xylophonic unicycles.
Jan. 20th, 2010 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serynI was awakened by a loud xylophone at my window. It turned out to be rain pinging against the sash so hard that it was raining in and bouncing off the miniblinds.
I was taking my towels and rags down to wash and in the elevator a neighbor, visibly younger than I am but not a child, apologized for cursing in front of me. I know other women get uptight about being ma'am-ed because it makes them feel old. But for me, I've always understood it as "miss" being someone under 13-15, a child. Ma'am is short for madam, which is a woman of marriageable age. So I never found ma'am to be offensive. I felt really old because the man felt like cursing was inappropriate in front of the "lady". If we could just get the kindergartners who curse the crossing guards to have the same attitude I'd be happy... but I'm not so old that someone saying "fuck" in a shocked whisper offends me. [I'd been explaining why I had a large basket of wet rags and suggested he might want to check under his own blinds.]
I took myself out for a nice lunch after dealing with all that.. where I was "miss"ed by the server. Someone really should standardize that nomenclature because I was actually a little offended while consciously realizing it wasn't intended to cause offense.
I spent the time waiting for my food wondering why bicycles come in that shape. The whole chain transfer of applied power to the wheels isn't all that whippy and the wide spacing between the wheels is bad for posture and "share the road". If the rider stood over the drive wheel, and some form of auxiliary wheels for stability (ie training wheels, but larger) we could have something much more portable. I guess steering would be a problem. But I think we should be looking into creating a stabilized unicycle concept.
I'm also wondering why sheets and blankets are so damned narrow. Every time I get into bed, the edge rides up and leaves a gap. But the blanket is about 3 feet longer than it should be because I don't use it as a bedspread. I've tried turning the blanket the other way, but the bedcovers I have seem to be mostly square. I have a king-size blanket, but it's ridiculously long and wide enough that it touches the floor, which is too much since it gets tangled and traps me.
I remembered, finally, to send off the rebate for my mixer.
Now. I need to re-make the bed and see about the nap that has been calling my name since the unfortunate musical concert this morning.
I was taking my towels and rags down to wash and in the elevator a neighbor, visibly younger than I am but not a child, apologized for cursing in front of me. I know other women get uptight about being ma'am-ed because it makes them feel old. But for me, I've always understood it as "miss" being someone under 13-15, a child. Ma'am is short for madam, which is a woman of marriageable age. So I never found ma'am to be offensive. I felt really old because the man felt like cursing was inappropriate in front of the "lady". If we could just get the kindergartners who curse the crossing guards to have the same attitude I'd be happy... but I'm not so old that someone saying "fuck" in a shocked whisper offends me. [I'd been explaining why I had a large basket of wet rags and suggested he might want to check under his own blinds.]
I took myself out for a nice lunch after dealing with all that.. where I was "miss"ed by the server. Someone really should standardize that nomenclature because I was actually a little offended while consciously realizing it wasn't intended to cause offense.
I spent the time waiting for my food wondering why bicycles come in that shape. The whole chain transfer of applied power to the wheels isn't all that whippy and the wide spacing between the wheels is bad for posture and "share the road". If the rider stood over the drive wheel, and some form of auxiliary wheels for stability (ie training wheels, but larger) we could have something much more portable. I guess steering would be a problem. But I think we should be looking into creating a stabilized unicycle concept.
I'm also wondering why sheets and blankets are so damned narrow. Every time I get into bed, the edge rides up and leaves a gap. But the blanket is about 3 feet longer than it should be because I don't use it as a bedspread. I've tried turning the blanket the other way, but the bedcovers I have seem to be mostly square. I have a king-size blanket, but it's ridiculously long and wide enough that it touches the floor, which is too much since it gets tangled and traps me.
I remembered, finally, to send off the rebate for my mixer.
Now. I need to re-make the bed and see about the nap that has been calling my name since the unfortunate musical concert this morning.
