Off Topic!, For all our "general" off topic tendencies Options

[Tina70]

Hi all:

this is sort of OT and sort of OT (meaning "on topic"... hmm... how does one say that in shorthand?) so I'll stick it here.

In a reply on another thread (Blog for Crafty L&O watchers) earlier tonight bwalter said the following in part (apologies, don't know how to link!): I am only here to suggest that perhaps you craft goddesses could collaborate on a project - perhaps something A-List and amusing as a LOCI memento for Kathryn? Nothing kitsch or yokel-folksy, but something she might actually not toss into the Goodwill bin. Avant-chic, elegant, with a fillip of LOCI-inspired fun in the design, all beautifully finished.

Which got me thinking... especially since I found some pretty wild coloured yarn on sale (once you see the colour, you probably won't wonder why!) and of course immediately bought too much:

http://bp2.blogger.com/_wXEBWu6h-p8/RfDOfI...-h/DSCF0680.jpg

Can anyone spell: "pumpkin patch"? Of course, my cheapo digital camera which cannot accurately record the colours of anything I have spent millions of hours knitting did an excellent reproduction job for the first (and probably last) time...

So, of course, to go with this subtle shade I had to pick some more accent colours (which, regrettably, were not on sale):

http://bp2.blogger.com/_wXEBWu6h-p8/RfDOfI...-h/DSCF0682.jpg

(NB: true to regular form, the colours are off. The left hand skein is turquoise. Right hand skein is grape).

So, keeping these colours in mind, I have the following questions: (PLEASE NOTE: in real life the yarn in real life is intended for a satchel - no danger of me ever knitting a sweater for a celebrity absent a contract for big buck - ).

1. If you could knit and were going to knit a sweater for one of the LOCI cast, which one do you think would look best in the orange colour? (regardless of who might be your favourite); and

2. Do you think the accent colours would suit that person as well?

Please discuss.

Kristina

PS. my answers are:

1. Eric Bogosian - I think that he has the complexion to carry off this colour. Or possibly Julianne Nicholson. IMO this colour would not work too well on too many people with fair complexions unless they are a true redhead.

2. Yes, I think the accent colours would work quite well for him.

[edited to make sure that everyone knew this was a pretend thing...! see below bwalter! )

[bwalter]

Hi all:

this is sort of OT and sort of OT (meaning "on topic"... hmm... how does one say that in shorthand?) so I'll stick it here.

In a reply on another thread (Blog for Crafty L&O watchers) earlier tonight bwalter said the following in part (apologies, don't know how to link!): I am only here to suggest that perhaps you craft goddesses could collaborate on a project - perhaps something A-List and amusing as a LOCI memento for Kathryn? Nothing kitsch or yokel-folksy, but something she might actually not toss into the Goodwill bin. Avant-chic, elegant, with a fillip of LOCI-inspired fun in the design, all beautifully finished.

Which got me thinking... especially since I found some pretty wild coloured yarn on sale (once you see the colour, you probably won't wonder why!) and of course immediately bought too much:

http://bp2.blogger.com/_wXEBWu6h-p8/RfDOfI...-h/DSCF0680.jpg

Can anyone spell: "pumpkin patch"? Of course, my cheapo digital camera which cannot accurately record the colours of anything I have spent millions of hours knitting did an excellent reproduction job for the first (and probably last) time...

So, of course, to go with this subtle shade I had to pick some more accent colours (which, regrettably, were not on sale):

http://bp2.blogger.com/_wXEBWu6h-p8/RfDOfI...-h/DSCF0682.jpg

(NB: true to regular form, the colours are off. The left hand skein is turquoise. Right hand skein is grape).

So, keeping these colours in mind, I have the following questions:

1. If you could knit and were going to knit a sweater for one of the LOCI cast, which one do you think would look best in the orange colour? (regardless of who might be your favourite); and

2. Do you think the accent colours would suit that person as well?

Please discuss.

Kristina

PS. my answers are:

1. Eric Bogosian - I think that he has the complexion to carry off this colour. Or possibly Julianne Nicholson. IMO this colour would not work too well on too many people with fair complexions unless they are a true redhead.

2. Yes, I think the accent colours would work quite well for him.

PPS. I should note that the yarn in real life is intended for a satchel (because this colour doesn't work for me either...at least not to wear).

