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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:34 pm
Huzzah, I scored tickets to the family day at the houses of the Oireachtas ( irish parliment) this is going to be fun.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:30 pm
I saw my new car today, and got to drive it illegally. ninja
It's purple and pretty and I'm in love with it. heart Still need to name her, though. Should probably figure it out soon, since I'm bringing it home tomorrow.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:32 pm
BlueRoseTorn I saw my new car today, and got to drive it illegally. ninja It's purple and pretty and I'm in love with it. heart Still need to name her, though. Should probably figure it out soon, since I'm bringing it home tomorrow. CONGRATS! Spiffy!
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:10 pm
Hiking at Mt. Rainier is always a humbling experience. Walking around town and my own neighborhood, it's easy to get under the impression that hiking on some trail for half a day would be fairly easy, if a little tiring. Of course, trails aren't flat, regular, or even consistently visible. There is no comparison between walking on smooth concrete alongside a road and walking on a bare dirt mountain trail when there are still large patches of snow on the ground. We only spent about 2 1/2 hours total hiking around, and I was beat. It's a good reminder that I've got a long ways to go before I'm ready to do any serious backpacking or similar forms of adventuring.
Of course, in spite of the difficulty, it was great to see the mountain again. I was a bit sad that the trails up at Paradise were still under snow, but that just meant that we got to explore around Longmire. I hadn't been there in years. I got to see the same fallen logs I'd played on when I was barely seven and even a big elk standing by the road. Fun stuff. heart
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:15 pm
Sounds like fun, Mute! Especially the part about the snow. It's too damn hot right now.
I just got back from Target, and when I got into Josefina (I named her!) to drive home... burning_eyes I thought I might melt. I require winter.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:28 pm
Interesting. I want to go hiking again. I used to do small hikes when I was little at a camp surrounded by mountains that my parents owned. Now I live in the city. While city life is good, I prefer the country. Give me a lake any day! Though an ocean side house with a beach FTW
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:38 pm
Mute- we should meet up sometime.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:05 am
So on Gaia I am used to people making assumptions about my religion because of my knowledge base in other traditions. No biggie. Some of the more amusing ones have included Catholic, Jewish, Gardnerian, Atheist, Satanist, Hellenic Polytheist, Anglican, Asatru, Gnostic and Hindu.
I mean- okay- if you were going to make an assumption... I can understand these.
But the PM I work up to this morning? This one takes the cake. It wins ten billion internets.
This morning I was accused of being.... ~drum roll please.....~
A Born Again Christian.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:08 am
mute_coyote Hiking at Mt. Rainier is always a humbling experience. Walking around town and my own neighborhood, it's easy to get under the impression that hiking on some trail for half a day would be fairly easy, if a little tiring. Of course, trails aren't flat, regular, or even consistently visible. There is no comparison between walking on smooth concrete alongside a road and walking on a bare dirt mountain trail when there are still large patches of snow on the ground. We only spent about 2 1/2 hours total hiking around, and I was beat. It's a good reminder that I've got a long ways to go before I'm ready to do any serious backpacking or similar forms of adventuring. Of course, in spite of the difficulty, it was great to see the mountain again. I was a bit sad that the trails up at Paradise were still under snow, but that just meant that we got to explore around Longmire. I hadn't been there in years. I got to see the same fallen logs I'd played on when I was barely seven and even a big elk standing by the road. Fun stuff. heart Awesome. I love hiking. I do most of my hiking in the Gorge, with some little hikes in the Coast Range. My grandparents had a house in White Salmon, overlooking Hood River (on a cliff, it was so awesome), with their property perfectly framing Mt. Ranier. I'm a total mountainophile (as is my fiance, Terence). I both love and hate snow hiking. I love it because it's beautiful and so much fun, but when the snow is really heavy, and completely obliterates trails, that makes me nervous. Even though I have excellent sense of direction and have never gotten lost in the woods despite gallivanting through the forest sans trail many times (cities, though, they mess with my perception). I have a friend who quits his job occasionally to mountain climb, lead hikes, and teach crevasse rescue classes