I was young and in Pittsburgh
I was young and in Greene County, Pennsylvania, 60 miles south of Pittsburgh. Is it that much of a regionalism?
Buffy: Synchronized slaying. Faith: New Olympic category?
'Conversations with Dead People'
The Great Write Way
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2004 10:14:10 am PDT #5421 of 10001
brillig
Beverly - Jun 23, 2004 10:17:42 am PDT #5422 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Lightning bugs in NC, too. Anybody who grew up calling them glow worms? I had no idea they and fireflies and lightning bugs were all the same insect.
I'm loving the silence drabbles. Mine won't jell, but it's working itself out.
Pix - Jun 23, 2004 11:36:15 am PDT #5423 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I call them lightning bugs and fireflies. I don't know why--both names seem to be common in this area.
ooo....they would be a great drabble topic....hint, hint...
Off to have the BEST LOBSTAH EVAH.
I love New England.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2004 11:55:17 am PDT #5424 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We call them peeniewallies.
sumi - Jun 23, 2004 12:07:47 pm PDT #5425 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I miss hearing bobwhites.
Connie Neil - Jun 23, 2004 12:11:42 pm PDT #5426 of 10001
brillig
Birds with something to say, yeah. Whippoorwills.
Peeniewallies? I disbelieve.
erikaj - Jun 23, 2004 12:12:30 pm PDT #5427 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
When I was a kid, we had an aviary and had a pair of them. I loved to watch them and listen to the calling. But of course, I didn't have to go to work so the birds getting started early didn't bother me like my parents.
sumi - Jun 23, 2004 12:13:40 pm PDT #5428 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Did you get Spring Peepers where you grew up?
We used to hear them at my grandmother's house. .. you know, in Spring. (Southeastern Pennsylvania.)
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2004 12:16:01 pm PDT #5429 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I disbelieve.
Such is your right.
Katie M - Jun 23, 2004 12:16:21 pm PDT #5430 of 10001
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
Spring peepers! Oh, I miss them.
True story: I worked one summer during college for the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation. One of my projects was updating a set of references on nuisance wildlife that was used by receptionists to answer calls from the public.
One section was about spring peepers. I was a little taken aback by this, so I asked about it. I was told that they'd gotten calls from people asking a) What's that noise? (which, you know, if they're not familiar with it I understand) and then b) Okay, it's frogs--can you get rid of them?
Um, no. No, the DEC is not in the business of coming in and carpetbombing your frogs. Feel free to move away from the wetland anytime now, sir.