You had me extremely worried, there, Tina, right up until the PPS Ah, okay, a pretend game (she said, laughing nervously). Well, lemme see...I would do a blouson pullover in a reverse colourway, using the royal blue as the main colour, with tangerine contrast bands about four inches wide at the bicep level of each sleeve, or, better, on just one sleeve, Milan-style. Deakins could carry it off, with his silver hair.

If the rules of the game make the tangerine yarn an absolute given as the main shade, then I would STILL give it to Deakins, accessorize it with a pair of plaid trousers, turn him loose on a Westchester golf course, and hope that he never finds his way back to One Police Plaza.

[CvlSrvnt]

Go get 'em, naydi - you are perfect for long term acute! And I swear, if the whole hiring fiasco hadn't gone down the way it did, it just wouldn't have been you!


"She did it....her waaaaaaayyyyyy!"

[Tina70]

You had me extremely worried, there, Tina, right up until the PPS Ah, okay, a pretend game (she said, laughing nervously). Well, lemme see...I would do a blouson pullover in a reverse colourway, using the royal blue as the main colour, with tangerine contrast bands about four inches wide at the bicep level of each sleeve, or, better, on just one sleeve, Milan-style. Deakins could carry it off, with his silver hair.

If the rules of the game make the tangerine yarn an absolute given as the main shade, then I would STILL give it to Deakins, accessorize it with a pair of plaid trousers, turn him loose on a Westchester golf course, and hope that he never finds his way back to One Police Plaza.

Phew - bwalter - thank you for clarifying that this maybe didn't come across as a game. Funnily enough I was worried about that eventuality - so what do I do? Put the explanation at the end! Blame it on too much tangerine... ! Edited my post to reflect this.

Tangerine golf shirts and plaid trousers - the trousers, of course, with matching turquoise and purple plaid? (what tartan would thatbe, I wonder? The clan McLoud? Or would you go with green and brown stripes in the plaid for some contrast?

Not surprisingly, I favour your design element. I also think you're right on with the colour choices for Deakins. However, I feel for maximum game potential it's good to stick with the orange as the main colour (although other suggestions as always are welcome).

In this regard - when I made this purchase, the guy at the yarn store who is well familiar with my predilection for mercerized cotton specifically and for wild colours generally - heck, I could probably sign off on his paycheque! SIGH - and who is also very familiar with the fact that I knit only for myself (selfish, selfish...) said, very politely, "Um...er... um... you do realise that this is not the best colour for you?"* I replied that I was actually planning to make a cape with it ". He said, "You'd be in danger of being run over as the cars might think you are a traffic cone". I said "Hey, didn't anyone ever tell you the customer is always right?!" And so it went on and on... his opinion, essentially, was that this colour was discontinued for a good reason. He was very likely right. It probably should have been discontinued in 1974 approx, together with the avocado and the mustard yellow.

Now - there's a colour scheme for the Deakins golf pants. However, if he were to find it back to 1 PP in that ensemble, they could probably get rid of Goren as confessions would no doubt flow freely after 5 minutes in a room forced to stare at Deakins.



PS** my complexion/colouring - white with a red tinge (I think they call this "ruddy") in the winter, bright red in the summer. Hair is dyed dark red (naturally greying... ahem, dark brown). I sometimes believe I am the only greek in the world who has never had a suntan. One wonders what the point is!

[peachybc]

This is for all the folks who are missing the chung, chung sound or the dum, dum sound the dung, dung sound or whatever you want to call the signature sound of L&0 series.

Thanks to TechGuy from the US board for this fun bit. Just click the button:

http://alt.tnt.tv/ilovelawandorder/main.html
Peachy

[naydi]

aaaah, maaaan! d'mn the almost 2-hour staff meeting to kick off the morning, setting me back work-wise (bad thing about quit dates: the instill deadlines that never were!!)... For now: a cheap and cheesy half-butt of a thank you compared to the joy felt from everyone's congrats!! I'll be coming back tonight to really read everything and response properly...

<i'll also be looking to get the full jist of this diabolical craft plan... oh yes. i do believe that world domination can be achieved through the power of the glue gun... it will be done!>

[Tina70]

This is for all the folks who are missing the chung, chung sound or the dum, dum sound the dung, dung sound or whatever you want to call the signature sound of L&0 series.

