I just killed a mosquito as it was biting me on the neck. Mildly concerned that it was a transmogrified vampire.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
-t - Sep 16, 2015 3:02:24 pm PDT #5489 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tom Scola - Sep 16, 2015 3:07:40 pm PDT #5490 of 30003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
8.3 earthquake in Chile; tsunami watch in Hawaii.
Calli - Sep 16, 2015 3:35:08 pm PDT #5491 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh, dear. There's also a tsunami watch in Chile.
-t - Sep 16, 2015 3:54:20 pm PDT #5492 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
8.3? Fuck.
sarameg - Sep 16, 2015 3:59:20 pm PDT #5493 of 30003
Last ticket I got, pulled over for speeding 5 miles over the limit in rural Idaho by patronizing as fuck cops. Driving a rental, being blown past by locals.
In this area, pretty damned sure I'm not the one with the target on me. Never gotten a ticket here (yet) and fully expect if I do, it'll be because a slow night.
Walking back from the pool one night, had a cop pull a U-ie in front of me as I was about to cross the street. It was the depths of winter; only thing visible (and not really even that) were my eyes. Conversation abruptly changed from curt "where are you going." to "there's been a lot of foot crime..," when I pulled down my scarf revealing my whiteness. Spotlight came off my face.
I was unamused. I imagine if it were one of my black neighbors, who have lived here longer and done more for this community, it would have been a different conversation.
I pretty much view all cops here with skepticism. I'm likely to benefit from my interactions with them, but it's because the root is rotten. I cannot rejoice in that.
Burrell - Sep 16, 2015 4:08:54 pm PDT #5494 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yeah, I get that, sarameg
A couple weeks ago I got an alert from the campus that there was an altercation off campus. There are usually a few alerts in a row until the ruckus clears. This one ended with an Incident Resolution notice: it was a drunk community member with a gun, no violence, brought in without incident. Why isn't that the norm?
As for the quake, I can't really fathom 8.3 except that it sounds scary and please please not too much devastation.
DebetEsse - Sep 16, 2015 5:06:21 pm PDT #5495 of 30003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
One of my office mates got an alert about the tsunami watch, but it was truncated, so I had to look it up. The arrival time (if there is one) was oddly specific: 3:11am local time.
I got pulled over here (not stopping at a stop sign), but did not get a ticket. In this case, I think it's because my car was in my name (i.e. not a rental. i.e. not a tourist)
SuziQ - Sep 16, 2015 5:06:31 pm PDT #5496 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Today I drove by a parked policeman who had his radar gun out. I was speeding and just got a hand signal from him to slow down. Whew.
Steph L. - Sep 16, 2015 5:11:59 pm PDT #5497 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I was speeding and just got a hand signal from him to slow down. Whew.
One time I was speeding down the interstate and passed a sign for the correctional facility; about 2 minutes later, I noticed a cop car on the shoulder, and a cop who had basically walked out into the rightmost lane and was just pointing his finger at cars and gesturing them to pull over.
I swear to you my first thought was that maybe someone broke out of the correctional facility. I thought this AS I WAS SPEEDING. And then he pointed at me, and I thought, huh, did I miss a radar gun somewhere?
Yes. Yes, I did.
aurelia - Sep 16, 2015 6:52:54 pm PDT #5498 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Quote for the day: "My pocket is like a panini press."
I've been pulled over for driving while a teenager. Other than that it's been speeding.