| In meaningless and ineffective protest of the dumbing down of humanity. |
[Dec. 30th, 2009|11:31 pm] |
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1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) indigo419! I am so, so thrilled to have you as my internet BFF -- and wow, it's been three and a half years! That practically counts as "forever" in online terms. :) Here's hoping for many, many more.
2. I started to compile a list of unpopular opinions -- things that annoy me despite near-universal love from everyone I know, or vice-versa. But I think I'm too meek for that sort of thing; I avoid confrontation whenever possible. Maybe one of my new year's resolutions should be to be more bold and fearless!
3. Right now I'm wearing one of my Christmas presents: a fabulous shirt from Shirt.Woot that says "Grammar: Let's Take Back Our Internet". How utterly perfect for me! A huge thank-you to romanticalgirl for posting a heads-up when it was available last month. Wish it were still available so that we grammar fiends could indeed take over. Oh, and if you're new to Woot, check out the hilariously clever descriptions of each item.
4. While I laughed at "Three Universal Truths of Law & Order", I also got a bit peeved at how they spoiled my wow-the-crowds trick of knowing that the guest star is guilty 99% of the time! Seems like most people I know go through a summer in which they become addicted to L&O reruns. Sure, the show is uncool, but I still adore it. And I'm very, very excited to have more L&O:UK in January!
5. I'll close with a bit of sweetness: a marriage proposal on The Weather Channel. Aww! And while I'm at it, here's one of my favorite Daily Show videos, in which Stephen Colbert exposes their shocking stunts to boost ratings. ;) |
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| I'm as serious as a Hefty bag full of rottweilers. |
[Dec. 29th, 2009|11:00 pm] |
For Christmas, my mother gave me the box set of The Middleman, so I've spent the day rewatching it for the Nth time. Damn, I love that show to itty bitty pieces. Who's with me? Such a fabulous little show, with such an untimely death. Read a great description of it as "a screwball comic book crime caper". It's funny and wildly clever and has some great characters. If you haven't seen it, do get hold of the DVDs via Netflix or whatever! (And yeah, I keep meaning to read the comics, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.)
Since I'm in pimping mode, here's a fanvid of all the very creative cursing on the show!
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[Dec. 29th, 2009|08:37 pm] |
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I have internet back again. Yay. It's been a hard few days without it. I felt so cut off from the world, but I have it again.
The holidays are pretty much over.
And I'm ready to get busy writing. |
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| Unknown Male |
[Dec. 29th, 2009|12:49 pm] |
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http://www.neenaw.co.uk/index.php/ambulances/448/unknown-male/ http://www.neenaw.co.uk/?p=448 It was the middle of the afternoon on Christmas Day, and a desperate sounding old lady called 999.
“Do you know where they’ve taken my husband?” she begged. “He only popped out for some gravy. I didn’t realise we’d run out, you see. The shop is only down the road! An hour later, he hadn’t come back from the shop, so I went round there myself. They said a man fitting his description had collapsed and they’d called an ambulance!”
“What’s the address of the shop?” asked the call taker. (Although we are not allowed to give out details of calls and where patients have been taken because of the data protection act, we can give callers information that might help them find a relative, like suggesting which hospital to call.)
The call taker inputted the address of the shop. It was at this point the call appeared on my screen.
I knew exactly where her husband was.
“Have you tried ringing Queens A+E?” said the call taker.
“Yes, they said no one of his name had been brought in!” said the old lady.
I knew why that was too.
When the ambulance crew arrived, her husband had been in cardiac arrest. His heart had only just stopped beating, so the crew had worked on him all the way to hospital. No one in the shop knew his name or where he lived and there was no time to find out. He was booked into A+E as “Unknown Male”. It was only when the doctors decided to terminate the resus attempt that attention turned to identifying him. We’d called the police - thankfully, tracing the relatives of unidentified deceased people is not one of our jobs.
The call taker read all of this on the log of the call. Then he went back to the old lady. In a careful, measured voice, he took the old lady’s details and logged them on the call. He told her to stay at home and someone would be in touch. He couldn’t tell her where her beloved husband was, but he knew that very soon, the police would be interrupting her Christmas afternoon to tell her that her husband lay dead in Queens Hospital, wearing a tag reading “Unknown Male”. |
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[Dec. 28th, 2009|11:56 pm] |
I'm finally back in Atlanta. It's nice to be in my own place with all my own stuff, though I already miss my family. (Hi, Sis!) Loved being able to experience a white Christmas for the first time, especially playing with my nephew in the snow. Yesterday we went to see The Princess and the Frog, which was quite a darling movie. The flight home was uneventful -- the only evidence of any new security measures at DFW was that I was chosen for a pat-down after going through the metal detector. I asked the TSA agent if this was a random thing or if I should expect it from now on; several years ago, my name was flagged and I had to go through the secondary check every time I flew. But she said it was just a random thing because I happened to be wearing a bulky sweater (even though I wouldn't consider it very bulky.) Both DFW and ATL were fairly empty, which was a surprise during the holidays. Then again, I guess that's because I was flying on Monday afternoon. And now here I am, though for some reason I'm feeling rather twitchy tonight.
