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Jul. 30th, 2005 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annundrielFaux busy day. There was a wedding near the Tri-cities, so we had to drive out there to set up some of the flowers/arrangements. Didn't take too long, but it was uncomfortably warm in that hall and I do not envy those people. Something like 800 guests.
Dad said that there was no way they would do the same wedding/reception thing for me. Apparently my parents plan to help me elope. Which, all in all? Would be totally fine by me.
Afterward, we did actually make it to the Tri-cities and went to the mall where there was precisely diddly-squat playing at the cinema. So we went to an late lunch/early dinner at Red Lobster. Mom called it "linner," which lead to me trying to teach my parents something new. But do they make things easy for me? No. No, they don't.
"Do you know what the word is for that? When you connect two words and make a new one?" I said.
Dad answered, "A conjunction?"
"No, that involves an apostrophe."
At that point I'm about to do the whole, "Fine, I won't tell you" routine. And then our waitress came by.
"Well, why don't you tell our waitress what it means?" Mom said. The waitress turned and looked at me and I'm just going "why?!" "We have an English major at the table," explained Mom.
"Oh," the waitress asked, "what are you going to do with that?" Because you can't tell people you're an English major without having them ask you what the hell you're gonna do with your life. It's just not done. But apparently her daughter's getting a sociology major, so she understands.
ANYway. All I wanted to do was share knowledge! Finally got to explain what a portmanteau was. And then it turned out our waitress was a teacher! And had been a librarian! So we talked for a little while about opportunities and things. It was nice.
Later I spent part of lunch defending McKay to my parents. Who rather snidely said that he acts like a twelve year old. And I argued, "Well, not *all* the time." (Mom's also getting tired of his "are you sure this water's sanitary?" routine.)And then tried to defend possible emotional and social reasons for McKay's behavior. Also blamed, um, less strong writers on the show. Don't know if I succeeded.
Neesha stopped by and watched Sci-fi Friday with me. That was nice. Nothing really to say, mostly because I need to re-watch "Origin." And "Runner," well...I just don't have anything. At the moment. I'm too tired. Let's just say I enjoyed it, but that I'm annoyed at Sheppard's attitude. Even Neesha picked it up at the beginning. "Why's he being so mean to Rodney?" So we speculated on what sort of lover's quarrel they had. (Rodney left wet towels on the floor.) Also was annoyed at Caldwell. Where's the love and respect, man?
LOVED the new wardrobe. I think I probably gaped a little the first time round when Rodney showed up with the black and then the blue down the sides...Yeah. Nice.
FORD!! AW. That's tough for him. I'm gonna miss Ford, but so far I'm liking what they're doing with his character. And I liked the Ford/McKay stuff. (Although those are the parts that brought on the "he acts like he's twelve" comment from the 'rents. And, again, he does. But not all of the time.)
Undecided about the Ronon (Ronan?). So far I don't think he's necessary to add in the capacity they want to add him in. But we'll see. I didn't care much for Teyla and Ford when the show started last year, and look at me now. Love 'em both. So we'll see.
Along with McKay's development.
And, y'know, everything just felt kind of off about "Runner" for me. Hmmm.
Tom used a crutch to squish a GINORMOUS spider tonight. I haven't laughed so hard in a really long, long time. There were even tears involved. Heh. So funny. And then I watched The Red Green Show and that just made the evening funnier. And Colin Mochrie (sp?) was on! With Harold. It was great.
Dad said that there was no way they would do the same wedding/reception thing for me. Apparently my parents plan to help me elope. Which, all in all? Would be totally fine by me.
Afterward, we did actually make it to the Tri-cities and went to the mall where there was precisely diddly-squat playing at the cinema. So we went to an late lunch/early dinner at Red Lobster. Mom called it "linner," which lead to me trying to teach my parents something new. But do they make things easy for me? No. No, they don't.
"Do you know what the word is for that? When you connect two words and make a new one?" I said.
Dad answered, "A conjunction?"
"No, that involves an apostrophe."
At that point I'm about to do the whole, "Fine, I won't tell you" routine. And then our waitress came by.
"Well, why don't you tell our waitress what it means?" Mom said. The waitress turned and looked at me and I'm just going "why?!" "We have an English major at the table," explained Mom.
"Oh," the waitress asked, "what are you going to do with that?" Because you can't tell people you're an English major without having them ask you what the hell you're gonna do with your life. It's just not done. But apparently her daughter's getting a sociology major, so she understands.
ANYway. All I wanted to do was share knowledge! Finally got to explain what a portmanteau was. And then it turned out our waitress was a teacher! And had been a librarian! So we talked for a little while about opportunities and things. It was nice.
Later I spent part of lunch defending McKay to my parents. Who rather snidely said that he acts like a twelve year old. And I argued, "Well, not *all* the time." (Mom's also getting tired of his "are you sure this water's sanitary?" routine.)And then tried to defend possible emotional and social reasons for McKay's behavior. Also blamed, um, less strong writers on the show. Don't know if I succeeded.
Neesha stopped by and watched Sci-fi Friday with me. That was nice. Nothing really to say, mostly because I need to re-watch "Origin." And "Runner," well...I just don't have anything. At the moment. I'm too tired. Let's just say I enjoyed it, but that I'm annoyed at Sheppard's attitude. Even Neesha picked it up at the beginning. "Why's he being so mean to Rodney?" So we speculated on what sort of lover's quarrel they had. (Rodney left wet towels on the floor.) Also was annoyed at Caldwell. Where's the love and respect, man?
LOVED the new wardrobe. I think I probably gaped a little the first time round when Rodney showed up with the black and then the blue down the sides...Yeah. Nice.
FORD!! AW. That's tough for him. I'm gonna miss Ford, but so far I'm liking what they're doing with his character. And I liked the Ford/McKay stuff. (Although those are the parts that brought on the "he acts like he's twelve" comment from the 'rents. And, again, he does. But not all of the time.)
Undecided about the Ronon (Ronan?). So far I don't think he's necessary to add in the capacity they want to add him in. But we'll see. I didn't care much for Teyla and Ford when the show started last year, and look at me now. Love 'em both. So we'll see.
Along with McKay's development.
And, y'know, everything just felt kind of off about "Runner" for me. Hmmm.
Tom used a crutch to squish a GINORMOUS spider tonight. I haven't laughed so hard in a really long, long time. There were even tears involved. Heh. So funny. And then I watched The Red Green Show and that just made the evening funnier. And Colin Mochrie (sp?) was on! With Harold. It was great.
