Brief quotes from Dichen and Enver about it's like living in an L.A. apartment block that's full of ex-Neighbours stars. Enver also comments on the differences between Joss and Fox.
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fic_rushIt's a periodic two day ficathon. Next challenge is Saturday and Sunday.
Also, I am superchuffed that so many stories on the
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list50 most recent recs of poly stories come from Three Ships. It makes me feel like I have really, truly contributed to fandom. (This 2008 list also features a few 3_ships stories, but not as high a percentage. And a couple on the 2006 list, including one of mine. *g*)Also, have gotten pleased comments back from my recipients as well as compliments from other readers.
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The lady who answers the phone at the Animal Emergency thought it was pretty hilarious.
(he'll probably be fine but I always have to check.)
Memo to Brit Hume: YOU ARE WILLFULLY IGNORANT.
I'd almost like to thank Brit Hume, in a way. It's rare that you get such a blatant, stark example of the privilege that comes with being part of the dominant culture in American Society. It's less rare to come across an even more astonishing indictment of the modern news industry than you've seen before, but it still only happens a couple times every week. So imagine the odds of combining both things in a single, glorious event? Incalculable*!
It all started last Sunday, when Brit Hume, whose name, coincidentally or otherwise, rhymes with "shit flume", offered the following observation on "Fox News Sunday":
"The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger would, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."
Now, this is clearly a dick move on a number of levels. First, the idea that turning to Jesus can help you recover from a life of wild sexual escapades. I don't know how theologically sound this is. All I know is that if it does work, it only works retroactively, because it sure as hell doesn't prevent wild sexual escapades in the future.
But on top of that, Brit Hume is a news anchor. Not even the host of an opinion show, but a news anchor appearing on a venerated Sunday morning news program. And he's blithely dismissing the world's Buddhists, imploring a troubled public figure to convert to his own religion, and says that the very act of turning your life over to Jeeeeeeesus makes you a "great example to the world". Which makes him something less than a news anchor. It makes him, well, a Fox News anchor.
So far, all we have is the less than entirely shocking Fox News personality's teradouche moment of the day. It's what happened next that really shows how awesome it is to be a white Christian male in America, and how much more awesome it is to be a white Christian male with your own TV network to back you up. Because when Hume was rightfully asked by an incredulous society, WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE, he was able to go on Bill O'Reilly's show and answer softball questions like this. ACTUAL QUOTE TIME!
"It has always been a puzzling thing to me. The Bible even speaks of it, that, you know, you speak the name, Jesus Christ, and I don’t — and I don’t mean to make a pun here, but all hell breaks loose. And — and it has always been thus. It is explosive. I didn’t even say the name in that way. I simply spoke of the Christian faith. But that was enough to trigger this reaction. It triggers a very powerful reaction in people who do not share the faith and who do not believe in it."
Brit Hume doesn't have the slightest fucking clue about how what he did could possibly have been wrong. Because Brit Hume, as a member of the dominant culture, merely invited someone to join that dominant culture. Sure, he may have implied that it was Woods' lack of Christianity that led to his moral misbehavior, but what's wrong with that? It's what he truly believes, after all. As a Christian!
No, it's not his fault. He did nothing wrong. He just did something that pisses off the heathens, and that's the heathens' fault for being so damn sensitive all the time. He'll never think what he did was wrong, because there's a giant penis where his head should be, and that penis has been nailed to a cross, and he loves every second of it. They all do. It's what gets them up in the morning, as it were.
And he'll get away with it scot free, of course, because not only is he a proud member of the dominant culture, but he works for an organization dedicated to preserving that dominant culture against any brownish heathen who thinks they also deserve a seat at the table. Which is a shame, because nothing offers the kind of freedom and clear conscience that liberal atheism does. My message to Brit would be, "Brit, abandon God and Jesus and you can free up a lot of time, because on the off chance they exist, they've already abandoned you."
*In that I am not willing to try to calculate it.
http://feliciaday.com/blog/disappointmen
The piece featured her and other women. Fair to say, however, that she's not impressed. The article Felicia takes issue with can be found here.
Author:
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padfootthegrimPairing: Sheppard/Lorne
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate Atlantis. I’m just playing.
Author Notes: I can’t even begin to talk about the number of false starts this
sga_santa fic had. I Finally alighted upon this little gem and felt happy with it, though I wanted it to be longer, the boys didn’t really feel like cooperating. Written for flubber2kool.Word Count: 3,361
Feedback: Feed the Squirrel!
