Crap! I forgot to watch/record BOTH The Cape Downton Abbey! Argh.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jan 09, 2011 5:36:10 pm PST #15818 of 30001
Because books.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2011 5:36:32 pm PST #15819 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I forgot to watch/record BOTH The Cape Downton Abbey! Argh.
One of those, I think, is worse than the other.
Atropa - Jan 09, 2011 5:36:33 pm PST #15820 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli! I saw the GCS book in Games of Berkeley yesterday. I was excited.
Yay! Man, I have hopes of earning out my advance and making royalties on it. Someday.
erin_obscure - Jan 09, 2011 5:38:23 pm PST #15821 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I always learned that everyone wears black to a funeral as a sign of shared mourning. Those men who didn't have black suits would wear a black tie or armband. Apparently my grandmother got upset with a distant relative who wore dark blue at my grandfather's funeral, like that was not on.
eta: I was only 2 so i don't recall the incident, but mom used to talk about it chidingly, like grandmother had no business being upset about such a silly thing since not everyone has a nice black dress and dark blue is clearly the next most mourning-appropriate choice. I recall thinking "WTF? Who doesn't have a nice black dress?"
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2011 5:39:54 pm PST #15822 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Or, really, completely normal. I see them all the time.
Right?? I thought black suits were the Platonic suit.
DavidS - Jan 09, 2011 5:40:51 pm PST #15823 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I loathe taupe, but it's probably just me.
No, I hate taupe too.
Seriously, P-Cow, black suits are not uncommon on the West Coast.
Also, I have a black tie you could borrow if you want.
DavidS - Jan 09, 2011 5:41:55 pm PST #15824 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right?? I thought black suits were the Platonic suit.
No, they're a more recent development rather than Classique.
But they've been in regular rotation for a good fifteen-twenty years now, aside from funeral wear.
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2011 5:43:26 pm PST #15825 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, I have a black tie you could borrow if you want.
Thanks. I'm kind of excited about my Donald Trump tie, though.
beth b - Jan 09, 2011 5:43:47 pm PST #15826 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I would buy a black suit for P- C ( I've seen a number of younger Indian men in black suit around here - the look is hot ) and for a second suit I would for something that says party . DH has a suit that is a very subtle tiny check in blue -- It is a littl more fun and great for thing like wedding . -- and If y'all think of my Matt -- he is a very conservative dresser. So I'm not talking anything startling , just a little more fun
Kat - Jan 09, 2011 5:44:08 pm PST #15827 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jilli, Sears, believe it or not, has something similar. [link]