Hmmm. I'm not going to mention goggles, because I kind of snark about them in the course of the story.
"Cupcake Goth Jillian is still searching for a time machine, thus allowing her to shop for boots throughout the ages." Yes? No?
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Atropa - Aug 03, 2009 5:58:11 pm PDT #18502 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
tommyrot - Aug 03, 2009 5:59:08 pm PDT #18503 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
illian is still searching for aviatrix goggles in pink and black striped satin. You may reach her via pneumatic tube.
...before she leaves on her Zeppelin escapades.
Atropa - Aug 03, 2009 6:00:07 pm PDT #18504 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pete's suggestion:
"Cupcake Goth Jillian is still searching for a time machine from a reputable vendor".
tommyrot - Aug 03, 2009 6:01:35 pm PDT #18505 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can 'time machine' be made steampunkier? Like, say, "chronological locomotive'?
P.M. Marc - Aug 03, 2009 6:08:46 pm PDT #18506 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The alt-text made me laugh and laugh.
I KNOW!
Jilli, how about Mechanical Personal Assistant?
tommyrot - Aug 03, 2009 6:11:49 pm PDT #18507 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Maybe call it Personal Assistant Automaton?
DavidS - Aug 03, 2009 6:18:24 pm PDT #18508 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Can 'time machine' be made steampunkier? Like, say, "chronological locomotive'?
Oh yeah! Chronocomotive!
Atropa - Aug 03, 2009 6:21:36 pm PDT #18509 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, how about Mechanical Personal Assistant?
Er ... no. Because WOW, could that be mis-interpreted.
Oh yeah! Chronocomotive!
I do like that.
"Cupcake Goth Jillian is still searching for a Chronocomotive from a reputable vendor".
P.M. Marc - Aug 03, 2009 6:27:44 pm PDT #18510 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Er ... no. Because WOW, could that be mis-interpreted.
::handwaves::
I was just too lazy and undercoffeed to remember how to spell Personal Assistant Automaton as Tommyrot suggested.
Though now I want steampunk versions of Real Dolls.
tommyrot - Aug 03, 2009 6:27:58 pm PDT #18511 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A chronocomotive is cool because it's a steam-powered time-machine... on rails!
Huh. That would make folk music about hobos ridin' trains a lot... different.
eta: I'll be gone five hundred years before the day is done.