Those Bender Ball ads make me nuts -- I think they're the ones that say you can work on "your upper abs, lower abs, AND the sides!" Sides? Really? Is that what we're calling those muscles now? I think I wouldn't mind if they said belly and sides.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
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.
Jesse - May 30, 2008 10:06:23 am PDT #9832 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Burrell - May 30, 2008 10:12:19 am PDT #9833 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It does seem a shame to toss out the baby (oops) with the bathwater, but maybe you don't place much value on the baby in the first place.
I honestly have no idea what you are driving at here, or that you had such a strong attachment to whatever "baby" it is I've tossed out the window. But if it's merely a grammatical correction you're making I'm just as happy with ending the discussion here.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 10:15:59 am PDT #9834 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Bender Balls would fit in perfectly with the decor of my apartment--balls of various sitting about. However, one of those preceding balls is the standard workout ball which lets you do much of what the Bender cites as so revolutionary--involve yourself in a situp beyond the horizontal plane. So very exciting.
I was worried
You shouldn't let them worry you. By and large, they're harmless.
I know you're not supposed to be able to target weight loss, but I can't help thinking that what if the core training could take inches off the waist (they promise 2 in the first 2 weeks) and not off the hips, that'd rock.
msbelle - May 30, 2008 10:18:58 am PDT #9835 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
you are my opposite workout wisher. For the most part I want my waist left alone and all sort of not physically possible transformations to happen on my hips and thighs
Atropa - May 30, 2008 10:20:53 am PDT #9836 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I know you're not supposed to be able to target weight loss, but I can't help thinking that what if the core training could take inches off the waist (they promise 2 in the first 2 weeks) and not off the hips, that'd rock.
Huh, really? Because I'm at the point where all I want to do is lose inches off my waist. Should I go back and look at the link?
Frankenbuddha - May 30, 2008 10:22:15 am PDT #9837 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Brief interview with Danny Strong in NY magazine: [link]
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 10:23:45 am PDT #9838 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I honestly have no idea what you are driving at here, or that you had such a strong attachment to whatever "baby" it is I've tossed out the window. But if it's merely a grammatical correction you're making I'm just as happy with ending the discussion here.
I put that very clumsily. Nutty was the "you" (should have said "one") in question in my statement--having all men irritate her because some men do something is tossing the baby (men who don't devalue women thusly) out with the bathwater (men who are that icky). As far as semantics go I was suggesting she was generalising rather than characterising, but as I type that out again it becomes even more meaningless.
Daisy Jane - May 30, 2008 10:27:40 am PDT #9839 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
They have teh gays in Texas, I'm sure
As someone who lives at the gayest straight bar or the straightest gay bar (depending on whether you read the Voice or the Observer), yes. Yes we do.
Miss y'all!
Dana - May 30, 2008 10:49:41 am PDT #9840 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And now I have officially run out of energy.
t thonk
Lee - May 30, 2008 10:51:01 am PDT #9841 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I did that earlier. It's made the rest of the day interesting.