Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!

'Shindig'


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 16, 2006 7:20:40 pm PST #706 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Perkins, I don't think so. Did you have a bad experience?

I went up to the guy that the PT had called. I leant over his desk and said "WHATEVER. That's all I have to say." and walked away. He's not in a position to stop me (he's testing with me), but the PT does have other high ranked instructors he can talk to.

I'll just have to get to them first. And promise them candy and dancing girls.


Kat - Jan 16, 2006 7:22:27 pm PST #707 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Thanks, Perkins! She is gorgeous. I'm not loving the dress in the picture.

Anyhow, I think it's past my bedtime. I know who wins so I can safely go to sleep now.


§ ita § - Jan 16, 2006 7:33:56 pm PST #708 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How cute! (spoiler for best supporting actress in a series, mini-series or television movie). Debra Messing in a print. I don't like that dress much, but I think the print thing is working better.

I realise now that 24 is a show that manages to pull off "But you can't discipline me--you need me" without raising my hackles. Perhaps because Jack always seems to pay a bigger price in the end, and doesn't enjoy getting away with it. It's his schtick, and his burden.


Lee - Jan 16, 2006 7:37:03 pm PST #709 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Did you have a bad experience?

Nope. Just found a bag that I've had since before Thanksgiving, and wanted to eat them.


tommyrot - Jan 16, 2006 7:42:47 pm PST #710 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.

Here's an interesting documentary: Disney's "Story of Menstruation" No, really:

Walt Disney's The Story Of Menstruation -- Presenting the Story of Menstruation. A Walt Disney Production Through the Courtesy of Kotex Products -- was originally delivered to the International Cellu-Cotton Company on October 18, 1946. It runs approximately ten minutes. It has been estimated that the film has been seen by approximately ninety-three million American women. Neither sexuality nor reproduction is mentioned in this influential film, and an emphasis on sanitation makes it, as Disney historian Jim Korkis has suggested: 'a hygienic crisis rather than a maturational event.'

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§ ita § - Jan 16, 2006 7:45:15 pm PST #711 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Speaking of Disney, there's a Bambi 2 going straight to DVD. Something about a son's courage and a father's love.

Quease.


Spidra Webster - Jan 16, 2006 7:45:22 pm PST #712 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I think it was somewhere way way upthread that someone was wondering why a co-worker wore the same dress over and over. I don't know what that person's reason was but I have unfortunately been wearing the same pants very often this season. I gained 30 lbs. in a year and a half and nothing I had fits me well anymore. I don't have money to shop for a bunch of new clothes. I barely make enough to get by. So I have this one pair of lined jeans that fits and keeps me warm in winter and I wear them often. I don't wash them every single night, but I wash them often. There was another period in my life where I just had 3 or 4 pair of the exact same pants in the exact same color so it would probably look to people like I was wearing the same thing every day. I'm 6 feet tall, not skinny (not since my late 20s anyway) and it's hard to find stuff that fits right. When I find it, if I can afford it, I'll probably buy several. As things are right now, rent and healthcare eat up most of my paycheck so I can't go clothes shopping.


Fiona - Jan 16, 2006 11:29:34 pm PST #713 of 10002

From way back:

Does Sir Anthony (or British people in general) not pronounce the H in is first name or is Gwynneth just being weird?

Brits in general don't pronounce the H, which is why my dad is very glad his name is spelled Antony - though even then lots of Americans still get it wrong.

Gwynneth might still be weird in other ways, though.


Nilly - Jan 16, 2006 11:34:37 pm PST #714 of 10002
Swouncing

Fiona!


Fiona - Jan 17, 2006 12:37:46 am PST #715 of 10002

Nilly!!