ION, I will never climb Everest.
For serious. I assume we both watched Frontline -- so needlessly tragic.
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
bon bon - May 13, 2008 8:35:29 pm PDT #6651 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
megan walker - May 13, 2008 8:48:40 pm PDT #6652 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
ION, I will never climb Everest.
I remember telling someone I had just read Into Thin Air (about that climb). And they were like "Wouldn't climbing Everest be so amazing?"
Um, no.
Trudy Booth - May 13, 2008 8:56:45 pm PDT #6653 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
"Wouldn't climbing Everest be so amazing?"
Sure, the first five hundred times.
Now its just a way to risk peoples lives needlessly. If you want that kind of adrenaline rush go to the well with 12 year old girls dodging the Janjaweed, you know?
§ ita § - May 13, 2008 9:04:37 pm PDT #6654 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Quick question--is livejournal down?
meara - May 13, 2008 9:07:27 pm PDT #6655 of 10001
It's working fine for me, ita, though I haven't tried ot post, just read.
Strega - May 13, 2008 9:08:37 pm PDT #6656 of 10001
LJ is working for me.
Sean K - May 13, 2008 9:23:47 pm PDT #6657 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"Wouldn't climbing Everest be so amazing?"
If by, "amazing," you mean, "killer blizzards, pulmonary edema, oxygen deprivation, physical exhaustion, and temperatures similar to those in Antarctica," then yes, I suppose climbing Everest would indeed be "amazing."
§ ita § - May 13, 2008 9:38:28 pm PDT #6658 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks. Got into another argument with Road Runner customer service. They really do tarnish their profession with a patina of hyena dung. Apparently my cable modem is giving invalid IP addresses to the machines on my home network. Which is so weird, because that's not its job. It's my router's job, and since it's to blame it's also why road runner head office couldn't get to livejournal.com.
Talk about placing power in the hands of the consumer.
Ah, eff it. Monstrously emotionally horrible evening. I'm kind of scared to try sleeping.
Strega - May 13, 2008 10:00:08 pm PDT #6659 of 10001
Yuck. Can you aim at "resting"? I save up DVD commentaries for when I can't/won't sleep. It gives me something distracting to listen to and I can turn the lights down and close my eyes, at least.
Liese S. - May 13, 2008 11:10:03 pm PDT #6660 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."