In Bitches.
ita:
I have a cousin who teaches Christian aerobics.
billytea:
"Ok, now with the music: stand up straight! And straight! And straight! And arms out wide! Out wide! Out wide! And hold it! Hold it! Hold it!"
Separately--
erikaj:
The more concerned people are with keeping stuff "Christian" I worry. Seriously. Cause I've been: 1. hit on(one male, one female...lotta issues in that subscription, but at least she backed off more easily...he was a little scary.) 2.hassled about my sex life by a born-again attendant. 3. offered alms(should've taken that guy's wallet, in retrospect, see if he walked the walk.) 4.denied an accessible toilet. 5. been the subject about 40 "exorcisms"-late to class about 25 of those times--all by Christians, ostentatious ones all.
connie:
Dammit, no one's ever offer to exorcise me.
Schmocker in Movies on L.A. driving distances:
If you ever live in New York for any length of time, you will get jarred when you see movies set there. They run down a street and turn the corner into a deli that's 100 blocks away.
Logistics are hell for shows and movies. Have to cut them some slack sometimes. As long as they aren't crucial to the plot, such as in 24, where everyone seems to breeze from one side of LA to the other in 10 minutes or less
Going to the bathroom in LA takes 90 minutes. In your house. With no stop lights even. Actually driving anywhere takes a year and a half.
Deena, in Bitches.
Today's noteworthy communication with Nick, beginning with female body issues, but going sadly awry:
Nick: When I told Olivia (his former girlfriend) she could sit on my lap, she said, 'No, I'll break you!' and she doesn't even have any real body image problems! I told her, 'Yeah, right, I can't even hold a loaf of bread on my lap.'
Deena: Yes, son, you are so glass-like fragile.
Nick: Mom!
Deena: What? I was just going with your joke.
Nick: But, see, it just doesn't work when you do it. I'm a Manly Man I am, I am!
Deena: Oh, right, you're so lightweight I could hold you with one finger. Ooh, Nick on a stick.
Nick: MOM! That's just wrong.
Deena: Yes dear.
Greg:
looking up from his book.
Stick? What are we talking about?
Deena: Nick on a stick.
Nick: No, Mom, we're not.
(looking at Greg)
My broadsword of manliness!
Greg: Huh.
Nick:
(to me)
You're going to post that to Bitches, aren't you?
steals words out of ita's mouth. tags them. runs like hell lest ita be wrathful.
Sean K in Buffy: Spoilage Lite:
Of course, after all these years, I am now of the opinion that Joss could create a show staring a lump of congealed soup and a large mossy rock, and it would still be one of the best shows on television.
Natter 9:
Matt the Bruins fan: I have to face the fact that posting here is literally an addiction now... having a TV show get pre-empted or a friend not call on a given day does NOT make me want to curl up under a blanket for 14 hours straight. (OK, so rainy chilly weather may have contributed slightly...)
thessaly: I remember seeing a quote ages ago (paraphrasing from memory), "If addiction is measured by how many times an animal will push a bar to its own detriment, readnews is the most addictive substance on earth"
I guess now we should substitute 'push a mouse button' and (newsgroup of choice).
Suddenly, I feel old. :)
When I was a young 'net user we didn't have fancy GUI interfaces or HTML- just green or yeller' text on a monochrome screen - AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY! We had to FTP uphill both ways and store files on a cassette drive at 300 baud that sounded like a cat barfing and half the time it wouldn't even CONNECT! But we were greatful, not like kids are these days...
Jesse, in Bureaucracy:
The how we decide what to discuss discussion and decision comes next, I think.
Christ, I can't believe I just typed that.
