It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.

Buffy ,'Get It Done'


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.


brenda m - Apr 04, 2007 5:51:56 pm PDT #785 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

The insulating thing - that's big, I think. If I'm freaking about something (not like, politics, but something personal), venting to people who are part of it or know the people involved - half of me is trying to protect or not upset them or not somehow implicate them in whatever the situation is. Here, it can be about me, and I can ask people to sympathize or teeth-grind on my behalf. Or they'll tell me I'm being a bonehead. Either way. It's both more personal and more distanced, if that makes any sense.


sarameg - Apr 04, 2007 5:54:40 pm PDT #786 of 10001

Text is... no less revealing, and hell, I do that a lot. It's still a weird distinction. I know, I know.

pthbpt yourself! Me calling is such a huge thing, as you know. Speaking of which...


Daisy Jane - Apr 04, 2007 5:56:25 pm PDT #787 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

If I'm freaking about something (not like, politics, but something personal), venting to people who are part of it or know the people involved - half of me is trying to protect or not upset them or not somehow implicate them in whatever the situation is.

That's so it. Plus, here? People can be on your side.

Hey, what's it like for people with significant others who are also buffistas?


sumi - Apr 04, 2007 6:03:01 pm PDT #788 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I just turned the channel and spoiled myself for who gets auffed on Top Design. I can't believe I did that.


dcp - Apr 04, 2007 6:28:38 pm PDT #789 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Formation flying: [link]

Spring break can wear you out: [link]


-t - Apr 04, 2007 6:45:19 pm PDT #790 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

House: I thought the tickets Cuddy gave him at the end were to replace the vacation he didn't go on when she came to his door with test results. I also had the impression that he never was actually going to go anywhere, he just wanted everyone off to think he was gone so they wouldn't bother him.

Tough episode to watch

Eta: Aw, cute pics, dcp!


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 04, 2007 6:47:35 pm PDT #791 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

I never gave my parents much trouble... I was a quiet unrebellious A student and the biggest row I had with Mom was wearing comfy yet slovenly clothes in high school. They should thank their lucky stars that I waited to become a total slut until living on my own in my 20s, and that I didn't grow up as a felony courting devil-child the way Dad and his siblings did.


beth b - Apr 04, 2007 6:53:35 pm PDT #792 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Hey, what's it like for people with significant others who are also buffistas?

Sometimes things go here first, because I am thinking about how to put it. Matt doesn't participate on line here, but he reads a lot. So I assume if i write here, he will see it.


Daisy Jane - Apr 04, 2007 7:00:14 pm PDT #793 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Do you think you ever hold stuff back because he might read it here?


Daisy Jane - Apr 04, 2007 7:35:36 pm PDT #794 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

So. We all know Hugh Laurie is hilarious and a brilliant actor, but he's also a world class musician too. [link]

I'm a good ass mother liker!