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- Where?:Spadina - TESFest
- Feelin':Have to pee
The awesome, however, is flying Porter Airlines. No hassles, a 2 min. ferry ride, VERY friendly staff, no waiting, a large lounge with complimentary beverages and snacks and a great coffee machine, free wifi, and even some Macs set up around with free Internet... and they're not set up special to block you out of using programs and stuff. In fact, I'm looking out at the airstrip now, writing at you on a Mac. All in all, I feel pampered... glad to be here instead of having to suffer the indignities of air travel along with my mourning of leaving
I'm heading to Newark (EWR), and then heading to TESFest. Apparently I'm speaking on a panel of sex bloggers. I don't think of myself as a sex blogger, but I do write about sex, BDSM and gender in my diary here. (I'm realizing I haven't written about it in a while. I'm going to have to remedy that.) And it's technically a blog. I'm actually kinda excited about my volunteer shifts. I'm doing the panel, I'm taking care of the People of Size Swim, and I'm DMing for 4 hours.
I'm lucky that I'm going to a con after leaving
So yes... I'll see you all at TESFest. If you see me, say hi! Hugs and snuggles are always good too.
- Where?:Toronto Center City Airport
And, yes, the rainbow part was done in glitter. :-D
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
accomplished - Hearin':Dana Glover - It Is You (I Have Loved)
Taken yesterday near the salon in the Village. It's PRIDE! :-D (I'm going to make this pic into my new default icon)
This morning, after shower and styling. I've always wanted to be able to do my hair this way! (That and I love the smell of Goth Juice hair gel and I wanted to be able to use it in my hair.)
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
chipper - Hearin':(IMH) The Spoons - Romantic Traffic
Pics below.
I kept freaking out tonight seeing my reflection. I'm also worried that I cut off the only pretty part of me.
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
scared
How does one convert when one's own spirituality already embraces multiple faiths? I know, sounds like a sneaky answer, but it's true. To anyone who's read my journal for a long time, you know that I have a habit of learning about religion, taking what works for me, and doing it. You also know I have a habit of not BELIEVING anything or having any kind of FAITH, but rather worshipping because it feels good and right to me. Much the same reason I have sex or do BDSM. (Although I think I actually have more beliefs and faith in sex than in religion. Go figure.)
But those who've been reading for a while know that I wasn't raised that way... I was raised Roman Catholic. 9 years of Catholic school (K-8), 4 more years of church every Sunday in high school, and always being active in the Church, including 9 years of altar serving. How/why did I convert then? Well, I began to realize that I only believed because it was what I was taught to believe. When I started to really think about it on my own, I realized... no, I actually DON'T believe in these teachings. I believed that Jesus, who some call the Christ, if he existed at all, was a good man who did some pretty cool things and had some amazing teachings. But do I believe that he's my Lord and Savior? No, not really. Do I believe I need a Savior for my immortal soul? No. Do I even believe in a Soul? Uncertain, leaning towards no.
For a while, I tried really hard to be a hard Agnostic. No spirituality, no church, no rituals, nothing like that. And it sucked. I was empty, I was lonely. Then again, it also was a very difficult time in my life. But after a while, the Mass called me back, for the beauty and the familiarity, not for the content. And I met
Hmm... I like that. "An eclectic who believes in little, but feels much." It's much shorter than my formal title, which is "Agnostic Spiritual Humanist with Unitarian Universalist and liberal Jewish leanings who also derives spirituality from the Roman Catholic mass and Pagan ritual".
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
contemplative
And, yes, those are real cheddar cheese curds. One of the advantages to living in Canada is that you can actually GET them at your local supermarket.
AND ZOMG I'M EATING IT AND THE CURDS ARE *SQUEAKING!* YAY! IT'S *REAL*! (Well, ok, if I want REAL, I'm going to have to not buy "poutine sauce" and rather go to Quebéc and get some from a street vendor. But STILL. I was told squeaking curds are the sign of "real" poutine.)
I didn't quite get the proportions right. Too much gravy and cheese, not enough fries. And I didn't make the gravy hot enough to melt the cheese. But that's ok. Something to work towards next time.
