A Better Word for Weird ([info]a_leprechaun) wrote,
@ 2006-12-14 15:26:00
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Current location:home
Current mood: triumphant
Current music:MAD TV
Entry tags:good times, never grow up, residual, victory is mine

If growing up means it would be / beneath my dignity to climb a tree
I did it.

My throat feels parched and my palms sore and my arms weak, but I did it. I finally climbed the tree in my front yard.

It's not a tall tree. From the very top I would barely be able to see over my roof. But the first branch is above my head, so (as I figured when I began trying to climb it last year) in order to sit in the very lowest notch I would have to grab onto it and haul myself up almost five feet. A few minutes of trying that, even with my feet braced against the trunk, was enough to tire my arms out.

But today I did it. On this day in December when it's warm enough to frolic--December in New York and 60 degrees. I conquered the first branch of the tree. All it took was trying something a little different, roling onto the branch a different way than I'd been trying to.

I WIN.

I can't wait to climb it again.


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[info]roguebelle
2006-12-14 09:06 pm UTC (link)
Whoo! Yay for you!

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[info]dragonfare
2006-12-14 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Woohoo!! Way to go!

Wow, it's been a VERY long time since I've climbed a tree.

Congratulations. You whupped that puppy.

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[info]gabby_con_carne
2006-12-14 09:15 pm UTC (link)
YOUR ICON....

Can I please steal it? I friggin LOVE Mitch Hedberg.

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[info]a_leprechaun
2006-12-14 09:17 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Sure you can. Please to credit moi?

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[info]gabby_con_carne
2006-12-15 05:39 pm UTC (link)
Of course!! Btw, climbing trees is awesome. I can't do it anymore, damn arthritis but it's so much fun when you can...

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[info]rosesfade
2006-12-14 10:27 pm UTC (link)
I thought 66 degrees was a little freakish for December here, but it's 60 in New York? Not that I mind wearing short-sleeved shirts, but... weird.

Anyway! Congratulations to you, and I want to go climb a tree now.

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[info]rocknlobster
2006-12-15 12:28 am UTC (link)
Ooooh, it's freakishly warm up there too? Excellent. When I go up to Philly, hopefully it'll STAY freakishly warm. XD

And yay you for zeh tree-climbing SKEELZ! And wait, I don't have any good icons for that? For shaaaame.

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[info]a_leprechaun
2006-12-15 05:09 pm UTC (link)
That icon there is good enough for me. Seeing that they're in a tree and all. And the subject of this post are lyrics from ze Peter Pan musical. :)

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[info]rocknlobster
2006-12-15 05:35 pm UTC (link)
Ohhhh, it made me think of Pan, but I didn't realize it actually was. Niftiness! :D

And you know, at some point we should get together. It's long overdue, I think. :P

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[info]a_leprechaun
2006-12-16 07:15 am UTC (link)
Ah, but the question is not whether we should, but where and when.

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[info]rocknlobster
2006-12-16 07:32 am UTC (link)
It's true. I'll be in Philly for a couple days this month...but otherwise, I won't be up your ways until June. I'll spend the last week of June in NY, though. :P

If you ever come within a one-state radius of VA, let me know. :P Further than that, I probably can't manage with my schedule/budget.

And OH, Facebook has this new "find people from your e-mail's contact list" thinger, and I totally added you. XD

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[info]spreadsothin
2006-12-15 12:48 am UTC (link)
Huzzah!

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[info]la_mat
2006-12-15 01:40 am UTC (link)
*waves* Here from [info]ellara, and friending you, assuming you don't mind. :D

Also, huzzah for tree-climbing! I haven't had climbable trees in my yard since I was wee. *pines for them, with pun unintended but also unapologetic*

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[info]a_leprechaun
2006-12-15 03:14 am UTC (link)
But of course! Always nice to have another Ellaran around :)

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[info]herod_the_nut
2006-12-15 05:03 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, you show that tree who's boss!

You have improved your predicament!

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