David, I am down in San Jose now, after having spent a couple of days with family in SF. I only just learned about Gus tonight, but I find myself wishing I had at least one more day up in the City so I could have a mini wake with you and JZ, and maybe a few other beloved 'Ffistas.

I think it would be comforting to see you and meet beautiful Matilda.

I think it would be comforting to see you and meet beautiful Matilda.

She's supercute!

Also, we have whiskey.

Hey, we're here all year. Maybe longer. Swing on by.

She's supercute!

she really is

I, too, have scotch. I thought I was done for the night, until I came in here and heard about Gus. kimi, thank you so much for letting us know. He was such fun to post with and I always looked forward to his late night runs through the Firefly thread when you were over in Europe. Damn, I'm going to miss him.

Hey, we're here all year. Maybe longer. Swing on by.

We're hitting the road back to LA first thing in the morning, but we may have to arrange another trip up to the Bay Area very soon. Very very soon.

Possibly by February at the latest, as S has a friend up here who will be having a big Six-O birthday party around then.

Oh, and as I just realized you might be inviting us up tonight, I should mention that we're babysitting my beautiful, slightly-less-than-two-years-old nephew while my sister and BiL are at a NYE thing.

Leaving him behind, or dragging him off to a friend's house would possibly not endear us to my sis.

hmph

February's good, Sean. Anytime we can see you.

Natter 9 is interesting.

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DavidS - Feb 20, 2003 12:22:30 am EST #595 of 10003
"I love England - not for Churchill but for rock and roll and Virginia Woolf."

Shawn, everything about Farscape is great except the music.

Emmett and I went down by the water toward the foot of the Bay Bridge. There's a place where you can go down concrete steps right into the water and he's utterly fascinated by the ocean being Right There.

His observations on natural phenomena:

Emmett: I know what made the sky.
Me: What's that?
Emmett: Water. Water made the sky. Water just made itself because it's water. [thoughtful pause] People make soap. That's where soap comes from.

msbelle - Feb 20, 2003 12:23:23 am EST #596 of 10003
Natter Hard!

perhaps.

purring mound of cat has taken over my lap.

so? cat thread?

dying from laughter at self.

billytea - Feb 20, 2003 12:24:42 am EST #597 of 10003
I placed a bet on a horse named “Yield to Maturity”, which seemed appropriate because it’s something that people are always urging me to do. –Dave Barry

Emmett: I know what made the sky.

Me: What's that?

Emmett: Water. Water made the sky. Water just made itself because it's water. People make soap. That's where soap comes from.

That's beautiful. He's determined a fundamental element. He could be a pre-Socratic philosopher!

By the teen years he'll probably be up to the Scholastics. Expect some truly tortuous arguments as to why he should get to borrow the car on the weekend.

Shawn - Feb 20, 2003 12:26:48 am EST #598 of 10003
"What does the zebra need to do to win this race?" "Stay focused and realize it's a race."

Shawn, everything about Farscape is great except the music.

I believe you. Um, 'scapers, I'm dying to go through all the eps, you know, but can you guys recommend the skippable ones? Cuz that's like a hundred hours of television to get through.

DavidS - Feb 20, 2003 12:27:26 am EST #599 of 10003
"I love England - not for Churchill but for rock and roll and Virginia Woolf."

He could be a pre-Socratic philosopher!

I'll mention this to him tomorrow. I promise you he will snort. Usually I try to explain the real science behind his speculations but he wasn't all that wrong here. People do make soap.

erinaceous - Feb 20, 2003 12:30:18 am EST #600 of 10003
A whistle is to make people jump

Hey! Did I miss all the Names Natter? Because I love me some Names Natter!

I should NOT be here. SO MUCH WORK TO DO (tomorrow).

But, I have a great names story. My DH's grandmother was named Marian Gertrude, which I think is a beautiful name. She married the eldest son, the younger son was already married. Her MIL (DH's great-grandmother) was pissed that elder son, who was OBVIOUSLY supposed to stay unmarried and support her the rest of her life, didn't like Marian Gertrude. The younger son's wife was also named Marian, so evil GGma said "We can't have two Marians! We'll call you ... Gertie." And so it was.

I loved her dearly. She and I would talk about sewing and when she died DH's family gave me all of her sewing stuff. I use buttons from her stash all the time and think of her fondly. Also, we were the same size so I use her patterns. What a dear woman. But I wish I could have kicked evil GGMa in the shins.

DavidS - Feb 20, 2003 12:33:02 am EST #601 of 10003
"I love England - not for Churchill but for rock and roll and Virginia Woolf."

Hey! Did I miss all the Names Natter? Because I love me some Names Natter!

Uh, Grandparents: Henry Crawford and Prudence Azalea, Ivan and Florence.

Emmett would've been Azalea if he was a girl (pronounced Aza-Lee, southern styley).

Sorry Lee. You'll be getting a visit when we're next here as well. It should be a whole group thing. I haven't seen my SF peeps (barring the all-too-brief SF2F stop-in) in TOO EFFING LONG.

For the historical record, since (boom) she delurked right around the same time as Gus...

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Raquel - Feb 20, 2003 8:45:13 am EST #658 of 10003
high trees catch a lot of wind

Hi folks. I've not been in Natter before, not even lurked, as I have limited time on the net each day, and felt I should get to know folks in the show threads first..."Natter" in the thread title made it pretty clear that the Natter thread was more of a general community place. But today (or last night), Sean K mentioned the discussion of what this board is about over in the Buffy thread, so I've stayed home to read Natter 9 and 8. I'll be seriously late for work, but I can blame it on the snow or something.

I'm upset, I guess. You know Myers-Briggs type? I'm an ENFP, and it really kills me that you guys are dissatisfied with how the Buffista community is now. I wonder if my posts have contributed to that feeling; I know I tend to come off as negative, but as I tried to explain in another thread, I criticize out of love. If I don't love a show or movie or whatnot, I don't even bother thinking about it. So please let me apologize if my posts have in any way made this an unhappy place for any of you.

Another thing I learned in Natter is that there's a core group here who have been together for quite a long time, apparently. I'd gotten that vibe from the show threads, but having it confirmed helps me understand a little more of the undercurrents here. It does make me feel a bit like a party crasher, but it also helps me understand where you are coming from.

This is the only online forum I visit - again, limited Internet time. No LJ for me, etc. I've checked out a few others, but the moment I read the level of intellectualism and goofiness, the erudition and snarkiness here, something really clicked for me. All ages, genders, orientations, political stances seem to be represented here, as well as many countries and cultures. I wish I could stay here all day and find out stuff - about Australian fauna, political views, family trees, music. Oh yeah, and the Buffyverse. And I laud you all on making a board where the various conflicting views don't end up in flamewars. People do disagree here, but don't seem to take it personally. Too much. I know I've taken a few things personally, and I know that I waver between pre-editing my posts (which usually means not posting) or just throwing my unprocessed ideas out there (which usually means annoying someone).

I guess what I'm saying is, you guys have a good thing here. And because all members can participate, you stand a good chance of continuing it as something that you will all be able to enjoy for years. It looks like people have made "meatspace" friends from this board, and that is of the good. For my part, I will redouble my efforts to be a helpful and positive contributor here...and I'll try to be sensitive enough to the gestalt to leave if I'm not helping.

In closing, I'd just like to say that I watched City of last night, and it ROCKED.

(ETA: JonB, happy birthday! And many happy returns)