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Friday organizing and more
Jul. 1st, 2005 09:50 pmAfter the usual lovely start to the day, my Friday was really very nice. I worked hard all morning with Amanda on organizing. We boxed up much of the contents of my wardrobe so I can get it ready to sell. *sob* It is a beautiful piece of furniture, but I just need to real closet. There just isn't any other place in the house where it will fit either. We didn't get it totally finished in 3 hours but I have three wardrobe boxes downstairs, 4-5 large boxes and 2-3 banker's boxes of stuff. Plus three bags of recycle, one bag of trash and another bag for Goodwill. I find myself daunted by the quantity linens that live on top of the wardrobe. We just really don't have storage in this house. What did the Victorians do? Besides not having anywhere as many clothes as I do, I mean. *wry grin*
In the afternoon I continued reading about genetic genealogy. I put Paul's haplotype in Whit's latest haplogroup test and got I1c (or I2) which is a fairly unusual and interesting haplogroup. There are some folks who think it is the indigenous haplogroup in Scotland & Ireland. Others think it came in with the Vikings and some with the Angles. Only time and a lot more testing will tell. I have read way too many debates on the DNA Genealogy list. Said list is getting close to 3,000 messages a month and thus quite unreadable. *sigh* I think genetic genealogy is taking off. Now if only some more of my relations would get tested!
Russell met me at the 5:15 showing of War of the Worlds. They did a good job, it was quite disturbing and scary. Several "boos" got me jumping. Dakota Fanning is really a very good actress. The non-stop action of today's movies is quite a contrast with the storytelling style of the 1953 version. Russell caught the cameo at the end of the 1953 star as the "grandfather". (A quick search reveals the "grandmother" was the female lead.) I would never have noticed. We wandered over to the Grill on the Alley and had appetisers and drinks. I always forget how expensive it is when it isn't Thursday night! We talked about the movie and about the aftermath. The invasion weas over in about a week and 1 in 6 people were gone and also a lot of infrastructure. Would it be better to be in a city where there might be better relief efforts or in the country? The Tom Cruise character was an auto mechanic as well as a longshoreman and likely to be more useful in the aftermath than the new husband who probably was something like a stockbroker. Would I want to survive? Is 1 in 6 enough population reduction to make a real difference in the world? Somehow we go on to BSE and then the parrot movie and the nature films made by the guys who later made King Kong. You probably had to be there... but I love that I can have interesting conversation and great sex with my husband even after 22 years. This is how I always wanted my relationships to work. I am so blessed!
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In the afternoon I continued reading about genetic genealogy. I put Paul's haplotype in Whit's latest haplogroup test and got I1c (or I2) which is a fairly unusual and interesting haplogroup. There are some folks who think it is the indigenous haplogroup in Scotland & Ireland. Others think it came in with the Vikings and some with the Angles. Only time and a lot more testing will tell. I have read way too many debates on the DNA Genealogy list. Said list is getting close to 3,000 messages a month and thus quite unreadable. *sigh* I think genetic genealogy is taking off. Now if only some more of my relations would get tested!
Russell met me at the 5:15 showing of War of the Worlds. They did a good job, it was quite disturbing and scary. Several "boos" got me jumping. Dakota Fanning is really a very good actress. The non-stop action of today's movies is quite a contrast with the storytelling style of the 1953 version. Russell caught the cameo at the end of the 1953 star as the "grandfather". (A quick search reveals the "grandmother" was the female lead.) I would never have noticed. We wandered over to the Grill on the Alley and had appetisers and drinks. I always forget how expensive it is when it isn't Thursday night! We talked about the movie and about the aftermath. The invasion weas over in about a week and 1 in 6 people were gone and also a lot of infrastructure. Would it be better to be in a city where there might be better relief efforts or in the country? The Tom Cruise character was an auto mechanic as well as a longshoreman and likely to be more useful in the aftermath than the new husband who probably was something like a stockbroker. Would I want to survive? Is 1 in 6 enough population reduction to make a real difference in the world? Somehow we go on to BSE and then the parrot movie and the nature films made by the guys who later made King Kong. You probably had to be there... but I love that I can have interesting conversation and great sex with my husband even after 22 years. This is how I always wanted my relationships to work. I am so blessed!
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