nudges Erin toward Movies where the collective geekgasm is
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Feb 29, 2012 9:13:59 am PST #24376 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sumi - Feb 29, 2012 9:16:56 am PST #24377 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, let's grab some popcorn and go see that movie!
Steph L. - Feb 29, 2012 9:32:22 am PST #24378 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Skipped and skimmed to say I just had a quivering, slack-jawed geekgasm over the new Avenger's trailer, which is made of deep-fried awesome.
Bah, can't watch it until after work. And the gym. Boo.
Amy - Feb 29, 2012 9:39:54 am PST #24379 of 30001
Because books.
Yikes. Apparently when it comes to B12 and iron, I ain't got none. No wonder I have, like, zero energy.
I also get to see a GI in today's game of Doctor's Office Rewards. And I got my first B12 shot already, wheeee.
Kat - Feb 29, 2012 9:45:14 am PST #24380 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have 5 boxes of girl scout cookies at my desk. It's my way of saying FU Religious Right! Also, Thin Mints!
Atropa - Feb 29, 2012 9:47:59 am PST #24381 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I *just* realized that the gluten-free thing means NO THIN MINTS for me. Excuse me, I have to go weep.
bon bon - Feb 29, 2012 10:13:10 am PST #24382 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't remember what ita was talking about. Was it about common psychological/logical fallacies?
§ ita § - Feb 29, 2012 10:28:43 am PST #24383 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was it about common psychological/logical fallacies?
YES. That one. You know the one. Help a sister out...
sumi - Feb 29, 2012 10:31:53 am PST #24384 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Jilli - surely there is a "thin mints" clause. . . and if not - you should totally make one.
I mean - it has mint which is good for your digestion. . .right?
Kate P. - Feb 29, 2012 10:43:17 am PST #24385 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I had never heard of the Melungeons until Hec mentioned them here yesterday, and then today I got a publicist emailing me to pitch a book about the Melungeons! (The book is Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree by Lisa Alther, coming out next month, if anyone's interested.)
I went on a reading binge many years back of Bury Me Standing, After Such Knowledge What Forgiveness? (Kurds), Drinking the Sea at Gaza, Me Against My Brother (Somalia) and of course, a reread of my library of books on the former Yugoslavia (too long to list) capped off with A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. Probably all in a year. Oh, and Blackhawk down and the Black Tulip.
Ha, this sounds very similar to my DH's to-be-read pile. Riots, mass violence, and genocide are kinda his thing, academically speaking. I wonder how many of those he's read?
In Main Street, the main character is considering becoming a librarian, and thinks about how she'd get to introduce people to the whole world of knowledge they can find in books, but then decides that, no, the reality of being a librarian is probably just dealing with kids looking for the latest Elsie book.
That cracks me up, having experienced the modern-day equivalent!
ION, I finally broke down a half hour ago and just heated up a frozen lasagna because it was POURING and I didn't want to get soaked on my way out for lunch. And now the rain has stopped and the sun has come out and I wish I could un-eat my lasagna and go out for the much tastier lunch I had planned. Oh well.