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
accomplished
So I'm an American and I use my AOL account to access the iTunes store. But when I'm on my boyfriend's computer up in Canada, it doesn't give me the option to use my AOL account, namely because it's showing me the Canadian iTunes Store. So I just can't buy, right? No, I also can't DL album covers and do other things like use Genius. Well, here's how I get it to let me use my AOL account to sign it... I force it to use the US iTunes Store.
1.) Click iTunes Store
2.) Click Sign In
3.) Click "Create New Account" or whatever.
4.) When it gives you the iTunes agreement, there's a link that says something like "if your bank account is not Canadian [or whatever country you're in], click here". Click that link.
5.) It then gives you a drop down list where you choose a country. Because my iTunes/AOL account is American, I choose US.
6.) It then loads the US iTunes Store. Click "Sign In" again.
7.) Sign in to your account.
Let me know if this works (or doesn't work) for you for countries different from the US and Canada, ok?
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Hearin':(IMH) Toto - Africa
( About My Parents )
I know that was a lot to read, but I hope it was informative. And I hope it gives you a better view of who I am as well.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
thoughtful
I just watched an episode of Star Trek: Voyager (The Disease, to be exact) that dealt with new love and loss as a co-plot. The way that Harry Kim and Derran Tal felt about each other... I see a lot of
I leave for Toronto on Sunday. Still so much to do, but I'm more worried about spending so much time up there. I had my last DO Happy Hour before I go tonight. Luckily, T. and A. were there. I love those 2 so much and I hadn't gotten to see them since before I left for the last time. I'm going to miss my friends terribly. I hope I make some new friends up in the Great (Not So) White North soon.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
content - Hearin':(IMH) MC Frontalot - Goth Girls
I've finally figured out the trick to making tuna melts that taste like my parents' (or, I suppose, like tuna melts at all).
You wanna know the trick?
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PAN.
I've basically learned that, no, you shouldn't just always crank everything up to high. High will not make it cook any faster. Well, it DOES, but that's the problem. It cooks too quickly. The outside burns and the inside never gets heated.
So, yes. When making tuna melts, turn the heat/gas onto medium. Melt your butter in the pan. Assemble the sandwich. Fry the one side, while putting the butter on the other side. Flip (that's kinda tricky too. Doing it quickly is the trick.) and wait for the other side to cook.
So yes. Now I can successfully make a tuna melt. If you'd like the recipe sometime, I'll put it down.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':(IMH) whatever the opening music to Burnout 3 is
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Hearin':(IMH) http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/01/super-mario-theme-pl.html
Yay for Kink in Toronto! (I need to make a kinky Toronto icon. :-) )
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
excited - Hearin':Arrogant Worms - Forgive Us, We're Canadian
I'm going with
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
amused - Hearin':(IMH) Jonathan Coulton - First of May

- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
chipper - Hearin':(IMH) Spoons - Romantic Traffic
w00t! Spring!
Oh, and the tulips are in full bloom here now. These couple of days between 60 and 80 degrees have really helped.
Spring seems to come between 4-6 weeks later here than it does in DC.
Remind me to blog about what I've been up to. In short, WoW (Noblegarden is the suckiest holiday I've done on there so far), Corner Gas, Honest Ed's, subspace (the party), needles, subspace (the headspace), grocery shopping (including late night browsing at Metro), cuddling and dancing and just good times chilling to swing music in Christie Pits Park at an impromptu memorial service to Frankie Manning put on by local swing dancers, Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes, Little Mosque on the Prairie, birdies, copious amounts of double doubles, snuggling, the library, way too much good food, and lots of making out. Oh, and Spadina Bus and Romantic Traffic.
And, yes, that was the short version. :-)
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
okay - Hearin':(IMH) Josh Groban - Lullaby
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
sad - Hearin':(IMH) TMBG - Birdhouse in Your Soul
I'm going to put on some clothes and go wandering. I think I want to get to know Yonge better. Know it as a coherent street instead of just X thing is at X random place on Yonge. I'm thinking wandering up to Bloor, getting a double double (ah, what the hell, go caf this time), wandering west over to Yonge and then going south from there.
I really should blog more often. Blame the twits for getting me into Twitter moar.
Oh, and I love
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
okay - Hearin':the sound of Del chirping softly
But yeah, met lots of urban and transit hipsters at the party, got much kudos for my downtown TTC lines sweatshirt. Finally got the Spacing TTC station buttons. Didn't spend enough time geeking out over transit with others, but I got to dance to good and extremely varied music (from Little Lulu's "To Sir With Love" to Outkast's "Hey Ya") with
I know I've done more than this, but I can't remember it right now. Depression is kicking my ass pretty hard.
