"wow, homosexuality didn't find its way into print until 1892? christ. what about all the ancient greeks and romans and all their many queer liaisons? all those trysts were never recorded, or spoken of in romantic poetry?"
I interpreted that as the actual word homosexual wasn't put into print until then... but that could just be me.
We've two dog, and one is so fat he'd probably break both the straps and your back. The other, my mom's dog, is one of those vicious Jack Russel Terriers which, upon seeing any other dog, immediately lunge for the throat. It's hard enough when he's on a leash, think how fun that would be if he were hanging down by my hip.
Eek! Someone sent me that yesterday... it's seriously creepy, eh? They've also got a site on livejournal and another on blogger (I haven't got links to either, but I think they've got them on the site), one of a girl who worked in the house and another of the guy who the emails are being sent to going to invesigate it. It took me a while to figure out it wasn't real.
meredithea- I've always assumed it was that actors are incredible superstitious... about as much as sports players, I'd say. ;)
Your theatre ghost sounds like the phantom of the opera!
Eeek, these are scary! It's not even dark out, but I'm still jumpy. This thread's fallen off the sidebar, but it's so appropriate for today, I hope it's okay that I've revived it?
Our school theatre is supposedly haunted. Rumor says she fell off of the balcony in a production of Romeo and Juliet, but there's no proof of it, so we doubt it's true. But during our fall play, I was ushering and I always helped put up the seats after the performances. There was one seat, towards the back, that would never go up no matter how many times I tried to make it. The seats are new, so though it's possible, it's unlikely that it would be broken. After we left, the lights would be turned off and no one else would go into the theatre. Yet, when we would do a before-show sweep, even when I gave up trying to put up that seat the night before, it would be up the next day.
Also, one Saturday, my friend and I were exploring the basement, where the prop and costume rooms are. Supposedly, the ghost lives in those rooms. The basement has a hallway with doors on one side. We walked down the hallway, trying all the doorknobs to see if we could get into the prop or costume rooms so that we could see them, because we never had. They were locked. We reached the end of the hallway and turned back, trying the knobs again on the way back, just 'cause we felt like it. Only this time, the door to the costume room opened. We stepped in, but were overwhelmed by a super-creepy feeling and ran away as fast as we could.
(eek. sorry that this post ended up so long.)
I'mm descended from Charlemagne. But I doubt that counts. Lessee...
My friend's friend went to college with Jennifer Laura Thompson, who's currently on Broadway in the play 'Wicked.' And... that's about it.
Oh, when I was, like, 6, Bill Clinton sent me a picture of his dog and cat. Yep.
Ooh, I love that movie. But doesn't it sort of... defeat the purpose if they know they're being filmed? Because when you know a camera's watching you, you just can't help sort of hamming it up. And surely the network will have to interfere some when it gets boring?
I think the funny part is that they made the same typo (at least) twice. That seems like the sort of thing one would catch pretty quickly, too, especially since it's in the title.
Well, I'm tempted to say that's what he gets for not doing something to stop them from breeding... but really, that would be awful.
Is "he was embarrassed enough" really legal grounds to withhold someone's name? I'm going to have to remember that...
I heard about this yesterday. How exciting! Maybe if it blows big enough we'll get a day off. My religion teacher was talking about how last time it exploded, there was so much ash even here in Portland all the teachers and students wore masks to school.
Ooh, I haven't checked in days, I can't believe I almost missed this topic.
Wicked and Les Miserables are definitely my favourites, definitely, but I like Hairspray awfully, too. I saw Oliver! on Wednesday, and it was good, though, also.
Ooh, Into the Woods and Fiddler also. We did those at school. Ha. That was interesting, to say the least.
This is funny. We often spend time looking at the pictures of the graduates that they've put up on the halls in the stairways of my high school. It's interesting, because you can see exactly when they stopped getting a plain headshot and when they started getting fancy senior pictures. Is it surprising that nearly all of the plain ones look best?
naxosaxur: from what I've heard, may people think the new Wizard is even better... and the new Galinda (from the audio clip I heard) sound exactly the same.
"wow, homosexuality didn't find its way into print until 1892? christ. what about all the ancient greeks and romans and all their many queer liaisons? all those trysts were never recorded, or spoken of in romantic poetry?" I interpreted that as the actual word homosexual wasn't put into print until then... but that could just be me.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Behold, the Puppy Purse."
