Oh dear. That's something I'm hoping to get further away from, not closer to. Oh, well. It's very good to know. Thanks!
Yeah, then Spokane isn't gonna be your thing--you want to be on the west side of the Cascades.
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Katie M - Mar 11, 2005 4:52:56 pm PST #6421 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Calli - Mar 11, 2005 4:57:24 pm PST #6422 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
you want to be on the west side of the Cascades.
Fair 'nuff. The climate would suit me better, too, I expect. We'll see if the Tacoma opening comes to anything.
sarameg - Mar 11, 2005 5:03:02 pm PST #6423 of 10002
OTOH, you can find bastions of likemindedness even in places with a rep for not. You just have to hold your nose at the fed your place elects. See- Chapel Hill or my friend's home in Boise. I was chagrined to discover a thriving like-me-political community there, one she is very active in.Or hey, where my aunt used to live in CA if you are not of that bent.
Honestly, that's one of the things I like about tiny NM. You go from commune living hippies to die-hard conservative ranchers to yuppies. And sometimes really weird things happen. Like the rancher team up with the environmentalists (can't quite recall where this was a big deal. Montana? Wyoming?)
Yes, I wish everyone around me was right-thinking like me, but...dialog and creative solutions are also good.
Typo Boy - Mar 11, 2005 5:03:30 pm PST #6424 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Susan W. - ~Ma to your Dad. And punctuation to you.
Calli - Mar 11, 2005 5:12:07 pm PST #6425 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
OTOH, you can find bastions of likemindedness even in places with a rep for not. You just have to hold your nose at the fed your place elects. See- Chapel Hill or my friend's home in Boise.
Yeah, I've been doing just that in Chapel Hill and Durham -- places that are tiny blue dots in a sea of NC red -- for (counts on fingers. continues to toes and beyond) 22 years now. It can be done. But I'm tired of it. And I figure, since I have to look elsewhere to find the job I want, I might as well find the larger community I want as well. Since I'm gonna be paying for a moving van either way.
sarameg - Mar 11, 2005 5:16:24 pm PST #6426 of 10002
I get that. I'm just in a good mood so am all optimistic and shit.
brenda m - Mar 11, 2005 5:17:36 pm PST #6427 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Go Canada, choose Canada!
But not Calgary.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2005 5:22:47 pm PST #6428 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm just in a good mood so am all optimistic and shit.
Wait, what? Where'd our cranky sarapants go??
tommyrot - Mar 11, 2005 5:23:36 pm PST #6429 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just saw the weirdest custom car. It was a mid-'80s Cutlass (the rear-drive one, not the front-drive Cutlass Ciera). It had a TV screen in the dash, and another one where the front passenger visor would be. There was a third LCD TV screen hanging from the ceiling for the rear passengers. And where you might expect to see rear-passenger headrests, there were two more TV screens, facing out the back window.
I mean, WTF? Is this some ride-pimpage trend I'm not familiar with?
Calli - Mar 11, 2005 5:24:12 pm PST #6430 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm just in a good mood so am all optimistic and shit.
I'm glad! And I'm not trying to blow gloom and doom on you or anyone else. I'm really not fleeing NC just because it has a large conservative population. It's more a case of, since I'm going anyway I might as well try for everything I could want in an area.
Go Canada, choose Canada!
It's on the list, believe me. Well, BC and sections of Ontario are. There's that pesky work visa issue, but I'm hoping that if an employer really wants me s/he'll help out on that.