And hey: the black guy made it almost all the way to the end! That never happens.
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2009 6:08:55 pm PDT #28661 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2009 6:09:23 pm PDT #28662 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Another fun thing in Italy was trying to reverse-engineer Italian out of French, Spanish, and barely-remembered Latin. Like, if there was something that we needed to communicate, and could figure out a way to do it in two or three words, first my sister would try the Spanish words, and the Italian person would maybe understand one or two of those, but not all of them. So then we'd take that remaining word and I'd translate it into French, and first try just saying the French word, then try putting a vowel at the end of it, and then finally, if none of that worked, try to see if any of us could remember the Latin word for it.
It's not exactly the most efficient method of communication, but we managed to use to exchange train tickets and buy a few things like razors, toothbrushes, and a contact lens case. (The contact case was for me. I accidentally dropped mine down the drain of a sink.)
Gudanov - Jul 11, 2009 6:09:33 pm PDT #28663 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
When I was in Germany and Austria, people would come up to me and start talking in German. It was always a little weird to have to tell them "ich spreche nicht Deutsch! ich bin Americaner"
The American flag shirt would take care of that problem.
Amy - Jul 11, 2009 6:10:09 pm PDT #28664 of 30000
Because books.
I know! That hurt, because I really liked him .
I also really think I need to see more of the guy who played Sully on my TV.
Barb - Jul 11, 2009 6:11:57 pm PDT #28665 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
People wearing those shorts, sitting on boats with drinks. Usually blasting Hootie and the Blowfish.
Yes, but are they in their forties or their twenties. The former, I'd accuse of trying to recapture lost youth; the latter, I'd wonder, WTF, did you not learn from the sartorial mistakes of your ancestors?
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2009 6:13:55 pm PDT #28666 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yes, but are they in their forties or their twenties. The former, I'd accuse of trying to recapture lost youth; the latter, I'd wonder, WTF, did you not learn from the sartorial mistakes of your ancestors?
Some of both.
Barb - Jul 11, 2009 6:17:13 pm PDT #28667 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Some of both.
Oh. Well, then.
I... have no real response to that.
Zenkitty - Jul 11, 2009 6:18:09 pm PDT #28668 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
did you not learn from the sartorial mistakes of your ancestors?
That'd be a great coffee-table picture book: "The Sartorial Mistakes of Our Ancestors".
Lee - Jul 11, 2009 6:19:05 pm PDT #28669 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I just discovered that it was sprinkling here, which caused a really awesome rainbow, which was a great gracenote to end the day on.
I took pictures, but then discovered my camera battery was pretty much dead. I hope they turn out anyway.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2009 6:19:55 pm PDT #28670 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh lord, Hil, you remind me of trying to buy codeine in Mexico. I kept saying it with an accent, wasn't getting anywhere, called my Spanish-speaking friend over to help, and he just said the same thing I was saying! The farmacia lady kept asking me where my pain was. I was like, where ever! It's in the future! (Except, of course, I can only communicate in the present in Spanish....)