100% certain i mentioned that before on ilx but i just cant believe they did it
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
road trip to the volleyhall
― On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
http://sportsbra.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/top-gun-volleyball-maverick1.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
So what do you all like best about New England?
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
Probably how new it is
― 龜, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
that is a golf course, not a desert
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
old houses, progressive politics, and um sailboats i guess
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
the oceanthe mountainsProvidencecute little townslobster rollsthe oceanhow pretty it is in the fallold shit
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah i forgot about lobster rolls and the fall, i dont really care abt sailboats tbh, i mean they are cool but theyre not really part of my life
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
i haven't had a lobster roll yet this year - that's gotta change soon
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
tbh i prefer a lobster w butter like 1000% over a lobster roll but i will eat a lobster roll if i have to
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
i like driving around back roads in vt listening to tunes zoning out to the tranquility
yeah that sounds good
I think I found some nice back roads near Putney the other day. And some BBQ.
The old stuff here is too old. How about like 50 year-old stuff?
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
Maine lobst w/ butter and lemon is pretty perfect
― 龜, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
The fall is short, also
All the seasons seems short except for winter, which takes years apparently
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
yeah its the worst
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
yes
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
I like how cheap it is where I am. That's a great thing about New England. Living like a king!
I guess this wouldn't be true if I were in Boston.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
I might go to Boston next Friday, for the first time, after living here a year.
being an actual king, the king of the northeast kingdom
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
yea the old houses are awesome, cool little towns, i like all the woods, nice combination of more densely populated areas with picturesque rural landscapes. lots of good farmers markets. i love how easily accessible everything is. liberal politics are nice too. basically everybody is liberal here. there is definitely some white conservatism and it's not the west coast or anything but it's nice to live in an overall progressive area. gay marriage in most (if not all?) states. since i work in academia it's also cool to have so many colleges and universities here, too. having the ocean nearby is nice too.
― marcos, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, June 9, 2014 12:58 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea, fall is amazing in new england but really we're talking about 4-6 weeks here. same goes for spring. summer in new england is really nice but it's also short
― marcos, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
BTW I found this dope shirt in China, almost bought it
http://i.imgur.com/VV9xsqh.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/s403x403/996829_506113122787604_1505451356_n.png
― pplains, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
it's not the west coast or anything but it's nice to live in an overall progressive area.
― marcos, Monday, June 9, 2014 1:01 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
politically is like 1mx more progressive than the west coast! socially...
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
― 龜, Monday, June 9, 2014 1:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omg why did u not
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
haha xp you totally should've bought that shirt
― marcos, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Depends where on the West Coast you mean. I moved here from CA and I find it a little politically stuffy at times. But maybe that varies throughout the Northeast, I dunno. I too work in academia but I prefer that stuff in small does, you know...it has it's place.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I do like New England, btw, I just still feel like I'm finding my way & looking for an "in"
Too many colleges = not a good thing, in my opinion, that's why I live a little ways away from where I work.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
I moved here from CA and I find it a little politically stuffy at times. But maybe that varies throughout the Northeast, I dunno. I too work in academia but I prefer that stuff in small does, you know...it has it's place.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, June 9, 2014 1:09 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just like actual voter preferences mass is left of california
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
lighthouses!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
I like the clouds here. And I like the summers and the lushness and the swimming holes. That stuff we didn't have in LA.
xp - ok sure
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
And I like the first snow a lot.
But snow in April? You've got to be fucking kidding me
dont move to northern vermont
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
http://img1.coastalliving.timeinc.net/sites/default/files/image/2011/09/Lighthouses/owls-head-lighthouse-l.jpg
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
Oh and the other day I looked at this house and it was pretty rad. That was one of those only in New England things
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/16-Wendell-Rd-Shutesbury-MA-01072/56987202_zpid//
xp - ok!
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
Moving to New England has also helped me appreciate that I don't love NYC all that much, which is helpful. It's nice for a visit, but I prefer Montreal.
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
cool ne architectural feature, good for looking out for yr husband coming home from the sea or just chillin
http://static2.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/5/5/5/large2/5558891.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
Lighthouses are nice, sure, but what do you do with them?
― Kornblud (admrl), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
i live for this shit
http://indul.ccio.co/gU/Bd/ia/255368241340219757SqBdSfIkc.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
maybe if my mother had ever had advance warning of the aul fella coming home from the sea my older brother would've been an only child I'd say
― dn/ac (darraghmac), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
That house is AWESOME.
xp - you admire them, duh
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
My dad's neighborhood has a house with a widow's perch on it. Complete disregard for city's residential zoning rules, imo.
― pplains, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
seriously, I don't think you're supposed to do this.
http://i.imgur.com/0E8UluV.png
― pplains, Monday, 9 June 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link
nope, definitely not
― a strange man (mh), Monday, 9 June 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
I have lived very close to some body of water (usually the ocean) for all of my life with the exception of the two years I spend in England but there's a river there so that counts. When I was very small we lived in Key West and then Long Island/Fire Island. You can get to somewhere on the water within about 20 mins from most places in Boston. I feel most me by the water and would love to really live right near the ocean one day. Swimming in the ocean is one of my most favorite things. Anyway, this picture is going to be my daily calm from now on. I'm putting it here so I can come and look at it whenever I need to.
http://37.media.tumblr.com/2afe90c0ee6f32a3c59f29e2418047fd/tumblr_n0taf2KLGS1soyp8ao1_500.gif
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Monday, 16 June 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
awesome, beautiful gif ENBB! i agree that there are few things as wonderful as swimming in the ocean. i feel at peace and at the same time i am overwhelmed by its power, something about being immersed in this vast body of water is just really humbling? sounds kind of hippy-dippy but i am very hippy-dippy
― marcos, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link