I just had a neighbor ask if he could go out my window to get back in his apartment via the fire escape. SO random! I'm hoping he really was the neighbor and not a really well camoflaged burglar, with his mail and coffee.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'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.
Jesse - Feb 27, 2006 5:18:24 am PST #9789 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:21:02 am PST #9790 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.
a year? what do you do in them? my jeans can last a good decade.
Walk around, do stuff.
Usually I get a hole in the knee or the crotch or in the denim outside of where my keys and change collect in my front pocket.
Usually I have two or three pairs of jeans that I wear all the time.
Theodosia - Feb 27, 2006 5:21:17 am PST #9791 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I think I bought a $65 or $75 shirt once or twice -- silk, made very very well. Or maybe those were ones that I got in Filene's basement, so they were originally priced like that. Do sales count?
I used to sew all my own clothes when I was much younger, poorer, and had a lot more free time. Which makes me a bit of a snob about clothing construction....
Strix - Feb 27, 2006 5:22:16 am PST #9792 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I spent $98 on a dress a couple of months ago. Worth every penny. I usually bargain shop, but lately, I've been willing to spend a little more on something that fits better, and looks good on me.
That said, I have plenty of $10 shirts that do me just fine.
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2006 5:24:57 am PST #9793 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.
I spent $120 on a pair of dress pants last year. I think that's the most I've ever spent on non-footwear, non-jacket attire.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2006 5:26:34 am PST #9794 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My jeans get the front pocket holes, sometimes back pocket holes, random snags, and holes where the legs are too long and get stepped on.
But those are my GAP jeans. I don't want my Lucky jeans to ever get holey.
Went denim skirt shopping again yesterday. The words "Short denim skirt, not micro short, not distressed" were met every time with a politely regretful no.
Jamaica's about to have a female prime minister. We're a weird lot.
TomW - Feb 27, 2006 5:27:03 am PST #9795 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
We have daffodil shoots coming up. I'm assuming they're way early, since they keep getting covered in snow.
I'm torn between pride that something I planted is actually growing and worry that something I planted is going to die because New England weather makes no sense.
Jessica - Feb 27, 2006 5:30:40 am PST #9796 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I can think of plenty of places to spend $100 on a shirt, but I don't shop there. $40 is about my upper limit, and even then it would have to be one hell of a nice shirt.
Spidra Webster - Feb 27, 2006 5:33:40 am PST #9797 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I had that experience. I didn't used to make holes in my jeans that easily. Then I gained some pounds and had only one pair of lined jeans that fit me. So I wore them all the time. They have quite a few holes now.
Hemp jeans exist.
flea - Feb 27, 2006 5:35:39 am PST #9798 of 10002
information libertarian
I would spend $100 on a shirt, if I had extra $100s floating around. Heck, I'd probably flash Gus for $100. I have flashed many people for free in the last few years (while breastfeeding, not like at Mardi Gras or anything).
Tom W, your daffodils will not die. Daffodils have been surviving New England's wacky springs for many years now. The tips of the leaves may yellow, but they will still bloom.