Now we're saving a vampire from vampires. I got two words for that -- Nuh and uh.

Gunn ,'Underneath'


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.


aurelia - Sep 10, 2007 11:37:36 am PDT #9516 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Okay, strangest thing you've researched for a story, fanfic or otherwise. Go!

I learned what a punkah was and figured out a way to approximate one for the stage. I don't know if it was the strangest thing, but it's what I can remember at the moment.

they say black is really only for funerals

There is always a funeral happening somewhere.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2007 11:38:17 am PDT #9517 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

No, he's hot, not least because of the voice. He is married to Amy Poehler. Oph! And I saw him in person, and: hot.

Oh good! I am glad I am not crazy-- because GOB is kinda sleazy, you know....


megan walker - Sep 10, 2007 11:39:58 am PDT #9518 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

There is always a funeral happening somewhere.

Is that a corollary to the happy hour rule?


brenda m - Sep 10, 2007 11:40:00 am PDT #9519 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

This wasn't me, but once years ago someone in my editor's group was seeking out info on blood spatter patterns for a novel - which it turned out a year or so later was actually Mulder/Krycek fic.

I laughed my ass off when I came to the particular passage (and promptly emailed the editor, who had in fact been doing a beta on the story).


Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2007 11:40:35 am PDT #9520 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I learned what a punkah was and figured out a way to approximate one for the stage. I don't know if it was the strangest thing, but it's what I can remember at the moment.

The strangest thing I remember researching/figuring out how to make for theatre was an inflatable cactus penis. I mean, it was a flesh colored cactus shaped giant penis. It is a little hard to explain.


§ ita § - Sep 10, 2007 11:46:16 am PDT #9521 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Last big non-ebay shopping binge meant that I couldn't buy, say, another black skirt unless it was somehow markedly different from my current black skirts. Peering into the closet that seems to have meant "patterned." However I can easily do a week of "long black skirts" and no one will notice but me. In fact, I just found the black cotton eyelet skirt I'd been looking for forEVER. I could only find the knee-length one, not the one that goes to mid-thigh.

But I have skirts in other colours too (which means red/red+/reddish), and my tops have a fair amount of mixing. Again, I *can* go for two weeks with only black knit tops to work. But I don't.

The ebay binge gave me a ton of period dresses, and I think that's why people won't necessarily notice the amount of black skirts I wear. I mean, I have 3 or 4 black and white scooter dresses. And then two blue and one burgundy.

Okay, cab called. Going to go get nearer to it.


aurelia - Sep 10, 2007 11:50:02 am PDT #9522 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

It is a little hard to explain.

But it's fun to see you try. I think that tops the cactalabrum (tiny 2D plywood cactus w/flashlight bulbs at the peaks. It sat on a saloon piano) I created this summer.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2007 11:53:49 am PDT #9523 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

cactalabrum

What is it with theatre and cacti?

I have to leave soon for a theatre meet and greet and then a meeting with a student. I am so darn busy that I need to set a meeting with another student, and don't even have a slot open before Friday (I work from 8 - 5 at my day job, then I have this meet and greet and meeting today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I teach lab from 6 - 9 and we are doing measurements which I really have to do myself. That is lame!


bon bon - Sep 10, 2007 11:59:31 am PDT #9524 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Okay, strangest thing you've researched for a story, fanfic or otherwise. Go!

I keep wanting this to be farthest you've gone in researching a story, fanfic or otherwise, and have amych win for all time.


aurelia - Sep 10, 2007 12:03:57 pm PDT #9525 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

ita, I hope they take good care of your head.

Cactalabrum