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[angela_o]

Ah, the blessed sound of silence. lol My husband just took numbers 2-4 to the pool and number 1 went to a movie with friends. Thus, I luxuriate in the silence for a few brief shining moments. :)

I do have big news though. I convinced my husband that the hot ticket option for Coldplay was the perfect birthday present for me this year. It helped that the concert falls between our birthdays. lol So, he and I'll be in the ninth row when they come to Alltel in September. Here's to a very quiet hurricane season by then since that's exactly the time of year that we've gotten slammed by the worst ones in the past. Between Dragon*Con the week before (which I've never attended before) and the concert, I think I'm celebrating this year's milestone birthday with a certain degree of aplomb.

In other news, my youngest swam in her first meet yesterday. After almost balking (the water was *frigid*) and her coach nearly having to push her into the water, she jumped in and made it through the race. She ended up winning her heat, so she got her very first heat winner ribbon. She was thrilled. It's the first summer where all four kids are on the team and it was very fun to see. Go Piranhas!!

It's also the official start of summer for me. Meaning that I had to turn on the air conditioning this morning for the first time this year. We've had an amazing few weeks with very mild temperatures and no humidity to speak of, but you can't outrun fate (or a high electric bill) forever. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, whoever invented air conditioning needs shrines constructed in their honor.

In a stunning topic shift, does anyone know where I can find good BSG fanfic either archived or in LJ posts? I'm leaning toward some Lee/Kara shippiness, but anything well plotted and well written will suffice. Thanks in advance.

And, to show that I'm not forsaking VM, here's the latest XT stats. 4 more in the last few days. So, we're at 38.

Comments

[cookie2697.livejournal.com]

Okay...why do I love that you have your children numbered? hee.

Happy summer!

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Happy summer to you too. :)

As for the numbering, the LJ conceit of using initials just ends up looking confusing so much of the time (particularly when you have to do so many of them) that I decided good old fashioned arabic numbering was the way to go. Clear, concise, and to the point. Of course, E would love the fact that he's number 1 and J would be bent out of shape that she's a 2, but I'm going with "what they don't know, won't hurt them". lol

[tasyfa.livejournal.com]

Yay for summer! Oddly, there is a Coldplay Live special just beginning on MuchMusic here, from their smaller venue concert in Toronto last month. I still can't figure out spatially where the Kool Haus *is* in Toronto. It didn't exist when I used to live there, LOL.

[tasyfa.livejournal.com]

But it was entertaining. :) If you want to be a Chris groupie, Angela, you need to use a big black marker and draw an equal sign on the back of your hand. LOL that was an amusing segment. He wanted a symbol of equality and that's what the stylist ended up with, and I think they were both wide-eyed from marker fumes. :D

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

A Chris groupie huh? I'll have to think about that one. lol Can you imagine having that voice singing you lullabies though? That thought alwasys amuses me for some reason. :)

[janajoh.livejournal.com]

We had to turn out air conditioning on over the weekend. 92 is hot enough, don't you think?

And congrats on #4 winning her first heat. What a big honor for her!! I hope she got some ice cream as a reward!