I recently read Michael Tolliver Lives, and I really agree with the TMI regarding Armistead Maupin, but I did like seeing the characters again. But poor Mona died, and she was my favorite. I was MaryAnn, but wished I was Mona.
Hey! What a surprise! Hostile 17! Can I get you a drink, Hostile 17?
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2009 5:39:12 pm PDT #5232 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jesse - Aug 23, 2009 5:42:06 pm PDT #5233 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I did like seeing the characters again.
Oh yeah. It was definitely like catching up with old friends or something.
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2009 5:59:15 pm PDT #5234 of 30001
brillig
I had a mail-related angst attack earlier. I was sitting on the couch and I saw a Capital One envelope that said URGENT, and I thought, "The hell? We paid that off a year ago!" I opened it and say "Amount Due Or Else!" In a fit of denial, I shove it back in the pile of stuff, then I see another one. This one, as opposed to the first one, actually has a postmark on it--for 2007. I do not need that kind of excitement.
Typo Boy - Aug 23, 2009 6:15:03 pm PDT #5235 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
glittery, brittle, low-rent Camille Paglia parody
Is it possible to parody Camille Paglia? Or to be more glittery and brittle? Hell I don't even know if Camille Paglia can be considered not low rent. She cites classical literature and popular culture, but since she never gets any of it right I don't see how that counts as high rent. Maybe since she is mostly on the side of rich...
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2009 6:46:06 pm PDT #5236 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This one, as opposed to the first one, actually has a postmark on it--for 2007
You know, I wish more of these had postmarks. Then I could at least keep the most recent one easily, without having to open all of everything.
I have a great deal of shredding ahead of me--I haven't filed decently in long enough that most of what I have filed is ripe for the machine.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2009 9:09:11 pm PDT #5237 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm normally pretty news avoidant, but they've been running with that Ryan Jenkins/whatsername Fiore story (allegedly he killed her and mutilated the body and then fled the country) and I just caught the snippet that he's been found hanged to death in a Canadian motel, apparently a suicide. This leads the news off because she was a swimsuit model and he was a reality show contestant on one of the music channels, which makes it really hard to avoid. I wonder if anything important happened today? I think San Fernando Valley is on fire again, but that always happens, so it's much less interesting.
flea - Aug 24, 2009 2:11:05 am PDT #5238 of 30001
information libertarian
You need to listen to NPR. They are blissfully reality tv contestant free.
Athens Greece is on fire. Badly. It is all too common, and usually due to arson. Bastiges.
Barb - Aug 24, 2009 2:22:24 am PDT #5239 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
I just sent my baby off to her first day of middle school. Of course, the other middle schooler is currently still in his pajamas working on a SpongeBob typing program.
Please, fates and little fishes, let this year go smoothly.
sumi - Aug 24, 2009 2:27:38 am PDT #5240 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
What flea said. . . because your post, ita, is the first that I've heard of any of that and I am listening to NPR right now and it's got NEWS and no reality contestants.
Barb - Aug 24, 2009 2:47:54 am PDT #5241 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
This is why I read my news online. I've gotten to a point where I don't want to hear it, don't really want to see it, unless I choose to.