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Replaced_Texan 10-07-2008 11:00 AM
This made my morning
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7654267.stm (spree: monkeys)

Not Bob 10-07-2008 11:00 AM
Where were you in '69? Smokin' dope, and drinkin' wine.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnybunny (Post 366707)
Where does "spree" disclosure come from? My brain has turned to mush with respect to infirmation era factoids other than grammar timmy.
The FAQ is still up over there, and it is like reading an old Time (or People, really) that you found in a box with your college stuff while cleaning your basement. Or, for me (since the Spree Disclosure was invented before my time) it would be like finding and reading my older brother's Rolling Stones.

Anyway, to answer your question:
  • Q: What is "Spree disclosure"?
    A: After a spate of posts that included only a hyperlink to other sites, Latrell Sprewell made a new rule: if someone posts a hyperlink, they must disclose the subject matter of the item to which they are linking. This is to identify to unwary users what is contained behind the link. Past undisclosed links have been linked to sex sites and gore related sites (causing one GA to almost throw up in his office after viewing the aftermath of someone having jumped off of a tall building). A link must disclose the subject matter of the page, or else it will be deleted.

Not Bob 10-07-2008 11:06 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366706)
I am on the horns of a dilemma: what should I be for Halloween? I have narrowed it down to two choices (hence the term "dilemma"), Cleopatra or Geisha?

The geisha costumes I have seen on the interwebs are mostly cheesy -- but Cleopatra's not that much better. I'm not looking for an excuse to dress like a tramp, and the geisha seems like a better cover up (and slightly more original), but what say you all?
Go with the geisha. Based upon my experience at seeing adults in costumes on Halloween, I would say that it is a much more original choice than Cleopatra -- I've seen a few Cleopatras, but no geishas.

Adder 10-07-2008 11:16 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366712)
Thank you for helping the subject-matter challenged among us. OK, fine, the subject-matter challenged among us is a group of one.
The geisha seems the slightly less original to me, but maybe I just run in strange circles (I will catch that tail eventually, dammit!).

Of course I also tend to encourage dressing like a tramp...

Sidd Finch 10-07-2008 11:17 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 366716)
Go with the geisha. Based upon my experience at seeing adults in costumes on Halloween, I would say that it is a much more original choice than Cleopatra -- I've seen a few Cleopatras, but no geishas.
Where do you people live? I've seen entire troops of gay men dressed as geishas on Halloween.

IIRC, dtb has way better tits, but I don't know that Geishas actually have tits.

bold_n_brazen 10-07-2008 11:19 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366712)
Thank you for helping the subject-matter challenged among us. OK, fine, the subject-matter challenged among us is a group of one.

You're in fine company then.

Hank Chinaski 10-07-2008 11:19 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 366721)
Where do you people live? I've seen entire troops of gay men dressed as geishas on Halloween.

IIRC, dtb has way better tits, but I don't know that Geishas actually have tits.
doesn't dtb drink like a fish? you can't have your face covered in white make up and drink freely.

dtb 10-07-2008 11:20 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 366716)
Go with the geisha. Based upon my experience at seeing adults in costumes on Halloween, I would say that it is a much more original choice than Cleopatra -- I've seen a few Cleopatras, but no geishas.
I think I will go with geisha -- because the cleopatra costumes I've seen look really cheap (as in really chintzy -- not just trashy), and my kids are going as anime characters, so it's almost like a theme. GET IT?!?

Anyone know where I can get a not-too-cheesy geisha costume?

dtb 10-07-2008 11:22 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 366724)
doesn't dtb drink like a fish? you can't have your face covered in white make up and drink freely.

Good point. I'll have to bring a straw. Maybe I could decorate a straw and use it in my hair as one of those decorative sticks!

I knew I'd come to the right place to get answers to the relevant questions of the day.

Replaced_Texan 10-07-2008 11:31 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366706)
I am on the horns of a dilemma: what should I be for Halloween? I have narrowed it down to two choices (hence the term "dilemma"), Cleopatra or Geisha?

The geisha costumes I have seen on the interwebs are mostly cheesy -- but Cleopatra's not that much better. I'm not looking for an excuse to dress like a tramp, and the geisha seems like a better cover up (and slightly more original), but what say you all?
Caveat: I almost never buy ready-made costumes, and I use any and every excuse to wear/make costumes.

