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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 17:54:15 GMT -5
Sue said in the last Part, "Fortunately my daughters attend an a magnet school which is incredibly diverse, so they get to interact with a wide variety of races, cultures and religions. "
San Jose, CA is also 'incredibly diverse' and when I go on vacations to places where diversity is less, I sometimes get a minor wiggins because it isn't like home. (Also, the lack of restaurant diversity isn't what I'm used to either.)
In contrast, years ago I went to a party at a friend's house and a new couple attended. The wife said they had moved from back east. She said she had walked into a Chinese restaurant and was intimidated because nearly everyone there was asian. Some of the rest of us were giggling behind our hands because if we had walked into a Chinese restaurant with a lot of asians in it, our only thought would have been, "Oh, boy, I'll bet the food is great!" Such totally different viewpoints based on what you're used to.
My son is half asian and half caucasian and *I* think he qualifies as gorgeous (there might be a bit of partiality hidden there somewhere.) Luckily he got the caucasian height.
So now we need a picture gallery for S'cubies and family and friends...
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 17:55:26 GMT -5
David, that was beautiful. Sniff...
Anne Davis
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 17:56:32 GMT -5
//Emily decided that in her universe, the werewolf would change back to human as the moon was eclipsed, then back again. She also said something about blood exchanges and mutant DNA; I think she's creating her own mythos, independent of tradition. That's my girl. //
Nothing wrong with starting your own mythology. All the great monster writers, from Anne Rice to Joss Whedon, borrowed from those who came before, and when they had holes, they made it all up.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 17:58:21 GMT -5
Welcome back- truly- I am glad you are ok!
my heart is racing after reading your tale-
Have a Perrier, a coke, a cookie and set your feet up and post-
good for the soul
honestly- I am so glad yu are ok-
ellie ja
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 17:59:56 GMT -5
//Three hours later I still have no freaking idea why I?m still alive. //
Sounds like Death had your number, big time. Glad to see you lived to tell about it.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:01:13 GMT -5
I like it! But, remember, Dave...how can all those Catholic priests talk about God and sin one minute, and the next be molesting some innocent child? I say this and I was born Catholic! I am a reformed one now. Ministers are people too, you know! They have lives. They walk, they talk, they quote Buffy-verse. That's not a bad thing!!
Betsy Buckmaster
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:02:26 GMT -5
I think the light of the full moon makes wolfbane bloom and that has something to do with getting furry.At least according to Maria Ouspenskia (sp.?), and gypsies know their werewolves: Even a man who's pure of heart and says his prayers at night can turn into a wolf when the moon is full, and the wolfbane blooms, ...'(I misquote, but oh well.)
Edited By Rusty Goode at 5/16/2003 12:04:00 AM.
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:03:26 GMT -5
Wow, man!!! I think you had an Angel on your shoulder today, buddy!!! Take a deep breath, maybe some booze, and fall asleep in front of the tv. P.S... it must not have been your time yet or you wouldn't be posting now!
Betsy Buckmaster
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:04:16 GMT -5
Thanks, Nan, Sue and David for answering my question. I feared Word formatting would not copy well onto this site so I did not bother trying to do it first and just asked. (I am so slack! And I've lapsed back into the parentheses habit. Oh well! All good habits must come to an end. Sigh. I should count my blessings: no-one has commented on the exclamation marks! (Hee Hee!))
I AM in a silly mood. Back a long time from now when I have finished doing my long, imperfectly formatted post. See ya.
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:05:19 GMT -5
Alexandra wrote-
//because if we had walked into a Chinese restaurant with a lot of asians in it, our only thought would have been, "Oh, boy, I'll bet the food is great!" Such totally different viewpoints based on what you're used to.//
LOL b/c tht is exactly what I would have thought...
Has your family seen Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon yet?
wonderful film- my family loves movies and the past few years have been bountiful in terms of diversity both from abroad and getting better at that in Hollywood and Indie features...
ellie
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:06:48 GMT -5
//At least according to Maria Ouspenskia (sp.?), and gypsies know their werewolves: 'When the moon is full, and the wolfbane blooms...' //
Wonder how that carries over to Buffy-lore and the fact that a werewolf is a wolf three days and not just one.
WILLOW: Hey.
OZ: Hey.
WILLOW: Did you want to go first?
OZ: I spoke to Giles. He said I'll be okay. I just have to lock myself up around the full moon. Only he used more words than that. And a globe.
WILLOW: I'm sorry about how all this ended up. With me shooting you and all.
OZ: It's okay. I'm, I'm sorry I almost ate you.
WILLOW: It's okay. I kind of thought you would have told me.
OZ: I didn't know what to say. I mean, it's not everyday you find out you're a werewolf. That's fairly freaksome. It may take a couple days getting used to.
WILLOW: Yeah. It's a complication.
OZ: So... Maybe it'd be best if I just... sorta...
WILLOW: What?
OZ: Well, you know, like, stayed out of your way for awhile.
WILLOW: I don't know. I'm kind of okay with you being *in* my way.
OZ: You mean, you'd still...
WILLOW: Well, I like you. You're nice and you're funny. And you don't smoke. Yeah, okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month I'm not much fun to be around either.
OZ: You are quite the human.
WILLOW: So, I'd still if you'd still.
OZ: I'd still. I'd *very* still.
WILLOW: Okay. No biting, though.
OZ: Agreed.
Willow walks off with a smile on her face. Oz turns around and watches her go. He smiles. Then he looks surprised to see her rushing back. She looks at him for an instant and then plants a kiss right on his lips. He watches her with a smile as she goes off again.
OZ: A werewolf in love.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:07:46 GMT -5
//I feared Word formatting would not copy well onto this site so I did not bother trying to do it first and just asked. //
Kerrie, for long posts such as my comments on a particular episode, I often type them up in Word first so I can at least spell check them. You can still copy the text over, you just can't get all carried away with pre-formatting.
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:08:50 GMT -5
NO!! You did not just give me a CHIP's reference!! OHMYGOD!!! I'll admit that Ponch's teeth used to freak me out! I mean they were sooo HUGE. I wondered if they were the result of some freak rediation from UV rays or something. That was awesome!!!!
Betsy Buckmaster
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:10:10 GMT -5
//because if we had walked into a Chinese restaurant with a lot of asians in it, our only thought would have been, "Oh, boy, I'll bet the food is great!" Such totally different viewpoints based on what you're used to.//
I would think the same thing if I walked into an Italian restaraunt in New York and it was populated by a lot of obviously Italian people. I'll bet the food is good. People who have a strong link to their heritage generally know it very well, and that includes the food, so I would suspect you would have a lot more trouble sneaking a bad linguine past Spring (she does seem quite proud of her Italian heritage) than many of the rest of us.
Of course, then the definition of what's "good" is often in the eye of the beholder, and in America we have a habit of trying to "improve" nearly everything, often ruining it in the process. Take pizza for example; what we Americans know as pizza, you'll have a very hard time finding anything that even resembles in it in bella Napoli.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Nov 21, 2003 18:11:13 GMT -5
Me tired. Me go sleepy now. Thanks for the fun talk! Didn't mean to get all deep with the religion stuff. Who was it that said never talk religion or politics? I'm sure it was someone profound like George Washington or Pee Wee Herman. Anyhoo...nighty nite. Don't let the bedbugs bite.
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