And speaking of the Franco-Americans a while back, my dad has a cousin Lucien who grew up in St. Pierre and has lived on Cape Cod for many years. He's got the craziest accent...cape cod meets isolated island French. He also claims to be the inspiration for Columbo, but that's just the craziness talking.
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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Sue - Dec 22, 2006 6:18:52 pm PST #8325 of 9843
hip deep in pie
sarameg - Dec 22, 2006 7:37:57 pm PST #8326 of 9843
....so of course culturally I grew up strongly Hispanic.
My sis...er, fellow new mexican! Yeah, it's confusing, except when it isn't.
Liese S. - Dec 23, 2006 7:11:06 am PST #8327 of 9843
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The thing about New Mexico (and, okay, this is veering way off unAmerican, although technically not since, sovereign nation) is that where I lived was largely separate from the Hispanic population. There were some in the town, of course, just like there were some Anglos, but my world was almost completely Navajo. It's fascinating that for such a diverse state there was so little interaction.
esse - Dec 23, 2006 2:33:24 pm PST #8328 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Hey, Jars and Spring--did my text come through? I've gotten a new number and texted you on it but didn't hear back, so I was just wondering if it came through at all.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Dec 23, 2006 3:11:28 pm PST #8329 of 9843
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
I'm without text. Is it the same number? I mean incidently to that, is it the same number? I don't see why a text from a different number would come through...and I'm rambling; how's England?
esse - Dec 24, 2006 4:10:48 am PST #8330 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
No, it's a new number. I got a british sim card on vodaphone, and I am baffled about how to text irish numbers now. I thought it was +353 1 85(or 6 or 7 or whatever), but that has apparently not worked.
My number, then, is +447766084528, if you want to text me so I can text you back, etc etc.
England is nice! The fog, however, is put on The List. One hour flight between Dublin and London? Five hours. Not fun. But we're at Fay's house now, which is wonderful and holiday-like, and there's a roast in the oven and OC on my computer, thus all is right with the world.
How are you?
Fay - Dec 24, 2006 5:45:47 am PST #8331 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Reposting here because in my pre-breakfast state I tried to ask this in Beep Me (sorry about that): Fay, SA, how long are you in London for? Any chance of an F2F?
Whoops! Sorry, love - back in Barnsley now, Chez Jay. Our time in London was All Kinds of Hectic and jetlagged, but SA and I did manage to hook up with the lovely Roz K ck and hit the British Museum, where we kind of looked for Rupert Giles.
Not entirely sure what my plans are (and haven't even figured out New Year) but I'll likely be coming back through London in the first week of January, so maybe we could hook up then?
Meanwhile, all your SA are belong to me! Bwahahahahaha!
meara - Dec 24, 2006 8:28:15 am PST #8332 of 9843
Aww! I wanna spend Christmas with Fay and SA! That would be ROCKING. Or just any time with them, really. Damnit, I WILL get ot bangkok...
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 24, 2006 10:28:07 am PST #8333 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I suspected it might be so hectic that you wouldn't have time for me. I am, however, majorly jealous of your meeting-up with each other and Roz K. (I'd be even more jealous if you'd actually found Giles.)
Let me know when you're passing through London-- I'll be back to Nottingham on 7th January, and am not sure of my plans before then, but it's a possibility.
Jars - Dec 27, 2006 2:47:38 am PST #8334 of 9843
SA! No, I got no text either, but I think I know what the problem is - you're putting the Dublin code "1" in there where it doesn't need to be. It's just 00 353 86 (or 85 or whatever). And I have no credit in my phone at the minute, but as soon as I'll do I'll text your English mob so you can just hit 'reply'' and make everything much easier.
So glad you and Fay managed to get home despite the utterly egregious weather Happy very belated Christmas! (stupid no internets at home...)