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[darchildre]

Things:

- It is no longer 90 degree! I am so happy! I wore a sweatshirt for part of yesterday and at no time felt like I was going to fall prey to Sebacean* heat delirium! I am so ready for autumn, you guys!

- Saturday, Dad and Katie (who is visiting, did I mention that?) and I went to a Tacoma Raniers game. Which was hilarious fun. I forget how much I enjoy going to sporting events when I'm not actually at them. I don't find sports on tv all that much fun, but live sports are cool. And Cheney stadium is pretty great, in that there are pretty much no bad seats. I should go to more Raniers games. Sports that don't involve being stuck on a boat with loud inebriated people - pretty awesome.

- Yesterday, la familia drove to Mt St Helens, which was also pretty cool. We bought a ridiculous number of donuts, did some hiking, had a picnic, I ended up telling my mom Norse myths while we hiked, it was pretty great. But long. Very very long. And the thing is, I have discovered yet another thing I cannot do in the car because it makes me feel ill and that is read comics on my phone.

- Y'know what I always wonder? Why is it that reading etc makes me feel sick if I'm in a car but not if I'm on a train? As I understand it, the reason you feel ill is an inner ear thing, right, where your body is sitting still but also moving and somehow visual stimulation that doesn't deal with that causes you to feel sick? But the same thing is happening on a train and yet, I don't get trainsick when I read. It is confusing.

- So this weekend was fun but also full of people and I kinda feel like I should not have to go to work today and should, instead, stay home and read comics and knit. (The day I figure out how to read comics and knit at the same time...that will not be a productive day. Well, under certain definitions of "productive". I'll get a lot of knitting done.) Alas, work is apparently necessary.





*Note: I am not a Sebacean.

Comments

[amethystfirefly]

Maybe the fact that you can't feel the movement on the train as easily keeps you from feeling sick?

[darchildre]

That is probably true.

[aa_banner]

If you could teach CDisplay's slideshow function to move at an appropriate reading speed . . .

[darchildre]

It is a good thing that I'm at work now, or I would totally spend way too much time today futzing with that.

[toft]

I've always figured it was because trains move more smoothly and in a straight line, and because you're higher up and have bigger windows, you can perceive the movement of your body more easily than in a car? I get sick in trains if I'm facing the wrong way or don't have a window, or if the train is bumpy for some reason.

[silveradept]

Ooh, Cheney is quite a nice place, and all the seats are good. And sometimes the home team even wins! If we ever get tickets near each other (not happening any time soon with my finances), it would be fun to wave in passing or something.

[tricksters_queen]

I, too, enjoy sporting events when I am at a live game. On television...eh, not so much... :)
Also, I do the reading makes me sick in a car but not on a train. :)