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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 12, 2010 20:53:47 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing in particular, it seems to be Vampire Week in several comic strips I read. I think today's Dilbert, however, wins: Well, I thought it was funny. [/colbert]
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 12, 2010 21:17:33 GMT -5
And here we go: (Side note, what hayrick did Betsy Johnson get her hair out of?) Chris Collins: Doesn't fit well, baggy at the waist. Like the color. It has a nice shimmer but is not well tailored. It's slipping off her shoulders and the neckline's a disaster. It also minimizes her boobs down to nothing. Michael Drummond: Looks like an escapee from the SyFy channel. Take me to your leader's lampshade. Doesn't move well--wait! Amend that! Doesn't move at all! I used to crumple up tin foil like that to amuse my cat. Andy South: The dress is staggerinly gorgeous, even if too short. The design that appears and disappears is so neat and I LOVELOVELOVE the back. THIS I would expect at Bryant Park. A.J. Thouvenot: So much PINK! Pam from Fangtasia might like it, but it looks cheap to me. I know the materials came from the party store, but to make it look so plastic. I don't care for the skirt at all. Ivy Higa: It's stunning. Classy, elegant. My only criticism is that it makes the model look heavy. It moves beautifully. I don't know what the mini-skirt loving judges are going to think of the length. The word of death on PR, after "boring" is "matronly". Michael Costello: Holy Sh*t! If this doesn't win there's no justice. I am so blown away by the color, the movment, the drama, the occasional sparkle, the sheer WOW factor of this creation. Peach Carr: Oh this is fun! It's flirty, swingy, happy! I love the little bag she made to go with it. the colors just pop under the simple top. Gretchen Jones; Brilliant move to put the boots with this Night at the Disco dream. She looks like the disco ceiling ball or a silver Christmas tree--in a good way. The fringy skirt is all movement but I love the cutouts on the top as well. Nina likes it. Mondo Guerra. Looks very well made. I don't care for the color, but reallylike the design of the bodice. The shapes give it a very interesting look. The skirt's a little 60's for my liking. Too Mary Quant. Don't care for the black tights with it. If he's used leggings it would have been more modern. Casa (I hate him) nova finally came through. It makes an excellent appearance, but upon loser observation, is too derivative and not very well made. The printed front looks plasticy and cheap the back looks worse. The man doesn't like women. Kristin Simms plunges us back to the 60's again with this disco dress. The color is appalling, but the movement is neat! The top is poorly tailored, but I do like the imagination that went into it. It think it will fare badly because it doesn't fit well. April Johnson This dress would have been a disaster if it had been in a loud color. However, because it's such a classy shade of charcoal grey and it is SO imaginative I think it will go over well with the judges. Sara Trost. This is going to get the dreaded "boring". There is not much imagination here, it's just cutouts on a basic dress. The cutouts don't bring very much to it. Valerie Mayen I can't make up my mind. I like the skirt, but the top looks like cardboard. The fit is good and it clearly took a lot of talent to put it together. Now let's see what the judges think. And the auf'd is Sara. This is the first time I've ever called it right. "Boring" once more is the kiss of death. They even kept Casa(repulsive man)nova's mess over the better made, if dull, Sara.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 12, 2010 21:36:41 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing in particular, it seems to be Vampire Week in several comic strips I read. I think today's Dilbert, however, wins: Well, I thought it was funny. [/colbert] I did. What other strips are running vampire themes?
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 13, 2010 7:54:29 GMT -5
The Husband and I are going to Huntington Beach this morning to walk on the beach at low tide. Don't ask why, it's a thing he does. This is, of course, assuming he actually gets ready to leave by 6:30. I think he's just running his bath. Anyway, if there's an update to nwhepcat's fic (there isn't yet), I'll post it when we get back. I'd best get the kettle on, and the laundry sorted so the daughters can run it while we're gone. Later, S'cubies.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Aug 13, 2010 11:45:26 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing in particular, it seems to be Vampire Week in several comic strips I read. I think today's Dilbert, however, wins: Well, I thought it was funny. [/colbert] I did. What other strips are running vampire themes? Get Fuzzy, at least; I'm not up on a lot of other strips (Doonsbury isn't, I know) because my paper now prints the comics on stiff paper in artificial color and I really need new bifocals (and hands that work). Julia, hopelessly wedded to old media
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Aug 13, 2010 12:09:50 GMT -5
The Husband and I are going to Huntington Beach this morning to walk on the beach at low tide. Don't ask why, it's a thing he does. This is, of course, assuming he actually gets ready to leave by 6:30. I think he's just running his bath. Anyway, if there's an update to nwhepcat's fic (there isn't yet), I'll post it when we get back. I'd best get the kettle on, and the laundry sorted so the daughters can run it while we're gone. Later, S'cubies. Thank you for doing this, by the way- I can't concentrate enough to read fiction at all right now, too damned much reality going on. Julia, stupid reality.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Aug 13, 2010 14:02:13 GMT -5
Why many times it is not necessary to read past the summary, one in an irregular series: In the present, Rodney was lying prone on his back, knees up and apart, covers rucked messily under him.ie Julia, not that I'm reading anything at all these days; this showed up on my flist.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 13, 2010 14:28:32 GMT -5
