They should film that story and show it every Christmas.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


quester - Aug 04, 2013 2:21:17 pm PDT #1325 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

define big change.


WindSparrow - Aug 04, 2013 2:32:08 pm PDT #1326 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

The dozen or so times I have had migraines throughout my lifetime, they have featured a sparkly tunnel in place of my peripheral vision and a blind spot such that if someone were about 5-8 feet away and facing me, when I look directly into their face, the right side of their face (that is to say, their right, my left) would be covered by sparklies. This is generally consistent with both eyes, but I think it feels stronger from the left eye. I just woke up from a nap to find that my left eye could see just fine, but there was a blank area in my right eye's visual field such that holding my right hand up at arm's length, palm facing me, with fingers splayed, my thumb disappeared.

I stumbled down the stairs, took Excedrin, and the visual effect has gone.

It is also possible, I suppose, that this was not the precursor to migraine pain so much as my neck and brain offering a rather pointed opinion on my choice to sleep face down bunched up oddly over pillows to facilitate my knee feeling happier. Maybe?


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2013 3:39:16 pm PDT #1327 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Quester, I was wondering about that.

Peter Davison took on the mantle at age 30. Matt Smith was 28. So he wasn't extraordinarily young, or anything (I think he markedly played an older doctor than Tennant, as a complete digression). Randomly, aren't you likely to have a trend with three points somewhere in that graph of ages?

::sigh:: I've been putting off work with assiduous laundering. But now it's done. Almost done done--I could iron the five shirts, but that would be desperation. Status reports need to get done one way or another. Done done.

I do love this stage in laundry, though [link] It's like I have a (partial) palette of my clothes, and can decide on outfits while actually looking at the clothes (either it's something I planned the day before at work, or while I was trying to sleep, or more often it's what I grabbed when I got out of the shower.and am barely looking). I am pretty sure I'm going to wear #4 with #10 (ankle length skirt) early in the week. I'd love to wear #12 too, bur I can't work out what other than white to pair it with, and I don't wear white shirts to work because of transparency. I could do #3 (long sleeve wrap bodice) and #9 (straight stretchy and loose maxi), but that would be kind of boring. #1 (sleeveless turtleneck) and #9 are growing on me, though.

#6 is navy, and I suck at coordinating that, especially when it comes to shoes. Ah, well. And, sadly, I found a tear in the ruffle of #13, probably from when it tripped me going up some stairs (I don't remember the exact flight of stairs, but #13, #12, #9, and #6 all need to be held when I try and go up stairs.

And that is your tour of ita !'s closet (wait, maybe #5 (heathered grey short sleeve turtleneck) and #10...). I'm setting myself a one month goal to pick a section of my closet and just be ruthless. If I'm really keeping stuff for sentimental reasons, it doesn't need to be taking up hanging space. That's for what I wear. And I have a tonnage of pretty stuff, some still unworn. I'm not going to be the same size I was 20 years ago, or the same shape I was when doing krav.


sarameg - Aug 04, 2013 3:52:57 pm PDT #1328 of 30000

I need to do another cull, but really it won't net much, probably mostly ragbag stuff. I'm pretty pared down (and still have an awful lot of clothes.)

I STILL have the boxes of the too-big stuff from something like 2 years ago. I suck at actual donating. I don't want to keep it, I just haven't gotten it moved.


shrift - Aug 04, 2013 3:56:08 pm PDT #1329 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm declaring this beet, goat cheese, fennel, and bacon flatbread a success.


billytea - Aug 04, 2013 4:02:32 pm PDT #1330 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Peter Davison took on the mantle at age 30. Matt Smith was 28. So he wasn't extraordinarily young, or anything

But Peter Davison himself was a decade younger than any other Doctor from the original series when he took the mantle.


Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2013 4:14:50 pm PDT #1331 of 30000
brillig

I remember he was considered terribly youthful when he took the scarf. (and unraveled it, the bastard!)


DebetEsse - Aug 04, 2013 4:20:26 pm PDT #1332 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Hmm...I know it's completely contradictory, but I think Smith played both an older and younger Doctor than Tennant (it makes sense in my head...). He's also more or less my age, which is a purely subjective, but very meaningful (to me) dividing line.

Anyway, I am to bed.


quester - Aug 04, 2013 4:32:50 pm PDT #1333 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I thought I read somewhere that it was cannon the the Doctor got younger with each regeneration. I could be wrong.


Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2013 4:45:45 pm PDT #1334 of 30000
brillig

Wasn't it canon that there were only 10 regenerations?