@jeepgirl: I can't read signs when I am riding in a car. If I do, then my head starts spinning and I get the queasies. Sitting backwards? I'd probably hurl.
@jeepgirl: The escalator at the mall makes my knees tremble, because I worry (irrationally) that I may suddenly fling myself over the rail in a moment of spazziness. The multi-story escalators are the worst -- y'know, when you can look down more than one floor? *shudder*
@CatherineSloper: My mom had one of those station wagons with the rear-facing seat in the trunk when I was a kid. I would insist on sitting there, even though I would have had the entire back seat to myself.
@save jinger: (...and, in a side note, am I the only one who finds that the terms "POTUS," "FLOTUS," and, most especially, "SCOTUS" sound like medical words describing various aspects of the human reproductive system?
Not that I don't use said terms. I do! I just do it with a barely suppressed giggle. Because I'm 12.)
Oh, dude, I am totally showing this picture to my kids! A kickass woman protecting the lives of our African-American first family? Is it weird that I'm all goose-pimply?
@SomeAuthorGirl: (Ok, this is how old I am: I saw your "USS" and my brain filled in an "R," and I has a split second of "why is SomeAuthorGirl talking about the Soviet Union?" Really.)
Oh good! I mean, I fear that I sound ridiculous sometimes. Or at least overzealous. Or deeply over-earnest, and my post-Watergate childhood demands that I fight against that.
But honestly, I'm a sap, and I should just admit it. Yay for a world that is better than it used to be! Say I!
(On a related note I just finished Team of Rivals [let me know what you think of it!], and dude, every time Lincoln went wandering down the street to his Secretary of State's house, I thought of our current first family and their security detail.... The man had ONE bodyguard, and that body guard had the night off when Lincoln went to Ford's Theater that night...! Had the night OFF! But I digress).
@ellaesther: Whereas I sort of reveal my familiarity with the workings of the federal government in all their acronymic glory.
I agree! I am a bit younger than you methinks, but only a bit, and I grew up during the madness of the Reagan years. I too am a sap that is thrilled that the world is better than it used to be in some important ways!
My book comes in a few days, I will PM you and let you know --- so stoked. :D
That lady has the look of: "Make one joke about Michelle Obama and i will shoot you. No really.... in a place where you'll bleed out and no one will even notice."
Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! was starred
Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! was unstarred
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If you want to secrete things in a secure fashion, I'm sure you can still find a job.
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Not that I don't use said terms. I do! I just do it with a barely suppressed giggle. Because I'm 12.)
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Oh good! I mean, I fear that I sound ridiculous sometimes. Or at least overzealous. Or deeply over-earnest, and my post-Watergate childhood demands that I fight against that.
But honestly, I'm a sap, and I should just admit it. Yay for a world that is better than it used to be! Say I!
(On a related note I just finished Team of Rivals [let me know what you think of it!], and dude, every time Lincoln went wandering down the street to his Secretary of State's house, I thought of our current first family and their security detail.... The man had ONE bodyguard, and that body guard had the night off when Lincoln went to Ford's Theater that night...! Had the night OFF! But I digress).
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I agree! I am a bit younger than you methinks, but only a bit, and I grew up during the madness of the Reagan years. I too am a sap that is thrilled that the world is better than it used to be in some important ways!
My book comes in a few days, I will PM you and let you know --- so stoked. :D
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