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    Thursday, November 26th, 2009
    overheard_nyc 12:00p
    My Favorite Way to Get to Know a Woman

    Latino girlfriend: You don't even know me.
    Latino boyfriend: Bitches got lots to say until the guns come out.

    --Prince & Mulberry


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    Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-26
    juxfan 1:40p
    I woke up to this email from my brother who's in Florida or something:

    Hey,

    Somehow when I attached my scan and sent it to Norway, it ended up being a goddamn picture of Chris Pine instead of my Yellow Fever Info. Can you check the desktop for the scan of my Yellow fever info and send it to me please?





    My day is complete.





    I knew he was a secret Chris Pine fan
    harrylovesdraco
    [ miracle ]
    10:14p
    True Sincerity
    Original poster: alisanne

    Title: True Sincerity
    Author: [info]alisanne
    Rating: PG
    Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
    Summary: Draco masters sincerity, with a little incentive.
    Word Count: 100
    Challenge: Written for [info]draco100's prompt #68: Giving Thanks
    Warnings: Fluffyness abounds.
    A/N: Yay fluff.
    Beta: [info]sevfan
    Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

    True Sincerity

    Current Mood: working
    harrylovesdraco
    [ miracle ]
    10:14p
    Harry's Girlfriend, Draco Doesn't Like Her.
    Original poster: sleeping-lion7

    Title: Harry's Girlfriend, Draco Doesn't Like Her.
    Author: Sleeping-Lion7
    Genre: General/Romance/humor
    Summary: After taking the potion Ictus Camena, the song truth serum, Draco spills how he feels about Harry's and Ginny's relationship.....by song
    Pairing: Draco/Harry (main), Harry/Ginny (slight, passing)
    Rating: Teen
    Warnings: Hinted het, slash, some words used that may be offensive, this is kinda crackish
    Disclaimer: Don't own......damn nor do I own the song Girlfriend, Avril Lavigne owns that.
    Word Count: 1,642

    harrylovesdraco
    [ miracle ]
    10:13p
    Wand of Pleasure
    Original poster: alisanne

    Title: Wand of Pleasure
    Author: [info]alisanne
    Team: Death Eaters
    Rating: PG
    Word count: 100
    Characters/pairings: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger implied.
    Challenge: Written for [info]dracoharry100's prompt #141: Wand of Pleasure
    Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
    Beta: [info]sevfan
    Authors Notes: Apologies for the unimaginative title. *g*

    Wand of Pleasure

    Current Mood: calm
    overheard_nyc 9:00a
    You Get Too Smart and You End Up Like That Guy in the Wheelchair

    Daughter: I'm just thinking out loud.
    Mother: Well, don't. Keep it in your head.
    Daughter: But mom, it's the only way I can include you in my thoughts.
    Mother: That's okay.
    Daughter: But mom, don't you want to be smart?
    Mother: No, I'm okay the way I am.

    --Kew Gardens Road & Union Turnpike

    Overheard by: Laura


    Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down |
    Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-26
    yonmei
    12:55p
    Nanowrimo
    "Group Three: The Go On Without Me's. For you, November turned out to be a very bad month to try and write a novel. Life went completely crazycakes, and you faced a never-ending series of demanding work or school projects, health emergencies, social obligations, and/or tech meltdowns. You managed to get a few good ideas down on paper, but never quite found your novel's rhythm. You're thinking of bowing out, and planning on giving it a try next year."

    That was me.

    But I still want to write...

    *is sadface*


    Adopt one today! Adopt one today! Adopt one today! Adopt one today!

    Current Mood: sad
    overheard_nyc 6:00a
    First Get the Pants, Then Find a Man to Get Into Them

    Female shopper: How much are these?
    Male employee: Those are... What are those? Oh, right, the straight boyfriend. Those aren't on sale.

    --Gap Dressing Room, 86th & Broadway

    Overheard by: minerfa


    Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down |
    Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-26
    overheard_nyc 3:00a
    Damn!

    Guy: Is that the Smithsonian?
    Girl: No, that's in Washington, DC.

    --42nd & 5th


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    Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-26
    overheard_nyc 12:00a
    ...It's Giving Birth to a CD!

    Girl to group of students: The hard disk is like the motherboard of the computer.
    Boy in group: Oh!

