Week in the Life - Day 3

[wook77]

Day 1
Day 2


Our bridge supports down here are sometimes rather lovely. This is the one under Miracle Mile. (yes, it's really called that and yes, it's where the strip clubs are)


More commuting photos. I spend over 2 hours a day in my car.


Road construction. Somehow - it was a really great idea to close down I-10 so that you can neither exit nor enter the highway for a huge stretch. Pee before you hit Tucson :/


I don't even know why I took this one. More mountains.


Cool ass sculptures on the campus mall.


I'm in love with hair scarfs. I own more hair scarfs than knickers.

Comments

[the_rainbow_jen]

Heh, there's dogs at the strip clubs? Or is that a coyote?

I miss Tucson. Seriously never thought that'd happen. Am considering moving to that area, only my parents are there, and who wants to live near their parents?

[wook77.livejournal.com]

LULZ! That's supposed to be a coyote and it's only the bridge support :D.

o.O Really? For really realz? Dude. You come out here and I'll prolly stalk you.

And, err, I live with my mum so I'm a bit biased on the whole "near the parents" thing, methinks :D

[the_rainbow_jen]

Heh, I'm planning to visit in August, we must do dinner or something :D Mum and Dad live in Oro Valley, but I just can't see me moving back. We've all changed way too much, so that at Christmas? 2 weeks with them was too much. Heh.

But seeing as I live with a family that treats me like an adopted big sis to the daughter and an adopted lil sis to the mom, I can't say I'm not still in a fold, so to speak. I just can't be with my parents. Too New Agey, and I'm too Christian, as it were.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I find most of the area to be really new agey. I like it, for the most part (and, of course, I'm not saying that you don't or making a judgement call or anything, just to clarify).

Oro Valley? I'm down in Sahuarita but I'm sure we can find a middle ground! We must get together! I'll be in Chicago and then San Diego from the 5th through the 17th, though. I hope those aren't the dates you'll be in town!

[the_rainbow_jen]

I don't think so. It's looking more and more like I'll be out towards the end of the month, just because of other folks visiting and plans for stuff. Trying to get confirmation of when/if my nephew's visiting my folks from PA (older bro and SIL live there), but nothing doing as yet. Of course, there's also the question of, "do I drive, or take the train?" Cause train is longer, less convenient, but most importantly, CHEAPER.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I will be flaily until I find out :D

And can I be nosey and ask where in PA? (am from PA)

Cheap is good. I found a bus to take me from Boston to NYC for 2 dollars. Then from NYC to philly for another 2 bucks. Which reminds me that i need to book like now.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Hee, I look forward to it :D

I grew up in the Gettysburg area, bro now lives near Lebanon. So, you know, the South Central region, full of farms and rednecks :D You said Camp Hill, right?

Dude O_O I couldn't even get from Harrisburg to Reading for that little.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Dude. OMG. I actually grew up between Plainfield and Carlisle then moved to Camp Hill.

INORITE? It's a new busline and it is brilliant. I'm so in love with it. I was going to rent a car but a.) it's more expensive and b.) gas and c.) driving in Manhattan.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Hee, awesomesauce. Kinda miss it, when the weather is too perfect out here for too long.

Is it East Coast only, or does it exist elsewhere? *considers over AMTRAK*

[wook77.livejournal.com]

The only time I miss it is for the food. I miss some of the restaurants and stuffs.

Where are you at?

And it's only the east coast. It's called bart/barq (I cannot remember off the top of my head and it's not in my bookmarks when I'm "sneakeh".)

[the_rainbow_jen]

Yeah, that's actually not what I miss, lol. There's more/better food variety out here. Less greasy spoons and stuff. But I do miss a few select places, like the mom and pop owned drive-ins, and the small bookstore/coffeeshop/sandwich places.

I'm in Orange County, CA. And no, I don't really love it here :) Wouldn't have come out here if not for school, and if I don't graduate in a year or so, I'm moving on.

Hmm. Sad. Still, gave me more options to consider travelwise. I really hate AMTRAK, but if a bus line is cheaper...

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Hee!

How close are you to Knotsberry Farms?

Amtrak is ok but... yeah, cheap transpo is definitely the way to go.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Knotts is right up the freeway, short drive all told. I lived like 5 miles from Disney for a bit. Hear the fireworks every night.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

oooh, really? Well - best_of_five and me are going when we're out there. IDK that we're doing Disney, though :/.

