Damn.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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 03, 2005 9:53:04 am PDT #8029 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Kathy A - Jul 03, 2005 9:54:15 am PDT #8030 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wow--JKR did say that it would less than the last two, but I didn't figure that much less. Maybe she let her editor do a bit more work than on OotP (which desperately needed some trimming, IMO).
Typo Boy - Jul 03, 2005 6:38:14 pm PDT #8031 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
A friend commented that the the Da Vinci Code whole plot turns on Sheilaism.
The subject changed before I could ask her what "Sheilaism" is. Maybe I should crosspost the question in unAmericans - since it has got to be an Australian term.
billytea - Jul 03, 2005 6:47:23 pm PDT #8032 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.
The subject changed before I could ask her what "Sheilaism" is. Maybe I should crosspost the question in unAmericans - since it has got to be an Australian term.
I confess I don't know what they mean by 'Sheilaism', and not having read the Da Vinci Code I couldn't hazard a guess, but 'Sheila' is simply slang for a woman, as in 'She's a beaut Sheila'. It'd be derived from that somehow.
Typo Boy - Jul 03, 2005 6:48:59 pm PDT #8033 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah, already crossposted to unamerican. According to google Sheila refers specifically to young women - though I always thought it referred only the women. Take your word over google on matters Australian in any case.
billytea - Jul 03, 2005 6:50:28 pm PDT #8034 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.
Wait, I've found more, and it looks like it's not an Australianism at all, but actually derived from a person called Sheila; Check here: [link] It seems to refer to an individualistic religious position (as opposed to one where membership in a religious community as central).
Edit: And I even found a reference to it on my old church's website, in an article titled "Pentecost and Crocodile Dundee": [link]
billytea - Jul 03, 2005 6:52:03 pm PDT #8035 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.
Ah, already crossposted to unamerican. According to google Sheila refers specifically to young women - though I always thought it referred only the women. Take your word over google on matters Australian in any case.
No, no, young woman is a fair description. It's not quite that simple, but I'd say that's the core of it.
Typo Boy - Jul 03, 2005 7:03:14 pm PDT #8036 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah - thanks those links helped. I now know what Sheilaism refers to. If I had read the Da Vinci code I'd know how it relates to the Da Vinci code.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2005 8:15:11 am PDT #8037 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Bah. Evan Hunter (Ed McBain) died. [link]
Aims - Jul 07, 2005 10:14:04 am PDT #8038 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
8 more days, 8 more days....La la la.