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Good Things
Ithaca Fact: There are a lot of Subarus in this town. About every tenth car is a white Outback or a green Forester- I've even seen some Legacys ( Read more... ) -
Northeastern Trajectory
Ithaca Fact: Directions may be given in the z axis. Street portray Iowa pretty accurately, but are much more schematic regarding places with hills. In other words, I don't know what direction "up the hill" is until I get there ( Read more... ) -
Canada and Ithaca
Canadian Fact: The name "Canada" was actually produced by accident. Canada's founding fathers, Dalton MacKenzie, Wilfrid Borden, and Jacques Laurier, decided the fairest way to name their newly confederated colonies was to each choose letters drawn randomly from a hat. The each wrote a letter and drew. Dalton looked at his piece and said "Mine ( Read more... ) -
My Pastimes
Live Journal Fact: You can skip those lame advertisements if you immediately hit refresh when the page opens! At least using Firefox on a Mac.
Not so much has been going on. I've recently read Babbitt and 1984, and am now trying to read Thus Spake Zarathustra. I sort of quit reading recreationally in high-school, and am now getting back in the ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
When it finally happened, I wasn't surprised Jordan ended it. She might have dreaded it as much as I did. We were talking in the casual and tellingly polite way we had been since she'd left - punctuated with pauses. It had been two weeks since she left and we'd decided when she did that she needed to choose in that time ( Read more... ) -
She Is Real
Iowa Fact: Iowa is one of only five states where homosexuals may wed. So pigs, corn and that!Jordan and I made it through Kansas and Missouri, and into Iowa as it got truly dark out. It was well past my mom's bedtime when we arrived, but it was my dad who was already in bed. We drank bloody marys in front of the fire ( Read more... ) -
Oklahoma, alright!
Oklahoma Fact: Tattooing only became legal in Oklahoma in 2006. So Jordan had to go to Texas to get hers. She must have been determined ( Read more... ) -
Expectations
I just wanted to make a little post about how Malaysia Airlines did us right and was just obscure about their baggage policy. We each took nearly 50lb of luggage no problem, no fees. However, my Imation hard drive will not connect to my computer unless I hit it and won't upload items at all, which is, as far as I'm concerned, it's primary purpose. ( Read more... ) -
Shiver
Iowa Fact: At the time of this posting, Iowa is on it's 65th consecutive day of snow cover (5' (13cm) or more on the ground). There is about a foot of snow in my parents yard. The previous record was 54 days and it's expected the snow will not start melting for at least 10 more days, with 4 more inches due this weekend ( Read more... ) -
Sun Moon Lake
Taiwan Fact: Taiwan's largest natural lake is Sun Moon Lake in the mountains of southern central Taiwan. One of it's outlets was dammed by the Japanese in the 1930s which produced enough electricity to power the whole island at the time ( Read more... )