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.


shrift - Nov 08, 2015 5:43:15 pm PST #8759 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

tickets purchased. thank dog.

I'll bet that's a relief!

I think I'm about to my San Francisco-Hyderabad-Dublin trip on my work credit card. Then I need to figure out where I'm staying, but I can worry about that tomorrow.


-t - Nov 08, 2015 5:59:07 pm PST #8760 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Travel plans, yay! I need to make some of those. I like Sorel boots, though I have never had reason to own any.

So many delicious dinners.

I used to cut my own hair when I wore it layered. The cut I have now I would not mess with, but it also grows out well so I'm not even tempted. It's slightly too long right now, but a little Ezra product and styling effort does fine and is, y'know, reversible.


shrift - Nov 08, 2015 6:03:06 pm PST #8761 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Shit. I need a visa to travel to India. I guess I'll be figuring that out tomorrow, too.


Steph L. - Nov 08, 2015 6:09:38 pm PST #8762 of 30003
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

I only trim my own bangs (and probably not super well at that).

I'm also here to tell you that reheated tater tots are soggy. Boo.


Maria - Nov 08, 2015 6:26:10 pm PST #8763 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Well, no clean house and no exercise for me today. Blew a tire this afternoon on my way to pick up my mother for lunch and errand running. Hit a rock and within the span of 400 feet and one minute the left rear tire was flat. Two plus hours later, the car was towed and I was back out trying it again. Lunch turned into dinner, and a three hour Target trip. Didn't get home until almost 10.

Yay, Rome! This international trip planning reminds me that I have to renew my passport. My Italian one is valid, but my American one expired in September.


Burrell - Nov 08, 2015 6:53:05 pm PST #8764 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Just reading about all this travel is making both tired and a little jelly. But in a good way. Well, not the tired part, that's just tired.

So went to the intermediate Tai Chi class today. Was a bit lost but didn't really mind as I was able to learn the parts when she slowed things down and went over some of the sections. I am okay with waiting for it to all become clear eventually. I think I just like the names and then movements and thinking about the implications. Like Change is Difficult. And today we did something about monkeys. Monkey See, Monkey Do?


-t - Nov 08, 2015 7:23:42 pm PST #8765 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, I remember having a teacher who would say the names of the postures as we went through the forms. Poetic, as I recall, and often helpful for remembering what I was supposed to be doing. Cloud Hands. Play the Lute; Strum the Guitar. Something about cranes. And horses. And, yes, monkeys, though I forget what it was.

Right, passports, mine expires soon. Should definitely renew.


billytea - Nov 08, 2015 7:49:40 pm PST #8766 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Said by Ryan tonight: "I love apostrophes." (He was writing out a sentence containing there/their/they're, and was most pleased to discover it was they're.)


Burrell - Nov 08, 2015 8:57:40 pm PST #8767 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Yes, Cloud Hands, they did that one today too. I was going to say I learned it but I'm pretty sure I don't really know it yet, I've just swooshed my hands while the others were actually practicing. Today's class is way ahead of my regular class so it's a little like getting random spoilers out of place. Like I said, it'll all come together eventually.


Jesse - Nov 09, 2015 2:47:07 am PST #8768 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds very cool.

Oh no, Maria! What a bummer for you.