Okay now normally I don't post stuff like this but, I just lost one of my dogs, and last night I watched Dogtown: Saving the Michael Vick dogs on the National Geographic channel. It made me sick.

( ranting about dogs.. )

I wasted my whole day on this, I can't believe it. Well, I was bored and it was about time I did another real picspam, so...

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The 28th Amendment Index

And every time I move my arm, he bites me. I'm starting to think he may be a little spoiled.

Amanda fucking Palmer, you guys! I wish I'd listened to The Dresden Dolls more than the usual "Girl Anachronism" and "Coin-Operated Boy" back when I was fifteen-nineteen, I feel like I'm constantly catching up on her awesomeness now.

Although a day late, I'm now out west - and still keeping Eastern time... which means that I'm not sure if it's the jetlag, time difference, or overall fatigue that makes me duller than proverbial paint drying by 11PM (MST).

Wedding today, while the relatives are slated to go out to Banff today. The weather here is much cooler than Toronto, which means that the leather jacket is getting more use than anticipated.

Things seen yesterday - Calgary downtown, Calgary chinatown (what little there may be), a T&T supermarket.

once again, shamelessly stolen from mothcornfrost... (this seems to become a pattern, maybe I really should start and try to be creative myself, for once - oh what the hell...)

01 Where did your last kiss take place?
On the threeshold of my place
02 Who knows a secret or two about you?
My best friend, Em, Carly, Sandra and a few other people
03 Three words to explain why you last threw up?
uhm: bad, bad beer...
04 Have you ever burned yourself?
yeah, you can say so.. I think once you take a summer job in a burger place, burning yourself is inevitable (especially if you're the one who has to clean the f***ing burger machine every second day...) 
05 What's crazy to you?
people pretending to be other people's friends and then talking about them behind their backs, people harming each other on purpose.
06 Do you have any siblings?
any siblings? oh yeah, definitely. A clan's more like it
07 Who is probably talking a load of crap about you right now?
I don't think I really wanna know that.
09. Would you ever want to be a model?
NO
10. Who is the most experimental person you know?
that would be a friend who went to school with me.
13. Who do you want to be with right now?
My best friend  
16. Your motivation for tomorrow?
uhm, don't really have any... Watch Criminal Minds on TV (and get myself annoyed at the bad, bad synchronization again...) and then be all worked up for the rest of the day because of one shamelessly hot agent...
17. Last person to hurt you emotionally?
My best friend, even though she doesn't know it and hopefully never will
18. Last person to make you laugh?
Emma and Sandra yesterday night on msn
19. Last thing you drank?
coffee, the empty cup's stil sitting beside my pc
21. Have you ever eaten an insect?
Not on purpose, but I'm pretty sure I already have.. ugh
22. Do daddy long legs freak you out?
Sometimes.. and sometimes I simply don't have the energy to get myself freaked out by them..
23. Have you ever cleaned up someone else's vomit?
uah... yeah., I have
24. Have you ever dropped food on the floor and eaten it?
well, if I just cleaned the kitchen floor anyway, and then I drop a slice of an apple - why not eat it?
25. Do you kiss your pets on the mouth? 
I don't have any, but even if I did, I wouldn't
26. What's your favorite season?
Fall
27. What serial killer do you find most disturbing?
Um, so I don't really spent my time thinking about serial killers, meaning I don't exactly have an answer to that
29. Would you ever work in a retirement home?
No, I don't think I could.
30. Do you believe plants have feelings? No. No way. If they really did, that'd mean I've killed at least a dozen sentinent beings. I don't think my consciene could take that. So no, plants definitely do not have feelings..
32. Do you have nervous twitches?
Yeah, I kinda start fumbling with everything I'm currently holding in my hands, I start babbling or I'm biting my nails
33. Are you ever purposely irritating?
Yes. Just ask Sandra...
34. If you could fly, where would you go first?
Over the clouds. I've always wanted to be right in between the sun and the clouds
36. Love or lust?
love
37. One best friend or 10 acquaintances?
one best friend
38. Favorite food?
anything my grandma makes.
39. Do you still talk to your first love?
hmm, so we kinda lost touch, but if I saw her on the streets, we'd definitely stop to talk (so yeah, my first real love was a girl, even though I never told her - the first real love who ever knew I loved them is my boyfriend, and yeah, we still talk :P)
40. What upcoming event are you waiting and ready for?
my trip around the world... only 8 weeks to go, then I'm off and away - yay!!!
41. Current smell?
umm... the aftertaste of coffee?
42. Do you get your nails done?
NO. The only people I know who get their hands done are sissies (no offense, I'm just talking about my experience..)
43. Most favorite people?
my friends
44. What was the last thing you ordered at McDonald's?
umm.. a cheeseburger, I guess
45. Are you an emotional person? 
yeah, I think you could say so
46. Do you like your name?
I do, I just hate it that nobody seems to be able to pronounce it the right way. I mean, come on, it's not that difficult...
47. Do you still talk to the last person you kissed?
umm... yeah?!
48. Do you have plans this weekend? 
not really. that is, actually I do, but since I don't like them, I guess I'll just ignore whatever it is I know that I should do and do nothing instead...
49. Do you get along with your parents?
most of the time, yes.
52. What are you listening to right now? 
the buzz of my computer, the cars passing by, suzanne vega's "the queen and the soldier"
53. Biggest fear?
losing people I love, them telling me they never really loved me back
54. How long have you been a member of Myspace?
umm... Am I? Wait up, I'll just quickly check that...
56. Favorite place to be?
the dordogne, a certain region of France. It's the most beautiful place on earth, I swear; anywhere my friends are
57. Do you have a crush?
ok, so I guess I'll have to admit that.. Blame Paget Brewster for me cheating on my boyfriend in my mind!!
58. Do you hate anybody?
No, I don't. I realy don't like a lot of people, but I don't think I hate anyone.
59. Does anyone hate you?
I hope, no
 

