More gods than you can shake a stick at.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
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.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 6:40:09 pm PDT #979 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:43:49 pm PDT #980 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't believe that in almost 100 posts on reading in dreams, nobody mentioned that episode of Batman (TAS) where he figures out it's a dream by opening a book.
(Ironically, I was unable to post this during the actual conversation because I was watching JLU.)
Kat - Jul 18, 2005 6:43:54 pm PDT #981 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
be careful WHICH god you shake a stick at.
Also, I'm looking for a modern sonnet. I think I'll have to go into the archives to see if I can find one.
One more thought on NannyExpose.
Nanny is young and stupid. and spilling your sexlife details in your blog is surely your right, though giving the link to your employer? Dumb as shit.
But Mother? Get over yourself. Also, one thing to write about something in a blog, quite another to spill your guts all over the New York Times.
Though, honestly, this piece and the one about saving the husband before the kids brings out the dichotomy between private writing and public writing.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 6:47:41 pm PDT #982 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes -- all this "oh-so-candid" confessional writing gets up my nose. I don't learn anything interesting, in specific or in general from most of those.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:48:53 pm PDT #983 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I keep wanting to write an open letter.
DEAR NPR AND NEW YORK TIMES ESSAYISTS:
Unless you are Daniel Pinkwater or Baillie White, you are not nearly as interesting as you think you are. Please shut up.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:49:10 pm PDT #984 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I've hated every single "Modern Love" column ever published. I always end up reading them because they're linked on Metafilter and discussed freaking EVERYWHERE (and I'm sure that's why the Times continues to run the damn thing), but oh do I loathe that column. I've never read one single thing in there I didn't instantly regret knowing about the author.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:51:07 pm PDT #985 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
t sits next to Jessica
DebetEsse - Jul 18, 2005 6:51:14 pm PDT #986 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I should go through that site with a copy of American Gods. I won't, though.
There are noises coming from one of my vents. It is rather disturbing.
I have no thoughts on the Nanny stuff.
Kat - Jul 18, 2005 6:52:06 pm PDT #987 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jessica, was that where this column was?
There are some NPR and NYT people I love to hear or read. I thought the I Believe piece, for example, from today was though provoking. And frankly David Sedaris is way more interesting than Pinkwater to me.
But yes, the confessional writing, especially wherein it takes a jab at confessional writing? played out.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:53:53 pm PDT #988 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I in particular loathe the "Here is my smug little upper-middle-class life, but it's a universal experience! Really! I have just experienced something PROFOUND about love/death/parenthood! Really UNIQUE AND PROFOUND! Where's my Cosmo?" genre.