Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.

'Bushwhacked'


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.


JZ - Jan 08, 2006 5:27:36 pm PST #8692 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Kate, dinner-making is most cool indeed! Congratulations to you, and to Cute Bookstore Guy for recognizing your homemade dinner-worthiness.

I forgot about all my floaty pens!

I really must go over to my mom's place and get my glasses back from her. It took me three careful readings before I could see anything but I forgot all about my floaty penis!


Sue - Jan 08, 2006 5:28:42 pm PST #8693 of 10002
hip deep in pie

I forgot all about my floaty penis!

Bwah! I'm sure if I had a floaty penis, I would not forget it!


Kate P. - Jan 08, 2006 5:30:28 pm PST #8694 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Aw, thanks, JZ!

Kat, received and replied, and yay!

Sue, that was fabulous. I'm eager to discover how the balloon would have been rigged to behave properly on stage. Or is that the kind of thing that they don't bother about in playwriting class?


Jesse - Jan 08, 2006 5:36:02 pm PST #8695 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Then we played some pool, then I came home to find a message on my phone from Cute Bookstore Guy. Called him back -- he wants to make me dinner on Tuesday!

That's v. cute!

It would have been a slacker classic had I not stopped going to class and actually finished it.

Nice, Sue. Just think of all the lost potential slacker classics that suffered the same fate.


Sue - Jan 08, 2006 5:37:03 pm PST #8696 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Sue, that was fabulous. I'm eager to discover how the balloon would have been rigged to behave properly on stage.

Thanks! There are only fragments of the play, and I was writing scenes without a narrative in mind (the basic plot was a guy and a girl at a party that never seems to end in a series of scenes that shows the path of their relationship), so in some scenes the two main characters are best friends and in some they had just met.

I hadn't figured the cheese out. I guess you'd have to weight it right, then add the cheese that was going to be eaten. I guess it would help to have it all be fake food except for the to-be-eaten cheese.


Laura - Jan 08, 2006 5:38:30 pm PST #8697 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

Oh No! I went and did some work and Tom called me. I would much rather have been talking to Tom. The only good part is I have voice mail!!

I'm watching the GA. Since I don't watch the show it's interesting, and rather a whirlwind.


Sue - Jan 08, 2006 5:41:23 pm PST #8698 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Nice, Sue. Just think of all the lost potential slacker classics that suffered the same fate.

It seems to be the only true fate of a slacker classic. Those with the initiative to finish them weren't real slackers, were they?

The cheese & cracker helium balloon incident was something that my friend Kevin told me he witnessed at a party. Kevin, incidentally, won a Governor General's Award for Drama a few years ago. He's no slacker.


Cass - Jan 08, 2006 6:09:05 pm PST #8699 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I loved your story. It reminded me of a report I just saw on high/higher end wines being offered in boxes. Seriously.
But then grandma wouldn't have been forced to get so creative. And who hasn't wanted to hammer at a bottle of wine, really?

I've found several wines that are using twist tops and are quite good but I haven't tried any of the new boxed wines. It's a solid concept, I will have to try one.

I'm a little sad that the Rhino store will no longer be around.

Then we played some pool, then I came home to find a message on my phone from Cute Bookstore Guy. Called him back -- he wants to make me dinner on Tuesday!
Yay!
Dude, I got bit by a cleaning bug. It's a wee bit early for spring cleaning, but I went on a tear today. I am not sure the last time things were this clean: vaccumed, dusted, scrubbed floors, did laundry, put away storage, cleaned out a closet, bagged up some stuff to get rid of, and just put away tons of stuff laying about. YAY clean house.
This might be the only thing that doesn't bite me. I wouldn't even bitch about any itching if it came with a clean house.
And learnt that my smoke alarm isn't worth shit, because there were plumes of smoke, enough to make my eyes and throat sting from the bacon I burnt. Not a peep out of the detector, though.
Mine goes off at the first hint of even steam. Which I used to find annoying until I caught my stove on fire. Now I find it comforting. I should go see the brand and pimp it to you. It's twitchy but turns out that is a good thing in a smoke detector.
This whole drunk dialing thing leaves a lot to be desired.
Be grateful, drunk dialing usually leaves a lot to be regretted instead.


§ ita § - Jan 08, 2006 6:14:59 pm PST #8700 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Migraine meds should really kick in now. To that end, I'm going off to bed with an icepack. I'm sad to learn that the cold does help. Makes the rest of me less than thrilled, but one needs prioritise.

I think this migraine is courtesy the dryer sheet that seems to have gotten attached to my load of whites. Grrr.

Mile High was...confusing tonight. Or more accurately, my reaction to it was confusing. Next week is the season finale, though this could have passed for one. Luckily, series 2 picks up without a break.

Cass, if you could send me the model, that'd be great. I feel I should test this one, but if the bacon didn't set it off, I'd probably have to set the doorframe on fire. It's not even that close to the kitchen, either.


Jesse - Jan 08, 2006 6:18:11 pm PST #8701 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

God, everyone on Mile High is such a mess. Poor noodles, the lot of them.

Now I'm watching the annoying GA recap-o-rama, instead of sleeping. Why?