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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.


-t - Apr 13, 2005 10:24:10 am PDT #5422 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So, as of today, Sean's skull goes to Jilli and Allyson's goes to juliana. I hope I don't need to start a database to track this.


DavidS - Apr 13, 2005 10:24:16 am PDT #5423 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I can't help but feel that having the skull of Allyson without either the spicy brains or the glorious mane would be missing some of the best parts of her head.


§ ita § - Apr 13, 2005 10:24:38 am PDT #5424 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did you order it animal style, ita? It's extra yummy that way.

Not if you dislike pickles and don't like onions on your burgers during the work day.

So, no.


JohnSweden - Apr 13, 2005 10:26:29 am PDT #5425 of 10001
I can't even.

JSw, I didn't think it was possible for you to become even more of a favorite person of mine, but the fact that you've actually played the game from Blood of Heroes, with an actual dog skull, just did it.

Our team of juggers was Mindy's Midnight Runners. (Mindy was the ex-dog). We became the LEAGUE after defeating all comers. Man, what a day that was. One of my buddies broke the leg of one of the opposing quicks, a woman from Oklahoma. He felt really bad, but she broke it sliding into him, and he's kinda solid. Besides, she did have the dog skull at the time.

I hope they substituted something a little less damaging for the BIG, HONKING chain Vincent D'Onofrio's position used.

The chain was replaced by a 9-foot spear in our version. (Range is nasty)


Alibelle - Apr 13, 2005 10:27:44 am PDT #5426 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

I've skipped billions of posts. Billions! And I did a search for my name, but I don't think you guys have been talking about me. Weirdos.

If Perkins is around: Last Friday turned out to be even cooler than I realized on the day, since my Pepsi turned out to be a winner. Yay free music! And thanks again. Also, P.S., I'm wearing my fun new belt, and fun new eyeshadow. Fun new stuff is the funnest.

My right arm is kind of sore today, since we were doing something I believe is called a death drop in dance class yesterday, which basically involves falling until your back is about an inch from the floor, which is when your partner stops you, since you're holding hands. It's like a trust exercise. It's really fun, but a lot scarier when you're doing it with someone who is not the teacher. However, the teacher kept demonstrating it with me, which meant I must have done it at least twenty times. At least. And today my arm is sore. Heh. It's like a battle wound from my death drop. Dance is intense, yo.

Veronica Mars: Oh man. So awesome. I don't even want to be spoiled. It's weird that I trust the writers so much. On Buffy, I lost a lot of that trust once Riley was forced upon me, over and over, until I had a very low tolerance for the show, and I ended up disappointed at a lot of things that I otherwise might have forgiven them for, like season six, since our relationship had already deteriorated, badly, from the forceful inclusion of Riley. And then Dawn. On Veronica Mars, I don't care where they go, I'm just finding it all very interesting. Last night, however, I felt like the inclusion of Mac was rather random. What was up with Veronica's computer? Why wasn't it an issue at all in the rest of the episode? And when she called Mac later about accessing the WiFi, why was it necessary to actually have Mac there at all, since there wasn't even any information provided? It was all very weird. I'm assuming things were cut, and/or it will make more sense later. I enjoy Tina Majorino, though, and I'm always glad to see her. The other thing that felt kind of forced and weird to me, too, was Veronica's nameless shop talk, which just felt kind of clumsy. It seemed like it was there for no other reason than to give Duncan a way to disappear believably later. The other other thing that was kind of odd was the good night kiss with Deputy Leo. Not the kiss itself, that was fine, but the not particularly cute material Leo himself had about seeing Veronica's ceiling, and then the absence of Leo from the rest of the episode. How awesome was Logan/Veronica, though? Those two are so messed up and interesting together. In all their scenes. I don't care where their relationship goes, so long as they have lots of scenes together. Their chemistry is great. And Duncan? Finally getting an awesome scene? Very cool. Does anyone else get the sense that VM is still a lot more important to him than Meg? I don't know. All the dynamics are quite awesome, and interesting. And Wallace and Veronica rock the house down. I'm loving all their interactions. Good lord this episode was packed. Such good stuff. I can't wait till next week.

I wish I could tape both VM and TAR. Why do they force me to choose? It will always be VM, since that's something you need to actually watch, where reading a recap of TAR works pretty well for getting the gist of the episode, and Miss Alli rocks.


DavidS - Apr 13, 2005 10:30:26 am PDT #5427 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Phil Laak is always so entertaining on camera, and to find out he's just as fun off? Priceless!

Oh he's totally being himself on TV. There's really no exagerration going on for the cameras. This is a man who bought a new motorcycle for himself with each of his first four paychecks after he got out of college. Sold all his motorcycles for a one way ticket to Europe and backpacked from Portugal to Istanbul. Moved to Las Vegas and tried (and failed) to start a career as a standup comedian. Supported himself as backgammon hustler for ten years, with regular tournament trips to Iceland and Argentina and Turkey. Legally changed his name to Ultraman on a bet. Went motorcycling through Vietnam (also wiped out spectacularly doing so.) Once had a motorcycle accident (at low speed, on a residential street) where he flipped over the front of the handlebars and landed on his feet. Painted his car a perfect checkerboard pattern in one weekend of work. Split his head open by running into a billiards hall, doing a purposeful judo tumble and shooting up to crack his skull on the pool table. And so much more.


DXMachina - Apr 13, 2005 10:31:14 am PDT #5428 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think I would soak it in bleach to get the gunk off,

Actually, soaking it in a fairly concentrated solution of sodium hydroxide (lye) in water (or even better, isopropyl alcohol) would be much better for this. (I know this because it came up once in a murder case here.)


Atropa - Apr 13, 2005 10:41:32 am PDT #5429 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

So, as of today, Sean's skull goes to Jilli and Allyson's goes to juliana. I hope I don't need to start a database to track this.

I have a page in my organizer that lists which of my friends have promised their skulls to me. I also have, in a jewelry box somewhere, a note stating that I own a certain person's soul. It's amazing what bargains you can find at a con for the price of dinner ...


§ ita § - Apr 13, 2005 10:43:57 am PDT #5430 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I would like my skull to go either to my heirs or whoever bested me in mortal battle (could turn out to be a trivial set). Cleaned, polished, chased with silver.


Scrappy - Apr 13, 2005 10:44:08 am PDT #5431 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Not if you dislike pickles and don't like onions on your burgers during the work day.

Well, sure, if you're going to be as picky as ALIBELLE.

Oh, uh, hi, Ali. Didn't see you here. So, new belt, huh?