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active_apathySLASH.
Yes, SLASH! SLASH was mentioned in class. Apparently, SLASH is some flavour of useful for Australian library folk. Who knew? All hail the powers of the SLASH.1
Moving on from there (which is to say, Tuesday), I happened to stop by the Temple of the Green Mermaid on my way to catch buses home. My reasons for this are complicated, but mostly include a sudden and acute desire for something hot, runny and chocolate flavoured2. The Temple's standards, apparently, slip after about 8:00-ish4, with the Green Mermaid accepting in-tocksshhhh-*hic*-atedeeded supplicants trying to simultaneously do Sudoku puzzles and convince anyone (or anything) female-looking to spend some, um, time with him.5
I don't think there's a moral to that story, which makes it the exact opposite of Wednesday's tale.
Yesterday, dear readers, I was on my way home, on public transport. A person, presumably a hairdressing student, was sitting at the front of the bus in a seat facing sideways6 with a severed head in her lap. The head stared with open eyes, its face was set in a mask of amused patience, and its hair was pretty, though short. The head was, of course, plastic.
It made me think the following: My hed woz hackede off yey
And then I got off the bus, to the corner nearest home, and someone rode past on a bike powered by a leafblower. I'll accept any explanation.
Last night, there were also ads for the 24 game that's supposed to be coming out for the Playstation. This isn't the point of this comment, save that the ad features a Jack Bauer style interrogation. The point, if there can be said to be one, is that they'd have to set up a hint system for the game such that questions have to be asked properly.
"Hello, 24 Hint Line."
"How do I get the hacksaw? TELL ME HOW TO GET THE HACKSAW!"
My last item comes from today, with the Big, Tough Man walking along in a shopping centre. The Big, Tough Man keeps walking, bravely striding toward the teddy bear shop...
...
where he stops scant inches from the door, then cautiously waves, not daring to stray past the Plushie Threshold if it can be avoided. I can't help but think that it's a little amusing, almost like he's been going along thinking,
"OOH... Me big, tough man. Me go upstairs to talk to partner. Me walk toward her work. Me go to shop. Me go and talk- AAAH! Teddy bears! I am undone! Must. Not. Pass. Through. Plushie. Threshold."
And that's about it for now, yey not included.
1SLASH, apparently, is a List of Australian Subject Headings. The 's' may come from it being a second edition, from it making a slightly better acronym than LASH, or from someone at ALIA being as easily amused as I am.
2Oddly enough, it may be the only thing they sell that has the same name as an equivalent item elsewhere in the 'verse.3
3They make up for this glaring oversight by requiring you to specify a magical speshul cup size. Grar!
4Post meridiem.
5He was unsuccessful, and presumably still hasn't figured it out. Also, he seemed to be struggling with the puzzle.
6I could explain this, but it'd likely be more confusing. She was sideways, and that's all that matters.
Yes, SLASH! SLASH was mentioned in class. Apparently, SLASH is some flavour of useful for Australian library folk. Who knew? All hail the powers of the SLASH.1
Moving on from there (which is to say, Tuesday), I happened to stop by the Temple of the Green Mermaid on my way to catch buses home. My reasons for this are complicated, but mostly include a sudden and acute desire for something hot, runny and chocolate flavoured2. The Temple's standards, apparently, slip after about 8:00-ish4, with the Green Mermaid accepting in-tocksshhhh-*hic*-atedeeded supplicants trying to simultaneously do Sudoku puzzles and convince anyone (or anything) female-looking to spend some, um, time with him.5
I don't think there's a moral to that story, which makes it the exact opposite of Wednesday's tale.
Yesterday, dear readers, I was on my way home, on public transport. A person, presumably a hairdressing student, was sitting at the front of the bus in a seat facing sideways6 with a severed head in her lap. The head stared with open eyes, its face was set in a mask of amused patience, and its hair was pretty, though short. The head was, of course, plastic.
It made me think the following: My hed woz hackede off yey
And then I got off the bus, to the corner nearest home, and someone rode past on a bike powered by a leafblower. I'll accept any explanation.
Last night, there were also ads for the 24 game that's supposed to be coming out for the Playstation. This isn't the point of this comment, save that the ad features a Jack Bauer style interrogation. The point, if there can be said to be one, is that they'd have to set up a hint system for the game such that questions have to be asked properly.
"Hello, 24 Hint Line."
"How do I get the hacksaw? TELL ME HOW TO GET THE HACKSAW!"
My last item comes from today, with the Big, Tough Man walking along in a shopping centre. The Big, Tough Man keeps walking, bravely striding toward the teddy bear shop...
...
where he stops scant inches from the door, then cautiously waves, not daring to stray past the Plushie Threshold if it can be avoided. I can't help but think that it's a little amusing, almost like he's been going along thinking,
"OOH... Me big, tough man. Me go upstairs to talk to partner. Me walk toward her work. Me go to shop. Me go and talk- AAAH! Teddy bears! I am undone! Must. Not. Pass. Through. Plushie. Threshold."
And that's about it for now, yey not included.
1SLASH, apparently, is a List of Australian Subject Headings. The 's' may come from it being a second edition, from it making a slightly better acronym than LASH, or from someone at ALIA being as easily amused as I am.
2Oddly enough, it may be the only thing they sell that has the same name as an equivalent item elsewhere in the 'verse.3
3They make up for this glaring oversight by requiring you to specify a magical speshul cup size. Grar!
4Post meridiem.
5He was unsuccessful, and presumably still hasn't figured it out. Also, he seemed to be struggling with the puzzle.
6I could explain this, but it'd likely be more confusing. She was sideways, and that's all that matters.
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Date: 2006-03-30 03:17 pm (UTC)