Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


Atropa - Sep 30, 2020 11:59:29 am PDT #26921 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Slime would work better than a SuperSoaker, because you know he's using the cheap spray-on tan. A SuporSoaker would make the stuff run, while Slime would make it change color AND fuck up the texture.


Toddson - Sep 30, 2020 12:08:42 pm PDT #26922 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Actually, I saw something about what he does use - it's a liquid concealer, not a spray-on tan. It's orange because, seemingly, an orange concealer works on dark circles and blemishes on pale skin.


Atropa - Sep 30, 2020 12:17:56 pm PDT #26923 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Actually, I saw something about what he does use - it's a liquid concealer, not a spray-on tan. It's orange because, seemingly, an orange concealer works on dark circles and blemishes on pale skin.

Orange concealer needs to be applied with a light hand, and then layered under a non-orange foundation and translucent powder. And even then it needs a lot of blending.

I really hope the poor makeup person who works for him is deliberately doing this to him. That would make me so happy.


Toddson - Sep 30, 2020 12:20:48 pm PDT #26924 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Or, if he's as germophobic as I've heard, he does it himself ... which would explain how badly it's done. I do like the idea of someone deliberately doing it badly, though.


bennett - Sep 30, 2020 12:24:21 pm PDT #26925 of 30019

Thank you, Toddson. My mom loved Anna Russell and I haven't heard her Ring Cycle in years. So great to hear it again.


Toddson - Sep 30, 2020 12:28:35 pm PDT #26926 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I love her too ... I always think opera plots are like a Christmas tree - if it's thin in one spot, throw a lot of glittery music over there. The Ring Cycle ... when she explains it you see just how weird it is.


bennett - Sep 30, 2020 12:39:10 pm PDT #26927 of 30019

I think she had a take on Gilbert and Sullivan as well. I need to find it.


Sheryl - Sep 30, 2020 12:41:30 pm PDT #26928 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Did not watch the debate and am not planning to watch any further debates. I like my blood pressure the way it is.


aurelia - Sep 30, 2020 12:44:35 pm PDT #26929 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

From The Root: "Trump has proven himself to be a trash can who paints his skin with garbage truck juice"


amyparker - Sep 30, 2020 1:15:36 pm PDT #26930 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.

Jim, Ken and I have been YouTube Party-watching Alton Brown's Quarantine Quitchen; Alton and his wife Elizabeth were going to do a debate watch-and-post, realized on the night they didn't have the stomach for it, and instead had a lively discussion of mayo-based hot dips and how to make a boulevardier. Which was a much better use of my time, because I got a cocktail out of it.