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Post by Tabby Whitman-Foster on Nov 13, 2008 18:10:22 GMT -7
"Sweet. But on that note...I don't even think we should go into politics. You know that whole 'Never discuss politics with friends' saying? I lost quite a few friends at MIT because of it. Politics are a bummer. But I still fill out absentee ballots for back home. I've never registered to vote in Jersey." There was a hint of the New York vs New Jersey stigma in Taby's voice, but she just smiled and continued.
"Sure! In a totally platonic way, right?" Tabby asked with a laugh, taking another sip of coffee.
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Post by brennalarose on Nov 14, 2008 8:06:34 GMT -7
Phia laughed. "True enough. That was always the issue with me and Abuelita. And no worries. No offence, you're not my type." She began to head down the hall towards her room. "Always wanted to see New York. I just about had a kitten fit when the giant Tower Records closed. I used to dream about spending all day in there."
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Post by Tabby Whitman-Foster on Nov 14, 2008 18:03:22 GMT -7
"I am totally offended. I am everybody's type! Or something. I don't know, maybe I just don't take rejection lightly." Tabby laughed. "Hey, what do you get when you cross and brown chicken and a brown cow? Brown-chicken-brown-cow!" Tabby laughed.
"If it's any consolation, I never got to go either." Tabby said. "My parents used to take us to New York City every summer for vacation. We'd see a play, go to Times Square -- Touristy stuff. By older bothers got to go in with my cousins once, but I had to stay outside with my mom, little brother, and sister. What bummed me out is that Beauty and the Beast stopped playing on Broadway last year - I never got to go see it."
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Post by brennalarose on Nov 14, 2008 18:17:24 GMT -7
"I know the feeling," said Phia, "Even with the Kennedy Center right across the Bridge from us, we didn't have that kind of money. I even raked leaves all fall to go see the Lion King when it passed through. Abuelita would save up to take me to the Smithsonian for my birthday, though. I think she mostly did it for her. She always dragged me up to go glare at the Hope Diamond. I just wanted to see the dino bones and not have to smell the anthropology dioramas. I never did figure out why it smelled up there."
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Post by Tabby Whitman-Foster on Nov 14, 2008 21:57:05 GMT -7
"Oh that's sweet!" Tabby said with a voice full of awe. "D.C., right? That's awesome. Never been...yet. I personally want to see the Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz. That was my absolute favorite movie as a kid. All the scientific and dinosaur stuff can wait. Maybe it smelled strange because people got...tender." Tabby smiled mischievously.
The pair came to a stop at the door leading to Phia's room. "Hey, I'm just across the hall!" Tabby exclaimed. "...Noise from my room doesn't seep over and bother you, does it? I do a lot of late night gaming."
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Post by brennalarose on Nov 14, 2008 22:34:36 GMT -7
"Oh that's sweet!" Tabby said with a voice full of awe. "D.C., right? That's awesome. Never been...yet. I personally want to see the Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz. That was my absolute favorite movie as a kid. All the scientific and dinosaur stuff can wait. Maybe it smelled strange because people got...tender." Tabby smiled mischievously.
"Yup! I was certainly impressed. They're smaller than you'd think." Phia blushed a bit at the innuendo.
The pair came to a stop at the door leading to Phia's room. "Hey, I'm just across the hall!" Tabby exclaimed. "...Noise from my room doesn't seep over and bother you, does it? I do a lot of late night gaming."
"Nah, I do a little late-night raiding myself," Phia said, nudging her way in, "as long as my music doesn't bug you. I tend to let the VNV Nation get a little loud when I'm working."
She removed a laundry basket from an overstuffed purple armchair and moved aside a stuffed bear. She gave the whiteboard in the corner a wistful glance, regretting the hours of symbolism and translation notes that remained there.
"Go ahead and park anyplace," she said, "I've got some Halloween candy stashed in here someplace." She dug into a desk drawer and rummaged around for the little fun-sized Snickers bars she adored.
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Post by Tabby Whitman-Foster on Nov 15, 2008 18:02:34 GMT -7
"Have you heard of this web-site called 4 Chan? Cesspool of the internet. I love it there. They conduct epic raids on the unsuspecting populace of the internet. During one raid, I was laughing so hard while sitting on a broken storage container that I fell through it and got trapped. I had to pitch myself forward and get the container's edge caught on m desk to pry myself free." Tabby grinned. "It's great to see that I have a kindred spirit here."
Tabby plopped herself in the purple armchair, propping a fuzzy pink slipper foot on her opposite leg. "Isn't it a little early for Halloween candy? I'm not criticizing, but holy crap, it's still like...four weeks away."
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Post by brennalarose on Nov 15, 2008 23:50:30 GMT -7
"Oh, sure, I know 4 chan. Lately, I've been hanging around on the WoW forums, though. Some of the kids they get are a laugh riot. And the candy's only because I can get jumbo bags of the little stuff for cheap. That way, I can fool myself into thinking I haven't eaten that much."
She grabbed a bag of Snickers and one of Jolly Ranchers, just in case. "Funny how impatient retailers get. Good lord, they put the Independence Day fabrics out at Easter at my old haunt. The pastel linens went on sale around Mardi Gras and the gold lame stayed out year-round because, apparently, every major holiday needs to look like King Midas yarped on it."
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Post by Tabby Whitman-Foster on Nov 16, 2008 0:43:39 GMT -7
"I've been thinking about doing Warcraft...But people have warned me that if I do, I'll like never leave my room ever again. And apparently people kinda like me to be around here. I don't know what that's about." Tabby laughed and scratched her head. "But maybe when I go on vacation in a few months I'll try it out, and that way I can get addicted to it and live in my own excrement for a few weeks before adjusting and returning to the bureau."
"It kinda makes the religious holidays hollow, doesn't it?" Tabby asked, cocking her head to the side. "My dad always calls and complains to me when they put the Christmas stuff out at the general store back home because I used to work there. He thinks I have leverage or something, I guess. I personally wait for the day after sales where the candy's marked down like fifty percent. Nom nom nom!"
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