Kat, I've been spreading the word via my email list. I hope to get some more votes for you.
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Cashmere - Sep 16, 2010 6:57:20 am PDT #24169 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
lisah - Sep 16, 2010 6:59:28 am PDT #24170 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I'm kind of losing my shit right now. Doctor shot and in critical condition.
amych - Sep 16, 2010 6:59:38 am PDT #24171 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My only explanation is that they bugged our living room.
All college alumni associations "work for the state department". Seriously.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2010 7:00:51 am PDT #24172 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.
Doctor shot and in critical condition.
Yikes!
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2010 7:01:39 am PDT #24173 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Shit, Lisa.
So I'm kinda fucked for this Saturday. I can't work out what to do.
JZ - Sep 16, 2010 7:04:04 am PDT #24174 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Grammar/copyediting hivemind assistance requested:
Letter from big boss starts out thus:
I am pleased and committed to continuing as scientific advisor to Dr. Name during her Research Development Award.
Grammatically it should be "pleased to continue" and "committed to continuing," but that would make for one very long and clunky sentence. I've been rewriting it in my head multiple ways and have yet to hit on something concise and elegant; my brain is clearly stuck and needs a jump-start from someone else's brain. The best I've come up with is
I am pleased to commit to continuing as scientific advisor...
which feels okay but not great. Help, please?
(And the more I look at it, the more puzzling it gets; I know it's "pleased to continue" and "committed to continuing," but I don't know why.)
JZ - Sep 16, 2010 7:06:18 am PDT #24175 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And, shit, lisah, you posted while I was writing. All possible vibes going to everyone there, and to all the locals like you who are not there but are waiting and worrying.
Amy - Sep 16, 2010 7:06:25 am PDT #24176 of 30001
Because books.
Yikes, lisah. What the hell happened?
ita, is it too late to claim a previous thing for Saturday? Like a baby shower or something?
JZ, how about:
I'm pleased to announce that I have committed to continuing ...
Ginger - Sep 16, 2010 7:07:40 am PDT #24177 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am pleased and committed to continuing as scientific advisor to Dr. Name during her Research Development Award.
I am pleased to be scientific adviser to Dr. Name and am committed to continue that relationship during her Research Development Award. (?)
Vortex - Sep 16, 2010 7:09:22 am PDT #24178 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I am pleased to commit to continuing as scientific advisor...
which feels okay but not great. Help, please?
I don't think that says the same thing. I think that they are using committed in the sense of being dedicated, not in the sense of agreeing to.