Imaginary Gardens

...a notion she will discover soon enought is better in the imagined ideal than in reality.*

*waves* I'm not dead! I'm also all caught up on my flist - except for today's and capn_mactastic's epic post, which I'm staring at right now.

So, a brief recap, because I'm all LotD-outed. I got to Toronto last Sunday, got new contacts and hit 'em up for new glasses on Monday, saw blizzardcake and katarinagram on Tuesday, walked the cemetary route with Mom on Wednesday, watched Gundam with lienne on Thursday and flew off to Chicago on Friday. Occasionally had to remind self that I'd wanted to go home. May not have worked at times.

Once in Obamaland, I snuggled my bro and went out with his girlfriend, her sister and her friend to a club called Transit, where I actually Did Stuff**. *eyebrow waggle* I danced, too, which was cool.

Then Sunday we had the most delicious hot dogs EVER at Hot Doug's and hung out at the airport 'cause girlfriend's sister's plane was 3 hours delayed.

Monday and Tuesday were spent haunting State St. and Michigan Ave. respectively, browsing through the most god-awful clothes in search for that one spectacular find. (Who doesn't have a party dress for $15? Or an awesome top for $5?) Got my present-shopping finished with, too.

I also spent a good long while talking to bro's girlfriend about important stuff and random stuff and it was really, really nice. And I've realized I like my brother better when he's with other people. Also, while happy to see him happy, feel a bit sad seeing him with Girlfriend because he used to be all friendly and playful with me when we were wee and we've lost that. He's actually said to Girlfriend that he doesn't know why he's so mean to me. Well, at least he knows. But no, in general he's been pretty good this visit. I'm still getting hugs, which is awesome.

Today I read chapter 1 of Obama's Dreams of My Father (*squee*) and spent an hour at the post office, chatting a bit with a lady who works in the law department of a unviersity and is a professional pianist, who's husband or father is "one of the best bassists in Chicago", so I felt pretty special. (She was, however, very vocal and bitter about the slowness of the line, which is Not Cool.) Postcard sent, I skipped over to Ribs 'n Bibs for that once-a-year-if-I'm-lucky dish of BBQ only to find it closed with no warning or excuse. So the three of us went off to a Korean place instead. Then I watched last week's Heroes on the 'net, because I can actually do that while in the states. Awesome.

And that brings us up to now. :)


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* LDeSoto re: Black Orchids by GSlovo
** May elaborate later ;)

Meme, tagged by lienne:

Instructions: Fill this in ten times for ten different people (they don't have to be on lj): "I want to [have/give/etc. something] so [purpose here]." For example: I want to have a flower so I can put it in your hair. Then tag five people.

*grumble ten people grumble* Omg, I can't remember people anymore...

1. I want to give a brownie party so you can have a brownie party.
2. I want to take you to Japan so we can rock out and be wierd tourists.
3. I want to take you to New Orleans on Mardi Gras for research for the hell of it.
4. I want to have you talk to me honestly so I can know who you've become at least as well as your friends.
5. I want to hear that you've finally made some friends so you won't be so bitterly miserable and alone.
6. I want to tell you that I really do love you so that you'll not think that I've stopped.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Gorramit, I have no wants. Or people. *flail* I've lost touch with too many folk and they're all too far away anyway. Deceptively hard and depressing meme is deceptively hard and depressing! This is hard to say out loud repeatedly!

People can tag themselves. *frustrated pout*


Links of the Day:
Jackfaces.com, an appreciatio site for the amny faces of Jack, from Lost, gauranteed to make you simultaneously laugh and shy away in terror.
Lost's Dharma Initiative T-Shirts for sale - Awesome, but is it legal?
ack_attack's Lost recaps (e.g. "The Other Woman") are hilarious, as are her on-going posts during Lost viewings. Why am I in the wrong time zone, I ask you, why?!?
This is how far I've read on get_medieval's comic. Just sayin'.
jadwin's Multifandom Fic: Hitchhiking is something I've already linked to. Relinking because I'm a silly bugger who doesn't have enough time or concentration to read fic, despite wanting to. Likewise with BtVS/AtS Fic: A Stitch in Time: I've been on Chapter 4 for weeks now :( but it's good fic!


* Ibid song by fucked-if-I-know