Thanks to TechGuy from the US board for this fun bit. Just click the button:

http://alt.tnt.tv/ilovelawandorder/main.html
Peachy

Hi Peachy:

was just about to start my next work item when I got this (then again, I checked). So much for work Seriously, cool site. Thanks for the link.

Thanks also for the "chung chung, dum dum" bit. If I manage to set up this knitblog I had thought maybe "knitboomboom" in recognition of the sound. But the other two are closer.

and now to work...

[naydi]

Unless there is a nurse in the family. Or in my family's case...two. My poor father drops his fork at least six times during Christmas dinner. My brother works for a cardiologist and I'm in obstetrics, so we've got the whole thing covered. *G*

So Naydi, have you found your "kryptonite" yet? (the one thing you just cannot tolerate to see/touch/deal with?) I've delivered babies (when the doctor didn't make it) bare handed and never blinked an eye, but dear Lord...don't let a baby spit up breast milk on me. *G* I go nuts!

My best advice is to find an ally. Find someone who can tolerate YOUR kryptonite but has a kryptonite of their own that YOU can tolerate. You can help each other out.

Congratulations, BTW...

Oh and I work 12 hour shifts at night. I love it. I'm not a morning person, so I'd be fired if I worked the day shift. *G*

HA HAA!! So far, I've survived c-diff relatively unscathed; didn't really blink when a CNA ripped out a J-tube attacking a patient's bedsheets just for a frigging bath like a woman possessed; said 'well, hey, would you look at that' when blood came shooting out of a femoral line following an MD's third failed stenosed central attempt; washed a dressed a necrotized 3/4's of a toe; and even very happily gone the extra step to get rid of three-year nursing home ear neglect, but arrrrlllllugh... please don't make me deal with something coming out of someone's mouth. Swabbing the, again, neglected gums of a total care, mouth-breathing hospice patient -as bad as it is to say this out loud- it is that that makes me thank the good Lord for the creation of the nursing assistant. I'll roll up my sleeves right along side my NA, but the sponge swabs - don't let me get in the way of your goin' to town...!!

One thing that I have been warned of, though, by almost every RN I talk to, is the longtime, experienced colleagues who will suddenly not know how to, say, insert a foley once I show up! We'll see how long that type of thing is gonna last if it happens at all... BUT, mulling as a type, being on nights, those little "gift" turfs should probably be a lot fewer and further between than on days, right? At least what I'm hoping; you know, beyond the Mary Poppins hope that this crew won't have 'one of those' fiendishly rubbing his/her hands one over the other to see me comin'! At least not on every night that I'm scheduled...

Congratulations, Naydi! I wish you all the best with your new job.

How tempting, now, to write that one person a right, proper email!

Today - No calls nor email attempts. I'm thinking the, uh, assistant grapevine has predictably shared all the message needed to have driven the point home....

[naydi]

Hi, Naydi! Click this Congrats Card link! Hope you like it!

- That's fantastic!! Thank yoooooou...

All right! You are on your way, Sister Naydi! (please slow down with all these achievements, though - I'm running through the Lawson cards at a ferocious pace, and at this rate I'll be forced to send you a Hallowe'en card when you take over Johns Hopkins).

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1170326201814

Oh My God!! That's soooo sweet... Yeah, for a second there, thought you'd worked out a clever zing involving the Ever-Increasing Accomplishments of the Aged, but whenever the seedling part came up - just about got me crying... Just so beautiful, b! Thank you so much....

Go get 'em, naydi - you are perfect for long term acute! And I swear, if the whole hiring fiasco hadn't gone down the way it did, it just wouldn't have been you!


"She did it....her waaaaaaayyyyyy!"

Shoooooo - I'd have had to jump forward and spin around real quick to try to see who's life it was that I'd fallen into all of a sudden! ...just can't ever come easy, can it? But it does just make appreciating getting the reward all that much Stronger and Deeper an experience*.


