Oct. 12th, 2008

  • 11:18 PM
I was put off the Charlaine Harris books for a while because I didn't like the way all the female characters but Sookie seemed to have big flaws.

I now realize that the author just plain has a big honking dose of cynicism. Sookie has flaws, the ladies have flaws, and the guys have flaws. And it's still awesome! All is forgiven. **cuddles the series**

happy-making

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 10:36 PM
"Post 10 things that are going right in your life right now. I don't care how small. You're happy with your cup of coffee. You saw a flock of geese flying over. ANYTHING. Things that make you happy. Things that make you smile. No pressure."

These are all very small, nonsensical things.

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True Blood

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I'm sorry. I LOVE DAWN. I love her so much. I 'ship Dawn/Eric, spontaneously and SO HARD.

She's so awesome! That is one way the show is a massive improvement. I just love her! But you can tell they didn't mean for her confidence, sexuality and total kickassness to be awesome, because they kill her. I'm pretty sure they meant her to come off as a crazy slut.

SCREW YOU, HBO. SCREW YOU. what is this my tagline for the damn series?

DAWN YOU ROCK MY WORLD.

Writer's Block: Transportation

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 11:15 PM

In the past they promised us jetpacks for the future. We’re still waiting. What is your ideal mode of transportation? Has it been invented yet?


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Nope. It's dragonback. *grins*

*cries*

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 11:14 PM
*bursts into tears and curls up in a ball* I'm s-sorry...

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Hm...

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Meh...

*pokes at the floor with a toe*

Meh...

*sighs*

Meh.

Seven days.

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Oct. 12th, 2008

  • 7:58 PM
I think that Borders has decided that France disappeared some short time after the fall of the Vichy government. This is really rather frustrating, considering that I'm supposed to be writing a paper on, well, Charles de Gaulle and, unless I want to write about his war record (pass, thanks), that means post-1945. Barnes & Noble is somewhat more cooperative, but apparently, it doesn't believe in carrying books related to the topic that I really want to write about: French May, the 1968 workers' strikes and student protests against the Gaullist administration.

So the question becomes: how many friends attending nearby colleges can I pester into letting me check out books on their cards? I began at GW (George Washington University for non-DCites). They had, based on their catalogue, five books on French May alone, and I thought that my problem was solved. I lugged all five back home on the Metro. Unfortunately, French May is interesting and contentious because of its results in chief. Somehow, books published later in 1968, in '69, in 1970 and 1971 just don't seem, well, useful or impartial or even worthwhile. Current scholarship, they are not. Results: four books published before 1975 and the fifth is a collection of translated documents.

Gah.

Round two: University of Maryland. There are three books of current scholarship —and two of them are currently checked out, one all the way into 2009 (the hell?). So I could really, really use number three, but my UMD contacts aren't going to be able to get it to me until after I need to be able to produce it.

One day, I will learn not to put off research until the night before.

9 Words Women Use Got from my Yahoo List

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 5:30 PM


9 words women use

 


(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are
right and you need to shut up.


(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more
minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something,
and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing
usually end in fine.

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement
often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an
idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing
with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

(6) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women
can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard
before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or Faint. Just say
you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless
she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking
you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome' ... that will bring on a
'whatever').

(8) Whatever: Is a women's way of saying ______ YOU!

(9) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning
this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but
is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's
wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.

* Send this to the men you know, to warn them about arguments they can
avoid if they remember the terminology.
* Send this to all the women you know to give them a good laugh, cause
they know it's true.

WTF?????

  • Oct. 12th, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Ok so maybe I'm a little bit behind....but
WTF???
At first Speed and now Warrick????
I hate, hate the people who write the scenarios.
And Sara and Grissom??
I think I'm gonna throw up.

Tweets for Today

  • Oct. 11th, 2008 at 11:02 PM

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Woot!

  • Oct. 11th, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Got both Rings! The Ring 1 and The Ring 2. I'm about to watch 2 now. I just had to brag first. LOL

They didn't have The Rats, so I'll probably get that from the Columbia House as soon as I feel like registering.

Well, I'm off to scare myself shitless! Wish me luck!

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HEROES

  • Oct. 11th, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Wow. So, people in a class last quarter mentioned Claire and were all happy about her being a kickass heroine. And I watched 3x04 today and was, um, unimpressed to the point of hatred.

Mostly, though I just HATEHATEHATE that whenever a show wants to make a previously non-combative female tough, they have to make her all dark and bitter and screwed up. UH NO. FAIL. Sweethearts can be vicious, too. They can stay all sunshine and optimism and still be able to beat the shit out of people.

No, wait, I remember: someone brought in the first episode and part of the finale of the first season to be analyzed in one of my classes. All I remember of her then was that a) she was self absorbed, perhaps understandably, and b) I was monumentally pissed at how the male heroes ran the gamut not only in lifestyle, race and appearance but in how they dealt with their superpowers and both heroines were blonde, a cheerleader and stripper and both unable to deal with or screwed over by their powers.

SUBTLE, SHOW. SUBTLE. SO SUBTLE I PRESENT YOU WITH A GREAT BIG MIDDLE FINGER AND LEAVE.

D.GRAYMAN 175

  • Oct. 11th, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Man, I take it back. I love Emilia so much.

Flying kicks! I dunno, I just love her. In the previous chapters she's totally a lady--but a bossy, kickass one.

"Emilia, you kicked his associate in the head. You don't get to talk."

**loves**

Visit With My Aunt Today

  • Oct. 11th, 2008 at 4:57 AM
*sighs* I have a visit with my Aunt today. Oh joy.

I love the woman, really I do, but she drives me up the wall sometimes.

Read here to find out why )

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Wow I'm Pathetic

  • Oct. 10th, 2008 at 9:15 PM
LOL I am pathetic. My roommate's gone home like she does every weekend and here I am, curled in my bed, afraid to even get up to go get my meds. I was supposed to get them at around 8:30? It's now 9:16? Yeah. I'm pathetic.

Once again? Far too much Samara.

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NARUTO

  • Oct. 10th, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I WANNA SEE SAKURA KICK SOME ASS.

My interest in this series is absent-minded at best. It's there though--but this is about its extent.

the best bloody quote ever *chuckle*

  • Oct. 10th, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Let me tell you something. I came here to win a trophy. And on the face of it Ted Ray or I should carry it off. Not for you, not for England, but for sheer bloody pride at being the best, *that's* why we do this. And if Mr. Ouimet wins tomorrow, it's because he's the best, because of who he is. Not who his father was, not how much money he's got, because of who he bloody is! And I'll thank you to remember that. And I'll thank you to show the respect a gentleman gives as a matter of course.
... and that accent *sigh*

And Shia LaBeouf played there *mhmmm yeah*