So, two years ago in December I did a Holiday Love Meme, and now I'm gonna do it again. See, 2009 has been a crappy year for me, and from what I've read on my flist it's been difficult for lots of other people too. Plus, we can all use love, right? Especially at the holidays.



Here's how it works: You comment with your username, and then people will comment ANONYMOUSLY with things they love about you. If you don't want to comment anonymously, you don't have to (I know LJ's "verify you are a human" system is annoying) but commenting anonymously is more fun, because then everyone gets to guess who said what about them.

Feel free to pimp this all over the place so we can get lots of fun participation going!!!

I FINALLY FINISHED THE SERIES!!! Glory Hallelujah. It only took me like 8 months. Well, really it took me like 6 months of sloooooooowly getting through seasons 1 -2.5, and then 2 months of speeding through seasons 3 - 4.5. Whatever. ( ”Thoughts! )

I can't believe it's all over. ::sniffs:: But, there's always fanfic. SO MUCH FANFIC!!!! ::rejoices::

++ I would like to point out that I've been reading Kara/Lee fic for less than 2 months and I already have over 40 bookmarks for this pairing in del.icio.us. That's fucking ridiculous. It took me like a year to accumulate that many bookmarks in some of my fandoms.

++ I have downloaded the last 2 eps of Season 4.5, and am planning to watch them tonight. I almost don't want to, because then the show will be over forever. But, on the plus side, now I can start reading fics for after the series is over. Even though Katee Sackhoff's website spoiled me for what happens to her character in the end, I still wanna know everything.

++ outoftime told me to stop bashing Sam, so my solution is to read Lee/Kara/Sam porn. This was my solution to the Bangel/Spuffy shipper wars too - just get all three characters to fall into bed together, and everyone's happy! somewhereapart linked me to 2 good fics to get me started: Bona Fiscalia by becisvolatile and Worth It by dianora2 (which is my favorite). Any other fic recs would be most appreciated!

++ In non-BSG news, swsa asks: Did Buffy start the whole "human AU" trend in fanfic? That's where I first remember seeing it. She also asks:

Is the reverse true for non-genre fandoms? Is there Glee fic out there where everyone's a vampire and Rachel's the Slayer? Gossip Girl fic where Blair and Serena are witches and in love?

Oh man, I don't even watch Gossip Girl but I would *so* read that fic.

++ cleolinda wrote New Moon in Fifteen Minutes. Eeeee. I still haven't seen it, but I'm hoping to tomorrow. As soon as I do, I'm all over that post.

++ In other news, for some reason that I simply cannot fathom, I'm reading the Left Behind books. I've actually just finished the 4th one, and have started the 5th. These books are the most ridiculous fucking things I have ever read and yet I CANNOT PUT THEM DOWN. It kind of hurts my brain a little. Maybe I'm a closet evangelist or something? At any rate, when I'm done with this book I'm going to do a post all about how much they suck, and yet how I still can't stop reading them. Obviously Jerry B Jenkins put some kind of Jesus crack in the page or something.

++ Finally, this icon makes me laugh way more than is probably appropriate for a silly little joke. Oh well.

So, I'm almost done with BSG Season 4.5 - I've finished discs 1-3, and disc 4 will be coming via Netflix soon. Not that I'll wait that long - I'm dling the eps now as I type - but, anyways.

Disjointed thoughts on the eps in no particular order ( Here )

I can't believe I'm almost done with the series! This is so sad.

I'm watching a movie called Pathfinder, which is pretty terrible so far... BUT, it's got Karl Urban in a loincloth. So, that's pretty much always a win.

In other news, I now have a cold in addition to having a chipped tooth. Obviously, I have pissed off the health gods this year - it's been just one thing after another.

In BSG news:

++ I finished discs 2 and 3 of Season 4.5 - I'll have thoughts up later. Suffice it to say, this show loves breaking my heart.

++ I've been like, mainlining Kara/Lee fics. I think in my del.icio.us I already have 20 fics bookmarked. I'm working on a recs post, because you know I love doing those. Look for that in a couple weeks.

Totally OT, but you know I've also been working on a bandslash Jon/Spencer fic recs post for like, a million years. But now that the band has broken up, is it kind of stupid to do a recs post for a pairing that's no longer even in the same band? I dunno. But, I still like reading fics for them.

Man, this movie is awful. But, KARL URBAN IN A LOINCLOTH. I will suffer anything for that.

