| "You'll never be just a blip in time to me Ianto Jones" |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|10:55 pm] |
So one of the daily blogs I check, After Elton (because I want to be a fag hag)are slowly posting their results from the 'Top Gay Moments' of the decade. Today they posted the worst, or most detrimental, event in the last decade for gay culture
Worst Moment
For the record, I voted for the Snickers ad, it was horrendous, and very offensive.
Also, in case any of you were interested in some of the complaints that had ABC running scared after the AMAs click here |
|
|
| Foxtrot Uniform November Tango India Mike Echo Sierra |
[Jan. 8th, 2010|12:44 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | meme | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  nerdy | ] |
Foxtrot Romeo Oscar Mike Alpha Golf Echo:
India Foxtrot Yankee Oscar Uniform Charlie Alpha November Uniform November Delta Echo Romeo Sierra Tango Alpha November Delta Tango Hotel India Sierra, Charlie Oscar Papa Yankee Alpha November Delta Papa Alpha Sierra Tango Echo India November Tango Oscar Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Lima India Victor Echo Juliet Oscar Uniform Romeo November Alpha Lima |
|
|
| Writer's Block: It's a Date |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|10:14 pm] |
Best date was with my latest boyfriend. Where we went to the movies to see X-men Origins: Wolverine, as our first date.
The worst was my last 2 boyfriends. All we did was walk around the local mall. |
|
|
| Radio Worlds Collide |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|06:39 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | bbc, radio | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | work | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | weirded out | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | guess | ] |
Sandi Toksvig interviews Garrison Keillor on Excess Baggage. Download here (until Saturday)
Will return when brain has finished exploding. 8| |
|
|
| Trove Thursday- Roll a Charisma Check |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|08:44 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  geeky | ] |
I've been waiting for a Treasury to open up on Etsy, but silly me was off playing video games and missed it. Ah well, if I can catch one in the next day or two, I'll stick these things in one. Until then, I found enough relevant items on Etsy to fill two spotlights on byhand.me. ;) Since I've been geeking it out (ie putting together my own Dungeons and Dragons game), I decided, hey, that's a good theme for this week's Trove post! So without further ado, here are my picks for the Roll a Charisma Check Trove (why Charisma? Because it's my favorite stat, of course!). So get your D20s handy!
I'm not linking to everything individually this week since there's so many, but don't fret! You can click the items to go to their listing pages. Which you'll probably do, because I just cast Charm Person on my loyal blog readers. ;) |
|
|
| Wild Card Weekend |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|06:27 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | nfl | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  chipper | ] |
Wild Card Weekend is almost upon us. No, I'm not talking about SUICIDE KINGS this time -- although this weekend would be a great opportunity to go out and buy it -- but about the NFL.
The Giants are out, but the Jets are still in it (it's good to have two teams), travelling to Cincinnati for a rematch with the Bengals. Needless to say, I'll be pulling hard for this game to turn out the same way as the last one. Cincy will be playing all their starters this time, so I expect the game will be closer, but I do think the Jets have an excellent chance of winning again and advancing to the next round. Let's Go Jets!
That's the game that matters most to me, of course... but it's no fun watching a football game unless you care about the outcome, so I'll be rooting for certain teams and against others in the other three wild card games as well.
I hate Evil Little Bill, so of course I will be cheering for the Ravens to upset the Patriots and eliminate them from this year's tournament. I have mixed feelings about the Ravens themselves. I don't much like Ray Lewis, but I've always been fond of Bawlmer, and of course I am an Edgar Allen Poe fan. But I'd cheer for almost anyone against the Vile BB.
I also hate the Philadelphia Eagles, but not as much as I hate the Dallas Cowboys, so I guess I have to cheer on Donovan McNabb and company. If the Cowboys get eliminated, extending their long drought of playoff victories, Jerry Jones will probably fire Wade Phillips and the Cowboys will start all over with a new coach, which always causes a certain amount of chaos.
So here's hoping the Eagles win. (Then next week I can cheer for someone else to beat them).