and the like (he's the best man in our wedding), and he has a GPS, but one time before he had it he and Terence got lost doing a snow hike. He kept insisting he'd found the trail. After trudging around for hours, Terence said, "Day 6: Losing confidence in my guide." It would be really awesome to get together with some some of you guys for a hike! Unfortunately I don't drive, though, so getting up where you are would be difficult for me. I like hard hikes and easy hikes. I'm also a bird watcher, so I tend to get my head stuck in the clouds once in a while. Birder's neck. I have yet to do Mt. Defiance. I will work on it for next year. TeaDidikai So on Gaia I am used to people making assumptions about my religion because of my knowledge base in other traditions. No biggie. Some of the more amusing ones have included Catholic, Jewish, Gardnerian, Atheist, Satanist, Hellenic Polytheist, Anglican, Asatru, Gnostic and Hindu. I mean- okay- if you were going to make an assumption... I can understand these. But the PM I work up to this morning? This one takes the cake. It wins ten billion internets. This morning I was accused of being.... ~drum roll please.....~ A Born Again Christian. I am SO glad my mouth was not full of tea when I read this. That's awesome.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:11 pm
TeaDidikai So on Gaia I am used to people making assumptions about my religion because of my knowledge base in other traditions. No biggie. Some of the more amusing ones have included Catholic, Jewish, Gardnerian, Atheist, Satanist, Hellenic Polytheist, Anglican, Asatru, Gnostic and Hindu. I mean- okay- if you were going to make an assumption... I can understand these. But the PM I work up to this morning? This one takes the cake. It wins ten billion internets. This morning I was accused of being.... ~drum roll please.....~ A Born Again Christian. Oh, this made me giggle. mrgreen It'd be fun to meet sometime. I'm basically confined to the Tri-Cities for the summer, although I'll be leaving on Wednesday to spend a week in Oklahoma. I won't be back in the Seattle area until around mid-September when school starts up again.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:13 pm
TeaDidikai So on Gaia I am used to people making assumptions about my religion because of my knowledge base in other traditions. No biggie. Some of the more amusing ones have included Catholic, Jewish, Gardnerian, Atheist, Satanist, Hellenic Polytheist, Anglican, Asatru, Gnostic and Hindu. I mean- okay- if you were going to make an assumption... I can understand these. But the PM I work up to this morning? This one takes the cake. It wins ten billion internets. This morning I was accused of being.... ~drum roll please.....~ A Born Again Christian. Um where did they get that idea?
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:21 pm
Ahahaha! Sun + Maze =! Fun.
At least my head stopped buzzing. *pouts and doesn't appreciate getting headaches just from walking a short distance in the stupid sun*
I like hiking well enough, but I prefer stalking because it allows me the opportunity to see a lot of animals just doing whatever the hell they do during the day. Since stalking is slow going, however, I don't really tend to get very far very fast.
@Tea: I'm.. not sure I should ask. XD
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:42 pm
Gee, Tea, do you mean you're not a holy roller? wink
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:07 pm
So apparently because I am "spiritual" and have a fundamental understanding of "Sin" I am a Born Again Christian- according to another Born Again Christian.
In other news- my brilliant plan is this:
Late September or early October- Kudzu, Mute, Moon, Blue and I all need to get together for tea. ~nod~
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:43 pm
mute_coyote Hiking at Mt. Rainier is always a humbling experience. Walking around town and my own neighborhood, it's easy to get under the impression that hiking on some trail for half a day would be fairly easy, if a little tiring. Of course, trails aren't flat, regular, or even consistently visible. There is no comparison between walking on smooth concrete alongside a road and walking on a bare dirt mountain trail when there are still large patches of snow on the ground. We only spent about 2 1/2 hours total hiking around, and I was beat. It's a good reminder that I've got a long ways to go before I'm ready to do any serious backpacking or similar forms of adventuring. Of course, in spite of the difficulty, it was great to see the mountain again. I was a bit sad that the trails up at Paradise were still under snow, but that just meant that we got to explore around Longmire. I hadn't been there in years. I got to see the same fallen logs I'd played on when I was barely seven and even a big elk standing by the road. Fun stuff. heart I know I all ready commented on how awesome that sounds, but an interesting tidbit: A co-worker of mine hiked at Rainier on Sunday, as well. Did you go with anyone by the name of Roseanne?
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