The wedding was supposed to be last year, but last year was Year of the Widow, so they couldn't get married.
Bwah! We had a couple of near misses related to auspicious/inauspicious dates.
Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --
Jayne ,'Serenity'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
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.
brenda m - Jan 26, 2006 3:45:24 am PST #2699 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
Topic!Cindy - Jan 26, 2006 3:46:45 am PST #2700 of 10002
What is even happening?
In other news, my brother seems to think that people are still going to fly to China for his wedding even if he doesn't tell us when and where it is. I wonder what his fiancee thinks about him scheduling the entire thing about his family's presence instead of her convenience.
Oh my, Consuela. I remember when she was just a not-so-English-speaking houseguest with a sick-unto-dying stomach virus, foisted upon your sister, who spoke no Chinese, while your bother (oh, I'm keeping that typo) wasn't going to be around. They're getting married! Huh.
Your brother needs a boot in pants. Yes.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 26, 2006 3:47:32 am PST #2701 of 10002
What is even happening?
As does your brother, brenda.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2006 3:57:47 am PST #2702 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommy, I think krav techniques against monkeys might be more of an issue.
Thanks for the krav congrats. I'm heartened (but not excited) by the news. We shall see how it all works out.
More hearts for Valentine's Day.
amych - Jan 26, 2006 4:02:37 am PST #2703 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The wedding was supposed to be last year, but last year was Year of the Widow, so they couldn't get married.
My coworker actually warned me about this, in a weird sort of "well, you're not Chinese, so it probably won't matter anyway" way that left me quite unsure of whether she meant it or thought it was all full of shit herself.
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 4:28:52 am PST #2704 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Octopus vs. Robot Robotic undersea exploration thingie: [link]
Here's a nifty video (mpg) of an octopus confronting an ROV working off Vancouver Island. The poor thing was just trying to crush and eat an interloper (or perhaps disassemble it for spare parts to use in its high-tech scheme to take over the world), and the ROV operator uses its thrusters to fling debris at it and drive it away.
It's quite a battle, and the octopus holds on for a surprisingly long time in the face of an extremely obnoxious machine.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2006 4:40:08 am PST #2705 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Isn't that the next made-for-Sci-Fi movie?
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 4:42:55 am PST #2706 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OctoROV!
Or maybe a creature of man/octopus DNA that's given robotic limbs after a near-fatal crash of a spaceship.
RoboOctoMan!
Calli - Jan 26, 2006 4:46:39 am PST #2707 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
RoboOctoMan!
Isn't that a Spiderman villian?
tommyrot - Jan 26, 2006 4:51:41 am PST #2708 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Isn't that a Spiderman villian?
Yeah, except Doc Oc lacks octopus DNA. Think how much more deadly he'd be if he could spray ink at his victims.