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| Saturday, November 28th, 2009 | ||
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the_willow |
2:39a | Those People Those. People. Be. Trippin' STILL STILL they play this shit. I suppose I should be grateful or something that 2009 is bringing some of the muck all out into the light. But this is some BOLD ass racist shit. And everytime I want to stop giving Obama a break, I see one of these oozing white thought sores and think, nah dread. Let him settle some more. Cause those people have lobbyists and who knows what shit dem a pulling behind the scenes. IJDEK! |
| Friday, November 27th, 2009 | ||
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mirabile_dictu |
10:04p | Twenty-seventh day of writing xposted to IJ and LJ Word count: 2,602. |
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scribbulus_ink |
8:23p | November Blogging: day 27 Here's a piece of advice for anyone who is participating in any kind of LJ/IJ/DW based fest at any time of the year: when you email the mods, include your journal user ID, especially if your user ID isn't the same as your email address. If your email address is the same as your journal ID, it makes things a little easier, but it would still be nice to include your ID nonetheless. Here's the thing. Unless you communicate via email with the mods outside of the fest enough that it's reasonable to assume they know to associate that email address with you, chances are the mods will have no clue who's emailing them and will have to take the extra step of consulting a spreadsheet in order to figure it out. When a fest mod is juggling 30+, 40+, 50+, or more fest participants, they are not going to remember who everyone is. They might not know you, they might not interact with you outside of the fest, or they might not remember. There are people who have participated in Snupin Santa just about every year, and I still wouldn't know them from an email address alone, much less know all the new people who rotate in and out each year. So if a fest mod asks you to include your user ID and/or the name of your recipient in your emails, please try to remember to do it. It's not just a busy-work request; it can save the mod a little extra time (and let's be honest: a little extra irritation) if they know who they're dealing with straight-away instead of having to look it up. Trust me, trawling through a spreadsheet and looking for one person's email address out of 50-60 (or more) names is a pain in the ass. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/518 Current Mood:  exhausted |
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the_willow |
8:36p | -- That anxiety this morning? Knocked me out for the -whole- day. Now to see if I have a brain for food making. ETA: On the one hand, I want to go 'I have trauma from shopping?!!' and then y'know, I remember my child & teenhood. |
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leela_cat |
4:32p | FIC: A Happy Memory (Bill/Neville ~ PG) Title: A Happy Memory Author: Leela ( ![[info - personal]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} leela_cat)Pairing: Bill/Neville Rating: PG Warnings: None Word Count: 3 x 100 Prompt: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} neville100's challenge #97: PatronusSummary: All it takes is a happy memory. Beta: the_minx_17A/N: For alisanne. Hope this makes your week a little better.Current Mood:  stuffed up |
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stele3 |
9:07a | Abusive asshole >>> Gay man REALLY, Good Morning America? Really? First you cancel a gay man's appearance on your show b/c the night before he kissed another guy on national television, then in the same week you book a dude who beat the crap out of his girlfriend and threatened to kill her. Just, wow. The different layers of homophobia, hypocrisy, and female negativity wrapped up in how GMA handled this...WOULD amaze me, if I hadn't seen it a million times before. *clutches head* I hope that Adam a) is smart enough to understand that by just being "a performer" - by being HIM - he's going to walk a very certain path, b) is brave enough to walk it despite the asshats, and c) has people around him who will help. Because goddamn, this is just the start of his career. |
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yonmei |
