I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?

Zoe ,'War Stories'


The Crying of Natter 49  

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.


Liese S. - Feb 05, 2007 8:30:49 am PST #8297 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Well, I have never seen a show dog tailgating, either behind the wheel or in the ring. So I have no opposition to the sticker.

And sumi, I think the lunge line thing is how the Biscuit's trainer does it. But we just haven't summoned up the cash or done it ourselves. We really, really need to, though. For safety.


Ailleann - Feb 05, 2007 8:32:51 am PST #8298 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Can you EVEN believe someone is willing to date me?

I dunno, that exchange made me want you a little bit. Mmm, brains. That's hot.


§ ita § - Feb 05, 2007 8:35:01 am PST #8299 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I thought some of the dogs on Puppy Bowl III were definitely tailgaiting.

Assuming that none of the dogs were controlling vehicles nor having a party from the rear of one (I don't watch the Puppy Bowl--I'm just guessing), then they were probably just sticking their noses in anuses. Which deserves its own word.


Cass - Feb 05, 2007 8:42:37 am PST #8300 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Which deserves its own word.
Oh, I am certain there is already a word for it. And I am happy not knowing that word.

Or I was.

Now I am fucking curious and I hate when that happens because there are words I don't want to know.


§ ita § - Feb 05, 2007 8:51:12 am PST #8301 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ha.

I mean, shame.

Finished reading the dog article. I'm struck by a million things, including my naivete. Breeds that depend on assisted insemination and C-sections? Oy.

It is what is so constructive and jarring about Havens’s approach: when he looks at a dog, he sees an animal.

Yeah. Perhaps this marks me as the heathen, but why is it jarring to see an animal when you look at a dog?

I'm horrified by a lot of the attitudes towards dogs in that article, from both parties. And the pug stories are...damn, even if I didn't think they were ugly dogs, breeding dogs that can bump into stuff with their eyes is just not cricket.


Liese S. - Feb 05, 2007 8:56:33 am PST #8302 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

nor having a party from the rear of one

I think this is the one I'm inferring from the Puppy Bowl watch-n-post.


Nutty - Feb 05, 2007 9:00:11 am PST #8303 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

why is it jarring to see an animal when you look at a dog?

I think the idea is that people tend to melt in the face of doggy grovelment, and tend to think of dogs as permanent children rather than as animals. It's all well and good to talk scientifically about breeding cattle or sheep; but when you start talking in the same manner about Fluffy and Bobo -- it gets a little weird, for most people.


§ ita § - Feb 05, 2007 9:05:03 am PST #8304 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it gets a little weird, for most people.

I'm sure most here refers to most Americans--does that sentimentality extend to the rest of the First World?


sumi - Feb 05, 2007 9:05:56 am PST #8305 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Yeah, the stuff about dogs getting into trouble for exhibiting basic dog behavior (barking at strangers) is not good.


sumi - Feb 05, 2007 9:13:07 am PST #8306 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Whoo hoo -- it's zero!

Our expected high today is 3.