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
meh - Hearin':(IMH) Outkast - Hey Ya
UPDATE: ZOMG I forgot how I felt on a full "work" dose of my meds. HOLY FUCKING CRAP. I can FOCUS. I become FUNCTIONAL. I totally forgot what functional was like... I didn't realize how bad I was until I took 12.5 mgs. HOLY CRAP. WOW. Just... yeah.
I guess this means I need to find an anti-depressant that works with my meds.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
calm, blame the song - Hearin':Five for Fighting - 100 Years | Powered by Last.fm
Ok, let me tell you the story behind why this is even more awesome than it seems. A few weeks ago when I was in Toronto,
And then, today, I get an IM from
Yes, that's right, people in Toronto singing a subway related Boom De Ya Da. Did they hear us singing and decide to run with it? Did great minds think alike and they came up with it independently? We may never know, but here's the awesome.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
ecstatic - Hearin':BOOM DE YA DA!
It is because of this that I seem to be drawn to making FetLife groups. Occasionally, I find a space in the community where we're seemingly lacking a group for a niche. When this happens, unlike many people, I'm careful to making sure there's not a group already in existence. When I determine there's not, I go ahead and create the group. This is why I've made groups as diverse as Technosexuality, Fat Admirers, and even a group for the town and surroundings of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
I know the importance of community. The people in it benefit from it immensely. They make friends and lovers that can last a lifetime. But I also know the debatably even more important role that community can play. Its role in society at large. The more open and visible a community is, the more it helps those who are the target of the community, but are not part of it for whatever reason. Time and time again, there are example after example of people who are different for whatever reason who feel like they're the only one. It happens to geeks. It happens to queers. It happens to kinksters. And then they find a community for them. Perhaps it's online. Perhaps it's the Gay-Straight Alliance at school. Perhaps it's TNG. But whatever it may be, they're suddenly no longer alone. And maybe they're not ready to make that big step of coming out to others. They may not be ready to post on a forum, or go to a meeting or a munch. But in even SEEING that there's others like them out there, they know they're not alone. They're not a total freak of nature. It can help them get over the shame, it can help build their self-esteem.
Our communities are far more important than we realize. People who dismiss them as just places to cruise and shoot the shit don't realize how much just simply their being OUT there and accessible gives back to the world around them.
And THAT'S why I create community.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
good
God, I've missed my friends.
Must get wax again. And give to Boon.
Giving needles to newbies brave enough to get them RULES.
HOORAY FOR YES, AND! I think this is MY new approach to the Scene as well.
Must get Midnght talking to Boon. So that Midnght and I can play and so that Boon can learn from him. (God, Midnght is HOT. WANT TO FUCK.)
IHOP after the Crucible rules.
Always bring your keys with you. Especially if you think you're not going to need them.
Thank SPADINA I accidentally forgot to lock the back door today when I was oot and aboot ootside.
Canadians rule, but I had many moments tonight where being an American was where it's at. There's something to be said for being loud, rude and rowdy. And having a good ol' fashioned good time.
But now it's 4 am and I miss my lover. I wish I would have gotten laid. And the only thing that was missing from the Crucible (other than food) was
Oh, and cuddling is ALWAYS good. Same for hair pulling and being at someone's feet. *le sigh*
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
tired
The tips offs are...
Tim Hortons with justices of the peace at 4 am? I wish. That would be pretty awesome.
Eloping? I may be in love, but I'm not stupid. It's too soon for that kind of commitment. I mean, hell, I'm still trying not to freak at having an ACTUAL boyfriend.
Monogamy? RIIIIGHT. The whole "who needs anyone else?" part especially. It's unhealthy to try to have one person in your life fulfill all your needs.
Starting a family? Oh dear god, no. I really don't want kids, and if I ever change that, they won't be from my loins. I won't be responsible for passing on bad genes.
And to those who have slept with me, you know I hate cunnilingus at the worst and vaguely enjoy a few seconds of it at best.
So, yes, I'm still in DC. I'm still presenting at Frolicon. And I'm still going up there mid-April.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':(IMH) TMBG - Women and Men
So last night, after talking to
I threw some clothes in a bag, got myself over to National Airport, and flew up to Toronto.
