Your evening ramblings

[hummingwolf]

Today was better than yesterday, overall. I did have the frustration of dealing with bureaucracy again, but these things happen. Hopefully I'll be able to deal with the bureaucrats in person sometime soon--and without undue hassle. Is that asking too much?

Anyway, I walked a mere tuna half miles. When I first moved here today's walk would have seemed like a superhuman feat, but right now I just feel like I should have walked more. You don't know how glad I am to have the luxury of thinking of 2.5 miles as a relatively short distance! While I was out, a guy in a pickup truck offered me a ride in a direction I wasn't going. Even if my destination had been that way, why would I have wanted to cut the walk short on a lovely day like today... okay, it was unseasonably cool and overcast. Still, I was enjoying myself.

Bought an onion & a small bag of nuts while I was out. On the way home:

Little girl (looking at bag): What's that?
Me: Groceries.
LG: Did you get those from [name of grocery store]?
Me: Yes, I did.
LG: Did you walk from [name of grocery store]?
Me: Yep!
LG: That's impossible!
Me: No, it's not. I did it!
After we'd argued about it a bit, I started to walk on, laughing. Then I turned around and
Me: I've walked all the way to Washington, DC before.
LG: That's impossible!
Me: Well, I've done it!
LG: Were you tired?
Me, thinking: I was very tired the first time. The second time wasn't so bad.

I'm not sure she was convinced it was possible, but one day she'll hear about really impressive things like marathons. Maybe she'll look back in time at me and laugh too.

How dare i.

i move:
the final frontier.

After this bit of output, it was obviously time to ask MegaHAL about a certain starship.

Why listen, even the water around a dry leisure to invest
their lengthening evenings a prophetic
breath of winter. You are received. This is
closest to the greater use of this day slow.
no more perfect than you
in the school of the starship "enterprise."
its continuing mission:
to cast towards shadows, where the smaller

darknesses that our artists and poets have taught,
fold your two hands,
and i wish your room had room for repentance!

i'm straw in a bed

which my mom tucks me into song?

Comments

[compostwormbin.livejournal.com]

I'm really enjoying walks too, and can go farther than I used to. But much more than 3 miles and I get sore.

Please do tell the story about walking to D.C.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well, though there are several cities between here and the District, I live close enough that if I'm feeling particularly energetic, I can walk to the state/DC line. Not really much of a story there!

[slyfoot.livejournal.com]

Who drew that hummingwolf icon? It's great, and definitely unique, heh!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

The hummingwolf was drawn for me by hai_kah_uhk, a.k.a. Dandelion of Dandelion Studios, creators of such gems as the classic Zephyr & Reginald: Minions For Hire.
:-)

[slyfoot.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

It is. Though much depends on what kind of neighborhood you're walking in and what the weather's like that day!