The most forthright Russian guy I've ever encountered was on the other side of a vast cultural gulf -- he was repeating "I love niggers!" to us with such glee I thought he was going to wet himself.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
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.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2005 12:59:25 pm PDT #3171 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
-t - Jun 20, 2005 1:03:38 pm PDT #3172 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
All the Russians I've known were members of my family. I thought it was just, you know, them. Or us. Not that that's me. I don't think.
Anyway, not much for the filter between brain and mouth, in my experience.
Burrell - Jun 20, 2005 1:34:31 pm PDT #3173 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The most forthright Russian guy I've ever encountered was on the other side of a vast cultural gulf -- he was repeating "I love niggers!" to us with such glee I thought he was going to wet himself.
Ah ha. Like the young woman I met who was so happy to tell us "my parents were Cossacks!" She didn't realize I'm Jewish.
Sheryl - Jun 20, 2005 1:40:16 pm PDT #3174 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Need sleep...
Topic!Cindy - Jun 20, 2005 1:43:10 pm PDT #3175 of 10001
What is even happening?
The most forthright Russian guy I've ever encountered was on the other side of a vast cultural gulf -- he was repeating "I love niggers!" to us with such glee I thought he was going to wet himself.
Ah ha. Like the young woman I met who was so happy to tell us "my parents were Cossacks!" She didn't realize I'm Jewish.Oh, as usual, dear. Twice.
shrift - Jun 20, 2005 1:48:28 pm PDT #3176 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm stuck here for at least twenty more minutes while this upload finishes.
t twiddles thumbs
erikaj - Jun 20, 2005 1:59:56 pm PDT #3177 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I like Lisah's CD a lot. I am not musically literate enough to write good reviews, however. But, you know, supporting a "hometown girl"...and they are fun songs.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 20, 2005 1:59:58 pm PDT #3178 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
Ah ha. Like the young woman I met who was so happy to tell us "my parents were Cossacks!" She didn't realize I'm Jewish.
Oh dear. That's like the guy who was trying to pick me up once and slipped about 3 unprovoked anti-Semetic remarks into a 10 minute conversation. I myself am not Jewish, but most of my closest relatives aside from Mom & Dad are.
I only wish I hadn't been too flabbergasted to think of toasting "l'chayim!"
msbelle - Jun 20, 2005 2:01:29 pm PDT #3179 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Everyone who was wishing to come to my house was right thinking. Jesse, miss know it all dampercakes, was only halfway right in that I wanted manual labor. I also wanted company and opinions. It is hard hanging a bunch of things on the wall and having to get down from stools and around furniture between each one to make sure things are spaced ok and straight and blah blah blah.
Point is - good day at my house. laundry done and 10 things hung up in the kitchen. I also revisited the paint stripping project in my bathroom that has been dormant for a couple of years. Maybe by the end of teh week I will actually finish it.
JZ - Jun 20, 2005 2:10:01 pm PDT #3180 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.
That's like the guy who was trying to pick me up once and slipped about 3 unrpovoked anti-Semetic remarks into a 10 minute conversation. I myself am not Jewish, but most of my closest relatives aside from Mom & Dad are. I only wish I hadn't been too flabbergasted to toast "l'chayim" with my drink.
The closest I've ever come to that was the store clerk at a Clothestime who cheerfully said something about other stores trying to Jew you out of all your money, and who when I objected explained patiently that it was just a expression people use, it didn't have anything to do with Jewish people. When I sputtered out the correct etymology, she looked completely nonplussed and said, "Well, my best friend is Jewish. I'll ask him about it tonight and see what he says." Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during that conversation.
There was also the time a boyfriend's father invited BF and me to a steakhouse where he was treating a bunch of friends to dinner; during the pre-meal cocktail hour, several of the more lubricated among them were making snippy little deeply encoded remarks that I can't even recall exactly -- just, the sort of thing one says when one wants to say that kind of thing without actually saying it.
I was just barely self-possessed enough to smile hugely and say, "My grandfather is Jewish!", at which everyone audibly cringed.
Then one woman said with a nervous twitchy grin, "Oh, dear, no, we didn't mean it negatively."
"Oh, no," chirped the twitchy Greek chorus behind her.
Her husband leaned in, all whiskey-hot in the face. "We really admire the Jews, as a people," he said earnestly.
"Oh, yes," his wife nodded, and then ground to a halt, apparently pondering the exact nature of their admiration. Finally, she brightened, and said in a warmly confidential voice, "They're so thrifty."
San Francisco. In the mid-nineties. My hand to God.