s one of them. He’s also sort of obsessed with the whole Underage Girl Question.
We Hunted The Mammoth
…posted too quick! Meant to congratulate your sister and commiserate over the challenges of cutting new beds and amending red clay.
min0o, thanks for the congratulation and the weeping hoses tip. I’d done a bit of research on weeping hoses once she explained what kind of soil she has and I was, admittedly, waffling. On the one hand, I don’t want to create beds that will give “curb appeal” for a couple of months and be either hideous or useless by the time she finds a buyer or renter.
On the other hand, there are cost concerns. Not so much for the hoses; that process seems cost effective. The real problem is that she doesn’t seem to like any of the low maintenance, drought resistant, ornamental plants that are common to the area and doesn’t understand why she can’t just have whatever she wants.
She’s all “I want roses like the kind at Mom and Dad’s house. Why can’t I plant those and not these stupid shrub rose bushes?”
It’s frustrating.
Still proud, though.
Bee: used to read Savage, gave up in disgust fairly soon, for the same reasons you mention here.
I see him as the representative [white middle-class able-bodied cis urban gay] homonormative man who can be good addressing some issues, but his lack of awareness or other matrices of oppression AND his relative privilege is definitely problematic. As a queer fat woman, I don’t even consider him an ally anymore, and his racism over Prop 8 was just ugly.
Johnny: ooooo, thank you! *makes note* I had not heard of that one!
Ozy: I suspect it won’t be long until he does. Although it might be fun to see how long he can contain himself before spewing.
Have to say that I am at Louisville airport, awaiting my plane, watching the rain, and drinking chai tea (ruining the rhyme).
Got here nice and early because there are probably 2000 English teachers leaving day toafter an incredibly successful week of grading AP (there were 359,000 Eng/lit testbooks, and since each has three essays, that’s about a MILLION essays read). Cannot talk about any of the specfics (CONFIDENTIALITY), but it was a hoot. Probably equal numbers over in the Eng/comp test.
Just picked up The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power by Geoffrey Dunn whch I will be reading on the plane….which will be taking off in the rain….unless I fall asleep.
I fucking love Louis Wain. That’s all.
Also! I rescued a kitten today! He is the most adorable black and white ball of fluff and I’m looking for a home for him. Some asshole cut most of his whiskers off 🙁
In other news, the sociopath that assaulted me made another appearance in my (very small) town. I did not run. I did not get scared. I got very, very angry. And as trite as it may seem, I named and shamed him on my Facebook. And I’m not going to back down.
sarahejones, the whiskers will grow back. One of my dogs got too close to the barbecue when it was being lit and got half her whiskers singed off. They were back to normal in a month or two.
Good for you for naming and shaming. I hope you don’t have too much blowback to deal with. *hugs*
My kitten says “meow”. Ok, so my “kitten” is like 3 years old. But she’s still a kitten. If I get to be 35 and still be a girl, my 3-year-old feline can be a “kitten”. (and don’t anyone fucking tell me I can’t be a girl. Dumbass society made me pick a gender identity and that’s the only one I’ll bloody accept! I’d really rather just not have one.)
xD my cat is like 9 years old but she still acts so young… like me! :3
Meow! Our other cat is 9 but she’s kinda chubby and lazy and not at all kittenish. But I call her kitten sometimes too 🙂
It’s Father’s Day, and I’m currently enjoying breakfast in bed prepared by my wife and oldest son.
If this is the feminist dystopia, then I’ll take it.
Also, cats.
The whiskers will take a while. One of our cats singed his and I could still tell about 6 mos. later.
Can we get a forum? I think the demand is clear.
Following up on Elizabeth’s plant question: I bought a plant, and then it died. Do you think it will affect my new plant’s morale if it’s sitting where it can see the dead plant? I don’t want to throw away my old plant, because I think that maybe it will come back to life somehow. But I’m worried that the new plant will be scared if confronted with such stark evidence that I’m a bad plant owner.
I do have bigger, more important worries in my life. (Like, what if the dead plant comes back to life and the two plants don’t get along?) Also: spitting on short men. It takes up so much of my day! What to do.
Ok… I don’t know where else to put this, and I had to share. Radical Masculist Manifesto
I don’t want to say that Human Stupidity has a corner on the market… but they sure have collected a bunch of it.
Yeah, there are at least two more Human Stupidity posts I’ve been meaning to write about; that’s one of them. He’s also sort of obsessed with the whole Underage Girl Question.