My Most Awesome Intern is back from her summer internship with the Dept. of the Interior. Precioussssss.
I can feel my productivity increasing a hundredfold, through no effort of my own. It's intoxicating.
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
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.
amyth - Aug 23, 2010 10:50:59 am PDT #19614 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Aims - Aug 23, 2010 10:51:07 am PDT #19615 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Route 2? Love Route 2.
bon bon - Aug 23, 2010 10:52:34 am PDT #19616 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I went to a wedding in the UP last August. Super hot, biting flies (the bride got eaten up), started late, no seats -- honestly the worst wedding ceremony ever. But the reception had a live band and open bar until 3 am, so it totally made up for it.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2010 10:53:18 am PDT #19617 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mother lied to me a lot. I think I turned out okay.
dcp - Aug 23, 2010 10:53:58 am PDT #19618 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Had a good time at Zaanse Schans yesterday and got to see a little of the countryside. Got back to the city in time to go view all of the Tall Ships that were visiting, but didn't stay for the big fireworks show. I could see it from my hotel room several miles away, though, so it must have been a huge production.
Today I toured the city on the Canal Bus system, went to the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh museum, and Vondelpark. Got rained on a little in the morning, but overall I've been very lucky with the weather for this trip.
Haven't posted any new pictures yet, but will eventually.
Amsterdam is a nice place to visit, and the public transportation is impressive. I'm certainly glad I don't have to drive here. Too many vehicles packed into too little room. Drivers seem very forebearing here, I've only heard one horn blast, and that was from a lady who had been blocked out of her driveway by a tour bus.
Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2010 11:00:47 am PDT #19619 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Wrong thread, ita?
Are there any TV shows that people are looking forward to this fall? The only thing that vaguely catches my interest is Undercovers.
Amy - Aug 23, 2010 11:03:03 am PDT #19620 of 30001
Because books.
Wrong thread, ita?
I think she was talking about the lying mom in the commercial. Which didn't really ping me as a big deal, either, to be honest.
megan walker - Aug 23, 2010 11:03:52 am PDT #19621 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Except for the whole mother going out in her daughter's clothes, which I found weird and lame.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2010 11:09:39 am PDT #19622 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think she was talking about the lying mom in the commercial.
Yup.
My mother and I have approximately never been the same size, so I can't even imagine. Although I would steal her clothes, she would pretty much never wear my styles.
megan walker - Aug 23, 2010 11:13:01 am PDT #19623 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sometimes my work is unintentionally hilarious. I'm currently reading a teaching article that manages to recast all the "problem" characteristics with millennial students/employees as postive attributes. So the fact that they avoid reading anything of length becomes "the younger hire today has become more and more attuned to brevity in writing" and "helicopter parent" becomes "in order to honor the connection that [millennials] and their parents have...".