The success of both costumes depends on how you end up doing your hair and makeup. Everything else is more or less gravy. Cleopatra is probably slightly easier on the makeup front with just exaggerated khol around the eyes, and it just depends what you want to do with hair. You might be able to do something with your own hair (if it's at all close to what it was the last time I saw you), or you might want to have fun with wigs. I thought they did some fun things with Cleopatra's look in HBO's Rome. You might want to take a look at some google images for inspiration (or watch the second season of the series. Warning: It's pretty gory, but historians generally like it.) As for clothes, something vaguely flowy and more or less solid and empire waisted will do. Carrying around a rubber snake would probably drive the point home, but I don't like costumes with props. Inevitably they either get lost or in the way.

The geisha costume will probably warrant a wig purchase, if only to get lots and lots of volume and because those knots are complicated. Makeup is also a lot more complicated, but it's probably doable with a lot of white powder and red accents and lots of pictures downloaded from the web. The kimono could be as simple or as complicated as you want to go.

ETA: I'm going as Marvin the Martian. I have the red shirt and leggings from American apparel and a green tutu on hand. And a ray gun. I just need to work on the helmet.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 10-07-2008 11:32 AM
Re: This made my morning
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366713)
Flinty worked at Heller until last week?

Adder 10-07-2008 11:37 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
Warning: [HBO's Rome is] pretty gory, but historians generally like it.)
And smutty too! I highly recommend.

bold_n_brazen 10-07-2008 11:54 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
Caveat: I almost never buy ready-made costumes, and I use any and every excuse to wear/make costumes.

The success of both costumes depends on how you end up doing your hair and makeup. Everything else is more or less gravy. Cleopatra is probably slightly easier on the makeup front with just exaggerated khol around the eyes, and it just depends what you want to do with hair. You might be able to do something with your own hair (if it's at all close to what it was the last time I saw you), or you might want to have fun with wigs. I thought they did some fun things with Cleopatra's look in HBO's Rome. You might want to take a look at some google images for inspiration (or watch the second season of the series. Warning: It's pretty gory, but historians generally like it.) As for clothes, something vaguely flowy and more or less solid and empire waisted will do. Carrying around a rubber snake would probably drive the point home, but I don't like costumes with props. Inevitably they either get lost or in the way.

The geisha costume will probably warrant a wig purchase, if only to get lots and lots of volume and because those knots are complicated. Makeup is also a lot more complicated, but it's probably doable with a lot of white powder and red accents and lots of pictures downloaded from the web. The kimono could be as simple or as complicated as you want to go.

ETA: I'm going as Marvin the Martian. I have the red shirt and leggings from American apparel and a green tutu on hand. And a ray gun. I just need to work on the helmet.
I haven't dressed up for Halloween since before college. I hate costumes.

Did you just call me Coltrane? 10-07-2008 11:55 AM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366706)
I am on the horns of a dilemma: what should I be for Halloween? I have narrowed it down to two choices (hence the term "dilemma"), Cleopatra or Geisha?

The geisha costumes I have seen on the interwebs are mostly cheesy -- but Cleopatra's not that much better. I'm not looking for an excuse to dress like a tramp, and the geisha seems like a better cover up (and slightly more original), but what say you all?
Catholic school girl.

notcasesensitive 10-07-2008 12:07 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 366743)
I haven't dressed up for Halloween since before college. I hate costumes.
I haven't dressed up for Halloween (or other parties) since I've moved to LA. I miss it. My Dallas friends had some great costume parties.

futbol fan 10-07-2008 12:08 PM
Re: This made my morning
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 366732)
Flinty worked at Heller until last week?
It's a short step from monkeys serving beer to . . . .




http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...1/000_0298.jpg

futbol fan 10-07-2008 12:10 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 366745)
Catholic school girl.
Seriously. What ever happened to the classics? Sexy French Maid, Sexy Cheerleader, Sexy Dental Hygenist . . . so many choices.

dtb 10-07-2008 12:13 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
Caveat: I almost never buy ready-made costumes, and I use any and every excuse to wear/make costumes.

The success of both costumes depends on how you end up doing your hair and makeup. Everything else is more or less gravy. Cleopatra is probably slightly easier on the makeup front with just exaggerated khol around the eyes, and it just depends what you want to do with hair. You might be able to do something with your own hair (if it's at all close to what it was the last time I saw you), or you might want to have fun with wigs. I thought they did some fun things with Cleopatra's look in HBO's Rome. You might want to take a look at some google images for inspiration (or watch the second season of the series. Warning: It's pretty gory, but historians generally like it.) As for clothes, something vaguely flowy and more or less solid and empire waisted will do. Carrying around a rubber snake would probably drive the point home, but I don't like costumes with props. Inevitably they either get lost or in the way.

