I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.

Giles ,'Selfless'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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


le nubian - Jun 02, 2011 6:52:07 am PDT #10943 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

It seems to me that Lady Gaga knows the business and how to create a larger than life persona. She has vocal chops (I heard her recital when she was in college), but she has surrounded herself with a key group of dancers, fashion, and creative people who all add to Gaga's mystique.

I waved her off after "Poker Face" and then I read a few articles about her and how she has crafted this persona and I think I'm kind of a fan (the kind of fan who doesn't buy her music).

She is intentionally positioning herself as the Madonna of the 2010 and you can see explicit references in her videos and music

She is celibate and sings about self-acceptance and a lot of kids like her.

She may not be relevant in 10 years, but Madonna held on a lot longer than I expected.


Cashmere - Jun 02, 2011 6:54:35 am PDT #10944 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Has anyone posted the Bradley Cooper French interview? I surrender.


Kat - Jun 02, 2011 7:05:27 am PDT #10945 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I don't get Lady Gaga at all. And I just want her to go away. What she has is overexposure. I did, however, spend $.99 on her album on Amazon. Noah actually loves her and frequently asks for Poker Face.

Yesterday was my onerous task day. But I made my students do most of my onerous tasks -- cataloguing books, labeling them, boxing them, moving them, sorting papers etc.

I had a toxic run-in with the AP and now I'm trying to figure out what I want next year.

How is being supported by your wife for five years not a Plan B?

Right? It's a parasitic Plan B, but a Plan B nonetheless. If you are (1) not succeeding at Your Great And Super Special Art, yet you are still (2) eating and have a place to live, you have a Plan B. It might not be a Plan B where you choose to work at something else, but it's still a Plan B. Right up until your wife says "Get a job, seriously, or move the hell out. The mime gig is NEVER going to happen."

Agree with both of these 100%!

I will say I read some of the things that people were posting on Amanda Palmer's feed about #FuckPlanB. And there plan As were really a Plan B, like a correction of something that went wrong. Staying with your abusive husband may have been Plan B in your head, but at some point it WAS your plan A.


Kat - Jun 02, 2011 7:09:05 am PDT #10946 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Has anyone posted the Bradley Cooper French interview? I surrender.

Hmm... this part

I can decipher barely a word of this interview with Bradley Cooper, but I know one thing: he's never been more attractive.

Perhaps he's extra attractive because you CAN'T decipher a word? It's a very bland interview (at least the first half).

I like BC, but because I like Alias, far longer than I should have. I will say, if it were Michael Vartan speaking French I'd find it way more attractive.


smonster - Jun 02, 2011 7:10:57 am PDT #10947 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

In consulting, the saying was always that you can have two of these three: fast, cheap, good. You can't have all three, and you're stupid to try.

Also, house building/renovation.


Kathy A - Jun 02, 2011 7:17:25 am PDT #10948 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

ImememeN, I just had my six-month appoinment with my surgeon, who called me a "poster child" and said I'm doing everything right. Woot! He even reassured me that this past week has been a blip (it's the first time I've gained weight since the surgery, six pounds in a week, and I've only had a little bit of chocolate, damnit!!!) and not to stress over it. According to their computer figures, my BMI has dropped from 76 when I started the pre-op diet on 10/9/10 to 49.6 this morning. Again, woot!!


Theodosia - Jun 02, 2011 7:17:58 am PDT #10949 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

If you find pictures of Gaga w/o her getup she's pretty enough - maybe a "Looks 8, Dance 5".


P.M. Marc - Jun 02, 2011 7:21:30 am PDT #10950 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

If you find pictures of Gaga w/o her getup she's pretty enough - maybe a "Looks 8, Dance 5".

She's pretty, but not conventionally so at all. Closer to Dance 10, Looks 3, really.

Disclaimer: I think she's hot. But not in a standard way.


Amy - Jun 02, 2011 7:25:52 am PDT #10951 of 30001
Because books.

Now I'm going to have "Tits ... and assssssss" in my head all day.


Lee - Jun 02, 2011 7:30:51 am PDT #10952 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

You say that like it's a bad thing.