mom placation was ironing by which mens perrypops in a womansuit is the new child mystericating teats that can taint baconated digestive broads plastercasting gnostically from the great gospel wwjh

also since i got here i have spent 90% of my time researching a job and speaking to my adviser about my resume.

no, we were too busy planing down a new handle for the sears-roebuck garden-rake head my grandmother bequeathed us (really), and the corn fritters i was making over the fire out back needed tendin'

good morning itr. jordan is gone now and i'm all alone for five days ;_;

you are not alone! you have itr!

awww <3

Also you have the entire bay area to explore. I suggest you climb to the top of the highest hill around those parts and look down on everything.

Quite right. And you can go out and have adventures!

(For instance, go the Arizmendi Bakery:

http://www.arizmendibakery.org/

By taking BART to the Embarcadero, and then transferring to the N-Judah line. Another way to get more familiar with the city!)

yeah... except i'm still trying to get over a somewhat irrational fear of leaving the house on my own.

Oh I hate new location house arrest! I am the worst for that!

I have a few days of optimistic sightseeing and then bam, cloistered monk.

i am relatively sure that last night managed to break something of some importance in my head

in other words aaaaagguguuuuuggghhhhh

xpost yeah it's frustrating and not a little depressing. i got my new bike last week, but each day when jordan would ask me if i was ready to test it out i would say NO, and now he's gone and i'm too scared to ride anywhere by myself - the road rules are so different here!

god your freaking me out a little!

you just have to remember that it won't take long for it to get easier and you've got your man and this hug I'm right now giving you (which would be a lot better if we were on the same continent)

RR you must learn by doing! Can you at least walk to a BART station?

x-post also what I know right? said

Rubes, is there a quiet area nearby where you could literally wheel your bike and get some confidence up by riding around out of harm's way?

yeah baby steps, some little suburb where you can take it round the block a couple of times.

When I was in San Francisco me and my friend hired bikes with the intention of riding to Muir Woods and back across the bay on the ferry. We made it as far as a pub in Sausalito across the GG Bridge. On the way back we accidentally nearly rode with the traffic onto the bridge and were only prevented from a likely messy death by a police car's megaphone.

So, umm, yeah. Don't do that.

ned, i even caught the BART on my own last week, all the way to sf and back. now i feel a little embarrassed :/

Do not be! It's just time for more trips, is all. And believe me, the Arizmendi food is worth the journey! It's just a half-block up from the stop, IIRC.

RR - you should do what Ned suggests! Give yourself plenty of time to do it.

I was freaked out the first time I went to a movie in a theater after I had 4lex. It had been years. I had forgotten how to go buy a ticket!

The thing to remember is this: the world is set up so that really dumb people can get along just fine. You're not dumb. You just have to do some of these things a few times so that they feel familiar.

wow, that is the greatest piece of advice I've ever heard!

I was freaked out the first time I went to a movie in a theater after I had 4lex. It had been years. I had forgotten how to go buy a ticket!

Beating up the usher and stealing popcorn didn't help your case much.

WELL I WAS HUNGRY

This is a safe place. We don't tolerate violence here, Sara.

Don't worry; you're all safe. I have plenty to eat.

Roast babies

hmmm lunchtime

And to think I chose the hummus and pita option today. ;_;

"Grind your babies up like garbanzo beans..."

TS: food mill vs. food processor

Ned scares me more than he used to.

I like his dark side! It's adorable.

Dark sides should surely not be adorable. Does that not defeat the point a tad?

You men have no imagination.

Now Sara, with the utmost respect, you know that's just not true. ;-)

Touche.

^^^ should have an accent aigu over the e, but I'm profoundly retarded about how to make accents appear.

Ned scares me more than he used to.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Isn't this where you say, "go and sin some more?"

My minions do that for me.

How convenient!

should have an accent aigu over the e, but I'm profoundly retarded about how to make accents appear.

Alt Gr - E

Can you explain that some more? I have always wanted to now how to do the accent thingy.

you can also use alt codes - like alt + 0233 but it has to come from a number pad, not from the top row number keys.

Dark sides can be adorable. Please see Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

é

oh! it workéd! magical!

thanks, téhrésa.

(having no idéa what Gr méans, i did not try your vérsion, mark c.)

i find it much easier on macs where you just press another key in conjunction with the letter you want to accent. it's more intuitive than code memorizing.

Sü®é îß!