Three Things Meme

[chomiji]

A meme from sholio, in which I asked for and received three things to talk about "that I may or may not know or care about." I was given:

Lawns: They are a waste of space, really. They are meant to show off buildings and imply that you live in some sort of estate, even if your dwelling is a dilapidated 2-bedroom rancher that looks like a Monopoly house. Ours is patchy and full of nourishing (to the bees and other bugs) weeds: I used to feed dandelions and plantains pulled from it to our bunnies. When we finally get our act together and re-do the house and yard, I want to turn it into a more forest grove-y thing. For now, we pay a local yard guy to come cut it every few weeks, because our lot is steep and uneven and full of holes, and we're getting aged enough that a dislocated knee or broken ankle would be a really bad idea.

Spaceships: I have been a science fiction nerd at least since I could read (including these long-ago juveniles, the Space Cat series by Ruthven Todd), possibly earlier (I was a fan of Astro Boy and Fireball XL5 too). My father and I used to follow NASA's space program avidly as well. So I love reading about spaceships, but actually, the idea of spending much time in one gives me the creeps. I need sky, green plants, etc. The best spaceships iin fiction, IMO, are C.J. Cherryh's. She gets into the nuts and bolts of spaceship living: the Hani crew of Price of Chanur having to fit in a couple extra seat to their tight little galley to accommodate Tully and Khym; Allison Reilly unwrapping all the extra packaging from her station-purchased hand cream and socks when she comes on board Dublin Again, because the ship will toss out every bit of extra weight before it pulls out; the Hellburner crew jumping into the seats of their beloved prototype for its maiden voyage.

My Little Pony: Some context here: the original toy, My Pretty Pony came out in 1981, the year after I graduated from college/uni. The first TV series came in in 1986, the year after I got married. For whatever reason, my daughter, born in 1992, was never really into them. And I don't generally care to watch animated or live-action media except as a social activity. So although My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic sounds like a great thing, I have never watched even a minute of it.

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Comments

[theskywasblue]

I really like some of the "natural" yards that are the rage around here - native prairie grasses and the like. I'm not a fan of the zero-scaped things with all the rocks though.

Sure, give me three things.

[chomiji]

Yeah, some of the nicest natural lawns around here are "woods edge"-looking things, with smaller native trees or shrubs added to the oak, maple, or poplar yard trees, plus wildflowers. I just discovered serviceberry trees (also called shadbush), and am determined to have a few of the multi-trunk ones in our yard when it's re-done. The berries are edible and birds like them.

ETA: Damn, forgot your 3 things!

Genealogy
Hot drinks
Rainstorms

[yhlee]

I'd love 3 things, if you're willing!

[chomiji]

Soitenly!

Sandals
Musicals
Comfort food

[sholio]

Totally agree about lawns, but it's fun to see the range of opinions that people have. (One thing I really liked about Tucson when I was there earlier this year was all the permaculture yards; I didn't really see an actual attempt at a lawn anywhere. Good for you, Tucson!)

It's also fascinating to think about the generational gap with My Little Pony - between you, me, and your daughter. I think I fall just about exactly between you two in age - I was born in 1976 - and My Little Pony was huge when I was exactly the age for it, but I think your daughter's childhood is right in between the two big spikes, one in the 80s, the other when Friendship is Magic became a thing. So it makes sense that she wouldn't have been into it, but I hadn't really thought about that; I had forgotten that in my college years through my 20s, MLP was just another thing from my childhood that wasn't really popular anymore, and then it boomed again when the new series came out.

[chomiji]

Yeah, I keep thinking it sounds like fun, and then I look at what I want to do with my little bits of free time, and watching TV for 30 minutes of it never makes the cut. It means that I miss out on an awful lot of fandom, though

I've picked up some random little bits of it, though, by osmosis. Like "cutie marks."

(And weirdly, given how much of a horse-obsessed tween I was, I have no horse or pony icon.)

[umadoshi]

I am so glad that, since we live in city where lawns are still very much The Done Thing and our condo corp has them, C and I at least don't actually have to take care of ours. Such a hassle and an environmental waste.

May I have three things?