Boy, I am sure glad I left my house at 8pm to get here for an 8:45 rehearsal that the director decided to start late. The concert will be great, but this guy is an asshole.
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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.
Dana - Mar 04, 2014 4:49:09 pm PST #21491 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2014 5:48:04 pm PST #21492 of 30000
brillig
the Mary Stewarts, and I'm not revisiting them so my memories of them stay rosey. I don't want to know if they're awful by today's standards.
They're not. At least, I don't think so. I suppose there's some issues with man/woman relationships and British superiority, but I've been pleased with the ones I've re-read. I was pleased to discover that Airs Above The Ground is just as good as I remembered.
Consuela - Mar 04, 2014 6:04:17 pm PST #21493 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Speaking of the Suck Fairy, I'm saddened by how poorly a lot of Andre Norton has aged. They're just... thin, by comparison with modern YA. No characterization to speak of, really. The plots are good, and the world-building, but the characters are 2D if you're lucky.
I had maple-roasted brussel sprouts and a piece of grilled salmon for dinner. The sprouts were way better than the salmon, I must admit.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2014 7:27:12 pm PST #21494 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That sounds so good, Consuela. Yum! I've been trying to eat a bit better. Yesterday I made tofu and beet greens, and today I braised cabbage, leeks and fennel and ate it over quinoa.
Consuela - Mar 04, 2014 7:37:42 pm PST #21495 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consuela - Mar 04, 2014 7:37:43 pm PST #21496 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
braised cabbage, leeks and fennel and ate it over quinoa
Well, that sounds awesome.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2014 7:38:19 pm PST #21497 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Probably the books I loved most as a child was the Narnia series. Not at all sure what book to pick for college. Ulysses? I read it through more than once in college, and only once for class. And then grad school? No way to pick just one book. Mrs. Dalloway? Nightwood? A Room of Ones Own? Pride and Prejudice had a very particular role to play in my grad school incarnation and I adore it. And then parenthood so far would be the Harry Potter series.
Burrell - Mar 04, 2014 7:38:52 pm PST #21498 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It was delicious, Consuela.
le nubian - Mar 04, 2014 7:44:48 pm PST #21499 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Question for the hive:
I need to buy a food processor and a blender. A key thing is that I HATE
HATE
chopping. And I want many of the parts to be dishwasher safe.
Any suggestions?
Strix - Mar 05, 2014 3:18:39 am PST #21500 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think the books I read the most as a kid were the Dragonriders of Pern books. (Truefax: Not only did I use sections of them for Forensics, I would make up little tunes and sing the songs Menolly made up as I washed dishes. NEEERRDD.)
As far as declaring faves for teen and college, there's no way. I have too, too many books I've literally read to pieces. Literally literally.