Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.

Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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 § - Jun 10, 2013 8:06:13 am PDT #25450 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My screen is on a different floor from my boss, which isn't bad. And I can see people walk towards me in time for one mouse click unless they trufax sneak. Most people are chill.

Someone made a reference to "that Keanu Reeves movie" and his team's guess was "Terminal Velocity". My silent guess of "Point Break" turned out to be correct, and when I yelled out "Patrick Swayze and Lori Petty--basically Fast and Furious with surfing instead of cars" it turned into a long conversation in which a co-worker was all proud of his Superman and Batman shirts and I got to see his eyes glaze over by the time I mentioned my Aquaman shirt.

Still, it's nice to have a conversation about upcoming action movies with people that pay attention to movies that aren't out yet.


Jesse - Jun 10, 2013 8:18:37 am PDT #25451 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Amazing -- I just learned about a fairly significant staff change at my job via the person's tumblr announcement of his new job, which was linked by the publication he's going to. My boss thought it was still secret, internally.


§ ita § - Jun 10, 2013 8:22:58 am PDT #25452 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does your boss know you read tumblr?

(What publication links to that? Is he writing for MTV or something?)


Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2013 8:25:45 am PDT #25453 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

"that Keanu Reeves movie"

My guess would be The Matrix. Or Bill and Ted.


Jesse - Jun 10, 2013 8:27:12 am PDT #25454 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Does your boss know you read tumblr?

Uh, she does now? Although it's all totally legit and not MTV-related.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 10, 2013 8:31:16 am PDT #25455 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Does she know you are a famous tumblrer????

I am watching parts of the Tony's now, and NPH really DID french kiss a dog!!!!


§ ita § - Jun 10, 2013 8:33:10 am PDT #25456 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My guess would be The Matrix. Or Bill and Ted.

I do wonder about people who say "Terminal Velocity." I need to rib him about that.

Does she know you are a famous tumblrer????

Exactly. Does your boss know you write tumblr???


Jesse - Jun 10, 2013 8:37:50 am PDT #25457 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Pfft. I curate tumblr.


flea - Jun 10, 2013 8:39:46 am PDT #25458 of 30001
information libertarian

We're closing on our house in Athens on Thursday! But! A tree fell in our yard today! But! It looks like (from the tiny cell phone pics) 1) it might be our neighbor's tree 2) it fell into the street, missing our tenant's car and our house, so the only things to do are A) get someone with a chain saw to remove the tree and B) get an electrician to re-attach the connection to the house so the power company can turn the power back on. Fingers crossed this is simple and straightforward and does not mess up the closing.


flea - Jun 10, 2013 8:46:00 am PDT #25459 of 30001
information libertarian

My neighbor posted bigger pics on Facebook. It is a big-ass tree. I think we were really lucky.