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[threeplusfire]

I am nicer to people in the grocery store. Part of that is that I enjoy grocery shopping for some reason. The other part is that people often behave in such incredibly rude and bizarre ways at the grocery store, I feel compelled to shame them by being gracious and kind. Which is sort of passive aggressive and weird, I know. But it is satisfying to me, to know that I'm attempting to be a little kinder than my impulses tend to make me.

I bought some microwave meals and packaged snack things, because Mike is working overtime again this week. I also bought shrimp and I'm thinking about making some beans & rice with them. I resisted the urge to buy all the candy ever, as the Halloween candy aisle is in full swing.

The light has shifted. During summer the sunrise as seen from the living room moves to the right and light floods the southern facing windows in a very particular way. But over the past week I've watched it slowly start moving back and I know that means the season must be changing. (Not that you can really tell, in the bright hot air.) But I hope that it means autumn might show up after all.

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[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

God, the Halloween candy is everywhere!!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

They started putting up the displays before Labor Day even! Madness. I am such a sugar fiend and it requires such effort to stop myself from buying all that candy.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! ME TOO!!

[brienze.livejournal.com]

Speaking of things that make us behave better than we normally would... a pair of Mormons (?) came to the door during knitting group last week, which is why I answered the door instead of ignoring it as I usually do when I'm not expecting FedEx. They complimented my stained glass door, and I didn't have the heart to be rude or flash pentacles at them after that. I was nice about saying that I had guests and didn't have time to receive their blessings. [Which, srsly, someone must have made porn based on that line. I don't want to see it, but it would be reassuring to know that the universe lives down to my expectations.]

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Aww, earnest Mormons. I bet there is a ton of ridiculous porn based on door to door missionary work. It seems as ripe a trope as the cable repair guy.

I had some Jehovah's Witnesses who kept coming to my door for about six months. I answered one day where just workout clothes which leave probably nothing to the imagination. The poor dude did a lot of staring at the ceiling. They have not been back.