seriously?

[rm]

Did I really get hassled about my gender identity on the subway this morning by two junior high kids watching porn on a portable DVD player?????

Yes. Yes I did.

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[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

And robot maids! And food in pill form!

[rm.livejournal.com]

I would NEVER do food in pill form. I am so into food.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want to do pill food on a regular basis, but it would be nice for road trips and backpacking.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Blasphemy! Nothing is as much fun as a hunt for exotic-to-you comestibles, or packing a car picnic. (Or gorp along the trail.)

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Exotic-to-you comestibles are indeed very nice, but food pills would sure be handy when passing through empty placed like west Texas - it's the only place I've ever been in my life where I couldn't pick up a single FM radio signal.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

That's what the emergency stash of granola bars is for.

Yeah, going through the desolate, I can see not wanting to rely on (nonexistent) local sources.

OTOH, eating helps with alertness. Driving through wide-open spaces can be deathly boring.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Driving through wide-open spaces can be deathly boring.

Definitely. A place needs a certain number of towns or a certain amount of scenery to be enjoyable to road trip through. West Texas fails on both counts, as does northern Iowa.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

I love "This American Life" recordings for this.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea. Now that I have the technology (last time I drove through west Texas I was in a car that didn't even have a cassette player), I like episodes of Folk Alley and Folkcast for travelling.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Moral of this story: Don't go to West Texas.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I once took a bus from NYC to Austin. I still feel damaged by it.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

As my grandmother used to say, "well what would you want to do a thing like that for?"

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ass broke. Had a wedding to attend under complicated circumstances in which I was feeling the need to passive-aggressively honor the moment. I'm not kidding when I write about my preoccupation with the idea of the ordeal.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I'm not kidding when I write about my preoccupation with the idea of the ordeal.



Oh, I get it.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, if you live in New Orleans and want to go to the Grand Canyon, Texas is pretty much the only thing between where you are and where you want to be. But I've never gone back, after that one time.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

Usually I am in favor of "shortest possible distance" trips, but in that case I'd be tempted to detour. It's like the Bermuda Triangle in there.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Given my druthers I'd definitely detour. But on that trip we had enough time and money to drive straight from New Orleans to the Canyon, spend half a day there, and then drive straight back. As it happened, our car broke down in Albuquerque, we ended up coming back late and over budget, and I never did get to see the Canyon. I did get to see Carlsbad Cavern on the way back, though, so that was a nice consolation prize.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered about the "and all the food will be pills!" concept. Have they not noticed not only the volume needed to feel full but the many, many, many social rituals based around food? Even if we could do meals in pills a la Willy Wonka, it's never gonna take off.

[liminalia.livejournal.com]

Japan already has robot maids, and we have roombas.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Just did some looking up on the Japanese robot maids. Those are pretty spiffy, though they've still got a way to go before they could complete with Rosie.