I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

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.


flea - Jul 26, 2005 8:25:13 am PDT #2978 of 10002
information libertarian

I have been watching too much TV lately, and have the following commercial observations:

1. When the Olive Garden slogan, "When you're here, you're Family," comes up, I always think, "I go to the Olive garden and become gay?"

2. They have a battery powered vibrating razor for women. It's called Venus Vibrance [link] and my mind goes to a bad bad bad place whenever I see the ad.


lisah - Jul 26, 2005 8:25:42 am PDT #2979 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate

make sure that you tell your co workers and friends before you start, or they might try to stage an intervention.

hah! good idea.


§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 8:27:07 am PDT #2980 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

"I go to the Olive garden and become gay?"

And here I was thinking it was more Cosa Nostra than rainbow connecting.


Beverly - Jul 26, 2005 8:28:52 am PDT #2981 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Feliciations to Kat on the anniversary of her natal day!

...Not only am I past being bored with Tom Cruise, now I'm over the funny criticism of him. If somebody wants to mount a rescue and deprogram effort for Katie, I could nod in approval, but otherwise, I say let them sink... They're obviously not suffering because of their delusions, although they're certainly suffering from them. I don't think there's anybody left in the movie-going public who would take anything the guy says seriously any more.

Oh Cindy, I do SO understand the musings brought on by half-clad, sweaty, muscle-y hardworking men. Some of the firefighters at our house fire were all in their boots and helmets and heavy pants--you know the treated canvas ones, with the suspenders?--and shirtless. Sooty, sweaty, heroic, AND shirtless. Oh my.


Gudanov - Jul 26, 2005 8:30:15 am PDT #2982 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

From the "Blair: World slept after 9/11" CNN article: [link]

"September 11 for me was a wake up call. Do you know what I think the problem is? That a lot of the world woke up for a short time and then turned over and went back to sleep again," he said.

The world fell alseep how? I really don't understand what he's talking about. There have been terrorist attacks all over the place since 9/11, in Bali, Turkey, Spain, and plenty of other places. I really don't think the world forgot about terrorism.


Kristen - Jul 26, 2005 8:35:52 am PDT #2983 of 10002

Happy Birthday Kat!

/o\


bon bon - Jul 26, 2005 8:49:07 am PDT #2984 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

It usually does, and with 17 classes a week at level 1 (plus fighting and cardio tracks) it can provide almost as much of a workout as you want.

What is a cardio track? And if someone had, say, three times a week they could take the class (I'm guessing, since he runs a post production house), how would it compare to like a spinning class?


Volans - Jul 26, 2005 8:50:42 am PDT #2985 of 10002
move out and draw fire

So I was talking to a friend who patched GTA:SA to reveal the sex scenes. I asked him about it, and he said, "Honestly? I skip those now. They're really a pain. You have to get all the keystrokes right - it's too much pressure! I have performance anxiety in real life, I don't need this."

He called it "Dance Dance Revolution: The Sex Game."


Topic!Cindy - Jul 26, 2005 8:54:06 am PDT #2986 of 10002
What is even happening?

Oh Cindy, I do SO understand the musings brought on by half-clad, sweaty, muscle-y hardworking men. Some of the firefighters at our house fire were all in their boots and helmets and heavy pants--you know the treated canvas ones, with the suspenders?--and shirtless. Sooty, sweaty, heroic, AND shirtless. Oh my.

You know Beverly, either they're too young, or I'm getting too old or I'm even more married than I suspected. My first thought was really, "Those poor kids must be hot." And when I helped one of them bring the lemonade and popsicles out to the backyard, and saw the hose set up, then I thought of my Buffistas.

Oh! Maybe the Fifth Disease has affected my appreciation levels. My hands are swollen (although pretty good, today), and my knees and ankles are not right. My left calf muscle is all tense from walking funny because of the knees and ankles. My left heel is sore, because of the way I've been walking to compensate for the knees, ankles and calf. I realized I must have left my sneakers in Maine, so I have dh's rank high tops on because my sandals seemed to be exacerbating everything, making me not so pretty and sort of embarrassed when I limped out to help the guys.

I should make up a shirt that says, "I have a virus that makes my joints swell and hurt. Pity me."


§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 8:58:18 am PDT #2987 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What is a cardio track? And if someone had, say, three times a week they could take the class (I'm guessing, since he runs a post production house), how would it compare to like a spinning class?

The cardio track (better called the fitness track) is a pool of cardio classes, bagwork classes, stretching and sports conditioning (including for the Mixed Martial Arts) that I avoid quite strenuously, except to look through the window and smile (inside) at the pain on the faces of instructors that enjoy torturing me. There are about 16 or so of those per week, with a few during the day.

It is also possible to get a good workout 3x a week in the self-defense classes, especially if he picks his instructors wisely.

It'd definitely beat spinning for muscle development and a whole-body workout. Hands down. I've never taken a spinning class, but I can testify that taking one cardio class made me want to kill a lot of people, starting with the instructor.