#micheca

you can't just drop 32000 words on us, I have stuff to do. kids to feed.

The Last Bookstore is one of those places that I want to visit...but honestly I might have to make a trip to SoCal -=just=- for that. (I have acquaintances in SoCal, but no friends. I'm also not a fan of amusement parks, having worked in one for five years while in HS/college.)

Honestly, it’s a cool bookstore and it’s got some neat design, but I don’t know that I’d plan an entire visit around it, unless you’re pretty close to SoCal anyway. It was fun to wander around in, but it’s about an hour’s worth of fun and then you’ve pretty much seen everything. On the other hand, the area around it is pretty cool too -- the historic Pueblo of Los Angeles is nearby, which has a small museum and some nice outdoor spaces.  The LA area does have more to offer than Disney! It’s just often kind of spread out. 

niennanir replied to your photo “alovecraft: weirdvintage: OrangeMallowYamYums, 1977 (via Found in...”

If you stick with a navel and very, very carefully separate the sections so that none of them are torn open, they will roast into little puffy pillows filled with an orange jelly-like substance. This will not work with a clementine or a mandarin and probably not with a tangelo. And not everyone is into hot orange jelly.

I....I may need to try this. 

geekerypeekery replied to your post “California, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...”

RATTLESNAKES SAM

I saw no snakes! Only FLUFFY BUNNIES. And a couple of small squirrels. 

micheca replied to your photo “We went to Manzanar internment camp this morning. This was the...”

Is that the Japanese-American internment camp? I read a really interesting novel that mentioned it, focus was more on Japanese-Canadian camp. I didn't realize the camp was memorialized.

Yes -- the camp isn’t exactly “preserved” in that the barracks buildings are almost all gone and the empty spaces are pretty overgrown, but there’s a road around the camp so you can drive through it, and there are placards every so often where you can get out and look at things. Several of the “gardens” (mostly decorative ponds and some landscape features) are preserved but not operational; they also keep up the baseball field, basketball court, and a couple of buildings. It’s quite a haunting site, and they’ve done very well at trying to put you into the shoes of the people imprisoned there. 

Because I went to high school in California we had a lot of internment history in school -- I think I read the novel you may have read, was it Obasan? But if you’re interested in Manzanar, there’s a compelling memoir called Farewell To Manzanar, written by a woman who was seven when she and her family were imprisoned following Pearl Harbor. 

nikaratrenal replied to your post “California, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...”

You are getting some California weather at its most typical- an oddly warm Thanksgiving!

It was really amazing -- even when we were up in the mountains the only time I needed to wear layers was at Mammoth Lake on Wednesday night. The entire rest of the time my leather jacket or a wool sweater were almost too warm. I hiked the sequoias in a t-shirt and wished I’d worn shorts.  

memprime replied to your photo “So here’s where I’m at.”

What is a deuce in this context?

“Drop a deuce” is slang for “have a poop”. :D 

sassysnowperson replied to your post “California, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...”

I grew up in the high desert! Enjoy the Joshua Trees!

I SO ENJOYED THEM. We took a shortcut from 395 that involved cutting through the southern end of Sequoia national park, and right at the start of it we found ourselves in this MASSIVE forest of Joshua Trees, it was pretty spectacular. (178 west from 395 to Bakersfield, but DO NOT take 155 from 178, it’s the windingest winding road ever). 

sixofkazes replied to your post “California, I am in you! R and I have arrived in the high desert and...”

*waves from another part of California*

*waves from back in Chicago*

jmathieson-fic replied to your post “Hey Sam! Don't know when/if you plan on doing another YouTube...”

Sam how do you save a YouTube to your hard drive? I googled but got a bunch of links to suspicious-looking "download this software; one month free trial" sites...

Have you read the War is Far from Finally over

Screaming in the background! Can't wait for the rest.

Sooooooon!

me too! hate the beard. Also love Thor’s short hair.

I’ve got an AHL team about twenty minutes from where I live, lol. Last season I ended up going to five or six games, which is four or five more than I typically would go to, and got a little mini-plan and overall REALLY enjoyed going more often, so I know I want to. Just... feel guilty about spending the money. But I can afford it, so!?