Aum...

[chenanceou]

Or yumm... Lunch at the Zen Palate with listener_m and rusty_halo - it's around Union Square and the dishes have names like shredded heaven and rose petals. Great company, great lunch and, for all that is beautiful in this world, there was the green market and how good the smells there made me feel. It was like being back home, where you go to the open market in the morning to get the food you are cooking that day - everything smells green and earthy with different notes here and there (freesias, bread, gooseberry wine...).

Home to shower (Because NY is lovely, but also humid and strangely hot for this time of the year.) and then meet up later for Corpse Bride (the posters around the city are killing me - The Graceful Dead?!). I'm a Tim Burton fan. I've written posts singing his glories and counted the ways I love his work (and no, not even this fan managed to like Planet of the Apes). The Wonka movie had me conflicted - I liked the songs, I liked the oompa loompa(s) and I liked the sets. I even liked the story - but something was off. But who gives a rat's ass about any of that when I'm about to see Corpse Bride?! I know I don't. It has everything I'm bound to delight in: walking corpses in low cut dresses, Depp, murder and humour. I`m all aflutter.

BTW - How come it took me 39 years to find out what a fluffer really does!?

Edit: Beware what you lift from other LJs (this one from myrddrr`s)...
If you know me from the BtVS stuff, you'll understand my horror when
I found out I'm a... No, no, no.

You Are A: Duck!

Found in many lakes and ponds, ducks are a common site the world over. Known for their famous quack, ducks tend to congregate in flocks or go off on their own in pairs. As a duck, you may seem friendly at times but will not hesitate to bite if someone is bothering you. Your love for travel and your ability to swim are some reasons why you are a duck.

You were almost a: Bear Cub or a Monkey
You are least like a: Chipmunk or a GroundhogCute Animals Quiz

Comments

[shaddyr]

::gasp::

You're a DUCK??

::cries::

Oh, Chen! How COULD you?

::giggles::

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

I have no clue and I refuse to accept it. Never a duck. The damn thing meant I was like a... goose! That is it! A big, fat, wine force fed goose!

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

Heeeee!!! A duck!

Glad you are having such a great time. Things are status quo here. :-)

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

[hugs]

Yes, my friend, a duck. And me being the one who had the shirt with the rubber duckie inside a target with OPEN DUCK SEASON written under it.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

I am a turtle. Which is good, I like turtles.

See you soon!

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

Turtles are wiser than wise.

[msdori.livejournal.com]

No, no, no, no, that is SO WRONG. <shudder>

I wish I could have met you while I was in NY over the weekend. Rats.

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

This sucks! I was here Saturday and Sunday - argh!!!

On the ducks - I think it was on purpose.

[perletwo.livejournal.com]

At the other end of the spectrum, I'm ashamed to have known what a fluffer does as young as I did...

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

You should have seen me - I tried to use it on a sentence. Over and over again ;)
My first thought when finding out what it meant was - But I watched Stunt Cocks!

[evenstar-estel.livejournal.com]

Did you get to see Neil? He was doing something at CBGB's this week.

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

Read the new LJ entry for photos and micro-report on CBGBs.
:)

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Oh no!! You hid it so well!!

Jay was a fluffer in the Jay and Silent Bob comic book miniseries.

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

See? You know that! I had no clue!

And I think it was some sort of duck punishment for all the times I wore my OPEN DUCK SEASON T-shirt. Or said bad things about the ducks. Or told people what to do if confronted by a duck (vide icon).

Or wished all ducks would just... go away!

[rockgoddes.livejournal.com]

A duck???

You hide it so well!!

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

Quack.
Not.

Were I to choose an animal, it would be the snake - a symbol of wisdom through the ages. Yes, it would be pompous of me, but I'd rather be a snake than a duck, damn it! :)

[myrddrr.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with ducks?



*ducks*

[perletwo.livejournal.com]

Nothing, so long as there's enough orange glaze to go around.

::runs away to hide::

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes!
Though DUCKS suffer much more when done a la Peking...

[chenanceou.livejournal.com]

It comes from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom where people who 'shiped Buffy with Angel (together forever) were called Ducks. People like myself, a Spike fan, weren't very fond of the Ducks, nor were they fond of us. Calling us Masterbators (after the actor who played Spike, James Marsters) and the like.

Fandom can be a wonderful place to meet people and exchange ideas, but it can also be a very petty place populated by people with way too much time on their hands.