Run, shrift, run!
Dana, you certainly get around.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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 § - Dec 12, 2005 8:00:44 am PST #1312 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Dec 12, 2005 8:01:59 am PST #1313 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I cannot bear to do any work today. Which is something of a problem.
Anyone want to do my job for me? I'll give you a Ford F-150!
Calli - Dec 12, 2005 8:02:38 am PST #1314 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
You could work a few product placements into futuristic SF.
"The only things we saved from Earth-that-was were cows, revolvers, and Diet Coke with Lime."
"Well, yeah, you've gotta have the refreshing taste of Coke."
sarameg - Dec 12, 2005 8:04:19 am PST #1315 of 10002
So Jesse, that gig pay much?
I really ought to buy tickets today. Actually, I should have bought them a month ago. I'm sure all the cheap seats are gone by now.
Trudy Booth - Dec 12, 2005 8:04:19 am PST #1316 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You can have viscous aluminum?
It's the step before transparent aluminum, Scotty is very excited.
Dana - Dec 12, 2005 8:07:19 am PST #1317 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dana, you certainly get around.
I think ita just called me a musical whore.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2005 8:12:17 am PST #1318 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think ita just called me a musical whore.
Not necessarily -- are you getting paid? And do you have someone to beat you to keep you in line?
shrift - Dec 12, 2005 8:12:26 am PST #1319 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Fuck, yes.
t pets her nest egg
Actually, it's more than a nest egg. It's more like a nest ostrich at this point...
I cannot bear to do any work today. Which is something of a problem.
Yeah, I'm right there with you. And listening to punk rock really isn't helping my work ethic.
Dana - Dec 12, 2005 8:13:49 am PST #1320 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
are you getting paid?
No. In fact, I'm paying for the privilege. What's the opposite of a whore?
And do you have someone to beat you to keep you in line?
Well, the violinists can get pretty snarky if you get in their way...
DavidS - Dec 12, 2005 8:13:51 am PST #1321 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bail Shrift bail!