Hate to burst any bubbles, but I have to think that the shift of the cliche to jadeite was less a matter of geological accuracy than of "ooh, shiny extra syllable! that must mean it's even more sophisticated and bee-you-tee-full!"
Mal: I call you back? Wash: No, Mal. You didn't. Zoe: I take full responsibility, cap.
'Out Of Gas'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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amych - Dec 03, 2007 7:06:52 am PST #4643 of 10436
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
P.M. Marc - Dec 03, 2007 7:08:35 am PST #4644 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Green nephrite is closer to human eyecolor than green jadeite, if one must disambiguate the jades. Also, nephrite, unlike jadeite, doesn't come in pink.
amych - Dec 03, 2007 7:09:43 am PST #4645 of 10436
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
"His huge long-lashed jadeite eyes looked not unlike those of a startled albino bunny."
sumi - Dec 03, 2007 7:11:31 am PST #4646 of 10436
Art Crawl!!!
bWHAHAHA!
P.M. Marc - Dec 03, 2007 7:15:04 am PST #4647 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hee! Yes, exactly!
Nutty - Dec 03, 2007 7:50:34 am PST #4648 of 10436
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Heh. I am glad my cynicism is in good company.
Dana - Dec 03, 2007 8:00:53 am PST #4649 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Green nephrite is closer to human eyecolor than green jadeite, if one must disambiguate the jades.
Nikita fandom would have loved you.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 04, 2007 5:42:16 am PST #4650 of 10436
"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
My eyes look more like peridot, color-wise.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Dec 05, 2007 9:10:44 am PST #4651 of 10436
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I feel compelled to mention that I have a friend whose hair answers to the description 'jadeite' perfectly as it is both green and pink. Her eyes are merely chestnut, alas.
Lee - Dec 10, 2007 3:39:59 pm PST #4652 of 10436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm in the middle of a SPN/Criminal minds crossover that I was mostly enjoying until I got to this sentence
You waved your rights, you waved extradition
Now I don't know if I can finish it.