Various and Sundry went Boom (with photos)
Jul. 5th, 2011 07:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanWrite-a-thon update coming: the words are progressing, just not the posting-thereof.
Yesterday I spent working (Independence ain't free) and then onward to Central Park with friends & CutePuppy:
and then a lovely dinner at Cassis (Columbus and... 68th, I think):
and then over to 12th Avenue for the fireworks. It wasn't the best view (that would have been 2 years ago, from the west side highway) but it was good, and not very crowded up where we were (5 blocks down they had to close off the streets, reportedly, and not let any more people in, an hour before the fireworks started)
and then ice cream!
(we passed up good gelato in favor of the Mister Softee truck. Because on the Fourth of July, we're all 10 again)
The subway ride home was an excellent example of NYC in a good mood. Jammed car, and everyone's laughing and making room for each other, and generally not minding a damn, and as the train emptied out along the line, we all settled into a sort of peaceful reverie. Even the Mariachi guy was slumped over dozing in his seat, rather than trying to work the crowd.
And today, it's back in the saddle again. Holiday over, RWA done, and the deadlines, they gnaw on my ankles and the paperwork it threatens to eat me while I sleep...
Randomly:
A quick glimpse into my mind: yesterday, for various reasons, I switched the position of the knives and spoons in the cutlery drawer. This morning, I reached into the drawer and grabbed the wrong thing. Rather than being annoyed, my brain went "good. that'll teach you to get complacent." Change. It is, apparently, what's for breakfast.
Yesterday I spent working (Independence ain't free) and then onward to Central Park with friends & CutePuppy:
and then a lovely dinner at Cassis (Columbus and... 68th, I think):
and then over to 12th Avenue for the fireworks. It wasn't the best view (that would have been 2 years ago, from the west side highway) but it was good, and not very crowded up where we were (5 blocks down they had to close off the streets, reportedly, and not let any more people in, an hour before the fireworks started)
and then ice cream!
(we passed up good gelato in favor of the Mister Softee truck. Because on the Fourth of July, we're all 10 again)
The subway ride home was an excellent example of NYC in a good mood. Jammed car, and everyone's laughing and making room for each other, and generally not minding a damn, and as the train emptied out along the line, we all settled into a sort of peaceful reverie. Even the Mariachi guy was slumped over dozing in his seat, rather than trying to work the crowd.
And today, it's back in the saddle again. Holiday over, RWA done, and the deadlines, they gnaw on my ankles and the paperwork it threatens to eat me while I sleep...
Randomly:
A quick glimpse into my mind: yesterday, for various reasons, I switched the position of the knives and spoons in the cutlery drawer. This morning, I reached into the drawer and grabbed the wrong thing. Rather than being annoyed, my brain went "good. that'll teach you to get complacent." Change. It is, apparently, what's for breakfast.
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Date: 2011-07-05 11:32 am (UTC)That's a fine attitude to change. I must try and emulate it.
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Date: 2011-07-05 01:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-05 03:16 pm (UTC)Glad it was a good holiday.
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Date: 2011-07-06 10:21 pm (UTC)