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Friday, November 27th, 2009
spacelogic	4:37p	meta: squicks and siblings Claudia Christian mentioned in a blog post the other day that a B5 director ("who had clearly never watched the show") had told her to play her scenes with Sheridan more "sexy and coquettish" and I had such a strong "EWNOGROSS" reaction that I had to step back and analyze why. I can handle all kinds of fic/pairings, even if I prefer to avoid them. But Sheridan/Ivanova disgusts me, and thinking about it I've come to the conclusion that it's because they're too much like siblings. It's kind of funny, I suppose. I can handle all kinds of screwed-up pairings if I understand the kink, even if I don't share it. I can deal with non-con, power imbalance including parent/child incest, aliens... lots of stuff. And I'm on IJ substantially because I used to have a good friend who wrote and read Weasleycest, and while I wasn't into it I didn't like the idea of her ability to do so being restricted. But despite this, sibling incest remains one of my biggest squicks. Maybe it's because I have siblings I'm close to, and the idea of people perverting that kind of relationship feels too close to home. But I have parents I'm close to, too, and I can handle parent/child type stuff. I suppose in the Sheridan/Ivanova case, there's the added factor that they're not related by blood or by legal definition, and I've got those siblings too and know how upsetting I'd find it if people ignored that and assumed that we were sexually involved. Ties in to the whole "a man and a woman can't be just friends ever" cultural assumption, which I hate because I used to be the girl who had all guy friends and wasn't into any of them, no, really, stop teasing me, Mum! *coughs* Tangent there. Anyway, I think there's another factor. Actors are often treated as people whose job is to convey emotions, deliver lines, and embody personalities. They are, of course. But another job they do is play relationships, and they're often not as good at that. We've all seen a big romantic storyline completely fizzle because the main romance lacked chemistry. Then, too, parent-child dynamics on screen and stage often fall flat. But the most commonly disappointing relationships I'm used to seeing are sibling ones. Screen siblings, whether bickering or affectionate, tend to fail to convince. And so I guess when I see a sibling relationship I like, I really don't like seeing it taken through the "a man and a woman can't be just friends ever" cliché. So Sheridan and Ivanova, whose sibling vibe seems so clear to me, I can't bear to think of in a sexual situation. (Claudia Christian, I may have mentioned, is brilliant at playing relationships. Yet another reason I love B5.) Current Mood: pensive (Comment on this)
babydraco	6:54p	( Dolly Thanksgiving stuff ) (Comment on this)
atalantapendrag	12:56p	And here I thought I'd have a couple of weeks to relax In the mail (I only check my mail every couple of days, I checked it last night) I got 1) a notice of an inspection on the 8th and 2) paperwork to fill out because Social Security is reviewing my Disability. It's too damn much. Why the hell are they doing inspections NOW? And I know they do periodic reviews of SSDI cases, but god, the TIMING! Current Mood: stressed (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
vimeslady	6:23a	Happy Wild Rushing Time Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm taking Faeon, Chad and Patrick out to a nice buffet, then coming home to wildly throw things into a suitcase. I leave for Loscon in Los Angeles tomorrow morning (and because of the logistics of getting me to the airport, Faeon will have to drive me out to an airport hotel tonight). From there I'm going straight to Austin for SMOFcon. I'll have my laptop, of course, so I won't be entirely without the internet - not sure I could survive that. Current Mood: rushed (Comment on this)
atalantapendrag	7:06a	Oh look, it's a holiday tradition. Happy Thanksgiving, USAians. Happy Thursday, rest of the world. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
nightstalker	1:19a	Hey Sylum folks Give me shout out here so I can make sure you are on my Sylum filter. Current Mood: okay (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
