Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


Vortex - Apr 18, 2005 4:54:34 am PDT #6548 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I have such mixed feelings about DH last night. The acting was great, but I just don't like where the characters are going.

The whole situation with Gabrielle and Carlos is uncomfortable. I don't see how you just forget and forgive abuse. I mean, Gabrielle started it with withholding the info about the settlement (and I'm glad that the show closed that little loophole about Gabrielle being able to release the hospital from liability.) She's turning into quite the money grubber

Andrew is reprehensible, but I actually liked Bree a little better. She believes that homosexuality is wrong, but she's worried about her son getting in to heaven, which is sweet. (and BTW, when she said "I'd love you even if you were a murderer, I screamed out 'he IS' ")

Susan was not as annoying as usual. I wanted to bitch slap her mother into next week. How does she not get that springing a double date on her daughter with a man she has never met is cause for annoyance.

Lynette is great, as usual. I liked her speech about obligations, and not having to be friends.


sarameg - Apr 18, 2005 5:03:46 am PDT #6549 of 10001

Things you don't expect at 7:15 am:

- popping your head out of the shower and find yourself at eye level with a mouse exploring the scarves on the shelf above the toilet.

- finding yourself saying " Aw, you're cute. Really adorable. Little mousie snuggled in the scarf hammock. But you don't belong here, so I'm going to let you get eaten. DEVI!"

- still drenched from the shower, holding a very sheddy cat in front of you, pointing her at the mouse in the scarf yelling "See the mousie! DAMNIT. LOOK AT THE GODDAMN MOUSE! Phphphplbbt. MOUSE! Ahhhh!"

-standing on the toilet and dropping the cat when the mouse takes a dive for the floor.

- running around the apartment in the altogether with a plastic bag in hand, chasing the cat slinking rapidly around with a mouse in her mouth bellowing "DEVI. GIVE ME THE MOUSE. GIVE ME THE GODDAMN MOUSE! GIVE ME.....oh shit. YAARG!"

- the cat LOSING the g.d. mouse into the teeny space under the cabinets.

Hopefully it goes somewhere else to die or reports back to the nest the horror of apt 314.

I don't need that kind of excitement in the morning.


§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 5:06:21 am PDT #6550 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Re DH: I'd always assumed the but then you won't get to heaven argument is just a step away from but you will go to hell. So I didn't think it sweet at all. Just a wee bit passive aggressive.

Lynette's still the only one of these women I'd spend time with without needing to murder, and only if she left the kids somewhere else.


tommyrot - Apr 18, 2005 5:12:14 am PDT #6551 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

<makes note to spend Melbourne Cup Day on the board>

The Melbourne Cup has a holiday?

Well, I hope it is a nice cup.


Anne W. - Apr 18, 2005 5:14:53 am PDT #6552 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Happy birthday, Beth and Beej!


Laura - Apr 18, 2005 5:22:43 am PDT #6553 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Happy birthday Beth and Beej. I wish for you...

Walls for the wind
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire.
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you.
And all that your heart may desire.


Burrell - Apr 18, 2005 5:30:41 am PDT #6554 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

sarameg, that cracks me up. If I ever found a mouse in my house, my cat would be utterly useless. Then again, if I found a mouse, I'd probably just be happy that it wasn't a rat or a squirrel, seeing as I am fairly sure we have a nest of one or the other in our attic space.


sarameg - Apr 18, 2005 5:35:34 am PDT #6555 of 10001

Dev's got a pretty good prey instinct. But she also has a very short attention span, and really? Brain the size of a walnut.

During all of this drama, Mister Kitty was lying like an otter in the middle of the living room run, in the sun. Didn't even open his eyes when Dev ran ACROSS him with the mouse in her mouth.

You might have squirrels or rats? Shudder. My college dorm had squirrels living in the abandoned 3rd floor. Noisy suckers.


tommyrot - Apr 18, 2005 5:37:43 am PDT #6556 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The guests gathered around the seder plate, in a circle on the floor, a book of instructions nearby.

Most sat attentively. Some looked around and fidgeted. Some scratched and barked.

It was a Passover seder for dogs.

...

Yes, the dogs wore yarmulkes. Quit snickering. They also ate kosher dog food.

It was provided by Holly Sher, who owns Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Co. in Wheeling.

"A number of customers of hers wanted to keep kosher with their dogs," Richardson said. "Even a number of customers who were not religious during the year wanted to keep kosher for Passover."

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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 5:39:21 am PDT #6557 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Happy Birthday Beej!

Happy Birthday Beth!

While going through some old tapes over the weekend I discovered that I have Cast a Deadly Spell, which I'd thought lost forever into the realm of HBO movies that never got released on DVD. Must make time this week to watch it and enjoy the Cthulhu Noir.