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First off, who hasn't heard the greatness that is Squeeze? You really, really should.
...second, my father leaves the country tomorrow. A little less than two weeks isn't a long time to build bridges over thirty-odd years of anger, misunderstanding, stubbornness, resentment and generally getting each other wrong, but we seem to have done pretty well. It helps that he's mellowed a great deal and I'm no longer a rebellious teenager. As I said to a friend afterwards - on the one hand, I feel a great sadness for all those years without him, but on the other hand, if there hadn't been those years, it's entirely possible that the old resentments could have solidified into something we couldn't break through or get over. I think we needed the time apart from each other, though I question whether we needed quite so much of it.
He'll be back in the spring. I can't wait.
I'm still reading everyone. I haven't gone anywhere. I'm just... rather drained and it's made me retreat into myself and go quiet. So I'm sorry for not commenting. I do love you.
I usually try and pick an icon that connects in some way to the post's content. I'm still rewatching B5 - I'm up to the end of season four now and just coming to a lot of my own favourite episodes, but really, that icon's just there because I've never used it before and it makes me happy.
And now a meme.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kiss_kass did it first.
1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car): Rusty Number 4a Bus, or Rusty Walks.
2. Your gangsta name (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Vanilla Barefoot
3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal): Grey Caracara
4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born): ...I am not typing my middle name. The other is Bloomington.
5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Rouel
6. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Black Coffee. Hmmm.
7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers): Ali James
8. Stripper name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Ginger Toffee
9. TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): ...sorry. First off, I have no idea what the British equivalent of fifth grade would be without looking it up and I am far too lazy to do that. And I doubt I'd remember any of the teachers' names anyway. Mad cow.
10. Spy name (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Autumn Lawn Daisy. Or if I choose a holiday, Talk Like A Pirate Lawn Daisy. It has a ring to it, though I feel it would be self-defeating for spy purposes.
11. Cartoon name: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you're wearing right now): Grapefruit Nightie.
12. Hippie name (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Black Coffee and Cigarettes Oak. Works for me.
...Dog photos tomorrow.
...second, my father leaves the country tomorrow. A little less than two weeks isn't a long time to build bridges over thirty-odd years of anger, misunderstanding, stubbornness, resentment and generally getting each other wrong, but we seem to have done pretty well. It helps that he's mellowed a great deal and I'm no longer a rebellious teenager. As I said to a friend afterwards - on the one hand, I feel a great sadness for all those years without him, but on the other hand, if there hadn't been those years, it's entirely possible that the old resentments could have solidified into something we couldn't break through or get over. I think we needed the time apart from each other, though I question whether we needed quite so much of it.
He'll be back in the spring. I can't wait.
I'm still reading everyone. I haven't gone anywhere. I'm just... rather drained and it's made me retreat into myself and go quiet. So I'm sorry for not commenting. I do love you.
I usually try and pick an icon that connects in some way to the post's content. I'm still rewatching B5 - I'm up to the end of season four now and just coming to a lot of my own favourite episodes, but really, that icon's just there because I've never used it before and it makes me happy.
And now a meme.
kiss_kass did it first.1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car): Rusty Number 4a Bus, or Rusty Walks.
2. Your gangsta name (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Vanilla Barefoot
3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal): Grey Caracara
4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born): ...I am not typing my middle name. The other is Bloomington.
5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Rouel
6. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Black Coffee. Hmmm.
7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers): Ali James
8. Stripper name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Ginger Toffee
9. TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): ...sorry. First off, I have no idea what the British equivalent of fifth grade would be without looking it up and I am far too lazy to do that. And I doubt I'd remember any of the teachers' names anyway. Mad cow.
10. Spy name (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Autumn Lawn Daisy. Or if I choose a holiday, Talk Like A Pirate Lawn Daisy. It has a ring to it, though I feel it would be self-defeating for spy purposes.
11. Cartoon name: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you're wearing right now): Grapefruit Nightie.
12. Hippie name (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Black Coffee and Cigarettes Oak. Works for me.
...Dog photos tomorrow.