What do you want?
I want Mystery Science Theater 3000 to do the Presidential Debates.
I want to solve problems for people.
That is all. It sounds so simple, doesn't it?
But what often happens is that somebody will ask for a problem to be solved, but will insist on a "solution" that does not actually fix the problem.
Or Person A will want a problem solved and Person B will not, where Person A has enough authority to insist that the problem be solved, while Person B, while not having the authority to counter A, has too much stature for me to simply say "I can't to it because B is being an obstructionist jerk."
Or Person C will want a "problem" solved, but Person D regards it not as a "problem" but as an essential condition, and neither of them is willing to acknowledge the other's position, much less negotiate about it.
Or they will insist that their problem is urgent and must be fixed as soon as possible, but will fail -- sometimes repeatedly -- to provide the most basic level of cooperation, such as providing access to the equipment causing the problem.
I want an end to the patriarchal society we've found ourselves in (in NO little fault due to the Church, the Pope and all the Kings of England!!) and a return to the gentle, co-operative matriarchy.
Consumerism is patriarchal. War is patriarchal. Oppression of women is patriarchal. The Inquisition, the Holocaust; patriarchal.
and I want it NOW. *
what else ya got?
*blame Barbara G. Walker. I've slowly, quietly become radicalized b/c of her and her damn knitting books!!
I want a cheese steak, with extra cheese, pepperoni, and ketchup, with a side of fries. And a Killian's Red.
I want a cheese steak, with extra cheese, pepperoni, and ketchup, with a side of fries. And a Killian's Red.
that's patriarchal!
that's patriarchal!
Only cause it's on a phallic roll.
I'll denounce the patriarchy as much as the next guy. (OK, probably more than the next guy...) But I'm skeptical that this
a return to the gentle, co-operative matriarchy
ever actually existed.
I've slowly, quietly become radicalized b/c of her and her damn knitting books!!
So what have you been knitting?
I'm with Steve...
My first "matriarchal" thoughts were Mrs Thatcher and Mme Defarge :rolleyes:
I want a simple life. I want to wake up, make coffee, and peer out the window of my fairly isolated little home. I want to walk a path to the market and pick stuff out of my own garden. I want to be far from the rat race and only see the rats I want to see. I want to peer up into the sun from beneath my straw-brimmed hat while I tend my little plot of land, and smile at how peaceful it all is. I want to listen to the rain and thunder on a summer day and read books or make preserves. I want to go to bed next to my love, exhausted and happy, and anticipate the glorious possibilities of a new day.
I'm so unrealistic.
(true response)
I just wanna make
love to you
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So what have you been knitting?
Books, silly. :D
I want YOU
To want ME
(funny response)
I want people who purposefully suck the fun/humor outta stuff to suck my anus.
After a weekend of microwave burritos and mustard greens.
ETA: Not really addressing this thread in particular...
Good grammar. Wait, no. Good taste.
I want an end to the patriarchal society we've found ourselves in (in NO little fault due to the Church, the Pope and all the Kings of England!!) and a return to the gentle, co-operative matriarchy.
Consumerism is patriarchal. War is patriarchal. Oppression of women is patriarchal. The Inquisition, the Holocaust; patriarchal.
and I want it NOW. *
what else ya got?
*blame Barbara G. Walker. I've slowly, quietly become radicalized b/c of her and her damn knitting books!!
Y'know I really don;t think that ever existed.
Honestly, I want just a little bit of fame. Not enough to make me unable to leave the house, just enough that people in my field would totally recognize me, and the people they were walking with would be like, "Uh, who?"
Oh, Dana! Dana! You're one of the ones I'm counting on to revolutionize (quietly, calmly, with baked goods) the menfolk!
Ok. So maybe perhaps a peaceful matriarchy never existed - but we'll never fucking know, will we?
NEVER!
And as to what I am knitting? it is only important that you know I am sitting by the fireside, knitting, hearing nothing. *
*Madame Defarge ref. for those unlikely to bother to google.
