See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - Aug 09, 2005 12:31:24 pm PDT #6803 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Has anyone posted a link to freakishly realistic baby dolls recently?

Linda Webb Just As God Made Them So Truly Real™ Lifelike Baby Doll

Just one look at "Charlie" and his beautiful twin sister, "Katie," dreaming away in their soft knitted outfits, and you won't be able to resist cuddling them close. But get set for a real surprise when you go to change their diapers! "Charlie" and "Katie" are the very first anatomically correct So Truly Real™ collectible vinyl dolls! Sculpted by Master Doll Artist Linda Webb, they are so special that "Charlie's" even been nominated for both the 2005 Dolls Awards for Excellence and the 2005 DOTY Award!


brenda m - Aug 09, 2005 12:32:06 pm PDT #6804 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

Just As God Made Them

Except, you know, not so much alive as the other thing.


tommyrot - Aug 09, 2005 12:33:37 pm PDT #6805 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Apparantly having a penis gives you an advantage if you're a doll, as Charlie got the awards, not his twin sister Katie.


Betsy HP - Aug 09, 2005 12:35:52 pm PDT #6806 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

NYLASF! NYLASF! Yeaaaa team!

::glares resentfully at The Aristocrats::


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2005 12:39:36 pm PDT #6807 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

God, someone at Krav yesterday pointed at me and nodding, said "The Aristocrats." We then proceeded to have what must have been a very annoying half-conversation intended to convince the other two people they needed to see the movie stat, but probably did more to convince them that we were dorks that needed to be put away.


Betsy HP - Aug 09, 2005 12:42:08 pm PDT #6808 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

But, fortunately, it was a conversation at krav, where nobody would be dumb enough to actually try to put you away.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2005 12:44:47 pm PDT #6809 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That would have been so fun, though, if they'd tried!


Strega - Aug 09, 2005 12:56:36 pm PDT #6810 of 10002

But surely the professor has a prerogative to steer students from certain interpretations of a text-- that's kind of their job.

I suppose it depends on if the prof is teaching you how to think, or what to think. In my experience, a prof discouraged bad theses by pointing out why they'd be hard to defend. Instead of saying, "No, you can't even suggest that," they'd probably say, "If you want to argue that Hamlet was a Scientologist, you're going to have to address the fact that Scientology didn't exist when this was written." If the student doesn't, or doesn't do so convincingly, then the student gets a bad grade. All of that is steering.

I don't think a lit prof would allow someone to do a paper about coded messages in a text because, presumably, the student is supposed to demonstrate his knowledge/understanding of literature. You don't need to actually read the work, much less comprehend it, in order to play codebreaker with it. I certainly never had an assignment so open-ended that I could treat the story as irrelevant. The actual purpose of the class is a much bigger issue than whether or not the prof agrees with the thesis.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2005 1:29:25 pm PDT #6811 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I like both these actors (and have at one time or another considered them sexy), but this is still wrong:

JEREMY PIVEN & ANTHONY ANDERSON HEADLINE SVEDKA VODKA EROTICA READING SERIES
WHAT & WHO: Jeremy Piven and Anthony Anderson perform in the latest chapter of SVEDKA Vodka’s Erotica Reading Series with sizzling performances of their favorite erotica during a private, exclusive and dimly lit evening for their friends and Hollywood insiders. The series brings together celebrities and scenesters from film, television, literature and the arts for a one-of-a-kind foray into the world of erotica and celebrates SVEDKA’s on-going campaign into the world of adult entertainment.


Daisy Jane - Aug 09, 2005 1:34:11 pm PDT #6812 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I'm reminded of the worst paper I was ever assigned: Would Romeo and Juliet have made it as a couple had they not, you know, committed suicide.

I still have the paper around here somewhere.