Film/TV Sep 14, 2011 at 4:00 am

Concessions

Such Sweet Sorrow (Not!)

Lindy West
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Best to you on the occasion of your road trip. Look forward to your dispatches. This move will bring epic wonderfulness for you. Congratulations.
gloomy gus on September 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM Report this
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What about the Northgate Mall are you going to miss?
MacGruber on September 14, 2011 at 11:01 AM Report this
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I was going to say that I will REALLY miss your articles, but alas you'll still be writing for The Stranger - yay! I love your stuff, it's funny. (Things you'll miss about Seattle: the Northgate mall. Bwahaha.)

On another note, I don't know how you could do it. I could never, ever leave Seattle for a someplace as awful as LA.
SaraJean on September 14, 2011 at 11:07 AM Report this
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"Dead-people sun tea" made me spit coffee all over my desk, Lindy, thanks so much.

I suspect LA will give you even more fodder for your own particular turns of phrase than Seattle did. While Seattle has its peculiarities, there's nothing quite like LA-LA-Land.
Geni on September 14, 2011 at 11:31 AM Report this
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Oh... right... there's a mall at Northgate.
Carlito on September 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM Report this
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If I had to live in another city besides Seattle on the west coast it would probably be L.A.... Everything (and everyone) there is such a fun spectacle. Good luck!
Paxlotl on September 14, 2011 at 11:33 AM Report this
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We fucking love you, too.

You will be missed. Here's to a success huge enough that we continue to hear from you often.
Just Jeff on September 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM Report this
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Oh, Ms. West. I am not about to pretend that you-in-LA is half as good as you-in-Seattle. How will you read bizarre teen letters to George Harrison to me from Los Angeles?! *cry*

Wish you the best, love your spidery nylons.
Certainly! on September 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM Report this
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Physical geography does make a difference. As the moss dries and falls off, the writing necessarily will become less NW-inspired and include more in-LA references we won't care about... sigh. Still funny, but not one of us. It was nice having you, for a time. Come back when you learn whatever you seek.
Jaymz on September 14, 2011 at 11:56 AM Report this
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Waaaah!!! How will you be my Secret Girlfriend Crush now? I will miss you, even though I've never met you.
mother_night on September 14, 2011 at 12:03 PM Report this
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Sheesh, people, close your tags, where did you grow up, Seattle?
gr8lakesgrrl on September 14, 2011 at 12:21 PM Report this
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"and 2-million-year-old pea-soup-colored carpet in every room (even the bathroom!)."

Carpets in the bathroom are a crime, even when they aren't pea green. I'm sorry, Lindy.
Zebes on September 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM Report this
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testing 1...2...3...
gr8lakesgrrl on September 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM Report this
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Nope, I can't close that tag either, someone with better skillz had better try.
gr8lakesgrrl on September 14, 2011 at 12:24 PM Report this
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Let it close with me!
gloomy gus on September 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM Report this
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Dang - my magic wand be drooping again today.
gloomy gus on September 14, 2011 at 12:34 PM Report this
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Have fun. Don't go to Orange County. Ever. For any reason.
emor on September 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM Report this
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We'll miss you, Ms. West!
supergp on September 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM Report this
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Good riddance, southie.
sonder on September 14, 2011 at 1:14 PM Report this
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Actionsquid on September 14, 2011 at 1:29 PM Report this
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Testing?
Actionsquid on September 14, 2011 at 1:29 PM Report this
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I'll burn down the mall for you, Lindy, so that no other film critic may sully its halls.
MacCrocodile on September 14, 2011 at 1:39 PM Report this
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Love your writing, Lindy! Glad you're not taking that away from us.
tabski on September 14, 2011 at 1:48 PM Report this
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What ever
Greg Barnes on September 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM Report this
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Okay, try this
Greg Barnes on September 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM Report this
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I hate bold and strong tags.

My neice in LA wants to go club-hopping with you. She's 19, a UCLA econ student, very very pretty, and works for a tourism firm. You should hang. Bounce me an email off-web.
Will in Seattle on September 14, 2011 at 2:17 PM Report this
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I knew Lindy wouldn't last more than a year after her disagreement with Dan: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…
Medina on September 14, 2011 at 3:07 PM Report this
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If you were moving to Paris, or something I would understand. But...LA?! Really!?

I give you one year before the first plastic surgery... but please, keep writing!
robwolf on September 14, 2011 at 3:38 PM Report this
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@Medina: don't be such a smug, prissy poophead. Good luck and have fun and WRITE OFTEN (hyuk), Lindy!
Puty on September 14, 2011 at 4:52 PM Report this
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What about Hank????!!!!????
Action Slacks on September 14, 2011 at 11:25 PM Report this
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I feel vaguely smug that you're coming down here. I'm an ex-Seattlite, too.
leahclaire on September 15, 2011 at 1:25 PM Report this
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Good Luck!
clint on September 15, 2011 at 3:27 PM Report this
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No!!!!!!! I have always loved your writing, I mean it was always the one thing I sought out when I opened a new addition. Even though you may still be writing, fuck it, you'll still be writing. Good luck with the trip. Too bad you aren't going down the coast, that trip down through the Joaquin and up the grapevine suckles dog scrote. But it is long enough already.

P.S. Fuck off for this.
P.S.S Just kidding.
P.S.S.S. No, really, just fuck off, me sad.
inquiastador on September 15, 2011 at 5:07 PM Report this
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Can anyone just imagine what the underside of that bathroom carpet must look like? Forget dead people sun tea, just steep that 10-15 minutes in your tea cup.
inquiastador on September 15, 2011 at 5:13 PM Report this
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She's going south, not west. Call her Lindy Southwest.
on September 15, 2011 at 6:59 PM Report this
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Normally I would discourage anyone from moving here as it already overcrowded with failed Boston screenwriters and Wisconcin cheesehead rockstar wannabes, but you will be a fine addition to our fair city. Just let us know where to see your writing and be sure to check out/in LuxuriaMusic.com. You'll fit right in.
Crash on September 15, 2011 at 7:36 PM Report this
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Lindeeeeee!! As long as you are still writing for this rag then it will be like you've never left. Watch out, they have real earthquakes down there.
freesandbags on September 15, 2011 at 8:08 PM Report this
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Hope your skin doesn't crack with dryness, or your lungs burn up with smog poisoning. And oh, the madding crowd and ENDLESS freeways.
No more green trees, blue water or soaring mountains both east and west for you, my dear. We'll miss you in person, even if you're still here with your amazing wit. Hopefully you and Savage can still bicker and squabble like 5 year olds on a 10 hour car trip...
Good luck, Lindy.
OutInBumF on September 16, 2011 at 12:39 PM Report this
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What does Charles Mudede call you? Does he not read Slog or The Stranger articles that he doesn't write? Am I taking this seriously when it's an inside joke? If it's an inside joke can someone explain it to me so I am no longer on the outside?
Fish Wrench Asteroid on September 16, 2011 at 3:32 PM Report this
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Don't do it! Seriously, L.A. is the bunghole of the universe. I left L.A. to come to Seattle - best decision ever. It is creepy, expensive, and the inhabitants have no souls.
JuwannaAsskickin on September 17, 2011 at 4:21 PM Report this
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Can I come visit you wearing my pool pants? I promise I won't drink so much vodka or punch any elevators this time

(LOVE AND MISS YOU ALREADY)
Kelly O on September 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM Report this

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