Smart aleck Aussies...
Zoe: So you two were kissin'? Book: Well. Isn't that... special?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
erikaj - Jul 06, 2004 7:25:48 am PDT #4675 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Betsy HP - Jul 06, 2004 7:27:10 am PDT #4676 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The practice always helps, but they're always going to be better than some other poor slob who practices every single night and will never be as good.
This was an enormous Aha! for me. I met somebody who was genuinely gifted in mathematics. He saw it. He understood it. It was play for him -- he took the Putnam for fun, on a dare from a friend, and did very well.
And I realized that I was good, but I wasn't magical.
I had a wonderful conversation with a mathematics professor Senior year. He wanted me to consider going to graduate school in mathematics. I said "But I'm not brilliant." He replied, "Neither am I. But for every Gauss, the field needs a hundred other people to pursue the implications of what he discovered." I've always been amazed by the humility and wisdom of that response.
But I didn't go to graduate school in mathematics.
billytea - Jul 06, 2004 7:29:26 am PDT #4677 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
If punctuation doesn't protect you among the Buffistas, then I don't think I have any faith left in the world.
It may protect you from charges of "you're doing it wrong". Mockery is a whole 'nother spectator sport. Especially when you're talking about a love that dare not speak its name, for fear of starting up the same old pronunciation debate.
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2004 7:32:14 am PDT #4678 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm willing to concede that ita, msbelle and Teppy are all psychotic.
Speaking solely about myself, this is NOT new news.
billytea - Jul 06, 2004 7:43:32 am PDT #4679 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm willing to concede that ita, msbelle and Teppy are all psychotic.
Yeah, but Teppy may just be vanilla psychotic, while ita and msbelle are more your exotic psychotic.
Connie Neil - Jul 06, 2004 7:45:16 am PDT #4680 of 10002
brillig
exotic psychotic
Not a band name but should be
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2004 7:47:46 am PDT #4681 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Teppy may just be vanilla psychotic
Oh, I'm the full-blown fudge ripple nut crunch marshmellow twirl psychotic. Trust me.
brenda m - Jul 06, 2004 7:49:24 am PDT #4682 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They can all be whatever flavor of psychotic they choose to be - I mean, come on, I'm not going to call them on it. Hello, psychotic?
Strix - Jul 06, 2004 7:50:11 am PDT #4683 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Dude, tag, you're it, my psycho Steph!
Steph L. - Jul 06, 2004 7:51:11 am PDT #4684 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Right on! My therapist will be so proud.