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04:31 / 20.02.04

The problem with my always forgetting what setting Barbelith time is on is saying "Yeah, I'm here!" to three-hour-old posts...

05:18 / 20.02.04

No coffee anymore for me, thank you.

I have no idea what time it is according to the barbeclock, but I'm sure it's into Friday already (nearly Friday here already!).

Happy New Moon, everybody (in about 2 & a half hours, anyway; I'm not staying up for that.)

14:19 / 20.02.04

Im not here for regular lateshift hours....
SO its the Earlyshift!

Jimmy Neutrons hair looks like it was made by Dairy Queen.
So someone stole/missused 200 million of my tax dollars..at least I dont have to complain about the weather...my uncle got 95 cm of snow yesterday. (nobody else..just my uncle

)
They dont make cartoons like they used to.
If I wear a black shirt I feel obligated to act all catburglery.

discuss....

18:56 / 20.02.04

200 million of my tax dollars

You've paid $200 million in tax, Keggers?

Hmm.

Do you want to, maybe, marry me? I know this is sudden, but your words (the ones about catburglars in black shirts, not the ones about tax dollars. I am not a gold-digger) have stolen my heart!

19:03 / 20.02.04

I guess this must be late now?

Deva were you on a train last week to Edinburgh last week? How's that for a question from nowhere?

19:24 / 20.02.04

Bear, no. I have only been on trains to Blackpool North lately (I wasn't going to Blackpool North, that's just where the train went on to. I was going to Bradford). Were you? Did you think you saw me? What did the phantom me look like? Was ze cool?

19:41 / 20.02.04

Damn you, Deva! I’ve been stealthily reeling in hunky Keggers for some time now (strapping Canadian, handy with a barbequote, vastly wealthy, well-stocked cellar, what’s not to like?), and you turn up fluttering your beauteous eyelashes and waving your academic credentials under his nose, and win him away from me in a flash. Curses, foiled again, etc.

‘Evening all, by the way.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

20:22 / 20.02.04

Hey BH, do you post exclusively in the Late shift? Arf.

When I was reading Seth's "It's a good life..." The other day I noticed the paper was kind of yellow/creamy, and was reminded of your artistic escapades. Have you read that book?

20:56 / 20.02.04

BH - Keggers has accepted my proposal?

Why, I'm the happiest girl alive!!

Hello, everyone. I finally wrote the first sex scene in my current story today, and I feel (a) happy about it and (b) annoyed because it went down totally differently from how I thought it would and has fucked up my characterization. That floozy.

20:58 / 20.02.04

It may be the first sex scene I have ever written not to contain the word "cock". Instead, I have opted for the superior gravitas of "penis", throughout.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

21:02 / 20.02.04

I prefer "loverocket" or "shaft" myself.

21:04 / 20.02.04

Hmm. They are out-of-doors, so "shaft" runs the risk of sounding like there might be a disused coalmine nearby; but loverocket... There's a word with class.

21:18 / 20.02.04

Suede, not quite exclusively a lateshift boy, but almost. It fits my current ‘working’ hours and it’s the corner of Barbelith I feel comfortable that all you clever kids won’t tear me to bits. I read the rest of it though. Voraciously. I was trying to cobble together a post earlier to join in the general Warren Ellis kickabout, but the best I could come up with was just repeating my thing that he’s not good looking enough to sell comics, and Flyboy’s nicked that line of argument now. And is wielding it with considerably more force than I could ever muster. Basically, I can’t fight for shit and can’t come up with an opinion so watertight that some brainy fucker won’t start in on me. If you can’t say anything clever, don’t say anything at all, that’s what my granny used to say as she thrashed me with a stick.

Er, yeah, anyway. Yes, I read ‘It’s a good life if...’. Liked it, but the guy who lent it to me almost exploded with rage when I said I preferred Seth’s work on ‘Mr X’. See what I mean? Arf. Anyway, finished your comic yet, Suede?

