My folks and I have all made it clear to each other that we don't want to be kept alive under those sorts of conditions. My feeling is, in the extremely unlikely event that I was fully aware and conscious while being unable to move or communicate, my thoughts would be a constant loop of "put me out of my misery already, fuckers!"
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 15, 2005 8:18:38 am PDT #2104 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
Jessica - Jun 15, 2005 8:20:54 am PDT #2105 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I learned that the secret to making the bad weather go away is to get my hair cut extremely short the better to withstand the soul-crushing heat. Pre-haircut, 90º. Post-haircut? 76º! Brilliant!
Oh, and I learned that goat is more popular than ever in the US.
[eta: Oh, and just now, I learned the HTML entity for the degree sign. ]
Nutty - Jun 15, 2005 8:22:45 am PDT #2106 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have to confess, during this most recent humidity I had awesome hair. That extra half-curl did wonders.
lisah - Jun 15, 2005 8:24:20 am PDT #2107 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
"Check Engine" light pop up on my dashboard four days after spending $2000 to replace the damn engine
Maybe it was just your new engine's way of saying "Check me out! I'm totally shiny and new!!!" ?
Hey, has it gotten all cool out down here too? I haven't been outside since 9.
It's certainly nicer in my office today. Yesterday it was up to about 82 by the time I left for home.
-t - Jun 15, 2005 8:33:59 am PDT #2108 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have learned that I can watch the BMW movies in streaming video at my desk. And Whole Kitchen Shu Mai is pretty tasty.
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2005 8:34:59 am PDT #2109 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have learned that I can watch the BMW movies in streaming video at my desk
THIS is an excellent lesson.
I'm about to learn about htaccess redirection, and maybe how to deflect cheery people.
Mr. Broom - Jun 15, 2005 8:36:15 am PDT #2110 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I discovered chocolate clothing. Now I'm... hungry. Yes, hungry.
JZ - Jun 15, 2005 8:36:16 am PDT #2111 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hey, ms. nicest and pinkest and quittingest, check your email, will you, cherie?
The 1949 Secret Garden kicks all kinds of ass. So much fun to see a film of the era containing some of the most gaggingly saccharine child performers ever (It's A Wonderful Life's Zuzu, I'm looking at you), with a couple of aggressively real-looking kids throwing nasty and gleeful temper tantrums. And young, googly-eyed Elsa Lanchester with a thick Yorkshire accent, laughing her head off at the suggestion that she help a 12-year-old girl get dressed; and the fox cub, and the raven, and the opening shot of vultures drawing lazy circles in the sky above the cholera-raddled Lennox estate in India.
Kalshane - Jun 15, 2005 8:38:31 am PDT #2112 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I have to confess, during this most recent humidity I had awesome hair. That extra half-curl did wonders.
In the meantime, it's making my hair frizzy-puff-tastic. Which is not a good thing, in case anyone was wondering.
Scrappy - Jun 15, 2005 8:40:26 am PDT #2113 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I caught some of that yesterday (we have TCM playing all day on the TV behind my desk without sound to show captioning and I sneak peeks if it's amovie I like). I turned up the sound to hear the tantrum scene, which I thought rocked the house.