Deck: place
Having a deck is a great thing, even more so with a nice view. Decks are great for reading and hanging out and talking to Grandpa's and watching birds and all manner of other awesome things. They're also kind of fun to stain. Staining decks is a good time to listen to Podcasts, especially Green Lantern Spotlight Podcasts.
If I ever own a house, it has to have a Deck.
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Showing posts with label D. Show all posts
Monday, March 15, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
D - Dance
Dance: activity
I went to two dances in High School (not counting the gym-required sock-hops, for which I was sometimes in the band). One was kind of a debacle, but only kind of. The other was Prom. I went with my good friend Emily. It took all of my courage to ask her (even to go just as friends). I rented a tux (voluntarily, which, at the time, was a huge deal), she had a very pretty light-blue dress. We got a limo, and ate at Red Lobster (I had jambalaya). The theme was "Moondance" (it snuck in just before the "Titanic" theme craze). Afterwards a few friends came to my house and we watched "Catch-22."
In college I went to mid-winter ball a few times, but just with friends. I also took "Social Dance" as a PE credit (though I had already gotten all of my PE credits, so it was just to become a better person). I quit after the humiliation of hearing girls arguing over who got to sit out the next dance (men were outnumbered) rather than have to dance with me (and one other guy who, with me, was always the last one picked). I decided not to waste my time with it, and the weather was nice, so I quit. It was one of the two classes I ever dropped in college.
I once danced in a cage at a club in Seattle, with no chemical impairment. (It's actually not as wild or crazy as it sounds).
Now the only dance I do is the Calculator. I learned it from the British, and I only do it when JV Field Hockey wins games (so not this year).
SEE ALSO: Gym class, Emily, Field Hockey, East
I went to two dances in High School (not counting the gym-required sock-hops, for which I was sometimes in the band). One was kind of a debacle, but only kind of. The other was Prom. I went with my good friend Emily. It took all of my courage to ask her (even to go just as friends). I rented a tux (voluntarily, which, at the time, was a huge deal), she had a very pretty light-blue dress. We got a limo, and ate at Red Lobster (I had jambalaya). The theme was "Moondance" (it snuck in just before the "Titanic" theme craze). Afterwards a few friends came to my house and we watched "Catch-22."
In college I went to mid-winter ball a few times, but just with friends. I also took "Social Dance" as a PE credit (though I had already gotten all of my PE credits, so it was just to become a better person). I quit after the humiliation of hearing girls arguing over who got to sit out the next dance (men were outnumbered) rather than have to dance with me (and one other guy who, with me, was always the last one picked). I decided not to waste my time with it, and the weather was nice, so I quit. It was one of the two classes I ever dropped in college.
I once danced in a cage at a club in Seattle, with no chemical impairment. (It's actually not as wild or crazy as it sounds).
Now the only dance I do is the Calculator. I learned it from the British, and I only do it when JV Field Hockey wins games (so not this year).
SEE ALSO: Gym class, Emily, Field Hockey, East
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
D - Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs: thing
Like most good small children, I loved dinosaurs. I had a variety of different dinosaur toys (hard-animal ones, Fisher-Price ones, etc) and a few crucial books. My favorite was Deinonychus, mostly because it had the cool slashing toe-claw, but also because it looked fast (being not-fast myself, I really appreciated fast things) and was said to be very intelligent.
I saw my first Dinosaur skeleton at the Science Museum of Minnesota. I believe it was a Triceratops.
Jurassic Park, the book and the movie, rekindled my love of dinosaurs (though I didn't like the nicknames, or how they shortchanged Deinonychus becaue 'raptor sounded sexier). I was also glad that my brother got the toys, so I could play with them too.
I used a quotation about Dinosaurs' tiny brains as the intro to my Oratory in 11th grade, and I also quoted from the final page of Michael Crichton's The Lost World in debate rounds.
See also: Debate, toys, aquaman
Like most good small children, I loved dinosaurs. I had a variety of different dinosaur toys (hard-animal ones, Fisher-Price ones, etc) and a few crucial books. My favorite was Deinonychus, mostly because it had the cool slashing toe-claw, but also because it looked fast (being not-fast myself, I really appreciated fast things) and was said to be very intelligent.
I saw my first Dinosaur skeleton at the Science Museum of Minnesota. I believe it was a Triceratops.
Jurassic Park, the book and the movie, rekindled my love of dinosaurs (though I didn't like the nicknames, or how they shortchanged Deinonychus becaue 'raptor sounded sexier). I was also glad that my brother got the toys, so I could play with them too.
I used a quotation about Dinosaurs' tiny brains as the intro to my Oratory in 11th grade, and I also quoted from the final page of Michael Crichton's The Lost World in debate rounds.
See also: Debate, toys, aquaman
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