On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Feb 01, 2010 6:23:37 am PST #5361 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Felicity Huffman isn't tall, Aims. You're just out-heighted by two of them.

Hmm. I have a meeting scheduled for the same time as the champagne toast. And I don't know where to sign up for the massages! Chaos!

There is so going to be no work gotten done today. And I was already going to reschedule half my meetings for another time.


DavidS - Feb 01, 2010 6:26:33 am PST #5362 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

ita, you'll be happy to know I have my first krav bruise on my forearm, as Emmett enlisted me last night to work on his blocking drills.

He's still very susceptible to a feint.

Next September when he turns 14 he moves up to the adult classes and will start getting tested for levels.


Aims - Feb 01, 2010 6:28:53 am PST #5363 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Felicity Huffman isn't tall, Aims.

She's not? She seems really really tall.

Wow. She's only 5' 5"? I say only because I swear she seems 6' tall to me. It's odd to know I'm taller than her.

Must not tell Joe.


tommyrot - Feb 01, 2010 6:32:50 am PST #5364 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Cat Fail


§ ita § - Feb 01, 2010 6:35:06 am PST #5365 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have my first krav bruise on my forearm, as Emmett enlisted me last night to work on his blocking drills.

Good. You're not blocking right if there's not bruising happening.

He's still very susceptible to a feint.

Tell him to watch your chest/shoulders and not your arms/hands.

They don't test for levels in the kids classes? However do they keep their attention over the years? I'm not sure exactly how the belts roll over in LA, but you can test up to black belt in the junior classes here.


erikaj - Feb 01, 2010 6:41:55 am PST #5366 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

She walks around like she's tall.


DavidS - Feb 01, 2010 6:43:15 am PST #5367 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Tell him to watch your chest/shoulders and not your arms/hands.

That's what I told him! (Something I learned from playing football.)

They don't test for levels in the kids classes?

They don't seem to. Emmett's been going September and there's been no test, even though he's obviously progressed pretty far. I'm curious to see how he'll respond to the higher level of training and tests. I think he'll be into it. He really loves it. He's psyched for every Tuesday and Thursday (when he has classes).

He's also been watching the UFC videos they show in the lobby/waiting area. There's one from a no-holds-barred match that keeps rolling around where one guy punches another gun in the nuts about nine times in a row. (They're on the ground in a grapple, and one guys gets his hand free.) Brutal.


Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2010 6:50:06 am PST #5368 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I've never heard a Taylor Swift song, but she is pretty.


tommyrot - Feb 01, 2010 6:50:41 am PST #5369 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Nipple Cover Sales Increase

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Nipple covers retail from $8 to $25 in the U.S. and come in a variety of colors and shapes.


brenda m - Feb 01, 2010 6:52:18 am PST #5370 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

If your body is sheer you've got bigger coverage issues than nipples.