Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


brenda m - Nov 15, 2013 10:35:27 am PST #12111 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

All it does is make me not want to make a hair appointment in December, then.

I was just going to say that's exactly what I do, but then I realized I have an appointment on the 22nd.

My stylist is the salon owner, who I've heard you're not supposed to tip in the first place, but that makes even less sense to me.

I'll throw in an extra $10 and call it a day.


Jesse - Nov 15, 2013 10:41:16 am PST #12112 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I give my massage therapist a big tip at Christmas time, but that's mostly because it's when I'm getting my half-price birthday massage. I do kind of avoid getting a haircut around The Holidays.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 15, 2013 11:19:07 am PST #12113 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I AM NOT THE SORT OF PERSON WHO CRAVES GREEN SMOOTHIES WHAT THE HELL.

Just pretend it was something whipped up in the lab by a mad scientist and you might get over that feeling.


§ ita § - Nov 15, 2013 11:21:29 am PST #12114 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Just pretend it was something whipped up in the lab by a mad scientist and you might get over that feeling

Monster mash!

I've had to force myself into not eating breakfast at other times of the day, but I make four or five helpings of oatmeal at a time, and they're just there, and blueberries and nom...I pretty much always crave them. Luckily I found an allowed pancake recipe, because I was theoretically (but not practically, not at all) boring myself--it's been steel cut oats every morning since low gly which was...some months now. I should make a note.


Theodosia - Nov 15, 2013 11:55:19 am PST #12115 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Whether I tipped a cleaning person would involve whether I'm employing them directly (thus no employer is taking a cut of the money).


flea - Nov 15, 2013 11:56:00 am PST #12116 of 30000
information libertarian

A facebook friend of my SIL has children named Reagan and Maverick. @@


amych - Nov 15, 2013 11:56:43 am PST #12117 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Can they just cut to the chase and name the next one Republican?


Kat - Nov 15, 2013 12:02:37 pm PST #12118 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I didn't get the Republican thing right away, but I did go straight to Top Gun.


Kat - Nov 15, 2013 12:03:23 pm PST #12119 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Also, how AWESOME would a show where Tim Gunn comes in as a life coach and fixes things for people be? Then they could name the show "Top Gunn."


shrift - Nov 15, 2013 12:13:31 pm PST #12120 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

A facebook friend of my SIL has children named Reagan and Maverick.

I know I've told the story about my Aunt & Uncle and their dogs named after Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, but I'm pretty sure I need a real life filter for people who do this to their children.