Where I was met at the airport by a blue coated Boon, who swept me into his arms, kissed me, and took me to the bus.
Wherein via the Red Rocket, we proceeded to a special 24 hour Tim Hortons... and eloped at 4 am. Yeah, I bet you Americans didn't know that 24 hour Tim Hortons in Toronto all have Justices of the Peace, but it's true! It's the one place in Toronto you can get married in the middle of the night.
That's right, folks. We tied the knot, and got free double doubles and donuts. :-) Pictures are forthcoming.
And since I figured it was going so well, I promised myself to him and him alone for life. That's right, we're monogamous! No more random play with strangers for me! Who needs other people, when I have everything I could ever need right here.
We're trying to decide whether we want to start a family today or tomorrow. Thoughts?
Probably tomorrow. We're exhausted from all the cunnilingus.
- Where?:Ace - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
tired
Still. *2* "escape from Nazi place" dreams in one night? Yeah.
At least the guy in the first one made it out. At least it looked like I was making it out in the 2nd one.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
a bit shaken - Hearin':Spirit of the West - Save This House
He, a guy whose social skills are hella low (god, *I* have better social skills than this? How did you get your job?), said "if you're getting benefits more than 3 months, you have to come in for a work program. I'm not sure why your old case manager didn't do this for you." Well, maybe because she was too ill to be competent? Yeah, that'll do it. (I almost wish I had her back.)
So I learned my options (half like pulling teeth) and I think my best one for right now is spend all the money I have on my card (probably between $300 and $400) and let them drop for a few months and then get recertified and worry about the work program later. 'Cause my life is just too busy to deal with this right now.
Yes, my mom'll be pissed. Oh fucking well. (Besides, everything else is falling apart, why not add this to the list?)
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle | Powered by Last.fm
TAKE ME BACK TO CANADA! (This has been my motto the past week. Especially when I see Americans being stupid Americans. Well, at least it got laughs out of
(See, THIS is how the Canadian gov't convinces people to come back to Canada. They're in cahoots with Tim Hortons. It's a vast
(And, yes, I'm sorry I'm rambling about Canada so much. I wouldn't blame you if you ignored my LJ for a while. Someone needs to take me away from the Inters, shove my ass outside or something.)
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
hungry - Hearin':They Might Be Giants - Sleeping in the Flowers | Powered by Last.fm
There goes trying to get around the LCBO's 2 to 3x the American price markup/"sin tax". (A bottle of Boone's Farm Sangria was like $6 and change Canadian. This is just wrong. [And any comments about how drinking Boone's Farm is just wrong will be automatically forwarded to /dev/null.])
I don't get it. For being such a liberal place, having a "sin tax" on alcohol doesn't make much sense. I guess America doesn't completely suck.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
annoyed - Hearin':Harvey Danger - Diminishing Returns | Powered by Last.fm
I'm trying not to let it crash me. Or the horrible dream I had last night.
In other notes, God, the soundtracks to Katamari Damacy games are awesome. /me jams out to Wanda Wanda and wishes I could find that torrent file that has the soundtracks to Damacy and We <3 in it, as I don't have all of We <3.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':YU MIYAKE - Wanda Wanda | Powered by Last.fm
The longer I stay in DC the more I realize I've outgrown this place. I'll miss my friends here but I realize, now more than ever, it's time to move on.
Now to make more friends in Toronto. Now to make the scene there as active as it is here.
- Where?:Ace - 20009
YAY! (Of course, I find this out after I switch my fish over to a big plastic tub temporary tank. Oh, well, this gives me a good opportunity to clean the gravel and the tank really well.)
At least now I don't have to get a new tank. Or sealant. Or haul ass out to Bethesda in the next day or so.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
happy - Hearin':(IMH) Aha - Take On Me
So, yes, sexual education for what you need to know to have a good sexxin' time in a country other than your own. I mean, I've fucked in France and in Germany and in Poland and now in Canada, but these things are good to know before you go and fuck. And I realize that my blog has international readership (/me waves at the non-Americans reading!) so... if you went to America, would you know the laws? Or even for Americans, if you live in a liberal city, would you know the laws if you went to a conservative area and fucked there?
