You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 31 But Looks 29  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Strix - Jan 11, 2005 12:25:48 pm PST #4896 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Happy New Year!

I have a new computer! It's not from 1995! It's...NEW. And it has...a DVD-ROM...and a CD burner.

And I have at-home DSL, and a new space heater sitting at my feet like a puppy.

I'm, like, totally ready for world domination!

And I just colored my hair! And passed my portfolio review. And I have a new (to me) cellphone, thanks to my sister.

Ice storm predictions nonwithstanding, I'm pretty fucking pleased.


Nutty - Jan 11, 2005 12:26:00 pm PST #4897 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

My take on the French press is that you have to have a Disposall in your sink -- to eat up the grinds. With a filter, you just take the whole shebang and throw it out; when the grinds are loose (or packed) into a glass, and you don't want to throw out the glass, that's some extra cleaning to deal with.

Moreso, when you just have a regular sink.

You could always get an old-fashioned percolator. Of course, I am told that makes coffee the equivalent of tar. I wouldn't know, since my coffee tastes are remarkably plebeian (and I smother my coffee with cream and sugar anyway).


§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 12:26:48 pm PST #4898 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

isn't it more of a hassle because you actively have to participate in the making of the java?

I'm a tea drinker by trade, so it's not more work than that. Fill the press with coffee and water, wait x minutes, press, pour.


msbelle - Jan 11, 2005 12:27:31 pm PST #4899 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Erin, I haven't seen you in forever. Howdy!


Strix - Jan 11, 2005 12:31:09 pm PST #4900 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

hey, Baby Pink! Howza?

Yeah, y'all'll be seeing me around more. I got the DSL but regretfully declined on the cable, so I have no TV (how am I going to get ALIAS? Fuck if I know.)

It's my last semester of school! I student teach this semester (I start next week) and I grad in May with my 2nd MA. Go, team me. And I've lost 20 pound since this summer and did 12 loads of laundry in the last 4 days.

And I've started a new novel. And I got the new Writer's MArket for Xmas.

I'm all agog over myself.

ita, I've thought about a French press; they're different for tea and coffee, right?


DavidS - Jan 11, 2005 12:32:50 pm PST #4901 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

And I have at-home DSL

Yay! More Erin for us! We want more Erin!

See, that makes me happy.


§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 12:33:09 pm PST #4902 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

they're different for tea and coffee, right?

I have been known to use mine for tea, on the odd occasion. But I'm philistinical.

And dude -- TWELVE LOADS OF LAUNDRY??? You're a star.

(I tease because I am taken aback by the other less mortal accomplishments)


Strix - Jan 11, 2005 12:35:11 pm PST #4903 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

(woeful) I have about 5 more loads. My rattty tee shirts apparently breed like rats when left in the romantic confines of my closet.

David! Yes, I have no TV, so I will be torturing y'all with my trials, tribualtions and tertiary accomplishments.


Maria - Jan 11, 2005 12:35:37 pm PST #4904 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Congrats, Erin! The 12 loads of laundry clearly surpass your other achievements.

(Not really, but I'm jealous. I've been avoiding the washer and dryer for a week and a half now.)


Strix - Jan 11, 2005 12:38:08 pm PST #4905 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

That laundry has been around, some of it, for about a year. It was starting to look like a creature from the Cthlulu universe.

It hissed when I poked it with a stick. So I stuck it in some hot water with detergent and this old grimoire I found at the Salvation Army store.

It doesn't hiss anymore, but some of the pants developed a mysterious third leg..