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it's a beautiful day--don't let it get away

  • Mar. 9th, 2008 at 12:52 PM
lion, ivoted, me, sadie
Yesterday was an awesome day. And I don't even have a reason for it. Here's what happened yesterday:

* I went to Walgreens.
* I continued to be sick as a dog, with congestion all up in the house and a giant sinus headache.
* I ate a mediocre pecan danish. A pecan from the danish stabbed me in the gum, and then my gum swelled up.
* My mom went outside and returned to tell me that someone, at some point in the day, had totally BACKED INTO MY CAR OR SOMETHING and there is now a huge dent in the driver's side rear door.

But all day yesterday, I just kept thinking, "wow, today is an awesome day! It's gorgeous outside, and life is great and the jasmine in the front yard smells so wonderful!"

It was great, but I kept wondering if someone had replaced my regular coffee with Folgers Crystals granulated MDMA.

And today--today is ALSO SHAPING UP TO BE AWESOME! FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER! I would be worried if I wasn't so satisfied.

Unrelated to being caught in the crossfire of random awesomeness, but definitely not detracting from it at all, I've come across a not unattractive, not unintelligent fellow on the internets. (And possibly most excitingly, he is an L.A. native! It is too sad, this thing about me, where if you were born in L.A. I automatically think that's the most intriguing thing about you.)

And now, I am off to CARPE this fantastic DIEM! Which I will do by sitting on the couch, hacking up a lung, watching basketball and smelling jasmine (when my nose works). Just like yesterday.

Oh! Oh! Here is another awesome thing that happened yesterday: my great aunt sent me an afghan she had crocheted expressly for my use. I had no idea she was up to such shenanigans. And it kind of wonderfully smells all over like old lady, but in the comfy safe way, not the musty stale way.
  • Music:"Beautiful Day," U2

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[info]lezopez wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:24 pm (UTC)
Awwwww that's so cute your aunt sent you an afghan. I hope it contributes to your recovery :D

(Good lord, EVERYBODY is sick, what's going ON?!)
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:35 pm (UTC)
She is so sweet! And old lady smell is definitely good for healing.
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:26 pm (UTC)
Serves you right for eating pecans, thereby encouraging the world to continue making baked goods with nuts in them, for no real purpose other than to attempt to kill as many people as possible.

*may or may not have a severe nut allergy*
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:35 pm (UTC)
I'll stop eating pecans when you stop selecting onion and garlic as your default flavor-makers!

*Uh, may or may not have a severe onion and garlic allergy*

*allergy duel!*
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:36 pm (UTC)
Hee! You win.

(To be fair, I rarely cook with either, but that's because I'm averse to flavour.)
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:37 pm (UTC)
It's no big whoop for me to give up pecans, either. I don't actually like nuts much, except pine nuts in salads and walnuts in chocolate chip cookies.

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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:41 pm (UTC)
I tried pine nuts last night and totally didn't react. I'm not sure what family they fall in, but I think it's a case like in water chestnuts, which are nuts in name only.

I'm also not allergic to peanuts. Because they are a legume. TRUFAX.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:43 pm (UTC)
Peanuts make me groggy. WTF, I know! I don't think I am really meant to consume your earth food.

Any news on the guy in the band?
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:44 pm (UTC)
Random, wow, and... not really. I have nothing of interest to report.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:48 pm (UTC)
Doesn't it always feel like the people you are sort of bored with on your FL are always talking about the same boring thing, but the people you're interested in have far less frequent updates on the totally fascinating things going on in their lives?

That's how I feel. Not that I'm blaming you. Or demanding that you go stalk him or anything!

And anyone on my FL who's reading this, you have never ever bored me. Ever, I promise. (That's actually kind of true--I used to have another LJ, back in the day, and that FL was FILLED with dull folks.)
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:57 pm (UTC)
Ha! Well... thanks. And, okay, today in church, just when I was kind of like, "I don't know, maybe I'm bored with him already" (this happens to me A LOT, like it's kind of my thing and I hate it), then I caught him HARDCORE looking at me as I was talking to a friend before I left. And I was like, Dude, if you're going to just stare at me, why don't you TALK to me? But then I remember that I have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

Ohhhh to be not shy and like someone not shy.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 09:04 pm (UTC)
"I don't know, maybe I'm bored with him already" (this happens to me A LOT, like it's kind of my thing and I hate it)

OMG. I DO THIS TOO. ALL THE TIME. FOR ALL TIME, ALL MY LIFE. I HATE THIS ABOUT ME.

I thought I was the only one! Why is that? Sometimes I think it's because I get myself too worked up about someone too quickly and I burn out. But I don't really know what's to be done about that, since man/woman relationships where I'm involved move at a GLACIAL pace.

And then I'm like, yeah, if YOU want this to happen, why aren't YOU ALSO doing something, because the train has almost left the station, and I don't want to be tired with you already, but I just don't think I can help it!

I wonder what would happen if I got my way, and a guy came on totally strong, almost instantly. I would probably be creeped out and back off.

So, basically--I need to learn to live with being impossible.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 09:05 pm (UTC)
PS that was totally news! Worth reporting! My inquiring mind wanted to know.
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 09:23 pm (UTC)
Okay, YES, to all of that. *high five*

And it's true; if guys come on to me, I HATE it, like hate hate hate HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE. Turns me off IMMEDIATELY. *I* want to pick them first, figure out if I like them, but then whyyyyyyyyy don't they figure it out and like me back and do something about it? *whine*

Clearly I need to rethink my strategy on intergender relations.
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[info]evilbearhunter wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:46 pm (UTC)
Well, according to Wikipedia, pine nuts actually come from pine cones, which is honestly one I never saw coming. So, it seems that it's "an edible seed;" I'm not sure how that relates to your nut allergy.
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[info]maliekai wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:47 pm (UTC)
It is weird, because according to Friends, the Brazil... nut-ah... is, in fact, a seed and not a nut. And yet it is the one most likely to kill me. *shrug* Who understands the wonders of the human body? Not I.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:50 pm (UTC)
I just googled brazil nuts and turns out I don't like those, either.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 08:49 pm (UTC)
Oh, that's interesting. I think I might move to calling them pine seeds from now on, because I'm getting so that just thinking about nuts makes my gums hurt.

<-- Oldest old lady ever.
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[info]nellifer wrote:
Mar. 9th, 2008 10:37 pm (UTC)
Wow, your yesterday sounds as awesome as my last week! How exciting! BETTER YET, HOW AWESOME!

I totally read through your comments up above and have to say that I just got rid of most of the boring people on my flist....and now I am totally bored! Because although they were boring, when I had nothing better to do, I would go read their boring shit.

I totally have nothing valid to add to this post, I just wanted to leave a comment :)

And to also say YES PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN IN LA ARE AWESOME. Heee. Even if they move to the south and live in the country (ya'll).
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[info]keenai wrote:
Mar. 10th, 2008 03:21 am (UTC)
I think you are having such awesome days because you have a new job and apartment! They are so overwhelmingly positive that even being sick cannot dampen your spirits. That's kind of amazing.

And anyone on my FL who's reading this, you have never ever bored me. Ever, I promise.

Well, I'm TOTALLY convinced.
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