So I decided I'm going to do some research and add a few new classes to my class listing. One will be called Fucking the Maple Leaf and another will be called Fucking the Stars and Stripes. And it'll be about what you need to know about having sex in other countries. Maple Leaf will obviously be about having sex in Canada, and Stars and Stripes will be for non-Americans having sex in America.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Soundtrack - Mandala In The Clouds
So... lushing.
If you've talked to me either during or since Toronto, you might have heard me say that Boon + I have invented a new sex act. We named it lushing, after the company that makes the main ingredient in the act, namely Lush.
How do you Lush? Follow these simple steps.
( 1 Find a partner 2 Get a Lush massage bar 3 Get a protected horizontal surface 4 Get nekkid! 5 Rub each other down 6 Rub up against each other! )
So that's lushing! Try it out, let us know how your experiments went, share it with your friends.
Now if only we could get Lush to give us a cut of their profits for each bar we sold... hmmm... ;-)
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
blah
Like, if I could have my way, damn skippy either I'd be in Toronto right now or
Or, say, like this morning. I woke up to find that my 10 gallon fish tank has sprung a leak. And now the carpet's wet as half of the tank's contents is on the floor.
Do I have money for a new tank? No. (You wanna fix that? I have PayPal. At my gmail account.)
So I get to haul my ass out to Bethesda and get some sealant or put a new tank on a credit card or something. When if I have to haul my ass anywhere, I'd rather be hauling it to Toronto. (Farther than Bethesda, true, but better. I mean, I like Bethesda, but still.) I don't want to deal with this right now. (WAH!) But I really don't have much of a choice.
And I woke up to this. Drowsy and depressed already from my Doctor taking me off of my new antidepressants which actually seem to be working some. (It was interacting with my Adderall. Making my heart race. So I was just like "So I won't take the Adderall, or we'll taper the dose on one or the other to make it work." But no. He wants to pull me from BOTH and go send me in to make sure my heart's ok when NOT on the meds. Which it is. And which I don't have time to deal with right now. [See my post about April schedule being crazy.] Argh.) (OTOH, I'm now realizing how much the antidepressant worked. Not as much as I'd like or need, but more than I thought.)
So yeah, being a responsible adult sucks sometimes. But you know what? I think in the end, it's worth it to have the fishies. I do <3 my fishies.
(And on an aside, apparently it's easier to import my rats into Toronto/Ontario than it is to import my fishies. Or at least the information I need regarding it is much easier to find. Because they're currently transferring power over fish from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which handles other pets.)
So, yes, being responsible sucks.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
aggravated - Hearin':(IMH) R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Now I get to talk to my housemate tonight about long term plans.
It's funny, this feels like home again, but I don't want it to. I want Toronto to feel like home. (
It will be nice to see my friends again and get my laundry done and finish up my Frolicon presentations (anyone want to hear them for free? Let me know and I'll get you in on the Skype chat when I rehearse them) and get packing for Frolicon.
Speaking of seeing my friends... who's free when?
(And what is up with seeing double with this monitor? Granted, I do sit about 2x more away from it than is probably normal, but it's the only monitor I know that my eyes go fuzzy on w/ less than a 10 hour straight session.)
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
fuzzy eyed - Hearin':Coldplay - Viva La Vida
:-)
(x-posted from my FetLife)
- Where?:Miscreed's Computer - 10024
- Feelin':
peaceful - Hearin':(IMH) Coldplay - Viva la Vida
If you'd like to stay on my friends list, or be added to it, feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line. Whether or not I add/keep you is at my discretion. (If you're a good, dear, close friend of me in real life, you don't have to worry.)
- Where?:Miscreed's Computer - 10024
- Feelin':
anxious - Hearin':(IMH) Coldplay - Viva la Vida
- Where?:Miscreed's Computer - 10024
- Feelin':
unsettled
Not to mention the place holds a dentist, a hair cuttery, and an immigration specialist. Also not to mention the awesome story of "Honest" Ed Mirvish and how he brought theater to Toronto.
My dad would love this place, not to mention his (deceased) father. And my mom would appreciate it as well, although not have the fondness for it that Dad and Pap Pap would.
BTW, they carry an amazing array of souvenirs at ridiculously low prices. Damn near everyone's getting something.
