sign of the times || random

I was walking down the hall today and saw a little project that someone did for school. It was one of those cute "what do your parents do at work?" things, complete with a scribbled drawing on the top and misshapen letters on super-sized, double-lined writing paper. A few sentences in, she says something about her dad's "awsome office", and I thought to myself, "People say 'awesome' in first grade nowadays?" It was always so odd to say "awesome" when I was that age, you know, back when "awesome" was still a surf's-up, hang-ten kind of word, but I guess it really is more common now.

My generation's it word was definitely "cool", and I say it often enough. I say "awesome", too, but that's just because I'm highly suggestible, and I'm a product of society. :D I wish I were in the generation of "gnarly", because as it is now, I'm the only one who giggles when someone describes a tree that way.


They've restocked the coffee room with hot chocolate. THANK GOD. Coffee is putrid. How anyone can drink it black is beyond me.

[lovespam] Let me tell you about minkyleigh...

minkyleigh lives in Japan. ThatjerkI'msojealousbutshe'ssupercoolanyway.


I first met minkyleigh when she started sharing Flower Place scanlations with tori_shishi and other comms. It was incredibly generous, and I was yoied by her bigi, so I wanted to maybe perhaps get to know the face behind the happy scans. Friending her involved reading her userinfo, though, and that began with a realization that she's Canadian.

We haven't been friends for too long, so the beginnings of such a beautiful friendship -- and the realization of such Canadianness -- are quite fresh in my mind. Just thinking about thinking about that day reminds me of ( this )

which reminds me of ( this )

which reminds me of ( this )

which reminds me of ( this )

which is something that you all know I feel very strongly about.

But I don't think you get just how significant this connection is. It's kind of ridiculously important. It deserves ( a flowchart. )

But that's not all! Along with being cool enough to get a flowchart, there are plenty of little things that put minkyleigh on top of the chain of cool! ( Here are some examples: )

So yeah. You can't deny that she's prettyfrickin'sweet. And even if my hand can't truly express it, I'll always appreciate ( the prettyfrickin'sweetness of )

minkyleigh!

Much, much love! ♥