My wedding could have included "we've replaced his wedding vows with Folger's Crystals, let's see if he notices" for all I know, it all being in Mandarin.
Fuck if I know what was in my wedding vows, and it was two months ago and in English.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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.
bon bon - Dec 22, 2008 7:13:56 pm PST #7580 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Shir - Dec 22, 2008 7:17:13 pm PST #7581 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Ha. I love my denial.
I forgot mornings included work, and now I'm a bit resentful about it messing with my internet fun.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2008 7:17:27 pm PST #7582 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
bon totally pledged to obey bob, pass it on.
bonny, it was a sweet movie, the bits I could watch. Funny that I think the hottest Michael Vartan looked was as the dirty fallen priest on Alias, but it's not like we had to watch a good guy wrestle with his faith. Dirty priests have already done the dirty work. It's part of their charm.
sarameg - Dec 22, 2008 7:26:03 pm PST #7583 of 10002
Despite the fact my brother is trying to gas me out of the room with his farts, I have to share this detail:
I spent 2 hours wrapping all of the presents (oh god, he just let another one. Send gas masks). During that time, my brother opened a box of 5lbs of bionicles he won on ebay. Not 5 sets. 5 POUNDS. He dumps them on the floor. Spends the next 2 hours sorting them and building 2 creatures. And then he realizes that maybe he really ought to get around to wrapping (oh help! fresh air, please!) the rest of his gifts.
I have photographic evidence. Which I'll probably post when I'm home because I don't feel like messing with his iphoto right now. It's hysterical.
Oh and NOW? He's assembling a chemistry kit for D made up of stuff he pilfered repurposed from the lab. It's really cool, basic chemistry and realio trulio professional equiptment. But I predict at least half an hour getting it together.
Given we were up until 3 with his car, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Still have shopping to do. But not as bad as I thought. I can buy my brother engine degreaser!
sarameg - Dec 22, 2008 7:27:52 pm PST #7584 of 10002
*gasping*
Lee - Dec 22, 2008 7:30:54 pm PST #7585 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sniff and post?
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2008 7:31:21 pm PST #7586 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My TiVo has decided I might want to watch Hawaii Five-O and Quincy ME. Definitely on the "been nice" list. Roomba, OTOH, is an attention-whore, because when it runs when I'm not here it finds its home just fine, but when I'm here it runs out away from dock and whines till I put it back.
Okay. I've just taken heavy meds. This pain has to be beat back, or maybe I could just be unconscious. I don't get no ER until I come back from Jamaica in over a week.
megan walker - Dec 22, 2008 7:33:51 pm PST #7587 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't think rebranding "marriage" as a "civil union" really changes anything. It is still a contract regulated by the State and that the State has a vested interest in. The State will still have to define who can and can't "unionize", and the same people who oppose "gay marriage" (god I hate that term) will now oppose gay civil unions.
France has had civil marriages for years--still doesn't mean they will allow "The Gays" into the club.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2008 7:38:32 pm PST #7588 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But it will take a leg out of some of the arguments. God didn't have as much to say about civil unions.
javachik - Dec 22, 2008 7:42:00 pm PST #7589 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
It is not a "rebranding". It's getting the government completely out of the religion business. If you take the word "marriage" completely out of it, and put "marriage" into the powers of the church, then the problems are solved, as there are churches for everyone who wants one, but the governmnent is supposed to offer equality for all.
What it does is extract the part of the union that the government should be involved in; the part where it's a legal contract.