annie: I'd like to say the orcs would win because they're orcs...but bollywood is pretty hard to beat ( Read more... )

So the family came down to visit this weekend. They got in yesterday before I even got off work, but they have keys so they let themselves in no problem. I stopped at Rosslyn to pick up mom's pastries on the way home and hopped the bus back the rest of the way. Then, after putzing a bit because dad was taking a nap, we walked down most past ( Read more... )

mom: I may be will get one of each and mix it myself, leave one box here, and take one to you, that way, both get chip s and varisity ( Read more... )

this idea seems absolutely brilliant! And also kind of mindboggling what kind of weird questions kids ask, assuming the text in the graphic is representative of the kinds of questions they get.

as the brilliant sillyandmorbid muses: the other day I was thinking about what it would be like to be dating a pens player. (Conclusion: AWESOME) What if they get traded ( Read more... )

justin: yes but now he is wearing everyone's pants
nikki: what?
justin: (reference to wearing the pants in a relationship) Perhaps poorly worded. Point is he is The Penalty Killer
nikki: ooooh. oh yes, he is
nikki: i thought i'd missed some sort of good luck tradition in which all the other penguins gave him their pants.

I AM SO ANGRY!(unrelated ( Read more... )

GO PENS!

I've got a friend (also a JE fan) who is doing research on the English-speaking JE fandom and she needs your help! She's got an online survey (which is not too time consuming, because I took it and my answers were decently long sometimes) that she needs you to take.

survey link hereShe is particularly hoping to get some stories about how you got ( Read more... )

I'm sure you know (or well, if you don't, here's your introduction), but I'm generally quite the feminist. I'm not afraid to take that title, and I do think I'm fairly reasonable about things, so if ever you want to get into it, you know how to find me.
But in that light, here is an interesting essay on JE and women. I enjoyed reading through the ( Read more... )

ER worker: "why are your jeans melted to your bum?"
woman: "...i sat on the stove accidentally"

pandora tells me that i like mildly synchopated rhythms and unusual or changing time signatures ( Read more... )

which i'm sure you all realized, but. yes. not having a flist was very inconvenient. I had to check journals by hand, so to speak.

it would be great if they were like 'you have a vacation. APRIL FOOLS! HAPPY DAY OFF EVERYONE~~'

mycroftnext: i'm not used to seeing you miss that widely
anamuan: that's because we avoid team sports ( Read more... )