11:24p | Dull week... Monday: still at work till 10pm, till TSH#1 and I finally packed up and left. Tuesday: Took Bob to vet: she weighs the same as she did last time, so the vet hopes she's plateau'd out. Stayed at work till 10pm, till TSH#1 and I finally packed up and left. Wednesday: Worked at home till 3pm, went into work, stayed at work till 10pm. (TSH#1 was through in Glasgow at a work-related event.) Thursday: Twerp and FreshStart had meeting, which - towards the end - I overheard enough (door opened) to make clear they had been talking about me. Huh. Left work at 5:30 to attend work-related event. Left at 8pm and went to non-work wine-tasting. (White Rioja is great stuff, by the way.) Friday: Left work at 5:10 to attend work-related event. Left at 7:30pm, did shopping, got home at just after 9pm. Am attempting to figure out where I want to go for Christmas. For the last sixteen years, with only a couple of exceptions, I've been meeting up with two friends for mince pies, wine, and midnight mass. This Christmas, one of them is dead, and the other plans - rightly, I think - to go on holiday somewhere else. (I would go with him if he were going, but I have been going to that church specifically for midnight mass on Chriatmas Eve since 1987, first with one friend, then with another, and now both of them are dead. It feels too weird to be going there on my own. I'd like to be somewhere else instead.)  Current Mood:  busy |
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the_minx_17 |
5:41p | This and That * Hope all who celebrate Thanksgiving had a wonderful time spent with family and friends. * The Girl Child went to the Black Friday sales this morning. At 4:49, while I was doing some serious sleeping, she texted. Scared me to death. Why did she text at that unholy hour, you ask... because she spotted John Travolta at the mall. Jesus. She's a freak. * The Boy Child had to work today - so no shopping for him. Instead, he gave the Girl a list and his debit card. He gave his sister his fucking debit card. When she was going to a mall. The boy is an idiot. Honestly. * It's chilly here in the Sunshine State tonight. Lovely thing, that. Right along with the Criminal Minds marathon on A&E. * And, on a Criminal Minds note, this week's episode killed me. Dead. *pets the CM team* |
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leela_cat |
8:57a | At this time in the morning... ...after I've been up for the requisite number of minutes or hours (they were always as changeable and unpredictable as the mood of a cat), I'm supposed to have an annoying white cat trying to curl up on my work laptop. (Which, if this were a normal Friday morning, would be open because I'd be trying to get actual work done on it). I'd be half-annoyed and half-amused, and trying not to give in to the urge. On Wednesday, I gave into the urge and let the Luna-chick sleep with her head on the keyboard of my open laptop. Later that day, a vet gave up part of her lunch and we had Luna, our beautiful white cat, put to sleep. We only had her for about a year and a half, but she clawed her way into our hearts and claimed space in our lives and our home. Miss you, LunaTiCat. Current Mood:  thoughtful |
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yonmei |
1:19p | |
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the_willow |
6:27a | *shaking, shaking more* Have just bought myself an external hd enclosure, and a internal hd. Cost just over $100. I can buy books. I can buy food. I can buy groceries. I can pay my bills. But when it comes to certain purchases I end up like this, wanting to pee and vomit on myself in total fear that I made the wrong choice, didn't do enough research, didn't do enough number crunching. I know I researched this for most of the year. I know that my experiences with TigerDirect were positive several years ago, and chances are they'll be positive again. My mother's experiences are not my own, especially given how she tends to complicate a situation. Still, logic? Ain't no friend of anxiety. Logic gets the 'Talk to the Hand' and Anxiety sashays off and owns the place. PS: Waited an hour and a half to add a $7 mouse to my order. My order? Already processed and in a box. And thus I'd have to pay shipping. So uhm, guess I'll mosy down to Target or something - if I find the energy, and see what I can do and hope things last out till then. PPS: The Media Player of my dreams, ie, with features I've been dreaming about? Just became available. Of course I just spent money on myself. So I have difficulty seeing me spending even -more- money on myself. Guess I should take comfort knowing it is -here-. (ETA: OMG it has ... ok, this would just be boring tech gush. But it has unexpected tech gush. Seriously, if they threw in a camera, I'd likely end up buying it right this second) It has a camera. A camera people. *puddles into amoeba of drool* *Willow knows what she's getting herself for the holidays, even if she has to call it an early birthday present* ETA: There are WEP vs WPA complications. But not enough to keep from all 'Oooh' |
| Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | ||
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mirabile_dictu |
8:16p | Twenty-sixth day of writing xposted to IJ and LJ Word count: 1,074. |