I can hear the clacking of the needles.
You do know, of course, that I do not bake.
I want us all to go round and help UT move house!
I want to solve problems for people.
That is all. It sounds so simple, doesn't it?
But what often happens is that somebody will ask for a problem to be solved, but will insist on a "solution" that does not actually fix the problem.
Or Person A will want a problem solved and Person B will not, where Person A has enough authority to insist that the problem be solved, while Person B, while not having the authority to counter A, has too much stature for me to simply say "I can't to it because B is being an obstructionist jerk."
Or Person C will want a "problem" solved, but Person D regards it not as a "problem" but as an essential condition, and neither of them is willing to acknowledge the other's position, much less negotiate about it.
Or they will insist that their problem is urgent and must be fixed as soon as possible, but will fail -- sometimes repeatedly -- to provide the most basic level of cooperation, such as providing access to the equipment causing the problem.
Ahh, you're the IT / tech guy in the large firm, aren't you? :right:
I want my dog to forgive me...
LINKI want the creepy little old man who lives in the apartment beneath mine to STOP ... stop telling me how he knows when I go to bed, when I get up in the morning, what I'm doing ... how he hears my every movement, how he knows when he could rob my apartment because he knows when I'm home and when I'm not ... how he (giggle) knows what time I get up and when I'm in the shower ...
*shudder*
He's so frail I could deck him with my bad arm. I'm not afraid of him. But I want him to stop creepering!! :mad2:
And as to what I am knitting? it is only important that you know I am sitting by the fireside, knitting, hearing nothing.
It is important!!! socks? A sweater? A scarf? I need to know!!!
Knitting bags for the heads when they roll. :behead:
I want YOU
To want ME
(funny response)
bahahaha im sorry it reminds me too much of how much Robin Zander talks down to the Japanese audience in At Budokan
"this.. NEXT song... is the.. first track... on our new... AL-bum. It just came out THIS WEEK.. and the song is called.. Surr.. en... der!"
you can HEAR him point to the YOU, that he wants to want, HIM, at the start of that track.
Like I can just see him talking to a japanese person
and talking
very slow
and loud
because thats how
you make
someone
suddenly understand
eng-lish.
I want to get laid. I'll come right out and say it. I haven't got more than a steamy handsy makeout in over a year. And now I've even got not one but two beautiful ladies who regularly trade naughty pictures and mutual masturbation with me and they're BOTH around twelve hours away from me.
OKAY WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE ANYWHERE NEAR ME?
seriously not cool.
bahahaha im sorry it reminds me too much of how much Robin Zander talks down to the Japanese audience in At Budokan
"this.. NEXT song... is the.. first track... on our new... AL-bum. It just came out THIS WEEK.. and the song is called.. Surr.. en... der!"
you can HEAR him point to the YOU, that he wants to want, HIM, at the start of that track.
Like I can just see him talking to a japanese person
and talking
very slow
and loud
because thats how
you make
someone
suddenly understand
eng-lish.
I want to get laid. I'll come right out and say it. I haven't got more than a steamy handsy makeout in over a year. And now I've even got not one but two beautiful ladies who regularly trade naughty pictures and mutual masturbation with me and they're BOTH around twelve hours away from me.
OKAY WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE ANYWHERE NEAR ME?
seriously not cool.
Dude, You're in Burlington. You should be getting more ass than a toilet seat.
Have things changed that much since I lived there?
Honestly, I want just a little bit of fame. Not enough to make me unable to leave the house, just enough that people in my field would totally recognize me, and the people they were walking with would be like, "Uh, who?"
You want to be a female Steven Chu.
foot - I MUST know what state you're living in -coz if it's Vermont, that would explain a LOT about you (no offense, ibby)
And I am knitting antimacassars. To put on the davenport right BEFORE the filthy swine are lead away to their beheading! Greasy folk, the rich. Oily. Smell like cabbage and rose water. They're fooling no one.
I live on the former Western coast of VT, now the Eastern Coast of NY. I lived in VT for about 10 years, in my 20s. I lead bike tours all over the state. I know it very well.
