Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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.


sarameg - Apr 04, 2011 5:22:29 pm PDT #1689 of 30001

but you're making me feel better for doing doubletakes at NoiseDesign's posts sometimes, having read Nora Deirdre

And smonster and I are both saras. Though I don't know if she has an h. Which is different.


smonster - Apr 04, 2011 5:25:00 pm PDT #1690 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I do indeed. I am actually a Sarah Rebekah. Which is good, because Sara Rebekah or Sarah Rebecca would just be wrong. And I don't feel like a Sara Rebecca. I need my "h"s!!!


sarameg - Apr 04, 2011 5:26:25 pm PDT #1691 of 30001

I am not an H. Sarah is not me. Funny how that is.


Amy - Apr 04, 2011 5:27:53 pm PDT #1692 of 30001
Because books.

Funny how that is.

Isn't it? My mom and my Sara are definitely no H girls.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 5:34:52 pm PDT #1693 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

God, I want my snippy TWC tech back. This chick is useless. Do they have macro buttons for inanities? If she expresses sympathy one more time, or calls us a team, I will need to take a walk.


beekaytee - Apr 04, 2011 5:50:47 pm PDT #1694 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Re-entry stress (the industry term for reverse culture shock) was my specialty in my OD masters. When I casually mentioned my own experience, melting down in the cereal aisle of a grocery store, my cross-cultural comm professor chirped, "80% of the time, it's the cereal aisle."

It was a weirdly encouraging and confirming to hear how common the phenomenon is.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 5:52:19 pm PDT #1695 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

::nods::

There wasn't a lot of cereal around when I was growing up.


smonster - Apr 04, 2011 5:55:15 pm PDT #1696 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I think for me, it was yogurt or shampoo. But I get it being the cereal aisle.


sarameg - Apr 04, 2011 5:57:31 pm PDT #1697 of 30001

Bread aisle. Because there was so much good bread in Prague, all 3 or 4 bakeries, meaning 12 ft of 3 or 4 varieties. And Smith's had a bajillion and none looked good.


Amy - Apr 04, 2011 5:59:45 pm PDT #1698 of 30001
Because books.

The cereal aisle freaks *me* out, and I've never been out of the country. Too. many. choices.