Happy Birthday Aimee!
last night I went on a date with a very interesting & disconcertingly amorous gentleman who bore a striking resemblance to Mandy Patinkin.
Ooooh. That sounds so exciting! Sorry you're only feeling platonic.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
meara - Aug 09, 2007 4:38:21 am PDT #658 of 10001
WindSparrow - Aug 09, 2007 4:59:30 am PDT #659 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.
Sorry you're only feeling platonic.
Yeah, me too. I strongly feel that Fay is so fabulous, that her life should include either one amazingly, scorchingly passionate life-long love affair, or a regular series fantabulous, heated, less permanent, amicably ended affairs. Thus the Bitches would be the recipients of Fay's endearing accounts, not so much of the hot details, but of anecdotes of the brilliantly witty things that were said at outings to the theater or fine restaurants. Hmm, perhaps you could simply make up stories for us, the way Vickie Bliss writes outrageous bodice-rippers for her boss.
Erm, not that your job should be to provide us with entertainment through which we could live vicariously, Fay. We just want to know you are happy. Truly.
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2007 5:13:55 am PDT #660 of 10001
brillig
the way Vickie Bliss writes outrageous bodice-rippers for her boss.
Aren't we due another Vickie Bliss book? Amelia Peabody seems tapped out.
sumi - Aug 09, 2007 5:17:31 am PDT #661 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Haven't we been due a new Vickie Bliss book for about 10 years?
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2007 5:18:41 am PDT #662 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy birthday Aimée!
sj - Aug 09, 2007 5:22:43 am PDT #663 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Birthday, Aimee!!! I hope you have a birthday fit for an Empress!
vw bug - Aug 09, 2007 5:31:01 am PDT #664 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
First World Rant:
I don't think my office is getting cleaned today, since I'm in it doing work. I don't think they like it when I'm home while they clean. Well, when they give me a 9-3 window, I can't necessarily be gone that whole time. I don't really care about the office not getting cleaned today, but it's a little frustrating. I pay for it to get cleaned, dammit!
Also, they sent a new person. Again. They are supposed to notify me of that so I can be home to introduce new people to Toto. Fortunately, Toto's not here, and I was home, so it's not an issue, but it still upsets me. I think they're getting a nasty phone call this afternoon.
Ginger - Aug 09, 2007 5:32:17 am PDT #665 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Erm, not that your job should be to provide us with entertainment through which we could live vicariously, Fay.
But she does it so well!
Happy birthday, Empress!
Trudy Booth - Aug 09, 2007 5:36:06 am PDT #666 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
HIPPO BIRDIES AIMS!!!!
Oh, btw, its official: The New York Times will declare anything a trend
Women Eating Steak on Dates [link]
tommyrot - Aug 09, 2007 5:45:55 am PDT #667 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.
Random SciFi picture: [link]
From Ladies and Robots
Good Girl Deserves a Good Robot for Herself
Something about a pretty girl in the company of an imposing robot spoke very dearly to the hearts of readers and movie-goers of the Fifties' Space Era. Chrome was at the height of industrial fashion, and the curvy reflective plates of friendly (and not so friendly) robots played well against curvy shapes of the poster girls.
I planned to do this homage to the 50s style for some time, being partly inspired by illustrations from collectible science fiction pulp magazines, and partly by such sites as Fogonazos, or World of Kane with their own collections. So here is the first part of "Futuristic Ladies" post (the next one will feature space girls). Most images are promotional shots for the "Forbidden Planet" movie (1956) with Anne Francis, rare shots from various 60s TV series and, of course, art from vintage SF magazines.