We've two dog, and one is so fat he'd probably break both the straps and your back. The other, my mom's dog, is one of those vicious Jack Russel Terriers which, upon seeing any other dog, immediately lunge for the throat. It's hard enough when he's on a leash, think how fun that would be if he were hanging down by my hip.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "The Dionaea House"
Eek! Someone sent me that yesterday... it's seriously creepy, eh? They've also got a site on livejournal and another on blogger (I haven't got links to either, but I think they've got them on the site), one of a girl who worked in the house and another of the guy who the emails are being sent to going to invesigate it. It took me a while to figure out it wasn't real.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Curious George: True Stories of the Supernatural and Scary!"
meredithea- I've always assumed it was that actors are incredible superstitious... about as much as sports players, I'd say. ;) Your theatre ghost sounds like the phantom of the opera!
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
Eeek, these are scary! It's not even dark out, but I'm still jumpy. This thread's fallen off the sidebar, but it's so appropriate for today, I hope it's okay that I've revived it? Our school theatre is supposedly haunted. Rumor says she fell off of the balcony in a production of Romeo and Juliet, but there's no proof of it, so we doubt it's true. But during our fall play, I was ushering and I always helped put up the seats after the performances. There was one seat, towards the back, that would never go up no matter how many times I tried to make it. The seats are new, so though it's possible, it's unlikely that it would be broken. After we left, the lights would be turned off and no one else would go into the theatre. Yet, when we would do a before-show sweep, even when I gave up trying to put up that seat the night before, it would be up the next day. Also, one Saturday, my friend and I were exploring the basement, where the prop and costume rooms are. Supposedly, the ghost lives in those rooms. The basement has a hallway with doors on one side. We walked down the hallway, trying all the doorknobs to see if we could get into the prop or costume rooms so that we could see them, because we never had. They were locked. We reached the end of the hallway and turned back, trying the knobs again on the way back, just 'cause we felt like it. Only this time, the door to the costume room opened. We stepped in, but were overwhelmed by a super-creepy feeling and ran away as fast as we could. (eek. sorry that this post ended up so long.)
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Claim to Fame"
I'mm descended from Charlemagne. But I doubt that counts. Lessee... My friend's friend went to college with Jennifer Laura Thompson, who's currently on Broadway in the play 'Wicked.' And... that's about it. Oh, when I was, like, 6, Bill Clinton sent me a picture of his dog and cat. Yep.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "The Real Truman Show"
Ooh, I love that movie. But doesn't it sort of... defeat the purpose if they know they're being filmed? Because when you know a camera's watching you, you just can't help sort of hamming it up. And surely the network will have to interfere some when it gets boring?
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Translation: Error!"
I think the funny part is that they made the same typo (at least) twice. That seems like the sort of thing one would catch pretty quickly, too, especially since it's in the title.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Friday Flash!"
Aack, that was hard. I found it was best to just wait until he paused beneath you, then drop it.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Man run out of his house by rabbits."
Well, I'm tempted to say that's what he gets for not doing something to stop them from breeding... but really, that would be awful. Is "he was embarrassed enough" really legal grounds to withhold someone's name? I'm going to have to remember that...
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "NaNoMoWriMoNoMoJoJoJo"
I've been waiting for a thread about this... I'm trying for the first time this year. I'm already scared.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Mike's Amazing Cakes"
Those're incredible! If I had a cake that pretty, I wouldn't want to eat it...
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Mount St. Helens is restless"
I heard about this yesterday. How exciting! Maybe if it blows big enough we'll get a day off. My religion teacher was talking about how last time it exploded, there was so much ash even here in Portland all the teachers and students wore masks to school.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Mellifluous George"
Ooh, I haven't checked in days, I can't believe I almost missed this topic. Wicked and Les Miserables are definitely my favourites, definitely, but I like Hairspray awfully, too. I saw Oliver! on Wednesday, and it was good, though, also. Ooh, Into the Woods and Fiddler also. We did those at school. Ha. That was interesting, to say the least.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "A gallery of sexually modified stuffed animals"
That's NOT right.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Planet Dan's Senior Photo Collection, Vol. 1"
This is funny. We often spend time looking at the pictures of the graduates that they've put up on the halls in the stairways of my high school. It's interesting, because you can see exactly when they stopped getting a plain headshot and when they started getting fancy senior pictures. Is it surprising that nearly all of the plain ones look best?
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Fraud Frond"
It seems just a tad wasteful. Good roadtrip game, though.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Let's be friends!"
The hedgehog is eating the poor kitty's fur.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Wicked, the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West."
naxosaxur: from what I've heard, may people think the new Wizard is even better... and the new Galinda (from the audio clip I heard) sound exactly the same.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
In "Furry hopping shark found in Germany."
I'm rather disappointed that there isn't a picture.
posted by Fabala 19 years ago
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