Also, I Am Conditioned To Want To Go Back To Disneyland In October Now

[bloodyrosemccoy]

It's October, and fall has ... fallen, I guess? And despite the exuberant ragweed and whatnot making everyone seem like they've got bad cases of Weepy PMS, this is my favorite time of the year. The leaves are changing color! The sky is either an intense porcelain blue or a hard, iron grey! There is a chill in the air! Football players take a break from sacking and pillaging to play some football! Soup is back! And for some reason everyone on the internet is arguing heatedly about pumpkin spice!*

And the cupboard is full of tubs of caramel apple dip, because according to Dad's Rules, it is fall, therefore it is caramel apple dip time.**

Also, I have an overwhelming urge to start CREATING things again. I've got a rather involved plan for some Torn Word inspired shenanigans. Maybe I'll finally get around to quilting that quilt that's been languishing in the closet since like 2009. And of course, I think I've untangled the knotty quetions holding me back on the latest Scatterstone installment!***

I find it interesting how very much I change with seasonal variations. Maybe they're a handy way to prod me out of ruts. Whatever it is, I do enjoy the energy surge.


*Seriously, what's with the pumpkin fights?

**We've got some Jolly Rancher caramel-apple flavored lollipops in the kitchen, but they're subpar. Nothing can beat those caramel apple pops Tootsie makes. It's hard to duplicate their unbeatable flavor combination of sticky caramel, artificial sour apple, and eventually blood because those damn things are sharper than an obsidian blade. Ahh, autumn.

***I suspected I'd follow the usual pattern of Online Installment Momentum Slowdown, simply because working out later parts of a story always seem to take more effort. But I am still plugging away! I refuse to follow the other usual pattern of Just Giving Up Completely, because dammit we aren't far from the end and it drives me NUTS when stories don't have endings. IT IS COMING, DAMMIT.

Comments

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Ah, Fall! I'm not seeing pumpkin fights anywhere on my flist. I'm willing to START one about how 'pumpkin spice!' flavored stuff is false advertising from someone with a surplus of cinnamon.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I keep seeing headlines on bloggs and Reddit and fluff news outlets that are absolutely DISGUSTED that people might enjoy drinking pumpkin spice lattes. Which seems pretty petty, if you ask me.

For the record, I always figured "pumpkin spice" referred to the kind of spices you put on a pumpkin pie, rather than actual pumpkin flavor. Now I LOVE me some roast pumpkin with butter and brown sugar, but I also like me a bit of Pumpkin Spice black tea, and just because it doesn't taste like squash doesn't mean I don't like it!

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

LJ does not have a like button, but I am here to tell you that I like your comment.

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to the next installment of Scatterstone, if that helps any! It will bother me if there is no ending too.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I will keep working on it! I've got it mapped out, at least. Onward!

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

Wooo! *cheers you on*

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAY! FORWARD MOMENTUM!

[westrider.livejournal.com]

Pumpkin Spice ain't my thing, but I feel no need to hate on people who it makes happy. Glad that trend has stayed off my blogosphere for the most part.

And yes, holy shit those caramel apple tootsie pops get sharp. So worth it tho.

Finally, I am also totally looking forward to seeing how Scatterstone wraps up. Best of lucking getting it to all pull together!

[sofish-sasha.livejournal.com]

I tried a pumpkin spice latte* for the first time in my life** this week, and I can't say I was terribly impressed. It tasted just like a regular chai latte, to me. Or at least the "chai latte"*** I've made at home a few times.



*Without the coffee, because coffee is the destroyer of all other flavours, down to and including chocolate.
**I work at Sweden's biggest airport, which, as far as I know, is the only place in the country that has Starbucks.
***Milk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, cloves. Heat, stir, strain, drink.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

It's pretty similar, although strictly speaking chai has tea in it.