992 words. Getting close.
How had Technology helped McDonald's marketing?
Weird love's better than no love.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
SuziQ - Aug 18, 2007 8:43:38 pm PDT #2003 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
brenda m - Aug 18, 2007 8:48:50 pm PDT #2004 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
They don't have to change the numbers on those "over 1.234567 billion served" signs by hand every day?
Scrappy - Aug 18, 2007 8:50:36 pm PDT #2005 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The lit yellow arches instantly ID a McD's anywhere from quite far away day or night.
DebetEsse - Aug 18, 2007 8:56:52 pm PDT #2006 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You mean electronic technology or any kind?
I'd think new cup technology has helped them (yes, this sounds silly, but, as the daughter of a Diet Coke from McDonald's junkie, I swear it's true)
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2007 8:58:43 pm PDT #2007 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Hamburglar is now required to wear one of those electronic ankle bracelet tracking thingies....
WindSparrow - Aug 18, 2007 9:00:02 pm PDT #2008 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
In a broader sense, can we say that cheaper, more automated manufacturing over the last couple of decades has made the Happy Meal possible? Very effective for the nabbing of the loyalty of kids all across the country, if not of the entire world.
Or does cheap foreign labor get the credit for that?
SuziQ - Aug 18, 2007 9:04:14 pm PDT #2009 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Hah! Ok, some good answers. I used the fact that WiFi is offered in some chains can be marketed to draw in more people, who will spend more time and money.
Whatever. I HATE McDonald's personally - so researching this stuff is....odd.
SuziQ - Aug 18, 2007 9:10:16 pm PDT #2010 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Susan W. - Aug 18, 2007 9:11:16 pm PDT #2011 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
OK. I squeezed out three pages, which is the minimum daily quota I've set for myself. I got my characters into a smugglers' tunnel, pursued by men with guns. Tomorrow I'll figure out how to get them out of there alive. It's a shitty first draft, but that's allowed. And I'm only 21 pages from my summer goal of reaching p. 100 of my WIP, which I'd thought was hopeless after deciding I needed to start over again last month.
I feel better now. Refusing to believe in writer's block has its advantages.
Pix - Aug 18, 2007 9:45:32 pm PDT #2012 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I feel better now. Refusing to believe in writer's block has its advantages.
You are an inspiration to me, Susan. I'm about a third of a way through an essay that has been in three different forms and will. not. resolve. itself. It's making me crazy. Usually I can whip out a draft of an essay (2000-3000 words-ish) in a day. This week? Argh, nsm.
Andi, that picture of Harvey is adorable. Speaking of adorable cats, Byron has found a random throw pillow sitting on the corner of a shelf in Drew's office and has curled himself into a tiny ball to fit on it. Too damned cute.
Oh, and btw...WE ADOPTED A KITTEN! Went to the Humane Society a few days ago, and they *do* think that we are good pet parents. As soon as our little boy is neutered tomorrow or Monday, we're picking him up. I'd been set on getting a female since Byron is so territorial, but the Humane Society lady talked me into a young male (he's three months old and solid black). She claims that since he's so young and already neutered, Byron will treat him like an annoying younger brother rather than a threat to his territory. She also said that Mia would have serious issues with another female. We shall see.
Anyway, he's cute as a button and soon to be living the good life at our house. Pictures will follow.