Today I get to go to my auto dealer and demand an explanation for the defective safety tire that ruptured within the first mile of being driven on yesterday. I wish the nice people at Firestone hadn't patched it, so I'd still have the more dramatic flat tire with detached nozzle to slam down on my dealer's desk—but I think the scored and deformed metal where I had to drive miles on the wheel rim will speak eloquently for me.
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
Buffy ,'Selfless'
Natter 39 and Holding
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 - Oct 08, 2005 7:35:24 am PDT #4499 of 10002
"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
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2005 7:40:26 am PDT #4500 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For some reason, googling Brentano's isn't giving me a site for the store. It's no Vroman's, but I was wondering how "independent" it was. I feel hypocritical, because I'm learning to love the Century City mall, despite mocking my parents for their devotion to it during their visit. But that was before the Aerosoles and Apple and Palm stores. It's totally different now.
Theodosia - Oct 08, 2005 7:41:49 am PDT #4501 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooo, a Palm store? There's a Palm kiosk at a downtown mall near work, but that isn't quite the same.
Lee - Oct 08, 2005 7:45:25 am PDT #4502 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita, brentano's is part of Waldenbooks.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2005 7:47:15 am PDT #4503 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
brentano's is part of Waldenbooks
Ah, well. If there's no independentish bookstores nearby to patronise, what's to be done? I'm sure I'm missing something in Santa Monica, but between Westwood Blvd, Westside Pavilion and Century City, I'd have to pass a lot of chain places to get there.
Lee - Oct 08, 2005 7:48:30 am PDT #4504 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It's actually worse than I thought-- it's part of Borders now: [link] and it just joined with Amazon.
eta: Burrell gave me a gift certificate to a bookstore on the west side that is still independent. Wish I could remember the name. It was B something.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2005 7:51:05 am PDT #4505 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I know the one you mean, now that you mention it. In Santa Monica, I think, maybe north of Wilshire. Near 3rd.
amych - Oct 08, 2005 7:51:08 am PDT #4506 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Waldenbooks has been part of Borders for at least 15 years -- maybe closer to 20. For whatever little that's worth.
(edit to correct dates: Brentano's and Walden's were both bought by K-mart in 1984, Borders in 1992.)
Lee - Oct 08, 2005 7:53:09 am PDT #4507 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Theodosia - Oct 08, 2005 7:54:18 am PDT #4508 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I can remember in the 70s (high school for me) when the Waldenbooks that opened in the mall was like the greatest store I'd ever seen. That was just about the same time that fantasy fiction took off in a big big way and suddenly there was something really cool each and every time I went there. t /nostalgic