Chicago and Rome are at the same latitude, which surprised me. The summers can be similar, but the winters are soooo not!
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
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.
Kathy A - May 14, 2009 2:54:57 pm PDT #19575 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
megan walker - May 14, 2009 2:55:18 pm PDT #19576 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Chicken Ramen for the Soul? I don't think so.
Sheryl - May 14, 2009 2:55:28 pm PDT #19577 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Last night we saw "Unwigged and Unplugged" (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer doing songs from "Spinal Tap", "A Mighty Wind" and other projects) Lots of fun.
(Hearing "Big Bottom" done with just the standup bass as instrumentation, and in a jazzy sort of style was interesting)
§ ita § - May 14, 2009 2:56:32 pm PDT #19578 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Me, I was born at 18°. I should be darker. But I am, when I'm there. I grew up there and at 51°. Mah peeps harken from about 55° and 10°, so it all averages out.
Juliebird - May 14, 2009 2:59:34 pm PDT #19579 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Well, at least now I'll have something to throw up that didn't cost me much.
2 packages of Ramen Noodles: 66 cents Not having to dryheave: Priceless
meara - May 14, 2009 4:10:44 pm PDT #19580 of 30000
Things I Have Discovered I Cannot Do: Pantomime a collect call to someone who does not speak English.
Things I Can Do: Give up and just use my cellphone to call the people she's trying to reach and let her make the call that way.
§ ita § - May 14, 2009 4:11:57 pm PDT #19581 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ugh, Julie. Sorry to hear about the stomach troubles.
Things I Have Discovered I Cannot Do: Pantomime a collect call to someone who does not speak English.
I'm at a loss as to how to mime it to an English-speaker, so you're one ahead of me.
meara - May 14, 2009 4:15:15 pm PDT #19582 of 30000
I'm at a loss as to how to mime it to an English-speaker, so you're one ahead of me.
Heh. Well, it helps when you're standing in front of a payphone with a woman who has grabbed you pleading "you help? you help?" and a fistful of change and a phone number. Unfortunately, it was a long-distance number, and while I tried to figure out if whoever it was (her mother, I think? Or maybe she was the mother, and the person was her child? Who knows?) would take a collect call from her, finally I just gave up, and called--I've got plenty of minutes.
§ ita § - May 14, 2009 4:18:19 pm PDT #19583 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just gave up, and called--I've got plenty of minutes.
Wait till you find out she was calling Timbuktu during peak hours.
meara - May 14, 2009 4:22:28 pm PDT #19584 of 30000
Hah! No, it was an address and phone number for someone in Arizona.