The geisha costume will probably warrant a wig purchase, if only to get lots and lots of volume and because those knots are complicated. Makeup is also a lot more complicated, but it's probably doable with a lot of white powder and red accents and lots of pictures downloaded from the web. The kimono could be as simple or as complicated as you want to go.
I would love to do Cleopatra, but don't have the right kind of dress. I have some nice, flow-y dresses, but they just do not give off an ancient-Egypt kind of vibe. I loved the costuming for Cleo in Rome (hbo Rome) and noticed it when it aired. Those headpieces are available on line (the ropy wigs, or the beads hanging down -- and those are cool), but what's stopping me is the cheesiness of the dresses available. Also, I'm thinking the theme thing is sort of fun.

And isn't this a kick-ass kimono? (Apologies in advance if this picture thing doesn't work -- I'm an image virgin at this new site!)

dtb 10-07-2008 12:14 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 366748)
I haven't dressed up for Halloween (or other parties) since I've moved to LA. I miss it. My Dallas friends had some great costume parties.
When I move to LA, I will host a costume party at my fabulous new home. And you will be invited. I hadn't dressed up in years until last year, and it was such a hoot, I decided to do it again!

In fact, I ran into the mother of a kid in my son's class and was having a conversation with her, and she introduced herself to me. When I laughed and told her it was me, she was mortified, but (you guessed it...) we laughed and we laughed.

If you're interested, I'll send you a picture of me in my costume from last year -- you won't believe your eyes!

Sidd Finch 10-07-2008 01:13 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
Caveat: I almost never buy ready-made costumes, and I use any and every excuse to wear/make costumes.

The success of both costumes depends on how you end up doing your hair and makeup. Everything else is more or less gravy. Cleopatra is probably slightly easier on the makeup front with just exaggerated khol around the eyes, and it just depends what you want to do with hair. You might be able to do something with your own hair (if it's at all close to what it was the last time I saw you), or you might want to have fun with wigs. I thought they did some fun things with Cleopatra's look in HBO's Rome. You might want to take a look at some google images for inspiration (or watch the second season of the series. Warning: It's pretty gory, but historians generally like it.) As for clothes, something vaguely flowy and more or less solid and empire waisted will do. Carrying around a rubber snake would probably drive the point home, but I don't like costumes with props. Inevitably they either get lost or in the way.

The geisha costume will probably warrant a wig purchase, if only to get lots and lots of volume and because those knots are complicated. Makeup is also a lot more complicated, but it's probably doable with a lot of white powder and red accents and lots of pictures downloaded from the web. The kimono could be as simple or as complicated as you want to go.

ETA: I'm going as Marvin the Martian. I have the red shirt and leggings from American apparel and a green tutu on hand. And a ray gun. I just need to work on the helmet.


Wow. You rock in more ways than most people can count.

taxwonk 10-07-2008 01:34 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366725)
I think I will go with geisha -- because the cleopatra costumes I've seen look really cheap (as in really chintzy -- not just trashy), and my kids are going as anime characters, so it's almost like a theme. GET IT?!?

Anyone know where I can get a not-too-cheesy geisha costume?
Osaka?

Not Bob 10-07-2008 02:12 PM
You'll say, the world has come between us.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 366721)
Where do you people live? I've seen entire troops of gay men dressed as geishas on Halloween.
We can't all be lucky enough to live in Sodom By The Sea, Siddartha. In Podunkville, my Holly Golightly costume from last year was considered quite outre.

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertai...061010_ssv.jpg

sunnybunny 10-07-2008 02:20 PM
Re: Where were you in '69? Smokin' dope, and drinkin' wine.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 366714)
The FAQ is still up over there, and it is like reading an old Time (or People, really) that you found in a box with your college stuff while cleaning your basement. Or, for me (since the Spree Disclosure was invented before my time) it would be like finding and reading my older brother's Rolling Stones.

Anyway, to answer your question:
  • Q: What is "Spree disclosure"?
    A: After a spate of posts that included only a hyperlink to other sites, Latrell Sprewell made a new rule: if someone posts a hyperlink, they must disclose the subject matter of the item to which they are linking. This is to identify to unwary users what is contained behind the link. Past undisclosed links have been linked to sex sites and gore related sites (causing one GA to almost throw up in his office after viewing the aftermath of someone having jumped off of a tall building). A link must disclose the subject matter of the page, or else it will be deleted.

