You're in Chicago. You might include Ditka.
Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Trudy Booth - May 07, 2009 11:40:58 am PDT #18453 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Steph L. - May 07, 2009 11:55:07 am PDT #18454 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
tommyrot, I *think* that your landlords would have to take their (non)case to small claims court, which incurs very minimal costs compared to a Court TV trial. And -- I don't know if Illinois is like this, but it is the law in Ohio -- if you win, your landlord has to pay your court costs.
I am down, because of sad newspaper and people-I-know medical stories (face transplant, prostate cancer, melanoma). Why the world gotta be so sad, man?
I can't even express how much the face transplant story has fucked me up in the head. Big big BIG time. I wish I had never clicked on the Newsweek link to the story.
msbelle - May 07, 2009 12:04:00 pm PDT #18455 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
what specifically about the story affects you, if you don't mind me asking?
Jesse - May 07, 2009 12:09:28 pm PDT #18456 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Flava Flav would be totally unhelpful, though.
He knows 911 is a joke, though. (Not a reference to msbelle's evening of last.)
Why is it not Friday, people?@!
Right?!? I even have to work tomorrow -- NOT ON.
lisah - May 07, 2009 12:10:08 pm PDT #18457 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
what specifically about the story affects you, if you don't mind me asking?
Not Steph, but what bothers me is that her husband only got 7 years for trying to kill her.
tommyrot - May 07, 2009 12:13:05 pm PDT #18458 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
MY LITTLE PONY: Live-Action Trailer
The full name is MY LITTLE PONY: Reign of Buttercup Sprinkles
Um, it's fake.
Steph L. - May 07, 2009 12:14:06 pm PDT #18459 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
what specifically about the story affects you, if you don't mind me asking?
I keep telling myself what an amazing thing it is that the woman was able to have a new face after losing essentially the entire middle of her original face -- and the fact that I even need to use the phrase "original face" is creeping me out -- and that having a face is better than, well, NOT.
But what I can't stop thinking about is how much of our identity is tied to our appearance, and how devastating it must be to no longer recognize yourself. And for your loved ones to no longer recognize you.
msbelle - May 07, 2009 12:20:22 pm PDT #18460 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The whole thing is horrifying, no doubt. The circumstances, the reality. I think I cannot digest it as real somehow - it seems like something over "there".
Sheryl - May 07, 2009 12:37:53 pm PDT #18461 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday GC!
Liese S. - May 07, 2009 12:41:10 pm PDT #18462 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I haven't read the story at all, but I think it's more common than we think about trauma destroying our visual identity.
We have a new friend here in town that we've known for about a year. We invited them to D.'s 40th, so they reciprocated and invited us to his birthday party...his 70th. We had no idea he was that age, and expressed it to them.
Turns out he was badly burned some years ago, and the resulting surgery stretched his skin in such a way that he will never show wrinkles, and thus does not look anywhere close to his age.
Of course, we didn't know him before, but it appears that his appearance has significantly changed. I don't know how he dealt with it, but it must be so disturbing.