::switches to Animal Planet::
It's like reading reviews of movies you've already seen ... validation seeking? Wallowing in things that haven't even had time to become nostalgia yet? Dunno.
But thanks for the heads up, Eddie.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
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.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2005 3:44:15 pm PDT #9700 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 3:45:06 pm PDT #9701 of 10002
erika, HAH. Some of the touristy-famous places are in iffy neighborhood. Like the Babe Ruth museum.
I know the station does simulcasting over the web (I don't know about podcasting. Oh, they do for select stuff: [link] ) You'd probably like this show. It's pretty much random stories from around the area. It runs at 7 pm eastern on friday on WYPR .
Consuela - Oct 28, 2005 4:00:10 pm PDT #9702 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I have an etiquette question.
What do you do when you get invited to a big party at someone's house, and when you check the Evite for the directions, you realize that at the bottom it says, "$10 at the door".
t is boggled
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 4:01:28 pm PDT #9703 of 10002
Erm, unless you really really really want to go, you decline respectfully. And make appropriately aghast faces as you click the submit button.
Connie Neil - Oct 28, 2005 4:01:33 pm PDT #9704 of 10002
brillig
What do you do when you get invited to a big party at someone's house, and when you check the Evite for the directions, you realize that at the bottom it says, "$10 at the door".
You realize you've been invited to an impromptu restaurant/club opening and decide you're not in the mood to patronize a commercial establishment.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2005 4:02:30 pm PDT #9705 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Either you go and pay, or you don't go. Cash parties happen.
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 4:08:35 pm PDT #9706 of 10002
Cash parties happen.
Really? I'll admit that I'm rather unpartied. I'm familiar with cover at clubs or bars or whatever. And I've been to one where the hostess decided at the last minute to raise money for charity, but that was fairly good natured amongst close friends sorta thing (her sister had recently required the services of a womens shelter, and the "fee" was to support its mission) but... I dunno. I suspect it is a remnant of my midwestern roots, wherein you do not mix money and hosting. Hell, you don't mix money and ANYTHING.
And yet, I do not blink at the idea of potluck or byob. That was a staple of my upbringing, and I have to do a momentary adjustment when I'm NOT bringing a bottle or a dish. So I really can't point or anything.
§ ita § - Oct 28, 2005 4:13:12 pm PDT #9707 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have no idea what's happening in this instance, but I've seen them where it's a matter of covering equipment rentals, or DJ costs, or whatever. No big deal in my book -- $10 or a bottle of wine or flowers or whatever.
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 4:18:32 pm PDT #9708 of 10002
You are right (given I'd spend more that $10 on a potluck) but like I said, something in me thinks asking for $ in an invite is gauche. Yet asking for contributions or a freaking dish , doesn't. I contain multitudes of contradictions.
sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 4:23:12 pm PDT #9709 of 10002
Huh, I just saw an ad for an A&E series about some local (I think-the reporting was local, it's been a while since I read/heard it) dudes who went around just doing good things for random people- artificial limbs, buying gas, etc. Random 1.
Different (sort of) kind of reality tv. I don't know if they'd had cameras all along or not.