Someone remind me not to read the comments, especially on an article about Bush defending the government's response to Katrina.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Dana - Jan 13, 2009 7:17:50 am PST #1067 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kathy A - Jan 13, 2009 7:21:30 am PST #1068 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Stay away from comments!!!
I just ordered Girl Scout cookies. Thin Mints and lemon cookies--yum!
Theodosia - Jan 13, 2009 7:22:13 am PST #1069 of 30000
'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"
Especially since Bush's comment on what he could have done better on Katrina basically is "have a better photo op".
Liese S. - Jan 13, 2009 7:29:56 am PST #1070 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I only knew spondee because I was recently teaching it. Meter, that is, to my vocal student who wants to do songwriting. But it is a good word, isn't it?
Dana - Jan 13, 2009 7:52:03 am PST #1071 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, natterers, if you don't talk more, I am going to have to work. Do you want that on your conscience?
Jessica - Jan 13, 2009 7:53:16 am PST #1072 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
UPS rant! They delivered my new TV today (yay!) and had my neighbor sign for it (yay!) but can't tell me if the driver carried it upstairs to my door (good) or left it sitting in the lobby (BAD).
Allyson - Jan 13, 2009 7:53:52 am PST #1073 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My new doggie is coming tomorrow!
And I'm going to check out my new office, today.
I'm chewing peppermint gum to try and settle my stomach. I'm so nervous, yo.
Scrappy - Jan 13, 2009 7:55:41 am PST #1074 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I just had to learn all the spondee, trochee, etc, stuff for the CSETs. I know what they all are, but have a hard time figuring out if a poem is in, say, anapestic tetrameter or iambic hexameter or whatever. Even when I say it out loud, I have trouble counting the stresses. I think all the meter jargon is wicked cool, though, and have been running around saying things like an-a-PEST and DAC-tyl-ic for several weeks now.
amych - Jan 13, 2009 7:58:28 am PST #1075 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Anapest always sounds to me like it should be a suburb of Budapest.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2009 8:05:38 am PST #1076 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am...applying for jobs. I'm way tired of this unemployment shit.