From Kate:
Post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "Five things that will happen in season 3" or "Five times Jack and Ianto were interrupted") Then, I will drabble for you.
I don't care what fandom. Doesn't even have to be fandom.
Post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section. (examples: "Five things that will happen in season 3" or "Five times Jack and Ianto were interrupted") Then, I will drabble for you.
I don't care what fandom. Doesn't even have to be fandom.
My friend found some kittens abandoned in a likewise abandoned, locked car at a mechanic's shop. With some help, she took the kittens home to bottle feed them since they're only about two weeks old and still need milk.
She can't keep them, because her parents have severe allergies. Shelters won't take them because they're strays. The ones that do take strays said that standard procedure for stray not-yet-weaned kittens, apparently, is euthanasia. So...I'm harassing everyone I know in Utah to help find homes once they're weaned.
But ugh. My network here, it is so small. x-x
She can't keep them, because her parents have severe allergies. Shelters won't take them because they're strays. The ones that do take strays said that standard procedure for stray not-yet-weaned kittens, apparently, is euthanasia. So...I'm harassing everyone I know in Utah to help find homes once they're weaned.
But ugh. My network here, it is so small. x-x
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sheron
Late at night on February 3rd, a student at my college was stalked, harassed, threatened, and called racial slurs by two men (not students, and unconnected with the college) lurking outside his window. Which they then smashed. The student -- Jason -- called the police, but before they arrived, the two men busted into the dorm and attacked Jason, breaking his nose. He defended himself, and the men were stabbed (no one's said whether the men brought the knife in with them or whether it came from somewhere else); all three of them had to be transported to a hospital afterward. When the police arrived, they restrained and handcuffed Jason, who is of Jamaican descent, before finding out that he was the one who had called them for help.
Jason has no previous criminal record -- instead he's got a record of social service and volunteer work. He's been arrested on multiple charges, including two counts of assault with intent to murder. At first he was the only one charged; since then, one of his attackers has been charged with hate crimes and disorderly conduct, and the other still has not been charged at all. Both are white.
There's a blog up called Justice for Jason. It has more information on the incident, on the legal fallout, and on how to help Jason's family with the legal costs of his defense, which could be as much as $15,000.
Window repair: probably a couple hundred at most.
Legal defense: possibly as much $15,000.
Bearing the legal brunt of your own racist victimization: priceless.
Feel free to copy any part of this post if you want to help spread the word. (Which would be very appreciated.)
sheronLate at night on February 3rd, a student at my college was stalked, harassed, threatened, and called racial slurs by two men (not students, and unconnected with the college) lurking outside his window. Which they then smashed. The student -- Jason -- called the police, but before they arrived, the two men busted into the dorm and attacked Jason, breaking his nose. He defended himself, and the men were stabbed (no one's said whether the men brought the knife in with them or whether it came from somewhere else); all three of them had to be transported to a hospital afterward. When the police arrived, they restrained and handcuffed Jason, who is of Jamaican descent, before finding out that he was the one who had called them for help.
Jason has no previous criminal record -- instead he's got a record of social service and volunteer work. He's been arrested on multiple charges, including two counts of assault with intent to murder. At first he was the only one charged; since then, one of his attackers has been charged with hate crimes and disorderly conduct, and the other still has not been charged at all. Both are white.
There's a blog up called Justice for Jason. It has more information on the incident, on the legal fallout, and on how to help Jason's family with the legal costs of his defense, which could be as much as $15,000.
Window repair: probably a couple hundred at most.
Legal defense: possibly as much $15,000.
Bearing the legal brunt of your own racist victimization: priceless.
Feel free to copy any part of this post if you want to help spread the word. (Which would be very appreciated.)
Do you ever get the feeling that our bodies are like ships? You can tell when they're starting to come apart, but you're the captain. You're doomed to go down with it. No abandoning deck and swimming to shore for you.
...I slept on my toes wrong.
On the bright side, at least I match. They now go very well with my bum knee, my creaky elbow, and my possible-pneumonia.
