Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

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.


Steph L. - Dec 08, 2009 11:42:25 am PST #23722 of 30001
That which does not kill you should RUN

Scrappy, I love channel-set rings.

Also, I love diamonds. I know it's not cool, but I do. They have such a great flash and sparkle, and I'm hooked. Although I love pretty much most gemstones, except yellow ones. Er, I guess that means I love white diamonds. Not yellow diamonds. They look like pee.

t edit As soon as I hit "Post," I realized that someone with a yellow gemstone ring is going to come along and give me hell for dissing their shiny.


Amy - Dec 08, 2009 11:46:02 am PST #23723 of 30001
Because books.

I realized that someone with a yellow gemstone ring is going to come along and give me hell for dissing their shiny.

I was just thinking I don't love them either, especially set in or against silver.


Vortex - Dec 08, 2009 11:46:48 am PST #23724 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Also, I love diamonds. I know it's not cool, but I do.

I don't think it's not cool. I don't think that it's cool to make men feel like they have to spend money that they don't have or want to spend to buy them, though.


msbelle - Dec 08, 2009 11:48:32 am PST #23725 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I love pretty much most gemstones, except yellow ones. Er, I guess that means I love white diamonds. Not yellow diamonds. They look like pee.

But you can use them to defeat Green Lantern! t /Allyson

miss Allyson.


§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 11:50:54 am PST #23726 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My topaz is weeping, Steph. There are other, non-yellow diamonds you can love too. Like pink and blue.

I've never gotten the diamond-love. I am all over garnets like a cheap rash, which works out well since they're my birth stone. I like any black stone too--onyx, anthracite, jet.


brenda m - Dec 08, 2009 11:52:38 am PST #23727 of 30001
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

I don't think it's not cool. I don't think that it's cool to make men feel like they have to spend money that they don't have or want to spend to buy them, though.

To be fair, there's a ton more problems with diamonds than that.


Calli - Dec 08, 2009 11:54:07 am PST #23728 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

My mom's engagement ring was a small, round opal set as the center of a silver flower. I inherited the ring, and wear it occasionally. One of the petals is broken, though; I need to get that fixed.

I'd rather have a garnet or amethyst ring that had been in someone's family for a while than a new, expensive ring. I like the stories around jewelry as much as the shiny. Of course, someone has to buy the ring around which the stories accumulate.


Amy - Dec 08, 2009 11:54:50 am PST #23729 of 30001
Because books.

My birthstone is a diamond. And I like diamonds a lot, but I don't feel like they're very *me*, really. I can't see running to the grocery store in my jeans and sneakers and a big sparkly thing on my finger, when I generally wear silver and turquoise.


brenda m - Dec 08, 2009 11:56:34 am PST #23730 of 30001
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

This conversation made me remember this Family Guy clip that may be one of the best encapsulations of the current jewelery-industrial complex I've seen. [link]


Dana - Dec 08, 2009 11:57:15 am PST #23731 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I love opals.