Ahh, you're the IT / tech guy in the large firm, aren't you? :right:
Medium.
You want to be a female Steven Chu.
Precisely! Because I had to look him up. :)
My parents were visiting and we were eating out at a local P.F. Chang's and my dad (Physics professor) got super excited and pointed him out. It took me a while of him repeating the guy's name, and then I was like "Oh, the Secretary of Energy?" and my dad was like "Huh? No, he's the Nobel prize winning physicist from Stanford." But he WAS the Secretary of Energy then.
True story.
Oh! Another thing I want!
I want How I Met Your Mother season 7 on Netflix, dammit. They can load it for streaming, or they can stop with the "very long wait" bullshit and ship me disc 1, I don't care. I'm jonesin'.
Is there a thread to talk about Sherlock? I just finished season 2, and well, you know...
This is the thread where it's been discussed most extensively.
Is there a thread to talk about Sherlock? I just finished season 2, and well, you know...
Is that the one where he jumps?
Yes. Season 3 is confirmed, but won't broadcast until Fall 2013.
I have a few theories and have been reading other blogs to see what other people are saying.
I have to get some sleep now though.
I want lots and lots of SOULS to be set free from this hell on earth I created and and for them all to go to Heaven.
I have a few theories and have been reading other blogs to see what other people are saying.
I have to get some sleep now though.
Yeah. I didn't have any theories but just wondered how the writers were going to explain it. Then I went to a couple sites and saw various theories posted. Some of them seemed possible, which mean the writers might have had them in mind.
It would be funny if the writers didn't have a plan, but just wrote it and figured the internet chatter would tell them what to write next.
Oh! Another thing I want!
I want How I Met Your Mother season 7 on Netflix, dammit. They can load it for streaming, or they can stop with the "very long wait" bullshit and ship me disc 1, I don't care. I'm jonesin'.
Me too (waves hand)!
I was supposed to watch seasons 1-6 through my treatments and I blew it, showed no restraint and watched them all already ... I need season 7!!
Any other suggestions for excellent, preferably funny, programs gratefully accepted. Although good drama is also fine ... have to look up Sherlock. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm clueless about TV series, never turn the thing on. My kids think it's sort of cute but hopeless.
Sherlock is good, "Downton Abbey" is good, I like "My Boys" but it's already been cancelled, so four seasons is all we'll ever get... Breaking Bad is fantastic but definitely not a comedy... I too would appreciate good comedy suggestions, we've got almost nothing but dramas on our list right now.
There's only one best, funny, series... Mad About You... with Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser
I want Sundae to come back.
Sundaaaaaaae! Sundaaaaaaae!
where are you?
Before Cate Blanchett came along, Helen Hunt was my huge crush.
Okay, Mad About You is definitely on my list. Have to check out Sherlock, too.
Cate Blanchett ... I love her. If I were so oriented, I'd have a huge crush on her.
Mad About You was a funny show. I was crazy for it.
(I just realized what i did thar and i think i will leave it.)
I am just so happy there is another HIMYM fan. :)
If you want American tv
Wilfred is pretty trippy, hilarious, and occasionally pretty smart.
OMG yes, I second Wilfred. Although it's actually an American remake of an Australian show--but the same Australian actor plays Wilfred in both. I wish I could get ahold of the Aussie version to compare.
Thanks for the link - sounds like a winner! I'll check it out.
Sherlock is good, "Downton Abbey" is good, I like "My Boys" but it's already been cancelled, so four seasons is all we'll ever get... Breaking Bad is fantastic but definitely not a comedy... I too would appreciate good comedy suggestions, we've got almost nothing but dramas on our list right now.
You.
finish shameless. I know you haven't consumed all eight seasons already. Don't give up on Fiona, there's a lot more there, and it is the train that keeps on wrecking. But we have to watch it on the ps3 because the rokus I have don't support subtitles.
orthodoc, you too. Shameless. Do it now.