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It is like a little coffin [20 Jul 2008|08:32am] lilturtle post comment

Fic: 4 times the Torchwood team found out Jack's real name (and one time they didn't) (PG) [20 Jul 2008|11:24am] marginaliana [ mood | sleepy ] Title: 4 times the Torchwood team found out Jack's real name (and one time they didn't) Fandom: Torchwood Characters/Pairings: Torchwood team, mentions of canon pairings Rating: PG Length: ~2200 Summary: Flashfic – does what it says on the label. Mostly crack with a little bit of angst. Notes: Names considered but rejected for use in this fic: Zinglebert Bambledack, Dinglybert Slaptyback, Slut Bunwallah, Kringlebert Fishtibuns, Engelbert Humperdinck. /gratuitous Eddie Izzard joke. Many thanks to adina_atl for looking this over. Spoilers for 2x13 Exit Wounds in some sections. ( I figured you'd both have had futuristic names, like Snarzfargel or Grumphion or something. ) post comment

dreams [20 Jul 2008|08:08am] luzclarita In my dream, D. and I buy a house. We are in our new house in the living room that has been just painted and decorated. I am on the couch looking out at the back porch feeling happy when I see a woman out standing two inches from the glass sliding doors there taking photographs of us. I become angry and get up and confront the woman, who proceeds to enter my house. I become more angry. No I will not fix her camera! She is to leave and not come back. It is rude to do what she is doing, I tell her. She begins to cry and I escort her off my property. Later in the dream, I am driving my father to church. I escort him over to a place in the back so that he can easily get up and leave if he gets too sick. The pews are rapidly filling with people and I spy my mother and a woman from her church that I have always admired (she always seemed to have it together and not be on the verge of a nervous breakdown like so many of the other women at the Baptist church) sitting together in the middle of the church. I go and sit next to them. The woman turns to me and assesses my presence. Then she says, "You come in here with your make-up and expensive clothes and sit right next to us and expect everything to be fine? You look ridiculous." I am dumbfounded. I feel ashamed. I wonder why I didn't sell all my possessions and give the money to the poor. Then I feel distraught at the thought of a world filled with women who are not allowed to dress as they please. I look down at myself and see that I am dressed like a dandy and I think that I like the way I look. The pastor has already begun speaking, but I get up and leave. Everyone watches me walk out of the sanctuary. I sit out in the lobby of the church staring into space. Then I see a big card over on the missionary table and I go and look at it. The card is from the woman. It says, "I'm sorry for being so rude. Sometimes I just don't know how to express myself. You are always welcome here." I scoff at the card even though it actually makes me feel confused and wonder if the woman is mental. I put the card down and see that there are children playing in the open space below the skylights. The children look so happy and innocent. I begin to cry. These are the first dreams that I've had in quite some time that haven't involved library science. post comment

Hello [20 Jul 2008|11:16am] devils_sidekick Good morning everyone! I am posting from my phone. I am at Barnes and Nobles looking around with my sis Naomi. It is going to be a hot one today, high in the 90s. I can not wait for this heat wave to be over. Have a cool day everyone. post comment

So, yeah [20 Jul 2008|11:05am] flarecarrot Definitely not sure about how I feel about the new Birdy. I hate most of the changes. They made most of the characters typically cliche anime... including Birdy, which is the worst thing to do to her character. One of the best things about the old series is that Birdy didn't just go destroy things recklessly or just go nuts, and she was not a bitch to Tsutomu. Additionally Tsutomu's love interest in the original didn't assume the worst when she saw him with porn or otherwise freak out. But no, they're all assholes now. I also hated what they did with the bad guys. I liked them better when they actually seemed to be in control of themselves. I mean, honestly, how can a creature like Bacillus not be able to feed itself properly?! How could Geega not realize what would happen?! Blah. I did however like how they went a little more into what it was like for Tsutomu when Birdy is in control and all that tho, and of course nice animation. I like Tute, it never really made sense in the original why Birdy didn't have a partner and Tute is useful but not a fighter. The new Slayers is starting off as a nice continuation of the series with the same feel. It's a little different, to be expected because of the time in-between but done by the same people. I definitely like it and I was very scared about it as well, especially with that weird green pokemon-esque monster character in the opening but it turned out good in the actual episodes. Otherwise, I got brave and got my left ear cartilage pierced. When I was a kid, I didn't seem to mind pain at all but as I got older I became real terrified of it. I wanted something like a piercing or a tattoo not just for aesthetics but also because I wanted to get my fear of pain under control. I think this piercing was just the thing. I know, I know it's just a little one on my ear but it meant a lot to me to get it done and took away a lot of anxiety. And I couldn't have done it without megalabisia paying for it which took away one of the main reasons I never got it done before. Of course I probably didn't pick the best time since now I'll have to wait 4-6 weeks before I can swim in a pool again. Good thing I took a swim the morning before the piercing lol! That was another test of manliness. megalabisia and I haven't been able to swim underwater without holding our noses shut but I thought about it for awhile and I figured that most of the problem was discomfort of getting water up the nose and unreasoning fear about it. So we took turns slowly going under water without holding our noses and going deeper then finally swimming that way, in stages you know. In closing, I do have to say however, that not being able to sleep on one side sucks ass!!!!! post comment