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Hearin':(IMH) the Discovery Channel Boom De Yada song
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
calm - Hearin':(IMH) Owner Of A Lonely Heart remix
Canada is exactly like America... except when it isn't.
Tim Hortons? GOD IN THE MORNING. Double Double & Canadian Maple, plz. Speaking of which, Canada's large coffee is a little bigger than America's small. SRLSY.
Canadian Tire = awesome. Canadian Tire money = hella cool.
Dude, why does Toronto have such a high concentration of hot geeky guys? I must have seen like 5 yesterday in like 2 hours or so.
ZOMG
Korean BBQ = TAAASTY.
Oh, and the TTC is pretty neato. Their subway font is fantastic. And streetcars are cool.
AND ACTIVE SURPLUS IS THE WINNINGEST AWESOME THAT EVER WAS A STORE. Seriously,
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Hearin':(IMH) Theme from Katamari Damacy
Giving an incredibly tense someone a full body massage using almost a whole Mange Too Massage Bar is really awesome.
Taking what's left, slipperying up yourself, and then rubbing against each other until in a state of utter bliss and giggly happiness is one of the best damn things on the entire planet.
And then having slow, teasing, intimate, sensual lovemaking? Oh god. No. Fucking. WORDS.
YEAAAAAH.
Have I mentioned I love this country? And this city. And
- Where?:Adams - M4X 1W7
- Feelin':
good - Hearin':(IMH) C, S, N & Y - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
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Leave Thursday, March 12, 2009
American Airlines 4740 Economy | Embraer RJ140 (ERD) | 1hr 5min | 215 miles
Operated by: AMERICAN EAGLE. Please check in with the operating carrier.
Depart: 10:00am Washington, DC Washington Ronald Reagan National (DCA)
Arrive: 11:05am New York, NY New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK)
Change planes. Time between flights: 1hr 10min
American Airlines 4766 Economy | Embraer RJ140 (ERD) | 1hr 45min | 352 miles
Operated by: AMERICAN EAGLE. Please check in with the operating carrier.
Depart: 12:15pm New York, NY New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK)
Arrive: 2:00pm Toronto, Canada Toronto Pearson International (YYZ)
Total duration: 4hr 0min | Total miles: 567 miles
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Return Tuesday, March 17, 2009
American Airlines 4772 Economy | Embraer RJ140 (ERD) | 1hr 35min | 352 miles
Operated by: AMERICAN EAGLE. Please check in with the operating carrier.
Depart: 10:25am Toronto, Canada Toronto Pearson International (YYZ)
Arrive: 12:00pm New York, NY New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK)
Change planes. Time between flights: 1hr 59min
American Airlines 4679 Economy | Embraer RJ140 (ERD) | 1hr 16min | 215 miles
Operated by: AMERICAN EAGLE. Please check in with the operating carrier.
Depart: 1:59pm New York, NY New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK)
Arrive: 3:15pm Washington, DC Washington Ronald Reagan National (DCA)
Total duration: 4hr 50min | Total miles: 567 miles
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NOTE! I will NOT be bringing my cell phone with me on this trip. (I don't need the roaming charges.) If you need/want to reach me, please just email me. I will be bringing my iPod Touch with me and will be checking mail regularly.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
excited - Hearin':(IMH) Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind
The bus is late. This is annoying, especially because I was already running late.
Spring is just around the corner. It was 6:30 when I left the house and there was a tiny bit of light left in the sky.
This time next week, I'll be in Toronto with
morningboon. Yay! I hope it's not cold and snowy.
Don't look now and I really don't want to jinx it, but these new meds might actually work for me.
Happy belated birthday,
herodotusjr! (You should go mock him as he's an old man now. Officially in his late 20s. Scary.)
I really like this crazy green scarf I got at the dollar store last Fall.
Barenaked Ladies rule.
Ok, back to my Sandman book.
Yes, I know, I know, it's the trendy thing to do. Everyone's doing it now. But here's why I don't like it.
1.) If I wanted to read your twitter, I'D READ YOUR TWITTER. I have a Twitter. I even use it occasionally. And if I wanted to read twits (I don't care if they're called tweets), I'd read them on twitter.
2.) Often times, for the people who use Twitter to communicate with specific people via @Username, you read half of a conversation. And it rarely makes sense, as, hell, these are MY friends we're talking about here.
