The first step is admitting you have a problem.
I have a problem with level 20, I tell you what. Die, pigs, die!
And you're sure this isn't just some fanboy thing? 'Cause I've fought more than a couple pimply, overweight vamps that called themselves Lestat.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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.
shrift - Oct 18, 2010 5:59:31 pm PDT #439 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
DavidS - Oct 18, 2010 6:00:04 pm PDT #440 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Amy - Oct 18, 2010 6:01:13 pm PDT #441 of 30001
Because books.
I think I'm making these [link] and [link] for Noah's Halloween party next week.
Those cupcakes are too cute.
sarameg - Oct 18, 2010 6:04:00 pm PDT #442 of 30001
I'm back from the Stoop. It was kind of really awesome. 7 people recruited in advance from submissions for a 5-7 minute tale, 3 audience members drawn at random at intermission for a 3 minute story. The audience members really knocked it out of the park. Bonus: one was a teacher's assistant bringing a student group from a public school program, as part of a project to put on their own version of the Stoop. Plus the name Duck Acorn Jr.
The hosts were hilarious, as well. Apparently, their first Stoop in a while where one or the other or both weren't pregnant.
Of the 7 pre-planned, only one was surprisingly eh, but she told it with heart and enthusiasm (I think the enthusiasm was what tripped her up, actually.) There was a eyeball donor, uh, removal, specialist; editor for a local paper ; a professor and screenwriter; english teacher and horror writer; a state employee; a haunted house operator and a former history teacher turned cop.
I'd have to say the standouts were the eyeball technician, cop and state employee. Tears to your eyes and belly laughs, sometimes at the same time. Well told and really heartfelt material. Not as well told, but with a haunting loose end was the one from the editor. That one will stick around in my head for a bit ( partly because it speaks to an issue of mine.)
Turns out my friends (and neighbors) have been going to these for years, and one is actually part of Stoop lore.
I wish I could tell a good story. There is one coming in Feb: Gimme Shelter: Stories about finding, creating and losing a home....uh, yeah, speaks to me.
Kat - Oct 18, 2010 6:05:40 pm PDT #443 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have a problem with level 20, I tell you what. Die, pigs, die!
I hate when you have the sound on, the noises they make.
brenda m - Oct 18, 2010 6:12:34 pm PDT #444 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Barb, awesome news!
Stupid level 12.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2010 6:14:04 pm PDT #445 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Many of you are speaking a language I do not comprehend.
Why do so many people persist in typing &hearts? Do they not know the magic that is ♥? Is the extra ; just too much for them?
I'm trying to stop judging, but it's HARD.
SuziQ - Oct 18, 2010 6:18:22 pm PDT #446 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I've had the house to myself during other school breaks when CJ has gone out to Cali on his own. But I'm feeling the lonely tonight. Luckily I have playoff baseball to keep me company.
I wish I knew how to do the magic heart.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2010 6:22:26 pm PDT #447 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
♥. Which is why I don't get why the &hearts people just stop there.
Cass - Oct 18, 2010 6:27:15 pm PDT #448 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Ah... I thought you were railing against the lessthanthrees or even [rassenfucken formatting. I am leaving it.]