[20 Jul 2008|12:04pm] catseatsocks -28 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test! post comment

the batman [20 Jul 2008|10:56am] rebeculus i can't believe it, but i went and saw the batman. he was in a movie called the dark knight. the last batman flick i saw was the first one, with michael keaton. when was that? 1987? a friend wanted to see it, and i can't recall the last time i saw a new blockbuster and i was curious about the special effects technology people have been raving about for years, so i went. it was ok. my favorite part of the whole thing was the character of the joker, and how interesting he was and how good i thought heath ledger was. the story generally... well, it was ok. i was much less bored than i expected! it was long but didn't feel as long as it was. and i was very happy there was none of the utter cheesiness and politically correct ridiculousness i've seen in other movies where, at the end, everyone is happy, and all the races are represented and all the stereotypes are being played out. the special effects - i guess they were cool? i just am not really into that shit. i got bored during the big chase scene and spent the time trying to figure out exactly which parts of lower wacker drive they were on at a given time, and daydreamed about the various times i drove around down there at 2AM and what i saw. and the blowing up of stuff. eh. so what? and the one dude's face at the end after half of it was burned off, i guess that was kind of cool looking. at least it wasn't as gross as it could have been so i didn't have to look away. :-) i really liked heath ledger though. but i'd still rather watch him in brokeback mountain any day. yum! PS since when does batman use a gun? has he always? i guess i thought since he was a superhero, he didn't need a gun. but maybe i'm wrong. i don't know much about these things. but i wish he didn't use a gun. i'm old-school and probably unrealistic but think that yet another gun-slinging hero for kids to worship is not good. post comment

Is anybody else offended when they see the trailer for "Swing Vote"? [20 Jul 2008|10:22am] jeneva1 [ mood | irritated ] It's VERY seldom that a concept irks me as much as this movie does. I'm offended by the expectation that the general public (including me) will be entertained by this utterly misleading electoral concept. And the big problem is that since a large number of people don't actually understand the U.S. electoral process AND learn everything from the media, people will actually think this could happen. Gah! The truly ridiculous thing is that if they'd set this concept in another country all together, it's just about possible that maybe this could actually happen. In Canada, for instance, since EVERY person 18+ is a registered voter is is actually possible (though incredibly unlikely) that if EVERYONE voted it might come down to 1 person making the difference. But because this stupid movie is set in the States, I can't even suspend my disbelief long enough to get past the leaps of illogic it takes to accept the premise. And now I've wasted time and thought on this travesty of a film. But I feel better!:) post comment

Digging in the dirt: week 1 [20 Jul 2008|09:45am] karendy Just finished my first week of archaeology field school. We're excavating a 17th century native american site outside of Deerfield. Here's a very brief history of the site: Basically, after the Europeans arrived, lots of Native Americans immediately died from exposure to European diseases and the English arrived in the Pioneer Valley to trade with them. All of these changes in a thirty year period threw Native American groups throughout the Northeast into complete chaos: stable dynastic lines were destroyed by disease, everyone on both sides wanted to corner the fur trade, and wars broke out everywhere. Long story short, the tribes that lived in the Southern part of the Pioneer Valley eventually took refuge in a palisaded village outside of Deerfield. Within less than a decade though, Mohawks attacked the fort, supposedly massacring lots of people inside and scattering the rest throughout the Eastern US and Canada. Anyway, that fort is what we are (most likely) excavating right now. If it is the real "Pocumtuck Fort" it is a very important site, especially since its' destruction was the rationale that the English used for outright taking over many of the native villages left behind (Springfield, Deerfield, Northampton, and others). So far, I am generally liking this archaeology stuff. It definitely suits my detail oriented side, and I love getting the chance to spend so much time in the woods. It's actually very similar to work I've done as an archivist, except I get to be outside and around people, which are really the two things I missed while working in the archives. It's nothing like Indiana Jones though: Much of my time is spent filling out paperwork and taking measurements, and so far the most interesting things I've found are some 17th century trade beads, some stone flakes that may or may not have been used as cutting implements, a few sherds of unglazed ceramic, and many many tiny fragments of animal bone. I ache in places I didn't know I had and have blisters on both thumbs from using the soil sifter (archaeologists sift all the soil they excavate from a pit through a large screen; this is how they find most artifacts). It is also very disconcerting to drink three liters of water over the course of six hours and not pee once. post comment

