Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 57 Varieties  

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.


lisah - Mar 12, 2008 5:19:38 am PDT #4433 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Do people use non-electric pencil sharpeners anymore? I mean, when they're not typing on a computer, texting, etc?

I have a little one for my pencil lipstick.

The big fat 4-colored ballpoint pen with the 4 separate clicky-things on the end? I loved those.

Oh my gosh, yes! My favorite! So great for a fidgety kid.


amych - Mar 12, 2008 5:21:34 am PDT #4434 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Graph paper.

(But also fourthing the clicky-pen love)


Aims - Mar 12, 2008 5:23:46 am PDT #4435 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

College-ruled spiral notebooks. With the perfson the side for easy ripping.


Miracleman - Mar 12, 2008 5:29:29 am PDT #4436 of 10001
I can do this all day

I had no idea I loved my pencil sharpener this much.

Awesome. I'm mounting that bad boy in the kitchen tonight.

By "mounting" I mean "affixing to a wall by screwing".

By "by screwing" I mean "using a screwdriver and screws".

You people are sick.


Dana - Mar 12, 2008 5:31:20 am PDT #4437 of 10001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Yeah, ruled paper, sad as that may sound.

I know I've complained about being tired in the past, but that was all a lie. Today, I am tired. So very tired. I had to talk myself out of calling in sick to work so I could go back to sleep. I bought kolaches for the office instead.


msbelle - Mar 12, 2008 5:33:05 am PDT #4438 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Mindless tasks #1 are almost done, but now I have to speak to people to finish. grr.

If you were given $1000 today what would you do with it?


Hil R. - Mar 12, 2008 5:34:54 am PDT #4439 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I loved those little pencil cases with Japanese cartoon characters on them that had like twenty little compartments along the sides, so that if you pressed one button, a pencil shapener would pop out, another button would get you a little drawer holding a tiny bottle of glue, another one spit out a ruler, and so on.


Aims - Mar 12, 2008 5:36:43 am PDT #4440 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

If you were given $1000 today what would you do with it?

Pay off one bill and buy a laptop.


Tom Scola - Mar 12, 2008 5:38:49 am PDT #4441 of 10001
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

If you were given $1000 today what would you do with it?

I'd go and give JZ a hug.


shrift - Mar 12, 2008 5:39:24 am PDT #4442 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I had to talk myself out of calling in sick to work so I could go back to sleep.

I promised myself that if I still feel like this when I wake up tomorrow, I am allowed to call in sick. Because wow, I don't feel so hot.

If you were given $1000 today what would you do with it?

Probably use it to buy plane tickets. Although I'd be tempted to blow it on shoes. Or a new desktop PC.