I was totally uncosmopolitan doing the double take thing today, but dude. Masai.
I would double take for a Masai. But then I used to double take for interesting squirrels. I am most likely not a reliable double take gold standard.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
billytea - Sep 17, 2007 5:22:30 pm PDT #1224 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
lori - Sep 17, 2007 5:25:33 pm PDT #1225 of 10001
Heh. I'm down at UCLA visiting Grace and just left due to shift change. Turns out the world premiere of The Kingdom is right now, right here. Just in time to catch glimpses of Jennifer Garner in what seems to be a smokin' red dress. And Jamie Foxx is holding court down at the start of the red carpet.
Man, paparrazi are LOUD.
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 5:28:13 pm PDT #1226 of 10001
So sarameg, are you saying you wait until the person in front of you exits the revolving door before you enter? What if there are people coming in from the other side?
I wait until I'm not afraid of being trapped by my own devices. 1 person per enclosure usually does it. People entering also freak me out. I've travelled down a subway tunnel with my backpack jamming the doors open 1.5 feet. It was SCARY. Similar issues.
Liese, it may be a result of not having escalators. The nearest on growing up was the El Paso airport. My city had none (and still may not have any.) What cured me? Scary-ass fast and steep Moscow escalators. After that? Everything else is tame. You could seriously die on those suckers!
lori - Sep 17, 2007 5:28:30 pm PDT #1227 of 10001
Ah, it was Will Smith causing all the racket.
Jada is freakin' tiny.
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 5:29:50 pm PDT #1228 of 10001
lori! I wish I had content, but I don't! But lori!
Theodosia - Sep 17, 2007 5:35:38 pm PDT #1229 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Actually, I was fascinated by escalators as a small child because they were totally foreign to my little suburban life, so it was a big novelty to go anywhere they were -- ditto for elevators!
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 5:35:44 pm PDT #1230 of 10001
Oh & what's the best method of cleaning copper and brass together? I'm soaking them in vinegar for now. Soda?
(A czech coin I'm gonna give to my neighbor girl.She's fascinated that I've travelled at all, and I kinda want to give her a purty talisman to pin things on. I know my grandparents' shiny kroner from sweden made me wish a lot.)
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2007 5:43:45 pm PDT #1231 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
God bless LA. Will Smith is just down the street from where the Masai was. I knew I moved here for a reason.
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 5:46:41 pm PDT #1232 of 10001
Heh. Hey, I have a question. Years and years ago, I was shopping with my cousin, and we bought a drinkable orange yogurt thing that I loved. I figured it was a Minneapolis japanese community thing and didn't bother to search it out. With the proliferation of yogurt drinks, I've been looking for it again. No luck at my stores. Anyone else familiar with it?
lori - Sep 17, 2007 5:46:47 pm PDT #1233 of 10001
Aww, Jason Bateman! Jeremy Piven! And yes, Jen is smokin' hot, with gold stilletos. She is so sweet - happily waving at the fans. Love her.