Lee? you here? hop on IM?
I am now, if it's not too late.
I am going to wander away again, but I should be back on in a couple of hours.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
Lee - Jun 23, 2007 1:26:52 pm PDT #4512 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 23, 2007 1:49:35 pm PDT #4513 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
Frank, I am so glad I never ran across that lj user in a comment tree, as I doubtless would have been familiar in a way that would seem disturbed to a complete stranger.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2007 1:51:20 pm PDT #4514 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gack! I'm trying to remember a word--it's a foreign word (maybe Portuguese? I have no idea) that expressed something we don't have a word for in English, something about wistfulness and nostalgia and...grr.
I think I'm feeling it, see, but can't be sure because I can't remember exactly what it is or what it meant.
eta: Bingo! Portuguese, saudade.
The Portuguese word "saudade", loosely translated,denotes "longing", "melancholy", or "nostalgia." In the context of Portuguese, however, the term connotes a meaning that is irrevocably lost in translation. In his book In Portugal of 1912, A.F.G Bell makes a few disquisitional remarks on the meaning of "saudade" given its intended context:
"The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness."
Whereas a decontextualized reading of the "saudade" insinuates a rather dreary and destitute nostalgia for an impossible object, Bell's recontextualization posits saudade's meaning as a nostalgic yearning for an impossible object, only slightly tinged with the hues of melancholia.
Steph L. - Jun 23, 2007 2:12:09 pm PDT #4515 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
They get all that in one word? Damn, they're good.
ION, thanks for the birthday wishes, peoples!!!
Off to party and eat cake.
Jesse - Jun 23, 2007 2:19:21 pm PDT #4516 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, that's a good word.
Here's why I hate getting food delivery: I paid a ton of money for a ton of food, most of which I don't like. And the promised side of "vegetables" were actually rice, which, when what I ordered was pasta, and I knew it was coming with potatoes on the side, really led to carb overkill. At least I ate the salad.
brenda m - Jun 23, 2007 2:36:22 pm PDT #4517 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
That sucks, Jesse. Happened to me more times than I can count. I barely ever order in anymore.
ION, how much do I love that my congressman, Rahm Emmanuel, who I normally don't love, is spearheading an effort to defund the Office of the Vice President.
Consuela - Jun 23, 2007 2:41:10 pm PDT #4518 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Happy Birthday, Steph!
Zenkitty - Jun 23, 2007 3:22:26 pm PDT #4519 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Happy birthday, Steph!
I am apparently in a constant state of saudade. How is that pronounced?
Topic!Cindy - Jun 23, 2007 3:38:09 pm PDT #4520 of 10001
What is even happening?
I am apparently in a constant state of saudade. How is that pronounced?
[sai]
Jesse - Jun 23, 2007 3:38:34 pm PDT #4521 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I barely ever order in anymore.
I guess if I ordered in more, I'd know what to order and from where, but as it is, I'm often disappointed. Ah well. Serves me right for not getting off my lazy ass and going to the store where I know the good stuff lives.