I don't want challenges. I want chocolates brought to me and to eat them between sips of very good rum liqueur.
There will also be massages.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 8:48:47 pm PDT #6402 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson - May 23, 2005 8:51:05 pm PDT #6403 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
So tired, can't sleep. Too hot. It'a a million trillion degrees. I need to move to a colder climate.
Lee - May 23, 2005 8:51:33 pm PDT #6404 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I like your version of the world, ita.
JenP - May 23, 2005 9:00:31 pm PDT #6405 of 10001
Yeah, Cass beat me to COMM. I figured someone would have.
24 will be worth the wait, is my opinion. Even though it's sad that you have to wait.
Cass - May 23, 2005 9:16:20 pm PDT #6406 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
there's no way I can get 24 watched before tomorrow night.Neither can I. But it didn't stop me from spoiling myself like a frisky chambermaid peeking under the whitefont.
Yeah, Cass beat me to COMM.I actually went to see who made it to COMM first on that one... I figured it would have been x-posted. Then I figured it was fate. And I am nothing if not fate's bitch.
I need to pack. I am not packing. I am also lethargy's bitch.
tavella - May 23, 2005 9:44:46 pm PDT #6407 of 10001
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
Argh. I enjoy TWOP generally, but if they are going to be really picayune about warning people, it'd be nice if they ever reviewed the damn things. Fametracker, they were equally picayune but they at least usually removed warnings after a month. I just got banned, for of all things, putting in a line that I wasn't spoiler tagging because already aired, but was ahead of the current rerun cycle of FMA.
Given that I've never had a warning removed, not even the one from back in January, I'm guessing that I won't have posting privileges for months, if ever again. Annoying, it'd be at least nice to have a date.
Volans - May 23, 2005 10:10:12 pm PDT #6408 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Lyra Jane, that so sucks. I still have some contacts among the Beltway Bandits, so feel free to contact me if you are interested.
And there are possibly worse things than being unemployed...like being a midget in Cambodia. Or especially a member of the Cambodian Midget Fighting League. [link]
The Apple Pan is yummy.
Curse you wee Perkins for bringing up the Apple Pan! Now I want pie. More so than usual.
The jiujitsu instructor I had that was big into the talking part of self-defense was that way because he was a cop, and he was very conscious of needing to convince any witnesses that you are the victim here. So you had to find the perfect pitch to make the attacker back down without making witnesses think you were being too aggressive. It got tedious, more practicing delivery of your lines than martial arts.
So one time, instead of "Get away!" or whatever, one of the senior blackbelts said "Hey, is that your blue Volkswagen in the pa---" and launched himself at the assailant. He had the guy tied into a pretzel before anyone realized what had happened, and had climbed up another student and perched on his head. It was beautiful. The instructor's rage was nice too.
I did the eye contact thing yesterday, actually. A guy had been sitting in a car parked at the curb for quite a while, and just after I passed the car he started it up and drove off, turning the first corner so as not to drive past me. But he couldn't make the turn immediately, so I made a big show of staring at him and writing down the plate number. It's not exactly what they teach us in anti-terrorism training, but the whole point is to make the bad guys think you are a hard target, so they go pick on someone else.
Lee - May 23, 2005 10:13:50 pm PDT #6409 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Curse you wee Perkins for bringing up the Apple Pan!
insert evil laugh here.
Also, hi. How is Greece?
libkitty - May 23, 2005 10:15:36 pm PDT #6410 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
So tired, can't sleep. Too hot. It'a a million trillion degrees. I need to move to a colder climate.
I think we were in the low 60's today. We had a little rain, but it was nice in between. And, we have a music festival this week, so absolutely fantastic music every day, about half of it free. And I got to go on a cruise, sip wine and munch nummy appetizers while listening to live classical music with my favorite cellist, and a wonderful violist and classical guitarist. We had nature accompanying the music with light rain and sunshine at the same time. Bliss.
t /gloating
It's not often I get to gloat, I have to take advantage of it when I can.
Volans - May 23, 2005 10:21:24 pm PDT #6411 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Also, hi. How is Greece?
Also, hi back! Greece is hot. Not as hot as Phoenix/Tuscon, but in the 90s. And still boring, but I've signed up for free scuba lessons at the embassy next month. I doubt I will ever get to go diving, but at least learning how will be fun.
Sometimes living here sideswipes me, tho - I was out on the balcony pulling the shutters closed at sunset last night, and the sun was blazing orange, setting over a jagged range of mountains, and I suddenly thought that 2000 years ago, another woman might've stood just here and watched the sunset, just as I was. And then I thought, actually, someone has seen the sunset over those peaks every day for thousands of years.
Whoa, dude.