you know, we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy
I like the way this lady thinks. Cribbed from the original post on corsetry.
feryl_child is dying to try absinthe, but the illegality of it unnerves her. I can only repeat what I've said in the past: the Absinthe Buyer's Guide sells absinthe, and Americans can buy it legally. Absinthe can be purchased overseas and shipped here, it just cannot be bought from dealers on American soil.
That's an important distinction, there.
Just for the record? Even cheap, real absinthe is good stuph--it's just that, if you go upwards from the cheap-cheap, it gets harder to drink the cheap stuph. :) And several folks around the US make their own absinthe, so if you can track down one of them, that handily dodges around the ban on buying it, too.
So this was an interesting evening...found out today that the WonderTwins were taking off, after overhearing (overhearing, btw, not that hard--the phone they're using to call out on is right next to the computer) a conversation wherein they mentioned that--having acquired the apartment--they have to delay moving in and initial deposit payment for two weeks. Why two weeks? Well, that's partially our fault--see, the cousin put her foot down and said, fine, you're still here by the first of July, you pony up rent, you freeloaders. And they hemmed and hawed and begged for a five-day extension, to see if they would get into the apartment. And nobody called by the fifth. So the cousin said, okay, kids, pony up or sit down and convince EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US why you shouldn't have to pay rent when every other person in this house contributes something to the running and upkeep.
So they paid up, and then got the call yesterday that they had, in fact, gotten the apartment. Karma's such a bitch. :)
But, this means we're stuck with them for two more weeks. Only not, because they're gone this weekend. Which apparently meant the cousin, La Roommate and Mike went out drinking, to...celebrate? To something, anyway. And they didn't get home until eleven-thirty. What makes that all the more rich in irony goodness is that they're constantly bitching to us that the WonderTwins jaunting about and declaring "fend nights" (wherein every housemate is on their own for dinner, rather than making one communal meal) two or three times a week has been unregenerate HELL on everyone's finances.
And we agree. Which is why we were both amused and irked that they'd gone off and done the same damn thing to US.
So it was an interesting evening of humor and sniping. I had potato salad and soylami sandwiches for supper, on lovely hard sourdough rolls, and it turned out that was not too bad. Cat glomped onto the computer and was able to answer emails. Today's returns included a woman on dialysis who wants to be Cat's live-in sub (we both decided she would probably be way too much work) and a man in France willing to relocate to the US because he hates his wife. Hrm.
(It's interesting--she put an ad up seeking a live-in slave IN THE AREA, and so far, ONE person has written back from Oregon. Everyone else who's chimed in has been from France, England, Germany, Japan, and Morocco, of all places. Who are these idiots who can't read??)
Check it out--Carolina Bittencourt, front of the teensy little two-piece...
Brazilian model Carolina Bittencourt presents a Sais creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (June 29, 2005)
...and the back. Whee!
What? I am not a sexist pig, you take that back!
Brazilian model Carolina Bittencourt presents a Sais creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (June 29, 2005)
Oh, for--now look: if you're going to pull the whole martyr bit, you have to use actual thorns. Or barbed wire. Something with a sharp functional point. In a pinch, needles.
Pick-up Sticks...that's just...tacky.
A model presents a Lino Villaventura creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (July 02, 2005)
Aren't you supposed to shave the other ones off before you paint on the fake ones? Am I hopelessly behind the times again?
A model presents a Gloria Coelho creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday, July 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (July 03, 2005)
Yep. That's a darn good mosquito outfit. She's got the hint of wings along the back, and the nice long curving proboscis in front, and a complete grasp of the mind-boggling insanity of everything.
Yes. You win best mosquito, model-girl. Now go suck some blood like a good little parasite, and don't get too much sun.
A model presents a Jefferson Kulig creation during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brazil, Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) (July 04, 2005)
See, here's a copycat mosquito-model-girl, complete with victims fore and aft drained of all blood. And quite happy about it, too. I suppose no good thing can be kept quiet forever...
...wait, this isn't a good thing. Proboscis Girl must pay for starting this trend! Where is she? Damn it!