    --NYU Kimmel Center


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    Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-26
    quibbler_report
    [ aldehyde ]
    12:05a
    The Quibbler Report: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
    juxfan 3:54a
    various stuffs
    Today is Turkey Day for my family because my brother leaves for Costa Rica in a couple of hours. My mom went nuts and cooked a whole turkey, made all the usual side dishes, steamed a bunch of Alaskan king crab legs, and bought three pies. There are three of us in my family. Three. Guess what I'm going to be eating for the next month.

    JBI folks, in addition to getting turkey tomorrow, you will be getting pirates. Well, those of you in the U.S. will. The rest of you get only pirates. It might've come out today if I hadn't been in a tryptophan-induced coma for most of the day.

    I wanted to clarify an issue that came up in the latest chapter of "Lessons in Obedience". Ethan will not be in a gangbang or other group sex scene. That sort of thing doesn't really fit in with the tone of Sin City. The conversation was included because it will be referenced later in the series. So those of you who were worried can breathe easier; those who were excited about it can write fanfiction, lol.

    I'm going to start keeping track of my autograph hobby here just for the fun of it. Nothing's happened yet (and nothing will tomorrow, boo), but you may find it interesting to see who I write to, how long it takes for a response, and what I finally receive.

    With my brother going to Costa Rica I get my bed back. I am so thrilled to finally be able to sleep on a mattress.

    Started selling my bracelets again. I fell off that for about six months, but I'm back into it at least for the holidays. I may post some here, but for now they're on another site.

    Guess that's it. Nap time!
    Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
    dailysnitch
    [ bewarethesmirk ]
    11:00p
    leaky_cauldron 10:21p
    November Issue of The Quibbler Online
    Leaky's premier source for "all the news you won't find anywhere else," The Quibbler, has just published their November issue for your reading pleasure.  This issue contains special reports revolving around the St. Andrews Day holiday in Scotland with an article on wild man-eating haggis by our own Rudius Hagrid.  Additional articles delve into such topics as the long-rumored romance between Ro...
    overheard_nyc 9:00p
    And Now the Wednesday One-Liners Musical Interlude

    Guy with drum on subway car: Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the musical train. (begins to sing and play drums) I wanna hu-uhmp you. I wanna hu-uhmp you.

    --S train

    Hipster teen with loud headphones playing n*sync song, humming: (singing) it takes you on a ride! Feel it, when youuur body starts to rock...
    (two teens in the center of the subway look at each other, then start rocking their hips).

    --Uptown 2 Train

    Overheard by: Amazed

    Man standing behind me who decided to start singing along to his ipod: "you wanna get gang-fucked just to pass the time?"

    --Waiting for Queens-bound Gtrain

    Overheard by: Didn't want to pass the time

    Well-dressed young latino guy with ipod: (singing) "billie jean is not my lover... She's just a girl who thinks that I am the one... But the kid is not my son..." (talking) take that into your bleeding hearts and die in peace! ... (a little while later) pearl jam! This is for all my ladies who think they have everything. (singing) "never find a better man... Never find a better man..."

    --D Train

    Overheard by: not his lady

    Homeless man: (singing) new york city can kiss my ass, new york city can kiss my ass, new york city can kiss my ass, and suck. My. Left. Nut.

    --University Place

    Overheard by: max

    hobo with large drum brandishing long blond weave, he begins to sing...
    "I'm that baby mama, I'm that baby daddy. Who dat hoochie mama? I'm that baby mama!!!!!"


    --Port Authority

    Overheard by: Alliem


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    Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2009-11-25
    snapenews
    [ cardigrl ]
    8:28p
    Issue # 781: Tuesday-Wednesday, November 24-25, 2009
    Issue # 781: Tuesday-Wednesday, November 24-25, 2009

    Hello and welcome to today's issue of  [info]snapenews.  Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

    COMMUNITIES

    The deatheaterfest mods have sent assignments

    [info]snupin_santa has made a Mod post about Snupin Santa 2009

    NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES

    [info]hgss_digest  has been updated here and here

    CHALLENGES/CONTESTS

    [info]snupin100 has posted Challenge 235: Teeth

    TODAY IN FIC

    Het

    [info]lesyeuxverts has posted Le Tenebreaux (R; Severus Snape, Lily Evans; Warnings: character death)

    DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

    We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the [info]snapenews user profile, but for 'This week in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.
    bpalx_feed 9:07p
    Peach Moon Brick and Mortar Lunacy
    In North Hollywood, we will be open for the Peach Moon Lunacy Event on Wednesday, December 2nd, from 7 to 10pm.

