I was scared driving across a mesa in Arizona -- too open! Too exposed!
This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.
Niska ,'War Stories'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Jesse - Jul 12, 2012 8:41:16 am PDT #13488 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Zenkitty - Jul 12, 2012 8:41:53 am PDT #13489 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
the general environment where you grew up feels correct in some undefinable way, I think.
Agreed. That's why I feel more comfortable in the mountains. Places where the land is flat and the horizon is far far away are beautiful, but they also make me feel a little exposed. I wouldn't be happy living in Big Sky Country.
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2012 8:49:02 am PDT #13490 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.
Despite growing up in Wisconsin, I love Big Sky Country, especially driving through it.
I think it'd be really fun to drive from IL to CA in my convertible. Why haven't I done that yet? Oh yeah, for a trip that long I should probably have the engine and transmission rebuilt first. Just gotta scrape together $8,000 for that....
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 8:56:29 am PDT #13491 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The shades of green in places not Jamaica are a bit off, I find. I don't know how you cope.
Right. I was gonna find a rape joke. I don't believe there are no rape jokes, but I suspect this is not one of them. It's just a feeling I have, along with the feeling that I don't really want to have an opinion, but these are the things I do for my sister.
Without my moral guidance, she'd clearly be lost.
Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2012 8:57:32 am PDT #13492 of 30001
brillig
I enjoy being in wide open spaces on occasion, but I am happy to have the mountains at my back. I grew up in hill country, tucked down among trees and big humps of earth. Every now and then, though, I need a wide open horizon.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 9:06:45 am PDT #13493 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, homework done. I think I'm pretty much of the opinion that you don't need to make even the funniest rape joke at the expense of a stranger who paid money to see you. And you can remove a lot of qualifiers from that sentence and still...you don't need to make the joke yet.
Consuela - Jul 12, 2012 9:07:07 am PDT #13494 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Argh, people are annoying.
I'm trying to send a set of drawings to someone, and the only file-share service I can use is one run by the DOD, and the email notice keeps getting spamfiltered. Or the woman is too unfamiliar with the idea to understand what she needs to do...
Jessica - Jul 12, 2012 9:09:46 am PDT #13495 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My summer place in Canada has trees that are exactly the right height (in the woods), a big sky (over the lake), and most importantly water. Being there recharges my soul in a way I can't adequately describe.
ita, if you must know, Daniel Tosh's rape joke.
[eta: I see I'm too late.]
I racked my brains trying to think of an actual funny rape joke last night (FB made me do it!) and the only one I could come up with was the old SNL Jeopardy skit (Alex, I'll take "the rapists" for $500.) And even that's not really a rape joke, just a joke with the word "rapists" in it.
Liese S. - Jul 12, 2012 9:11:37 am PDT #13496 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yup, I miss Ohio in exactly that same way, Kat, and I also don't really think I want to go back there, but I miss it.
I need to get my papers in order because I have to go be brown in Arizona. I have to get everything again, because my long-expired passport, the only document I have proving citizenship, is in my maiden name. So I need birth, marriage, passport, everything. My drivers license, which is good until I turn 65, doesn't even prove residency, let alone citizenship.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2012 9:14:08 am PDT #13497 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm operating under the assumption that I might have heard Louis CK make a funny rape joke--or maybe I heard someone say Louis CK shouldn't have made that rape joke.
I don't remember.
My sister did send me a George Carlin rape joke to prove her "free speech" point, but my point is "why be a shitstain?" So, you know. There's that. Also, I can't listen to youtube at work, so I don't know what the joke is.
On a completely different note, in my experience, the pervert villain is usually female: [link]