atalantapendrag	8:34p	Stuff Okay, important thing first. There's a bill to outlaw mail order sales of tobacco in the US. Cigars will be the only exemption. This effects me personally, of course, because I buy my shisha mailorder as much for variety as for price. I know it's only an online petition, but would some of you consider signing this? I'm sure many if not most of you are nonsmokers, but I see it as a personal freedom issue. Went out with doombuggie last night. He convinced me to check out this new bar downtown. Too loud for my comfort level, but not as bad as most clubs, and it wasn't even remotely crowded so that wasn't so bad, and we didn't stay very long. After that he took me to HEB so I could make a much-needed grocery run. It wasn't pleasant; it was late enough that the restockers were out, clogging up the aisles, but close enough to Thanksgiving that it was still crowded, even at 11. I was so glad to get out of there! We dropped my stuff off and went to Epoch, because doombuggie had plans to meet up with a friend and Epoch's cool anyway. I mostly just zoned out while they talked. doombuggie was concerned about me looking like I was falling asleep in my seat! I was fine, though, just sort of inert. Conked pretty hard when I got home, though. It was a pretty good night. Had a good experience with complex maintenance. The latch on my screen door has been sticking and last night I pretty much had to break out, so this morning I called maintenance (which is dispatched from a central office, you don't call the complex you're in). Guy showed up this afternoon; I'd met him briefly once or twice. Friendly, polite, competent. We chatted a little while he fixed the latch and he complimented my skull pajamas. No unneeded stress, and my screen door is fixed. ( Moping about Thanksgiving ) Current Mood: melancholy Current Music: Coast to Coast (Comment on this)
babydraco	8:01p	( Making Traditional Cramberry Sauce, with Kaya and Rebecca ) They really were. I felt like an idiot when I realized that, because, duh, who else would've invented it? The cranberry bogs have always been here, and coastal New England has most of them. Apparently, those maple sugar soaked nuts they sell at fairs are also an Algonquin recipe. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
cedara	7:40p	Lie to me - 208 - Secret Santa ( spoilers ) Current Mood: enthralled (Comment on this)
cedara	7:40p	Castle - 210 - One Man's Treasure ( spoilers ) Current Mood: enthralled (Comment on this)
vimeslady	9:18a	Chocolate and Asphodel I really don't have time to make a post today, much less write anything remotely equal to what the subject deserves. But I have sitting on the desk before me copies of Chocolate and Asphodel, Volumes 1 and 2. They are printed in full color, back to back, and bound - the way they were meant to be enjoyed and cherished. They are... indescribably gorgeous and glorious. I wish I could share them with every Snupin fan I know. On the other hand, I want to hug them protectively. Mine! To McKay, Lore, Klynie, Karasu_Hime, and all the many writers and artists who contributed, thank you. Thank you so very much. Current Mood: enthralled (Comment on this)
ajatshatru	8:05a	I'm currently mostly mindless ... ... so I am existing mostly on facebook. These days most people have facebooks, and so - having seen this on a friend's wall there, 'm posting it here as well ... 'On Friday, Facebook will start using your photos in ads that will appear on the profile page of your contacts. It's legal and is mentioned in the fine print when you create your account. If you want to prevent this from happening, do the following: Settings, Privacy Settings, News Feed and Wall. Then...Facebook Ads, choose "No one" and save changes.' ... (Comment on this)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
atalantapendrag	5:05p	PSA 3 free MP3 dowloads from Amazon.com. That's any three songs, not just from a limited list, but it's only for a few days. (Comment on this)
spacelogic	11:19a	this is the long goodbye Inexplicable 10-hour power outage last night. The weather's not even bad at all. I appear to have lost my computer permanently -- I set up Age of Empires II and now everybody wants to play. Matisse took an 8-hour turn yesterday, and when Mum starts.... Current Mood: awake (Comment on this)
atalantapendrag	11:20a	Because "it goes without saying" isn't a good enough reason not to say it You're awesome, waywardoctagon. You kick ass in so many ways, and getting into the Company series is only a recent way. It was so much fun being able to finally "Yes! Yes! Totally yes!" with someone over all the Lewis/Joseph-Aziraphale/Crowley parallels, and to snicker at( tiny tiny spoiler ). I'm looking massively forward to squeeing with you over some of the later stuff. Oh god, Latif in "The Young Master"! Labienus in general in Children of the Company! Much other coolness that I can't even mention yet! We must recruit more *casts thoughtful gaze at zarla* Current Mood: lethargic (Comment on this)
