Jane Austen Smackdown

[sallytuppence]

In my office at work, I have action figures. You can probably guess what kinds.

One is a Jane Austen action figure, sent to me by stephanieburgis and psamphire. A couple of days ago, my Jane went up against the secretary's Mark Twain at the front desk. Yesterday I came in and the secretary's Jane Austen was stabbing my Jane in the neck with a quill pen. This

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[sallytuppence]

Ooh, I have Leggy and Gimli, too, and Boromir. And a Black Rider.

Theo has an Aragorn, which I've been plotting for a while to steal.

[michaeljasper]

Head tentacles! We need pictures!

I'd love to get rid of our TV, but Drew would go into Thomas the Tank Engine withdrawal (and I would go into Tar Heel basketball DTs). Good for the Prineii!

You are having way too much fun at work.

[sallytuppence]

You don't need pictures; they'd only scare the young 'uns.

Work's fun! Just found out one of my scholarship applicants is a finalist for a major international scholarship, so I'm happy dancing!!

[surely_i_jest]

sarahprineas.com was registered by somebody through adoptadomain.net, which looks incredibly sleazy (you can "backorder" a URL, and when it comes available, if there are multiple backorders, they auction the name off--plus their whois lookup isn't available).

I think the Nielsens even want information on people without TVs. Just so they can really say, you know, 20% of all Americans watched this show!

[sallytuppence]

Good to know about the Nielsens! Must go dig into recycling bin...

Hey, we got two (!!) Churchill interviews this year! James Ankrum (engineering) and Adam H from physics. Woo! You helped set that up, y'know, so thanks!!

And thatnks for the info about adoptadomain. I'd like to have sarahprineas.com, but I sure as heck won't pay a lot for it.

[silk_noir]

Gad, how does one get to be a Nielsen family? We'd so screw with the marketing....

Sarah--head tentacles? What the hell you got going on there, sister, dreads?

[sallytuppence]

Gad, how does one get to be a Nielsen family?

My guess: Living in Iowa (or one of the other big flat midwestern/plains state like, maybe Kansas). Two point two children (Maud, Theo, plus two cats).

No, not dreads. It had just been a very long time since my last tentacle-cut.

[bondgwendabond]

We will take up a collection to buy you a TV and program it to watch Veronica Mars (and any other shows in danger of cancellation!). :)

[sallytuppence]

So I hear all these good things about Veronica Mars! Maybe I should Netflix it one of these days. I just don't have any time to watch, and have trouble paying attention when I do.

[bondgwendabond]

As long as your Neilsen monitor is turned on, it doesn't matter!