And I prefer ‘member’. It sounds conspiratorial, or something.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

21:28 / 20.02.04

BH: I wish I'd stuck to that advice (your grannies, that is), I've posted a massive amount of unclear and flimsy tosh today, an unfortunate byproduct of being tired and bored. Although I feel like I've nearly made up for it with my suggestion of "loverocket". A classy word indeed!

To be honest, I've got no idea what "Mr. X" is! Do tell. I really love "it's a good life..." though, and the blue/cream/black reminded me of your thing. I thought it was a beautiful piece of design for that particular book, really emphasising the sense of history and past while almost going unnoticed.

Indeed I have finished my comic, will get in touch with details soon - hopefully!

For now...

21:31 / 20.02.04

"Member" is good, and has the additional benefit that it reminds me of the old days when everyone was a Junior Member until they had made a certain number of posts (arf, arf, posts, do you see?*) - but I'm afraid that in the end it sounds too like "membrane" for my comfort.

(What makes good porn for me? Things that don't make me think of membranes.)

*Me neither

21:38 / 20.02.04

Look! Now Morrissey is singing to me about Suedehead! Why do you send him silly notes, Suedehead?

Okay, I am going to bed. Clearly it is long past time. Keep on shiftin', dudes.

21:41 / 20.02.04

Sleep well, Deva.

And splendid work, Suedehead! But I cannot believe you don’t know who/what Mr X is, man. Bloody kids, don’t they teach you anything in school these days?

Hmm.. See if this works, I’ve never actually tried posting images before...

21:43 / 20.02.04

Et voila! Seth-tastic!

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

21:51 / 20.02.04

I just like to torment him, Deva. I torment him and see how many songs he'll sing about me.

And wow, that's a very different Seth! I would have thought by now, though, you would have realised I know next to nothing about comics! I'm hoping it'll give my comics charm. Not really, we all know I just can't afford to buy any. (I just got caricature, actually, but I haven't read it yet).

What is Mr. X, then? Is it all his own work? It looks a lot sharper - incredibly simple. His work remained simple... I guess his cartoon love comes through more now, though, a certain flourish. Very simple and noir-ish. Tell me more!

22:15 / 20.02.04

Mr X: It’s a comic from ages ago, written by Dean Motter and channelling his usual obsession with art deco architecture and robots and all things retro-modernist: there’s an architect, running around and taking a drug so he never has to sleep, and there’s a city he designed to influence everyones mood for the better, but which was constructed all wrong so it’s driving everybody crazy instead. And he’s called Mr X because nobody’s quite sure exactly who he is, and he’s been strung out so long he’s kind of forgotten himself. And it was going to be drawn by Paul Rivoche, he did a load of designs and sketches which bloody well rocked, then Jamie Hernandez took over on art, then when he left they got the then-teenaged (I think) Seth to draw it. And then it got cancelled. Great comic. Nowhere near as hip as ‘It’s a good life’. The Seth issues are hard to find, but dirt cheap. I love them.

Hm. You wait, some barbe-brainbox is going to pop up any time now to tell me it’s a completely different Seth, entirely unrelated to the current hipster fave...

Sod that! Tell the ‘shift about your comic instead, Suede.

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

22:45 / 20.02.04

Hmmm, I shall have to look in to that for myself at some point.

Nobody wants to hear about my comic, man! Or rather, they will soon enough anyway. It's pretty boring. Got some nice leaves in though, y'know?

Watch this space! Or rather, another space, or just keep watching generally... my bed is calling.

23:05 / 20.02.04

No offence, but late shift? Let me tell you about lateness Josie bcos they all hink she's an evil mog and Yuri well hes a bit of a shot stirrer who's got any drugs for Funkademia? well thats fine Im not that fussed, but im not stayn in watching Dune...

00:19 / 21.02.04

Welp, I'm sitting and watching Lord of the G-Strings featuring a girl who is doing an excellent Willow Rosenberg impression, and it's the silliest softcore I've ever seen. What's everyone else up to?

07:39 / 21.02.04

I torment him and see how many songs he'll sing about me.

Suedehead! You are Johnny Marr!

Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!

14:45 / 21.02.04

You should hear him sob when I prank call him at 3am...