I need to see Star Trek again, because that's a movie he's in that's actually good. Have you noticed he likes to do lots of shitty movies? I mean, Doom? That fucking Ghost Ship movie? Gaaaaaaaaaah. He's way too pretty to be in such crap.

This was a question earlier in the week, but I just now saw it. For me, the answer is simple: Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon". There's just so much going on in that album! I can't even begin to say how many thousands of times I've listened to it, and I get a different experience every time. It's not even my favorite album ever - that's probably either "Nevermind" by Nirvana or "Rio" by Duran Duran - but it's an album that I can listen to repeatedly and never get sick of.

In other news, I watched the first disc of Season 4.5 of BSG.... hmmm. I'll have thoughts later. But I'm absolutely DEVOURING fic. I've already got 18 bookmarks in my Kara/Lee tag on del.icio.us. Me thinks I'll need to do a recs post soon. Yay recs posts!

Anyone that has any other fic recs for me, I'd be most obliged. I'm reading Kara/Lee pretty exclusively, but I'm open to other pairings. Maybe.

I watched discs 3 & 4 of BSG Season 4.0 in about, oh, 2 days, because (a) I'm obsessed and (B) I'm procrastinating writing a paper. Bad Luna, bad! At any rate, here's my thoughts as I watched the episodes: ( Long and rambly )

I gotta say, the bonus features for Season 4.0 are so, so much better than for earlier seasons. I loved that video diary where Katee said, "Baltar's got a harem? Like that guy needs to get laid more!" Heeeeee.

So, I tore through the first two discs of Season 4.0. ( Quick thoughts )

In other news, GOOD GOD Firefox is being slow. Like, slooooooooooooooooooooow. This happens far more often than it should. What's going on here?

Okay, I finally finished season 3 of Battlestar Galactica. As you might expect, I have thoughts. ( Behold! I shall share them with you now! )

Hmmm, was there anything else about Season 3 I wanted to talk about? I can’t even remember.

Oh yeah, I remember: does the series end with Season 4.5, or are there more episodes? I seem to remember the series ending this year, so that would tell me there’s at least another season. IDEK. It’s so confusing. I still don’t know what’s up with having the half seasons either, except that SciFi wants to make more money packaging the DVDs separately. Or something.

I just checked my email and Netflix has informed me that disc 1 of Season 4 ("The Razor" - a miniseries or something?) is not coming until Thursday. I don't know if I can wait that long. Eeeeeeeeee. ::twitches::

Oh, I know what I'm gonna do: I'm gonna read the third Left Behind book, just to spite txvoodoo. Ahahahahahaha. ::cackles maniacally::

I've been talking about religion so much on this blog, maybe I should rename it like... I dunno... Holy Escapism or something. Yeah, maybe not.

First thing: I went to a Catholic Mass like I've been meaning to do since the beginning of the semester. I was really... INTERESTING. ( Read more... )

Second thing: I've finished reading The Unlikely Disciple, about the Brown University student who goes "undercover" and spends a semester at the ultra conservative evangelical Liberty University. It was a fascinating book, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Random observations from the book: ( Read more... )

I did something very different for me in this post. Or rather, I *didn't* do something. First person to guess gets a free cookie. :)

Of the good:

++ Saturday I found an old SmarTrip card (which is the card you put money on for the Metro or the bus) hidden in a drawer somewhere and discovered it had $31 on it. Score!!!

++ Sunday I bought a scratch off lotto ticket, which I *never* do, and I won $10! Sweeeeet! I still kind of think gambling is a sin (I know, very Biblical of me) but hey, TEN DOLLARS!!!

++ The pest control guy came out on Friday and I think alll the bees are gone from my room. Yay!!!

++ My Sociology class was cancelled today, and it's allowing me to work on my essay which is due Wednesday. Rock!

Of the bad:

++ I'm running into walls trying to do this actual essay. It's a short one, like just a page, so you wouldn't think it would be that big of a deal. What I have to do find a peer reviewed journal article about any topic in sociology and analyze it. I chose to do it on the subject of affirmative action. You'd think with such a hot button topic there'd be tons of articles, but there's really not. Or, rather, there's really not that many PEER REVIEWED articles. There's tons of "this is my opinion" type pieces, but that's not what I need.

BTW, I've actually had 2 whole weeks to do this essay, but I've procrastinated until... oh yeah, the essay is due WEDNESDAY. Gah!!! I suck.

In other news, I just quickly have to say that I've watched the first three discs of Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica and ( Quick thoughts )

I still can't believe I don't have a single BSG icon. You know what would be cool? An icon that says "Frak, Frell, Fuck - It all works for me". Or something to that effect. Heh.

