No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


F2F 3: Who's Bringing the Guacamole?  

Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: San Francisco, May 19-21, 2006! Everything else, go here! Swag!


Hil R. - Apr 27, 2006 3:40:29 pm PDT #8953 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, I'd been figuring that I probably wouldn't be able to make it to the F2F this year, but that there might be a chance. Due to some scheduling of school stuff, it looks like I'm definitly not going to be able to make it.

t pout


SailAweigh - Apr 27, 2006 3:43:35 pm PDT #8954 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Aw, Hil, that's a bummer.

Pouts, too.


-t - Apr 27, 2006 3:47:47 pm PDT #8955 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Rats.


Ginger - Apr 27, 2006 4:50:47 pm PDT #8956 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Damn.


Vortex - Apr 28, 2006 5:03:51 am PDT #8957 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Toddson! You must come the the F2F. It's not negotiable. The word non-profit does not mean "take advantage of the people willing to work hard."

Absolutely! don't make me kick some ass at your job. I mean, I wouldn't mind :)


Toddson - Apr 28, 2006 7:02:53 am PDT #8958 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Actually, these bozos could stand to have their asses kicked. I may call on you.

And cricket - a friend and I used to keep score for the Haverford cricket team. I don't remember much about the rules (which always struck more as more like Calvinball than an organized sport), but I do remember tea breaks with cute players ... and they weren't all icky and sweaty.


§ ita § - Apr 28, 2006 7:11:51 am PDT #8959 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

which always struck more as more like Calvinball than an organized sport

What does Calvinball mean? I know what it is, but the two times I've seen it used, it didn't make sense to me in context. Is it meaning a game whose rules are made up on the fly?

Because layer 1 of cricket rules is pretty simple. On a parallel with baseball and football, I think.


Jessica - Apr 28, 2006 7:14:48 am PDT #8960 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Where I fall down understanding cricket rules is the eleventy-bazillion ways there are to get out. Everything else is pretty straightforward.


§ ita § - Apr 28, 2006 7:16:07 am PDT #8961 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Where I fall down understanding cricket rules is the eleventy-bazillion ways there are to get out

It basically boils down to 1) failing to protect the wicket 2) cheating protecting the wicket 3) getting caught just like in baseball.


Aims - Apr 28, 2006 7:16:51 am PDT #8962 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Calvinball is a game in which the rules change every time it's played, or, whenever Calvin damn well pleases.