Michele Grant (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} opadit) wrote,@ 2008-05-04 11:19:00 |
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weekend accomplishments
- They're putting a new mural on the firehouse across the street, on the South Street side. I brought Eleanor around after her clay studio class, and she painted a little bit of it. They'd marked it out in a grid then put paint-by-numbers marks on all the sections. Anybody walking down the street was welcome to participate, and there was popcorn, pizza, and a DJ. Eleanor did some "number 5," which was an ocher-brown and will be part of W.E.B. DuBois's desk.
- On the way to the supermarket yesterday, I got yelled at by some jerk outside Whole Foods soliciting money for City Chase, which is some kind of urban scavenger hunt. He said vaguely that he was collecting money for the environment. I apologized and kept walking. He said, "Oh, I know all about the economy." I wheeled on him and told him I'd apologized politely and would appreciate the same courtesy from him. He said, "Oh, you may go," and waved me away. What a jerk. Later, when my cashier asked me how I was, I answered, "Well, I could do without the fundraisers outside," and told her how rude the guy was. Was I rude like that when I tried to get signatures on petitions at that age?
- In cheerier news, Headhouse farmers' market opened today. I got some nice local blue cheese; some thyme, marjoram, and tarragon plants for the window boxes; and a free promo coffee mug exhorting me to eat my 5 fruits and veggies per day.
- Laundry. Basically, my weekends are determined by my laundry schedule.
- They're putting a new mural on the firehouse across the street, on the South Street side. I brought Eleanor around after her clay studio class, and she painted a little bit of it. They'd marked it out in a grid then put paint-by-numbers marks on all the sections. Anybody walking down the street was welcome to participate, and there was popcorn, pizza, and a DJ. Eleanor did some "number 5," which was an ocher-brown and will be part of W.E.B. DuBois's desk.
- On the way to the supermarket yesterday, I got yelled at by some jerk outside Whole Foods soliciting money for City Chase, which is some kind of urban scavenger hunt. He said vaguely that he was collecting money for the environment. I apologized and kept walking. He said, "Oh, I know all about the economy." I wheeled on him and told him I'd apologized politely and would appreciate the same courtesy from him. He said, "Oh, you may go," and waved me away. What a jerk. Later, when my cashier asked me how I was, I answered, "Well, I could do without the fundraisers outside," and told her how rude the guy was. Was I rude like that when I tried to get signatures on petitions at that age?
- In cheerier news, Headhouse farmers' market opened today. I got some nice local blue cheese; some thyme, marjoram, and tarragon plants for the window boxes; and a free promo coffee mug exhorting me to eat my 5 fruits and veggies per day.
- Laundry. Basically, my weekends are determined by my laundry schedule.
