<p>Drae, if you mean 4 rows down and 2 columns from the right, then you’re the lovely lady with glasses and a gray-green shirt? If so, the woman near you in the white shirt could have been me about 25 years ago. It sounds like an inspiring discussion, there’s nothing like unwrapping a product that is so well designed (including the wrappings) that you want to treasure, and use, it forever!</p>
<p>We are coming down to the wire here too. D1 leaves a week earlier than D2 (Mica-girl) and we were up at D1’s apartment today helping her set things up. It turns out that no one in Shepherdstown, WV, gets mail delivered to their house, everyone needs a PO box (and even UPS packages are delivered there). So extremely small town and quaint! Luckily, PO boxes are less than $5 a month to rent there.</p>
<p>D2 has been a bit lazy in our house this summer. I’ve reached the - throw all her krap into her room and leave threatening notices stage- occasionally giving lectures that are me restraining myself from yelling - I need you to get off your a$$, now! She has several unfinished projects taking over vast amounts of space and time is running short. No idea where she is right now (and I know where she should be - cleaning her room!). True, she was working more than full-time but the time she spent at home seemed to be all wallowing about and leaving stuff around. </p>
<p>So, I’m conflicted. I will be relieved with the peace and quiet and order that will come in just two weeks, but I will miss us all being together too. With their own apartments, they don’t really have to come home again and we all know it.</p>
<p>I haven’t checked Cooper Hewitt for what is up. it’s pouring rain and I had to do vacationing friend’s pet fish and plants duty.
fish
I was told feed only one pinch fish food at the time, make sure every bits are gone before add another pinch. do not have to worry which guy gets more food, it balance out fine in the end(how?) check the thermometer. if it is above 85-sh, put some ice cube.
plants
squirt water into every pots that are hanging with squirting bottle. give one jam jar full each to the ones outside (rained, don’t need)
^ that’s all fine but trouble is to get into their place.
as typical walk-up apartment in the city, they’d have three locks.
top and bottom are deadbolt heavy duty ones, need some knuck to turn the key to get the drum just so at the right angle. If you are doing it everyday, it is nothing.
but theirs are those “tricky sticky” ones if you know what I mean.
I did practice before while they are at home and gave me thru lesson.
“no, you have to kinda press down, your palm facing down! no, that one goes lefty-losey”
so I thought I did mastered.
I didn’t.
I was jiggling turning forever twenty or so minutes and almost gave up. call up the family and tell them the fish would starve or need to get locksmith?
then someone lives in the same building comes up and look at me suspiciously.
I tell the problem and at only one try, he opens all the locks.
Is it me or is it him?
fish is fed. now I wonder which floor does that guy(=the savor) live?
it’s one of those brownstones do not have fire escape in the front, but windows have wide ledges that if he’d ever try, could get into my friend’s place from some high windows left open so fish won’t get boiled (it almost happened last year, so I heard. one angelfish’s stripe faded in 90 degree water)
now that I had GAVE AWAY that THEY are AWAY long enuff to ask someone to feed FISH!!!</p>
<p>here, people don’t talk to neighbours. sometimes we don’t even know who lives in the next door apartment. can’t trust doormen, supers, handymen, police, nannies or ex-es.
oooppps
not to scare you, love.
I am sure they’d be back before anything goes wrong. (assuming I can open those locks)</p>
<p>gawk! it became giant post.^
what I wanted to say is, I did look up ID designers I could see the names and found out that they are either US born or immigrant.
this means ipod guy can not be on the US stamp? how silly if that is so.
here from wikipedia about ipod guy, Jonathan Ive, Commander of British Empire.</p>
<p>-The work and principles of Dieter Rams, the Chief of Design at Braun from 1961 until 1995, have influenced Ive’s work. Obvious evidence of Rams’ influence on Apple products can be seen in the appearance of the calculator application included in iOS, which mimics the appearance of the 1987 Braun ET 66 calculator designed by Rams and Dietrich Lubs. In Gary Hustwit’s documentary film Objectified (2009), Rams states that Apple is the only company designing products according to Rams’ ten principles to “good design”</p>
<p>bears:
I did worried much more than last year! But feel nothing I can do.
One day D was talking about her friends find a place 3 block away from school and cost $2300 (two bedroom), she is SO HAPPY about how cheap her place is! I told her I wish she could live three block away… I just feel it worth the money to live in a safe and close place.
I did try to get her roommates parent contact number so that I may can contact them to team up to move them back near school but she didn’t give me the number.
Planning to buy pepperspray now.
Feel sad but maybe I worried too much :—(</p>
<p>there there
more good thing for Bushwick. It’s one of big-shot gallery that shows weird art.
expand to Bklyn in Nov.
