Some Short Assorted Notes
Aug. 30th, 2005 10:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anastasiav
Work is still crazy. If you can't get in touch with me, this is why:
Monday: MPA 9-5; evening off
Tuesday: MPA 830-5-ish; LLB 5-10; night training 1130pm - 130a
Wednesday: MPA 830-430; LLB 5-8
Thursday: MPA 830-5-ish; LLB 6-12
Friday: MPA 830-5-ish; LLB 6-12
Saturday: LLB 130-10
Sunday: OFF (Dark Place Party)
Monday: Labor Day - Off (Boston fun??)
Josh and I snuggled on the soul-sucking couch last night, ate a yummy dinner he cooked, and then watched The Long Ships - a 1963 "Viking" movie with Richard Widmark as a norse adventurer and Sidney Poitier (in what seems to be James Brown's hair) as a Moorish prince. It was, of course, awful, but also quite good (or at least interesting) in certain places -- most notably in how the Moorish prince was the villain but yet did not seem to be "evil" in the way that I expected ... just driven and ultimately killed by his own obsession with The Mother of Voices.
Our house is still full of Pennsic mess ... its everywhere I look ... in the foyer, in the dining room, in the kitchen, in our bedroom, in the computer/sewing room ... just heaped up piles of things that need to be unpacked and washed and put away somewhere. I just hope the piles of crap aren't driving MJ too crazy...
Since Sunday, I've been having dreams every night about Josh and I having to pack up and evacuate the house on short notice ... no doubt a direct result of the conversation we had Sunday night on what we would take with us if forced to flee our home like the folks on the Gulf Coast did. For him, its a pretty short list ... a few (real, metal) swords, his Scrolls, his belt, spurs, and chain, one photo album, the computer, and some books. Everything else is replaceable (costly, in some cases, but not one of a kind in any way). My list is more difficult. If I had to flee at a true moments notice, the list is very short and easily gathered: photo albums, a jewelry box, scrolls, three art prints, a Raggedy Ann doll, a music box, and a candy jar. What makes the conversation is more difficult is the idea that you have 12 or 24 hours notice, and the van and a car -- we have lots of furniture in the house which, although not valuable in the strict monetary sense, belonged to my grandparents or great-grandparents, and which I would be pained to lose. Some of it is easily transportable, but the pieces that hold the greatest 'memory' value for me are too large to move easily (the marble topped sideboard, the 10-piece dining room set). We could do it, but.... Anyway, it led to an interesting conversation about what we value, and why we value it. I am, however, pleased that we don't live in a flood zone. It did reinforce, however, how much I fear a fire in that house.... So, given 12-24 hours and your current vehicle, what do you take with you? You have one trip, no more.
Nothing else much to report. I look forward to a day when work doesn't eat up all my time and I can find fun stuff for you on the internet again.
As noted above, we are planning on going down to the party at Clark & Lisa's on the 4th, then staying over and trying to find something fun to do in Boston on the 5th. Anyone have any ideas what that "something fun" might be? (We're also planning on going to Coronation and, I guess, *sigh* Crown.)
Monday: MPA 9-5; evening off
Tuesday: MPA 830-5-ish; LLB 5-10; night training 1130pm - 130a
Wednesday: MPA 830-430; LLB 5-8
Thursday: MPA 830-5-ish; LLB 6-12
Friday: MPA 830-5-ish; LLB 6-12
Saturday: LLB 130-10
Sunday: OFF (Dark Place Party)
Monday: Labor Day - Off (Boston fun??)
Josh and I snuggled on the soul-sucking couch last night, ate a yummy dinner he cooked, and then watched The Long Ships - a 1963 "Viking" movie with Richard Widmark as a norse adventurer and Sidney Poitier (in what seems to be James Brown's hair) as a Moorish prince. It was, of course, awful, but also quite good (or at least interesting) in certain places -- most notably in how the Moorish prince was the villain but yet did not seem to be "evil" in the way that I expected ... just driven and ultimately killed by his own obsession with The Mother of Voices.
Our house is still full of Pennsic mess ... its everywhere I look ... in the foyer, in the dining room, in the kitchen, in our bedroom, in the computer/sewing room ... just heaped up piles of things that need to be unpacked and washed and put away somewhere. I just hope the piles of crap aren't driving MJ too crazy...
Since Sunday, I've been having dreams every night about Josh and I having to pack up and evacuate the house on short notice ... no doubt a direct result of the conversation we had Sunday night on what we would take with us if forced to flee our home like the folks on the Gulf Coast did. For him, its a pretty short list ... a few (real, metal) swords, his Scrolls, his belt, spurs, and chain, one photo album, the computer, and some books. Everything else is replaceable (costly, in some cases, but not one of a kind in any way). My list is more difficult. If I had to flee at a true moments notice, the list is very short and easily gathered: photo albums, a jewelry box, scrolls, three art prints, a Raggedy Ann doll, a music box, and a candy jar. What makes the conversation is more difficult is the idea that you have 12 or 24 hours notice, and the van and a car -- we have lots of furniture in the house which, although not valuable in the strict monetary sense, belonged to my grandparents or great-grandparents, and which I would be pained to lose. Some of it is easily transportable, but the pieces that hold the greatest 'memory' value for me are too large to move easily (the marble topped sideboard, the 10-piece dining room set). We could do it, but.... Anyway, it led to an interesting conversation about what we value, and why we value it. I am, however, pleased that we don't live in a flood zone. It did reinforce, however, how much I fear a fire in that house.... So, given 12-24 hours and your current vehicle, what do you take with you? You have one trip, no more.
Nothing else much to report. I look forward to a day when work doesn't eat up all my time and I can find fun stuff for you on the internet again.
As noted above, we are planning on going down to the party at Clark & Lisa's on the 4th, then staying over and trying to find something fun to do in Boston on the 5th. Anyone have any ideas what that "something fun" might be? (We're also planning on going to Coronation and, I guess, *sigh* Crown.)
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Date: 2005-08-30 05:40 pm (UTC)The computer, our passports, the string of pearls from my 10th wedding anniversary, the scrolls, our Masonic and SCA regalia, the milkcrate with the originals of 35 years of court reports. Last year's tax return. The mortgage. The Brewster family Bibles and Uncle Elliott Davies's big genealogy chart.
The heirloom furniture is not movable, except perhaps Nana's cedar chest.
A year ago, I'd have had to allow the whole back seat for two cat carriers.