Comments on: We’re here!!…Isn’t everything big?! http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/ My life in my words Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: mixedmoss http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-135 mixedmoss Mon, 15 May 2006 16:10:25 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-135 Hey, I've been to that Starbucks! Yes, in America everything gets bigger as you move West and South, culminating in Texas. Everything's bigger in Texas. (Even Texas. Ask them and they're not convinced Alaska actually has more square miles than them.) So we have this strange phenomenon of everybody loving Ikea for its functional "good design," when nobody really needs clever space-saving furniture to begin with! Very odd. The milk is normal, the chips are party-sized but still not unusual, the measuring cup is for mixing brownies in and we think it's rather an unusual size, as well! My flatmate has one but I never measure in it, just use it for mixing in. Hummers are excessive and ridiculous and I don't understand anyone who hasn't three or more children driving a large vehicle in California, of all places, where the fuel is an ungodly price and the air pollution is terrible. Thank you for choosing a smaller car, and try not to get hurt by those utterly crazy LA drivers!!! I think you should all stop in Cincinnati on your way home, then you can see the Midwest. Much saner, I assure you. The middle of the country, all the "fly-over" states, are where it's at. Good sensible folks, hard workers with a sense of humor and a lot of backbone. I feel like I never knew my own homeland until I took a cross-country road trip (not the whole way across the country, but a few days anyway). Then, I fell in love with it. Bluegrass music, small towns on little back-woods highways, old diners that've been serving the "best bowl a' chili" for a hundred miles for the last sixty years, funny names on the exit ramps that all sound rather similar, because they were all taken from the language of the local Native American tribes. It's not that I never want to leave; I certainly want to leave. But I know that someday I'll come back. Back to the quirky land I love. Nobody in Europe understands America because they only see New York, LA, and Miami, you know? The coasts are both quite different. Hey, I’ve been to that Starbucks!

Yes, in America everything gets bigger as you move West and South, culminating in Texas. Everything’s bigger in Texas. (Even Texas. Ask them and they’re not convinced Alaska actually has more square miles than them.) So we have this strange phenomenon of everybody loving Ikea for its functional “good design,” when nobody really needs clever space-saving furniture to begin with! Very odd.

The milk is normal, the chips are party-sized but still not unusual, the measuring cup is for mixing brownies in and we think it’s rather an unusual size, as well! My flatmate has one but I never measure in it, just use it for mixing in.

Hummers are excessive and ridiculous and I don’t understand anyone who hasn’t three or more children driving a large vehicle in California, of all places, where the fuel is an ungodly price and the air pollution is terrible. Thank you for choosing a smaller car, and try not to get hurt by those utterly crazy LA drivers!!!

I think you should all stop in Cincinnati on your way home, then you can see the Midwest. Much saner, I assure you. The middle of the country, all the “fly-over” states, are where it’s at. Good sensible folks, hard workers with a sense of humor and a lot of backbone. I feel like I never knew my own homeland until I took a cross-country road trip (not the whole way across the country, but a few days anyway). Then, I fell in love with it. Bluegrass music, small towns on little back-woods highways, old diners that’ve been serving the “best bowl a’ chili” for a hundred miles for the last sixty years, funny names on the exit ramps that all sound rather similar, because they were all taken from the language of the local Native American tribes. It’s not that I never want to leave; I certainly want to leave. But I know that someday I’ll come back. Back to the quirky land I love.

Nobody in Europe understands America because they only see New York, LA, and Miami, you know? The coasts are both quite different.

]]> By: Rachel http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-134 Rachel Mon, 15 May 2006 14:25:21 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-134 Thanks for the welcomes! I'm loving it here! Staci and Kunal - it was really good to spend some time with you and experience Bubba Gumps! I absolutely loved ashes and snow. What a brilliant environment. Hey Chantelle - everything is "interesting"! YOu'd love it. Wish you were here! Deana - can't wait to see you! Niza - Really looking forward to seeing you! Thanks for the welcomes! I’m loving it here!
Staci and Kunal - it was really good to spend some time with you and experience Bubba Gumps! I absolutely loved ashes and snow. What a brilliant environment.

Hey Chantelle - everything is “interesting”! YOu’d love it. Wish you were here!

Deana - can’t wait to see you!
Niza - Really looking forward to seeing you!

