Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2012 3:38:34 am PDT #26917 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is it possible that paying a cabbie to drive through the race would be less expensive?

It's not a legal option, if that's what you mean. The road is closed.


Jesse - Mar 17, 2012 4:24:21 am PDT #26918 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So I thought the bacon that had been in the freezer would be OK, but I started cooking some, and it didn't smell right, so everything goes! And now I feel weird, which must be psychosomatic, because I just ate a bagel with butter and coffee with new milk. ALL FINE.

I am kind of excited to go buy All The Things at TJ's and also the supermarket....


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2012 4:34:34 am PDT #26919 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I had an impostor dream last night, and even though I didn't fall asleep until way late, I decided to get up, because if I finished the dream and got found out--death. I can't remember who would die, though. Would they kill me, because I was an impostor? Or would I have to kill someone to protect my secret?

That's really the sort of thing that makes a difference.

Well, also sleep makes a difference. But I don't know if I missed out on that window. Likely.


Kat - Mar 17, 2012 4:45:14 am PDT #26920 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ita, is it Wilshire that is being shut down (or Santa Monica?) I am on the westside today. But if you needed me to drive one of your ways, I could do it pretty early. Then we can take the freeway for free.


Sheryl - Mar 17, 2012 4:52:09 am PDT #26921 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Another lazy Saturday morning here.


tommyrot - Mar 17, 2012 5:44:31 am PDT #26922 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Claude Shannon didn't ring a bell, but I must have encountered him while reading about information theory.


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2012 5:51:15 am PDT #26923 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's Santa Monica, Kat. But it won't be until sometime unpredictable tomorrow morning, so I wouldn't ask. Thanks for offering, though.


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2012 6:08:18 am PDT #26924 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Have you ever been so upset (and this applies more to people in uncomfortable but easy-to-remove shoes) that you're stepped out of your shoes to run away and left them behind? I can't imagine being that verklempt. Either I can't get out of the shoes (because I tend to lace into my heels), or I'm taking them with...

Completely unrelatedly, I'm enjoying House of Lies. Don Cheadle is *despicable*. Such a prick. And shorter than I was expecting.


§ ita § - Mar 17, 2012 6:14:19 am PDT #26925 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Threepeat:

The former NSA official held his thumb and forefinger close together: “We are that far from a turnkey totalitarian state.”

[link]

Interesting, but very long.


Jesse - Mar 17, 2012 6:21:25 am PDT #26926 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Have you ever been so upset (and this applies more to people in uncomfortable but easy-to-remove shoes) that you're stepped out of your shoes to run away and left them behind?

Like, running for your life? Or just upset? I can see leaving the heels behind in the former case.

All my food is in the trash, the dishwasher is running, and I washed the bathroom floor. Now I need to shower and get out of the house.