Is it fun?

[the_rainbow_jen]

Disney's overpriced for what it is, which is something for people with kids to do, entertainment wise. Few roller coasters, and generally tame ones.

Knotts, however. Its the best kept secret of SoCal. Really. There's a great old wooden coaster. The Excellerator, though, that'll put your stomach at your feet. Love Knotts. Might have to plan a visit when a friend comes out in August.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

oooh well - if you want to join us... I'd love for you to meet up with us when we go. We'll be in San Diego from August 13th to the 17th with going to Knotts on one of those days if you're interested.

[the_rainbow_jen]

You're going to Comic Con, aren't you? *is jealous, only not really cause I HATE crowds* Heh, I don't want to intrude on your visit with your friend. We can just shoot for something in Tucson. Be nice to see the city from the eyes of someone who's been there longer, and would do more interesting things than my folks :D

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Nope. I wonder if that's why we're having problems getting a hotel room :/.

And dude. Seriously. I cleared it with her. She doesn't ride coasters so I'd be riding them by myself. So if you'd want to, it's free and clear and seriously meant wholeheartedly!

And hee! DEFINITELY on the having fun thing here! We'll totes do that!

[the_rainbow_jen]

Heh, I'll let you know. Was going to go in the beginning of August for anotehr friend's visit, might as well get a season pass if its not too much.

Not sure where you wanted to stay, but you might try Oceanside? A bit north of SD, but the LaQuina Inn there comes highly recommended (see Eddie Izzard oops/wedding story on LJ).

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Sweet!

I love Oceanside. My sister was stationed at Camp Pendleton but it's like 45 minutes north but if that's what we can get - that's what we can get :D.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Drat! It looks like I'll be in town the 6-12 :( Oh well, some other time. Definitely still interested in meeting up when you're out here, y/y?

[the_rainbow_jen]

And I didn't notice it before, but ICON? O_O Whoa. *goes back to reading QAF UK fanfic*

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Isn't it lovely? hpuckle made all these brilliant icons. One of which is my tattoo licking one :D.

Those boys are HOT.

[the_rainbow_jen]

*fans self* indeed! Though I refuse to get into Hollyoaks :P One soap is bad enough, you wonderful enabler!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Hollyoaks is like crack, too. Kieron is lovely. There's a lot to catch up on, so I understand completely.

Besides - the fandom is so wanky that it makes HP seem polite and tame.

[the_rainbow_jen]

LOL! Is that because of its themes/content, or the ships? Cause it seems more like HP wanks over ships rather than the actual book content.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

The ship wars. The vitriol between JPC and JPK shippers is stunningly awful.

There seems to be no qualms with being a rabid JPC shipper and trolling the JPK forums (like the ones literally labelled "John Paul/Kieron") and going on about how dumb JPK is and how they're destined to be ripped asunder and how the "sunset ending" is the only way to go and how JP is only with Kieron to make him feel better after leaving Craig at the airport and yaddayaddayadda. Like - John Paul can't move beyond this relationship that ended 10 months ago.

There's all this passive aggressive wanking - like "you're being mean to me and I'm entitled to my opinion" shit when they're trolling a forum. I cannot imagine a H/D shipper going into a Snarry ship comm and saying that the relationship was obviously doomed and recounting how awful Snarry is compared to H/D. The wank that would follow would be epic.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Hmm. It seems to me that its the newness of the fandom that's doing it. I remember hearing about some rabidity in the HP ships a few years back, when fandom was younger (or at leas the participating members were younger), but its the norm, really. I had a roommmate who was a member of a Clay Aiken forum that generally supported the notion that he was gay, and people trolled like crazy. You ain't seen nothing til you've seen the Claymates in action. If we used them in the Middle East, the war would be over already. *shudders*

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Well, the one really wanky JPC person is a fan of some idol pairing and, I hear, does the same thing over in the Idol forums so yeah, I think you're definitely on to something here.

It's only a ship. I just don't get the extreme attachment. I did a bit of soul searching going into DH about what I would do if one of my faves died and I realized that I'd just keep on keeping on even if it had been Harry, Draco, Colin, Dean or Seamus. When it was Colin, I wept but then I moved on.

I think we should send them and the rabid JPC people that way :/ - make it an international agreement. A Coalition of the Wanky, if you will...

