I did not know that.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
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.
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2009 2:06:57 pm PST #6620 of 30000
brillig
Allyson - Feb 16, 2009 2:17:00 pm PST #6621 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
Me neither. When I started researching bats for the book, I found I didn't have to fictionalize a lot of things Sam would encounter on his journey, because bats tend to be pretty friendly toward other bats.
I was going to visit the Bat Lab at Texas A&M last year to do more research, but the hurricane has postponed that trip. I have a friend whose husband is the big cheese researcher on bats there.
I also got great info from some nice folks at the Isle of Wight Bat Hospital, who are able to do a ton of research just from helping injured bats become self-sufficient again.
They were able to tell me how they would handle Sam if he were brought in with a broken wing, how they'd handle a strange species, what he'd hear and how he'd be fed and such.
I think it was a bat rescue group that discovered that bats sing to each other to communicate.
Sheryl - Feb 16, 2009 2:39:06 pm PST #6622 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Back from Boskone. Had a good time.
megan walker - Feb 16, 2009 3:10:05 pm PST #6623 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
God, I so miss my high school calendar:
Classes started after Labor Day and ended the last week in May. We got a week for Thanksgiving, 2 weeks at Christmas, and 3 weeks in March. With long weekends in October, February, and April.
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2009 4:03:55 pm PST #6624 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Things I learnt today:
- My migraine specialist's office is closed on Presidents' Day despite him having scheduled me to come in.
- Aldis Hodge is quoted as having said: "I’m actually a very physical person. I grew up a martial artist. My first discipline, which is my love, is Southern Shaolin kung fu. But I’m also addicted to capoeira, jikundo, tae chi, along with kung fu."
- He was on Buffy.
- His brother was the black friend on Jack & Bobby.
- HE'S TWENTY ONE.
I'm a little traumatised.
Calli - Feb 16, 2009 4:04:26 pm PST #6625 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think it was a bat rescue group that discovered that bats sing to each other to communicate.
Bats are so awesome. I can't wait to read your book.
Lee - Feb 16, 2009 4:09:22 pm PST #6626 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Who was he on Buffy?
Amy - Feb 16, 2009 4:09:43 pm PST #6627 of 30000
Because books.
He was on Buffy.
Really?! I am sort of shocked he's just 21, too. Wow.
amych - Feb 16, 2009 4:11:47 pm PST #6628 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
# HE'S TWENTY ONE.
WAIT, WHAT??
# He was on Buffy.
When he was 11?
See, I'm'a stay in denial about your first point there.
(He's a North Carolina boy. Mmmmm. Come home, honey.)
§ ita § - Feb 16, 2009 4:12:54 pm PST #6629 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nobody, really. He's credited as "Masked Teen." And his brother has an Angel credit as no one I remember. I guess the Jossverse gets around.