15:07 / 21.02.04

I think I have - isn't that the sound he used for the inarticulate howling/gargling on November Spawned A Monster?

18:57 / 21.02.04

Deva & BH No, I have not accepted anyones proposal. I need at least a 2000 word essay to convince me that it should even be considered.

Now lets put to rest some of the rumours, lies and innuendo spread about me:
strapping Canadian, handy with a barbequote, vastly wealthy, well-stocked cellar, what’s not to like?

Strappping No.
Canadian Damn Right!!
Handy with a barbquote It has happened.
Vastly wealthy Yes. Absolutely...as long as we aren't talking about money or material possesions.
Well stocked cellar Yes.
Whats not to like? This is impossible to say as everyone has different likes/dislikes. People who know me may fill this in as they feel necessary.

.So there.

19:13 / 21.02.04

These questions are very important to me. I wasn't sure where to post them.
1. Did Superman and Batman lie to protect their secret identities, or did most authors have them just being evasive when asked where they went etc.?
2. Does any of Grant's work on JLA have Superman and Batman lying to protect their secret identities?
3. What are Grant's birth date and time?
4. (This one is a bit longer.) In Grant's New X-Men, what scientific fields does Beast seem to be a master of? Probably genetics and particle physics, but what else? I don't remember if he was a physician & could perform surgery or not. Astronomy? Geology? ??thanks.

P.S. I also appreciate replies e-mailed directly to me at three50125go@aol.com.

19:28 / 21.02.04

...What the buggery blazes is all that supposed to mean?

And anyway Keggers, well, pardon me. I thought maybe you’d appreciate being built up as the lateshift’s Adonis-in-residence. ‘Lies and innuendoes’, indeed! Huh.

..I’ll get to work on that essay right away, by the way. Confirmation of the size of your cellar, so to speak, has decided things.

21:37 / 21.02.04

And breath.

I havent lateshifted for two consecutive nights. I thought I'd go crazy, but once again I am alive! See how the conversation's tone has lowered in my absence?

Evening all.

Ex

21:53 / 21.02.04

I prefer "loverocket" or "shaft" myself.

I'm ploughing into writing my first ever slash sex scene - and are there ANY pleasant, let alone erotic, euphemisms for testicles? They're either laughable, clinical or hideously solemn (respectively balls, testes, silken-sacked love-eggs). Help me.
I was going to start an entire thread on this, but I feared it would reduce my upright standing in the eyes of other members.

22:03 / 21.02.04

Oh, silken- sacked love-eggs is good. Very good, if utterly bizarre. Though it sounds like something from an as-yet-unwritten story which involves being ravished by a giant spider.

And, believe it or not, you were very much missed ‘Bop. Where’ve you been?

22:29 / 21.02.04

*blush*
Thursday, get this; I went to bed. At midnight. I was thinking, yeah, Im gonna sort out my nocturnal rythm once and for all. I'll go to bed at 12, and get up at 9. Well, because I'd been swimming (gave up on the kilometer and went for 25 lengths instead) and then for 3 hours of gym... I was knackered, and slept straight through til 2pm. Im so proud.

Last night I went to a party, spent most of the night locked in bathroom with 2 other girls and a guy. Malicious rumours were had by other people, but believe it or not, were just having a good old natter. Most of the time

22:40 / 21.02.04

Well, I suppose that’s a relief. Last time you were heard of, you were just about to go for a ten mile swim (or, like, whatever, anything over a length might as well be the channel crossing to me), and then you weren’t heard from for a couple of days... I mean, it’s not like you, *anything* could have happened. Good to know you were partying in the so-called real world. All the very best conversations happen in the bathroom. So I've found.

I passed the time musing as to whether I was causing any offence by always calling you Bop. I mean, I wouldn’t much like to be called Head. Would you prefer Ginger, ging, GB, G-bop, Julia-jooley-jools, bopmeister, ‘the’ bop, or perhaps gingerbop2: electric boogaloo? Your call, madam.

23:08 / 21.02.04

I suggest G-Bo in honour of everyone's favourite posterior.

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