My sister bought me a Two-Face pez. It doesn't look like Aaron Eckhart, but still, it's cute and thoughtful. *has some candy*

My parents are leaving tomorrow for a mini-trip and my family is already making plans for tomorrow. For the whole family. I don't want to. I want to have a couple of peaceful, family free, days. Even with my sister around. My mother doesn't get it, "what do you care? You're gonna be all morning and all afternoon at home, why not have lunch with them?". She has so much faith in my social life.

Whatever.



picspam later. If I finish editing the caps.

"If i were ever able to spout lines of pure poetic love hymns,
they would all be for you.

If the corniest lines were to ever leave my lips,
they left only because your ears ached for them.

If my fingertips were to ever be able to trace masterpieces,
it would be because of your contours, guiding them tenderly.

If my senses were to ever breathe such beauty,
it would be the scent that exudes from your being.

If i could wake to the rhythmic heaving of your chest,
i would know that i have lead a full life.

If i could hold your hands while we saunter down the beach watching the sunset,
i would know that that would be the most magnificent sunset i'd seen in my life.

If you could whisper into my ears sweets nothings in a tongue only we were familiar with,
then i would,
I would give up the world for you.

And yes, the view of the Capitol is just fine.
Your apartment is splendid,
as you are."

Because i'm such a geek, and i can do that.
Miss Emily Prentiss,
will you marry me?

Seriously, it seems like police dramas are starting to move toward the direction of tactical response. Me, of course, I'm loving it.

I'm not sure when it started since I can't really think of an American show that...hell, I can't think of an American tactical drama. I considered The Unit, but that's a military unit.

The Canadians are bringing us Flashpoint. Thank you, Canada. I just watched the pilot for the new Australian drama, Rush which I think may actually be even better. Where Flashpoint looks like it's only going to deal with the characters in a periphery function kind of like the original CSI did (which I don't mind, so long as they include some stuff), Rush seems to be closing in on the characters. It's about not only a day in the life like Flashpoint, but you also see the issues going on in the unit.

I also think that Rush will have my vote because they have an openly bi female as one of their characters. I checked the website and read the character bios and it was right there in print. Gods, I wish American television could get away with that.

So...while I said that tactical units are the new trend, I just realized that those are the only two I can think of. Does anyone have any other shows like this they can recommend? Have the Brits done one? Is American TV gonna get off it's butt or are we going to continue to beg from the Canadians? Please tell me there are more like this coming? Please?

Went to the downtown library after genetics today. OMG. This thing is tiny. 10 computers or so in a room with maybe one bookshelf's worth of books/magazines/DVDs/CDs in the entire place (along the walls all spread out so you could see all the covers). Stark contrast to the main city library that is a monster. But that one's more space, less books as well--I mean, significantly more books than this one had, but probably about as many as our Headquarters library at home, though the building took up twice the square footage (according to its website, the monster one is 82,000 sq ft and includes "a 185-seat auditorium, a glass-enclosed recreational reading room, a story hour room, outdoor story garden, a 134-seat public meeting room, five other meeting rooms of various sizes and capacities, a 'Between Friends' gift shop and MudHouse cafe"). And had a coffee shop built in (both this tiny one that I hit today and the main one that I got my card at back when I first got here two weeks ago). There were these really cute little alcove things, though, that would be really nice to hang out in and study or read (as I did) or whatever. (It's also got a Flickr photo stream here; no pictures of the alcove like I'd hoped, but the weird/pretty light things are on the ceilings of the alcoves. I also don't think it looks like this anymore, as some of the stuff--the white backed couch/benches by the magazines?--I don't remember seeing today.)

So yes. Not good for browsing, but I can request stuff from any of the libraries to be sent there, and the school shuttle will take me there M-F for free, so it works.

