Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.

Kaylee ,'Shindig'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

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.


sarameg - Aug 13, 2009 3:39:35 pm PDT #3740 of 30001

Hoping for a good night, msbelle!

Loki is bedeviling Devi. Something funny about both being named after deities. A rumble in Asgard?


Sheryl - Aug 13, 2009 3:52:21 pm PDT #3741 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Came home this evening, and the power was out. (There is a pole down near our complex) G and I went out to dinner , and the power was back when we returned.

This is a good thing in many regards, including the fact that my parents are coming in tomorrow for the weekend, and we hadn't finished cleaning. Now we have.


billytea - Aug 13, 2009 4:19:08 pm PDT #3742 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I got a rubik's cube yesterday, and it's infuriating because they keep walking by, picking it up, and solving it in ten minutes and then I have to mix it all up again.

Ooh. I won $50 for solving the Rubik's Cube when I was 11. That's a lot of money for an 11 year old. I'm slower now, takes me about 90 seconds. I've seen a book that promises to teach yo uhow to solve it in under 30 seconds or something. It tempts me, though not yet enough to actually buy it.


Hil R. - Aug 13, 2009 4:23:32 pm PDT #3743 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I know that there's a strategy for solving a Rubik's cube, but I've never actually sat down with one for long enough to figure it out, and I don't want to look it up on the internet because that feels like cheating.


sarameg - Aug 13, 2009 4:26:21 pm PDT #3744 of 30001

Screwdriver, I tell you. Or be really evil and goo-be-gone! Now it all matches.


amych - Aug 13, 2009 4:31:59 pm PDT #3745 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I got a solve-the-cube book when I was a kid. IIRC, there were a bunch of algorithms for stuff like how to swap two pieces that are currently on opposite sides in n moves. I got fairly quick, found it boring once I had the tricks, have forgotten every bit of it, and am much more inclined to just take the blasted thing apart these days.


Atropa - Aug 13, 2009 4:42:26 pm PDT #3746 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Screwdriver, I tell you.

Yep. That's how I've always solved Rubik's cubes.


sarameg - Aug 13, 2009 4:44:36 pm PDT #3747 of 30001

There's always another reason to like Jilli.


Cass - Aug 13, 2009 4:45:20 pm PDT #3748 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I used to know how to solve them. Then the Nephlet got one for Christmas and I was re-obsessed but pretty clueless. Um, not that I stole toys from the kid or anything.


Kat - Aug 13, 2009 4:46:53 pm PDT #3749 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I was more of a take the stickers off kind of person.

So, I practiced yoga today with ita's Colin's ex-girlfriend today. I was pretty gratified knowing I am (1) stronger than she is (2) more flexible than she is (3) have a more advanced practice than she does.

Yes. I know it's not the point at all. Yoga is not a competitive sport nor should it be. But when I am better than someone who is (1) semi-famous and (2) a sort-of friend's definite ex it's oddly gratifying.

I'm shallow. this is going to mess with my karma, isn't it?