    The address is:

    12120 Sherman Way
    North Hollywood, CA 91605

    If you haven't been here before, it may be a little hard to find. We are in the industrial complex, right behind Game Dude. The nearest cross street is Laurel Canyon Blvd.

    We will accept Mastercard, Visa, American Express and cash. Preorders can still be made with Paypal.

    Please do not bring any cameras. No photography of any kind will be allowed during this Will Call. Thanks for your cooperation.

    ***

    GA Will Call will be at Whole Foods Market, aka Harry’s Farmer’s Market, in Roswell, GA.

    They will be holding Will Call on Sunday, December 6th from 6 to 9 pm, inside Salud (which is inside the store.)

    Whole Foods Market is located at 1180 Upper Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, 30076.

    They will have all of the current LE’s available, along with their extensive selection of GC scents and all of the Retail-only Salon series as well.

    Whole Foods accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express and cash. They will not be able to accept any preorders.

    ***

    If you bring a new, unwrapped toy to the West Coast Will Call or Georgia Will Call Toy Drives, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you’re making a child’s Yuletide that much brighter… and you’ll walk out the door with a Quick Grope under the Mistletoe!

    Sorry, only one Grope per customer.


    ***

    The blends that will be available for purchase at both Will Calls include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Peach Moon update. This includes the Yules (Miskatonic and non) and The District. Anniversay and Inquisition scents will be available for testing, but not for purchase. Forum only scents will not be available at Will Call. No imps will be available for purchase at the GA location. Once again, thanks for understanding.

    If you would like to place an order for pick-up at the North Hollywood Will Call, please do the following:

    Email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com with your order before 1pm on Tuesday, December 1st. Payment may be remitted by PayPal ahead of time to willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com, or you can pay at pick up with cash or credit card. Please do not email orders for the GA location to this address! When making your payment, please omit shipping charges. You may purchase any current catalogue oils, as long as we have them in stock. Due to the sheer volume, currently pending orders can not be combined with Will Call orders. Thanks for your understanding.

    We will no longer be able to accommodate third party orders. If you are placing an order, you must attend Will Call and pick up your order in person.

    We will do our best to accommodate all orders of 5mls and imps, but sales will be based on availability.

    Items from Black Phoenix Trading Post will be available at both locations, subject to stock on hand.

    Twilight Alchemy Lab oils will also be available, only at the North Hollywood location. For Will Call, Twilight Alchemy Lab orders can be combined with Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab orders.

    ***

    If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com.
    leaky_cauldron 5:26p
    Holiday Shopping Deals for Infinitus, at WB Shop, Plus New Page for Harry Potter Spells Application
    Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, which is now traditionally followed by a day (and weekend) of some great sales. As such, our friends at Infinitus 2010 have asked us to pass along an opportunity they are offering this Friday, November 27. If you register for the Harry Potter Symposium that day, you will receive a ten dollar gift certificate for use at the Infinitus merchandise table whe...
    leaky_cauldron 4:55p
    JKR Signed Deluxe Book with New Sketch of Harry Potter by Mary GrandPre Part of Charity Auction
    A young man in Florida is efforting to help the
    National Multiple Sclerosis Society and his local Sarasota Habitat for
    Humanity with a new auction of a special Harry Potter book. Author J.K. Rowling contributed a signed book plate for a special Deluxe edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows which also features a new sketch of Harry Potter by artist Mary Grandpre which you can see here....
    bpalx_feed 6:32p
    Dark Delicacies Trunk Show Info
    On Sunday, November 29th, Dark Delicacies will be hosting Black Phoenix’s last trunk show of 2009. We will be bringing back some scents we still have stock of from previous 2009 shows, plus some bottles that we tapped for this event. In addition, there are four new Dark Delicacies scents that will be debuting at the event!


    - - -

    Upon being discharged from his restful stay at Arkham Sanitarium, Del Howison and his wife, Sue, the former archivist and curator of the Cabot Museum in Beacon Hill, opened up a bookstore in Arkham specializing in hard-to-find grimoires, occult treatises, and mystical antiquities. They also cater to the lighter interests of the Valley’s cultists, and carry a vast selection of macabre books, DVDs, and ceremonial memorabilia.

