Congrats, brenda!!
One of tonight's reading comp's was a brief history of Vlad Tepes. T wasn't sure if she was more horrified that Dracula was based on a real person or the litany of historical brutality. Heh.
Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Faith ,'End of Days'
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.
sarameg - Jul 18, 2007 3:59:46 pm PDT #8742 of 10001
-t - Jul 18, 2007 4:01:23 pm PDT #8743 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Way to go, brenda! Swim like a beautiful pink dolphin in that sea of debt.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2007 4:01:56 pm PDT #8744 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mmm. Litanies.
I just spent 20 minutes discussing, essentially, IV needle placement with the a co-worker.
But I have finished work!
Pix - Jul 18, 2007 4:03:34 pm PDT #8745 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Way to go, brenda! Swim like a beautiful pink dolphin in that sea of debt.
Bwah! I cannot possibly top this, so I'm just going to say, "What she said."
JenP - Jul 18, 2007 4:06:56 pm PDT #8746 of 10001
Yay, Brenda!
sarameg - Jul 18, 2007 4:08:17 pm PDT #8747 of 10001
I .... I kinda wanted to tell her about Countess Bathory. But decided it'd be best to leave that for later. Or leave it to ita-shaped people.
ChiKat - Jul 18, 2007 4:22:55 pm PDT #8748 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yay, brenda!!!!
Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2007 4:22:58 pm PDT #8749 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Elizabeth Bathory was arguably worse. Vlad at least had the excuse of being twisted by his experiences as a captive of the Turks when he was but a child. He only tortured Turks; his own people apparently loved him. Bathory was just fugnuts. She'd torture her own servants and bathe in the newly-drawn blood of young girls. That's a lotta blood, though. Maybe she just washed her face in it.
brenda m - Jul 18, 2007 4:25:27 pm PDT #8750 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
He only tortured Turks; his own people apparently loved him.
IIRC, he didn't get that Impaler nick by torturing Turks, but by impaling his own men to freak the Turks out. (It worked.)
But yeah, Bathory was straight up whacked.
Zenkitty - Jul 18, 2007 4:26:27 pm PDT #8751 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I thought he only impaled the Turks. Because he hated them.