Allyson, you oughta be proud! It's awesome.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
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.
javachik - Jun 02, 2008 8:42:22 am PDT #386 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
amych - Jun 02, 2008 8:42:36 am PDT #387 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ooh, Allyson, that's so very cool!
msbelle - Jun 02, 2008 8:43:04 am PDT #388 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
add to the list of things I do not understand, I can access flickr from work, but not LJ pics.
Sue - Jun 02, 2008 8:44:41 am PDT #389 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Congrats Allyson.
I am sitting at work, not working, stressing about my cat, who wouldn't eat much this morning. I really want to go home.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 02, 2008 8:47:05 am PDT #390 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't mind the summertime tourism because summertime kind of makes me a tourist in my own town, in that "gee, what a cool place this is!"
I mind because it means tourist season lasts an extra two months than is normal for most parts of New England (I'm not counting ski season). Usually once Labor Day passes, things die down (apart from the few weeks when the leaves change), but in Salem that's when it starts revving up to peak.
Allyson - Jun 02, 2008 8:48:25 am PDT #391 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I love it. The judges are librarians and booksellers, and that makes it even sweeter, I think. I feel like Scarecrow after he got the diploma from the Wizard.
Pix - Jun 02, 2008 8:48:48 am PDT #392 of 10003
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I grew up in a sleepy beach town whose poulation tripled every summer with tourists and summer people who didn't treat us "townies" (oh how I hated that label) very well, so I really get the love/hate thing. I was always very grateful they were there for the sake of our economy, but many years of being treated like a lesser being left its mark. To me, a tourist is different than a traveler. Java, you are a traveler. You do touristy things sometimes, sure, but you do your utmost to respect the local culture and you don't go into it with a sense of entitlement. I love travelers. I love the way they delight in being in a new place and doing new things, and I try to be a traveler rather than a tourist when I'm in a new place. Tourists are another story. I'm still very glad they're here, but I don't enjoy their presence.
Jessica - Jun 02, 2008 8:49:51 am PDT #393 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love travelers. I love the way they delight in being in a new place and doing new things, and I try to be a traveler rather than a tourist when I'm in a new place. Tourists are another story. I'm still very glad they're here, but I don't enjoy their presence.
Oh I so completely agree with this!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 02, 2008 8:51:40 am PDT #394 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love travelers. I love the way they delight in being in a new place and doing new things, and I try to be a traveler rather than a tourist when I'm in a new place. Tourists are another story. I'm still very glad they're here, but I don't enjoy their presence.
Very well said, Kristin. This, exactly.
Hil R. - Jun 02, 2008 8:53:04 am PDT #395 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't remember what month it was the last time I went to all the Salem touristy stuff. I do remember taking the tour of the House of the Seven Gables, which was incredibly cool. (Much cooler, I thought, than the witch museum.)
I think the only times I've gotten really annoyed at the tourists here in DC has been around the Fourth of July. Last year, I was taking a class across town during that week, and every single day ran into a group either blocking doors or blocking the escalator or something.