Life and Times of the Hobbity and Eldest.
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ink_n_impWell...I have certainly had better weekends that this last one. But mainly because familial drama necessitated my return to act as buffer and bomb control. I love my brother, but FISH on a STICK he does NOT make things EASY.
The situation has...calmed for now. One can only hope that with his new job, and school load, things will continue to fall into place and he'll stop giving mom and dad and by extension ME a god damned bleeding ulcer.
Just wish he'd....find better friends. IDEK. I keep trying to drag him out to the city in the hopes he'll hang out with my sorts and see that there ARE totally awesome people out there that aren't hipster/coasters on mom and dad's allowance/excuse makers, and who are chill and fun. But hey, judge not right? It's just...ARGH I've WAAAAY too many friends who had to abandon college because their parents pulled out their financial support, and he's got friends who complain about how their parents will pay for a 4 year college once they figure out what they want to do. I mean, YEA IT BLOWS not knowing what direction you want your life to go into and feeling the tides of uncertainty...but don't paint yourself like a MARTYR because your parents won't pay for you to fuck around a 2 year junior college whose credits probably won't even be accepted by the 4 year college you might end up going too.
*DEEP BREATH*
But I digress. I'm probably only so bitchy about it right now because I'm SICK. Tired, ill, and everyone else in the office is too. DAMN YOU HEAD COLD-LIKE THINGS THAT SUCK THE LIFE AND GOOD WILL FROM MY MARROW!! *SHAKES FIST*
I just want this damnable sinus pressure to go away. I can't concentrate on ANYTHING, which particularly blows because I'm trying to edit this DAMN video footage for this DAMN Man from UNCLE review.
However, my bro did get me a free copy of Sony Vegas video editing software, so there is hope yet for him.
In happier news:
MY PARENT'S FIG TREE! THE FIGS ARE FINALLY RIPENING! I ATE 5 OF THEM THIS WEEKEND!
This has been a decent growing season for everything but the fig tree back home. Oh sure, it's all huge and full now, but because of the cold rainy weather we had for all of June, the tree didn't even bud leaves until late June. It didn't show fruit buds until early July. And they've been so hard and small this whole rest of the summer I was CERTAIN they would never ripen in time before the cold of late fall hit again. And I cursed and moaned and tore at my metaphorical beard, because there is nothing I love more than eating figs fresh from the branch.
When I was studying in Florence, there was a HUGE fig tree on campus, at the bottom of the wee valley that separate the campus buildings. And by the time those figs had ripen, the walkway was LITTERED with the ripe fruit that had fallen from the tree. It was a WASTE, a COMPLETE WASTE.
…So I asked the President if it would be alright if I picked the fruit from the tree. He looked at him as if no one had ever thought to ask that before, and gave me a resounding "OF COURSE!"
THE FIGS I would eat on the way to class! I'd leave my apartment early so I could get to campus early so I could take some time to pick figs, eating them on the walk up the monstrous hill to class. That and the .65 euro latte I'd get from the little café adjacent to the classrooms, and that right there was a Breakfast of Motherfucking Champions. And on the way back home I'd pick even more to eat back in my apartment.
But the figs at home ARE finally ripening! I may not get all of them, but I did definitely get to eat a handful, and they were DELICIOUS, PURE HEAVEN and they weren't even entirely ripe yet!
That's the only thing I dislike about gardening and growing veggies/fruits/herbs...the fruits of my labor are only available for such a short window. As soon as they are gone and everything starts to die off/hibernate again, I find myself YEARNING for the next growing season to hurry up and blow through winter already! Winter is ENTIRELY unbearable, but more so than winter, having to wait for the growing season again is WRETCHED. Not having a garden is my biggest regret about moving away from my parents' and living in Queens. Much as I am always visiting them anyway, it's just never enough. I miss dirt, and green things, and eating what my half-assed attempts at banging my head against Mother Earth provide.
The situation has...calmed for now. One can only hope that with his new job, and school load, things will continue to fall into place and he'll stop giving mom and dad and by extension ME a god damned bleeding ulcer.