Im in ur refrigerator, furthering ur male character development... [20 Jul 2008|03:00pm] jacinthsong [ mood | grumpy ] [ music | Alizée - Moi Lolita | Scrobbled by Last.fm ] I made you a post about the things I liked and did not like about Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, but nerdcakes ated it and got there first. Seriously, ( spoilers ) See here and here also for a bag of yes, in particular ( spoilers again ) I do love Nathan Fillion though. Lots. 1 comment|post comment

twitters from orangerful [20 Jul 2008|10:02am] orangerful 17:50 LAST CHANCE to see Dr Horrible online (though I will buy the DVD as soon as it comes out!) drhorrible.com/ # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter post comment

[20 Jul 2008|09:52am] narniabound Ever notice how Amazon.com sends you emails for promotions in categories that you searched the last time (as in, last night!) you were on their site? It's a little creepy. I'm just sayin'... post comment

LJversary! [20 Jul 2008|02:53pm] oursin 5 years! Being Always More Complicated since 20 July 2003. Journal entries: 3,412 Comments: Posted: 16,645 - Received: 24,820 2 comments|post comment

Holy shit. [20 Jul 2008|09:18am] pope_guilty I've pretty much never seen anything that incredible. 3 comments|post comment

Just stay sweet and unspoiled for my sake... [20 Jul 2008|01:09pm] oursin Does anyone else want to codslap Jamie Hewlett for this? Hewlett and Damon Albarn have been engaged on a project 'Monkey: Journey to the West': The first salvo was the opera, Monkey: Journey to the West, a visually extravagant affair designed and animated by Hewlett ('what you see is me, what you hear is Damon'). It premiered in Manchester last year and comes to London's Royal Opera House this week, complete with acrobats, silk dancers, contortionists, puppets and projections. but there are various spin-offs and developments from that. And, okay, you can mutter 'cultural appropriation' or you can give him points for expanding beyond traditional Western themes and stories. But how come it is okay for Hewlett and Albarn to venture beyond the perimeters of their own culture (perhaps because their simplicity, it is already irretrievably corrupted?) but to go all woez woez over the complication of Unspoilt Noble Savagery as follows: 'Damon and I spent three years immersing ourselves in Chinese culture when we were preparing the opera,' says Hewlett. 'We'd been to China many times and had the real privilege of travelling round the rural areas, staying with tribes, which no one gets to do. Once you get outside of the cities, what you find is a culture that is still intact - that hasn't been spoiled by Western influences.' Ironically, the production of Monkey itself threatened to sully the very cultural purity with which Hewlett was so enamoured. Originally co-produced by the prestigious Théâtre du Chatelet in France, the show is directed by Chinese-born New Yorker Chen Shi-Zheng ('we call him "Susan"') with a young Chinese cast who found themselves rehearsing on the outskirts of Paris. 'Many of them had never left China,' says Hewlett, 'and most of them didn't speak English. But they learned pretty bloody quick! So here they were in Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and they got days off and spending money. The girls were fascinated by Disney stuff, and bought loads of Disney merchandise, while the boys were buying Nikes and Levis - all the stuff they couldn't get in China. And then they discovered McDonald's! And Damon and I were thinking, "OK, this is very exciting for them, and we can't be cultural stalwarts about it all." But when they started sitting round the piano and singing songs from Chicago, that was it! Damon called them all together, and with Shi-Zheng translating into Chinese he went into this great big rant. "Don't fucking sing that shit! I don't wanna hear any of this cabaret crap! You're not gonna eat this food. And don't be spoiled ... please!" Because they were such a great bunch of kids, so wonderful, and we'd brought them here and suddenly we were faced with this guilty spectre of them being ruined by western culture.' ' Woah! Clasp that padlock on their minds, why don't you? Or possibly keep them in some kind of zoo habitat? Raise that good old double standard, raise it high, raise it high! 6 comments|post comment

Doctor Who: Planet of the Ood [20 Jul 2008|06:57pm] jenwryn [ music | tv: private practice ] ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) post comment

One tweet at a time... [20 Jul 2008|05:35am] possibilities 09:28 @gavin_h_c Thanks! My boss thinks every sniffle and sneeze needs antibiotics. This'll be great on my desk! # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter post comment

More Links Than A Bag Of Sausages [20 Jul 2008|04:30am] petzipellepingo Free Advice , Jesse/Angel by fayemeadows. sol_se offers a recs list for Buffyverse femslash . fantas_magoria offers instructions for "The Witch" . Buffyverse icons by tdog0105. Animated Spike & Brainiac icons by edgehead73. Buffyverse, AtSverse, Dr. Horrible & Dollhouse icons by mal_contentum. Buffyverse icons by superelle07. Buffyverse actor icons by holly_italia. Dr. Horrible picspam , courtesy of crackers4jenn and some Dr. Horrible icons . post comment

Yes. *nods earnestly* [20 Jul 2008|06:24pm] jenwryn If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal. post comment

Under Construction. [20 Jul 2008|01:04am] chinodoxia [ music | The Weather - Built To Spill ] This place is a work in progress! More journal-ish business coming soon. post comment

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