In tragic news, I realized today that my office could have put together a brilliant team for the World Series of Pop Culture, but it's too late to try out in New York. We coulda been a contenda!
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Jesse - Dec 06, 2006 5:21:44 pm PST #4889 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Strega - Dec 06, 2006 5:23:07 pm PST #4890 of 10007
Dear Certain Friends Of Mine,
Thanks for asking -- or rather, telling -- me what I wanted to do for my birthday, and when. Apparently what we do for your birthdays is determined by what is most convenient for you, and what we do for my birthday is determined by what is most convenient for you. You're certainly consistent. Speaking of which, the past two years suggest that if I do something with you for my birthday, I will wind up even more annoyed with you both. And I don't want to be, so let's just skip the festivities this year.
Signed,
Bored With This Game
Dear Different Friend Of Mine,
Every year, a week or two before my birthday, you email or call and say, "Hey, want to go grab dinner or something for your birthday? Let me know." We eat, maybe we watch a DVD, and I have a good time. Thank you for reassuring me that I'm really not all that high-maintenance.
Signed,
I'm Buying You Something Extra-Nice For Xmas
Dear Anyone,
Do I want these shoes? I can't decide if they're cute or ugly. They're like pugs.
Signed,
Even Shopping Online Is Exhausting Right Now
Amy - Dec 06, 2006 5:23:48 pm PST #4891 of 10007
Because books.
Uh, you're a novelist.
Other people's fictional people, though!
Jesse - Dec 06, 2006 5:25:50 pm PST #4892 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't know about you, but I want those shoes, Strega. When's the bday? Hope it is/was good.
ChiKat - Dec 06, 2006 5:27:14 pm PST #4893 of 10007
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Buffista Hive Mind! Calling the Buffista Hive Mind!
What is a noun version of the word "vivid?"
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2006 5:29:39 pm PST #4894 of 10007
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
That's not inconsistent with my story! She was a dominatrix, and she did heroin, and she did have a lesbian lover and she did the autistic school and she died mixing drugs and alcohol.
Google is giving me no confirmation of either the dominatrix or the San Francisco parts of that story.
amych - Dec 06, 2006 5:30:19 pm PST #4895 of 10007
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
vividness? vividcon?
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2006 5:32:01 pm PST #4896 of 10007
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What is a noun version of the word "vivid?"
Vividity? Vivacity?
Hayden - Dec 06, 2006 5:32:33 pm PST #4897 of 10007
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I like vividity. Got no idea if it's right, but it should be.
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2006 5:33:25 pm PST #4898 of 10007
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Vividity
\Vi*vid"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.