    Every Saturday at midnight, Sue hosts Tiny Terror Story Time -- including interactive ritual indoctrination for tots AND milk and cookies! Each week features the songs, stories, and rites of a different Outer God or Great Old One!

    Fifteen years later, they have twelve stores across the Miskatonic Valley, and one in sunny Burbank, CA!

    STORY TIME AT DARK DELICACIES
    Heavy oak shelving, cracked leather bindings, incense-soaked parchment, ancient inks, baneful aromatic herbs, and crumbs of spilled sugar-glazed lemon butter cookies that have been accidentally dragged from the kiddie section of the store.

    SUE’S GREAT OLD PUPPET SHOW
    Sue’s adorable Cthulhu hand puppets and whirling Nyarlathotep marionettes help kids learn about ancient and terrible extraterrestrial beings! A wacky way to introduce your little ones to forbidden blood-chilling rites!

    Hot cocoa, tiny marshmallows, white glue, stick-on googly eyes, and felt!



    In 2000, Del Howison opened the Nameless City Drive-In theatre in Arkham, and eventually expanded to Innsmouth, Dunwich, and Kingsport. While Del focuses on blockbuster horror hits in his theatres, he also shows documentaries of local interest, and hosts the Dylath-Leen Film Festival which showcases the work of both prominent and up-and-coming Miskatonic Valley filmmakers. As a public service, Del provides shuttle transportation to Arkham Sanitarium at the conclusion of each film festival.

    Classic comedies are shown at the Nameless City Drive-In on the first Monday of every month! Abbot and Costello vs. the Lurking Ineffable Horror from the Depths of Space and Time is always a hit!

    Due to increased Mi-Go activity in recent months, convertibles and Minis are gently discouraged at the drive-in.


    THE NAMELESS CITY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
    Chrome bumpers gleaming in cold, exhaust-fume laden night air. Soggy foliage and crushed grass dotted with popcorn that has been crushed under rubber tires. Leather seats moist with skin musk and the sweat of groping hands fumbling under ceremonial robes.


    THE SNACK HUT
    Hot popcorn covered in a glowing golden liquid substance, fried things, and artificially flavored cherry frozen carbonated beverages, extra-loaded with high-fructose corn syrup.


    During this year’s Miskatonic Valley Yuletide Faire, Sue will be running the kid’s crafts booth, and Del will be showing holiday cinematic favorites throughout the season, including “It’s a Gibbering, Seething Life”, “All I Want For Yuletide is Bleating Madness”, and “’Twas the Night Before the Profane Horror Manifested”!


    (The oils are devoid of felt, googly eyes, high fructose corn syrup, artificial cherry flavoring, glue, and tentacles. Don’t be silly!)

    - - -

    The following oils are this trunk show’s new offerings:

    Absinthe v5
    Absinthe v7
    AF18
    AF22
    AF24
    AF25
    B.B2
    B.B3
    Black Orchid v3
    BOBN1
    BRA11
    BTCS
    BTLS1
    BTMEM
    BTOD1
    BTOD2
    BTPQ
    BTPU1
    BTPU2
    BTSB
    Dirty v3
    Dorian v3
    Dragon Pecker v2
    Grand Guignol v4
    HARLOT V2
    Hel v6
    HR1
    HR2
    Mason & Jenkins Port Jelly 2
    MVJHL Bake Sale v3
    Nepthys v2
    Nepthys v4
    NGAGL5
    NGG023
    NVF02
    NVF10
    NVL1
    NVMA1
    NVP1
    NVP2
    NVPR4
    O v5
    O v6
    Playing With Dangerous Toys v2
    Poisoned Apple v2
    Poisoned Apple v3
    PP416
    PPH81
    PSX54
    Soothing System 1
    XCDL13
    XCDW5
    YAR7
    Zombie Apocalypse 4


    The following oils from previous trunk shows will be brought back:

    A Bachelor's Dog
    A Bold Bluff
    Albedo
    Android V2
    Aphrodite V7
    Blue Phoenix
    Capela dos Ossos V5
    CD023
    Dorian V2
    Gossamer
    Hellion V2
    Hermes Trimegistus V2
    Holly King
    Ice Queen
    Jingo Kogo V6
    Lamia V3
    Lust V7
    MB: Underbed
    Medb V4
    NYE in Dogville 2007
    Oak King
    Orange Phoenix
    Osiris v4
    Pediophobia V1
    Pink Phoenix
    PO13
    Purple Phoenix
    PX117
    Red Phoenix
    Riding the Goat
    Scurvy
    Sekhmet V5
    Set V3
    Sitting up w/a Sick Friend
    Smut 2007
    St. Lucia
    Strawberry Moon
    Tetramorph v2
    TKO V3
    Vishpala

    Please note: this list is subject to change. Very, very subject to change. Scents may be added as time permits, or deleted if circumstances dictate.

