I assume they're not just standing around, though. Arguing while you're driving on a snowy highway is always interesting.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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Ms. Havisham - Jan 21, 2003 10:28:40 am PST #453 of 10001
And we will call it... "This Land."
Theodosia - Jan 21, 2003 10:56:47 am PST #454 of 10001
'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"
No, they're in a kitchen. Actually, one of the characters manages to eat breakfast while all this is going on, but then he's a teenager so I figure his appetite hasn't been much affected.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2003 9:16:14 pm PST #455 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Would anyone like to read the poem I just wrote for my poetry class? You don't need to critique it if you don't want to. It just entertained me.
Luggage
Listen: "Please control your baggage," says sec
urity. But it's not so easy to command these things-
good baggage takes time to acquire, and
great baggage takes effort to master.
A lot of people pay very large amounts to do just that.
Green ripstop nylon; neglect. It isn't always
easy to control.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2003 11:46:15 pm PST #456 of 10001
brillig
I like it. It's always fun to riff off commonplace things like that. "Control your baggage." Yeah, easy for you to say. I've spent years working on this mental baggage.
Alibelle - Jan 21, 2003 11:48:26 pm PST #457 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Thanks, Connie! They said that as I was getting off the plane last week, and it just sent me into giggles.
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2003 12:01:17 am PST #458 of 10001
brillig
And then they give you funny looks like you're the crazy one. Silly people.
Alibelle - Jan 22, 2003 12:05:23 am PST #459 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
"I'm not crazy. I just have a finely honed sense of irony."
Connie Neil - Jan 22, 2003 12:07:44 am PST #460 of 10001
brillig
"Shouldn't take irons on the plane, ma'am."
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 22, 2003 12:14:51 am PST #461 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Bwah!
Alibelle - Jan 22, 2003 12:20:59 am PST #462 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
"But it's not literally sharp! Metaphorically piercing wit!"