Congrats, ChiKat! That is soo freaking awesome.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
smonster - Oct 13, 2011 5:15:31 am PDT #1497 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Kalshane - Oct 13, 2011 5:18:36 am PDT #1498 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Happy birthday to b-day folks.
Sorry to hear about your mother, ita. Glad she's feeling the love and doing well so far.
My real name is incredibly common. My username used to be unique, but it appears to have been co-opted (including in my areas of interest). I've never really been interested in twitter, but it's kind of sad to see someone else is tweeting as "me".
It appears my son has the misfortune of sharing his name with a cheating poker player.
Kalshane - Oct 13, 2011 5:18:37 am PDT #1499 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Oops. Not used to posting from my phone yet.
Steph L. - Oct 13, 2011 5:21:51 am PDT #1500 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think I need a theme to trigger my costume idea brainstorming process.
I'm going to be a devil, simply because I want to wear my flamey corset (overbust, black leather with red flames). I have devil horns, and red-and-black striped tights, and a red petticoat to wear over a black petticoat. And black stompy boots. I just need to buy a trident of some sort (I was harshly reprimanded by a friend when I called it a pitchfork; I didn't know people had such strong feelings on the devil's accessories) and maybe red sparkly eyeshadow.
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2011 5:48:20 am PDT #1501 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My father says thank you for the birthday wishes.
Happy birthday to the other thirteenth babies.
My sister has informed me that I don't understand the Kayapo like an anthropologist would, but, honestly, her student still sucks.
lcat - Oct 13, 2011 5:52:12 am PDT #1502 of 30001
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
Hivemind help requested!
My daughter is looking at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. Any information or opinions you have about the college or the location - particularly about the winter weather (so far she's lived in Houston and the Oregon coast so her idea of cold and snow is a bit skewed) - would be greatly appreciated.
amyth - Oct 13, 2011 5:52:51 am PDT #1503 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Sorry, Jesse, he, not she. Please convey my apologies to your cat.
smonster, my noggin is healing as it should. After go-go-going the past week, I spent today resting, in preparation for my marathon travel day on Saturday. I found that if I roll onto my back in the middle of the night and the weight of my head presses on the injury site, I get a very brief wave of dizziness and nystagmus. But I've started using my travel neck pillow so that doesn't happen anymore.
ETA: oh, and France is KICKASS. More later! Though it's all winding down. Tomorrow we return our rental car to Beziers and pack, etc. And then we leave at 4:00 am Sat. to drive four hours (in B.'s rental car) to Barcelona. Then home.
As for Halloween, I'm not going to have a party this year. Usually, I have a theme chosen months in advance, as you know. I'm just not ready!
Congrats, ChiKat, that's so cool!
Kathy, I'm glad nothing too bad happened, re: the paper
Tom Scola - Oct 13, 2011 5:53:34 am PDT #1504 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My daughter is looking at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. Any information or opinions you have about the college or the location - particularly about the winter weather
Three words: Lake effect snow.
lcat - Oct 13, 2011 5:55:06 am PDT #1505 of 30001
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
"Lake effect snow" means lots of it, right? I was afraid of that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 13, 2011 6:03:52 am PDT #1506 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Happy Birthday, Cashmere, Megan, and ita's Dad!
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone.