fall in Wisconsin means putting away the summer clothes

[chanter1944]

Good grief, that's a bit depressing. The summeriest (shoosh, that's a word) of the lot are now in a drawer, and the long sleeves and lighter sweaters are out. Ah well, I knew it had to happen. Flannel sheets come later.

Made it to the Obama rally at the UW on Thursday. Good lord what a crowd! It was pretty marvelous once speaking actually started happening - Tammy Baldwin's crack about Tommy Thompson had meimichan and I in stitches! The two+ hours of iffy music weren't all that fun, though, nor was sitting on rocks. It beat being separated, anyway. Getting home was rather a zoo, understandably, though meimichan hitting the deck on University courtesy the uneven sidewalk and re-twisting her twisted foot was definitely a scary moment. The circle of concerned pedestrians who quickly gathered around - at least two people donated their bottles of water to the limping wounded - was oh so very Wisconsin, seriously. Yes, Meimichan was able to get up and walk in a fairly short time, if painfully so, and I discovered that one of the friendly passersby was the wife of the professor who taught me cross-cultural comm and communication and gender in college. Huh, small world.

Still no word from the job I applied for in Middleton. Calling yesterday morning got me the news that the HR person is out until Monday, so leave a message or call again. I'll call again. WPR hasn't let me know anything yet either, though that's a touch more recent of an application. If neither of those jobs pans out, I'm just going to find work in a call center as a stopgap while looking for something closer to my field. Blah.

In rather better news, the loop antenna birthday gift works quite well. Took it to the capitol lawn at one point and got a few interesting catches, though I'd really need to dangle it from a tree branch or something to get the best effect. I'm contemplating taking the whole rig home when next I head marshwards and using the clothesline in the backyard as an impromptu temporary antenna mount. We'll see. Finally got Algeria on SW! Thank you, Monitoring Times blog, for cluing me in that the reason I hadn't been able to pull their signal in up to now wasn't to do with weak signals at all... they just hadn't been active on shortwave! Muchas gracias for the activity notice and frequency info; they were booming in when I caught them! I am definitely QSLing them when I can find a valid address.

Currently freezing my toes off. Must. make. coffee.

Comments

[meimichan]

I don't remember anyone offering water, was that when I was still enjoying the comfort of the deck? I really hate taking spills like that. Foot's probably going to live, it's been in an Ace bandage all weekend and Jason's doing more housecleaning than I am because standing and walking is more than a bit painful. No bruising and my foot only hurts if I try using it. It's putting a major crimp in my workout routines and now I have burger guilt from lunch. =P

I think everyone I've talked to who was at the rally agrees. The music was crap and they needed a longer playlist. We got to listen to the same crap songs over and over and over again.

Now I want a brownie. Maybe a Bloody Mary instead?

Longest comment EVER. =P

[chanter1944]

The offers of water were from two people off to my right, and I think yes, you were still acquainting yourself with the sidewalk at the time. I thought the water at least got to you, though. Shards.

Ouch, foot! :(

Some of the songs on that playlist were replays from the 2010 rally! Aieeee. I've heard worse, but I've also heard better. It would've been less of an issue if we hadn't been sitting there song after song. Ugh.

If you're making brownies, I'm snagging one. :P

[meimichan]

I didn't make brownies, but I do now have a ton of fresh veggies you can snag. Went to the gleaning event at the CSA. Came back with 2 boxes of food. God how am I going to cook all of this, I'm going to be in Madison or my car 11+ hours a day now.

Foot gets a footbath. Gleaning and then Target about did me in. I hope I spend most of tomorrow sitting down.

[jewelledfairy.livejournal.com]

Cross-Cultural Communication was one of my favorite classes in college! I don't think we had the same prof., though. Mine was a woman, but I can't recall the name.