See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.

Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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.


Ginger - Aug 10, 2010 1:50:18 pm PDT #17193 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I have to draw things in meetings or I start falling asleep, which I think would be even more obvious. I play with drawing new fonts and draw the things on the table. I've drawn a lot of coffee cups and water pitchers over the years. I suck at people, but I'm okay at inanimate objects.


§ ita § - Aug 10, 2010 1:51:29 pm PDT #17194 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

meara, you just haven't done the right consignment shopping. Kat took me way back when, and I scored some nifty stuff. My main interview suit apparently belonged to Mrs. Magic Jordan.


Jesse - Aug 10, 2010 1:52:08 pm PDT #17195 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I get paranoid about that, but can't stop making stars and spirals in the margins regardless.


Atropa - Aug 10, 2010 1:52:32 pm PDT #17196 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

meara, you just haven't done the right consignment shopping.

I swear, I am going to give all of you L.A. and SF peeps my phone number, wishlist, and shoe size, and have you call or text me if you find anything good.


Atropa - Aug 10, 2010 1:53:24 pm PDT #17197 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I worry about that, too, but it doesn't stop me from sketching outfit designs while I'm listening.


§ ita § - Aug 10, 2010 1:56:22 pm PDT #17198 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've drawn a lot of coffee cups and water pitchers over the years.

All we have on the table are conference call phones. I have done some heavily modified pictures of attendees. I hope to never get busted on that.


Anne W. - Aug 10, 2010 1:56:59 pm PDT #17199 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I assume they're like me and need a controlled distraction so they have at least a hope of paying some degree of attention to the speaker.


Amy - Aug 10, 2010 1:57:00 pm PDT #17200 of 30001
Because books.

If you see someone drawing in a meeting, do you think they're not paying attention, even if they look up most of the time and make a lot of eye contact with the speakers?

I draw stars, crescent moons, the back of elephants, and then these weird freeform blobs that I fill with little boxes and circles.


Spidra Webster - Aug 10, 2010 1:57:01 pm PDT #17201 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Zenkitty, I got the "current styles" thing, too. What poppycock! If I were interested in current styles, I'd shop at Ross.

Let's see...they're picky about what clothes they'll buy second-hand, they have jacked up the prices of what THEY sell...I'm guessing the hard core of second-hand shoppers are going elsewhere. I wish I'd had more ability to sell my clothes online before I moved. I had to keep the house in showroom shape which made me more loathe to conduct piecemeal Craig's List transactions. I ended up giving away loads! Jilli, do you sell via Craig's List or etsy or what?


-t - Aug 10, 2010 2:00:14 pm PDT #17202 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My main interview suit apparently belonged to Mrs. Magic Jordan.

Wait, what?