We have no sorting hat here, Katrina, so be warned. We also don't (honest!) have a Voldemort, so it might average out.
Anyway--welcome. Click on links! Read up. Hopefully you'll find it comfy. Don't hesitate to ask for directions, if you need them.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
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.
§ ita § - May 17, 2008 3:20:39 pm PDT #7529 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Theodosia - May 17, 2008 3:29:32 pm PDT #7530 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"
I think we kicked He Who Shall Not Be Named out in '03 or thereabouts.
erikaj - May 17, 2008 3:45:19 pm PDT #7531 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, but he's not gone...he posts as "Dick Cheney" sometimes.
aurelia - May 17, 2008 4:28:19 pm PDT #7532 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I resisted saying "Wouldn't that depend on how Jesus slaughtered you?" but it was a near thing.
I would've paid to see this.
Crowded House
I saw them last fall. Fun stuff.
I aspire to become McGonagall someday.
Jesse - May 17, 2008 6:03:22 pm PDT #7533 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dudes. E! News literally just broke into The Soup to tell me that Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz got married. I mean, I guess when you're E! News, that is big breaking news, BUT STILL.
Liese S. - May 17, 2008 6:19:47 pm PDT #7534 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oooh, is it in pretty southern Indiana, Liese?
It is! And the camp itself is lovely. Lots of trees and pathways and lakes. Too bad it'll be overrun by gaggles of screaming preteens! Heh.
And of course, we'll have to get used to the crazy humidity and rain, but it'll be really nice to get to wander about in the woods for a while.
§ ita § - May 17, 2008 6:38:19 pm PDT #7535 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I should have been paying enough attention to know who Pete wentz is, shouldn't I? Still, I did know he was dating a Simpson, even if I don't know what he does for a living.
Could someone throw a tawdry scandal into my lap? I promise to be titillating on a large scale. Just looking for a change of pace.
Saw a piece here on replacing your lawn with a big pond with waterfall and ducks and bamboo and the like. My brain is screaming to me about the water wastage, but they said that with using recycled water it was less drain (so to speak) than grass itself.
Cool. Because a gazebo, lawnchairs, and running water? Gorgeous.
This is of course said in that LA way.
Hil R. - May 17, 2008 6:50:07 pm PDT #7536 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Saw a piece here on replacing your lawn with a big pond with waterfall and ducks and bamboo and the like. My brain is screaming to me about the water wastage, but they said that with using recycled water it was less drain (so to speak) than grass itself.
Sounds nice except for the ducks.
I read in an article in the NY Times that about 1/3 of residential water usage goes to landscaping. NJ gets water restrictions just about every summer, and people start complaining as soon as it gets to only being allowed to run a sprinkler every other day. When did this whole thing of "Your lawn must be bright emerald green ALL THE TIME" start, anyway?
Atropa - May 17, 2008 7:05:15 pm PDT #7537 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I should have been paying enough attention to know who Pete wentz is, shouldn't I? Still, I did know he was dating a Simpson, even if I don't know what he does for a living.
Bandom, ita. He's the bassist and lyricist for Fall Out Boy. Among his other projects.
libkitty - May 17, 2008 7:19:10 pm PDT #7538 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I know I've been away from Natter for a while, but I have a hive mind question. Whitefonting is for possible medical squick, although I think this one is relatively tame.
I seem to have gotten a bump about the size of a large pimple behind my ear. It's red, but there's no head to it. It feels kind of hard but not very and it's sore to the touch, but not really painful.
Should I do anything about it, or is it likely just waiting to be a monstrous pimple or some such thing, and no big deal? Probably apropos of nothing, there does seem to be some sort of weird illness going around town where you have no symptoms except feeling like crap and occasional dizziness, and I seem to have that.