I'm waiting on fake Mexican, and getting annoyed, since they usually show up practically as soon as I hang up the phone.
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'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Jesse - Dec 16, 2007 3:23:58 pm PST #7706 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Emily - Dec 16, 2007 3:29:28 pm PST #7707 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I have lost my Supernatural Netflix.
Yes, I will accept condolences.
sarameg, we've been having CRAZY wind all day. Really freaky.
sarameg - Dec 16, 2007 3:35:19 pm PST #7708 of 10001
I heard down in DC (when my station went out, I switched to the DC affiliate) gusts were 60 mph. I believe it.
In a funny coincidence relating to the direction discussion, my mom was on the phone, telling me about a restaurant we should go to. I was trying to place it and asked her where it was relative to the church in the plaza. "It's on the east side." Sigh. "OK, facing the church, right or left?" And I spent 18 years there, and usually did ok on e/w if I thought about it hard because of the dramatic mountains which designated east.
Tom Scola - Dec 16, 2007 3:44:17 pm PST #7709 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Jesse - Dec 16, 2007 3:48:20 pm PST #7710 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tom, that's hilarious! Why have we never known that before?
I am now full of "Mexican" food. And still have more left.
Laura - Dec 16, 2007 4:02:43 pm PST #7711 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Shame on him trying to pass as Hec.
Poor Allyson. The very first time I ever used a GPS system was when I went to LA for the F2F. It came with the rental. It was so beyond awesome. We would just take off from the hotel and drive aimlessly then click take me back and voilà nice lady guided me home. And the bestest part, when the hotel appeared she said, "you have arrived."
eta: and this brought back all the lovely LAF2F memories.
Brendon bought one for me the next Christmas because it was such fun. I'm not directionally challenged here so much because totally flat and grid like, but I still use it even locally when I go someplace different. It always gets packed when I travel.
ION, we have a cold front! I have opened the windows again. I may go for a walk tonight. Whee!
Jesse - Dec 16, 2007 4:13:07 pm PST #7712 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura, when we have a cold front, I close my windows!
sarameg - Dec 16, 2007 4:22:47 pm PST #7713 of 10001
Heh. With my windows CLOSED, the last gust of wind created a noticeable draft inside. Leaky apartment. Thought even knowing it does, that I felt a draft was weird. I guess it is coming in through my beleaguered sliding door (seriously, you can pull it off the tracks) and uninsulated utility closet.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2007 4:23:49 pm PST #7714 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, here's the hair pics as promised.
Nicely done, O Tig. Very shiny too.
I should get my hair cut like Matt Groening and start cashing his checks.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2007 4:34:46 pm PST #7715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think somehow Matt Groening is Hec and a bit of Noise...
Just watched "How William Shatner Changed The World" which answered a question I was asking earlier today--what were the philosophical shifts that came with each new Trek series. I didn't expect the show to answer it--I didn't even know TiVo was recording it. But they talked about how the Pollyannaishness (which, really, I still disagree with about TOS) disappeared as soon as Rodenberry died, but the ratings also never came back.
The show was basically about how science had been inspired by various Trek things, and apparently we must credit it for cell phones and Quicktime, amongst other innovations.
Snarkishly funny they said just about nothing about Enterprise the series, just "and then things went from bad to worse" and played the needle scratching noise over its theme music.
Meow.
I think I've just about totally wasted today. I realised there's food in my freezer I need to reheat and eat so my sister can bring me more. Man, responsibility's a bitch.