As a New Yorker, everyone being nice to me would freak me out way more than everyone looking the same.
In my experience, New Yorkers are generally pretty nice too. (As were the people I encountered in Paris, ftr.)
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 62: The 62nd 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.
lisah - Nov 20, 2008 8:41:00 am PST #2500 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Frankenbuddha - Nov 20, 2008 8:43:08 am PST #2501 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fashion report: Girls glimmer in the season's prettiest sequins.
Hey, something ELSE we can all blame Twilight for.
Jessica - Nov 20, 2008 8:43:30 am PST #2502 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In my experience, New Yorkers are generally pretty nice too. (As were the people I encountered in Paris, ftr.)
Only if you respect the personal bubble and don't block the sidewalks.
(But FWIW, Toronto is a fabulous city, and I've loved it every time I've visited. The people are very friendly, but not in a creepy "smiling at strangers on the street" kind of way.)
Jesse - Nov 20, 2008 8:46:39 am PST #2503 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, we're nice, but not that friendly.
Also, I love sequins!!!!! Someone will need to remind me not to buy them.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2008 8:48:00 am PST #2504 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sure I've told this story, but a friend of mine from high school (Cambridge, MA) went to UVa. When we were home for fall break that first year, she said she HATED it there. Why? Because people she didn't even know kept saying hi to her on the street.
She actually got over that.
Jessica - Nov 20, 2008 8:49:14 am PST #2505 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Someone will need to remind me not to buy them.
Hey Jesse! Don't buy the sequins.
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2008 8:55:13 am PST #2506 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Natter 63: Hey Jesse! Don't buy the sequins.
Scrappy - Nov 20, 2008 8:57:26 am PST #2507 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Psst, Jesse: [link]
Toddson - Nov 20, 2008 9:00:39 am PST #2508 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And for a little more, you can get one that lights up.
Jesse - Nov 20, 2008 9:02:31 am PST #2509 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That hat I do not love. I will maintain with my several sequined evening bags that I hardly ever use.
ION, there was a protest outside my building just now, with a bagpiper playing "Lift Every Voice and Sing"! The flyer was something about someone getting evicted, and then I was talking to a woman who works for the agency being protested. Apparently it's some housing organization that does squatters' rights or something, and they've gotten this squatter building converted into something official, but apparently the rules say the tenants can decide who lives there, and they don't want this one guy. Thus, protest!