Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?

Angel ,'Time Bomb'


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.


lori - Jan 08, 2006 1:30:59 pm PST #8620 of 10002

ita, it was in the magazine section of the paper, and we will save it for you. Can't find it online. Maybe we could drop it off tonight on our way to LAX, or maybe you get it in a week. Either way, it had info on restaurants to go to get lots of different goat dishes.


lori - Jan 08, 2006 1:31:24 pm PST #8621 of 10002

Aww, thanks, Betsy.


§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:38:33 pm PST #8622 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If dropping by is convenient, that'd be great. I don't plan on leaving the house again today. Otherwise, no worries! Thanks so much.

lori's a good cool card to toss out. "Yeah, but MARS," is hard to follow.


Theodosia - Jan 08, 2006 1:40:15 pm PST #8623 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"

Huh -- has it been mentioned here that evidently author JT Leroy is a woman, but that 'he' has also been portrayed in public by another woman?

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Kat - Jan 08, 2006 1:41:58 pm PST #8624 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

"Yeah, but MARS,"

IT IS! But there's also something really humbling when your own (or in this case my) mother says, "Wow! She's so much smarter than you are."


§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:43:19 pm PST #8625 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But there's also something really humbling when your own (or in this case my) mother says, "Wow! She's so much smarter than you are."

I'm already the dumb one in my family.


Kat - Jan 08, 2006 1:47:01 pm PST #8626 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

But would your mother ever say that? Or admit that your partner is smarter than you to your face in such a franky way.


DavidS - Jan 08, 2006 1:48:08 pm PST #8627 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Huh -- has it been mentioned here that evidently author JT Leroy is a woman, but that 'he' has also been portrayed in public by another woman?

I think we talked about the hoax being revealed. I'm (a) not entirely surprised since there was a fanciful element in the writing that didn't jibe entirely with the gritty backstory and (b) not upset, since I like the writing anyway and had nothing invested in the authenticity of the writer.


Nutty - Jan 08, 2006 1:49:08 pm PST #8628 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Huh -- has it been mentioned here that evidently author JT Leroy is a woman, but that 'he' has also been portrayed in public by another woman?

I've never read anything by J. T. Leroy, but I did read the New York Magazine expose that put forward the theory that he was not who he said he was. Which seems to be a fair amount of the basis for that article.

Never having heard of him before the NY Magazine article, I read a basic description of this character, and immediately said to myself, "This isn't a person, it's an OTT character." And, I guess, that ended up being the article's point.


§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 1:49:56 pm PST #8629 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But would your mother ever say that?

The mother that's told me how ugly I was? It's come up.

And lord knows she wants me with someone smarter and more capable than myself. Also more entrepreneural, level-headed, successful and focussed.

She's clear on where my failings lie, and isn't shy about it.