]]> By: Chantelle http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-133 Chantelle Mon, 15 May 2006 10:30:00 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-133 Hey rach.Sounds really "interesting"!! hope you guys have lots of fun and have extra fun for me so i dont feel like I'm missing out. oh,the milk does look big and heavy.looks like everyday will be a bit of excersize lifting and stuck ;) whats the time in that side of the world? Hey rach.Sounds really “interesting”!! hope you guys have lots of fun and have extra fun for me so i dont feel like I’m missing out.
oh,the milk does look big and heavy.looks like everyday will be a bit of excersize lifting and stuck ;)
whats the time in that side of the world?

]]> By: kunal http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-132 kunal Sun, 14 May 2006 16:28:34 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-132 I must say... Even though i didn't spend the majority of last night talking to you and Sam, it was great having your presence there. I had such a blast, and i am so glad that you both were able to experience Ashes and Snow with us. As for that hummer...that is absolutely ridiculous for them to rent it to you. I believe that hummers are only good for running through brick walls, and california doesnt usually have brick walls on the roadways. I know what you mean by everything being huge though...it becomes somewhat of a problem especially with these gas prices! I hope you have a great time here, and hopefully i will see you both at the Origins conference -Kunal I must say…
Even though i didn’t spend the majority of last night talking to you and Sam, it was great having your presence there. I had such a blast, and i am so glad that you both were able to experience Ashes and Snow with us. As for that hummer…that is absolutely ridiculous for them to rent it to you. I believe that hummers are only good for running through brick walls, and california doesnt usually have brick walls on the roadways. I know what you mean by everything being huge though…it becomes somewhat of a problem especially with these gas prices! I hope you have a great time here, and hopefully i will see you both at the Origins conference

-Kunal

]]> By: stacijoy http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-131 stacijoy Sun, 14 May 2006 07:36:45 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-131 Rachel, I feel like tonight was too short. I can't wait to see you again at Origins next week! Seriously, we'll have to have a pajama party in the girls room, with you, me, Tina, Jenna, Lindsay, and anyone else! Lots more fun times to come, and a trip to Sheffield to plan! Sleep VERY WELL tonight and thanks for the lovely evening! Rachel, I feel like tonight was too short. I can’t wait to see you again at Origins next week! Seriously, we’ll have to have a pajama party in the girls room, with you, me, Tina, Jenna, Lindsay, and anyone else! Lots more fun times to come, and a trip to Sheffield to plan! Sleep VERY WELL tonight and thanks for the lovely evening!

]]> By: niza http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-130 niza Sat, 13 May 2006 16:26:56 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-130 that's so cool, i remember everything being small in your neck of the woods... hehe... welcome, welcome, can't wait to see you guys =) that’s so cool, i remember everything being small in your neck of the woods… hehe… welcome, welcome, can’t wait to see you guys =)

]]> By: The Future Now » Blog Archive » Everyone drives on the wrong side http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-129 The Future Now » Blog Archive » Everyone drives on the wrong side Sat, 13 May 2006 14:31:07 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-129 [...] You can check out Rachel’s blog for pictures from yesterday. [...] […] You can check out Rachel’s blog for pictures from yesterday. […]

]]> By: obahsomah http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-128 obahsomah Sat, 13 May 2006 13:45:35 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-128 Greg, that's what happens when your only human contact is with a 2year old all day. ;) Greg, that’s what happens when your only human contact is with a 2year old all day. ;)

]]> By: nooc http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-127 nooc Sat, 13 May 2006 07:19:02 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-127 That's great Rachel... I'm very jealous tho. Ah well... I was just there in November. Deana - I've just noticed you are like always the first comment on every sinlge vox I randomly visit!! You really get around! nooc That’s great Rachel… I’m very jealous tho. Ah well… I was just there in November.

Deana - I’ve just noticed you are like always the first comment on every sinlge vox I randomly visit!! You really get around!

nooc

]]> By: obahsomah http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-126 obahsomah Sat, 13 May 2006 04:40:23 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/13/were-hereisnt-everything-big/#comment-126 Woohoo!!!!! It is all so big isn't it??? I can't wait to see things through your eyes! Can't wait! Woohoo!!!!! It is all so big isn’t it??? I can’t wait to see things through your eyes! Can’t wait!

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