Not much else to tell, but I do have a ton of links to clear out of my bookmarks and Google Reader....
-- I laughed at this parody of those GAP ads with the little girls.
-- Several from the NYT: why do people shoplift books?, the glories of marching bands (I played bass clarinet for three years), and a fun essay by Mindy Kaling about imaginary families.
-- AdWeek lists the 30 freakiest commercials of 2009, and Salon has the best viral video of the decade.
-- Sepinwall has a long non-spoilery interview with David Tennant, and Vanity Fair interviews the rather kickass Rashida Jones.
-- Check out a wacky video of an octopus snatching a coconut.
-- I'm a few weeks late with this one, but Jason Segel wants female fans to call him for a good time.
-- Another oldie-but-goodie: the English to TXT-speak Translator.
-- Broadsheet wonders when we started sounding just like our mothers. God, I use so many of her phrases that drove me crazy as a kid.
-- Boston.com has a very cool picspam of 2009 in photography.
-- Celebrity Baby Names Blog awards the top celeb baby names of the year. I hope Bandit isn't a hint of things to come.
-- Miller-McCune discusses the end of handwriting.
-- Oddee offers ten cool stories - or cautionary tales - of when Facebook and real life overlap.
-- And since I'm going retro tonight, I can't resist another viewing of Alec Baldwin's Schweddy Balls. |
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| Lonely Goatherd Alert! |
[Dec. 27th, 2009|07:27 pm] |
The Sound of Music is on ABC right now! Whee! (Though I've missed the good parts, alas.)
ETA: My mother has just implored me to never again attempt to sing; however, she admits that even *I* sing better than Liesl. |
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[Dec. 26th, 2009|11:47 pm] |
*waves to all*  
You know, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) yuletide's new site cracks me up, because it contains headers like this:
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Tentacles
That is amazing! :P
I put up my Yuletide rec-list here, for those who are interested, which includes the fic I got for the Sherlock Holmes fandom, which is increasingly imperative now that the sacrilege new movie is out. I bet Sherlock Holmes won't even make the cut in Yuletide next year, which is tragic. Now I know how all the TOS and Watchmen fans felt. :( However, on the plus side, every channel and its mother has been marathoning good, old Sherlock Holmes movies the last few days. *munches popcorn*
I did officially go Super Crazypants at the end and ended up writing waaay more than any sane person should. Yuletide 'Madness', indeed. Now, my brain is free again, though, and it's back to making tennis boys gay, whee! :D
ETA: Yuletide Madness recs and Yuletide Recs, Part Two. |
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| Snuggie Dog |
[Dec. 25th, 2009|05:34 pm] |
Our very rare and treasured White(!) Christmas came and went. Overall, a fairly good one, aside from some unpleasantness that involved a Swiffer and rubber gloves. To commemorate the day, here are two low-quality iPhone pics: ( The ham loaf, and a dog in a Snuggie. )
My sister gave me a copy of Catching Fire -- the sequel to The Hunger Games -- without realizing that I've had one since September. She got it at a Scholastic Book Fair and can't return it. So, anyone interested in it for, say, $10 plus book rate postage? (Or best offer.)
And finally, a poll. I am very much pro-giftwrap. I avoid giftbags unless I simply cannot wrap a present, because they seem like such a lazy way to do it. Plus, I'm enough of a purist to prefer ripping the paper off of something. OTOH, bags are reusable, and many people swear by them as looking more festive than a sloppy attempt at paper-wrapping. Where do you stand?
Poll #1503462
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 52For optimum present concealment, I use |
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| Fic: Christmas with the Allens |
[Dec. 25th, 2009|09:27 am] |
Title: Christmas with the Allens
Author: whenbuffysmiles
Pairing: Kris and Katy Allen
Rating: R
Summary: Glimpses into the private moments between Kris and Katy over Christmas.
This was written as a present for heartsasmagnets. You have been an amazing friend, inspiration and beta. I never would have made it in this fandom without you!! I hope you enjoy this fic that I wrote for you!
( Christmas with the Allens ) |
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| Fic: Let Snow |
[Dec. 25th, 2009|09:25 am] |
Title: Let it Snow
Author: whenbuffysmiles
Pairing: Allison Iraheta/David Archuleta
Rating: G
Summary: Two days before Christmas Allison finds herself snowed in at the airport. Then she founds out that David is too. What are the chances that it’s the same one?
This was written as a present for my amazing beta heartsasmagnets. Thank you for betaing this!
( Let it Snow ) |
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