Daniel C. Jensen is evocative in Natter X:
Beauty? Hmmm...
When i was in college, I ran an old run-down campground and resort in Central Minnesota. A campground that was overgrown and a few cabins, it had been semi-closed for a couple of years. We were two miles down a gravel road from the nearest phone. My mom and dad helped me out, mom would help me do the bedsheets from the old repainted trailer houses that comprised the owner's "cabins."
The lake only had two other dwellings, houses on the far side, nestled in among the hills. One was a semi-working farm, the other a residence set back up the hill in trees. Everything was green and the fishermen came in waves. There would be days of quiet, and times of feantic activity.
Sometimes, usually in the autumn lull, as the trees were starting to turn, I would be alone in the campground at night. It was times like these that I could turn off the security lights in the campground, unplug the pop machine, and let my eyes adjust.
In Central Minnesota, far enough out of the mainstream, there is no city glow. Once my eyes adjusted, I would walk down the dirt road to the docks, starlight my only illumination. I would approach the clearing by the shore and my feet would crunch on the early fallen leaves.
Stepping onto the longest dock, I would kick off my flipflops and walk out to the end. Above the treeline around me, there would be stars. I would lay down on the dock, sometimes dipping my feet down into the lake, but then settling down to look up at the stars.
Billions of stars.
More stars than one could ever believe existed, they seemed to go on forever. It was like I was alone in the universe, but surrounded by it, a part of it.
Beauty.
[edit to add, start of beautiful places posts:
kat perez "X-treme Natter! We're trying this at home!" Mar 15, 2003 1:35:07 am EST]
Daniel C. Jensen is evocative in Natter X:
That really was a lovely post.
Wow, feeling much COMM-love today.This must be what it's like to be Billytea, without echidnas. Thank you.
just loving the way this was phrased...
Steph L.:
I have benadryl, but I took 2 vicodin about 4 hours ago, and a 4-mg methylprednisolone 1 hour ago. Won't they interact?
Since the oxycodone makes me sleepy and the benadryl makes me sleepy, wouldn't taking them together...well...KILL me?
Elena:
Benadryl and oxycodone will interact. As you surmised they will make you extra sleepy. They will not kill you.
Since you asked, from the FAQ:
Q. How many Buffistas does it take to screw in a light-bulb? [PersephoneMoon - TT.QB.1768]
A. Seven. One to screw it in and six to debate whether full spectrum light bulbs would give vamps a rash. [Jon B - TT.QB.1769]
A. Plus one more to set up a poll on which kind of light bulb to use. [David J. Schwartz - TT.QB.1770]
A. No. One to set up a poll to decide on a title for the "Would Full-Spectrum Light Bulbs Give Vampires a Rash In The Jossverse" Table Talk thread. [Jon B - TT.QB.1771]
A. And another to set up the threads, "The Lantern, the Torch, and their Lampshades," "Bulbista Bureaucracy," and "Torchiere&Halojen4EVAH!" [DXMachina - TT.QB.1772]
A. Twenty-one. One to set up a poll on what to title the light bulb-changing ceremony. Two to research which high-efficiency light bulb will encourage more people to de-lurk. Three to blame Anya, Tara and/or Dawn for letting the light bulb burn out in the first place. Four to sob that Joyce will never again change a light bulb. Five to rhapsodize about how hot Spike would look changing the light bulb. And six to complain about how the new light bulb isn't as exciting as the light bulbs from the earlier seasons. [David J. Schwartz - TT.QB.1773]
Daniel C. Jensen does some expert playing:
From the Random Alanis Generator, it's all about what you put in the fields, folks:
"Why"
Emails, Viagra, Mortgages
Why God, Why?
Viagra, Nigerians, Spammers
Why God, Why?
What have I done to deserve this blue horror?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Spammers
Like a Keats character, I'm wordy and alone
Why God, Why?
Softwares, emails, nekkid teens
Why God, Why?
Spammers, nekkid teens, Mortgages
Why God, Why?
What have I done to deserve this blue disaster that is my life?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Spammers
Like a Keats character, I'm wordy and alone
Why God, Why?
What have I done to deserve this blue misery?
Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of Spammers
Like a Keats character, I'm wordy and alone
Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?
Why God, Why?
- Random alanis Generator
[edited to make formatting prettier]
Oh, the lightbulb jokes! My tagline over on WX is still "Halogen Bulbs -- Brilliant AND Hot!"
