Madrigal and I are one in our fanfic snobbery. As snobbery goes, I feel pretty good about it.
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Nutty - Jun 30, 2003 11:28:08 am PDT #5398 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Typo Boy - Jun 30, 2003 11:39:22 am PDT #5399 of 9843
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.
And some of us don't think country music died with Patsy, and enjoy the musical stylings of "That Don't Impress Me Much".
Kassto - Jun 30, 2003 2:23:47 pm PDT #5400 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Yes, Typo Boy. Nothing wrong with Don't Impress Me Much. The thing I like about Shania Twain is she has a real live womanly sexy twinkle in her eye (as well as a hell of a voice). Not one of those plastic Faith Hill types.
Good country music: Roseanne Cash singing Elvis Costello's Our Little Angel, Kris Kristofferson singing Lovin' You Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again), Steve Earle doing The Mountain. And any great female country voice doing Stand By Your Man and Angel of the Morning.
Leigh - Jun 30, 2003 3:01:07 pm PDT #5401 of 9843
Nobody
Bugger that for a game of soldiers.
Lord, how I love this expression. I want to marry it and have its little expression-y babies. t /random
Rio - Jun 30, 2003 3:07:04 pm PDT #5402 of 9843
Are you ready to be strong?
What does the "for a game of soldiers" part mean?
evil jimi - Jun 30, 2003 4:27:23 pm PDT #5403 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
in my world it translates to, "bugger that for a fucking stupid idea" ... as in, being a soldier and being shot at and blowed up is a stupid idea :)
Angus G - Jun 30, 2003 4:28:19 pm PDT #5404 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I love juxtapositions of sublime and ridiculous. I love language, and action, and bravado. I love storytelling, and I love swashbuckling
But Fay, Wimbledon has all these things!
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 30, 2003 10:37:13 pm PDT #5405 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
What does the "for a game of soldiers" part mean?
My impression is that it's "a silly thing"-- compare the similar expression "bugger this for a lark", which I sincerely hope refers to a lark in the "silly game" sense rather than a bird.
Leigh - Jul 01, 2003 5:42:31 am PDT #5406 of 9843
Nobody
Hmm, I just saw Shiny Happy People and twas interesting, if not a particularly great ep. Some people apparently found it dreadfully boring, but I was too busy have naughty thoughts about worshiping Gina Torres to engage the higher brain functions which recognise things beyond 'Guh'. Okay, I was de-thralled momentarily by the ugliness of the yellow shirt, but it went away before I needed to pull out a fork.
I also loved Fred, and I've decided that I love Fred in general, gorgeous vengeful sweetie that she is--plus, she shot Angel and made him change out of the blinding shirt of pain, so extra bonus points for that. Oh, and I like Connor again, poor lonely boy. (My rage is odd and fickle, and I should probably do well to remember that before I bother getting so het up about things--because while on one hand he's a bit slow on the uptake, on the other, his life has fucking sucked.)
This next bit contains end of season spoilers: Being spoiled made watching this episode particularly sad w/r/t Connor. Poor Bon Bon--I think of all the Jossverse characters, Connor got the worst deal. To have even the remotest chance at happiness, he has to give up everything which made him who he was and even that's going to be fucked over at some point, one imagines. Angel's running a close second in terms of life suckitude, I think, but he at least got to have 25 plus something years where all his problems were of the type that could be mollified by strong alcohol.
sumi - Jul 01, 2003 5:45:06 am PDT #5407 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
Not really spoilery but a reply to something that is so:
Well, plus Angel had another 100-some years of greatly enjoyed unlife.