I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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.


-t - Apr 01, 2014 6:46:08 am PDT #24184 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

See, I was just like- couldn't you go on Rte 88-- it isn't that hard!

It shouldn't have been that hard for Odysseus either, right? Just looking at a map, anyway.

In my imagination, upstate New York is full of sirens and Cyclopes and so forth.


Jesse - Apr 01, 2014 6:51:48 am PDT #24185 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Jesse did you see NPRs Monkey See blog about TGW? I thought it was interesting and touched on part of what you are talking about.

Yeah, and it was actually reading her piece on HIMYM that made me have to post -- but not enough to register on the NPR site....


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2014 6:51:49 am PDT #24186 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

In my imagination, upstate New York is full of sirens and Cyclopes and so forth.

It's NOT?!?

Update on the maybe-married friend: at least one person has commented on the FB post with "Wait, what???" Which isn't quite the same as "IS THIS FOR REAL???" but close. I've decided to just watch it unfold without commenting. (Which, in the end, may make me a dick for not offering congratulations on a real wedding, but hey -- you get married for real on April Fools' Day and announce it without a disclaimer that it's for real, then you risk my extreme disbelief.)


-t - Apr 01, 2014 6:57:06 am PDT #24187 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That seems fair, Tep.

It's NOT?!?

COuld be, as far as I know. Sophia?


Kat - Apr 01, 2014 7:02:34 am PDT #24188 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

In my imagination, upstate New York is full of sirens and Cyclopes and so forth.

Does that make Syracuse and Scranton scylla and charybdis?


Kat - Apr 01, 2014 7:03:58 am PDT #24189 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'd just offer nothing, Steph. Doesn't make you dick at all.


msbelle - Apr 01, 2014 7:06:09 am PDT #24190 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Not an April Fools joke - I have fucked up no less than 3 big things for today. UGH!


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2014 7:06:13 am PDT #24191 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

More update: the bride commented and said, "I got married. I know it's strange, but it felt right and I'm very happy."

I fully admit that I'm still wondering if it's an elaborate prank, but I'm going to go ahead and congratulate her anyway.

(I can't begin to understand her personal life; in October she and her live-in boyfriend of 4 years broke up, and 2 months later the boyfriend was engaged to a new girlfriend who's 16 years younger than him, and then the bride in question quickly got back together with a long-ago ex, who she apparently just married. I need a diagram to keep it all straight.)


Tom Scola - Apr 01, 2014 7:15:20 am PDT #24192 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

So it's just like HIMYM in real life, then?

ducks


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2014 7:16:50 am PDT #24193 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

So it's just like HIMYM in real life, then?

Never watched it, so...maybe?