3 words meme
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potofsoupThe meme's been floating around, and I got 3 words from umadoshi:
1) concrete
I always get concrete confused with cement??? It's weird to me that some people call the sidewalk "concrete", or "pavement"? Anyways, I remember I was talking to some Chinese-British person in Beijing once and she said either concrete or pavement to mean "sidewalk" and I was like "whoa, I've never heard someone say that irl".
I think nowadays I use the word most frequently when I'm explaining to parents that their student is still a rather concrete thinker and need to move beyond a simple topical argument structure.
2) ivy
There's some ivy in my backyard that I want to get rid of, along with a tree stump. So I asked the tree stump removal guy whether he can get rid of the ivy for me, too, and he gave me a quote for $900? So yeah, I'm removing that ivy myself. Which turns out to be pretty easy! So maybe I should pay myself a hefty sum for all of my hard work. ;)
I think the first time I encountered fictional girl-girl kissing was Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
3) goldfish
I had a goldfish when I was little, because I wanted a pet. I think my parents went to Walmart to get it? Anyway, it was a very boring pet -- all of the tedium of feeding and changing the water, but none of the reward of interaction. I've basically vowed that if Rutabaga wants a pet, her starter pet will *not* be a goldfish. Probably a cat or a rodent of some kind? She's really into cats right now, especially since we traveled last month to see her god-cat. (She's named after my ex's cat)
Anyway, if folks want me to give you 3 words to write about, or want to give me 3 words to write about, just comment. Just, um... be clear whether you want to give or receive 3 words?
umadoshi: 1) concrete
I always get concrete confused with cement??? It's weird to me that some people call the sidewalk "concrete", or "pavement"? Anyways, I remember I was talking to some Chinese-British person in Beijing once and she said either concrete or pavement to mean "sidewalk" and I was like "whoa, I've never heard someone say that irl".
I think nowadays I use the word most frequently when I'm explaining to parents that their student is still a rather concrete thinker and need to move beyond a simple topical argument structure.
2) ivy
There's some ivy in my backyard that I want to get rid of, along with a tree stump. So I asked the tree stump removal guy whether he can get rid of the ivy for me, too, and he gave me a quote for $900? So yeah, I'm removing that ivy myself. Which turns out to be pretty easy! So maybe I should pay myself a hefty sum for all of my hard work. ;)
I think the first time I encountered fictional girl-girl kissing was Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy.
3) goldfish
I had a goldfish when I was little, because I wanted a pet. I think my parents went to Walmart to get it? Anyway, it was a very boring pet -- all of the tedium of feeding and changing the water, but none of the reward of interaction. I've basically vowed that if Rutabaga wants a pet, her starter pet will *not* be a goldfish. Probably a cat or a rodent of some kind? She's really into cats right now, especially since we traveled last month to see her god-cat. (She's named after my ex's cat)
Anyway, if folks want me to give you 3 words to write about, or want to give me 3 words to write about, just comment. Just, um... be clear whether you want to give or receive 3 words?
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Date: 2019-06-28 04:54 pm (UTC)yeah, I think I only had the one, and I was... 5th-7th grade? Which I think is a little too old for goldfish as one's first pet.
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Date: 2019-06-29 04:27 pm (UTC)Yeah, I was much younger (about 5 to 10) when we had the goldfish. and several are much better than one.