ita, I've had students read Durango Street, but I've not read it. My whole class novels are rare these days and tend to be plays more than novels.
Those shoes are cute, msbelle!
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jan 15, 2006 4:19:34 pm PST #232 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
msbelle - Jan 15, 2006 4:21:01 pm PST #233 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I know! and only $30!
brenda m - Jan 15, 2006 4:22:12 pm PST #234 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh, pretty shoes. And cheap!
Kat - Jan 15, 2006 4:22:44 pm PST #235 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Good buy!
We rode our bikes around Santa Monica today and I stopped at Lucy. We bought 2 long sleeved shirts, 3 pairs of yoga pants, 1 pair of socks, a timbuk2 bag, 2 camisoles for less than $100. CRAXY.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2006 4:25:06 pm PST #236 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I bought these this morning. Less cute.
I went searching for the availability of Frank Bonham books (Viva Chicano is the one that stuck most in my mind, obviously, but I do remember reading Durango Street and Hey Big Spender too) to see if they'd live up to my memories. They fascinated me. And it's not until now that I'm realising that Los Angeles is..you know...Los Angeles. Placing the mystery foreign city of those books in space if not in time with where I live now.
Lee - Jan 15, 2006 4:30:31 pm PST #237 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Must...resist...the...shoes.
P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2006 4:35:06 pm PST #238 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I just got these [link] at REI this week for about $55 on sale.
These [link] are silly, but I dig them.
Kat - Jan 15, 2006 4:38:13 pm PST #239 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Plei, Keens! YAY!
Hmmm... I haven't read Durango Street, so I dunno. But I do remember when I moved to DC and being like, "Huh!? THIS PLACE? I read about this."
Jesse - Jan 15, 2006 4:39:28 pm PST #240 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Lawrence Block was probably 10% of the reason I moved to New York. It's still funny revisiting stuff I read/saw/etc. before I lived here (or wherever) and realizing I know the places they're talking about.
P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2006 4:41:05 pm PST #241 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Kat! I was so happy to find a pair that fit me! The laces are what made them work. The slip-ons just won't fit over my arch, and the Mary Janes, which were cute, hit at a weird point on my toe.
The REI person said they run short, and suggested the 6.5 instead of the 6, and they're lovely. Now that I'm bussing to work, I found that I needed comfortable shoes.
Which means I should avoid these: [link]