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hummingwolf ([personal profile] hummingwolf) wrote2003-05-22 05:31 pm
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Afternoon update

One of those days where I seem to be floating in a state of suspended animation, hovering in a timeless void...

only it's not like that at all, really. It's just a cool, grey day where the light and the temperature aren't changing so it's hard to detect the passage of time. A bunch of grad students have been partying on the back porch--nothing rowdy, just some mildly inebriated twenty- and thirty-somethings chattering away and grilling an assortment of the kinds of foods people grill at summer parties. They're all wearing jackets, though, since today doesn't feel like summer at all.

Nothing exciting or even remotely interesting to report otherwise. Stayed up much too late chatting, reading e-mails, and then reading a book (checked out Ben Elton's Dead Famous because the fish on the cover kept staring at me). Oh, one note to the world in general: Never expect me to "agree to disagree" until I know what the disagreement is about. Thank you.

[identity profile] daisydumont.livejournal.com 2003-05-22 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
most unexpected for may 22 to be so danged cold. glad the partiers went ahead with their cookout. let's hope we get a little sunshine for the revelry over the weekend, eh? (no, i'm not going to be involved in any, but there'll be thousands who will be!)
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-05-22 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, there've been a couple of partiers today who spent more time indoors because it's warmer in here. Today doesn't feel like late May at all.

And I'm glad the partiers went ahead with their cookout too--somebody brought some tasty brownies. :-)

another grey world

[identity profile] gurdonark.livejournal.com 2003-05-22 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree to disagree all the time, but I hope that doesn't make me amiably disagreeable. I know that floating feeling, but then the anchor pulls....:)
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Re: another grey world

[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-05-22 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree to disagree all the time too, and I don't think that makes a person disagreeable! What bothers me is when I'm still in the process of figuring out what another person is talking about or I've discovered that they're severely misinterpreting me, and then they tell me, "We'll have to agree to disagree." Why should I be expected to agree to anything, even a disagreement, when I don't know what I'd be agreeing to? Is it disagreeable of me to want to know the terms of a disagreement before I agree to it?

As for the anchor: I'm still trying to find a good one to keep me grounded. There's this lead weight that drags on me some days, but it isn't the same somehow.

oh good

[identity profile] wig.livejournal.com 2003-05-23 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I was going to suggest that you two 'friended' each other, but I have got into trouble with my LJ matchmaking before!
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Re: oh good

[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-05-27 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
In a dream a couple of nights ago I was giving you a massage. I hope it helped.

Re: oh good

[identity profile] wig.livejournal.com 2003-05-27 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, that is so sweet! Thank you :-)

Re: another grey world

[identity profile] icdedpeople.livejournal.com 2003-05-27 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds somewhat familiar.
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Re: another grey world

[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-05-27 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Which part: agreeing to disagree, disagreeing when you don't know what the disagreement is about, or having a lead weight dragging you down?

Re: another grey world

[identity profile] icdedpeople.livejournal.com 2003-05-27 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
The 2nd one. ... and the 3rd.

[identity profile] unwilly.livejournal.com 2003-05-22 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate not knowing what the disagreement is about.

Un
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[identity profile] hummingwolf.livejournal.com 2003-05-22 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too, especially if it's a disagreement with a friend.