random observations.

[minxy]

There was a young woman who sat down in front of me on the bus today, and it looked like she'd scored a list of the top 20 things you must wear to successfully pull off the 'young, sweet, conservative girl' stereotype and worked it. Pink sparkly earbuds, beige cardigan sweater, string of slightly pink pearls, low ponytail (hair a modest shoulderlength) held by a plastic tortoiseshell clip.

You go, girl. Get down with your perfectly assembled look. I wonder if she was an undergrad?

The guy sitting next to me had long hair, pulled back in a similar low ponytail, but his hair was nearly (accidentally) dreaded, and he was the guy who was yesterday telling a friend about how he'd bought a house over the weekend. (He was pretty excited and TALKING REALLY LOUDLY). Today he was playing games on his Sidekick phone.

I am just about worn the fuck out, flist. The last five days of the paddling season see me dragging my sorry ass around. Somehow, and I'm not sure this is unrelated, I've found myself in that bus-ride zone even when not on the bus. The zone where you can't read a book (I can on a plane, apparently I need to practice reading in cars and busses), don't think you can focus on a glaring computer screen, and haven't the attention span for television (or are too lazy to haul you ass upstairs to turn it on.) Best way to keep a bus-zoned Minx occupied? Knitting. I've gone from casting on to gusset on a sock in four days. That's a land speed record.

I may actually get a few pairs of socks knitted for folk for Christmas this year. Huh.

This list of randomness brought to you by the fact that my race on Saturday will be approximately 27 miles.

Happy hump day!

Comments

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Wonderful bus story! And I hope there's some time for you do plotz and do exactly what you'd like. *hugs*

I hope Saturday goes well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

How the hell do you spell cartigan sweater? Cartigen? Cartesean? Courtesan?

*needs a nap*

I have time scheduled for plotzing, um, next weekend? Maybe? Teal'c is telling me stories in bits and pieces all over the place, though; it's how he rolls.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Well, the way those sweaters embrace the wearer I'd go with courtesan. ;)

I love how Teal'c converses. Er, if that makes sense. Hopefully it does. I guess I'm trying to describe the experience of how we've come to have these characters with us on some level.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I dunno, the idea of a map drawn in sepia through the stitches of a sweater is rather nifty.

I love coming around to Teal'c. Sam was my in to the series, and Daniel is Daniel. I have never fallen so hard or so slow for a character, though, that the idea of him feels so permanent. I suspect Teal'c will influence any further creative writing I do in any fandom or even originally. Not just because of what I learned while writing, either.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Ah, that really is a cool idea about the sweater.

And I love the fact that such character(s) can impact our lives in such a real and present manner. Kind of like Rush That Speaks in Engine Summer...for example.

PS. And you're right about Daniel being Daniel. :)

[gigerisgod.livejournal.com]

All I'm gonna say here is...27 miles?

Good God, girl.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

I know! It's a good five miles longer than the race a week and a half ago.

Er... it's a team sport, and we have substitutes, but only a couple. If the trend of the last few races holds, I probably will be in the boat for a solid twenty miles at least, with a few breaks for water and a powerbar, but that's it.

The endorphin high is *crazy*, but it's a good thing that this is the last race of the season, because I don't know how much longer I could keep up.