babydraco	11:09a	So that's the criteria? So, Fanthropology lists articles that mentioned fanfic during the week. It's usually pretty awful, because "fanfiction" is a joke to legitimate writers and media people, the word to them equals either "terrible writing produced by crazy people with nothing better to do with their time" OR it equals "brand new and fascinating but slightly worrying phenomenon that I either can't fathom or I want a piece of". But this week's had a baffling quote that described people who can list their favorite Harry Potter books in order as "hard core fans". Because, I mean, wow. Who else but a hard core Harry Potter obsessive actually has favorites in the series and like, knows all the titles in order? That's just not normal. (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
atalantapendrag	10:03p	Hunh. One big-ass portion of noodles, meat, and Chinese broccoli at a Thai place = four meals for me. Dinner last night, breakfast today, and dinner today, with enough remaining for either breakfast or lunch tomorrow. goddessgoddess, thank T. again for me, would you? And what was the name of that place? It was yummy. Thinking of plugging iDoser and drifting off with some aural opium. The annual Coast to Coast JFK special is on tonight, but the prefeed is some bullshit about intelligent design. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Coast to Coast (Comment on this)
atalantapendrag	5:20p	Local Radio Fail How could I forget about KGSR? It's weird to listen to a local station streaming. Current Mood: mellow Current Music: KGSR (Comment on this)
spacelogic	2:49p	snapshot What my preferred desktop looks like now. Xfce+Pekwm on Arch Linux, tons of custom panels and Firefox addons, automatic grouping of selected programs together, and more. Click the thumbnail for actual size (1440x900, big file.) Current Mood: geeky (Comment on this)
babydraco	12:15p	So I got it into my head that I wanted to do a Samantha/Nellie vid. I guess, just because I have the movie. But I didn't know what song to use (usually I hear the song and feel inspired to use it in a specific video). I just grabbed something at random off my harddrive, a song I had thought I wanted to use for something but wasn't sure what for. And now I have this vid that has to be the weirdest thing I've ever done. It's sad and creepy constructed reality that might give anyone unfamiliar with these books some interesting impressions. It also kind of inspires a whole original plot I should maybe do something with. (Comment on this)
lilian_cho	2:31a	Six Impossible Things (Seth’s Morning List Remix) [The O.C., Seth/Ryan, 100 Words, PG-13] 1. Only sesame seed bagels left, and no cream cheese. My life, ladies and gentlemen. 2. Ate a bowl of Oreos for breakfast. 3. There’s a coffee ring stain on my X-men. I know I accidentally burned down Dad’s office, but a man’s comics are sacred. 4. Ryan kissed me to shut me up. Twice. (!!!) 5. Did a Samuel L. Jackson impression under my breath. Was sharing my bucket of popcorn, extra butter, with Ryan, when our shoulders bumped together. It was nice; not Summer-in-a-Wonder-Woman-outfit nice, but getting there. 6. Make out Share kisses with Ryan at the poolhouse. Remix of theswearingkind's Sam Jackson Ain't Got Nothing on These Two (f-locked) for remixthedrabble. I haven't actually watched the episode on which #3 is based. One day I'll probably finish watching the O.C. Maybe. If only for more of Seth Cohen's wordvomit. [ LJ | IJ | DW ] Current Mood: *shuffle shuffle* (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
atalantapendrag	11:39p	Cat rang bell. I ate food. Lovely afternoon/evening with goddessgoddess, T., and S. (who turned out to be a cute longhaired fellow in a fetching paisley skirt). We went to Clay Pit for lunch (dodging all the burnt orange turnout on our way downtown); it turned out they have a lunch buffet on Saturdays as well as during the week. That turned out pretty well, they had saag paneer, lamb korma, and vegetable pakora. Stuffed! After that goddessgoddess made her desire for warbat known, so we went to Sarah's. They're always fun to browse; T. got some rose syrup, goddessgoddess got eight warbat, and I caved and got a packet of honeydew shisha and a little vanilla sugar (which was really cheap!). The lady behind the counter was once more super friendly and chatty, joking about how I got goddessgoddess addicted to warbat and how I should eat more. If I