    If we can swing it, Trading Post will be bringing room spray and bath oil protos. List forthcoming.

    Each bottle of BPAL oil is $20. No preorders will be accepted for the perfumes and room sprays at the Cobwebs event. Bottles will be sold on a first-come basis, and there is a limit of three bottles per person until 30 minutes before the end of the event, at which point, the limit is lifted.

    The Vintage scents will, as always, be sportin’ a new label that was created for this event. You will not be getting the original label used for this scent.

    Where and when is this happening?

    Dark Delicacies
    4213 W. Burbank
    Burbank, CA 91505 U.S.A.

    Sunday, November 29
    12pm - 3pm

    1-888-DARKDEL
    1-818-556-6660

    darkdel *at* darkdel *.* com


    On December 3rd, Dark Delicacies will be celebrating their 15th anniversary! 30% off most items (sale & consignment items not included) in the store… and CAKE! Bring in a new toy valued at $10 or more and get 40% off a single item that day. =)
    pepys_diary 11:00p
    Sunday 25 November 1666

    (Lord's day). Up, and with Sir J. Minnes by coach to White Hall, and there coming late, I to rights to the chapel, where in my usual place I heard one of the King's chaplains, one Mr. Floyd, preach. He was out two or three times in his prayer, and as many in his sermon, but yet he made a most excellent good sermon, of our duty to imitate the lives and practice of Christ and the saints departed, and did it very handsomely and excellent stile; but was a little overlarge in magnifying the graces of the nobility and prelates, that we have seen in our memorys in the world, whom God hath taken from us. At the end of the sermon an excellent anthem; but it was a pleasant thing, an idle companion in our pew, a prating, bold counsellor that hath been heretofore at the Navy Office, and noted for a great eater and drinker, not for quantity, but of the best, his name Tom Bales, said, "I know a fitter anthem for this sermon," speaking only of our duty of following the saints, and I know not what. "Cooke should have sung, 'Come, follow, follow me.'" I After sermon up into the gallery, and then to Sir G. Carteret's to dinner; where much company. Among others, Mr. Carteret and my Lady Jemimah, and here was also Mr. [John] Ashburnham [L&M suggest it was William. P.G.], the great man, who is a pleasant man, and that hath seen much of the world, and more of the Court. After dinner Sir G. Carteret and I to another room, and he tells me more and more of our want of money and in how ill condition we are likely to be soon in, and that he believes we shall not have a fleete at sea the next year. So do I believe; but he seems to speak it as a thing expected by the King and as if their matters were laid accordingly. Thence into the Court and there delivered copies of my report to my Lord Treasurer, to the Duke of York, Sir W. Coventry, and others, and attended there till the Council met, and then was called in, and I read my letter. My Lord Treasurer declared that the King had nothing to give till the Parliament did give him some money. So the King did of himself bid me to declare to all that would take our tallys for payment, that he should, soon as the Parliament's money do come in, take back their tallys, and give them money: which I giving him occasion to repeat to me, it coming from him against the 'gre'1 I perceive, of my Lord Treasurer, I was content therewith, and went out, and glad that I have got so much. Here staid till the Council rose, walking in the gallery. All the talke being of Scotland, where the highest report, I perceive, runs but upon three or four hundred in armes; but they believe that it will grow more, and do seem to apprehend it much, as if the King of France had a hand in it. My Lord Lauderdale do make nothing of it, it seems, and people do censure him for it, he from the beginning saying that there was nothing in it, whereas it do appear to be a pure rebellion; but no persons of quality being in it, all do hope that it cannot amount to much. Here I saw Mrs. Stewart this afternoon, methought the beautifullest creature that ever I saw in my life, more than ever I thought her so, often as I have seen her; and I begin to think do exceed my Lady Castlemayne, at least now. This being St. Catherine's day, the Queene was at masse by seven o'clock this morning; and. Mr. Ashburnham do say that he never saw any one have so much zeale in his life as she hath: and, the question being asked by my Lady Carteret, much beyond the bigotry that ever the old Queen-mother had. I spoke with Mr. Maya who tells me that the design of building the City do go on apace, and by his description it will be mighty handsome, and to the satisfaction of the people; but I pray God it come not out too late. The Council up, after speaking with Sir W. Coventry a little, away home with Captain Cocke in his coach, discourse about the forming of his contract he made with us lately for hempe, and so home, where we parted, and I find my uncle Wight and Mrs. Wight and Woolly, who staid and supped, and mighty merry together, and then I to my chamber to even my journal, and then to bed. I will remember that Mr. Ashburnham to-day at dinner told how the rich fortune Mrs. Mallett reports of her servants; that my Lord Herbert would have had her; my Lord Hinchingbroke was indifferent to have her;2 my Lord John Butler might not have her; my Lord of Rochester would have forced her;3 and Sir ------ Popham, who nevertheless is likely to have her, would kiss her breach to have her.

