It's called "Penguin Invasion" and seems to be about penguins ...invading a town. For real.
I skimmed reading that and thought you were talking about feral penguins. That would rock.
Or waddle.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'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.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:32:53 pm PDT #8676 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
-t - Oct 25, 2007 3:37:38 pm PDT #8677 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I want to see penguins invading. All I can find is giant crocodiles.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2007 3:40:11 pm PDT #8678 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.
A friend of mine got a second cat a few weeks ago, and since then her two cats have not gotten along. So I may be getting a cat. It's not hairless; in fact, it has rather long fur. But it's a very pretty kitty, and very sweet and affectionate (to humans, anyway).
Kat - Oct 25, 2007 4:07:54 pm PDT #8679 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
blue penguins are known to invade homes in NZ. Or you know, places under steps etc in homes. Then they nest there and are an adorable nuisance.
Kat - Oct 25, 2007 4:09:14 pm PDT #8680 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Everything about this is not right. From a 6th grade with a closet full of Dolce & Gabbana, Juicy Couture, True Religion and Seven For All Mankind to her getting bullied for not having the right clothes. The whole thing is fucked up.
sarameg - Oct 25, 2007 4:09:21 pm PDT #8681 of 10001
Sweet, tommy!
Seriously, the penguing footage was of them storming through people lying on the beach, traisping on terraces and squwaking on lawns.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 4:25:54 pm PDT #8682 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat, I barely understand that article. It's so freaking alien.
Kat - Oct 25, 2007 4:33:58 pm PDT #8683 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I KNOW. I get the kids picking on each other for clothing (Willow and the softer side of sears). But what is alien is the idea that a parent would pay for clothes that are that expensive for a kid!
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 4:37:03 pm PDT #8684 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
YES. Unless these are all financial prodigies, the parents are...man, I can't imagine. But my mother was frightfully hard-assed about that sort of stuff. If status was determined by the number of vials in your chemistry set, I was golden. Otherwise? SOL.
aurelia - Oct 25, 2007 4:48:44 pm PDT #8685 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think I'm finally sold on school uniforms.
Not only is that first mom spending outrageous amounts of money on the clothes, she's not letting her kid be a kid.
But the headline expressing shock at this happening in Middle School? Eh. It was when I was in Jr. High that everyone was expected to have Jordache, Nike, Izod and Swatch (I only had the Nikes). Things loosened up in high school. Or maybe I just didn't feel the pressure so much by then.