[Chelsea</a> Gallery Expands Into Bushwick - WNYC Culture](<a href=“WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News”>WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News)</p>
<p>loveblue…she will be fine. She has shown a lot of good judgement in so many things so you have to trust that she will remain smart and mature about her safety. The pepper spray is for your peace of mind so tell her to have it with her at all times including the studio. Years of Karate…and I mean many years…made me much more sensitive to women’s safety. As an instructor I had lots of women come in to take karate classes for self defense reasons–some were just worried and some had suffered an attack. The main goal of our classes was to teach them to avoid getting in a situation where they felt they needed to use karate. Women alone on a street need to avoid having a man getting close enough to grab them…hence my firm belief that pepper spray is every woman’s friend. Good for bad men, good for angry street dogs (Ecuador!). …if she has to be alone on the street, she should have the pepper spray in hand.</p>
<p>Bears:
Thanks for the link!
famm:
You are right. She should be just fine. It is a good idea to suggest her to learn Karate, but not sure if it work :—) She is so thin and no strength at all. But still, will suggest it to her.</p>
<p>I am a person easy to worry. When I was in high school, my brother , in junior high, went to watch a movie. When it was the time he got to be home but he didn’t show up. I started to worry and later could not stand. I walked along the street to make sure nothing bad happen on the street and then came home to wait. Finally he got home, told me he changed his mind and watched another movie, of course that make my timing stop working. In the mean time my mom didn’t have any worry at all. It is funny to think of it now.</p>
<p>Love I am a huge worrier too. I am not happy about where the kids are living. But your d has good habits. She gets her work done in the daylight hours and stays home in the evenings. I am sure she will be fine. Tell her to travel in groups.</p>
<p>Friday is here, wish we all have a good weekend!</p>
<p>Feel funny to share this. D gave me a lesson this week :–)
D: After watch the GOP, I decided to support Ron Paul
me:Why?
D: 1. I love all his talking in GOP interview; 2. He is consistent, didn’t conflict with himself; and I agree with all his opinions
me: I don’t think he can win,it seems like you supported a loser again.
D: You need to follow you heart and support the person you trust
me: That makes sense
D: mom, you need to take responsibility and truly vote for the person you think he can bring the country back on track.You need to be more seriously
me: oh, ok, I will watch more news and try harder
D: …</p>
<p>This conversation makes me feel SO FUNNY. I post it here so that you all can have a nice laugh.
Share a link D send me this week:</p>
<p>[Jon</a> Stewart: What’s With TV’s Bias Against Ron Paul? - Conor Friedersdorf - Politics - The Atlantic](<a href=“Jon Stewart: What's With TV's Bias Against Ron Paul? - The Atlantic”>Jon Stewart: What's With TV's Bias Against Ron Paul? - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>switters: thanks and hope all of them live in bushwick will be fine. We have a prayer meeting and I added D’s safety so that many people will pray for her safety.</p>
<p>Hi loveblue:
I don’t like to get into politics here but I would just recommend that you tell your daughter to google the following: Ron Paul racism
and really check into his past before she puts all her trust in him, his idea of putting the country back on track might include some “back-tracking” in areas where we don’t need to be heading back to the past.</p>
<p>Hi to everyone
Have been busy and out of computer range for awhile. Hope all launching is going well, Bears when do you leave for the launching?
Remember “space bags” that’s my advice, I’m even using them for my own packing now and it’s amazing how much stuff you can get into a suitcase. Of course the suitcase weighs twice as much and you can’t lift it but isn’t that what wheels on suitcases were invented for?</p>
<p>I feel funny of her “education” to me. I didn’t mean to bring up political here.
But, I did. will not mention political anymore</p>
<p>loveblue, don’t feel bad! Your daughter is at a very idealistic age when it comes to politics (unlike us cynical old codgers) and artsmarts was just giving you a tool to help her temper her idealism with some sharper-eyed fact checking. Soon, our children will be educating us in all sorts of ways!</p>
<p>Loveblue
My mother loves to remind me how I used to come home years before I had received an official paycheck (did a lot of non-official work in high school). But before I had ever paid taxes, worked a full time job while paying for rent, food, sundry items, you know the drill…well I guess (or so my mother claims) I used to come home and give her tons of political advice as well as just advice on life in general…and with total self-assurance. I can relate to your daughter, although I’m still not sure I was that idealistic or so sure of myself, I think my mother’s making this up! LOL!</p>
<p>I had missed this post of yours earlier. Yes, Greenwitch is right, I just think a lot of young people should check out this particular politician’s background more thoroughly as some of his message seems to be appealing to him. My problem is that being an old codger I know more of his background from (ahemmm) years ago, not that I’m as old as he is, just almost! I’m hoping you didn’t feel like I was criticizing you, would never do that. You can say whatever you want on these threads as far as I’m concerned. Your story was entertaining and in fact reminded me of something my mother claims I used to do. See my post below.</p>
<p>And this is why I should never post before my first cup of coffee.
