That's not what making out sounds like -- unless I'm doing it wrong?

Willow ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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."


Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 6:42:43 am PST #6835 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

And for some reason the phrase "Feed Me, Seymour!" just popped in my head. Not terribly happy about it either.


sumi - Jan 07, 2005 11:59:55 am PST #6836 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

I wasn't sure whether this should go here or in GWW but apparently, there is a new sort of butt-kicking romance novel inspired by characters such as Buffy from BtVS or Sydney from Alias.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2005 12:47:59 pm PST #6837 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

While I suppose the term has spread through the mainstream without necessarily picking up any connotations beyond sugar daddydom, the acquaintance I mentioned earlier was pointing out the narrower usage in the context of his pal using the phrase in a cruisy San Francisco gym at a point in time when his genitals were within about 2 feet of the other person's head.


Betsy HP - Jan 07, 2005 12:53:30 pm PST #6838 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Note that Mills & Boon is the company that publishes as Harlequin in the U.S.


justkim - Jan 07, 2005 2:07:08 pm PST #6839 of 10002
Another social casualty...

Re: "Who's your Daddy?"

Strangely enough, my local paper, The Orlando Sentinel, had this article about the phrase's origins today.


§ ita § - Jan 07, 2005 4:16:49 pm PST #6840 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

justkim -- that's the article that started this all off.


justkim - Jan 07, 2005 7:15:40 pm PST #6841 of 10002
Another social casualty...

Well, that's what I get for paying attention skipping and skimming. As I said, it was in my paper today.

Nevermind.


brenda m - Jan 08, 2005 1:30:44 pm PST #6842 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

As of a few days ago, at least, I know there were Buffistas out there intending to donate to tsunami relief but not yet sure where to direct their contribution. May I offer a suggestion, by way of a librarian friend who spent six months in Sri Lanka about two years ago setting up a community library:

Sri Lankan Libraries Need Urgent Assistance


Kate P. - Jan 08, 2005 7:29:17 pm PST #6843 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

As I said, it was in my paper today.

justkim, thanks for linking to the article. I don't remember if it was linked upthread, but I hadn't read it yet.


Lilty Cash - Jan 09, 2005 3:35:36 pm PST #6844 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Today I picked up Three Junes. Has anyone read it?