    1. Apparently a translation of the French 'contre le gre', and presumably an expression in common use. "Against the grain" is generally supposed to have its origin in the use of a plane against the grain of the wood.
    2. They had quarrelled (see August 26th). She, perhaps, was piqued at Lord Hinchingbroke's refusal "to compass the thing without consent of friends" (see February 25th), whence her expression, "indifferent" to have her. It is worthy of remark that their children intermarried; Lord Hinchingbroke's son married Lady Rochester's daughter. -- B.
    3. Of the lady thus sought after, whom Pepys calls "a beauty" as well as a fortune, and who shortly afterwards, about the 4th February, 1667, became the wife of the Earl of Rochester, then not twenty years old, no authentic portrait is known to exist. When Mr. Miller, of Albemarle Street, in 1811, proposed to publish an edition of the "Memoires de Grammont," he sent an artist to Windsor to copy there the portraits which he could find of those who figure in that work. In the list given to him for this purpose was the name of Lady Rochester. Not finding amongst the "Beauties," or elsewhere, any genuine portrait of her, but seeing that by Hamilton she is absurdly styled "une triste heritiere," the, artist made a drawing from some unknown portrait at Windsor of a lady of a sorrowful countenance, and palmed it off upon the bookseller. In the edition of "Grammont" it is not actually called Lady Rochester, but "La Triste Heritiere." A similar falsification had been practised in Edwards's edition of 1793, but a different portrait had been copied. It is needless, almost, to remark how ill applied is Hamilton's epithet. -- B.
    overheard_nyc 6:00p
    Wednesday One-Liners Opened the Door...to My Heart.

    Train conductor: Stand clear of the closing doors please.
    (man darts down stairs and flings himself between doors, holding it open for wife and 2 kids and then getting into the train himself.).
    Train conductor
    : "yeah, great. Are we all onboard the train now? I can see how 'stand clear of the closing doors please' can sound alot like ok come on down and hold the doors for your lady friend and little ones causing potential bodily harm to everyone and making everyone else late. Sounds exactly alike."


    --Manhattan Bound N train

    Overheard by: Jenny

    Conductor: To those holding the doors, please do not as it slows down the train. Yes, I'm talking about you, sir, who has been holding the train doors since you got on at fulton st. Sir, do not hold the doors! I've seen what you look like and if you keep holding the door, the transit police will come and take you away. Now, sir, stand clear of the closing doors!

    --42nd st stop 4/5 line

    Overheard by: Mambo!!

    [doors attempt to close].
    Conductor
    : Ya'll get outta the way of the closing doors!

    [doors jerk closed and open violently].
    Conductor
    : Aaaaaaahhhh!


    --Inside 7 train at 42nd St.

    I was sitting in an empty train car on the "c" train. Apparently, the front of the train was full because the train conductor got on the loadspeaker and said:
    "I am not sure if you people have noticed, but this train actually has more than one door. It's true. There are other doors."

    Then there was a moment of silence, and he got back on:
    "seriously people! Walk. Walk!"


    --C Train

    please let go of the doors... Cuz I will drag you all the way to journal square.

    --33rd and 6th Avenue PATH TRAIN

    Overheard by: Mackenzie Richardson

    Train conductor to someone holding a door open over the loudspeaker:
    "ladies and gentlemen holding the doors open will not get you to your destination, but will get you in a situation. If you want to be such a great new york city samaritan take a test and be a conductor like me!"


    --A train, 59th street station

    Overheard by: Meghan


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