I did. What other strips are running vampire themes? Get Fuzzy, at least; I'm not up on a lot of other strips (Doonsbury isn't, I know) because my paper now prints the comics on stiff paper in artificial color and I really need new bifocals (and hands that work). Julia, hopelessly wedded to old media Yesterday's Lio had a Twilight joke - vampire putting up a poster of Edward, Lio and the rest of his monster friends laughing at him. But Get Fuzzy is ongoing this week - the cat thinks vampires are, um, dead boring. There's also the current Pibgorn (Brooke McEldowney's online comic) storyline, which has, in addition to the fairy and succubus regular characters, a vampire, a robot replicant of said fairy, sort of, a spaceship full of really incompentent aliens, and October 31 1939. But how can you beat "walrus vibe"? The Younger Daughter's sonic screwdriver has arrived, been opened and batteried. Younger Daughter says she's a happy little geek. ;D To which The Husband asked if that was a Claudia line. No, I think that one's all Katherine.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 13, 2010 14:34:10 GMT -5
Get Fuzzy, at least; I'm not up on a lot of other strips (Doonsbury isn't, I know) because my paper now prints the comics on stiff paper in artificial color and I really need new bifocals (and hands that work). Julia, hopelessly wedded to old media Yesterday's Lio had a Twilight joke - vampire putting up a poster of Edward, Lio and the rest of his monster friends laughing at him. But Get Fuzzy is ongoing this week - the cat thinks vampires are, um, dead boring. There's also the current Pibgorn (Brooke McEldowney's online comic) storyline, which has, in addition to the fairy and succubus regular characters, a vampire, a robot replicant of said fairy, sort of, a spaceship full of really incompentent aliens, and October 31 1939. But how can you beat "walrus vibe"? The Younger Daughter's sonic screwdriver has arrived, been opened and batteried. Younger Daughter says she's a happy little geek. ;D To which The Husband asked if that was a Claudia line. No, I think that one's all Katherine. Nothing can beat the arrival of a sonic screwdriver. Unless it's the arrival of an entire TARDIS.
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Post by Sue on Aug 13, 2010 16:00:56 GMT -5
Hey all. Could use some S'cubie vibes here. Surgery went well, but so far the 2 remaining parathyroid glands haven't stepped up to take over hormone production and so I'm suffering from low calcium. Biggest side effect is constant tingling in hands and feet but I just feel pretty "punk" and ready to feel better.
Not accomplishing much -- which I knew would be the case the week after surgery but I'm tired of just feeling "off" -- I know you guys know what I mean.
Thanks.
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Post by Sue on Aug 13, 2010 16:10:20 GMT -5
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 13, 2010 16:42:08 GMT -5
Hey all. Could use some S'cubie vibes here. Surgery went well, but so far the 2 remaining parathyroid glands haven't stepped up to take over hormone production and so I'm suffering from low calcium. Biggest side effect is constant tingling in hands and feet but I just feel pretty "punk" and ready to feel better. Not accomplishing much -- which I knew would be the case the week after surgery but I'm tired of just feeling "off" -- I know you guys know what I mean. Thanks. My mother always called surgery an insult to the body. Even the most minor procedures leave you pretty punk for several weeks. The procedure I had on my arm on June 18 left me barely functional for about three weeks and all they did was open an incision and take out a growth. It's only now that I'm getting back to whatever passes for normal with me. It's also true that it takes longer as you grow older. While I wouldn't call you old, you're older than you've ever been before. Be patient with yourself.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 13, 2010 16:43:03 GMT -5
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Post by Sue on Aug 13, 2010 17:27:24 GMT -5
Hey all. Could use some S'cubie vibes here. Surgery went well, but so far the 2 remaining parathyroid glands haven't stepped up to take over hormone production and so I'm suffering from low calcium. Biggest side effect is constant tingling in hands and feet but I just feel pretty "punk" and ready to feel better. Not accomplishing much -- which I knew would be the case the week after surgery but I'm tired of just feeling "off" -- I know you guys know what I mean. Thanks. My mother always called surgery an insult to the body. Even the most minor procedures leave you pretty punk for several weeks. The procedure I had on my arm on June 18 left me barely functional for about three weeks and all they did was open an incision and take out a growth. It's only now that I'm getting back to whatever passes for normal with me. It's also true that it takes longer as you grow older. While I wouldn't call you old, you're older than you've ever been before. Be patient with yourself. Thanks, Diane. All too true. It has also not been helpful that my surgeon left town the day after surgery and my regular endocrinologist is on vacation. (Jim was mad at himself for not checking schedules before scheduling surgery.) I'm being "covered" by a good doc but it's not the same as having someone who knows you talk to you instead of getting general advice filtered through an obviously quite young and out of her depth nurse. I've got appts. next week for followup and hopefully time will do it's healing work. I sure hope my strategy of having all my health issues NOW and not LATER pays off in the long run.
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Post by Sue on Aug 13, 2010 17:29:46 GMT -5
It's a good place. Carolyn has a new apartment lined up and movers for 2 weeks from now. Hmmmm.... I guess that means Allie will be here with boxes in about 2 weeks?
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