I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!

Anya ,'Storyteller'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

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.


Alibelle - Aug 24, 2008 7:40:49 am PDT #5101 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

I watched it on Oxygen, which is where I watched most of the equestrian events as well as the field hockey gold medal match. They covered gymnastics every day of the Olympics.

For reasons that are beyond me, Oxygen is the one channel I get that airs everything on East Coast time, rather than West Coast time. So when I got home at five, Stick It was on. Twice in a row. So irritating. And I didn't learn about this fluke until the night before, so I didn't have a chance to go buy a video to record it.

I cannot believe that Franny is five. That's just crazy talk.

Pretty floor, beth!


shrift - Aug 24, 2008 8:19:33 am PDT #5102 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I have a taxi coming to take me to the airport in 45 minutes. I think I'm packed. I have tossed most of the perishables from the refrigerator.

I probably should zip up my suitcase and put it near the front door so I stop dwelling on what I've forgotten to pack.


Ginger - Aug 24, 2008 8:20:58 am PDT #5103 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Arrrg, why does it have to be Sunday today?

Because it has to be Monday tomorrow.


Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2008 8:38:29 am PDT #5104 of 10003
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OK, these boxing announcers are wonderful! After listening to all these pro announcers during the Olympics, I love listening to that Bronx accent. The discussion of the one boxer whose mother used to put him in dresses was great. "If your mom puts you in dresses, you better learn to fight!" "Or run real fast."

Why, yes, it's scrap ends of Olympic competition on as background.


tommyrot - Aug 24, 2008 9:07:45 am PDT #5105 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

This has got to be the most awesome claymation ever: Chainsaw Maid: If Sam Raimi Directed an Episode of "Gumby"...


tommyrot - Aug 24, 2008 9:14:40 am PDT #5106 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Make the posession of Klingon knives criminal, and only criminals will have Klingon knives. Oh, and Klingons.

Klingon knife scares the crap out of dumb British scandal-sheet

Piss-poor scandal-sheet The Daily Mail has a hilariously breathless account of a giant stainless steel Klingon fighting-knife received by police during a knife-amnesty; to hear them tell of it hooded thugs are roaming the streets with Klingon duelling swords looking for little old ladies to terrorise.

A spokesman for police in Gloucester, where it was surrendered, said: "It is a particularly nasty weapon that can, literally, take someone's head off. We are very glad it is off the streets and we want more weapons handed in."

The blade is believed to be a stainless-steel copy of a Klingon weapon used in the science fiction series Star Trek. "It's an extremely dangerous weapon," said a martial arts expert last night.


Dana - Aug 24, 2008 9:26:40 am PDT #5107 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I have a taxi coming to take me to the airport in 45 minutes.

Woohoo! Have fun! I found my ATM card!


§ ita § - Aug 24, 2008 9:27:41 am PDT #5108 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My one true Olympics crush. I was shameless. Books, posters, recordings, the whole deal.


Kat - Aug 24, 2008 10:04:34 am PDT #5109 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

The Belgian Glasses Girl is like an Olympian bonbon if bonbon were flemish (I assume with a name like Hellebaut, Tia is flemish and not walloon).

I watched rhythmic gymnastics (leotards the burn the retinas) and my mom made me watach synchronized swimming. Which made me wonder, when is Pushing Daisies coming back?


Gadget_Girl - Aug 24, 2008 10:08:12 am PDT #5110 of 10003
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

Because it has to be Monday tomorrow.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!