Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.

Willow ,'End of Days'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Jessica - May 27, 2016 3:11:21 pm PDT #22129 of 30003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Tep, you're the second person I've met who knows the Hamilton choreographer! (Dylan's 3rd grade teacher has seen the show twice for free because they're good friends.)

I'm two degrees from LMM through my sister (who was introduced to him through her HS friend Alex Horowitz.


DavidS - May 27, 2016 3:17:40 pm PDT #22130 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The costumer of Hamilton, Paul Tazewell, is the brother of Jon Tazewell who I went to college with (and we were both R.A.s the same year).


Steph L. - May 27, 2016 3:19:45 pm PDT #22131 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Tep, you're the second person I've met who knows the Hamilton choreographer!

He was choreographing the musicals in high school, and really well. Crazy talented.


Sophia Brooks - May 27, 2016 3:19:48 pm PDT #22132 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

go Paul Tazewell, and your stretch Breeches. Seriously brilliant looking and also practical.

Ps. He is the costume designer ( is too sensitive, but they took away the sound design Tony)


Sheryl - May 27, 2016 3:28:49 pm PDT #22133 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Posting from Balticon opening ceremonies.


aurelia - May 27, 2016 3:45:02 pm PDT #22134 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I'm working with the scenic designer for Hamilton on our next show which starts load-in in two weeks. There are a few NAMES on this one. [link]

I'm ignoring the new Captain America reboot. Although that gif of Evans ripping the comic is a thing of beauty.


Strix - May 27, 2016 3:48:21 pm PDT #22135 of 30003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

What's your therapist's rainfall for no repurcussions? That sounds hugely frustrating, and I'd be casting a string side eye at the therapist as well.

ION, my dad's dementia has raced ahead, and since he is physically healthy, my mom and sister can't get respite home care through Medicare. So we have made the horrible decision to put him in a nursing home. Dad's still a big guy, and mom and S have to watch him pretty literally 24/7.

He's so confused...he tries to leave the house all the time, to get back "where he belongs." We think he's trying to get back to my grandma's house. He thinks she's still alive. He doesn't know my mom, his wife of 45 years. She's "that lady." He straight up pulled an escape artist this Feb, and crawled out a window in his boxers and tee at 3 am, until my mom heard him on the front porch, and my sister found him in the basement, fooling around with my great-uncle's ancient .22 (there's no ammo in the house; my dad hadn't shot a gun since deer hunting in 1978.) But he was bound and determined to protect the house.

It would be heartbreaking in any case, but he watched the same thing happen to his mom, and told my sister and I flat out, many times over the years , "If this ever happens to me, just kill me." And of course, we can't. So we just get to see Daddy living through his worst nightmare.

I can't even deal. I'm a total Daddy's girl, I ADORE my father...and I'm praying for him to die soon, painlessly. I wanted him to stay around forever, but he's already gone. In his few moments of clarity, I see how terrified and trapped and miserable he is, and I can't stand his pain. This happened so fast.


-t - May 27, 2016 4:11:50 pm PDT #22136 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

There are a few NAMES on this one. [link]

Oh, wow!

I'm so sorry, Strix. That must be so hard.


amych - May 27, 2016 4:19:19 pm PDT #22137 of 30003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Oh, Strix. Love and strength to all of you.


Jesse - May 27, 2016 4:22:59 pm PDT #22138 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds terrible, Strix. I'm sorry. (But nursing homes can be OK! And it's just a huge relief knowing they are safe and taken care of.)