I thought it was stop and smell the roses.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Lee - Oct 14, 2013 6:27:56 pm PDT #9029 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 6:30:22 pm PDT #9030 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought that was what Juliebird was conveying.
-t - Oct 14, 2013 6:34:05 pm PDT #9031 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's what I thought, too. There's a Glade commercial that's confusing me. Doesn't exactly have the same meaning, does it?
Amy - Oct 14, 2013 6:45:18 pm PDT #9032 of 30000
Because books.
I think "Wake up and smell the roses" could be intended to mean, "Your house will smell awesome from the minute you wake up, and all goddamn day long." But it's still kind of dumb.
Zenkitty - Oct 14, 2013 6:49:04 pm PDT #9033 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Stop and smell the roses, wake up and smell the coffee. Easy to smash them together.
I've given up on covering the gray. Or the grey.
I stand with you on this, Conseula. I don't think I look better, but I'm sick of the allergic reactions to the dye, and how dry and frizzy it makes my hair. And my gray is pretty, as it turns out; it's silvery.
Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2013 6:57:04 pm PDT #9034 of 30000
brillig
I have rather nice grey, and some odd blonde streaks. I'm OK with that.
edit: I'm not OK with the thinning, but I'm too lazy to do anything about that. Though I have changed the part in my hair. Yes, I'm doing a combover.
-t - Oct 14, 2013 7:06:29 pm PDT #9035 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think "Wake up and smell the roses" could be intended to mean, "Your house will smell awesome from the minute you wake up, and all goddamn day long." But it's still kind of dumb.
But the whole thing is "People don't say wake up and [other sensory verbs] the roses, they say wake up and smell the roses". Probably some other stuff after that but I was too distracted by the wrongness. It's bothering me. Don Draper wouldn't sign off on that. I hope.
Not that I've ever bought any Glade product. I might if they made something that really truly smelled like brewing coffee, because I do like to stop and smell the coffee, as it happens.
Yay for pretty gray hair! I don't have much yet, but the strands I have are kind of sparkly, which pleases me greatly.
§ ita § - Oct 14, 2013 7:14:21 pm PDT #9036 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My father went grey localised, my mother went salt and pepper sprinkled all over. I had used to want streaks, but you have to have hair for that. I desperately hope I get sprinkled all over. Please please please. I would dye to compensate for that, or just shave shorter. Something.
DavidS - Oct 14, 2013 7:16:04 pm PDT #9037 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did you guys (read: Hec) see Felicia Day's new haircut? She looks fab.
So cute! I love her with short and I didn't think she'd ever go back after she talked about getting it cut post-Buffy and not working for nine months.
I guess when you are your own mogul you get to call the shots with your hairdo.
aurelia - Oct 14, 2013 7:37:05 pm PDT #9038 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I knew I had grey temples, but a dressing room mirror recently showed me that it is far more sprinkled than I realized. I'm not sure how I feel about that.