Randoms - week of October 17

[kicks]

Oct 18, 2016 18:36:37 GMT -5 sfy said:

Oct 18, 2016 17:53:47 GMT -5 kicks said:

Yes, great minds think alike! I really have no idea when the best time to go is, ha. Maybe I should look in to that more. I just know that one of my coworkers in S. Africa travelled extensively in Africa and around the world and said that Morocco was one of her most favorite vacations ever. So I know if she loved it, it's definitely a must see. 

Great idea about SE Asia. Nope haven't done that yet. I've only been to Japan. For most trips I try to get in at least 2 cities or 2 countries, but I think I'll only have 8 days total to be gone so I was trying to think of 1 country I really wanted to explore. 

I like your idea about India and then the Maldives! Def would want to save that for when I have more time. Thanks for your ideas. 

So Europe makes that super easy, right, but I know you have no love for Europe lol (which is particularly unfortunate with your short windows because of the quick flights, but I'm not going to try to change your mind on this because I know how I feel about certain parts of Europe and no one could tempt me with those parts, ever). 

Lol, I haven't completely discounted europe! I definitely want to get to Croatia. And you're right, I should look more in to it if there are some good flights. But you will not find my black ass in Ireland if I'm paying for it!
The other thing is since my boyfriend travels so much for work and gets to have fun, he doesn't really "understand" vacation and most of his travel is to europe, so I kind of want to go somewhere new for both of us. So that way he also feels like he's on vacation. Although he's been to croatia lol, but he said he'd go back and do the vacation thing with me, so that's cool. 

Off to do some more research...Europe included  

[sfy]

kicks, Ireland is a hell no for me, too. TBH, I'm not even interested in England. Wrt to Europe, if there are no Romance languages, beaches and delicious food, it's probably not for me. I've made exceptions so far for Amsterdam and Brussels, one was great, the other was exactly what I expected .

[sfy]

Please tell me someone watched "Atlanta." I cannot even .

[andwhat]

Oct 18, 2016 21:52:01 GMT -5 sfy said:

Please tell me someone watched "Atlanta." I cannot even .

I love this show. Only my H would try to jump into a season half way through, so he watched last night.

[sfy]

Oct 19, 2016 7:13:15 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Oct 18, 2016 21:52:01 GMT -5 sfy said:

Please tell me someone watched "Atlanta." I cannot even .

I love this show. Only my H would try to jump into a season half way through, so he watched last night.

Lol what did he think? I hate getting into shows mid-season, but I guess last night was as decent an episode as any to get involved.

As best as I can say without spoilers, between the altercation, that "car accident" at the end, and he's "going to be famous," I was crying actual tears!

I watched the second episode of "Insecure" last night too. It was better than the first, I liked it!

[andwhat]

Oct 19, 2016 7:19:00 GMT -5 sfy said:

Oct 19, 2016 7:13:15 GMT -5 andwhat said:

I love this show. Only my H would try to jump into a season half way through, so he watched last night.

Lol what did he think? I hate getting into shows mid-season, but I guess last night was as decent an episode as any to get involved.

As best as I can say without spoilers, between the altercation, that "car accident" at the end, and he's "going to be famous," I was crying actual tears!

I watched the second episode of "Insecure" last night too. It was better than the first, I liked it!

He liked it. He actually tried to go back and start from the beginning, but I guess all the episodes aren't on OnDemand anymore.

When that had that scene in the club and the guy said 'he's going to be famous.' I died. Died I tell you.

Then last weeks episode came on after the new one. I don't know if he watched the whole thing, but I fell asleep laughing about the trans-racial guy. I will have to see how long he watched.

We are behind on so many shows because of our schedule. I don't know if we will ever catch up.

[iammalcolmx]

Oct 18, 2016 20:13:38 GMT -5 sfy said:

kicks , Ireland is a hell no for me, too. TBH, I'm not even interested in England. Wrt to Europe, if there are no Romance languages, beaches and delicious food, it's probably not for me. I've made exceptions so far for Amsterdam and Brussels, one was great, the other was exactly what I expected .

I am too salty about Black Pete to go. 

[sfy]

Oct 19, 2016 9:14:41 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Oct 18, 2016 20:13:38 GMT -5 sfy said:

kicks , Ireland is a hell no for me, too. TBH, I'm not even interested in England. Wrt to Europe, if there are no Romance languages, beaches and delicious food, it's probably not for me. I've made exceptions so far for Amsterdam and Brussels, one was great, the other was exactly what I expected .

I am too salty about Black Pete to go. 

Yeah, it is pretty horrible, but if we never visited anywhere based on their transgressions against Black people, we'd barely be able to go anywhere...and we damn sure wouldn't be able to live in the US.  But I understand that we all have our own lines in the sand.
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[iammalcolmx]

Oct 19, 2016 9:57:22 GMT -5 sfy said:

Oct 19, 2016 9:14:41 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

I am too salty about Black Pete to go. 