...I slept on my toes wrong.
On the bright side, at least I match. They now go very well with my bum knee, my creaky elbow, and my possible-pneumonia.
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I've actually had a few congratulatory "you passed your belt test" gifts from my dad's friends today. I do love rites of passage (now).
The big present, though, was from my parents, and it's that awesome BOB [Body Opponent Bag] freestanding punching bag I wanted.
I have my pain sheet all filled out for physiotherapy tomorrow, so in a month or two I'll be able to get started in training again. (Not the crazy hours I was doing this time around, though...I'd like some time not spent bruising myself.
I finished Will Storr vs. The Supernatural. Surprisingly good read, actually.
I had a few issues in some of the more personal-introspective bits, particularly the later ones where the research seemed to lose its sense of humor and curiosity for a while. Also, there were some things I thought he could have devoted a little more time to for the sake of really figuring them out, like the religious aspects of superstition, the Ouija boards, and television psychics. The ending seemed a little less rounded out than the rest of the book, and though I can see why he ended it where he did, it seemed really abrupt, especially compared to the other chapters. I wish he'd explained why he wasn't allowed to let the Baptists know that he was British, too. Were they terrified of the British or just journalists with accents?
Anyway, overall it was really interesting, and I like his style. If I had a list of recommendations, it'd be on it, and I'll probably be picking up any future publications by him. (I'd like to find whatever article he was writing where he got deported from Los Angeles.)
Dinner now, kthx.
The big present, though, was from my parents, and it's that awesome BOB [Body Opponent Bag] freestanding punching bag I wanted.
I have my pain sheet all filled out for physiotherapy tomorrow, so in a month or two I'll be able to get started in training again. (Not the crazy hours I was doing this time around, though...I'd like some time not spent bruising myself.
I finished Will Storr vs. The Supernatural. Surprisingly good read, actually.
I had a few issues in some of the more personal-introspective bits, particularly the later ones where the research seemed to lose its sense of humor and curiosity for a while. Also, there were some things I thought he could have devoted a little more time to for the sake of really figuring them out, like the religious aspects of superstition, the Ouija boards, and television psychics. The ending seemed a little less rounded out than the rest of the book, and though I can see why he ended it where he did, it seemed really abrupt, especially compared to the other chapters. I wish he'd explained why he wasn't allowed to let the Baptists know that he was British, too. Were they terrified of the British or just journalists with accents?
Anyway, overall it was really interesting, and I like his style. If I had a list of recommendations, it'd be on it, and I'll probably be picking up any future publications by him. (I'd like to find whatever article he was writing where he got deported from Los Angeles.)
Dinner now, kthx.
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Leave a comment and I'll give you a letter. Then you list 10 things you like starting with that letter. Post them in your journal and give out new letters to your commenters in turn.
halfthewords gave me an L.
1. Les Miserables
2. Laundromats
3. Lemurs
4. Libras (coincidence or not, the people I tend to get along best with seem to be libras XD)
5. Light yellow
6. Lights at Christmas time
7. Lying down
8. Lunging horses
9. Le fleur de lys
10. Leaving home
WTF, new Chevelle CD that I did not know about o_o
...Maybe it's the new bassist or just the new feel, but this album has a harsher sound on more of the songs than the last one. Still, Pete Loeffler's voice is, as usual, so smooth and harmonic that it creates a really interesting blend.
It seems like there's more growling than on previous albums (unfortunately, IMO, since I like his voice so much and would rather hear singing), although on the site they said they wanted to get away from that.... Eh, well, I do see that he's expanded his range and it doesn't sound forced at all, which is neat.
I think I still like This Type of Thinking better as an album, just because it had more variety, but hey, as long as they're still producing I'm happy.
halfthewords gave me an L.1. Les Miserables
2. Laundromats
3. Lemurs
4. Libras (coincidence or not, the people I tend to get along best with seem to be libras XD)
5. Light yellow
6. Lights at Christmas time
7. Lying down
8. Lunging horses
9. Le fleur de lys
10. Leaving home
WTF, new Chevelle CD that I did not know about o_o
...Maybe it's the new bassist or just the new feel, but this album has a harsher sound on more of the songs than the last one. Still, Pete Loeffler's voice is, as usual, so smooth and harmonic that it creates a really interesting blend.
