for the record

[dragonlady7]

It really, really, really sucks to cough until you throw up a little in your mouth, when you have a cracked/bruised/something'd rib.
That's really my only observation.

I should probably also record, however, that I was feeling un-achy enough to get out and clear one of the front garden beds out and plant peas, spinach, and radishes. And a little lettuce. It won't be enough, but it's a start. I plan on expanding that bed anyway, I think.
The other big bed in front I started working on, but it's just so icky and weedy. Also the soil is terrible-- all clay, and it packs down hard and cracks. It's April, it rained today, and that bed has cracks in it. So I've got to do something-- some kind of soil amelioration. I'm considering sheet composting, or something. I have tons of unfinished compost.

Oh shoot, I meant to ask heebiejeebie about that compost tumbler she had that wasn't in use. Note to self: do that sometime when it's not, er, midnight.

I'm running very late on the garden. It is nearly time to set out plants, but I have no plants to set out; I haven't had time. Insane.
Time is going to only get tighter: Z met with the dude he's working for, and they have more projects for him. They offered to hire him, but Z, rather sensibly I thought, pointed out that if he's going to be expected to work 50 hours a week for the next two months, he'd really rather do it from home, because he can save on the commute, have better coffee, wear his pyjamas if he likes, take shower breaks, and most importantly, be fed by me. But that means that what little help he's been giving me around the house is going to go away. But, on the other hand, he's been promised "two boatloads" of money, so I suppose that's good.

Went to Open Skate tonight. Spoke at length with a leaguemate I haven't spent nearly enough time with. I spent much of today on various derby messageboards, learning about WFTDA and national/international derby politics. After skating tonight, I'm feeling a little tiny bit less burned out... and a little tiny bit more interested in trying out for our travel team. Not to skate for glory or whatever, but because... I miss some of my leaguemates. I haven't gotten to skate with certain girls in a very long time, and I would love to compete alongside them. I just... it's weird when I see them all the time, but really, I do miss some of them.

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[kkatowll.livejournal.com]

Yay for the two boatloads of money. I'm trying to decide if "two" is better than the more common "boatloads." The plural form implies "two or more" whereas specifying two leaves one with the impression that the other boatloads have been withheld. Yet again, the image of more than one boat full of money -- or even one boat, alone -- is to imagine an awful lot of money. But what if the boat was filled with pennies? Would you really want two loads in that case?
:)

[(Anonymous)]

When I first came to stay in Z's apartment he had to commute through the New Jersey toll roads-- meaning that he always had to have quarters, nickels and dimes handy to pitch into the baskets to let him onto the highway.
Which meant, of course, that he always had zillions of pennies left over.
When I moved in he had a big plastic cup full of pennies. It had overflowed. He'd gotten a saucepan. I'm not kidding. A saucepan, and had used it as the overflow container. It was full too.
Well, I was poor. So I sat there one day, with a bunch of penny rolls that I'd gotten for free from a bank. And I sat there and rolled up those pennies.

$14.50.

Then I moved twice, with the pennies in rolls. Yup. But the point is, pennies are money, you just have to work harder for it. I later opened a bank account with $25 in rolled change (mostly those pennies) and $100 in tip money.

[that-redhead.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how much just skating around can make you feel better! I'm really glad I went tonight, I needed that. Plus talking with you helped things a lot as well :)

[(Anonymous)]

I couldn't remember what that ribbon in your icon stood for, and the first bit of the animation I saw said patience, acceptance, ... and I thought the third thing said "sleep" and I was like, OMG that's all things I need right now!
Then I watched the rest of it and was like, oh, she was serious.
LOL. Maybe I really do need some more of that sleep. Isn't it funny, now that I'm not working I'm much busier all the time. I'd figured I'd be nice to myself and nap now and then but I just never get to it. Bleh.

It was really nice to talk to you. We should hang more. It was a nice mellow evening, though, and it felt nice to roll without a particular goal.

Anything you need, let me know-- I'm trying to spend this month enjoying derby and not flipping out. So hopefully I'll be full of calm, Zen perspective. That's the plan anyway. Though I don't think you can plan Zen.

[rootsnradicals.livejournal.com]

1. I love the spelling of "pyjamas" as compared to "pajamas". Thank you.

2. Don't forget I'm supposed to be helping with all the WFTDA stuff, so when you need me, let me know. (I know there are too many commas in that - it's one of my many achilles heels)

[(Anonymous)]

Aha! I could not remember. I knew that someone else had been put onto that task with me but I failed to record it in my notes, and if something is not written down, it fails to register in my memory. That is my Achilles heel, which is probably a worse one than liberal use of punctuation.

I think I may just call a meeting and ask everyone interested to come over to my house and braindump. It looks like the WFTDA process is a long and involved one-- the newest WFTDA league is D.C., and it took them two years, though how long they really spent on the application I don't know.

I have some notes I will send to you on what I'm working on-- I do need some feedback on that.
I will definitely call a meeting pretty soon, though whether the meeting should focus mostly on the WFTDA stuff or on the policy I'm drafting for inter-league contacts/bouts/procedure, I'm not sure-- probably the latter. Restricting it to existing members of the PR Committee would be futile-- committees are supposed to be able to have people participate in them without necessarily being members, and this is something people probably weren't thinking of when the committees formed. So I will definitely draw up some notes and then have a brainstorming meeting to see if I'm missing anything-- I tend to be quite good at seeing other perspectives, but then I get wrapped up in the ones I've seen, and never even think to look for ones I hadn't anticipated. (I get so open-minded my brain falls out, I think.)

But, first I gotta get moving on those reference letters.

-- B.

[rootsnradicals.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. Just let me know!

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

d'oh lj keeps logging me out. Well, I signed that comment absent-mindedly anyway. That was me.

[heebiejeebie.livejournal.com]

the tumbler - NO idea how it would be transported
I had to take it apart, it has since rusted (wtf it was in the garage!) and I no longer have the giant vehicle I transported it with (asshole exboyfriend)

[heebiejeebie.livejournal.com]

oh, and be jealous:

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v36/middleroad/?action=view&current=IMG_0096.jpg)

Most of those are going to Cheryl (lady you sold the riverdance tix to), but I might have some leftovers

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Aw man, are those all tomatoes? Those look awesome. Yeah, I couldn't get my shit together to start any seeds. I did just plant some lettuce... Yeah.

Hm, that is a logistical problem. I only have a small car so I don't know how I'd transport it. Oh well.
Maybe there's a leak in the garage roof?? My garage is actually fairly damp-- I think the floor attracts condensation, or something. It's kind of a bummer.

[heebiejeebie.livejournal.com]

Tomatos, peppers, lettuce, dandelion
That's what they looked like two weeks ago
They are huge now
Starting the cucumbers, zuccini, squash, pumpkins (early!) tomorrow. All of this is for cheryl cuz I don't have a yard, and she is all FAIL with seed starting.