Yeah, it is pretty horrible, but if we never visited anywhere based on their transgressions against Black people, we'd barely be able to go anywhere...and we damn sure wouldn't be able to live in the US.  But I understand that we all have our own lines in the sand.
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I am too worried about my reaction if I saw Black Pete, I would rather not be banned from the EU. I go to London and have NEVER been through Heathrow without being racially profile. Yet I still take my Black ass there.

[childofhiphop]

Friends - you are making me really miss international travel (and food). I traveled so much pre-DH. But then we got married and became foster parents. No regrets. I just miss it sometimes.

As for my random - I can walk again. Progress with my new knee is good.

My "help" is driving me crazy and my house looks like crap. I know it's temporary until I'm well but it's tugging in the back of my mind.

[sfy]

Oct 19, 2016 12:09:59 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Oct 19, 2016 7:19:00 GMT -5 sfy said:

Lol what did he think? I hate getting into shows mid-season, but I guess last night was as decent an episode as any to get involved.

As best as I can say without spoilers, between the altercation, that "car accident" at the end, and he's "going to be famous," I was crying actual tears!

I watched the second episode of "Insecure" last night too. It was better than the first, I liked it!

The car was EVERYTHING.

I was CRYING. 

childofhiphop, I'm glad you're healing well!

[sfy]

Oct 19, 2016 19:54:09 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Oct 18, 2016 20:13:38 GMT -5 sfy said:

kicks , Ireland is a hell no for me, too. TBH, I'm not even interested in England. Wrt to Europe, if there are no Romance languages, beaches and delicious food, it's probably not for me. I've made exceptions so far for Amsterdam and Brussels, one was great, the other was exactly what I expected .

All I have to add to this is the following:
1. SIL and BIL may be moving to Ireland next year, so we'll likely visit. It wasn't high on my list, but a free place to stay is a free place to stay.

2. London bored the fuck out of me. We were there for 4.5 day. The American obession with all things English is lost on me. I was even there on a fashion trip, with fabulous appointments, and guided sight seeing, and I was still like, "meh, how many more days until we get to Italy?". It was too dull, buttoned up, groggy, and repressed. The underground posh night clubs felt like everyone was on acid trip, and it was horribly white. 

Things I did enjoy about London were seeing The Phantom of the Opera ( because the British tendecy to over act made the musical even more enjoyable),  our behind the scenes tour of the Fashion and Textlies Museum, and Formal Tea at Fortnum and Mason. They had really good cucumber tea sandwiches. 

Overall, I have no true desire to go back, save for seeing the Greco Roman ruins at The Victoria and Albert Musuem. 

At least you had a reasonably good time, but the lack of a desire to go back says it all to me! London strikes me as New York with worse weather and better architecture. I think whenever I go, it will either be for Wimbledon or because DH has to go for work. I can't imagine that I'd just go, on my own dime and time, just for the sake of going. I know that sounds sad to many, but I know what I like in my destinations at this point and they don't have it lol.

[bimbi284]

Apparently taraji p. henson was on Felicity.

[skwcm80]

sfy why no to Ireland? I'm in the process of booking a trip for next year.

[meshaliuknits]

I was headed home on BART last night. Standing because rush hour. All of a sudden my hearing fuzzed out, then my vision fuzzed out, and I got real dizzy. I was clutching the hand hold, praying my stop would come and I wouldn't fall on the little old woman next to me. I was scared.

Everything cleared up by the time my stop arrived and I got home OK. H thinks it was due to the blood donation I made yesterday, but that was like six hours prior. I donate about every three months and this has NEVER happened before.

[andwhat]

That is scary meshaliuknits. I hope it never happens again.

[sfy]

Oct 20, 2016 10:36:08 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

sfy why no to Ireland? I'm in the process of booking a trip for next year.

Oh, it's just not for me.  I know that most people who go really like it, but it's not a place I would go purposely.  I could be persuaded if H was going for work or something.  I don't have any intel or anything lol.  It's just basically what I said above--Europe for me is best when I can get beaches (which is why I typically go in the summer), Romance languages and good food.  I just don't think the UK/Ireland is for me, based on what I enjoy about Europe, and when people tell me about their time there, it's nothing that makes my heart jump, which is the entire reason I love to travel.  I want travel for awe, fun, wonder, joy.  I know me well enough to know that's not happening for me in certain places.  So it's not as much a destination thing as a me thing.  So far, I've truly loved Italy, Spain, France, Greece and Portugal.  And although it did not fit my box, I loved the Netherlands.  I still want to go to Turkey, whenever the time is right (do not scold me, iammalcolmx , not any time soon!) and Croatia, which does not fit neatly in the aforementioned box, but is close enough that I could live it. 

meshaliuknits, I'm with your H.  If your iron was high enough to give, but still lower than usual, that could do it.  I hope it doesn't happen again!Save

[meshaliuknits]

Oct 20, 2016 12:46:08 GMT -5 sfy said:

meshaliuknits , I'm with your H.  If your iron was high enough to give, but still lower than usual, that could do it.  I hope it doesn't happen again!Save

My iron was waaaaaaaaay higher than it usually is when I give.


andwhat from your keyboard to heaven's screen. Thank you.

