Nonlinear Lines of Thought
Dec. 8th, 2008 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aseA couple of thoughts on a night after a day so cold, I broke out my disliked five year old (six? seven? Bought on Black Friday 2001?) winter coat. (My roommate likes it. So perhaps it isn't completely hideous. Or perhaps its size lets it masquerade as a puffy semi-fashionable marshmellow coat.)
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The first is flippancy brought on by local custom; the second is sincere. On the one hand, epic history. On the other hand, I'm hearing nothing good about the state of the metro, mall, weather or sanity of security. But - history! Multiple coworkers in my age cohort are doing it!
Unless 1.) I get a fabulous deal on plane tickets, or 2.) somone throws an equally fabulous party and invites me, I may wait to see if it's sleeting before I make a final decision.
[Poll #1311966]
The first is flippancy brought on by local custom; the second is sincere. On the one hand, epic history. On the other hand, I'm hearing nothing good about the state of the metro, mall, weather or sanity of security. But - history! Multiple coworkers in my age cohort are doing it!
Unless 1.) I get a fabulous deal on plane tickets, or 2.) somone throws an equally fabulous party and invites me, I may wait to see if it's sleeting before I make a final decision.
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Date: 2008-12-09 05:05 am (UTC)I've been to an inauguration. Ronald Reagan's first term. We had pretty good seats but mostly I remember that it was cold and muddy. the ground had frozen and then thawed. And even with decent seats you can't really see anything if you're not in the front row.
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Date: 2008-12-09 12:13 pm (UTC)Okay, I'd rather be with about 20 of my peers, not freezing. Maybe IT can do something cool with a projector and internet feed, and then we can go back to work.