Occasionally I'm callous and strange.

Willow ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


Amy - Sep 13, 2009 6:52:53 pm PDT #8587 of 30001
Because books.

Yeah, Diddy got booed when he mentioned Kanye's name later, and Kanye's nomination for video of the year got booed, as well. No one seemed amused.


Kat - Sep 13, 2009 6:58:58 pm PDT #8588 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Sara got cupcake earrings today! Which is cool when you're five. And even when you're not, really.

I'm just saying, I LOVE cupcake jewelry and I made cupcake hair clips for me, Grace and K! We each have a set.

Kanye is an ass.


meara - Sep 13, 2009 7:02:41 pm PDT #8589 of 30001

Wow, that IS ass-tastic of Kanye!! Glad to hear at least Beyonce had class.

I just assumed it was anti-gay cause the only few people I saw say anything on FB were gays. :) But then, given how many of my friends are, that's not surprising.


tommyrot - Sep 13, 2009 7:02:51 pm PDT #8590 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Wilkerson: Cheney "Now Is Just Crazy"

Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, has concluded that former Vice President Dick Cheney is no longer in his right mind.

In an interview with Andy Worthingon of The Public Record, Wilkerson says: "I’ve come to the conclusion that the man truly is—whether he was that way when I knew him before, when he was Secretary of Defense, I don’t know, that’s not at issue with me any more—the man now is just crazy."

Wilkerson further refers to former BushCo factotum Alberto Gonsalves as "that idiot," and describes Cheney's principal War on Terra aide, David Addington, as "a strange person," known in "the uniformed military as 'Weird David,'" who was nonetheless allowed to serve as "both the Zawahiri and the bin Laden" of BushCo.

Wilkerson notes that although Cheney is now deranged, the media continues to enable him. "Our media loves to keep it going. They love to throw him out there and, you know, stoke the fires." And that Democratic leaders, terrified of being portrayed as "soft" on national security, have also capitulated to this man who is, in fact, mad.


Ginger - Sep 13, 2009 7:04:04 pm PDT #8591 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

That was a threat, right?

Sounds like one to me. I'm sorry your new place is so colorful.


Hil R. - Sep 13, 2009 7:06:43 pm PDT #8592 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just watched the Taylor Swift bit of the reshowing of the VMAs. Taylor was adorable, totally stunned, got through about "Thank you, I really didn't expect this, I sing country music so I'm so proud to win a VMA..." before Kanye grabbed the mic from her. He gave it back when he was done talking, but it looked like she was crying by then. The audience realized and started cheering and shouting her name, but she just wouldn't finish and walked off the stage. And the camera cut to Beyonce in the middle of this, and she looked incredibly embarrassed.


§ ita § - Sep 13, 2009 7:21:47 pm PDT #8593 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, Kanye wasn't so much poor impulse control as poor asshole control.


Trudy Booth - Sep 13, 2009 7:27:42 pm PDT #8594 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

So there is a Situation in my new apartment building. Remember the guy who was playing loud music at odd hours? Well, I talked to him and asked him to stop playing loud music after 10:00 PM. Which he's done - he's been very nice about it and to me. But he sometimes makes odd, loud noises in the middle of the night. Like loud banging (door slamming?) and loud moaning/weird vocalizations and what-not. Usually just for a minute at a time, so I wake up thinking, "What was that?" and it's quiet again. For example, last night I woke up to what sounded like a cymbal being dropped down a flight of stairs. With the moaning and other odd vocalizations, I don't know what it could be besides some mental illness? But he sounds fine when I talk to him. (I see him around the building and neighborhood a lot.)

But there's another guy on my floor who's really angry at Peter (they guy below me) - he's been ranting about Peter being a psycho because of the noise. Also, Peter's dog is old and sick and today the dog defecated in the stairwell. So the guy just called the cops on Peter because of the noise. I left to go to the cafe half a block away and Peter followed me. Peter apologized to me, explaining that the guy hates him because of Peter's music.

I don't get it. So far I haven't asked Peter why he makes the odd loud noises and vocalizations at night. But so far that hasn't bothered me that much, like his loud music did (I tend to be a deep sleeper once I'm asleep).

Oh, and this is unrelated, but the angry guy said when he first saw me, I scowled at him. Obviously I didn't intentionally scowl at him, but sometimes people just read me wrong, and sometimes I apparently give people odd looks even though I don't mean to. Anyway, the guy's not mad at me for scowling at him.

Poor Kitty Gennovese notwithstanding, there is something to be said for New Yorkers' fabled ability to know fuck-all about our neighbors.


Hil R. - Sep 13, 2009 7:31:30 pm PDT #8595 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Lady Gaga's performance is rather creepy.


Trudy Booth - Sep 13, 2009 7:32:39 pm PDT #8596 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

It was FABULOUSLY fucking creepy.