3.) Twitter is a different format from LJ. LJ is for blog posts, lengthy rants, decent sized writings. Twitter is for little blurbs, SUPPOSEDLY about "what you're doing right now" (see the words above the post box on the web interface). When I read LJ (which I rarely, RARELY do anymore, 'cause I don't need the drama), I want to read POSTS. Not blurbs.
Please, keep your twitter to your twitter. Or at least have a way for me to opt out of having my friends list cluttered up by people's twitter posts.
EDIT: I think I need to clarify myself here. I'm not saying I don't like Twitter. I actually DO like it. I've found that it's a bit like writing haiku, having to express yourself in 140 characters. I've also found that it's great for work because you can't spend an hour writing a Twitter post... it's short and sweet and then you go back to your work. All I'm saying is that I don't like Twitter ON LJ.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':(IMH) Purple Rain (don't ask)
( Rant About BDSM Community Politics Inside )
(NOTE! If you want to leave a supportive comment, that's fine. But PLEASE don't try to talk me out of my ideas or trash me. I've heard it ALL before and I'm not interested in hearing it any more.)
(x-posted on my FetLife account)
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Hearin':(IMH) The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy
NOTHING, however, will keep me away from the Crucible tomorrow night. SRLSY.
Off to try to sleep some more. I hope the meds kick in soon.
I need a FAIL icon.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
sick - Hearin':Amy Holland - She's On Fire
Having grown up in Central Pennsylvania, I don't do as many as some (perhaps even most) Central Pennsylvanians. Part of that is definitely education and schooling, as I always prided myself in speaking properly, unlike the (what I considered to be) unwashed masses around me. However, part of that is because my parents are not from Central Pennsylvania. They are from Southwestern Pennsylvania, and have parts of the Pittsburgh English accent (my father more than my mother). So I learned how to talk from people with the Pittsburgh accent (as well as, I'm sure, from the television.) And taking trips out to Southwestern PA as a child, I picked up on the obvious differences in dialect that my relatives spoke.
That being said, if I have to assign a dialect to myself, Central Pennsylvanian would probably be it. Certainly not Pittsburgh. I say "soda", not "pop", thank you very much. ;-)
So my accent is a mix of Central Pennsylvania things ("redd up" for "tidy up", although supposedly that's also found in Pittsburgh, although I never heard it out there), a few Pittsburgh things (I say "gum bands" instead of "rubber bands", I call it "kibassi" which is similar to the "kolbassi" of Pittsburgh, which is actually the Polish word for kielbasa), and a distinct lack of other Central PA things (the first time someone said to me "It's all", meaning "it's all gone", I was totally confused.)
And the truth is, there are many similarities between the Pittsburgh and the Central Pennsylvania dialects. But there's also plenty of differences.
And I love figuring out boundaries and who does what. Like, my mother's parents spent their teenage years and most of their adult lives in Washington, PA, which is in the heart of Southwestern PA. They say "warsh" instead of "wash". I honestly don't remember what Mom and Dad say. But I know I say "wash". The funny thing? My housemate, who is born and bred and has lived in the DC area all his life... he says "warsh". I always associated this with Pittsburgh and some with where I grew up. Huh. (The thing is, there's actually a large transplanted population of Southwestern Pennsylvanians where I grew up. But most of the people I grew up around were natives.Some of my parents' friends were from the Pittsburgh area, though.)
And I remember reading a fascinating article on tiny little accents and dialects of the Chesapeake Bay, ones that are totally dying out because they were so specific to an area and now people are moving out and interacting with others more. I mean, some of these accents were just 2 towns or a peninsula or an island.
And then there's my ex
And then there's little things that I didn't even know was dialectical. Like "catty-corner", which means "on a diagonal to", usually "on a diagonal corner of", but not always. (ex. The Kuhn's house is catty-corner to our own.) Used this once with
So what dialectical region are you from? Do you speak the dialect? Are their words that you use and you realize and you're ok with? Are their parts of your dialect or accent that you use and you don't like and you'd like to get rid of? How did your parents' accent or dialect affect your own? I'm curious to find out what other people say.
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
intellectually awakened
Oh, and as a bonus, if you're kinky, Mid-Atlantic Leather is in town this weekend too.
So... who wants to come?
- Where?:Eden - 20912
- Feelin':
cold
