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[mrissa]

So. I've made something of a dent in "At the Sign of the Fish and Amulet" but haven't actually gotten it anything like done. Which is fine; one short story today is enough, and "Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8" is done. And "At the Sign of the Fish and Amulet" is going well, and I just need a bit more fish in it and it will smell just right, and then it'll be a matter of texture instead. (Fresh fish, so not that off-fishy smell.)

If it wasn't unseasonably warm for November (where is my SNOW?), I wouldn't have the problem I just caused, which is to say, I went to pull the chain to turn the ceiling fan on in markgritter's and my bedroom, and I grabbed the light chain instead. And pulled it completely out, thereby darkening the bedroom. Umm. I poked in there with a flashlight and can't see where to reinsert the chain; something snapped, so it may just be impossible. Well, I can get another fixture tomorrow, but it was not originally on my agenda.

Life is like that: suddenly you find yourself searching the aisles of Home Despot for something that doesn't look like a giant breast, and all you can do is laugh at yourself and hope the mini-donut truck is at Home Despot tomorrow. Even though it's only ever been there once. Because, y'know, it could happen. They have successfully convinced me that mini-donuts are possible, so that it's my third thought after "how clumsy of me" and "oh dear, row upon row of giant light-up mammaries."

None of this has anything to do with matociquala's hat or stillnotbored's photography, but one needs an icon for plunder, or borrowed plumage, reflected glory, or...stuff. I'm sure Stuff will come up.

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

or for just looking stylin' in a Hat.

[aszanoni.livejournal.com]

Heh. Steve will get Hat envy. Might think he inspired y'all towards stylin' in a Hat. -twinkle-

Damned fine Hat. Definitely magic.

Will the Hat get into a story any time soon?

-suddenly pictures an anthology of Hat stories- -delighted chuckles-

- Chica

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

He did witness the hat rather thoroughly, and I believe there was a hat-on-hat picture taken.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Steve in fact wore the hat, albeit only over his own chapeau. Somewhere there is a photo.

And I absolutely admit that I bought that hat to inspire hat envy in him. *g*

[aszanoni.livejournal.com]

-much great laughter- Heh. Did you tell him so?

- Chica

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

but of course. he denied any jealousy....

[aszanoni.livejournal.com]

-snicker-

Well, yeah. Then he'd have to notice being outdone by other Hats. ;] And M'ris has hat-cute going.

That would ruin certain long-standing motifs Steve has with his own Hat... -wink- Speaking of hats, he has a legion of berets too. I found them scuttling around for safety. Poor little abandoned buggers.

- Chica

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I look cute in berets (http://www.marissalingen.com/091501.html), too. If a little maniacal. I've had trouble getting that photo to behave itself even slightly, or I'd have an icon of it already.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I look good in hats. Just ask me, I'll tell you. Or ask my mom or lydy; they'll tell you, too. The more ridiculous the hat, the cuter I look. It's a good thing silver robot replicas of Carmen Miranda hats are not widely available, or my hat cute would probably knock out things up to the size of a juvenile rhino.

[mightyjesse.livejournal.com]

OMG... I so know EXACTLY the fixtures you're talking about and why are there so many variations of them? Why can't they have more variations of something ELSE?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that...

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

We have actually found a reason: the "nipple" in the middle makes a very easy place to unscrew the fixture to change the bulbs. Otherwise you have to have some arrangement with the sides. But it's worth it sometimes.