Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.

'War Stories'


Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


brenda m - Aug 18, 2006 1:34:52 pm PDT #3496 of 10001
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

Hmm. Wonder if that new TJ's they're building near my office has opened yet...


Jessica - Aug 18, 2006 1:35:04 pm PDT #3497 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So.

I have put up my new curtains, and they are very pretty, and providing some much-needed shade.

I have also apparently broken my air-conditioner. I was moving a shelf of DVDs back to where they belonged (I had to move them out of the way), and I stepped on the extension cord. The AC turned itself off, and now I can't get it back on. Grrrrrr.


juliana - Aug 18, 2006 1:40:23 pm PDT #3498 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

The AC turned itself off, and now I can't get it back on. Grrrrrr.

Is there a fuse or a breaker somewhere on the unit?


Jessica - Aug 18, 2006 1:47:10 pm PDT #3499 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I thought that was the problem, but no, I'd just turned a power strip off. All fixed! Whew! That would not have been a good thing.


Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2006 2:03:21 pm PDT #3500 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm probably going to go up a little early, since I will have some of the food with me, and stick around until the end so that I can help clean up. You're welcome to hitch a ride with me, but I'll make you help carry things to the apartment if you do.

I don't mind carrying things. What's the schedule again? I need to see what my relatives have in store for me on Sunday. If I'm not needed, then an extended break would be welcome.


Lee - Aug 18, 2006 2:04:57 pm PDT #3501 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I need to double check with the Zmayhem's, but I'll probably head up there a little after 9:30, and the shower lasts until 2:00.


JZ - Aug 18, 2006 2:08:42 pm PDT #3502 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

A little after 9:30 sounds fine to me. Hec is off fetching Emmett so he can't voice an opinion, but IIRC neither of us has slept in past 8:30 in the past couple of weeks (well, I did sleep until 2:30 one day, but I was fighting off a cold; I'm pleased to say I slept that little bastard to death and am now just fine and an 8:30 riser again).

Also, received your gmail and shall obey.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 18, 2006 2:10:06 pm PDT #3503 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Cindy- usually the ones who wanted to do shocking things found them on their own. I usually send students off (if they are old enough) to find their own stuff, perhaps from a book or a move, not necessarily a play. If they can't find anything, I help them. Then we work together to cut the piece into a monologue with a beginning, middle and an end-- a little play.

Now I have suggested things like a monologue from the Crucible, which I guess some people might find offensive, but I would never suggest a really good monologue that is looking back at a girl's first masturbatory orgasm, or the Philip monologue from The Lion in Winter that is about how Philip seduced Richard to have something on him with the line "What's the crown's take on boys who do with boys", although they are great monologues. Just more suited to college age.

But, some parents might find cutting a monologue from Harry Potter or Buffy offensive, but I would probably allow it. As a non-parent, I feel that part of teaching theatre or literature is perhaps to expose people to things that others might not approve of, and let them make their own decision. I would not let someone cut a monologue from Fanny Hill or the Tropic of Capricorn or the Kama Sutra or one that was really, really violent until college.


Lee - Aug 18, 2006 2:30:51 pm PDT #3504 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

A little after 9:30 sounds fine to me. Hec is off fetching Emmett so he can't voice an opinion, but IIRC neither of us has slept in past 8:30 in the past couple of weeks (well, I did sleep until 2:30 one day, but I was fighting off a cold; I'm pleased to say I slept that little bastard to death and am now just fine and an 8:30 riser again).

I was going to leave my place about 9:30, so I probably wouldn't get there until about 10:15 or 10:30.

Also, received your gmail and shall obey.

Very good.


Strega - Aug 18, 2006 2:48:31 pm PDT #3505 of 10001

Friends aren't coming, boo, so cleaning isn't happening, yay.

Now I just have to decide what DVD I'm going to fall asleep during.