(*THE main reason why it all just wasn't going down like that without a stand being taken -worked way too hard for this for way too long to let some self-annointed "savior" try to make me bow to and beg her for a d'mn thing - especially after having been as patient as I was with all the other crap!! WHERE was she in the last 5.5 years that I'd been aligning everything in my life -BEFORE starting the nursing program- in order to do this?? Tom [CNO] is gonna have to smack those people into really knowing what the Profession of Nursing is!! That is, if he ends up keeping them involved in his efforts to build Nursing there, at all... )

[pinkpjs]

One thing that I have been warned of, though, by almost every RN I talk to, is the longtime, experienced colleagues who will suddenly not know how to, say, insert a foley once I show up!

Oh, but they'll phrase it as if they are "helping" you. Like, "I know you need the experience, so I'm going to LET you do this." Why THANK you, Precious!

*G*

[naydi]

Um... ...b? So, uh, what ha'happened was that now I've kinda had to wait so long having had so much crap going on that I kinda lost interest in that line up of songs that I ha'promised. But, but INSTEAD, I offer you where we are now - which, given my obsessive ways, does still feature some of the songs from off of the original list of B's Reintroduction.., as well as other songs featured in Off Topic before. But THIS, I feel, is so much a better product (that is - if you'll just, like, play along in indulging my capriciously shifting musical ways; accepting my promise that more than a few will actually go up THIS VERY MORNING, once I finish typing and set to fighting with the Comcast storage space to finagle some room.... **-cheesy begging grin not available in the still cheap a** selection of Invision smilies-**)

B's Reintroduction to Music Appreciation (whether she likes it or not) Vol 1, Take 2

Sowing Season (Yeah) - Brand New
Jesus Christ - Brand New
Citizens of Tomorrow - Tokyo Police Club
Bleed from Within - The Music
Bound for the Floor - Local H
Wolf Like Me - TV on the Radio
Break - The Cinematics
Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
Starlight - Muse
The Funeral - Band of Horses
Ewan - The Radio Dept
Dashboard - Modest Mouse
Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse
Song Seven - Interpol
PDA - Interpol
Aenema - Tool (Parental Advisory)
(Seriously) (I ain't even kidding, so don't get mad at me if you don't mind the warning! still - tis a great song if you pay attention...)
Judith - A Perfect Circle
(to my fellow believer DonnaLu - no, I don't agree.. but He knows that...)


Um...For storage room issues, I'll be cheating and using a You Tube link or two or three for some songs (move away from video, raise volume, and just listen please - this ain't MTV!!) . If this proves *cough* inconvenient for anybody who gives a d, you know how to find me...

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- EDIT: All of tonight's/this morning's links- Done!

extra for Mari and the denizens of Toronto: Arcade Fire- Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

[bwalter]

OOOOOOOOOOh! What a bloody fabulous Easter Egg to stumble over! Oh yeah, a bit late, yeah, busy, busy...Excuses, you got a thousand (;-)))))) I personally have TWO thousand. Let the games begin.

Okay, the verdict so far:

The Picks: Loved loved loved Funeral - listened to it three times. Also VERY taken with Modest Mouse; Ocean Breathes Salty has a rough brilliance, yeasty lyrics and engaging, jagged music. T'rrific.

The Pan: I spit in the eye of Song Seven. The garage-band one-note monotony was bad enough, but any musician that thinks the refrain "You were like a flower/Then our love turned sour" doesn't stink should be consigned to a special h#ll for the Aesthetically Unconscious.

Speaking of h#ll : I can't believe there's an anime/manga about the Second Coming. Or was it the Apocalypse? Verrrrry peculiar - like an AstroBoy version of the Apochrypha. The Christian message as art is better served up by Dead White Renaissance Guys and Gospel singers, IMO.

This is funnnnn (maybe not for you, but I'm havin' a ball)! Bring on the next lot of homework.

[naydi]

OOOOOOOOOOh! What a bloody fabulous Easter Egg to stumble over! Oh yeah, a bit late, yeah, busy, busy...Excuses, you got a thousand (;-)))))) I personally have TWO thousand. Let the games begin.

Okay, the verdict so far:

The Picks: Loved loved loved Funeral - watched once, then listened, minus the video, twice more. Also VERY taken with Modest Mouse; was particularly taken by Ocean Breathes Salty has a rough brilliance, yeasty lyrics and engaging, jagged music. T'rrific.