Post-library (picked up a copy I'd requested of the soundtrack for the Xena musical, LOL), I tried to take a nap (not a whole lot of success), got up, met up with bleakone and ate dinner (nothing good but salad, as per far-too-often), and then headed to the school library's open house. Which was a really good idea--you had to go around and get your "passport" stamped at all the different places in the library, and then come back for pizza and putting your name in for a drawing. So I now know the library. And pretty much all the librarians in there are awesome--beyond the "friendly, local, lesbian librarians" and the Battlestar Galactica fan, all the others that we talked to were really nice and totally excited about us being there--the turnout was impressive, from my hearing of the library/faculty types complimenting each other, but I still got to take home most of a box of pizza. And an iPod shuffle and $15 iTunes gift card, because odd twist of luck meant my name was one of the ones that got pulled at the end. Had about an hour in between finishing the library facility scavenger hunt and the drawing, so I planned on going to work out (as the only treadmill-equipped exercise place is right across the path from the library), but it was closed again today, idk why. Which really pisses me off, as it was closed yesterday for the football game, today for whatever reason, and will be tomorrow because it always is on Saturdays. So we just hung out in the lobby until the drawing, playing around on the interwebs.

Following said winnage (and dropping off swag in the room), we went over to the game center in the basement of the student union place and played chess whilst waiting to partake in the free bowling night. And then, since there was a two game limit, when we finally got called up to bowl, put our names in the game three times each, LOL. We only got through the one game, but it was essentially like playing three, so that was cool. More LOLZ in how I managed to get a 94 on one of my people and barely break 70 on one of the others. Decent, the first one, for how I bowl prolly once a year. Since it looks like they're doing this free thing every Friday, I'm going to try to get better, because I enjoy the bowling stuffs.

It's probably 11 by the time we get back, so I hang around until 12 when Psych reruns and hit the gym in the basement. Working out + stretching + putting my numbers in my online fitness thing + loitering around before I sucked up the courage to actually come over and sit down, and around 2am I end up joining a Rock Band marathon, which lasts until 3:15. I'm still good at that, btw--it really surprised me when I was rocking out on it in New York at the cousins' house, this bizarre natural (I won't say "talent", but) decency at the game.

And now it's 4. And nothing's on TV. But I'm ravenous after bowling + stairmaster + Rock Band, so there is now significantly less of that pizza left over. Which needs microwaved again, as it's gotten cold through my typing, but I don't particularly want to open the door and run the microwave and such and risk waking up Chelsea. But, erm, lukewarm pizza? No.

ETA: EW article full of season 9 spoilers. ( My two cents. )

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Another week, another episode.

( SGA 507: Whispers )

And I have apple cider beer. That is all. >.>

Fandom: Fakenews/Punditry
Title: The 28th Amendment VI: Coyote Lives Forever
Rating: R
Characters: Anderson Cooper, Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart
Summary: Moving forward, moving on. Everyone does what they have to do to get by.
Warning: graphic violence, major/minor character death.
Note: Thanks to sarken, enamourednhmrd, fnordine, and raineblack007 for most excellent betas.
Disclaimer: Any similarity between the fictional version of the person portrayed here and the actual persons is purely coincidental. This is a work of fiction. This is not an attempt to defame the character of said person on the basis of libel, as the work is FICTIONAL (and NOT an intently false statement created with the express purpose of misleading others about the actual character of said person).

Any mention of 'The Daily Show', 'The Colbert Report', 'Viacom', 'Anderson 360', 'Countdown' any associated entities, or any copyrighted material pertaining therein is reasonably protected by the Fair Use Rule of the United States Copyright Act of 1976 and is not intended to infringe upon any copyrighted material.

All previous parts, soundtracks and deuterocanonical stories can now be found at the 28th Amendment Index.

( Coyote Lives Forever )

( This night's RNC theme was based on the Dave Chappelle Hater's Ball sketch (Videoblog from illdoctrine) )

Title: Single Cell Serendipity
Fandom: CSI/SVU
Pairing: Sofia/Casey
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own them.
A/N: This is based on an idea that sprung up from my Power Struggle ficlet that I wrote forever ago...if you haven't read it, you don't have to...this has nothing to do with it XD
A/N 2: Yes, the title does sound like some sort of Biology assignment but I'm having a brain malfunction at the moment.

Title: The Kid Question
Fandom: SVU
Pairing: Alex/Olivia
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own them.
A/N: This is mostly Olivia-centric. I wrote it after watching some episodes and realizing how many annoying parents ask "Do you have kids?"
A/N 2: For those of you who like Elizabeth, she does make a cameo appearance in the middle and she is mentioned slightly afterwards. But it is very brief...blink and you miss it kind of stuff XD

Title: Man-Eater
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: Catherine/Sara
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own them
A/N: For some odd reason, the links on my computer are acting funky...which means no archiving or anything like that either...and I have to post the links in a very inconvenient format...I'm sorry!