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09-18-2008, 04:35 PM | #1201 |
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I assign cooler weather to the shire. It is finally getting down into the lower 80's here in Texas so that we can actually go outside and do some rigorous sports without sweating to death. We can actually open the windows in our house!
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09-20-2008, 09:41 AM | #1202 |
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Contrarily I will assign a lovely September weekend after a dire summer - and being able to open windows for the reverse reason!
And Springer spaniels. I took the ancient parent to his favourite pub for lunch and there are some regulars who have a lovely but venerable Springer who has now been joined by an adorable 14 week old pup. Gorgeous ... even though I am really a cat person, I'd be tempted if I weren't out at work all day...
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09-20-2008, 10:51 AM | #1203 |
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I assign meeting a very dear friend who lives far away and having spent two blessed days with him.
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09-20-2008, 10:47 PM | #1204 |
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The perfect shade of dark red lipstick. Not scarlet, not crimson... just deep, dark wine red.
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09-21-2008, 12:54 AM | #1205 |
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Aww. But I prefer the pinkish one. Not fuchsia or bright (gay) pink, but not too pale either.
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09-21-2008, 08:15 AM | #1206 |
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I don't think I'm social enough to handle the pinker tones... Either I go without and rely on Burt's Bees chapstick (mmm) or I'll stain my lips lovely raspberry or plum tones. But there's something about a confidence boosting shade of lipstick that takes you from a minor meltdown on your bedroom floor to ready to go Out.
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09-21-2008, 08:24 AM | #1207 | |
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09-21-2008, 08:36 AM | #1208 |
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Fair enough. Mine is certainly a shade for night time, when shadows deepen. And until recently, going out at night didn't seem all together like something I ought to be doing. Now I've come to realize that I simply don't care. Quite the revelation... In fact, one I suspect deserves its own assignation:
I assign the realization that it really doesn't matter. That if something makes it past my conscience, and if my integrity gives it the go-ahead, that's all I need.
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09-22-2008, 12:12 PM | #1209 |
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Me too, though I suppose my idea of cooler weather at this time of year differs a bit from yours. We've had it like 7-10 C (about 43-50 F, I think) for the last week, which was awesome. This week is going to be a bit warmer, though - today I could go to school in a T-shirt.
And red trees. Amazing.
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09-23-2008, 07:48 AM | #1210 |
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I assign... going to sleep with a tiny (large-mouse-sized) baby possum curled up against my neck.
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09-23-2008, 08:04 AM | #1211 |
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You adopted the one your cat brought home? Cute.
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09-23-2008, 08:25 AM | #1212 |
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Defeating the evils of modern technology! I have fought the effects of Firefox and all but won, only one thing flashes up now and that's a computer thing not an internet one. Mwhaha Firefox, you have been beaten.
Ooh, also, small children who randomly hug and kiss you throughout the day.
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09-23-2008, 09:00 AM | #1213 |
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I assign that I properly learned the akkusativ in my German class today! Yay!
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09-23-2008, 07:21 PM | #1214 |
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Not permanently– the other cat's a hunter, and clearly had designs on it. We took it to a wildlife shelter.
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09-23-2008, 07:48 PM | #1215 |
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I assign to the Shire the University of the Philippines Writers Club's eighty-first anniversary today! Long live the Writers Club! (Even though fifty or so years of that was spent on hiatus. )
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09-24-2008, 12:08 PM | #1216 |
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Movies that really succeed in capturing the atmosphere of the book they're based on. They are rare these days and therefore belong to the Shire.
I'm not sure, though, if hobbits had enjoyed The Hours or Blindness, but I don't care. They belong to my personal Shire.
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09-25-2008, 03:55 PM | #1217 |
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Saving the environment by recruiting the rabid members of a national student business organization. Boy do I know how to delegate.
No, seriously, though... it feels really good to know that I picked the right person for the job. Major problem, and rather than me going off on some crusade by myself that I wasn't likely to win, I talked to one person, she talked to one person, there was a cabinet meeting, and now it's being fixed. It took 24 hours. W00t. Yes. I said w00t.
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09-26-2008, 05:17 AM | #1218 |
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Being done with the first set of final exams. Now I can - like my lovely creative writing teacher said - stop reading and start writing.
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09-26-2008, 05:56 AM | #1219 | |
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It's getting down into the lower 60's here in NY, so we can actually *close* the windows and start drinking hot coffee again. Hmm, I assign coffee, too. Last edited by Rikae; 09-26-2008 at 06:03 AM. |
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09-26-2008, 06:02 AM | #1220 |
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09-26-2008, 06:22 AM | #1221 |
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My creative writing teacher. Not only is she probably the funniest teacher I've ever had, she's also very nice and very lenient with timetables. Oh, she's great.
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09-26-2008, 06:28 AM | #1222 | |
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*drinks hot tea* Oh yes... autumn in NY is my favorite.
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09-26-2008, 08:06 AM | #1223 |
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Hey! Those are fighting words! Which reminds me, I need to change my sig.
I second Feanor's assignments, fireplaces and autumn. I aslo assign staying up late just to talk with my younger brother about his life.
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09-26-2008, 08:17 AM | #1224 |
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Seconded.