Then why isn't it a Sprewell Disclosure? Why is it Spree?

Not Bob 10-07-2008 02:27 PM
Re: Where were you in '69? Smokin' dope, and drinkin' wine.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnybunny (Post 366775)
Then why isn't it a Sprewell Disclosure? Why is it Spree?
Latrell Sprewell the poster was named after Latrell Sprewell the (now former) NBA player, whose nickname was "Spree," so his nickname was "Spree" also.

However, I don't believe Spree the poster ever actually choked Sock for the Man.

tmdiva 10-07-2008 03:15 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
ETA: I'm going as Marvin the Martian. I have the red shirt and leggings from American apparel and a green tutu on hand. And a ray gun. I just need to work on the helmet.
Awesome.

I have been having a total stupor of thought when it comes to the grownup Halloween costumes around here. Magnus is going to be Draco Malfoy, and I spent an arm and a leg on his costume because I wanted it not to look dumb (the official licensed robes are shite). He just has to leave his glasses at home, because even with slicked-back blond hair and Slytherin robes, for most people glasses = Harry Potter. Thor is a bunny in a handmedown costume, and Freya a bee, also in a handmedown. I have the stuff to make a flower costume for me to go with the bee, but I also need an idea for the grownup party the SFC and I will be attending. Any brilliant ideas?

tm

sunnybunny 10-07-2008 03:38 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 366725)
I think I will go with geisha -- because the cleopatra costumes I've seen look really cheap (as in really chintzy -- not just trashy), and my kids are going as anime characters, so it's almost like a theme. GET IT?!?

Anyone know where I can get a not-too-cheesy geisha costume?
Chef said you should do as a MILF.

Tyrone Slothrop 10-07-2008 03:40 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnybunny (Post 366802)
Chef said you should do as a MILF.
I think she doesn't want to be recognized.

bold_n_brazen 10-07-2008 03:42 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnybunny (Post 366802)
Chef said you should do as a MILF.
Only if you go as someone incredibly stupid.

Sidd Finch 10-07-2008 03:53 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 366804)
Only if you go as someone incredibly stupid.
I think she doesn't want to be recognized.

Replaced_Texan 10-07-2008 03:55 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tmdiva (Post 366792)
Awesome.

I have been having a total stupor of thought when it comes to the grownup Halloween costumes around here. Magnus is going to be Draco Malfoy, and I spent an arm and a leg on his costume because I wanted it not to look dumb (the official licensed robes are shite). He just has to leave his glasses at home, because even with slicked-back blond hair and Slytherin robes, for most people glasses = Harry Potter. Thor is a bunny in a handmedown costume, and Freya a bee, also in a handmedown. I have the stuff to make a flower costume for me to go with the bee, but I also need an idea for the grownup party the SFC and I will be attending. Any brilliant ideas?

tm
What about a flower child? Throw on a long vest over whatever the flwoer costume was, tie a rolled up bandana around your head, maybe find some John Lennon style glasses, pin the fake flowers to yourself, and you can transform the flower into a hippie.

Avoid the patchouli, though. No need to offend anyone.

Atticus Grinch 10-07-2008 07:53 PM
Mad Men (Spoiler)
 
Skip if you haven't seen "Six Month Leave."






Why did Betty flirt with Arthur in order to set him up to lunch solo with Sara Beth? I'm not clear on her motivation in setting up a date between an engaged man and a reasonably happy married woman. Was it because she wanted Sara Beth to get some of the positive attention that Arthur is clearly giving away? Or because she wanted to trouble another decent marriage (to, we are told, an entirely blameless good provider) with infidelity the way hers was/is? Or, and I'm just spitballin' here, was it to show that she can still manipulate men with her comeliness, the way she did with the tow truck driver? I didn't get what was going on there.

ltl/fb 10-07-2008 08:22 PM
Where is the article on Halle's toes?
 
Some Bond chick has 12 fingers.

Pretty Little Flower 10-07-2008 09:45 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tmdiva (Post 366792)
Awesome.

I have been having a total stupor of thought when it comes to the grownup Halloween costumes around here. Magnus is going to be Draco Malfoy, and I spent an arm and a leg on his costume because I wanted it not to look dumb (the official licensed robes are shite). He just has to leave his glasses at home, because even with slicked-back blond hair and Slytherin robes, for most people glasses = Harry Potter. Thor is a bunny in a handmedown costume, and Freya a bee, also in a handmedown. I have the stuff to make a flower costume for me to go with the bee, but I also need an idea for the grownup party the SFC and I will be attending. Any brilliant ideas?

tm

I think you should go as a flower.

