Comments | byelka58: Portrait of the Artist as Reflected in Portraits of Other People; Books 5

byelka58

Portrait of the Artist as Reflected in Portraits of Other People; Books 5 - 11.

Mar 30, 2008 21:38

In my life, the way I live it, I don't come into contact with new people very often. That's partly a collateral effect of how I choose to behave, and partly the direct goal. But no man is an island - try though he may - and so even I do occasionally encounter people I don't already know. I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to two of them ( Read more... )

television, attractive brunettes, books, that guy, i am bad at things

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I AM A KILLER WHALE OF AWKWARD. HERE ME SING: EEOOOOOOOOOOO. gabbiana March 31 2008, 03:51:32 UTC

"like… a performing killer whale. Of awkward." His name is also Butters ( ... )

THEY'RE SEAMS TWO BEE A MISTEAK. byelka58 March 31 2008, 22:27:51 UTC

There are at least 4 new episodes (the ones that have already run), and reason suggests more will follow. I would tell you the schedule if I knew it.

I finally figured out how to enjoy "Futurama," I think: don't expect it to be funny. It's clever, and sometimes very sad, but I was screwing it up by assuming that all the parts that strike me as awkward are meant to be hilarious. Once I decided it might be awkward on purpose I was more accepting.

Leela kind of sucks, but so does Fry, so it's possible they'll be quite happy together. (If the episode where Leela gets stung by a space bee has not convinced you they should try, you have no heart.) And as a longtime watcher of "The X-Files," I know the distinction you're drawing and I'm still mad about it. Or would be. Had they not oozed conspiratorial alien eye goo all over my good will.

Dude in my office commented that Madonna appears to be planning a remake of Casablanca, and when I said I'd be more worried if I'd ever seen it, he frrrrreaked. I'm sorry Madonna is spoiling ( ... )

FAWK. gabbiana April 1 2008, 00:44:41 UTC

Okay, so it was late. Please don't hold it against me.

(It... kinda works? If I were Cookie Monster? A Cookie Monster-type killer whale of awkward?)

prettymusic March 31 2008, 13:20:10 UTC

Thank you very much for making my rainy Monday morning in class much brighter with your humor ( ... )

P.S. prettymusic March 31 2008, 13:22:06 UTC

Also, my friend wrote this little gem of a German "fairy tale." I only read the translation that he also posted, but you might enjoy it in the original German ( ... )

byelka58 March 31 2008, 22:44:28 UTC

He's so polite! I like a man who, when staging an intervention for a stranger he intends to marry later, is careful to use "Sie".

In honor of the dude in my office, I will refrain from any grammatical-type comments, and simply praise the sentence: "[Paris Hilton] wanted to ruin somebody's life, because she was rich and unhappy." I like when my villain has that touch of backstory.

gabbiana March 31 2008, 22:58:49 UTC

Babelfish says:

It was once a small, bad princess, who was called Paris Hilton. It wanted to ruin the life of someone, because it was rich and unfortunate. It picked a beautiful actress, who was called Lindsay Lohan. When Lindsay had terminated a straight film, Paris, "I said is your Gottmutterfee. You are large and ugly. Take this magic, white powder." Lindsay took the powder and schnupfte it. Then Lindsay the powder schnupfte each day, and she became soon very ill and too small. Although it was in former times not ugly, it was now ugly! A daily came a courageous student, who was called Chaldekas matte, to Lindsays house, and stood under its window. He said, "Lindsay, you was in former times beautiful, when you were in Mean Girls. Now you became ugly small and. Paris Hilton and the white powder are the reasons. Come with me, if you want to live!" When Lindsay heard these words, she loved him immediately. She threw the powder away, and went with matte to new Orleans. They lived lucky and had many children.

Yes. Of course.

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I like to make lists of comments that don't really have anything to do with your post. stalkyoulater March 31 2008, 13:35:53 UTC

Ok maybe a little these comments do.

1)Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is coming to Shakespeare Tavern May 9-June 1.

2)Have you ever seen Torchwood? I have caught a glimpse of it here and there but I really should watch the first season. It is a spin-off of Dr. Who.

3)I saw Avenue Q both in NY and yesterday at the Fox. I have come to terms with Ticketmaster because they hold the tickets and I want the tickets and I can't just print barcodes (yet).

4)I have TIVO at my new apartment. It would like to meet you and so would the very needy cat that is gracious enough to allow me to sit on my own couch.

5) You read a lot of books.

6) How is it going?

byelka58 March 31 2008, 22:52:06 UTC

I never turned down a comment in my life.

1) Yes, and I will be there. Are you coming?

2) No; I don't get BBC America, which is the only place I've seen it running. Also, I'm not sure how I feel about venturing any further into live-action television. Cartoons and nonfiction stuff is where it's at for me.

3) Aye, that's the rub. Incidentally, you are among the people I thought of calling when it occured to me that turning it into a real social occasion would help to justify the price. I didn't call anyone, though.

4) Kitty! I support that idea in general, but we both know I will never take steps to bring it about. Why? Telephones, that's why. (This weekend: taxes. Next weekend: Philadelphia?)

5) Beats workin'.

6) I was recently hired, meaning I now get a salary rather than hourly pay - I'm thinking that means I'll be working much closer to 40 hours a week now, because the incentive to overproduce has been utterly eliminated. But tomorrow is a staff birthday party, which means free lunch and also cake. Overall (and ( ... )

la_zumo April 1 2008, 00:43:19 UTC

Evan's read A Clockwork Orange and I've only seen the movie. Can't say I'm terribly interesting in reading the book. Not into the rape-y.

I'm terribly sorry you had to come into contact with unknowns, especially that hygienist. Serious, WTF? I would have stood up and left. As for your cell mate, a constant policy of silence should break him, or at least that's been my experience with that type. I suggest an ipod with big noise-canceling headphones to just make the point even clearer.

byelka58 April 3 2008, 22:39:32 UTC

I tried with the silence for a while, but once I had him pegged as me (10 years ago), I realized that feeling insecure and unwanted was only going to make him worse. I've since shifted to a policy of limited engagement in the hopes of convincing him he has nothing to prove and can therefore SHUT IT.

I can hear his voice in my head at this very moment comparing the prices of high-speed internet access here and in Europe. GAHHHHHHHHHHHH.