"a mincing substitute". That's a lovely phrase.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 38: Well, This Is Just...Neat.
[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.
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2007 10:42:57 am PST #2691 of 10002
brillig
Laga - Nov 05, 2007 10:45:19 am PST #2692 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hooray! I finally got a Cook's Illustrated test recipe that I can actually make.
I didn't realize the breaking your ethnicity into fractions was a Chicago thing. My Mom is from Chicago but she totally does the small talk with strangers thing. Maybe that's just Mom but my friend John, also born and raised in Chicago usually manages to get the life story of every cab driver.
hippocampus - Nov 05, 2007 10:52:42 am PST #2693 of 10002
not your mom's socks.
I think it's the strike, but I am earwormed with "Sister Suffragette" from Mary Poppins. "our daughter's daughter's will adore us... and they'll sing in grateful chorus..."
Laga - Nov 05, 2007 10:54:26 am PST #2694 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Unfortunately I just clicked on the video for Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone after following a link from Buffista Music. It's a bad day for earworms.
Zenkitty - Nov 05, 2007 10:56:47 am PST #2695 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The only Southernisms I still use (I think) are y'all (perfectly good word) and "going to". Eventually I'm going to train myself out of saying "going to".
Sometimes I say "I ain't" but mainly to argue with people about its correctness. I maintain it's the proper contraction of "am not". Archaic matters less than correct.
Laga - Nov 05, 2007 11:00:59 am PST #2696 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I've never lived in the south but "y'all" is just too handy not to co-opt.
erikaj - Nov 05, 2007 11:04:34 am PST #2697 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
wrod, y'all.
SuziQ - Nov 05, 2007 11:04:56 am PST #2698 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I use y'all and all y'all and all y'alls to the point where I have been asked where I come from. I think my other Californiaisms mixed with the y'alls just messes with tiny brains.
erikaj - Nov 05, 2007 11:06:51 am PST #2699 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I also love the cornerboy usage "Fuck all y'all," although I don't use it.
hippocampus - Nov 05, 2007 11:07:22 am PST #2700 of 10002
not your mom's socks.
hey, Hon.