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Hugh Probably Doesn't Like Skunks.
Spent most of the day visiting with friends, which was fun and relaxing. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dxmachina, helvirago, veejane, and the rarely-seen-on-LJ ellenbs went to see a mutual friend who's hospitalized in MGH, so we spent most of the afternoon in the common room on her floor, playing first Munchkin and later dominoes (which I've never played before -- fun!) and chattering like mad things about this and that.
Later we went over tohelvirago's apartment and ate Chinese food, and watched some of the videos that I lent her -- my tape of Headstones videos and interviews, as well as the Degrassi episodes that heuradys sent me. Being that helvirago is the one that first showed me Hard Core Logo, it only seems fair that I can in turn let her share the Hugh love.
Ed and Ellen were pretty tolerant of the Headstones vids, and indulgently let me and Hel laugh ourselves sick during the Much Music segment early on the tape where Hugh gets interviewed by -- literally -- a foul-mouthed sock puppet. Which to me is probably in the Top Ten Surreal Rockstar Career Incidents ever. It probably doesn't hurt that the Headstones are in fact a pretty good band who make listenable if not pop-ish music, and have cool vids besides.
(Okay, so there were a couple jokes about 'Mr. Carrots' but it was purely affectionate. I can tell.)
I got going at a reasonable hour... and evidently missedsilverakira and others in the Davis Square T station by, like, minutes. Because I was there at almost precisely 11 PM, and I know because I checked my watch to see how much time there was until the 11:20 bus that would take me down Highland, and I decided to forget it and walk, so I left by the other end of the station. If I'd waited for the bus, I'd have been sitting right there when brooklinegirl and byob_kenobi walked up... which would have been so stalker-y-feeling I'd have been embarrassed, even if it was pure coincidence.
On my walk home, the route skirts along a hillside, so that some of the houses are significantly above the sidewalk, so there are a number of raised front garden beds with some really nice elaborate arrangements. As I'm loping along, playing my Zire at full blast (in fact, I think it was "Pretty Little Death Song" playing), I notice a movement out of the corner of my eye in one of these... and lo & behold, it's a junior-sized skunk trundling through the plantings -- I could literally have reached over and petted the unaware critter.
However, common sense is strong in me so I resisted the temptation and moved off right quick, even though it looked so temptingly furry and neatly groomed for a wild animal! You can not imagine how cute a teenage skunk is, provided you're downwind, anyway.
Today, I have to get back to the hospital because I promised my friend some Wonderfalls vids that she can play with Windows Media Player, plus the tape of Stargate from Friday, so that should be a bit of fun, too.
dxmachina, helvirago, veejane, and the rarely-seen-on-LJ ellenbs went to see a mutual friend who's hospitalized in MGH, so we spent most of the afternoon in the common room on her floor, playing first Munchkin and later dominoes (which I've never played before -- fun!) and chattering like mad things about this and that.Later we went over to
helvirago's apartment and ate Chinese food, and watched some of the videos that I lent her -- my tape of Headstones videos and interviews, as well as the Degrassi episodes that heuradys sent me. Being that helvirago is the one that first showed me Hard Core Logo, it only seems fair that I can in turn let her share the Hugh love.Ed and Ellen were pretty tolerant of the Headstones vids, and indulgently let me and Hel laugh ourselves sick during the Much Music segment early on the tape where Hugh gets interviewed by -- literally -- a foul-mouthed sock puppet. Which to me is probably in the Top Ten Surreal Rockstar Career Incidents ever. It probably doesn't hurt that the Headstones are in fact a pretty good band who make listenable if not pop-ish music, and have cool vids besides.
(Okay, so there were a couple jokes about 'Mr. Carrots' but it was purely affectionate. I can tell.)
I got going at a reasonable hour... and evidently missed
silverakira and others in the Davis Square T station by, like, minutes. Because I was there at almost precisely 11 PM, and I know because I checked my watch to see how much time there was until the 11:20 bus that would take me down Highland, and I decided to forget it and walk, so I left by the other end of the station. If I'd waited for the bus, I'd have been sitting right there when brooklinegirl and byob_kenobi walked up... which would have been so stalker-y-feeling I'd have been embarrassed, even if it was pure coincidence.On my walk home, the route skirts along a hillside, so that some of the houses are significantly above the sidewalk, so there are a number of raised front garden beds with some really nice elaborate arrangements. As I'm loping along, playing my Zire at full blast (in fact, I think it was "Pretty Little Death Song" playing), I notice a movement out of the corner of my eye in one of these... and lo & behold, it's a junior-sized skunk trundling through the plantings -- I could literally have reached over and petted the unaware critter.
However, common sense is strong in me so I resisted the temptation and moved off right quick, even though it looked so temptingly furry and neatly groomed for a wild animal! You can not imagine how cute a teenage skunk is, provided you're downwind, anyway.
Today, I have to get back to the hospital because I promised my friend some Wonderfalls vids that she can play with Windows Media Player, plus the tape of Stargate from Friday, so that should be a bit of fun, too.
lynnmonster likes skunks
I fondly remember a little parade through my parents' backyard of a mama skunk and her three fuzzy babies following her in a straight line past the rhododendron...
Anyway, sounds like you had fun!
Re: lynnmonster likes skunks
There are various sites that have details about obtaining and keeping pet skunks. The ones that are breeder "discards" (they don't all have uniform markings) are quite legal to own. If I didn't have a roommate who would violently object, and far too many cats likewise....
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You gotta love a foul-thmouthed, cigar-smoking, sock puppet. Unless he's the vice-president of the United States.
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I think I saw Tom this afternoon on the corner near the Dunkin Donuts. At least there was a red-haired guy on his way to the laundromat! I beeped, but he didn't seem to recognize me....
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We had to stop our car and wait when coming home one night while three baby skunks literally danced around in the road and chased one another in circles for about 15 minutes, paying no attention to the car sitting there lighting them with the headlights.
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