i was just out in the world on break
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fflothe town is crawlin' mit Studentinnen
(mit dem Studentinnen?) [<--- that says "dem", not "dern" ---looked like the latter in my font. and with my attitude, as you'll see... --ed.]
you can tell it's early in the new year, cuz they're travelling in packs
that's long over by october, i used to observe in chas village (with the Hopkinsers)
maybe it's partly that their return involves these small masses overflowing sidewalks as they scurry about, like a sign of major bug infestation (vs. just a bug here and there); maybe it's partly that the return to hoopla surrounding athletic events reminds a body of their gang mentality. whatever it is, there's a vaguely creepy feeling about it.
i guess if you're teaching you're all "up" for their return, and into your own getting into the semester. been there; dug that. you know, in my own modest way.
pretty soon there'll be beer parties on front lawns with the Michigan Dining Table: a piece of plywood between two sawhorses with dozens of one-colored Solo cups of beer poised & ready for draining and chucking to the ground
i guess i'll just be glad when they split up into pairs & singles, and the occasional triplet, and then start staying indoors for the winter
oh! curmudgeonry! and i'm not quite an old old lady
(mit dem Studentinnen?) [<--- that says "dem", not "dern" ---looked like the latter in my font. and with my attitude, as you'll see... --ed.]
you can tell it's early in the new year, cuz they're travelling in packs
that's long over by october, i used to observe in chas village (with the Hopkinsers)
maybe it's partly that their return involves these small masses overflowing sidewalks as they scurry about, like a sign of major bug infestation (vs. just a bug here and there); maybe it's partly that the return to hoopla surrounding athletic events reminds a body of their gang mentality. whatever it is, there's a vaguely creepy feeling about it.
i guess if you're teaching you're all "up" for their return, and into your own getting into the semester. been there; dug that. you know, in my own modest way.
pretty soon there'll be beer parties on front lawns with the Michigan Dining Table: a piece of plywood between two sawhorses with dozens of one-colored Solo cups of beer poised & ready for draining and chucking to the ground
i guess i'll just be glad when they split up into pairs & singles, and the occasional triplet, and then start staying indoors for the winter
oh! curmudgeonry! and i'm not quite an old old lady
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Re: townie townie townie
Date: Aug. 31st, 2006 08:59 pm (UTC)lookit all those !s --- you make me look like a silly schoolchild (but NOT a gownie...)
Re: townie townie townie
Date: Aug. 31st, 2006 10:28 pm (UTC)i must stay in homes with wireless - for the sad fact that i must still work whilst in townie-townie 6pm-12mid, your time, but with a two-three hour break permitted. there is confusion in this -- do not ask me to explain, for i cannot after about 5 shots in the last 45 minutes.
i should have this told you sooner!! i did not think! your days they are maybe busy with the work? perhaps on the weekend days (did someone say breakfast?) i will make you mine?!
i too grow more giddy by the day!
Re: townie townie townie
Date: Sep. 1st, 2006 04:51 pm (UTC)my conflict during your time here would mainly be with whether i'm back in town yet, as i surely will for at least a few days before you head back, if i do somehow get it together to make the fantasized-about trip at the end of the month. and i can definitely take time off work to hang with you during the day, if that's what it takes: i've got the leave, and it would SO be worth a vacation day or two to get to hang with you when you've got time.
the work, the work--- 'tis true it constrains one's living, does it not?
Re: townie townie townie
Date: Sep. 5th, 2006 03:43 pm (UTC)Re: townie townie townie
Date: Sep. 5th, 2006 06:56 pm (UTC)