Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


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.


tommyrot - May 08, 2007 7:08:31 am PDT #6015 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Can we ban online petitions?

I'll start a petition to ban online petitions.

Reminds me of this new Spinal Tap short documentary (for their appearance at Live Earth)

The vid opens on the set of Marty DeBergi's new film, "The Hills Have Eyes with Macular Degeneration." Hoping to get the band back together for Live Earth, Marty seeks out the members, now not talking to each other. Nigel is a ranch hand on a miniature horse farm, David runs a hip-hop production company, called Back Alley, in a former colonic irrigation clinic. Derek talks to Marty from a rehab center, via webcam, where he's being treated for Internet addiction. Marty, the affable lunk, manages to get the band talking again and to agree to reunite for the benefit.

[link]


Daisy Jane - May 08, 2007 7:11:04 am PDT #6016 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Which boxing dummy, DJ? That's my kind of anniversary, BTW, if I were the kind that had anniversaries.

This one, ita. [link]

I'm now trying to decide which horrid ex I should name him after. The one who got married without telling me? The one who dumped his previous girlfriend by picking me up for our first date (in her car) for a party he was supposed to be taking her to? The one who held my neck against the wall with a garden hose?


§ ita § - May 08, 2007 7:23:16 am PDT #6017 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Looks cool, DJ. I'd get heavier boxing gloves (14 or 16oz), though. Better workout. I have a friend who broke one of those in the store--he asked them if he could hit it as hard as he could, and they fell for it.

I've never gained anything by visualising someone I hated, hitting wise. But that and angry music are popular motivators at the centre, for both students and instructors.

I like hitting things. Hate doesn't make it any better, and since I'm happy doing it, I'm okay if my soundtrack reflects that.

I have been let do understand that I diverge on these points.

Annoyingly enough, the one call so far I've wanted hear the other side of? Not on speakerphone.

I take this personally.

Just found out my dress was gapping below the belt. I wonder if it was gapping on the walk in from my car...best not to dwell on it.


Topic!Cindy - May 08, 2007 7:32:27 am PDT #6018 of 10001
What is even happening?

Daisy, the garden hose one.

So we gave her these. [link] A set for eight. I had a gift certificate, so it wasn't even that much. She opened tham last night and called to tell me it was the best present EVER.

Robin, my mother bought those dishes for herself a few years ago. I love them. Great choice. I'm glad your mom is so thrilled with them.


Daisy Jane - May 08, 2007 7:36:32 am PDT #6019 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I'm not sure if I could work up enough hate over them now for it to be any motivation, but if I'm going to beat on the thing, it might as well be named after someone I have no use for. I really look forward to putting together a soundtrack. Peaches! Ice-T! Holly Golightly!


DavidS - May 08, 2007 7:37:59 am PDT #6020 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Book cover redesigned per our suggestions (the designer agrees with me/us)

How does it look? Okay or completely wrong? I mean if you looked at it and didn't know there had been an issue with getting it to fit on the cover would it bug you? Or would you get it?


Daisy Jane - May 08, 2007 7:40:25 am PDT #6021 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

If I were familiar with the album and the series? Probably.


Jesse - May 08, 2007 7:41:43 am PDT #6022 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Not being familiar with the album, that cover would tell me there's something weird going on there. Which is the point, right?

I cannot believe how bad my allergies are today! I don't usually have allergies, so it's always a shock. Stupid beautiful lilacs everywhere.


sumi - May 08, 2007 7:41:59 am PDT #6023 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I think that even if you didn't know about the series -- if you knew about the album, you'd get it. I also think that the audience is probably people who know about the album.


§ ita § - May 08, 2007 7:42:19 am PDT #6024 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Since I don't know the album, I wouldn't get it. But I would wonder why that's the title of the book. In a better way than if it had been broken along word lines.

Facebook is kicking my ass! The strangest people have found me (McGill improv member I haven't seen since '93, guy who wrote/directed the crappy $0 budget action flick I was part of for a hot second....). Mostly I don't mind, and I have been traversing memory lane. I guess Robin's mention of it was more than timely.