half_asleep_hangouts nr "i was trying to forget some of you today/ when i was trying to remember some of the things you say/we're your friends/at a river's end," raze sang, strumming the acoustic guitar in his lap. "if it's a tune i know, i'll hum it for you," he offered.  "supernova hudson?" tender_square suggested. "probably the smartest thing to do would be to start from the top," he reasoned before humming her request. 220715 ... nr nr looked around. "does everyone have these airborne shoes on?" "what if i took someone and put a hole through the middle of their shoe?" raze said. "they were distinguished running shoes, so it was mostly... a death," nr said. "you speak of this as if it's a bad thing," raze commented. "if i die to death, remind me what a preposition was," e_o_i requested. 220715 ... nr "you and i are going out to celebrate a bagel," nr told raze. "i just want a sandwich," he replied. "i will erase your food," she threatened. "dark food for fury!" he commented. "the theme audience is food," e_o_i said. 220715 ... nr "time is a cloud," nr noted. "white is the colour of receiving," tender_square replied. "do bugs sleep? specifically cockroaches. they can't just go and go and go right, or else they would overheat, like robots. right?" kerry pondered. raze looked at them and then over at the table. "it's too much weed," he said. 220715 ... nr "it's comic genius having a dog with us," nr said. "a smaller version of the dog is darker brown, because more condensed," e_o_i replied. "let city dogs lie, let sleeping mollusks fly," nr said. 220715 ... nr (this is so much fun, and inspired by the_merry_anticipators) 220715 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Oooh, this is awesome! In the colloquial sense; plus, I'm in awe of the way you string themes together. I mostly just did simple word searches (and relied on serendipity and commentary.) All the different "ssid" verbs add a certain je-ne-sais-quoi (she commented). And the line with "too much weed" made me laugh out loud. (I'll make a note to myself to add more scenes to the other! It IS fun. I just ran out of steam and then bumped into tutoring-centre work.) 220716 ... nr "how is it a bilingual voice in the basement?" raze asked. "i don't know," nr replied. "there was some technological reason behind it." 220716 ... nr raze raised his glass. "degrassi high-five! way to go! cheers." "i like that taylor swift's coming to cut you off," nr said. 220716 ... nr thanks e_o_i! i basically did the same, plus some word finding. i've also read this page before and cracked up every time, and i remembered a few of the sillier and also more poetic thoughts. 220716 ... nr raze: "having a place where i can follow my heart is huge. ahoy, cheese curds." nr: "yeah, well, it's a nice place." she looked at the hunter, appreciating the food, and then she walked away. 230416 ... raze (i love that you've brought this back.) 230416 ... nr "i can feel things. that's my perspective," raze said. "i feel kind of lighted and precious the most," nr replied. "it's funny. your conventional feelings are more important than mine," raze said. he looked over at e_o_i, pointing at nr, saying "that's someone who says, 'you know what? i've been through so much. i've earned the right to just own what i feel.'" nr: "i got a whooole lots of emotions." e_o_i: "kids' emotional resilience is stronger than that of phones." 230416 what's it to you? who go blather from