“his message seems to be appealing to him”
should read
“his message seems to be appealing to them”</p>
<p>Hit that edit button and no one will know! It’s especially useful if you double-post (so embarrassing… ). You can hit “edit” and just delete the whole extra post and add something inane like, ‘bump…10char’ as if you meant that all along.</p>
<p>artsmarts:
thanks for you suggestion and I will talk to D when she share with me her opinion …
I did think I shouldn’t post anything related to political here. when I wrote it, I feel it is some kind of fun thing and want to give moms a laugh in the weekend.
I saw your and greenwich’s post at work but today I was too busy, didn’t have a chance to write anything.
I know you are first year launcher, you must be very busy. Hope everything going smoothly. It is hard for them to live alone. After I launch last year, my friend suggested me to fly back to visit her in Oct. I still remember she hold on me and cried so hard before I leave. It is in Hotel, not public.
I appreciate your frank opinion and we are here to share and help each other.</p>
<p>Last weekend I was super busy, read all kinds of information online about bushwick, D will live there soon. Worry never ending. The second year, I don’t need to worry about her study,independent life such as cooking and laundry, but safety pop up.</p>
<p>loveblue…congratulations about having a D that cares about politics, her country, anything…I am as far away from Ron Paul as you can get but I would love to have a kid who cares enough to try to find a candidate that he/she could support. Witness this weekend with my S who refuses (along with husband) to register to vote. I am a govt employee so I can’t get involved in campaigns but i am quite passionate about local government in particular and read all the information, follow the gossip about the school board, county board, state legislature…just love the stuff…anyway, we have a relatively hot contest in several primary elections tomorrow…we keep getting calls and I said to one, yes, I will vote and will vote for your candidate but talk to my S who wont even register…so S looks peeved but takes phone and starts saying how it seems so useless to vote and then says thanks, you’re right and hangs up…he looks shaken…phone person was a vietnam vet and had asked him…“so you don’t think it is worth exercising the right to vote…even though men and women haved served and died so that you would have that right…” S says he will go with me to the polls tomorrow and find out how to register. D was temporarily interested in politics during the last presidential election but her criteria for determining support was based entirely on looks and dress. She definitely had a bit of a crush on Obama but his recent graying hair has been a major turnoff. She also says she would like someone who gets angry sometimes and not always mr. nice guy…hmmm…makes me wonder about her taste in boyfriends as well as elected officials.</p>
<p>I think one of the neat things about CC is that there are a lot of different political/social views amongst us but the different perspective as well as shared concerns (safe dorm locations? teen sleep habits? launchees? broken retainers? ?)that make our conversations on the forums so interesting. </p>
<p>Just had major earthquake in DC. It was as bad as any I had felt i Ecuador or Mexico. Sad to say we were all so happy to find out it wasn’t the metro being blown up under our feet that people are quite giddy with relief.</p>
<p>Haha, your daughter is turned off by Obama’s gray hair. That is so funny. Maybe she doesn’t really want anger, she wants Obama to find his fire again and start scorching a little (don’t we all?).</p>
<p>We had a mini-earthquake here last year, centered at Germantown, MD. I met someone from Germantown later that day and he told me lived in a town house and had woken up thinking his “heavyset neighbor had fallen down the stairs”. I was thinking about that neighbor today when the shaking started! It gave a rather comical edge to the earthquake. </p>
<p>My D2 is very political. She worked for an environmental organization this summer and was invited to go to some passive resistance camp over Labor Day weekend. Only problem is that school will have started and she’s sure to be swamped with work! Ugh, art homework is not something you can take with you easily either. She really, really wants to go but I’m conflicted. On the one hand, school is more important, on the other hand, there are many possibilities, especially if this is where her heart is.</p>
<p>famm:
your poster is entertaining and I love the way you made you S get involved. I don’t care who my D support, I feel it is important for her to be part of it.
greenwich:
if my D want to get involved more, i will encourage her. This is the opportunity for them to practice leadership and organize something. whoever they support, they need to find a way to get more people support that person.
I am not worry about D’s political view. She was so democratic and then republic and now I am not sure which side she stand for. She did ask me can she donate $25 to Ron Paul and I said yes if you really want to. She did said she may find more way to support him after she get back to New York, and I told her go ahead. my D is really shy and I don’t think she will do it, but if she want to support the campaign, I will encourage her. This process is valuable. Think about they use their art,writing or speech to do something outside of classroom. that is good experience.
Just like I said Ron Paul don’t have a chance, like my joking with her that she is supporting a loser again but that doesn’t matter.</p>