Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!

Anya ,'Showtime'


Natter 34: Freak With No Name  

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.


Kathy A - Mar 29, 2005 8:18:35 am PST #1197 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

From upthread:

Every time you mention Franny, it makes me smile.

Me, too! I have an Aunt Franny (about 60 years old), who's one of the coolest ladies ever, so seeing her name pop up here makes me happy.

I had a fun kid encounter on Sunday, too--my stepbrother's daughters (Kylee, 7 y.o., and Kari, 4 1/2 y.o.) seemed to be thrilled to have someone new to play with, so they stuck to my side the whole day. I told them about my cat, so we played kitty and owner while they chased each other around the pool table, meowing at full volume. Then, we pulled out their rather large bankroll that they got from the Easter egg hunt (my stepmom hides about 80 eggs in the backyard and everyone redeems them for varying amounts of cash, from a quarter to $25 depending on the egg color), and we played bank. I was able to get the older one thinking mathematically while we counted out money, subtracting and adding various denominations together. Then, we topped it off with writing (names and ages), and I drew a picture of my cat for them.

Oh, and while Kari and I played house, I managed to threaten her toy house with a giant stuffed Simba--almost as good as Godzilla!


§ ita § - Mar 29, 2005 8:21:05 am PST #1198 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Maybe, but I hope not.

But they're dying ... and I fear they get very hungry before they're eaten. However, is Oryx #6 going to tell Leona that she wants to see her birth mother? Never gonna happen!

Of course herbivores are food. Maybe she's farming.


Sean K - Mar 29, 2005 8:23:34 am PST #1199 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

and I fear they get very hungry before they're eaten.

Okay, but it's not like the Oryxs (Oryxi?) depend on the lioness to feed them grass, do they?


Trudy Booth - Mar 29, 2005 8:24:55 am PST #1200 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Random Annoyance:

There is this new substitute weatherman on the Today Show. His name is Sean pronounced "seen". Today, he referred to his brother Shaun. I can't stand it.


Dana - Mar 29, 2005 8:25:16 am PST #1201 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

If they're five days old, they're still on milk, not grass.

I saw the tail end of the special Aimee saw. It caught my attention, because it was narrated by the woman who's on Big Cat Diary. The lioness has basically disappeared.


Sean K - Mar 29, 2005 8:26:01 am PST #1202 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

There is this new substitute weatherman on the Today Show. His name is Sean pronounced "seen".

I really have to kill this guy.

I had enough problems with my friggin' name when I was growing up.


§ ita § - Mar 29, 2005 8:26:15 am PST #1203 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

but it's not like the Oryxs (Oryxi?) depend on the lioness to feed them grass, do they?

They're not weaned yet.


Sean K - Mar 29, 2005 8:27:25 am PST #1204 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

They're not weaned yet.

Hmm. Yeah. That could be a thing.


§ ita § - Mar 29, 2005 8:28:45 am PST #1205 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's an entrancing story, but she's not even rescuing -- she's kidnapping. It's very, very weird.

Maybe it's the end times.


sarameg - Mar 29, 2005 8:31:21 am PST #1206 of 10001

Maybe it's the end times.

No, I think that's wednesday on on NBC.