Little tidbits o' the last few days
May. 21st, 2004 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fredericksDS9 playing on the television, my shoes off, candles sending off sweet fragrance into the air, brothers relatively quiet...at this moment in time, no complaints.
Yesterday (off-day! yay!) I headed over to my aunt for a lunch date that ended up turning into a dinner break. Youngest brother was off from school because it was one of the High Holy Days - Ascension Day. So, like a good Catholic, he never even thought about attending Mass. I decided to bring him with me over to Brooklyn, but didn't reckon on him delaying my departure by an hour and a half. Also didn't reckon on my aunt being hesitant to talk around him. Our usual frank discussion about the members of our family and my current situation was curtailed, but still somewhat interesting. And enlightening. For instance, I had no idea that, on finding out that my mother was six months pregnant with me, my grandmother kicked her out of the house. Which is funny because when my grandmother was 15 when she was pregnant for the first time. And also unmarried. Don't people learn compassion for those in similar situations? I guess not, especially when it comes to your children.
My aunt also started with the in-depth analysis of my sit., which always provokes feelings of relief and a little annoyance in me. Relief because I know that not every member of my family thinks I'm a worthless shit (she was in a startling similar predicament as me when she was around my age - her philosophy? "Different people learn their life course at different times"). Annoyance because she's a little *too* certain she can read all the nuances of every relation and situation. Hells, I don't do that, and I'm a psych major. And because she's likely to belittle (albeit indirectly) actions that I've undertaken that she doesn't agree with. Like Samaritans. But otherwise? it was time pleasantly spent. Or, at least, more pleasant that most.
Oh man! This is the DS9 where they discover Bashir was captured by the Jem'Hadar and there's been a changeling masquerading as him for a while now. And the one where Ziyal dies and Ducat goes stark raving mad. Or is it? I forget. And, wow, look at all those Jem'Hadar ships pour through the wormhole. Holey crap! Oh ho ho boy. Good times. I miss this show.
Watched a movie recently - "Love Actually" - that was fairly worthless...except for one hilarious exchange that I wish I had taken the time to transcribe. It's two frat-boyish characters bickering because one of them his determined to head to the US in order to pick up chicks (btw - the film is set in England. Heh; guy goes "American women love British accents", other guy - "You don't have a British accent!", first guy - "Yes I bloody well do!" - I'm paraphrasing here, of course). So they're sitting in their car (driving on the wrong side of the road while sitting in the wrong seat, but I'm not *even* going to go there) and they get into it (paraphrasing again because, lets face it, my brain's shot):
Guy: "I'm going to Wisconsin [I mean, come on!! - Fredericks] to get lucky!"
Other Guy: "No!"
G: "Yes!"
OG: "Nyet!"
G: "Da!"
OG: "Nein!"
G: "Ja, baby!"
...
Okay, maybe you had to be there. I just like the animated delivery and language thing. I'm a simple person.
Yesterday (off-day! yay!) I headed over to my aunt for a lunch date that ended up turning into a dinner break. Youngest brother was off from school because it was one of the High Holy Days - Ascension Day. So, like a good Catholic, he never even thought about attending Mass. I decided to bring him with me over to Brooklyn, but didn't reckon on him delaying my departure by an hour and a half. Also didn't reckon on my aunt being hesitant to talk around him. Our usual frank discussion about the members of our family and my current situation was curtailed, but still somewhat interesting. And enlightening. For instance, I had no idea that, on finding out that my mother was six months pregnant with me, my grandmother kicked her out of the house. Which is funny because when my grandmother was 15 when she was pregnant for the first time. And also unmarried. Don't people learn compassion for those in similar situations? I guess not, especially when it comes to your children.
My aunt also started with the in-depth analysis of my sit., which always provokes feelings of relief and a little annoyance in me. Relief because I know that not every member of my family thinks I'm a worthless shit (she was in a startling similar predicament as me when she was around my age - her philosophy? "Different people learn their life course at different times"). Annoyance because she's a little *too* certain she can read all the nuances of every relation and situation. Hells, I don't do that, and I'm a psych major. And because she's likely to belittle (albeit indirectly) actions that I've undertaken that she doesn't agree with. Like Samaritans. But otherwise? it was time pleasantly spent. Or, at least, more pleasant that most.
Oh man! This is the DS9 where they discover Bashir was captured by the Jem'Hadar and there's been a changeling masquerading as him for a while now. And the one where Ziyal dies and Ducat goes stark raving mad. Or is it? I forget. And, wow, look at all those Jem'Hadar ships pour through the wormhole. Holey crap! Oh ho ho boy. Good times. I miss this show.
Watched a movie recently - "Love Actually" - that was fairly worthless...except for one hilarious exchange that I wish I had taken the time to transcribe. It's two frat-boyish characters bickering because one of them his determined to head to the US in order to pick up chicks (btw - the film is set in England. Heh; guy goes "American women love British accents", other guy - "You don't have a British accent!", first guy - "Yes I bloody well do!" - I'm paraphrasing here, of course). So they're sitting in their car (driving on the wrong side of the road while sitting in the wrong seat, but I'm not *even* going to go there) and they get into it (paraphrasing again because, lets face it, my brain's shot):
Guy: "I'm going to Wisconsin [I mean, come on!! - Fredericks] to get lucky!"
Other Guy: "No!"
G: "Yes!"
OG: "Nyet!"
G: "Da!"
OG: "Nein!"
G: "Ja, baby!"
...
Okay, maybe you had to be there. I just like the animated delivery and language thing. I'm a simple person.
