Will he be wearing eyeliner?
'Ariel'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
No. But many, many cravats.
(Did I not say he was hot?)
(Contrast to, say, Einstein in his 20s, or I don't know, B.F. Skinner. Both of whom I have seen young photos of, and neither of whom was hot.)
Klex. Ha! Fun nickname. Although one wonders if one gets called "inkblot" as a child because one (a) has a wild imagination and a tendency to lie; (b) is a total klutz; or (c) has a funny birthmark.
Klex, huh? He was well ahead of his time, even if his young tormenters misspelled "Klark".
Klex. Ha! Fun nickname. Although one wonders if one gets called "inkblot" as a child because one (a) has a wild imagination and a tendency to lie; (b) is a total klutz; or (c) has a funny birthmark.
The most popular theory: Hermann's father was a successful artist. Hermann wanted to be an artist too, but he had no talent and his efforts were derided as 'inkstains.' Eventually people started calling him Inkstain. In the end, though, Hermann's inkstains are much better known than anything his father did. It's a perfect psychoanalytic story.
I don't care for the story myself, because the moral seems to be that if you are born without talent the best thing to do is to become a psychologist.
I think there's probably something vaguely immodest about bragging about one's presents, but... aw hell. My coworkers won't understand. Maybe you guys will.
I have a Stargate Command patch!
Edited because I felt I hadn't been emphatic enough in my geeky glee. Wondering if I should put it on my backpack. Sort of like a "geek pride" sticker.
Emily, that is so cool! I totally understand your geeky joy. Who was it a present from?
And where did they get it from?
Suddenly I'm all unsure about the etiquette of the situation. Yeesh, with all the prying! But, Theo, Intergalactic Trading Co. From whom, apparently, one can acquire all kinds of patches, including Alpha Moonbase from Space 1999, Yoyodyne Propulsion, Alpha Control (from Lost in Space), Project Quantum Leap, and Federal Colonies from True Recall.
ETA: cause I now have a catalog. Which, theo, I could probably pass on. Or, hey looky here! [link]
I don't care for the story myself, because the moral seems to be that if you are born without talent the best thing to do is to become a psychologist.
Heh heh heh.
I will say, Ole Klex's inky noodlings are famous, but they're also easily replicated by Steve Gutenberg with a cup of hot soup on a napkin. So, the ideas behind them are pretty powerful (but wonderfully unscientific), but the art behind them, NSM.
I learned a couple of years ago that the Rohrschach "answer key" is a closely guarded secret, so that people can't throw their own assessments by cheating beforehand. Which -- okay, I understand if you were to cheat on the MMPI, but inkblots??