They were provided for us--that way they knew you hadnt snuck in notes written in the blue book or something!
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Dec 14, 2014 6:51:10 pm PST #12569 of 30000
Atropa - Dec 14, 2014 6:53:54 pm PST #12570 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Do you guys have specific anxiety dream templates?
Multiples. There's the one where I'm working back in Retail Hell, and the phrase "Jillian, cashier please" rings across the loudspeakers. There's the one where the xenomorphs from Aliens are attacking the building I'm in. (At least in that one, I get a pulse rifle.) There's the one where I keep dreaming I'm trying to fall asleep and can't.
And then there's the very worst one, where there are zombies, Pete has been bitten, and the decision has to be made: do I just run, or do I make sure he doesn't rise from the dead?
There are times when I think my brain hates me.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2014 7:00:07 pm PST #12571 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm bingeing on some Nadia Bolz-Weber and laughin.
LOVE her.
-t - Dec 14, 2014 7:15:06 pm PST #12572 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Now I can't remember the blue book situation in grad school. They might have provided them. Hm.
sarameg - Dec 14, 2014 7:43:16 pm PST #12573 of 30000
Fuck, why am I not asleep?
I know, super keyed up, sugar, but fuck. Only 3 more days and the off until the 5th.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2014 7:55:58 pm PST #12574 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What is a blue book?
There's the one where I keep dreaming I'm trying to fall asleep and can't.
Which tidily matches the ones where I'm trying to wake up and can't.
Adding to my standard templates are the repeating dreams--they can be as short as 15 seconds, and just put on infinite loop. And sometimes they repeat across nights, so I'll have 3-4 days of just one dream--no matter how tame the subject matter, the repetition ensures tension.
I know my brain hates me.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2014 8:06:02 pm PST #12575 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What is a blue book?
The little throwaway notebook that you (well, I) would be given to write exams in. Usually about 10-12 pages or so, stapled in the center. They even used them for the bar exam, at least until the 90s.
aurelia - Dec 14, 2014 8:14:47 pm PST #12576 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
We bought our own blue books and if the prof was worried about cheating we'd turn them in at the top of class and they'd be re-distributed so you wouldn't end up with the same one.
Burrell - Dec 14, 2014 8:36:26 pm PST #12577 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I clearly recall buying my own blue books for exams, but strangely have no memory of using them in grad school. I must have, I know some of my classes had exams.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2014 8:44:15 pm PST #12578 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have never heard of that. Interesting. In England the books were issued by the testing board and white.
Do not remember university, though.