In the Arizona - Green Bay game, my feelings are mixed. I think Green Bay treated Brett Favre shabbily; but then, I'm more a "loyalty" guy than one of those "it's a business" guys. On the other hand, I love the Green Bay fans, the history and tradition, and the fact that the team is publically owned, rather than being the personal plaything of some asswipe billionaire like Jerry Jones. (More teams should be publically owned). On the Cardinals side, I like Kurt Warner, who was a class act when he was with the Giants, as a mentor to Eli. But I don't like the Bidwells, or the fact that the Cardinals still refuse to give up the championship they stole from the Pottsville Maroons. Tough call... but Pottsville takes it. May the curse endure. Go Packers! |
|
|
| The White Stuff |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|06:07 pm] |
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It started pouring down during 3rd block and hasn't let it up. It's supposed to keep going off and on until midnight. And all county schools have finally closed for tomorrow!
Yeah, I've started student teaching. Went in for a planning day Wednesday, and today the kids came in for the semester. And they already get a holiday. XD Living here, most of these kids probably haven't seen snow EVER in real life. Certainly not so much.
My dad is so happy. He turned all the Christmas lights back on and keeps taking the dogs out to play. Me, I've been spending the afternoon in pajamas, wool socks, and a purple plaid jacket. I think tomorrow I might spend some quality time with the pretty new HDTV that my brothers got my folks for Christmas.
Good day, dudes. Good day. |
|
|
| Oh LOL. |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|10:56 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | claire bennet, crack!, gif, hayden panettiere, hrg, image, jack coleman, link, noah bennet, on set, steven carrington, tv: dynasty, tv: heroes | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  amused | ] |
DID YOU SEE THIS? OMFG. OMFGGG!!!! WHY IS THAT MAN SO AWESOME???? WHYYYY???
*Fangirl spasm orgasm*
OMG HRG.
Remember this? OMG:
( Dance dance dance! )
...And I think he became a better dancer than he was before. Well, 25 years is quite long enough to learn new moves! He is just awesome.
...A TWoP article has been making me very very happy lately:
Peter and Claire (Heroes)
They're related, but that never stops them from having the most unsettling on-screen chemistry of any two actors on the entire show. (Well, besides HRG and Claire. Yes, I went there -- and don't pretend you've never noticed it too.)
Hello the writer of that article, welcome to my world. I've been here for a long time. Yes yes, I've noticed too!!!! :D
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dacian_goddess thinks that was my doing.
Hehehehe... |
|
|
| Learn to Write Good |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|12:37 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | optimistic | ] |
Judging by the emails I receive, there are a lot of aspiring writers among my readership.
I wanted to make mention of a couple of summer writing programs that might be of interest to you.
First, the legendary Clarion workshop, which began with Damon Knight in Clarion College, Pennsylvania, and is now in scenic San Diego. An intensive six-week writer's boot camp that will make you, break you, maybe change your life. I will be one of the instructors at this year's Clarion, along with Delia Sherman, Dale Bailey, Samuel R. Delany, Jeff Vandermeer, and Anne Vandermeer. For more details, check out
http://clarion.ucsd.edu/
Applications for Clarion are being accepted now, and will close on March 1... so if you've ever wanted to have me read and critique your work, and learn the secret handshake and the diagonal relationship, speak now or hold your peace until the next time I do a workshop (which probably won't be for a few more years).
[[ I do NOT read unpublished manuscripts that are mailed or emailed to me, so don't even think that. I do my teaching and critiquing only with a workshop context. And sorry, no, I won't be your mentor.]]
Clarion has been helping to turn out professional SF and fantasy writers since the 60s. Maybe you're the next one. You'll never know unless you apply. But be warned, only a few are chosen. Admissions are extremely competitive, with only one of five applicants getting in.
For writers who are already published, but are looking to take the next step in their careers, there is the Taos Toolbox, founded and run by my friend Walter Jon Williams and held right here in scenic New Mexico.
http://www.taostoolbox.com
Walter Jon's pitches his Toolbox as more of a "graduate study" program, for writers with a bit more experience. Graduates of Clarion, Clarion West, and Odyssey, neopros with a few sales under their belts, even journeymen looking to improve. I am not connected with the Toolbox, but I did a guest lecture there a few years ago, and it struck me as a great program. This year Nancy Kress will be assisting WJW with the teaching, and Carrie Vaughn (of Kitty and Wild Cards fame) will be giving a guest lecture. And when you're not writing, reading, critiquing, or listening to lectures, hey, you'll be in Taos.