[sfy]

Oct 20, 2016 13:04:55 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Oct 20, 2016 12:46:08 GMT -5 sfy said:

meshaliuknits , I'm with your H.  If your iron was high enough to give, but still lower than usual, that could do it.  I hope it doesn't happen again!Save

My iron was waaaaaaaaay higher than it usually is when I give.


andwhat from your keyboard to heaven's screen. Thank you.

Damn it.  Are you going to go to the doctor?
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[meshaliuknits]

Oct 20, 2016 13:11:38 GMT -5 sfy said:

Oct 20, 2016 13:04:55 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

My iron was waaaaaaaaay higher than it usually is when I give.


andwhat from your keyboard to heaven's screen. Thank you.

Damn it.  Are you going to go to the doctor?
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I have a physical scheduled for early Nov. If any part of it recurs, I will make an appointment before that. If it happens again the same, I'll be in the office same day.

[hisno1girl]

Oct 20, 2016 11:37:10 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Are you dehydrated? That happens to me when I don't get enough fluids.

Take care

[meshaliuknits]

Oct 20, 2016 14:17:06 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

Oct 20, 2016 11:37:10 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Are you dehydrated? That happens to me when I don't get enough fluids.

Take care

I don't think so, but I'll keep an eye on my water intake JIC. Thank you.

[skwcm80]

sfy got it! I wanted to make I didn't need to think again before I paid.

meshaliuknits I hope it was a fluke and you never experience that again.

[sfy]

Oct 20, 2016 14:20:47 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

sfy got it! I wanted to make I didn't need to think again before I paid.

meshaliuknits I hope it was a fluke and you never experience that again.

Oh gosh, definitely not!  I have never been!  I hope you have a wonderful time!

[sfy]

My sweet baby nephew arrived last night. This morning we got up, ate breakfast and went to the science museum. He laid down for a nap at 1:15 or so and is still sleeping! He started going to daycare for the first time last month and my sister said now he is exhausted every day, but this is crazy. I don't want to wake him up if he's really tired, but who is really this tired? Even I, a certified human sloth, do not take 3 hour naps at 1:00, after waking up at like 8. He's only here until Saturday, I think I should wake him up lol.

[skwcm80]

Oct 20, 2016 14:33:23 GMT -5 sfy said:

Oct 20, 2016 14:20:47 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

sfy got it! I wanted to make I didn't need to think again before I paid.

meshaliuknits I hope it was a fluke and you never experience that again.

Oh gosh, definitely not!  I have never been!  I hope you have a wonderful time!

Yay! Onward with the girls' trip.

[andwhat]

I have been reading The Sisters are Alright (thanks for the rec @kirkette). I seriously want to buy a copy for so many people in my life. It is basically going to be everyone's Christmas gift.

[kicks]

Oct 19, 2016 21:53:12 GMT -5 sfy said:

Oct 19, 2016 19:54:09 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

All I have to add to this is the following:
1. SIL and BIL may be moving to Ireland next year, so we'll likely visit. It wasn't high on my list, but a free place to stay is a free place to stay.

2. London bored the fuck out of me. We were there for 4.5 day. The American obession with all things English is lost on me. I was even there on a fashion trip, with fabulous appointments, and guided sight seeing, and I was still like, "meh, how many more days until we get to Italy?". It was too dull, buttoned up, groggy, and repressed. The underground posh night clubs felt like everyone was on acid trip, and it was horribly white. 

Things I did enjoy about London were seeing The Phantom of the Opera ( because the British tendecy to over act made the musical even more enjoyable),  our behind the scenes tour of the Fashion and Textlies Museum, and Formal Tea at Fortnum and Mason. They had really good cucumber tea sandwiches. 

Overall, I have no true desire to go back, save for seeing the Greco Roman ruins at The Victoria and Albert Musuem. 

At least you had a reasonably good time, but the lack of a desire to go back says it all to me! London strikes me as New York with worse weather and better architecture. I think whenever I go, it will either be for Wimbledon or because DH has to go for work. I can't imagine that I'd just go, on my own dime and time, just for the sake of going. I know that sounds sad to many, but I know what I like in my destinations at this point and they don't have it lol.

Yeah I never had a desire to go to London. But I can't really get out of it now since my boyfriend is from there lol. I did have a nice time when I was there last year and jumped on the opportunity to go since I had somewhere to stay for free and wanted to check out Paris while he was playing there. There are some good restaurants. But you're pretty much spot on in that it's NYC with better architecture. It's kind of like Montreal if you've ever been there. Which I like NYC, Montreal and now London...but agreed that I never understood the obsession. I wouldn't feel the need to go back if I didn't have to. Also, it's very expensive for not anything special or different. No thank you!

[kicks]

Also, I don't know why I forgot about Cuba.
I just looked and the flights are $350. I'm pretty sure that will be a definite trip next year. I don't know what my boyfriend's tour schedule is, but I have no shame in booking the trip and going solo, ha. It seems like Cuba would be a good trip to do on my own as there is a lot of little things to explore, plus he's been to Cuba before so no biggie.

Aren't you going to cuba sfy?

I'm being lazy as fuck today. I need to get my butt in gear. But it's windy and rainy outside....

[andwhat]

I want to go to Cuba.