Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. We're here to make a deal.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


§ ita § - Aug 07, 2007 10:09:59 am PDT #3086 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dig this--nurses are asking my dosage of daily drugs. I don't know the Celexa dosage, but I show them the pill.

Nothing.

One of them takes it to pharmacy.

Nothing.

How long does it take me and Google to work out it's 10mg of a Celexa generic? About three minutes.

Have I seen a doctor yet?

Pfft. Of course not.


Kat - Aug 07, 2007 10:12:17 am PDT #3087 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ita, if i thought you were up for it, i'd come visit as we need something to do today.


bon bon - Aug 07, 2007 10:14:16 am PDT #3088 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Fancy hotels are definitely disappointing! Like plane travel, they seem priced for for price-insensitive customers. The example of the third-class train with no roof comes to mind, but I should really get back to work.

Now restaurants, on the other hand...if I couldn't eat well, I wouldn't be in this job.


§ ita § - Aug 07, 2007 10:17:51 am PDT #3089 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Y'all haven't been to the right fancy hotels. The one where the cleaning lady saw what food I was bringing back to my room from the buffets and just started stocking my fridge and saving me the legwork? Worth it. Good Jamaican food and good general cuisine? Worth it.

There's a certain standard of cleanliness and basic functionality I demand. Pile individualised attention and good looks and rich components (sheets, coffee, dessert--whatever)...gotta love it.

Hotels that give you buckwheat pillows or exercise balls--love. All sorts of shit like that.

I get it. I just don't want to pay for it myself.

Kat, I appreciate it, but I'm in way too foul a mood. All I want to do is leave. Fucking hell. It was 4am when I told them I was in a lot of pain. One shot, and they've only moved me around since then.


Tom Scola - Aug 07, 2007 10:19:00 am PDT #3090 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I get really self-conscious when the maids come in to turn down my bed.


DavidS - Aug 07, 2007 10:19:51 am PDT #3091 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I get really self-conscious when the maids come in to turn down my bed.

Maybe if you put your boxer shorts on...


Kat - Aug 07, 2007 10:23:48 am PDT #3092 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kat, I appreciate it, but I'm in way too foul a mood. All I want to do is leave. Fucking hell. It was 4am when I told them I was in a lot of pain. One shot, and they've only moved me around since then.

I know. I figured. Your hospitalization is NOT about providing me with something to do.

I pay more for hotels I like. Or at least for hotels with a good pool system, like Mandalay Bay. I'd rather stay at MB then at Winn or Bellagio.


Trudy Booth - Aug 07, 2007 10:24:35 am PDT #3093 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

He would get special treatment in Manhattan and probably SV too if his social world was not the world of the other-multi-millionaires. I have ZERO doubt he'd get special treatment if he lowered his standards. I've gotten special treatment from being a regular at bars and restuarants while I was in college and darn poor.

Well, he's not a twenty year old girl with a great body.

There are all kinds of "wealth".


juliana - Aug 07, 2007 10:27:46 am PDT #3094 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I pay more for hotels I like. Or at least for hotels with a good pool system, like Mandalay Bay

Yeah, the penthouse suite at THEHotel MB was the only time a swank hotel has really been worth it, to me. (Didn't hurt that we weren't paying penthouse prices.) I haven't encountered the level of personalized service ita notes, though. I might change my mind then.


Fred Pete - Aug 07, 2007 10:28:01 am PDT #3095 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I had no idea Lily Allen was his daughter! So freaking awesome!

I think I'd enjoy her reaction if she ever meets the Phelpses....