Hortus Deliciarum

Seattle is roasting. By roasting, I mean that yesterday we went blazing past the previous all-time record high temperature of 100, laughed at it mockingly, and planted ourselves firmly on the thermometer at 103. In my own little Seattle suburb it was 104. I pity my sister in Portland more – it [...]

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Yes, Alanis, unlike you I recognize irony when I see it.
Irony is tapdancing with joy when I left Syracuse because they were headed for a “heat wave” of 85 degrees this week and I was returning to the grey, cloudy Pacific Northwest…only for the forecast high today in Syracuse to be 83 and the current [...]

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My plane flew through the dark skies of the northern US late on Saturday night. I’d tried to get an aisle seat, if only because it’s easier, as a fat woman, to not encroach on people even a little when I can lean out slightly into the aisle. I didn’t get one, though, [...]

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No, indeed, I did not crash (although in the air incident theme that appears to be pervading my week, 35 SU students studying abroad were killed in the Pan Am Lockerbie crash and there’s a very poignant memorial on campus). I’ve been in 9-5 (more like 9 AM to 10/11 PM) intensive classes that [...]

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And to everyone who thought I was just being silly in yesterday’s post. First item on the BBC news page this morning?
Iranian plane crash.
Dude.
Just…dude.
I guess, statistically speaking, that kinda sorta (but not really) makes it less likely that my planes will go down tomorrow or next Saturday?
And how horrible is that to [...]

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Entry may be upsetting to those with a fear of flying.
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Flying makes me anxious. I think I’ve said that before. I like the principle of it and I like seeing things far below…I do not like turbulence. I do not like picturing bits of plane plummeting to the ground in [...]

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I clearly picked the wrong country to live in. I should move right back to Burkina Faso!
Amusingly enough, they’re not wrong about the way that many African men find large women attractive. I’ve lived in several different places where there were large numbers of African immigrants. The only time I get hit [...]

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I actually really dislike the term “boob nazis,” much as I generally dislike the way the term “Nazis” gets tacked onto anything that seems even vaguely restrictive, never mind the actual connotations of the word, which are far more sinister.
I recently discovered one woman who changed my mind slightly, however…

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It’s been a slow news week. That is to say, a slow news week in my personal life. In the greater world, of course, stars seem to be dropping left and right, as do planes, which is beautifully reassuring for someone with a mild flying phobia who is on FOUR planes later this [...]

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I’ve been quiet this week. That’s mostly because my life has been insanely busy, popping around to various appointments (missing one with the chiropractor inadvertently) and trying to be a productive member of society (highly overrated, by the way).
Am restraining myself from compulsively clicking on the “Track it” link for the parcel containing my [...]

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