He was so cute when I talked to him on the phone. He's like, "People were dressed up as characters and everything! And not just the kids!" I'm like, "Wecome to fandom, dad."
I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.
Angel ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 25 to Life
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
vw bug - Jul 16, 2005 5:08:20 am PDT #1231 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
SailAweigh - Jul 16, 2005 5:10:29 am PDT #1232 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Cindy, I must admit to still being a fangurl. Every time I go to the comic store I have to pick up a couple packs of Spike trading cards. I've got about half the set now.
P-C, you might be interested to know I went to a local production of Pirates of Penzance last night. It was quite fun and had some awesome actors/singers. Many of them are vocal students through UW.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2005 5:12:41 am PDT #1233 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, very cool! I saw The Mikado when I visited UW. I...actually didn't like it very much, but I'm glad you enjoyed your production!
Topic!Cindy - Jul 16, 2005 5:21:55 am PDT #1234 of 10001
What is even happening?
I wrote about it in my non-non-LJ diary.Now you're just trying to mess me up, which is unfair, because I'm all sickly and such.
Cindy, I must admit to still being a fangurl. Every time I go to the comic store I have to pick up a couple packs of Spike trading cards. I've got about half the set now.I still have potential to be that sort of fangurl. But the waiting in line for anything? Not so much. And at midnight? I think I'd wait in line at midnight to see Jesus, and that would be about it.
SailAweigh - Jul 16, 2005 5:25:24 am PDT #1235 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
How long ago was that P-C? This particular group (the Madison Savoyards) only puts on one play a year, they're strictly G&S. Last year was Ruddigore, this year was PoP. The last time they did Mikado was 1998. I'm guessing you saw a UW production. I'm not always impressed by them.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2005 5:29:14 am PDT #1236 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm guessing you saw a UW production. I'm not always impressed by them.
Yeah, that's what I saw, in 2003.
vw bug - Jul 16, 2005 5:34:32 am PDT #1237 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I'm sitting here in the office chatting with you guys and crocheting. I can't believe they pay me to do this.
I'm working on these very beautiful and delicate rose napkin rings. They're amazing, but use a very small crochet hook and take a fair amount of concentration and skill. They are taking forever. I was hoping to have four or six of them done by this weekend. Looks like I might get one done, if I'm lucky.
SailAweigh - Jul 16, 2005 5:37:04 am PDT #1238 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm bad that way, too, vw. I look at something and think "cake." It's a rude shock when it takes me 2 months to finish something I thought would take 2 days.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 16, 2005 5:40:52 am PDT #1239 of 10001
What is even happening?
I am not a strong finisher, in general. When I return to work, I will be seeking employment as Idea Girl and Starter Girl.
billytea - Jul 16, 2005 5:42:42 am PDT #1240 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Back from my second speed dating evening. I'm actually a bit pissed off by this one. They had well over a hundred people there, and it was just so loud, I had to struggle to hear what the person sitting across from me was saying. And then, because there were so many people, I only got the chance to talk to half of the people in my age group. Naturally, the people there that I found most attractive (including a redhead of course, I'm predictable that way) were people I missed out on talking to.
And then, before the event, during the break, and (especially) afterwards, they started up the loud music, making it even harder to talk to anyone. They basically turned it back to being at a bar. If I wanted that, I would have gone to a bar. I signed up to share undivided attention with someone for a few minutes, rinse, lather repeat. I didn't sign up for an event where the host had to exhort people - repeatedly - to try not to get shitfaced too early in the evening.
I had some good (shouted) conversations, and there are one or two people I wouldn't mind hearing back from, but at bottom I find I have little invested in the outcome of this night at all. If I do this again, it'll be with the first company.
Oh, and just to top everything off, I had a dreadful taxi ride home. There are two things I want from a taxi driver: that they know how to drive, and that they know where they're going. This guy didn't know how to get out of the CBD. Out in the suburbs, fine, but the centre of town? And then he's weaving all over the place, moving into oncoming traffic, and generally pissing me off even more. (Yes, at this point my exasperation proved stronger than my sense of self-preservation.)
So, that's my evening. And you know, I feel better for it. Because at least I can direct my righteous indignation outwardly, and I worked out one or two new smoove conversational moves.