A model presents a Jefferson Kulig creation during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brazil, Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) (July 04, 2005)
feryl_child is dying to try absinthe, but the illegality of it unnerves her. I can only repeat what I've said in the past: the Absinthe Buyer's Guide sells absinthe, and Americans can buy it legally. Absinthe can be purchased overseas and shipped here, it just cannot be bought from dealers on American soil.
That's an important distinction, there.
Just for the record? Even cheap, real absinthe is good stuph--it's just that, if you go upwards from the cheap-cheap, it gets harder to drink the cheap stuph. :) And several folks around the US make their own absinthe, so if you can track down one of them, that handily dodges around the ban on buying it, too.
So this was an interesting evening...found out today that the WonderTwins were taking off, after overhearing (overhearing, btw, not that hard--the phone they're using to call out on is right next to the computer) a conversation wherein they mentioned that--having acquired the apartment--they have to delay moving in and initial deposit payment for two weeks. Why two weeks? Well, that's partially our fault--see, the cousin put her foot down and said, fine, you're still here by the first of July, you pony up rent, you freeloaders. And they hemmed and hawed and begged for a five-day extension, to see if they would get into the apartment. And nobody called by the fifth. So the cousin said, okay, kids, pony up or sit down and convince EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US why you shouldn't have to pay rent when every other person in this house contributes something to the running and upkeep.
So they paid up, and then got the call yesterday that they had, in fact, gotten the apartment. Karma's such a bitch. :)
But, this means we're stuck with them for two more weeks. Only not, because they're gone this weekend. Which apparently meant the cousin, La Roommate and Mike went out drinking, to...celebrate? To something, anyway. And they didn't get home until eleven-thirty. What makes that all the more rich in irony goodness is that they're constantly bitching to us that the WonderTwins jaunting about and declaring "fend nights" (wherein every housemate is on their own for dinner, rather than making one communal meal) two or three times a week has been unregenerate HELL on everyone's finances.
And we agree. Which is why we were both amused and irked that they'd gone off and done the same damn thing to US.
So it was an interesting evening of humor and sniping. I had potato salad and soylami sandwiches for supper, on lovely hard sourdough rolls, and it turned out that was not too bad. Cat glomped onto the computer and was able to answer emails. Today's returns included a woman on dialysis who wants to be Cat's live-in sub (we both decided she would probably be way too much work) and a man in France willing to relocate to the US because he hates his wife. Hrm.
(It's interesting--she put an ad up seeking a live-in slave IN THE AREA, and so far, ONE person has written back from Oregon. Everyone else who's chimed in has been from France, England, Germany, Japan, and Morocco, of all places. Who are these idiots who can't read??)
Check it out--Carolina Bittencourt, front of the teensy little two-piece...
Brazilian model Carolina Bittencourt presents a Sais creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (June 29, 2005)
...and the back. Whee!
What? I am not a sexist pig, you take that back!
Brazilian model Carolina Bittencourt presents a Sais creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (June 29, 2005)
Oh, for--now look: if you're going to pull the whole martyr bit, you have to use actual thorns. Or barbed wire. Something with a sharp functional point. In a pinch, needles.
Pick-up Sticks...that's just...tacky.
A model presents a Lino Villaventura creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (July 02, 2005)
Aren't you supposed to shave the other ones off before you paint on the fake ones? Am I hopelessly behind the times again?
A model presents a Gloria Coelho creation at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday, July 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) (July 03, 2005)
Yep. That's a darn good mosquito outfit. She's got the hint of wings along the back, and the nice long curving proboscis in front, and a complete grasp of the mind-boggling insanity of everything.
Yes. You win best mosquito, model-girl. Now go suck some blood like a good little parasite, and don't get too much sun.
A model presents a Jefferson Kulig creation during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brazil, Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) (July 04, 2005)
See, here's a copycat mosquito-model-girl, complete with victims fore and aft drained of all blood. And quite happy about it, too. I suppose no good thing can be kept quiet forever...
...wait, this isn't a good thing. Proboscis Girl must pay for starting this trend! Where is she? Damn it!
A model presents a Jefferson Kulig creation during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Brazil, Monday, July 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) (July 04, 2005)