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athenaltenaThere's lots of stuff slipping my mind at the moment, but here's the abridged version of the last week.
Back from vacation and in one piece, though unfortunately I seem to be unable to go down there and not get burned. Case in point: both shoulders, the back of my neck and my left thigh are the shade of a cooked lobster. And for those of you not familiar with lobster, that means RED. I basically seem to be unable to tan to any real extent except get burned and get more freckles. And I was thorough with the sunscreen this time but it still happened! Such it is to be a white person.
Mom and I stayed an extra day down there because we got to go to GLAD's annual party! The short version of why is that Mom did some work for them a while back, and then when the DOMA case that they won was in the news a few weeks back she sent an email to her contact there, and it turns out that they were having their annual party up in P-Town when we'd be there, so we were invited as guests! My jaw was basically on the ground when I found that out. We also know one of the plaintiffs in that case from a few years ago before said case was even filed, since he owns a shop in the town we vacation in and we got to talking, and in fact while we were down there this time we checked in on him again and he's doing much better. It's a long story, but basically we wound up connected to these folks through serendipity. The party itself was very fun and I met some interesting people, and I shamelessly admit that I was trying to do some networking there.
We stayed at a motel up in Orleans for one night, and then when I got dropped back in Boston today also we managed to get the futon in Mom's car since I won't be needing it in the North End and I'm probably going to need it again someday, plus it's a nice piece of furniture and it was given to us by some dear friends who don't want it back. I'm very glad that my admittedly hair-brained idea worked since I knew it would be a little tight any way we did it, but everything fit and got back in one piece (well, pieces) and it's one less thing to worry about with the move. Me and Mom high fived after we finally got it all put in.
Oh, and I have a new sword. This is another long story, but on the way to the GLAD party I spotted a shop out of the corner of my eye and wondered about it, so today after we checked out of the hotel we went up there before we headed to Boston. I'll get some pictures of it later once I dig my camera out of my bag, but it's a (blunt) katana that I am itching to learn the history of, since after I inspected it I could tell that it is not a cheap knock off and it may even be pre WWII. The guy selling it initially said $65, but then said $55 and I could not pass it up. I think this also counts as the craziest thing I've ever bought to date, previously it was the giant horse painting now hanging over where the futon used to be.
Also, Tuesday is shaping up to be Queer Women DnD due to something that happened at the MSPCA last Saturday that I alluded to on Twitter. I'll have more on that later too since I think my brain is about to give out.
Back from vacation and in one piece, though unfortunately I seem to be unable to go down there and not get burned. Case in point: both shoulders, the back of my neck and my left thigh are the shade of a cooked lobster. And for those of you not familiar with lobster, that means RED. I basically seem to be unable to tan to any real extent except get burned and get more freckles. And I was thorough with the sunscreen this time but it still happened! Such it is to be a white person.
Mom and I stayed an extra day down there because we got to go to GLAD's annual party! The short version of why is that Mom did some work for them a while back, and then when the DOMA case that they won was in the news a few weeks back she sent an email to her contact there, and it turns out that they were having their annual party up in P-Town when we'd be there, so we were invited as guests! My jaw was basically on the ground when I found that out. We also know one of the plaintiffs in that case from a few years ago before said case was even filed, since he owns a shop in the town we vacation in and we got to talking, and in fact while we were down there this time we checked in on him again and he's doing much better. It's a long story, but basically we wound up connected to these folks through serendipity. The party itself was very fun and I met some interesting people, and I shamelessly admit that I was trying to do some networking there.
We stayed at a motel up in Orleans for one night, and then when I got dropped back in Boston today also we managed to get the futon in Mom's car since I won't be needing it in the North End and I'm probably going to need it again someday, plus it's a nice piece of furniture and it was given to us by some dear friends who don't want it back. I'm very glad that my admittedly hair-brained idea worked since I knew it would be a little tight any way we did it, but everything fit and got back in one piece (well, pieces) and it's one less thing to worry about with the move. Me and Mom high fived after we finally got it all put in.
Oh, and I have a new sword. This is another long story, but on the way to the GLAD party I spotted a shop out of the corner of my eye and wondered about it, so today after we checked out of the hotel we went up there before we headed to Boston. I'll get some pictures of it later once I dig my camera out of my bag, but it's a (blunt) katana that I am itching to learn the history of, since after I inspected it I could tell that it is not a cheap knock off and it may even be pre WWII. The guy selling it initially said $65, but then said $55 and I could not pass it up. I think this also counts as the craziest thing I've ever bought to date, previously it was the giant horse painting now hanging over where the futon used to be.
Also, Tuesday is shaping up to be Queer Women DnD due to something that happened at the MSPCA last Saturday that I alluded to on Twitter. I'll have more on that later too since I think my brain is about to give out.
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Date: 2010-08-03 08:01 pm (UTC)Last night I had a dream that you came to visit me and stay over for the night. But there were a lot of nonsensical logistic issues so we barely had a chance to spend time together! ^_^;;
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Date: 2010-08-03 08:22 pm (UTC)That actually sounds like some of my real life vacations, since something always seems to go wrong whenever I got anywhere to the point that I factor it into my plans.