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[girlofprey]

So the airplanes are a danger again. Leading to the usual non-stop news channels and 'do you think torture is right?' conversations with my dad (in his defence, we later mocked the news with how everyone was plotting, in the Plotting Room of their little plot-filled houses. 'Masquerading' was another term we enjoyed). As usual I'm torn between general sadness at the state of the world, some fear, and a random suspicion that it's all a big conspiracy and we're just being played. Not that that would make things any easier at the airports, of course. If the situation becomes permanent, I mostly think it will be:

• Bad for airline companies.



• But good for the environment, perhaps.



• Bad for airline passengers - have fun playing with your keys and spare change after check-in, folks.



• SUPER bad for airport shops. Like woah.

But I suppose if it keeps people from getting blown up it's, y'know, a Plus. Mostly I'm glad I didn't book a trip to Cuba any time soon. Sympathy to those who are travelling soon ::sympathises::

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We now return you to our regularly scheduled nonsense. I bought a Little Black Book of Chocolate today. Do most people's ovens go up to 400* C? It's slightly shaming that I'm most excited about the chocolate brownie recipes - but if you want Rich Devil's Food Cake, I'm apparently also your girl ::peruses::

And I'm not a huge fan of Will Ferrell, but Total Film has managed to get me really quite interested in Talladega Nights. Mostly because he stars as a redneck NASCAR champion who comes up against sudden competition from a suave, French, intellectual racer played by Sacha Baron Cohen. A suave, French, intellectual racer who's apparently canonically gay. Sometimes I think the films, they tease me.

Still no Logan/Aaron fic. Woe.

Comments

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

I will be your girl! You might have to buy me bling. But I'll cook (note: term subject to debate), and it'll be swell.

I'm not worried, per se. I'M GAMBLING AND WHORING, DON'T SWEAT. I was just thinking for the actual shops, it'll be pretty bad, in that if no-one can take anything besides keys, glasses and money on a plane - who's going to buy anything? A book you can only read for an hour? Duty free you have to drink there and then? You're hardly going to be nipping into Boots to buy some extra shampoo anymore. Dude.

However, I cheer myself up with the thought that they might possibly be replaced by more temporary, more entertaining things, like video arcades, or little libraries, or Laserquest! Which will hopefully make up for the sheer rubbishness travel might become. So hurrah :)

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

CAN I HAVE THE JEWELLED CLOWN???

I like your mentioning of apriciable effects to win arguments. Do that more often. Mostly I now believe, but was just thinking. Mostly about not being able to have anything with you or buy anything until you'd landed. I have no sympaty for the shops really. Honest.

Brothels, craps table and libraries. TRULY AWESOME. WHY WOULD YOU EVER LEAVE?

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

EVERYONE knows about the jewelled clown. It's like a cultural legend. It's great. I glory in it's infectious rubbishness :D

LET'S BUILD IT. I'll get some books and dice. You arrange the flights and planes and stuff.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

400...oh MY there's no degrees symbol...C? No. That's a fib. You'll have to do them for 200@/*/^/degrees/~ C but for twice as long. That's probably how cooking wrks. Actually I think it might be a typo. I can't think what would benefit from being cooked at 400...etc.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

It is no lie. Chocolate Sheet Cake - 'Preheat oven to 400 (slight oversight on the keyboard makers' part) C'. For a long time I have been reading takeaway pizza boxes that tell me to reheat the pizza, simply preheat oven to 350* C... Thinking 'I'll just BUY A VOLCANO, shall I??'. Dude. I want to own one of these superovens. So I can cook my chocolate properly, and not approximate like the poor. Now I have a book and all.

[jekesta]

° = & deg ;

Yay:)

[whatho.livejournal.com]

I...but...how...yay!

[jekesta]

There are many lots of symbols that html magically makes happy, there's a good list here. Hray:)

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the cleverness! Thank you muchly.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Also, it might be Farenheit. Not Celcius. Bad me.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Truly you are a Master/Mistress/Mastress of the Typing Arts. ::Awe::

[jekesta]

Yay, shiny:) I am scared of the libraries that will not let me take books out when I have to rush away to catch my plane. I will never catch planes again. Maybe they will have books on the planes, in the back of every seat, so there can be a sort of bartering when everyone sits down and you find you've been seated in non fiction instead of sci fi and everyone can do swaps and hopefully nobody will get stuck with Dickens. Hm. Probably there are worse things to be stuck with, I don't know. Libraries and brothels and icecream parlours and YAY:)

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

This is my main feeling about the Airports of Glory I am half-constructing in my mind. Who would ever want to fly away from them? EXCEPT ON THE LIBRARY PLANES OF WHICH YOU SPEAK. WHICH ARE PURE WIN. So much better than having snakes on them, dude.

Libraries and ice-cream parlours and ROLLERSKATING. Hell, I'd just go on holiday there.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_mysterieuse/]

If it's an American book it might be using Fahrenheit because 400 degrees C is just crazy. Especially if you're dealing with chocolate. I'm sure most normal ovens only go up to about 250 C.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Oooh. It might be Farenheit. It actually just says [degree symbol]. I don't know why I never pay any mind to Farenheit, just assume Celcius. All those years of high school science, I think. Ignore my random blindness, please.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_la_mysterieuse/]

Ignore my random blindness, please
No worries. If I turn out to be right I'd love a slice of cake!

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

I will, um, mail one to you!

[jekesta]

And me!

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

I DON'T HAVE HUNDREDS OF STAMPS, JEKESTA.

[jekesta]

OUr love has had to endure your CONSTANT NOT SENDING ME FOOD and now this. STOP TESTING OUR LOVE, GIRLOFPREY.

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Our love has had to endure your constant accusations of 'now this'. AND NOW THIS.