River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

'Safe'


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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.


tommyrot - Mar 09, 2005 5:25:54 am PST #5394 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I don't mind the cold. That is, I'm resigned to it. In the sense of, "How could I possibly expect the weather to not suck? This is the way things are - accept it."


shrift - Mar 09, 2005 5:26:06 am PST #5395 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

To combat my seemingly endless supply of bile, I'm going to suck down as much hot tea as I can possibly stand, and then spend a few moments every hour contemplating comics and good Mexican food.

Oh, and the cookies.

But what kind of cookies, Nilly?


Vortex - Mar 09, 2005 5:26:18 am PST #5396 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

On GG, I'll repeat what I said before, that there needs to be a lot less Kirk and a lot more Lane this season.

I'll happily take more Lane, but only if it's not accompanied by that idiot boyfriend of hers. I hate him . What happened to Dave? We liked him, he was cute!


Lee - Mar 09, 2005 5:28:34 am PST #5397 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

This is the way things are - accept it."

No, A thousand times no.

Oh, okay, I'll pack some more sweaters.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2005 5:28:39 am PST #5398 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I come see your new place and steal your boxes on Sunday afternoon. I could bring pie.

That's the sort of theft I'm down with.

More Lane would be nice, but less Kirk is mandatory.

Congratulations to your friends, Nilly!


juliana - Mar 09, 2005 5:29:22 am PST #5399 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

NIlly, that wedding sounds lovely. I'm glad everyone had such a good time.


msbelle - Mar 09, 2005 5:29:51 am PST #5400 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

If Kirk has more than a couple of lines then that is too much.


sj - Mar 09, 2005 5:31:01 am PST #5401 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

If Kirk has more than a couple of lines then that is too much.

Yes, last weeks diner scenes were painful every time he spoke.


Nutty - Mar 09, 2005 5:32:28 am PST #5402 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I was just reading a (rather self-serving) article in the NYTimes about why the lack of cohesion on the Yankees is actually a strength.

I read that. I expect the underlying social science -- group dynamics -- is perfectly sound, but its application to the Yankees was silly and wrongheaded. (That goes double, trying to contrast the "loose-knit" Yankees to the "tight-knit" Red Sox. It's not that the Sox were a lovefest; it's that one of their primary spokesmen is a social butterfly.)

(Actually, Spring Training gossip has been little short of venomous, in regard to people who have left the Sox over this past winter.)

The basic idea is that cliques are not necessarily a detriment to group functioning, and that they will naturally arise in a large enough group. Smaller social units mean that, if there's a falling-out, the whole group doesn't go into disarray. The keys, though, are people who can function in more than one clique, providing the social bridges from one group to another, like the skater kid Hec mentions above.

I am really really not a bridge person, but I can usually recognize one when I meet him/her. On LiveJournal, there are people I call superconnectors through whom you just sort of naturally meet other people you wouldn't otherwise meet.


brenda m - Mar 09, 2005 5:32:45 am PST #5403 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

TAR: I'm not clear on why everybody seemed to be running low on money -- maybe the nonstop train was more expensive?

Oh, good point. This was definitely the case when I was traveling in Mexico - the nicer/express bus was far more expensive. Re: the brothers. My cheering at the end came down to the fact that I feel like I'll grow to like the brothers more as the race goes on, and I didn't at all have that feeling about the blond women.