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scribbulus_ink |
9:50p | Further Thanksgiving Festivities It's the Pilgrim's Bounty holiday in Azeroth, with food-related daily quests and themed garments offered as a reward for fulfilling the quests. Why, yes, as a matter of fact I do bring my penchant for cross-dressing to Warcraft. ( My Blood Elf Death Knight in a dress: ) I did get a turkey caller as a quest reward, which I assume lets you summon a turkey to kill in order to help you make the required turkey meals for one of the quests. However, when you summon the turkey, it arrives with a great big heart over its head, which promptly shatters when it realizes you aren't a prospect turkey paramour, and it's labeled "lonely turkey". I couldn't kill a lonely turkey! I just let it wander free and haven't used the turkey caller again because I felt so guilty. This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517 Current Mood:  full |
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morgandawn |
6:12p | Cooking Triumphant We had our aging stove cleaned on Tuesday in advance of Turkey day. It worked fine last night....but this evening the gas is no longer flowing into the oven. Gas Bar-B-Que to the rescue! Thank goodness there was enough propane in the tank. We've never roasted a whole bird on the bar-bi before but it went well with the improvised metal roasting pan out of aluminum foil. Of course it meant xlorp had to sit outside in the dark tending the grill while I waved to him from the kitchen from time to time. The cats were not amused. I am, however, hoping that we might get a new stove out of all of this. The one that came with the house was very cheap and doesn't heat very well. [A Dreamwidth post with |
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the_willow |
4:06p | More Zvi ![[info - community]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small} zvi_likes_tv available via Twitter. (Either DM's or @Zvi_likes_tv)She says she's bored, so anyone willing entertain her with tweets, feel free. |
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yonmei |
12:55p | Nanowrimo "Group Three: The Go On Without Me's. For you, November turned out to be a very bad month to try and write a novel. Life went completely crazycakes, and you faced a never-ending series of demanding work or school projects, health emergencies, social obligations, and/or tech meltdowns. You managed to get a few good ideas down on paper, but never quite found your novel's rhythm. You're thinking of bowing out, and planning on giving it a try next year." That was me. But I still want to write... *is sadface*  Current Mood: sad |
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scribbulus_ink |
7:31a | November Blogging: day 26 Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it! Happy almost-the-weekend to those who don't! Real post later, if time and family allow. Count one fly-by, lore. ;) This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517 Current Mood:  rushed |
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stele3 |
3:15a | The greatest hits of Craigslist. This is epic. It's like a novel excerpt scrawled on a bathroom wall. I love it. Gonna be out at my parents' house for the next couple of days, so -- to any and all Yankees, have a Happy Thanksgiving. To everyone else, have a happy Thursday and Friday. Safe journeys. |
| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 | ||
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mirabile_dictu |
9:11p | Twenty-fifth day of writing xposted to IJ and LJ Word count: 385. |
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the_willow |
7:30p | Head's Up Zvi, ( zvi_likes_tv) is currently inpatient (and doing better for it) and accessible only via her cellphone.Good wishes appreciated. |
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stele3 |
3:53p | Drumming diary: Violet Hill II There isn't much to report: the song itself is pretty simple, as I thought. The main problem that I'm having is that my headphones appear to be giving me jaw problems. I've got some heavy-duty Sennheisers that cancel out noise really well - but in the last few weeks, my jaw has been aching and popping every time I yawn or take a semi-big bite of food. I don't honestly know if the two are related. The headphones do hurt my ear and jaw area if I wear them for extended periods of time, and I can't seem to adjust them to a place where they don't. I've always just kind of dealt with it, but I've been wearing them a lot more in the last few weeks, since one of my last steps to learning a song is to play along to the music. I'd do it without headphones, but in the particular case of Violet Hill, the drums are kind of muted and hard to make out if you're playing your own kit on top. (This is really the case for everything except, like, AC/DC.) You really need noise-canceling abilities of some kind. Has anyone else experienced headphone-related jaw problems? I couldn't find anything online. I don't want to screw up that part of my drum practice, but I also would like to be able to EAT, yaknow? Eating is nice. |