Hank Chinaski 10-07-2008 10:28 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 366877)
I think you should go as a flower.
i just posted this on pb thinking it was here. our worlds are colliding. listen to my link if you like rock or sitcoms http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=3160

tmdiva 10-08-2008 02:44 AM
Not outable
 
My cousin was on Dancing with the Stars tonight, with the Rockettes. After careful review, I'm 90% sure that she was the right one of the two tallest in the back row. Just in case you still have it on your DVR. And not that you would really care.

Oh, and she looks absolutely nothing like me.

tm

ThurgreedMarshall 10-08-2008 12:56 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
Makeup is also a lot more complicated, but it's probably doable with a lot of white powder and red accents and lots of pictures downloaded from the web.
Make sure you get the lips right.

http://stateoftheart.popphoto.com/bl...shacover_1.jpg

Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
I just need to work on the helmet.
I bet you do, you naughty girl.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall 10-08-2008 01:03 PM
Re: Where were you in '69? Smokin' dope, and drinkin' wine.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnybunny (Post 366775)
Then why isn't it a Sprewell Disclosure? Why is it Spree?
Translation: Look at mee!

TM

Hank Chinaski 10-08-2008 01:16 PM
Re: VIQ -- Opinions Needed!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366731)
The geisha costume will probably warrant a wig purchase, if only to get lots and lots of volume and because those knots are complicated. Makeup is also a lot more complicated, but it's probably doable with a lot of white powder and red accents and lots of pictures downloaded from the web. The kimono could be as simple or as complicated as you want to go.
.
last time i was in Kyoto, walking up the shopping road leading to Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera, you know the waterfall temple, i saw some Geisha. there were two of them giggling and walking holding hands up towards the temple. I was stoked because Geisha means some sake party would be there and i was thirsty. I didn't find any party, but on the way back down the hill I saw a little store where a few guys were making up ordinary women as geisha. it's like a tourist thing to do, but these were being done by actual Gion make-up people.

Late October is not tourist season in Kyoto. a woman of dtb's means might want to fly one of these guys out to TCOTU for such an important event. i could probably sort out the address.

Replaced_Texan 10-08-2008 05:28 PM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
This is comforting. It's apparently not my fault I do the things I do. I can blame Dionysus:
Quote:

Whether it is the recent sexpidemic of teachers seducing students, the growing pansexual hedonism of Burning Man-like festivals worldwide, the flood of overtly sexual content on television and the big screen, the casual intimate 'hook-ups' of modern college kids, or the deviant sex acts celebrated by people parading fully nude on public streets in broad daylight, something has been lost between the innocent days of the Great Generation's public standards and the rapid erosion of contemporary decency.

Now, a researcher and author whose new book has skyrocketed up best-seller's lists warns that the growing trend of hedonism may be supernaturally motivated.

In "Nephilim Stargates: The Year 2012 and the Return of the Watchers," Thomas Horn ties moral abandonment to an ancient spirit, known in antiquity as the Greek god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) who represented the personification of unrestrained sexuality.

(Story continues below)




"Followers of Dionysus imagined him as the presence that is otherwise defined within man as the craving that longs to 'let itself go' and to 'give itself over' to outlaw desires," says Horn. "What puritans might resist as the lustful wants of the carnal man or the temptations of the Devil, the followers of Dionysus embraced as the incarnate power that would, in the afterlife, liberate man's soul from the constraints of the present world and from customs which sought to define respectability through obedience to moral law."

According to Horn, worshippers of Dionysus attempted to bring themselves into union with the god through ritual casting off of the bonds of sexual denial and primal constraint by seeking to attain a "higher state of ecstasy."

The uninhibited rituals of ecstasy (Greek for "outside the body") employed lascivious behavior, ecstatic communal dancing to the drums and flute, flicking of the head backward (as found in most trance inducing cults), and overt consumption of wine to bring the followers of Dionysus into a supernatural condition which enabled them to escape the temporary limitations of the body and mind and to achieve an orgiastic state of "enthousiasmos", or "outside the body and inside the god."
I'm part of the problem, but it's not my fault.

Adder 10-08-2008 05:35 PM
Re: Congratulations Slave and Catrin!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 366981)
This is comforting. It's apparently not my fault I do the things I do. I can blame Dionysus:

I'm part of the problem, but it's not my fault.
Can you send Dionysus my way? I would like to be a bigger part of the problem.


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