Angelic Eye for the Gendered-Species Individual ([info]rysmiel) wrote,
@ 2008-07-09 13:37:00
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Poll #1219892 something new to fiddle with.
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What shall I do with my evening, o great and wise internet ?

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go see Get Smart, it's cheap movies night
4 (10.3%)

go see Wall-E, it's cheap movies night
13 (33.3%)

go see Mongol, it's cheap movies night
8 (20.5%)

go see Hancock, it's cheap movies night
7 (17.9%)

go see Kung Fu Panda... no, seriously
14 (35.9%)

stay in and do apartment cleaning, you silly thing. But you can buy beer on the way home.
7 (17.9%)

stay in, use the Power of Denial on the need for apartment cleaning, read your book
8 (20.5%)

have a long hot bath in the too-short bath
2 (5.1%)

have a long hot bath in the takes-a-day-to-drain bath
7 (17.9%)

take extreme measures to fix the latter
7 (17.9%)

same thing we do every night, Pinky, potter about on the internet
11 (28.2%)

go breathe soothing air of bookshop
16 (41.0%)

write
12 (30.8%)

don't forget to water the plants !!
15 (38.5%)

I have this brilliant notion you have not thought of which I shall elucidate in comments.
1 (2.6%)


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[info]rezendi
2008-07-08 05:43 pm UTC (link)
If you're inclined towards company, and don't mind the late show, I'd be happy to join you for the 9.30 showing of Hancock.

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[info]oldsma
2008-07-08 06:09 pm UTC (link)
My brilliant notion is NSFW, alas.

MAO

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[info]daharyn
2008-07-08 06:13 pm UTC (link)
I have heard similar good things about Wall-E from many corners, as it happens.

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[info]rysmiel
2008-07-08 06:29 pm UTC (link)
But it looks so cute. And I so don't do cute.

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[info]daharyn
2008-07-08 06:34 pm UTC (link)
And that's exactly why I haven't bothered seeing it, either. Even though I occasionally do do cute.

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[info]rezendi
2008-07-08 07:36 pm UTC (link)
It's extremely cute in a totally misanthropic kind of way.

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[info]faithhopetricks
2008-07-08 11:50 pm UTC (link)
//heart warms

CUTE. ....Yuck.

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[info]txanne
2008-07-08 06:27 pm UTC (link)
Hancock is worth cheap-movie prices if you're bored enough. Otherwise fix the good bath and then soak while reading.

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[info]rysmiel
2008-07-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
I don't do that last, for dexterity issues; the thought of dropping a book in the bath terrifies me.

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[info]txanne
2008-07-08 06:34 pm UTC (link)
Oh! My sympathies. What do you do in the bath, then?

Mm, lovely icon. I prefer the original "ce n'était pas ma faute," but Malkovich is so wonderfully slimy.

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[info]rysmiel
2008-07-08 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Oh! My sympathies. What do you do in the bath, then?

Fit my own stories together in my head, mostly. When circumstances permit me not to just fret instead.

Mm, lovely icon.

Thank you.

I prefer the original "ce n'était pas ma faute," but Malkovich is so wonderfully slimy.

Oh yes, but with just the right degree of intelligible to stop him becoming unsympathetic enough to make the character too simple.

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[info]txanne
2008-07-08 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Yes, just like in the book. Valmont may be my favorite unreliable narrator of all time. Unless it's Merteuil--every time I read it, I change my mind about what's really going on with her.

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[info]faithhopetricks
2008-07-08 11:50 pm UTC (link)
//waves tiny Glenn-Close-as-Mme-Merteuil flag

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[info]txanne
2008-07-08 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Yep. Although what's-her-face in Valmont didn't suck.

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[info]faithhopetricks
2008-07-08 11:53 pm UTC (link)
Annette Benning (sp)? I did not see that.

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[info]txanne
2008-07-09 02:23 am UTC (link)
Bening. Yes, her.

You should really see it. They monkey with the end, but I actually find it more pleasing than the original. And the costumes! And the dancing!! The dancing is utterly accurate, including the way Valmont seduces Mme Tourvel. That's really one of the ways people got seduced back then.

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[info]carbonel
2008-07-08 07:10 pm UTC (link)
By the way, this posting says July 9, which gave me a bit of a start, because I have a doctor's appointment that I Must Not Miss on July 9. But everyone else (plus my computer) seems to agree that it's actually July 8.

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[info]polyfrog
2008-07-08 10:06 pm UTC (link)
Go see Hancock, because it is a pretty good movie and is being poorly marketed, so will not last long.

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[info]faithhopetricks
2008-07-08 11:49 pm UTC (link)
....BOOKSHOP, MATE. BOOKSHOP.

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[info]rysmiel
2008-07-09 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Are you channeling [info]dr_clive_owen ?

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[info]faithhopetricks
2008-07-09 08:54 pm UTC (link)
....OH, IF ONLY.

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[info]redbird
2008-07-09 12:03 am UTC (link)
I suspect that it's late enough that the only relevant part of my answers will be about the plants. (And yes, I checked five boxes, not thinking you will or should do all five.)

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bathtubs
[info]adrian_turtle
2008-07-09 01:03 am UTC (link)
You're probably home for the evening already, presumably without the means to clear the drain of your larger bathtub, but this information may be useful for future reference. My (extensive) experience with recalcitrant drains indicates that pouring baking soda down them accomplishes little or nothing in the way of making them drain faster. When the inside of the drain is wet with sour milk and it smells bad, that's the kind of drain problem baking soda is good for. The commercial drain openers based on lye are enormously more effective. More than once, I have found them to be the only alternative to calling a plumber to take the pipes apart. I find them easier and safer to use than pouring boiling water down the drain (which only occasionally works.) Now Drano makes a product they say is "for slow-running drains," which I find very useful when my bathtub is starting to get uncooperative. With the problem you describe, I'd expect you to see substantial benefit from any chemical drain opener, whether it was made to address complete or partial blockages.

I know lye has a formidable reputation, but the lye in drain openers is fairly dilute. It's about as caustic as bleach. You should wear glasses, refrain from pouring it on your feet, and wash up afterwards...but you don't need a hazmat suit or even particularly steady hands.

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