Warnings/Kinks/Enticements: Bondage, Domination/Submission
Spoilers: Slightly for The Last Man and Search and Rescue, but not really…
Summary: Once they were home and he was back in his quarters, he took the cuffs out of their wrapping and looked them over, feeling the tough, unforgiving outer edge and the soft, supple inner lining. They were perfect.
Fic: Just This
Enjoy!
I realise I'm skipping most of the relevant threads on indigenous policy and framework, and going straight to issues that relate to me, but one of the bits I found most interesting was the mandatory inclusion of 50% female representation in the draft framework of the new national representative body. Apparently one (of many, admittedly) criticisms of ATSIC was under-representation of women, typically managing fewer than 30% of representative roles being held by women. My first reaction was, that's good! Comparatively speaking, that's great for national politics!
I then did some research on the mainstream Australian representative body, and what level of female representation achieved. Lower House 26/83 Lab (30%), Lib 11/55 (20%), 1/9 Nat (11%), 0/3 Ind, for a grand total of 38/150 (25%). Senate - 3/5 (60%) Greens, Lab 13/32 (40%), Ind/ClP/FF 0/3, Lib 9/32 (28%) Nat 1/4 (25%), 26/76 (34%).
Frankly, I'm surprised those numbers are that high. Still, whichever drafting committee is responsible for the current framework, they came from a representative body that has never achieved 50% female representation, and yet somehow think that an indigenous body can't fulfil its representative function with less than half of its positions made up by women. I think more just... they're happy for it to come into effect, since it doesn't apply to their own selection, and they're not going to be legally bound by their decisions since it's effectively an advisory body only, and they're just trying to rule out reasons to criticise its representativeness.
I find the more arbitrary criteria introduced, the less competition for roles, and the less talent and passion a council will have, but I also think that the current situation of predominantly white old guys running the country needs to change. I just find it really interesting that they may well approve mandatory female representation in a representative body, when they'd oppose it rather vehemently if someone tried to introduce that in their own representative body.
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Ceiling Cat is always watching you… even when you’re at the store or gas station. He’s just making sure you’re buying enough catnip and cheezburgers for your kitteh.
Author:
danceswithgaryPairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
Rating: G
Warnings: Image-heavy crack!fic
Spoilers: None
Word Count: ~4200
Archive: Fine, just let me know
Summary: An unscheduled arrival in Atlantis challenges the status quo. A little crack fusion AU of SGA/WALL-E. With illustrations! And the orange fleece!
RD-NE
http://www.afterelton.com/people/2010/01/m
After a heated battle and many endorsements, NPH came out on top with 61% of the votes.
Neil also tweeted about it here:
http://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/74
http://twitter.com/alydenisof/status/746
For her role as Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother, for Best TV Comedy Actress.
mickeym, the first meme of 2010. :-)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 Tango Tango Oscar Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Lima India Victor Echo Juliet Oscar Uniform Romeo November Alpha Lima.0:) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Mike Echo Mike Echo.
- Location:the Enterprise
- Mood:
amused - Music:Midnight Man, James Gang
I hate the fact that the things I like to eat the most are the ones that take the most time (barring cookie dough). And I don't (in this instance) mean cook time. I mean me-involved time. The rice is no problem -- once it boils, I'm outta there, I don't have to babysit it (some people seem to have a problem with that. hint: follow the directions on the bag). But the beans. Then beans, man. The beans take for-fucking-ever.
I've been cooking with beans a lot more recently. They are cheap, and go a long way (because I don't really like them that much). And that's the important bit there, really. I'm buying the same amount of food at the grocery store as always, but it used to last me a month, and now if I really really stretch it, it lasts me two weeks.
I don't know if I'm eating more -- I mean to, in that I used to never eat breakfast and now occasionally I'll grab something like a bagel, and ditto with lunch on a library work day (and now once in a blue moon I'll remember to grab a piece of fruit or a second bagel), but it's still not much, and without keeping detailed track of what I'm eating & when (which I have no inclination to do), I can't really say. I am hoping it's come down to the fact that I've not been working theatre jobs this past month or so (because there weren't any, I hate the holidays), so I've been home more, and therefore eating actual lunches (even if I haven't been eating breakfasts because I've been sleeping past noon).
So I guess I'll hope it eases off in January now that I've got jobs again. Because if I have to buy more food more often, that's just something I'm going to be really fucking unhappy about, considering how much money problems I've got as it is.
God, I want a fucking job.
HAI MOM!!!
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The actress that played potential slayer Caridad in three episodes of Buffy (and Maya during the second season of Heroes for any fans of that) joins the ranks of Whedonesque folks on Twitter!
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