I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


Steph L. - Oct 05, 2013 1:25:07 pm PDT #8046 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

You can take 800 mg of ibuprofen every 6-8 hours. I don't recommend doing it for weeks and months, but in the first few days after an injury? Do it. Drugs help your body out, yo.


-t - Oct 05, 2013 1:27:22 pm PDT #8047 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, yeah, add a handful at the last minute so it's stays nice and bright green, just a splash of color and flavor. Or grated carrots, that would be pretty.

Or stick with the sophisticated white-on-white dish, that's kinda now, I hear.


le nubian - Oct 05, 2013 1:42:40 pm PDT #8048 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

You can take 800 mg of ibuprofen every 6-8 hours. I don't recommend doing it for weeks and months, but in the first few days after an injury? Do it. Drugs help your body out, yo.

That juxtaposed with this:

Ooh, yeah, add a handful at the last minute so it's stays nice and bright green, just a splash of color and flavor. Or grated carrots, that would be pretty.

Has me crying with laughter.


-t - Oct 05, 2013 1:45:49 pm PDT #8049 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Heh. Ibuprofen likes carrots?


Juliebird - Oct 05, 2013 1:57:01 pm PDT #8050 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I was doing a little whiplash reading those.

But, yeah, in the Army it was standard for the docs to prescribe 800mg 3x a day with meals for things like tendonitis.

I found the empty box of motrin that I bought a couple weeks ago, but can't find the motrin, grrr. Gonna dig under the bed to pull out the old barely used bottle of some barbiturate I was prescribed for inflammatory tendonitis in my neck for the night. Oh, but I know so well about being so far into pain that I've lost the window for painkillers to be effective (hi, cramps!).

Adjusted the crutches so they don't bother me (had to read up on proper usage of them and discovered the nurse had adjusted them wrong. Apparently I shouldn't rest my weight on my armpits! Never knew that).


Juliebird - Oct 05, 2013 2:05:48 pm PDT #8051 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Okay, I'll shut up about my freaking booboo after this, but I just have to share the weird phenomenon that, while watching TV or reading, I keep expecting the characters to be hobbled, more so with the book I'm reading. I keep being surprised that they are able to do what they're doing, you know, like, "shouldn't they ask for help for that? the writer's cheating, there's no way they could do that task for so long without needing to sit down! How can Harry be throwing kicks on a bum leg?" and then have to actually remind myself that the character isn't injured. It's really strange.


Amy - Oct 05, 2013 3:12:46 pm PDT #8052 of 30000
Because books.

Tom Hiddleston. I think I just melted.


msbelle - Oct 05, 2013 3:25:49 pm PDT #8053 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

He is just too much. ridic crush on that one.


§ ita § - Oct 05, 2013 3:42:44 pm PDT #8054 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Who gave him permission to read sex poetry? That seems an oversight.

Map projections never fail to blow my mind [link] I expect that's one of the many reasons I'm so bad at explaining them.


Amy - Oct 05, 2013 3:57:12 pm PDT #8055 of 30000
Because books.

Wow. That is mind-blowing. Perspective is so useful!