Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...

Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


§ ita § - Jan 20, 2011 7:15:14 pm PST #17931 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I will never meet people as amazing as they are ever again

You won't, not the same way. But new people are crazy tricksy, and they fit holes you haven't carved out yet.

You're going to have an adventure. That's going to be mighty cool.

Wow, Dita looks demure and shit.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2011 7:20:51 pm PST #17932 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Wow, Dita looks demure and shit.

Not so demure here (yet totally SFW, seriously): [link] I never understood people who had a uniform fetish, and therefore never had one myself, but...that picture might be changing my mind. Holy moly.


billytea - Jan 20, 2011 7:21:20 pm PST #17933 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

You're going to have an adventure. That's going to be mighty cool.

Just this. You know yourself well, and you went for this; I reckon you can trust yourself. In any case, no matter how it goes, it'll be an experience. It'll be something that you can look back on and see how it expanded your frame of reference. You're going to come back better for it. Frankly, that's awesomely cool. Plus, Australia!


DavidS - Jan 20, 2011 7:25:47 pm PST #17934 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It'll be good, zuisa. I'd totally enjoy hanging out with you, and so will the new people. Be open to it. Let things happen. And they will. You've already put yourself in a good position, so take advantage of the newness.


meara - Jan 20, 2011 7:34:17 pm PST #17935 of 30001

Plus, zuisa, since you're staff, you have a built in excuse to talk to people (OK, to the people on the cruise, but) which always makes it easier. Then if people are stupid or suck, you just chalk it up to "Hey, I was just doing my job" And if they're awesome, you have an awesome job!


Strix - Jan 20, 2011 7:52:34 pm PST #17936 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Just popping in to offer sympathy, strength, hairpats and peace to Jilli, Pete and Jilli's family. I'm so sorry, dear heart.


§ ita § - Jan 20, 2011 7:53:35 pm PST #17937 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dita gives me a fetish for just about everything she does. She looks so plain Jane...almost when she's introduced, but we know how much she can rock. I loved reading a book by her, where she describes her transformation. I'll never ever do that--I'm lazy, and the idea of taking it all off appalls me, but her glamour, and, like Jilli's glamour, has me totally in awe.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2011 7:59:04 pm PST #17938 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I loved reading a book by her, where she describes her transformation. I'll never ever do that--I'm lazy, and the idea of taking it all off appalls me, but her glamour, and, like Jilli's glamour, has me totally in awe.

Oh my god, me too. That amount of effort blows me away. OTOH, looking that way *is* her job, and when I consider it in that light, it doesn't seem unduly taxing. (Tonight, I actually image-googled "Dita Von Teese sweatpants," just to see if there were any pictures of her at 7-11 or something, in go-to-hell clothes, but there were not.)

(Image-googling led me to start looking at corset Web sites, and damn it, I do NOT need another corset! What I need is more opportunities to wear the ones I have. And despite what my boyfriend thinks, "around the house" is NOT a good corset-wearing opportunity, what with 2 dogs and 2 cats who shed and like to jump on me.)


§ ita § - Jan 20, 2011 8:01:43 pm PST #17939 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Her appearance in the opening shot was probably as demure as I've ever seen her. And it's a damned shame that the burlesque show was so clumsily shot.

It was so fun to wear my corset to the wedding, even if everyone had an opinion on my boobies. I need more of that.

Meanwhile I am committing Supernatural/Say Anything mashups. I need a vision, man.


beth b - Jan 20, 2011 8:15:36 pm PST #17940 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

zuisa, even if it is less than fun, it sounds pretty cool to me . my sister is in the the military. her job changes every few years. Her attitude - if the boss sucks, it will change. If the boss is great - enjoy it, because it will change.

just change boss to job . I suspect things will be pretty to very good. You are a traveler. However, if you don't like it , well 6 months isn't that long. and you know things can change after that.

However, I think it is going to be amazing