Good luck, Theo!
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
hippocampus - Nov 21, 2013 3:56:31 am PST #12592 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
-t - Nov 21, 2013 4:16:51 am PST #12593 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Easy resolution ~ma, Theo!
I am officially out of coffee. Having the last of the instant right now AINFG. It wasn't terrible when I first bought it but it's been open and on a shelf for, I don't know, probably years? Bitter.
But I am drinking it because coffee.
Yeah, I don't think that's a preposition.
sarameg - Nov 21, 2013 4:53:59 am PST #12594 of 30000
Theo, I hope it is continuing apace right now.
Uhg, leafing fallout this morning. I am reluctantly acknowledging I must have a slight allergy to leaf mold or something. The sneezing and sinus rage after I muck in them are not amusing. Also, my wrists hate me. May need to do some painkiller tag-teaming.
Sue - Nov 21, 2013 4:57:41 am PST #12595 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Good luck Theo!
Jessica - Nov 21, 2013 5:14:14 am PST #12596 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I don't know what prepositions are. Is there a Schoolhouse Rock about those?
Per my 6th grade English teacher, a preposition is what a squirrel does to a tree. Up the tree, down the tree, above the tree, below the tree, beyond the tree, under the tree...
There's a handful that rule fails for, like "during" and "about" but I've always liked it.
It's funny, this particular teacher was THE WORST at the time - she blatantly played favorites and was just plain mean to students she didn't like - but after that year I never had to study for another grammar quiz in my life. I can still recite most of the articles from memory (a all an another any both each every few many...)
shrift - Nov 21, 2013 5:22:40 am PST #12597 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I am at the office, although I don't have full confidence that I will be able to speak at the meetings I'm meant to facilitate.
I hate being so sick that I drop the ball on things and don't even know I've done it until people are calling to find out where I am, like missing a fannish brunch on Sunday while I was in a blanket burrito.
Jesse - Nov 21, 2013 5:38:01 am PST #12598 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was working the door this morning for a conference, and it was funny to see who had heard I'm leaving.
Zenkitty - Nov 21, 2013 5:40:16 am PST #12599 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Task ~ma, Theo!
How is it only 10:30 when I've already gotten so much done? I was startled by my alarm going off because I'd already been up for four hours by then. Did someone turn back time?
shrift - Nov 21, 2013 6:37:27 am PST #12600 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Dragging myself into the office today meant that I could pick up my new Fitbit wristbands from the mailroom where they've been sitting all week. My original wristband is falling apart, so yay. And also I don't have to feed myself.
juliana - Nov 21, 2013 6:40:35 am PST #12601 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The directors I've worked with have pretty much all treated the cast like furniture during tech, there to stand and sit and walk on command and remain mostly silent and very remote from any of the collaborative work that happened.
I've never really had a tech where the actors got to be part of the collaboration, but it can be fun to see how problems get solved - provided, of course, that everyone shows up to tech prepared. As a director, I'm always a big fan of having a dry tech first, precisely in order to minimize the impact to the actors. And, of course, I always try to show up with treats and fun things for the people who won't be doing much, as a thank-you for their time.