Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.

Willow ,'Storyteller'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

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


Burrell - Nov 08, 2010 4:55:17 pm PST #4303 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I'm so sorry, Anne.


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2010 4:57:18 pm PST #4304 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I woke up in the dark last week. I'm okay with that. Losing light before it's even time to go home--I can't use any of the day! Bah!


sarameg - Nov 08, 2010 5:15:45 pm PST #4305 of 30001

I had a weird, complimentary interaction this evening. I often assume people who see me in the pool only wouldn't recognize me in my pre-pool state. Hell, my own next door neighbor doesn't, but then, maybe that is the lack of glasses. Anyway, as I was going in to the Y, there was this guy with his kid ahead of me. He double takes, and then ask if I'm the woman who "swims forever. In the pink suit." Uh, yes? He pokes his kid and says "this is that awesome lady." And then explains that he loves watching me swim, I make it look so effortless and graceful, and how I was a big inspiration to take lessons himself after seeing me while waiting on his son's lessons. And I clue in this is the guy who started getting private lessons when his kid is in group lessons on M/W.

On one hand, a little odd, on the other, kinda neat. He's improved a lot in the past few months.


Jesse - Nov 08, 2010 5:18:02 pm PST #4306 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That is so cool.


Amy - Nov 08, 2010 5:25:17 pm PST #4307 of 30001
Because books.

I hate the dark afternoons, mostly because Sara's not home till almost four, which gives her only an hour of outdoor time. Also, it feels like we should be eating dinner at 5:30.

sara, that's really sort of awesome.


sarameg - Nov 08, 2010 5:26:17 pm PST #4308 of 30001

I have to say, I kinda like the camaraderie of Y members; kinda funny and unexpected. I know the regulars at the pool, though not by name, but by pace and temp preferences. Though I'm always a little weirded out to see women I've seen nude at the market....


Spidra Webster - Nov 08, 2010 6:01:11 pm PST #4309 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

That's cool, sarameg!

I'm of two minds on this time of year. On the one hand, LA is at its most beautiful in fall. The winds blow the smog away and everything is crisp. And I definitely like fall LA temps over summer LA temps. But my depression really really doesn't like the lack of daylight.


billytea - Nov 08, 2010 6:13:19 pm PST #4310 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Though I'm always a little weirded out to see women I've seen nude at the market....

Now I'm a little weirded out by your market.


sarameg - Nov 08, 2010 6:14:03 pm PST #4311 of 30001

OK, that was punctuated/phrased wrong...


Atropa - Nov 08, 2010 6:36:46 pm PST #4312 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I may have done a snarky thing. Thanks to the miracle of Google Alerts, I am notified whenever "Gothic Charm School" is mentioned. Like, say, when a munchkin on "Emo Scene Community Forums" starts a thread titled "gothic charm school" and posts "u ppl ask questions and i answer .. ^__^"

Because then I give into temptation, make a login on that forum, and reply with "How interesting. Where are you going to get the answers? :)"