Just wish he'd....find better friends. IDEK. I keep trying to drag him out to the city in the hopes he'll hang out with my sorts and see that there ARE totally awesome people out there that aren't hipster/coasters on mom and dad's allowance/excuse makers, and who are chill and fun. But hey, judge not right? It's just...ARGH I've WAAAAY too many friends who had to abandon college because their parents pulled out their financial support, and he's got friends who complain about how their parents will pay for a 4 year college once they figure out what they want to do. I mean, YEA IT BLOWS not knowing what direction you want your life to go into and feeling the tides of uncertainty...but don't paint yourself like a MARTYR because your parents won't pay for you to fuck around a 2 year junior college whose credits probably won't even be accepted by the 4 year college you might end up going too.
*DEEP BREATH*
But I digress. I'm probably only so bitchy about it right now because I'm SICK. Tired, ill, and everyone else in the office is too. DAMN YOU HEAD COLD-LIKE THINGS THAT SUCK THE LIFE AND GOOD WILL FROM MY MARROW!! *SHAKES FIST*
I just want this damnable sinus pressure to go away. I can't concentrate on ANYTHING, which particularly blows because I'm trying to edit this DAMN video footage for this DAMN Man from UNCLE review.
However, my bro did get me a free copy of Sony Vegas video editing software, so there is hope yet for him.
In happier news:
MY PARENT'S FIG TREE! THE FIGS ARE FINALLY RIPENING! I ATE 5 OF THEM THIS WEEKEND!
This has been a decent growing season for everything but the fig tree back home. Oh sure, it's all huge and full now, but because of the cold rainy weather we had for all of June, the tree didn't even bud leaves until late June. It didn't show fruit buds until early July. And they've been so hard and small this whole rest of the summer I was CERTAIN they would never ripen in time before the cold of late fall hit again. And I cursed and moaned and tore at my metaphorical beard, because there is nothing I love more than eating figs fresh from the branch.
When I was studying in Florence, there was a HUGE fig tree on campus, at the bottom of the wee valley that separate the campus buildings. And by the time those figs had ripen, the walkway was LITTERED with the ripe fruit that had fallen from the tree. It was a WASTE, a COMPLETE WASTE.
…So I asked the President if it would be alright if I picked the fruit from the tree. He looked at him as if no one had ever thought to ask that before, and gave me a resounding "OF COURSE!"
THE FIGS I would eat on the way to class! I'd leave my apartment early so I could get to campus early so I could take some time to pick figs, eating them on the walk up the monstrous hill to class. That and the .65 euro latte I'd get from the little café adjacent to the classrooms, and that right there was a Breakfast of Motherfucking Champions. And on the way back home I'd pick even more to eat back in my apartment.
But the figs at home ARE finally ripening! I may not get all of them, but I did definitely get to eat a handful, and they were DELICIOUS, PURE HEAVEN and they weren't even entirely ripe yet!
That's the only thing I dislike about gardening and growing veggies/fruits/herbs...the fruits of my labor are only available for such a short window. As soon as they are gone and everything starts to die off/hibernate again, I find myself YEARNING for the next growing season to hurry up and blow through winter already! Winter is ENTIRELY unbearable, but more so than winter, having to wait for the growing season again is WRETCHED. Not having a garden is my biggest regret about moving away from my parents' and living in Queens. Much as I am always visiting them anyway, it's just never enough. I miss dirt, and green things, and eating what my half-assed attempts at banging my head against Mother Earth provide.
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Date: 2009-09-23 05:33 pm (UTC)Man, I really hope that after all this work, them over at tgtwg pick it up. Editing things like this takes for FUCKING ever, man, and I had to go and be ambitious and try to tackle an entire fucking tv series. *DIES*
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Date: 2009-09-23 07:36 pm (UTC)And y'know, any time you need help (that can be done over the Internet), I'm your MFU man! Er, woman. Er... humanoid.