The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.

Buffy ,'First Date'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

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. - Apr 06, 2007 10:12:14 am PDT #1117 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I've been thinking about boring lately, as part of my job is to make working on drudgery things engaging for my kids. And it turns out, as an adult, I am almost never bored. I make my own life, so I can do what interests me, and it turns out lots of things interest me. I think bored must be mostly a lack of control.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 06, 2007 10:16:27 am PDT #1118 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

This would make me laugh and laugh.

It was really funny. He was "stamping-his-foot" walking, trying to lag behind as he was dragged forward by one arm, and beating his thigh at the unfairness of it all with his free arm.


Rick - Apr 06, 2007 10:20:17 am PDT #1119 of 10001

I wish I could keep ξ and ζ straight. They're unfortunately both labelled squiggle in my head and I have to look them up every.single.time.

I remember Zeta because it looks like the mark that a drunken Zorro would make. It starts out pretty good but then droops down in an intoxicated way.


Emily - Apr 06, 2007 10:20:45 am PDT #1120 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I have one student who constantly complains about being bored in my class. I usually reply that I'm pretty bored too, what with having to say the same thing over and over again ("Be quiet. Sit down. Get rid of the gum. Be quiet.") and maybe it would be more interesting if I taught some math! She was unimpressed by my suggestion.

Also, hey, I know somebody who works in a sleep study place in Boston! Er, but I'm not sure where. So if any of you have a technician named Mike with a brown goatee and blond hair, try working in a subtle Buffy reference. He might be One Of Us. Well, not in the Buffista sense, just in the Joss-love sense.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 06, 2007 10:24:39 am PDT #1121 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

It looks like the Dick Flick to end all Dick Flicks, which I don't mean as a criticism, just a comment on the genre.

Was it Rose McGowan in stripper gear sailing through the air and launching a rocket from her leg-gun at a horde of zombies that gave it away? ;-)


Pix - Apr 06, 2007 10:26:34 am PDT #1122 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Laga's a movie theater manager, so she screened their print of Grindhouse this morning. Her comment: "OMFG Grindhouse. This isn't a movie it's a theme park ride."


Miracleman - Apr 06, 2007 10:40:55 am PDT #1123 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

When someone who knows I'm a Jew wishes me a happy easter, I'm just going to say, "you're welcome."

BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

"You killed our Lord and Savior!"

"And what did he do then? He rose from the dead and became the foundation of your religion. So what do we say...?"

"*mumble*thankyouforkillingourlordandsavior*mumble*"

"You're welcome. Here, have some candy shaped like a pagan fertility symbol."


Kat - Apr 06, 2007 10:49:31 am PDT #1124 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I usually reply that I'm pretty bored too, what with having to say the same thing over and over again ("Be quiet. Sit down. Get rid of the gum. Be quiet.")

I usually say, "Oh. usually kids say they are bored when they don't get something, like it's too hard for them or something." Which is true when it comes to books at least. And it shuts them up, I'll tell you what.


Liese S. - Apr 06, 2007 10:57:00 am PDT #1125 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

And it shuts them up, I'll tell you what.

Hee. I like this. It's especially apropos for us, because our classes are voluntary. Dude, if you think you'd be more interested in sitting out behind the grocery, go for it. If you think you're interested in music, come ready to work.

ION, I'm so glad I got one of the end of the run Buffista cookbooks. I think I'm going to use this week with the SO gone to try out recipes I don't think he'd like. But leafing through it to make my menu before I eat lunch was not the best idea. I am now ravenous.


aurelia - Apr 06, 2007 11:00:29 am PDT #1126 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

And the Chicagoistas don't have a cat herder. Maybe we need a Buffista exchange program.

I really shouldn't be laughing during rehearsal for The Diary of Anne Frank.