a Sunday ramble

[kissa_bites]

So i've been a tad braindead lately. Well, perhaps not braindead, just faintly disinterested in just about everything. I've been watching a great deal of tv - admittedly with my laptop in hand. USA seems to be the channel of choice. NCIS, wrestling (yeah, really) In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, a bit of CSI, and Law and Order have been on the menu though Dane REALLY likes to surf during commercials. Twitter is amusing - Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton crack me up and luvsev  is great with inspiring me to contemplate the idea of writing.

I very much need to get my butt in gear writing.

I did, however, mostly clean my bookshelves. I got rid of all of my old uni class notes and a few textbooks. All notes went into recycling. I've no ideas what to do with the texts. I haven't been in uni since the 90's and the texts are out of date by a dozen versions and a dozen technology upgrades. Coming to the unshocking self realization that I'm never going to teach theater was... comforting. I LIKED getting rid of my notes. I'm simply no longer interested in pouring the difference between Ibsen and a fresnel into young minds. I'd rather own a bookstore. Really.

We took a wander out to St. Paul, Oregon today. It was about 45 minutes away to the French Prairie Gardens. Hills, mountains, river, and farms made it a gorgeous drive. We went to a small nursery out there to purchase some hanging baskets and flowering plants. Came home with 3 baskets (one for SIL), 5 plants, and a homemade pie for Dane and the blonde. I dislike pie. Really.

Do the twitter posts bug people? I managed to put them behind a cut but if they bug, I'll shut them off. My intention with them is to have friends hold me accountable for flaking out on other crud rather than writing.

Dogs are fine. Cats are fine. Blonde is fine - her room is a disaster. Dane is fine.

Comments

[gonewithoutjam.livejournal.com]

Twitter posts behind a cut have never bothered me. Can't for the life of me figure out why everyone else couldn't just use a cut tag.

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

Groovy, thanks! There's a spot on the LoutTwitter page that you pop the cut tagas in but unless you know just what those boxes are for....

I actually Read the Instructions!

[gonewithoutjam.livejournal.com]

I like you cos you're clever. Well, that's one of the reasons, anyway.

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

Yayayayaya thank you! I like you, too!

[magicalobizuth.livejournal.com]

Only because you asked...

I think that Twitter and LJ should stay far away from each other. But if you really want to keep it together, behind a cut is appreciated. On principle, I don't bother even glancing at Tweets on LJ, I just scroll on by. But I am also not going to hate on people for it. Like I said, I am only sharing because you asked. :)

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

I don't normally bother looking at many tweets. I think I'm keeping them as blog fodder for those "capture the random possible stroke of brilliance in whatever slice of life I'm living" moments. Of course, I have yet to have one of those so I'll continue putting them behind a cut.

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

French Prarie Garden was really lovely. It was rather useless, though, being all ornamentals. The only really useful plant they had was rosemary (though I have a ton of it already dried in the kitchen).

Twitter is a strange thing. I haven't got the hang of it, but from watching people, it seems to be a thought-of-the-moment device. Facebook doesn't seem to be that immediate - though I'll admit to generally ignoring mine and handing over general control of it and the crazy games to a friend. LJ is blogging - so thoughts in more than 140 characters - plus I tend to get irritated with folks who post 20 times a day. On Twitter, people who do that are just fine - amusing even, while running off at the mouth.

[luvsev.livejournal.com]

Glad I can provide a little bit of inspiration for you through twitter posts. :) Speaking about the twitter, I don't mind seeing those here in your LJ.

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

hee, now I need to get my butt in gear and actually write.