It seems like there's more growling than on previous albums (unfortunately, IMO, since I like his voice so much and would rather hear singing), although on the site they said they wanted to get away from that.... Eh, well, I do see that he's expanded his range and it doesn't sound forced at all, which is neat.
I think I still like This Type of Thinking better as an album, just because it had more variety, but hey, as long as they're still producing I'm happy.
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This is the Great Dare Post of 2006. or something.
First one is Charo's!
First thing you should know is that Arachnia is not to be confused with Arachnophobia. (I'd seen the former, and when I was browsing through Rotten Tomatoes I kept thinking, How did I miss Julian Sands in it? It's not like me to completely gloss over the sexy blond British man.) But, with that cleared up, onwards.
( It All Starts With Venezuela )
And KJ's is on another camera x_x So it will be uploaded seperate!
First one is Charo's!
First thing you should know is that Arachnia is not to be confused with Arachnophobia. (I'd seen the former, and when I was browsing through Rotten Tomatoes I kept thinking, How did I miss Julian Sands in it? It's not like me to completely gloss over the sexy blond British man.) But, with that cleared up, onwards.
( It All Starts With Venezuela )
And KJ's is on another camera x_x So it will be uploaded seperate!
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*snirk* Sometimes, I just need a good metaquote.
( Metaquote: Brokeback Mountain as a bet? )
That amuses me more than it should. Personally I think it looks like a good movie, the sort people are going to look back on fondly when they realize homophobia is as stupid as racism.
...Maybe. I dunno, I'm not going to see it. I've got all of two hours of free time when theaters are actually open, and I don't want to use them up on tragic romance movies. I don't care what sexual orientation the characters are: gay, bi, straight, Martian...when I sit down in a germ-infested theater, I want to see ghosts or at least a man with a nervous tic and a dead wife. A zombie or two wouldn't be bad, either. See, if Heath Ledger's character was doomed to slip back into the depths of a quicksand grave every time the sun set, I would so be buying tickets right now.
Plus, the largest theater in the valley is refusing to screen it anyway, so even if I did want to go I'd have a ridiculously hard time finding it.
In other news, I need to find a class to take this semester.... I wanted to take the "Structure of Organized Crime" lecture, but I need to be in criminal justice first. Shame, really.
( Metaquote: Brokeback Mountain as a bet? )
That amuses me more than it should. Personally I think it looks like a good movie, the sort people are going to look back on fondly when they realize homophobia is as stupid as racism.
...Maybe. I dunno, I'm not going to see it. I've got all of two hours of free time when theaters are actually open, and I don't want to use them up on tragic romance movies. I don't care what sexual orientation the characters are: gay, bi, straight, Martian...when I sit down in a germ-infested theater, I want to see ghosts or at least a man with a nervous tic and a dead wife. A zombie or two wouldn't be bad, either. See, if Heath Ledger's character was doomed to slip back into the depths of a quicksand grave every time the sun set, I would so be buying tickets right now.
Plus, the largest theater in the valley is refusing to screen it anyway, so even if I did want to go I'd have a ridiculously hard time finding it.
In other news, I need to find a class to take this semester.... I wanted to take the "Structure of Organized Crime" lecture, but I need to be in criminal justice first. Shame, really.
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Wow! Pachelbel's a post-it whore today!
I don't really read critic reviews--part of that is because I just don't watch many movies anymore--but I think I love Roger Ebert now. It started with this review of the movie "Chaos". So, the film makers respond, and Ebertfights writes back.
My favorite part was this:
"I believe art can certainly be nihilistic and express hopelessness; the powerful movie "Open Water," about two scuba divers left behind by a tourist boat, is an example. I believe evil can win in fiction, as it often does in real life. But I prefer that the artist express an attitude toward that evil. It is not enough to record it; what do you think and feel about it? Your attitude is as detached as your hero's."
