Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.

'Origin'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


smonster - Jan 08, 2010 5:16:12 am PST #122 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I'm here-ish.

As mentioned in Bitches, I'll be in DC with Vortex this weekend. Probable brunch with Buffistas on Sunday. Other than that, plans are fluid.


ChiKat - Jan 08, 2010 5:20:41 am PST #123 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I'm just not fully caffeinated yet.

This.


msbelle - Jan 08, 2010 5:24:05 am PST #124 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am sorting through the debris left-over from year-end accounting madness.


P.M. Marc - Jan 08, 2010 5:29:53 am PST #125 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I was asleep. Not raptured. Maybe only sections of the East Coast got raptured?


sarameg - Jan 08, 2010 5:30:14 am PST #126 of 30001

Overslept just long enough that with shovelling off the car, missed first 8 minutes of morning meeting. I tried to care, but I didn't.

Sort of boggling over places in Europe and the UK that resort to rationing natural gas. I mean, I get it, and yet, can't really imagine. Does emphasize how damned big and varied this country's geology is. eta: not to mention infrastructural differences.


Jesse - Jan 08, 2010 5:30:23 am PST #127 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm getting a haircut today! Other plans for the weekend include going to the funeral of family friend, which will be sad.


§ ita § - Jan 08, 2010 5:31:05 am PST #128 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm supposed to try hooking up with Colin this weekend, but I left things rather late. And ER stuff.


tommyrot - Jan 08, 2010 5:40:15 am PST #129 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.

The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave

It's 50oC and has a humidity of 100%, less than a hundred people have been inside and it's so deadly that even with respirators and suits of ice you can only survive for 20 minutes before your body starts to fail. It’s the nearest thing to visiting another planet – it’s going deep inside our own.

The pictures are amazing - the crystals are much bigger than people. It looks like the set of some scifi movie.

Nigel and I intrepidly stepped forwards – to say that the heat hit us like a wall would be an understatement, my glasses steamed up and their metal frames almost burnt me - I had to leave them at the entrance. A slightly fuzzy view however did not perturb my sense of awe. I was dumbstruck. A torrent of sweat streamed from my head, my energy was being sucked away, and my breathing became heavy. The view was enthralling, my eyes led me forwards but my body wanted to retreat. I was dwarfed by a forest of giant gypsum crystals, some up to 12 metres long - the largest crystals ever discovered, some estimated to weigh as much as 55 tonnes. It was something that had to be seen to be believed and I was doing just that... however within just five minutes I had gone from a reasonably fit 30 year old to an asthmatic 60 year old – it is the antithesis to the elixir of life!


Gudanov - Jan 08, 2010 5:49:25 am PST #130 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Congratulations Erin!

I've seen a show about that cavern, it's amazing.


DebetEsse - Jan 08, 2010 5:50:15 am PST #131 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Oooh, pretty.

I am eating Chex Mix for brunch. I just finished the lesson plan for my tutoring session today (musical notes as fractions), when I found out it was canceled. Just as well, as I should get dressed and start cleaning for the Beatles Rock Band gathering this afternoon.