[the_rainbow_jen]

Yeah, I had a friend literally weeping for a week when Tonks was killed off. Since JKR had already established one of my faves was dead (Regulus, then she fucked him up by making him a bloody Quidditch player. OY.), and not coming back, I was pretty much ok throughout. Some of the deaths sucked, but its what the fandom is for, heh. I know folks that have been ignoring canon since OotP. And more recently, my OTP's have shifted, becoming less and less necessary for a good fic read. Less picky, I guess.

Coalition of the Wanky. I like. Armed with their ship manifesto's to beat the enemy over the head, assuming they don't start infighting, lol.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Gah. Did I tell you the shirt i had made for Terminus? I'm going to dress as inferi!tonks and the shirt is going to say "I died for my dead gay husband and all I got was this lousy t-shirt".

That Regulus thing, I think we talked about, right? My theory that she did it so he could show off to Sirius and try to emulate Sirius?

Fandom is so awesome about ignoring crap we don't like. I never thought I'd see the day that HP fandomw as more mature than another fandom.

And hee - well, either way - problem solved *winks*

[the_rainbow_jen]

LMAO. That's AWESOME. I want pictures! That'd be a great icon too.

Yeah, we did. Still pisses me off :D Sirius in no way deserves the loyalty he inspires, IMHO. He's not one of my faves, though I can read him easily enough in fandom.

Well, those of us in the fandom have to outgrow the wank, don't we? Or at least outgrow the need to defend to our dying breaths the ships we sail.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Blasphemy! Sirius is the bestest thing evah! *pouts and defends him to her dying breath while using her wanktacular icon to make it even better*

I do love Sirius but I also see why people wouldn't.

There are those that never outgrow the need. Hell, some of these wanky people are in their late 40s/early 50s. I just do not get the lack of maturity and a "live and let live" thing.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Hee! *uses own wanktastic icon in response*

Same with my faves. I don't expect folks to love Snape or Draco as much as I do, so it's fair.

Its the need to be right, more than anything. And its something they can fight for online, because the ramifications are different that they would be in RL if they stood up and yelled STFU to someone.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

*battle of the wanktastic icons, implies that jen gets added as the galley mate on the fail boat*

I do love Snape and Draco but, err, Snape or Ron with a working willie? um, no.

Yeah - I think the most, err, exuberant people are those that are Very Very passive IRL. This is their way of grabbing control somewhere in their lives.

[the_rainbow_jen]

*heh, only has one wanktastic icon, sadly. must fix*

Not with each other, god no. I do like Ron/Draco. Something about all their aggression towards each other that really catches my eye. And it saves Draco from being a bottom with Harry, who's also totally a bottom :D

Exactly. Hence my lack of wank. I don't need to gain comtrol elsewhere. Least not from people I only know in an abstract sense.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I have this one, too :D. Does this mean that I win?

Oh yeah, no. It's just that they NEVER have working bits unless Snape is getting schtupped by a Very Very Angry Regulus in hate!sex or Ron is having "i'm insane and fucking my sister whether she likes it or not" sex.

LOL on the bottoming habits. I like to think that they switch off :D.

Exactly! I really have more than enough control in my life that I don't need to be all passive aggressive whiny about shit.

[the_rainbow_jen]

Yes, you do :)

Heh, yes, I believe that to be the case. Though the occasional Snupin doesn't turn my stomach like it does some *ducks* And poor Ron! Clearly he's on your shit list. I just don't like him with Hermione is all.

Well, I'm sure they do, but it depends on who out-emos or out-pouts the other, lol.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

It's more that Ron is just not attractive to me. I like GEN stories with him. I don't mind if it's mentioned that he has married/dating whomever. I just do not want to see him in action.

and LOL. well, the Coalition of the Wanky are sure to infect the world, then, with that sort of competition.

[shygryf.livejournal.com]

you were by my house! I am convinced they put the police station in the old k mart to cut down on prostitution and squatters.

you didn;t mention that the exits will be closed for three years!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I was! I was on my way home from Happy Hour. We went to Zona 78 and omg. Sooooooo good. Dude. OMNOMNOM

and dude. YES. That. How fucking stupid can people be? How is this a good idea?

[shygryf.livejournal.com]

lol I haven't been there yet, my parents went there on a date a while back.

idiots!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

It's really good. I had some amazing cheesey garlic bread and the prickly pear margaritas were to die for.

The planners on this really were.