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scribbulus_ink |
6:26p | November Blogging: day 25 I feel pervy for finding Adam Lambert, who is young enough to be my son, sexy and hot, but when he releases music videos like this one... Well, I'm only human! This entry was originally posted at http://scribbulus-ink.dreamwidth.org/517 Current Mood:  hot |
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the_willow |
5:57p | Update On Me Just woke up, crashed this morning with residual panic (sometimes it comes in waves). Best thing so far in the fifteen minutes I've been up? GP Doctor got my message, called to find out how I was, understood that I don't have control over that level of panic, let me know I didn't have to take the medicine and we could work something else out, wants to make sure I try and get a reschedule in within two weeks. I want to cry in relief. It lowers so much remaining tension with dealing with people. Really. Meanwhile I want to attempt to tidy up some in the apt, and see if I can't cook myself a turkey breast for Thursday. Tommy Icon for Self Oh yeah, in Dreamwidth Isn't Archiving My Comments With LJ Archive News? I deleted all but my race rants from imported LJ entries. LJ-Archive still can't sync properly even though it now says I have 14698 comments instead of 70k something. Also despite using LJ-Sec to delete posts, some just randomly stayed and had to be deleted by hand. So I'm pondering that LJ-Sec is yet another tool that doesn't quite work with Dreamwidth. ( It got longer that expected ) |
| dons_life | 7:00p | Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo: what was Catullus on about?
Because these were the word written by Mark Lowe in an email to a young woman who had asked him the meaning of "diligite inimicos vestros". What it means is quite simple (though a number of family newspapers have refrained from printing a translation without a good few dashes and asterisks): "I will ram my cock up your ass and down your throat." Mark Lowe's defence is that Catullus was being witty. A few journalists have half-sided with him -- suggesting that this was meant as a lusty to retort to the Latin she wanted him to translate. The passage, which is from St Matthew, says 'love your enemies'. No says Catullus, bugger them. If anyone had actually read (and thought about) the complete poem -- for the offending phrase is the first and last line of Catullus Poem 16 -- they would have seen a better joke and a better defence. For it's a poem about an old conundrum: can you deduce a person's character or behaviour from what they write? Catullus addresses Furius and Aurelius (the "queer" and the "faggot") who have suggested that because he writes poems about kisses he might be a little on the effeminate side. Not a bit of it, says our poet. You can't tell a man from his verses. And 'pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo' for saying you can. But the joke is (or rather one of the jokes in this complicated little poem) -- if you cant infer from his kiss-y verses that he is effeminate, then neither can you infer from his poetic threats of violent penetration that he is capable of that either. Get it? That would have been a much better defence for Mr Lowe. First rule for undergraduates: always check where the quote actually comes from! For more on Catullus 16, try this by Dan Selden. |
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yonmei |
12:25p | If I ever use the word "cerulean" to describe House's eyes Please take away my writer's licence. Cerulean is not just a fancy word for "blue", though I'd guess from some writers' use they think it is. There is a specific pigment of which the primary chemical constituent is cobalt, which has been used by painters to get a stable blue colour without greenish undertones since it was invented in the early 19th century. It's also got a specific colour-name use to describe two hues of blue: very light blue (synonyms sapphire, lazulin); or a dark almost purplish blue which is also known as "bright blue", oddly enough. Both can be called "sky blue". But really. Like most people with pure blue eyes, Greg House's eyes sometimes look colourless (absence of pigment) sometimes you can see the blue colour more strongly. They do not ever look like sapphire, or like potassium, or like cerulean blue paint. What POV character in House MD would be likely ever to look at blue eyes and think "cerulean!" anyway? None of them are painters. Or photographers. Or even graphics designers.   Current Mood: amused |