Clarion Workshop and the Taos Toolbox. If you want to write, check 'em out. |
|
|
| Icons |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|02:27 pm] |
Stock, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Firefly, Morenna Baccarin, Jewel Staite, Stargate Atlantis, Riese (Up to episode 5)
  
Here @ ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) kleahs
|
|
|
| Dauntless |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|10:33 am] |
So Britain has been hit by ... WINTER. I was listening to the many tales of wonder and woe on PM* and idly wondering what conditions might be like in Wheathampstead, which is very small and down a hill, and what Cherry would make of all the flailing. And then this came up:
Some sought to nurture the plucky British spirit. The Royal Society of Chemistry said it would award a £300 ($475) prize to the person it deemed "the most dauntless traveler" during the freeze.
The society said the prize would recognize "outstanding fortitude and resolution or selflessness" in the face of meteorological adversity.
The award commemorates the centenary of the start of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Antarctic voyage. Scott reached the South Pole in January 1912, but perished with four companions on the return trip. The society named its award the Cherry Prize after Apsley Cherry-Garrard, a survivor of Scott's expedition who recorded the trip in a book, The Worst Journey in the World.
Text copied from this article except for the part where I italicised the title because I know HTML
<3
*I love PM. Love it with a big fat sloppy virtual kiss. MWAH. |
|
|
| Deadpool movie writers announced! |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|11:38 am] |
Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, writers of Zombieland, have been selected to write the Deadpool movie screenplay.
I haven`t seen Zombieland myself, but I did hear good things about it. So...this could be awesome? A Deadpool movie with solid dark humor writers and the best actor ever for Deadpool (who`s a fanboy too!) is a pretty hopeful combination. What do you all think?
Thanks to rivian for the heads-up. |
|
|
| Snow!!!! |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|10:16 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | snow! | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  SNOW!!! | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Heather Nova - "Winterblue" | ] |
SO IT BEGINS.
Man, the dogs are going to be bored out of their minds cooped up inside today.
   |
|
|
| Random: Sylar/Gabriel Fan Videos |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|06:03 am] |
So with a lot of extra time on my hands and a new obsession (Zachary Quinto) I began watching Heroes a few weeks after seeing Star Trek, now Im caught up to the T.V. sadly, I have to wait until Monday to find out what happens! So in the meanwhile I got back into making videos, I hope you like them!
Honest feedback makes me a happy person, so please feel free to share your thoughts.
( May contain spoilers (s4) so BEWARE )
( LJ Cut?? I think I tried )
By: l0ve_in_300ks or l0ve4free
Title: Freedom
Song/Artist: Trading Yesterday - Shattered
Summary: Samuel wants Sylar/Gabriel to be a part of his 'family' after the death of a loved one and will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Warnings: MAJOR SPOILERS!!! Season 4
View:
By: l0ve_in_300ks or l0ve4free
Title: Death Wish
Song/Artist: The Greenskeepers - Vagabond
Summary: (Mylar) Mohinder HATES Sylar/Zane/Gabriel everyone of his damn personalities and wants him dead, but how do you stop a super-powered lunatic?? Can it even be done?
Warnings: Just Violence and whatnot View: 
and finally. . .
By: l0ve_in_300ks or l0ve4free
Title: Sea of Love
Song/Artist: Cat Power - Sea of Love
Summary: Sylar/Elle Just a little something because I love this version of the song, little did I know while trying to post on youtube I would be denied for that very reason. So sorry for lack of link, I have the megaupload file for download. Such a shame I can't get it up anywhere. Damn song.
No Warnings? Download:
I didn't spent hours making it just to not post it because the song is 'stupid' screw youtube for muting me, anywho ENJOY. This is x-posted like a mother fucker.
|
|
|
| Yay another snow day :) |
[Jan. 7th, 2010|07:25 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  cheerful | ] |
To be honest, I was worried about the drive in - the main roads aren't too bad but the side roads are treacherous. Apparently 'the site' isn't safe either which is why it's closed, there are too many icy footpaths and such and not enough teachers can get in from further out places.
So another day off! YAY! |
|
|
| Short up-date |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|11:01 pm] |
I have three word documents open which I'm flipping between working on them.
One takes place in Alec's world.
One is a sort of Eragon-proxy gone mad story
One is the first two paragraphs in what is going to be a treaties on fan fiction. I think.
Have some dragons.
      |
|
|
Bloody Pissed
calm
amused
jubilant
content
excited
uncomfortable
chipper