There is some funny talk on Deadwood commentaries about the actresses stopping shaving and waxing to look authentic in nude scenes and comparing relative hirsuteness.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
Scrappy - Jun 03, 2010 12:38:49 pm PDT #3770 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sheryl - Jun 03, 2010 12:39:44 pm PDT #3771 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I don't think a guy has ever asked me to change the way I dress, or my personal grooming. (The closest was my first boyfriend, who once told me my jean jacket made me look like a feminist. (I don't think that was a compliment) Didn't tell me to stop wearing it, though...)
Burrell - Jun 03, 2010 12:55:33 pm PDT #3772 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
ita, you have some pretty dresses to try on (from Kat, but currently housed at my house). Very pretty. Esp the blue one that--o woe!--doesn't fit me. (Stupid rassen frassen rib cage!)
Relatedly, I now have a new favorite little black dress. Thank you, Kat!
Toddson - Jun 03, 2010 12:57:53 pm PDT #3773 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
skipping ahead ...
Pix, could you pull a copy of your lesson plans, etc., from before you started at this school and keep those? maybe in the future recreate some of the work you've done for this school, tailoring it as needed. You'd lose several years' work, but it might be a way around it (since this school seems to want to push the issue).
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2010 12:59:34 pm PDT #3774 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, Burrell! Do you want to do dinner tomorrow? Maybe sushi on Santa Monica? Not as nice as the last place we went, but not as scandalous or pricey either.
Pix - Jun 03, 2010 1:03:06 pm PDT #3775 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Toddson, it's more the principle of the thing. The truth is that it is utterly unenforcable. I would never give up years of my work; it all builds on the year before. I will keep everything and walk away silently giving the business office the finger behind my back when it's time to go. I never plan to sell my work, so it shouldn't ever be an issue. I think it's just legalese that ultimately is sound and fury ammounting to nothing. Thank you and everyone else for the conversation yesterday's conversation, though. You gave me a lot to think about.
Strix - Jun 03, 2010 1:07:25 pm PDT #3776 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I agree, Pix. I always took my lesson plans with me; I think if you tried to sell the lesson plans, a really assholey school might try to get in on it, but most schools wouldn't even KNOW.
I have certainly never walked into a classroom, and found lesson plans from a previous teacher still on the computer. I know I walked away with all of mine, then deleted them.
I would certainly SHARE mine with anyone who asked, but just leave 'em there? Nope.
Toddson - Jun 03, 2010 1:08:16 pm PDT #3777 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I agree with you completely on the principle - I was just thinking that if they were going to be obnoxious about it, you could keep the foundation of the work from before you did anything for them.
Burrell - Jun 03, 2010 1:10:43 pm PDT #3778 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Dinner would be great, ita. We should iron out the deets.
Dana - Jun 03, 2010 1:14:57 pm PDT #3779 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.