The Pan: I spit in the eye of Song Seven. I coulda put up with the one-note monotony, but any band that thinks the refrain "You were like a flower/Then our love turned sour" doesn't stink should be consigned to a special **** for the Aesthetically Unconscious.

Speaking of **** : I can't believe there's an anime/manga about the Second Coming. Or was it the Apocalypse? Verrrrry peculiar - like an AstroBoy version of the Apochrypha. The Christian vision - and I think that was the message - is better served up by the Renaissance mob, IMO.

This is funnnnn (maybe not for you, but I'm havin' a ball)! Bring on the next lot of homework.

HAAAAAAa!! Ocean Breathes Salty has a permanent place on my list of all times favorites, should I ever be able to settle on such a list. It did earn a special place of having its lyrics ripped as my profile statement - they were just that vaguely profound to fit actual, personal feelings...

Maaan...dogged my boys, Interpol! Have to admit, not the best lyrics on that one, but that songs ranks for me more in terms of "feel" than words - Aenema ranking on both levels; but I'm one of those creatures whose been "Sick Of" since the age of 12 !!! One lyric that people might miss _toward the end_ that puts the whole song into better perspective "Don't just call me negative...try and read between the lines..." followed up by "I can't imagine why you wouldn't welcome any change, my friend...". Those three lines together (as they are), change the whole meaning of the song, for me, and bring it more toward my overall sentiment in looking at the bullsh of the world...


...but again - I'm just like that!!

EDIT: Dead White Renaissance Guys... HAA HAAAAAAAAA!!! Now, I'm glad I changed it... The first list didn't have the same "depth"

[bwalter]

Ooof! You're up and about this early, Mass. Time!

I made some edits to my message, which underwent some cut and pastes that garbled things a bit (I am soooo sympatico with Darren Devlyn). Didn't think you'd pick up so quickly !

[naydi]

Ooof! You're up and about this early, Mass. Time!

I made some edits to my message, which underwent some cut and pastes that garbled things a bit (I am soooo sympatico with Darren Devlyn). Didn't think you'd pick up so quickly !

bb and darren sittin' in a tree....k-i-s-s...

Actually, I just looked up and saw that the sky is turning toward that deep navy blue that can only mean that the sun is coming soon - think it's time I headed to bed! (though not before another spin of Tool to lull me toward peaceful dreams... )

[Not_saying]

Computer all better .lol

It was sumthing stupid grrrrr ha but thankful it did'nt cost us .lol
it turns out just moving it to another location worked sheeesh well looking on the bright side no money involved .lol advice never put your computer on the same outlet wall as your tv .lol The dang thing is flying . lol

oh and nay congrats belated .

Darn thing won't un bold

sorry about that .

[Not_saying]

awwww crap spoke too soon back to the drawing board.lol

[Mari Welsh]

awwww crap spoke too soon back to the drawing board.lol

Well NS, I got a lottery ticket today, so if it's a winner, consider your computer problems solved! I registered on the Police Blotter, the board looks amazing, you did such a great job! A big round of applause NS, thanks for the hard work!
Shameless Promotion Alert!
This is the board NS created, inspired by our discussion of other cop shows we loved:The Police Blotter Come on and sign up, and let's continue our non CI cop show chat from the other day everyone!
CM

[Not_saying]

Well NS, I got a lottery ticket today, so if it's a winner, consider your computer problems solved! I registered on the Police Blotter, the board looks amazing, you did such a great job! A big round of applause NS, thanks for the hard work!
Shameless Promotion Alert!
This is the board NS created, inspired by our discussion of other cop shows we loved:The Police Blotter Come on and sign up, and let's continue our non CI cop show chat from the other day everyone!
CM

thank you Thank you


and My brother in law just called and said that we should keep our computer on all night and see what happens he is more than certain that it's a power thing could possibly be a coil got kinked .

Honey you made my day lol.
hope all ya will at least checker out .

[rowenaaine]

thank you Thank you
and My brother in law just called and said that we should keep our computer on all night and see what happens he is more than certain that it's a power thing could possibly be a coil got kinked .

Honey you made my day lol.
hope all ya will at least checker out .

Hey! Nice board, NS - you are a talented lady!

Mari - thanks for the invite...I have enough trouble getting HERE regularly LOL but maybe I'll stroll by.

rowe