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09-26-2008, 08:33 AM | #1225 |
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Autumn in general is the awesomest season, though I agree it's generally prettier down east than here on the prairies. Still the best season all around, though. Not only is it easily the nicest weather wise, avoiding the extremes, it's also got all the best sights and smells (harvest time), as well as epitomising the whole sense of "bittersweet." It's no coincidence, after all, that Frodo sailed from the Grey Havens in autumn.
Definitely assigned to the Shire.
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09-26-2008, 09:10 AM | #1226 |
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Well, not the whole thing. I may pretend to be able to write in German at times, but I can never pronounce it to save my life. But the fact that I learned properly the basics, that I assign to the Shire!
I assign too the very successful anniversary stuff of UPWC. And the free dinner that came after it. I also assign the fact that today, it did not rain!
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09-26-2008, 10:31 AM | #1227 |
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I assign intriguing small languages. I was studying Swedish yesterday and came across some words in the language of the sámi people (the indigenous people of Lapland, in case someone doesn't know) and it was just very intriguing, it has a distinct sound and power (I love a certain sámi language singer, Mari Boine Persen, her songs demonstrate this power vey well) and besides I realised I can pronounce it correctly even though it's supposed to be difficult (at least for Swedes ). Also, for example the so-called "click-languages" of small African tribes are very fascinating, I'd love to learn one of them (I just love those click-sounds, they sound so cool ).
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09-26-2008, 03:40 PM | #1228 |
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I have to disagree with you on this one. German grammar is about the loveliest thing there is, second only to German pronunciation.
*sends German to the Shire*
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09-26-2008, 11:55 PM | #1229 | |
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There are one or two sami speakers in my community and when there was a cultural fair/get together they were teaching and sharing a bit of it. It reminds me in a way of Tingit or Aleut. It definately belongs in the shire. Another thing that needs to belong in the shire is after some nine odd years, hearing the same Inuit song my teacher taught my second year class on the radio. Then proceeding to cry for no apparent reason. So, good memories and my favourite teacher I assign to the shire. ~ Ka
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09-28-2008, 09:50 PM | #1230 | |
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I will also assign not being in Texas, they have this ego thing, thinking they are the greatest thing ever, well Alaska totally is better! We're bigger, we're better! Plus, it doesn't get too bloody freakin' hot here!
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09-28-2008, 09:55 PM | #1231 | |
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I also assign mountains to the Shire! Yesterday after church, my family drove up the mountains! It really is nice living in a city surrounded by mountains! It was quite high though, and it doesn't help that I don't like heights...
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09-29-2008, 09:34 AM | #1232 |
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I assign babies. I know, grouchy Fea who doesn't want kids? Assigning babies and wee ones to the Shire?
Okay, so I spent the weekend at home, and my cousins' spawn are downright adorable. Filthy. I don't want to know what got on me when I picked up maternal second cousin #8, but he's a year old and he cuddles...
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09-29-2008, 10:17 AM | #1233 |
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I could second that!
Mountains! Yes, right on Lady Great! I live in the hill country in Texas and it is absolutely beautiful, the bigger those hills get the better it becomes. I assign Autumn colors to the Shire. We don't get much change in the leaves where I live, but just seeing pictures from Vermont and Michigan, with their orange, yellow and brown maple trees, makes me smile.
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09-29-2008, 10:58 AM | #1234 | |
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Anyway, I would second what several people already did, and that's the autumn weather/colours/well, the whole season. At least this far I like it, let's see whether in the future I won't desire for warm summer or something... And I also assign the start of a new school year, at last, it is great to be back at the faculty (again, at least this far... )
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09-29-2008, 12:07 PM | #1235 |
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I third mountain views and fall colors -
- though I do miss the red maples of Michigan. I also would like to assign road trips where you eat no food that day save what you buy at gas stations, see views you've never seen before, and dare to walk to the edges where you'd never dare be before. The realization that there truly is no water clearer than a mountain lake. Gorges, canyons and an overabundance of pine trees. Listening to a river you can barely see. The ability to release the pressure in my own ears without the aid of gum. The color green. Oh, and pizza.
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09-29-2008, 08:31 PM | #1236 | |
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Beautiful picture, Oddwen, what a perfect combination of colors.
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As for that ego thing I don't know what your talking about. Texas can survive without America, but America can't survive without Texas! Nope we don't have an ego problem!
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09-30-2008, 10:29 AM | #1237 |
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Ignoring the fact that they wouldn't fit in...
Boys in eyeliner. Mmm.
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09-30-2008, 07:39 PM | #1238 |
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Clear night skies! Just one of those nights where you can sit on the back porch with your family and try and find constellations.
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10-01-2008, 03:17 AM | #1239 |
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Autumn: the scent of rotting leaves, the fresh brisk winds, the way fallen leaves always make me feel like a five-year-old... One evening I was walking in the park and suddenly felt a strong urge to start throwing leaves all over myself, or even better, at someone else. Then I started wondering why autumn always makes me feel so childish, then realised that actually winter - and spring - and summer have the precisely same effect on me...
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10-01-2008, 08:21 AM | #1240 |
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I'm assuring you aren't referring to emo teenaged boys with those extra-fashionable slashes and scars and cigarette burns on their arms and wrists and who bang their heads to MCR all day long....
I assign to the Shire my professor of Greek and Roman literature, who gave us a really lenient deadline and a very flexible choice of the topic for our term paper.
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