Word. Just...that's what I've always wanted to respond to people with when they ask me why I like horror movies, why I read horror novels. They aren't art, they aren't anything unless the maker's opinion is present there--and there are very, very few genres which need a biased opinion to work. Slasher movies I don't like much, because 90% of the slasher film makers get so caught up on making people squirm that they don't think beyond shock factor to what the film could actually accomplish.
What you make is made important by what it does to those who see it, who feel it, who--perhaps--experience it. If you're just out to splash blood, rape, tears, and discomfort, then really, the movie isn't worth the paper my ticket is printed on. Yes, there's pain in reality. No, we shouldn't just shut our eyes to it. But you're just showing that it's there. Try showing what it does, what it impacts, how it works, where it comes from, maybe even where it ends (because everything ends). Just make something with your talents for a change.
...Huzzah for Ebert.
I don't really read critic reviews--part of that is because I just don't watch many movies anymore--but I think I love Roger Ebert now. It started with this review of the movie "Chaos". So, the film makers respond, and Ebert
My favorite part was this:
"I believe art can certainly be nihilistic and express hopelessness; the powerful movie "Open Water," about two scuba divers left behind by a tourist boat, is an example. I believe evil can win in fiction, as it often does in real life. But I prefer that the artist express an attitude toward that evil. It is not enough to record it; what do you think and feel about it? Your attitude is as detached as your hero's."
Word. Just...that's what I've always wanted to respond to people with when they ask me why I like horror movies, why I read horror novels. They aren't art, they aren't anything unless the maker's opinion is present there--and there are very, very few genres which need a biased opinion to work. Slasher movies I don't like much, because 90% of the slasher film makers get so caught up on making people squirm that they don't think beyond shock factor to what the film could actually accomplish.
What you make is made important by what it does to those who see it, who feel it, who--perhaps--experience it. If you're just out to splash blood, rape, tears, and discomfort, then really, the movie isn't worth the paper my ticket is printed on. Yes, there's pain in reality. No, we shouldn't just shut our eyes to it. But you're just showing that it's there. Try showing what it does, what it impacts, how it works, where it comes from, maybe even where it ends (because everything ends). Just make something with your talents for a change.
...Huzzah for Ebert.
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Batman:
- Batman
Doctor Who:
- Doctor Who
--Pairings: Ninth Doctor/Tenth Doctor
Smallville:
- Smallville
-- Pairings:
--- Multichaptered: Masque
Yu-Gi-Oh!:
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
-- Characters: Amelda, Bakura Amane, Bakura Ryou, Kaiba Seto, Kujaku Mai, Malik Ishtar, Rishid, Shizuka
--- Pairings: Amelda/Seto, Bakura Ryou/Bakura Amane, Bakura/Malik, Jounouchi/Mai, Mahaado/Isis, Rishid/Malik, Seto/Shizuka, Yami no Malik/Yami no Bakura
---- Multichaptered: Bad Principles
----- Challenges: 30 Screams
Original Writing:
- Original Fiction
-- Titles: Aina
Co-Authored:
- Cowriting
-- People: With Shadowe
- Batman
Doctor Who:
- Doctor Who
--Pairings: Ninth Doctor/Tenth Doctor
Smallville:
- Smallville
-- Pairings:
--- Multichaptered: Masque
Yu-Gi-Oh!:
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
-- Characters: Amelda, Bakura Amane, Bakura Ryou, Kaiba Seto, Kujaku Mai, Malik Ishtar, Rishid, Shizuka
--- Pairings: Amelda/Seto, Bakura Ryou/Bakura Amane, Bakura/Malik, Jounouchi/Mai, Mahaado/Isis, Rishid/Malik, Seto/Shizuka, Yami no Malik/Yami no Bakura
---- Multichaptered: Bad Principles
----- Challenges: 30 Screams
Original Writing:
- Original Fiction
-- Titles: Aina
Co-Authored:
- Cowriting
-- People: With Shadowe
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