Eh, wasn't really time to be scared, at least not for me. The first impact stunned me til after it was all over. I was just worried for my friends, but I got the worst of it.
speaking as someone who, currently, lives in the deserts of Nevada (3 hours drive to the nearest bookstore, in any direction) it is indeed beautiful (if currently ice-bound) country, mostly untouched with fascinating (if often blood-drenched) history. after living in NYC for a while, I moved back a few years ago & one thing that really struck me was the sheer expanse of sky &, yeah, the sunsets are pretty spectacular (especially if there's a fire somewhere, which pretty much accounts for April thru October.)
the people...well one of the complaints I often hear from locals is not that there's no museums, no theatre, no bookstores, no live music (except for a cover band), & very few community activities that aren't drinkin' at the bar...but that there's no Wal-Mart.
mention Wal-Mart to almost anyone & you'll find yerself enmeshed in a teary, nostalgic recounting of the last Wal-Mart visited, what was bought & HOW CHEAP IT WAS, possibly culminating in an intense orgasm by the recounter (fluttering eyelids, spasmodic thrusting of hips & "it...was...soo...cheap...ohmygod...so...cheap" interspersed with inhuman grunts, growls, & moans.)
so there's that.
also...& there've been many expensive University & Government studies proving this with graphs, charts, & formulae...it's physically impossible to be more than 20 feet away from a stereo playing "Sweet Home Alabama"
don't ask me how it works, but my battered psyche, twitchy demenour, & tendency to scream uncontrollably whenever I hear the opening notes bear testimony to this.
Yay! That IS an awesome song!! I liked the old stuff, the pre-elmo days (at least I don't remember elmo...). Back when I didn't know who the celebrity guests were. Good times, yo.
Yeah, and I broke my vegetarian spree with those fucking BLT chalupas too! I just wanted some meat but blech...
I should know better to eat something that sounds as appretizing as "Ass Sandwich"...
BTW, you fell on your chin a shitload of times, do you have like a prosthetic one now? Yeeesh....
Zero Girl is fucking great. The comic, that is. Though I'm sure you're fucking great, too. I just know the comic better than you, ya see? It's nothing personal.
...cursed be ye white stick of fate. it speaketh the truth with its dreaded two purple lines. i must now be a true tragic protagonist and go impale myself on a stick or drink some poison or something....
AH...I was wondering when the day would come when i met another zerogirl...nice to meet you...i post used to post as zerogirl for a few things a long time ago
ah the weekend. it is supposed to snow *again* so i best to get the lead out while i still have time.
grrrrrrrrrrrrr i feel destructive. i should cut my hair off, at least.
at least you didn't hear me actually talking to myself - it was this tragic cross between Dracula and Pepe le Pew.
go. run.
Thanks for the concern and message though
[Edited on Mar 08, 2004 6:52AM]