random observations.
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minxyThere 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!
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!
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Date: 2008-09-03 11:27 pm (UTC)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.