Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.

'Serenity'


Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!  

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.


Jessica - Jun 16, 2008 10:55:03 am PDT #3419 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

isn't Obama saying not that we shouldn't have the ceremony, but it's no honor if you haven't graduated HS?

Yeah, that's how I read it. Nothing to do with the ceremony itself, but reminding the kids that they shouldn't consider their 8th grade "graduation" an end point.


lisah - Jun 16, 2008 11:02:24 am PDT #3420 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate

I didn't have a graduation until I was 17.

Me neither. I went from public school in 8th grade to private Catholic high school and was really confused (and jealous!) by all the girls who'd gone to Catholic school all along talking about their 8th grade graduations and what a big deal they were.


msbelle - Jun 16, 2008 11:02:51 am PDT #3421 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh yeah, my comments were nothing to do with Obama's speech. Just that I hate K and 5th graduation ceremonies.


§ ita § - Jun 16, 2008 11:05:34 am PDT #3422 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

8th grade graduation is just about when we'd be leaving prep school for high, and that was a huge transition. Rocking it with the big kids, small all over again.

Read an inane quote in the elevator about Oprah saying that every (every!) mistake she's made has been because she ignored her inner voice. Yup, she has a 100% inner voice that she has the luxury to ignore from time to time.

How smug.

I should possibly get over that.


hippocampus - Jun 16, 2008 11:08:42 am PDT #3423 of 10003
not your mom's socks.

well maybe her inner voice has 20-20 hindsight, and likes to say I Told You SO.


Tom Scola - Jun 16, 2008 11:08:46 am PDT #3424 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Holy crap.

Lori Mehmen, who lives in the small farming town of Orchard in northeastern Iowa, looked out her front door and saw a funnel cloud bearing down — and evidently had the presence of mind to grab her digital camera and capture this shot before taking cover.


amych - Jun 16, 2008 11:10:18 am PDT #3425 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

That's a hell of a photo (and I hope she got inside right away after!)


Pix - Jun 16, 2008 11:10:26 am PDT #3426 of 10003
The status is NOT quo.

Wow, Tom. That's an incredible picture. Also? SCARY AS HELL.


hippocampus - Jun 16, 2008 11:12:20 am PDT #3427 of 10003
not your mom's socks.

documentation: 1, self-preservation:0


Steph L. - Jun 16, 2008 11:15:59 am PDT #3428 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

That pig is awesome!

That sure is Some Pig!