You know, my apartment in Iowa City is like a block away from an entire strip of bars. >D

[gogmagog]

Today was fun - went out to Borders to pick up a birthday present for my stepdad, then hung out with rathershady and our former coworkers Jill and Victoria at Mike's Tavern. Oddly enough, though I've gone to school just a couple of blocks away for most of my life, It's the first time I'd ever been there. It is pretty much a college-student dive (and the fact that they had construction going on didn't help the classy ambience any). Still, it was fun to hang out there with everyone. Afterwards, we went to Governor Stumpy's - I'd dragged Vinnie there a couple of times, and Jill had stopped by for my graduation party, but Victoria hadn't been there before and I think she enjoyed it. And I'm fairly certain the one bite of lemon cake she ate for dessert made her a believer. >D

I've been glad I've been keeping relatively busy this week; it's done a pretty good job of distracting me. June is always a hard time of the year - the 12th was my dad's birthday (on which I didn't call him, figuring I'd wait till Father's Day, something I'll probably always regret), he died late on the 14th, and I heard about it on Father's Day (which was the 15th that year). So basically from the 12th through Father's Day is kind of teh suck. On Saturday I'm going down to Higginsville to visit the veterans' cemetery where my dad is buried (well, his ashes anyway). And hopefully that'll put an end to this difficult part of the year.

Also, my sister is coming up from Phoenix to visit in mid-July. It'll be nice to see her again, since I haven't seen her for a couple of years (not since right after Daddy died and I got back from England).

In cheerier news, some positive linking:
- A new King Tut exhibition has opened in L.A. I'm totally seeing this when it comes to Chicago (since that's only a 3-hour drive from Iowa City).
- This is an interesting article about gender and the brain. At least, I find this kind of stuff interesting. -_-;
- And stolen from jokersama, the BBC's opinion on the Michael Jackson verdict. XD

Edit: Wow, my mouth is like lusting for strawberry. I had a strawberry smoothie earlier and a frozen strawberry margarita with dinner and my mouth is still "AUGH GIVE ME STRAWBERRY GRAR." But I have no strawberry-flavored stuff to give it. ;_;

Comments

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Ah, but see, I'd feel bad going to anything other than feminist strip bars, plzkthx. XD

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

oh, it was more meant as something impugning my ability to read than your feminist ethics, believe me. i misread things all the time. XDXDXD

and the strawberry lust, I KNOW IT WELL. i haven't had it hit me bad yet this year, but in the past? i've gone through whole pound boxes of strawberries dunked in sugar or on their own. i've eaten a box of strawberries as a meal before. believe me, i know. XD

(BTW, even though i haven't done much about them, for some reason the slugs haven't hit my berry patch too badly this year! :D probably cos it's a bit dryer in the patch than it was last year, and so it's not as slug-hospitable. XD already i've picked more berries from the patch outside this year than last, and there are still many more that are ripening on the vines. :9

[yoshitsune.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm getting to the point where I might have to do the box of strawberries thing. After all, I've had a strawberry shake and a strawberry smoothie today, as well as buying a strawberry-scented candle, and the strawberry-lust is still unslaked. ;_;

(And I'm jealous of your strawberry patch - mine is relatively new, and so I'm just now starting to get a few little berries. Of course, I'm lucky to get even that, since my feeding schedule is erratic to say the least.)