Ramblings of the Mildly Insane

teli! Here I am! So very late, but here I am! ::grins::
And I’m here to tell you about my love for Autumn. Ahhhhh. Autumn. ::smiles::

I adore Autumn. The weather turns cool, the leaves change to gorgeous oranges and reds. The air is crisp and clean. It’s just absolutely gorgeous all the time.

And! Autumn has my favorite holiday of all. All Hallow’s Eve. I adore that holiday. I don’t know if it is the history behind it, the fun I have always had on that day, or just hte very energy it holds. In any event, I adore the day so very much. I love to dress up, even though I am getting near 30. But who cares? It’s still very fun. ::smiles::

Autumn is a great time for going on bike rides, for roller blading, for picnics outside. Snuggling with a loved one while watching a sunset (or sunrise! *waggles brows*).

So love this season. (=

PS - thank you, teli, for that lovely recipe for a spaghetti sandwich. I will stalk you for those brownies. Yes, I will. ::giggles::

Hey teli,

First off, thanks for posting on my blog.

Relax. Technically, you’re not the only one who has a Free for All Weekend. For probably three months in a row already, I’ve kept the FFAF open for at least an extra day, although I’ve stuck to the same name.

For me, it’s the timezones. I’m 7 hours ahead of GMT, and that makes it probably 14 hours ahead of all you living in the US. Thus, for the benefit of the participants, I just open my blog up starting from Friday till a good part of Saturday. Doesn’t cost me anything, so why not?

- EndlessTrail

I got my entire arm stuck in one of those crane game machines fishing for a free prize. Ended up with the everyone in the bowling alley crowded around as a nice stranger helped me yank my arm out. And dern if that didn’t hurt like all-get-out.

–Russ Stewart
–propain@thepropain.com
–http://www.thepropain.com/b2blog

I’m feeling greedy today, so I thought I would try all Teli’s ideas :p
Today’s teenagers are nursing hangovers
Okay, it’s not true. I’m not nursing a hangover…but I was a good boy, I had one malibu and coke and a smirnoff ice, and that was it. My friends’, sister leaves for uni tomorrow, I knew her quite well, but anyway, last night was her leaving party. We all managed to dance like idiots and make fools of ourselves. Although I know there was at least one person with a hangover this morning, for certain :p

One time I got my finger stuck in a door and it hurt
That one needs no explaining, and safe to say it was a very heavy door, with one of those self-closing chains, which didn’t help *winces*

There are a lot of creative uses for Cheerios, like _________
I’m afraid you’ve got me stumped. There are no creative uses for Cheerios, in fact there are no uses for Cheerios, they go soggy too darned quickly!

That’s your lot, you might want to pop over to black-heart.co.uk where the FFAF randomness is on all night (or whenever it is, I hate timezones).

Yes, you read that correctly - FFAF is now a weekend long event on Mild Insanity. It’s penance for my late start today - I’ve already added a “FFAF automatically open the blog up” script to my already far too long to do list.

Anyway, moving along - if you’re feeling stumped for topics, you are welcome to take one of the ideas below and run with it:
Today’s teenagers are ____________
One time I got my finger stuck in ________and _______
There are a lot of creative uses for Cheerios, like _________

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Hurricanes are a rarity where I live. It’s due to the fact that I live so far north in the US. By the time the hurricanes reach me, they are usually barely thunderstorms. Tropical Storms and whatnot.

The last one I recall was Hurrican Irene. I think that was the one. Hrmmm. Three falls ago? (Counting this coming fall.) I went out just as she was starting. Like - out in my car. Driving. It was really interesting to do. The rain had not started, it was somewhat windy, and seriously overcast. But the entire area had utterly flipped out. No one was out. Stores were empty. Some places were closed. I was in shock. I had gone out with a friend to get some food. The place where we wanted to eat - a large, national chain mind you - was closed. Shocking. Closed? I do not live in the boondocks. I live outside a major northern east coast city.

Once the storm actually started, it was a wonder to behold. I loved it. Of course, I love storms. More than enamored. Mmm. But - anyway. The storm did not knock out the power to my apartment building for more than a couple hours, really. But - it did get me out of work for an entire week. The school had no power. ::grins::

The whole area just had no idea what to do with itself due to the hurricane. A bunch of wind and rain - and it was worse than snow. It was quite enlightening to see how people reacted to the unusual weather.

So - that’s my story of the most recent hurricane here. Weird.
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This bit of bizarreness brought to you by Barbara of Burning Evanescence.

hello everyone. my name is tracy, and i own everymoment.org.

i’m sure many people share the feeling of frustration when you run into someone that you know looks really familiar.. but you can’t figure out where you know that person from. well this happened to me yesterday. and the strange thing about it was that i am around 5.5 hours away from my home. (i live in milwaukee, and i am staying in minneapolis right now) and the guy was a customer at the apple store that i was visiting (in order to check email and get directions). and then the fact that the guy was a youth pastor from CHICAGO made the story even weirder.

weird eh?

anyways. thanks for reading my random brain leakage. feel free to stop over at everymoment.org and share some of your own brain spewage over there.

I don’t know what it’s like to be in the full force of a hurricane. We get teh leftovers around these parts, but not too often.

Last year, the hurricane remnants came through and turned my neighborhood into an island, but this was an unusual circumstance.

Recently however, there was a day with unusually strong gusts of wind that blew down my next-door neighbor’s huge tree. It landed on her roof. The damage wasn’t extensive, but significant enough to warrant repairs. Of course, they had to remove the tree, and now my yard is in the sun during the morning, which is an interesting twist to get used to after having lived there for so long with the shade, but bad for my lawn.

I hope everyone weathers the hurricane safely. This site isn’t the first FFAFer to allude to the dnagers of impenting hurricanes.

Come FFAF at Asymptomatic!
-Owen

I’ve never been through a hurricane, but strolled on in during the aftermath. I was on my way to visit a bene-friend when the hurricane that I share a name with did its damage. I arrived just in time to experience four days of total seclusion. I wasn’t complaining.

~ Bonnie

I like England. We have boring weather, except in Birmingham, where there was a tornado recently. I would still never want to get caught in a hurricane, not here or abroad. I like my boring weather, and call me old fashioned, but I’d like it to stay that way. And now I’m going to go to bed, and pray for sunshine, because let’s face it bank holidays are always rainy, so let’s have a bit of a change shall we?

Phill - it’s an FFAF bank-holiday bonanza at blackheart.