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.
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
'A Hole in the World'
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.
Vortex - Dec 08, 2009 11:46:48 am PST #23724 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I love opals.
-t - Dec 08, 2009 11:57:48 am PST #23732 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like any black stone too--onyx, anthracite, jet.
Me too. I like all the sparklies - including fakes, but there is something about black stones that really draws me in.
bon bon - Dec 08, 2009 11:58:32 am PST #23733 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Diamonds are sparkly and hard but pretty much not worth the cost.