hadn't been so massively stuffed I might have snagged a falafel or two, they're so good there! Went back to T.'s for lazy-afternooning. There was checking of emails, Facebook, and the like, and it was learned that I cannot use a nipple mouse. There was sharing of warbat. There was cozy napping and the watching of TV, some current shows I didn't recognize, and the first three episodes of Coupling; I had forgotten how deeply I love that show. And how awesome Susan was in the beginning before she got all domesticated. Eventually dinnertime rolled around. Dinner was chosen with remarkable ease, and we went to a Thai place. I had a Thai iced coffee, which I haven't had in years. S. had one too.Tasty, tasty drinks, those. My entree was a pork and noodle dish, peppery without being actually spicy, that I ate maybe a third of. Yay leftovers! There was also a dessert of some sort that I tried a bite of. Very sweet and sticky. After, Planet K was investigated, and another pipe shop, with discussion of further explorations, but I realized that I was dead on my feet and regretfully said my goodnights. So now I am doing my night-time catching up, getting loved on by Molly, and discussing the awesomeness that is Discworld with waywardoctagon before collapsing into sleep. With a very full belly. Current Mood: full (Comment on this)
tinmiss	7:29p	Household chores = my day. Yay? I've been spending loads of time with the two dogs, mostly because...home alone. I'm the only one around to take care of all the pets. It's time-consuming. Usually there are at least three, if not four, of us to go around. Incidentally, I am normally in charge of the cats. Litter boxes, feeding, brushing, that sort of thing. It is apparently less labour-intensive, but I knew that. Cats don't really need much to do their own thing. Dogs really, really do. They also enjoy licking me and making me go HNWKATJWERTW NO STOP DOWN. And then they lol at me with wagging tails because they do not ~believe~ me. D: In short, family bonding time with the pets? It's only the third day and I feel kind of lonely, though, even with all of the animals. Blaaaaaaah. I need to go be productive in new and innovative ways. Which means working on a Lit presentation (fun times? Actually yes, because I like powerpoint :D and dressing up. I am dressing up regardless of whether or not I am supposed to, okay). Aaaaand one more walk before it gets too dark. ( And then the entry goes on to ramble about chores, nostalgia, and Annie. ) Current Mood: nostalgic (2 Comments |Comment on this)
spacelogic	4:13p	computers, laws thereof Phoenix's Universal Laws of Computing: 1) Your computer is stupid, but completely obedient. It will do exactly what you tell it to do, whether or not that's what you actually want or, indeed, what you thought you were doing. 2) Your computer is out to get you. It hates your guts and wants you dead. You cannot let down your guard even for a moment. Save early, save often, and back up everything regularly. 3) Your computer can tell if you're afraid. It will do everything in its power to keep you that way. You have to show it who's boss, and that had better be you. Current Mood: powerful (Comment on this)
vimeslady	1:21p	Oops... We aren't playing Mythbusters here! The black light in my son's room died, so he replaced it. It was maybe 2.5 feet long. So he had this dead bulb. I don't know where he thought he was going to dispose of it. I don't know why he was trying to use it as a baton. It's a man thing. The good news is that nobody got hurt. The resultant explosion when he dropped it and it hit the floor threw leetle tiny shards of black glass over an area 3 yards in radius. Okay, we might have over-reacted a bit. But, I mean, mercury gas? Not cool. Opened the windows and evacuated that part of the house for a few minutes, while I worried about the wellfare of the dog. And then there was much cleaning. And after a while outbreaks of giggles at how far away glass shards had traveled and what odd places they had landed. Because of the angle of a bookcase, I thought my Snape collection was totally safe, although books on the other side of it were covered with glass. But on careful examination I found one - one - tiny piece of broken tube among the Harry Potter Christmas ornaments. (Those are on display all year, by the way. I'm not celebrating Christmas this year.) I figure an hour of vacuuming, including replacing the belt on the vacuum, is ample punishment for Faeon's temporary stupidity. Current Mood: Oddly Amused (Comment on this)

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