I concur.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2006 11:58:04 am PST #4011 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sparky1 - Jan 31, 2006 11:58:29 am PST #4012 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
Semi-colon.
Ginger - Jan 31, 2006 11:59:43 am PST #4013 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
New sentence.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2006 12:03:19 pm PST #4014 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Semicolons are hot.
Lee - Jan 31, 2006 12:04:05 pm PST #4015 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
My head still hurts, and I am wearing new shoes that are very clackity.
Oddly, I blame shrift for this, since she was the one that originally predicted that yesterday/Monday was never going to end.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2006 12:11:37 pm PST #4016 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Hey! You got another black eye!"
"It wasn't krav."
"Really? You have to leave him."
"I can't! I tried but...I wish I knew how to quit him."
Comedy gold people, comedy gold.
Now the same co-worker is IMing me and calling me liar, and that I must have gotten into a relationship and won't admit it.
eta: Now he's calling me Cristina Yang. I should have stayed home.
shrift - Jan 31, 2006 12:25:08 pm PST #4017 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Oddly, I blame shrift for this, since she was the one that originally predicted that yesterday/Monday was never going to end.
Oh, sure, blame the messenger!
Note to self: stop making valid observations, for it only leads to ill will.
aurelia - Jan 31, 2006 12:28:53 pm PST #4018 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think you're overlooking a potentially profitable situation here, shrift. There could be quite the market for t-shirts, mugs, wristbands, etc that say "blame shrift."
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2006 12:31:56 pm PST #4019 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How about this?
shrift - Jan 31, 2006 12:36:28 pm PST #4020 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
To do list:
1) Go spend too much money to Best Buy.
2) Charge iPod.
3) Stay away from all televisions during SotU to avoid severe property damage.
4) Develop persecution complex.