Sometimes completely random questions float through my brain. This usually happens in the middle of the night, or when I'm sitting on the bus staring into space, etc. So last night when I had bad insomnia, I wrote some of these questions down and now I'm going to look them up on the internet, and post the answers for my own personal edification. Yay! ( 7 completely random questions & answers )

++ I got stung by a bee, on my leg, last night as I was getting into bed. (Yes, there was a bee in my blanket. Don't ask how the hell it got in there.) It didn't hurt as much as I remember it hurting when I got stung as a kid, but it's still ouchy. And the area where I got stung is all red and splotchy now. Bleh.

++ I got my Sociology midterm back, and I did better than I thought I did - 16 out of 20 points. What's that, a C? A B? I really wish I could do basic math.

++ Cake Wrecks is my new favorite site online. Thanks for pointing it out, darthrami!

++ No wait, I lied, Daily Squee is my new favorite site. Lookit!



OMG SQUEE!!!! Teeny tiny little Bambi!

++ cleolinda has an eBook out and it's only $5! $6.25 (because Lulu.com has to take their cut)! Come on, for all the free lulz she's given us over the years, you should totally hook her up. I don't have any actual money in my checking account (just cash right now) but I'm planning on buying it tomorrow when I get paid.

++ I uploaded a whole bunch of autumn/Halloween icons, including this one which I'm using as my default right now. Oooh, spooky bats!

I've been looking for Mocktail recipes and have found some interesting sites. I'm going to a baby shower in December, and I think I'm gonna try to make some of these.

++ Mocktails @ Drink Recipes - I like the Cranberry Cooler recipe.

++ Top 20 Mocktails @ Allrecipes.com - ooooh, Mock Champagne! It's just ginger ale, pineapple juice and white grape juice.

++ Mocktails @ About.com - the Coco Colada looks good.

++ And my favorite site, DrinkAlternatives.com. I'd like to try the Sex on the Beach mocktail. That's one of my favorite drinks. so I'm curious to try it virgin.

Anyone that has any recipes for fun non-alcoholic drinks, please link or share.

Hey y'all, I sucked it up and bought the super special mega 70th anniversary edition of Wizard of Oz in a moment of weakness. It was like $24 off at Amazon, and I couldn't resist. But, now I have an extra copy. So I'm gonna try and sell it.

I'm selling this version, the 2 disc one, for $10 plus $3 shipping. It retails for $24.99 - I got it for $19.99 at Best Buy - so $10 is a good deal. It's brand new - opened, but only watched one time. I'll ship anywhere in the US or Canada for $3... if you live in another country, comment and I'll get back to you with shipping.

If you're interested in other stuff I have, check out my Swap a DVD list or my Paperback Swap list.

ETA: Has been sold to cathyteach2!

I've been pretty much sticking to the low-fat diet, but then today in a moment of weakness I had a chicken mcnugget value meal at McDonald's. Twenty minutes later, I found out what happens when people who've had their gallbladders removed eat something high fat. UUUURGH.

To make myself feel better, I present images of cuteness. ( Babies of the animal and human variety )

Okay, I feel a little better now. :D

Mom-and-pop pot growers cut cartels' profits:

Almost all of the marijuana consumed in the multibillion-dollar U.S. market once came from Mexico or Colombia. Now as much as half is produced domestically, often by small-scale operators who painstakingly tend greenhouses and indoor gardens to produce the more potent, and expensive, product that consumers now demand, according to authorities and marijuana dealers on both sides of the border.

Weed doesn't do much for me, personally. I can count on two hands the number of times I've actually smoked it in my lifetime. But I am definitely someone who thinks it should be legalized. Sell it legally, tax the shit out of it, and use the revenue for schools, roads, and more police to actually fight real drugs like crack and meth.

Not that I'm saying marijuana is like, a great thing. It makes you incredibly stupid and lazy. But whatever, people are going to do it anyways. And it helps cancer patients and people dying of AIDS, so how can that be a bad thing?

I'd much rather cigarettes be illegal, tell the truth.

At any rate, back to the article: it makes me happy that small businesses are cutting into the megacorporations' bottom line. Wouldn't you rather give your weed money to a small mom and pop business than a ruthless, violent drug cartel?

I haven't done a linkspam post in awhile. Here you go!

++ Now in the United States, 1 in 100 kids is autistic. WOW. The increase is thought to be from greater awareness, to a broader definition of autistm itself. My coworker has an autistic child, so I'm going to tell her about this article.

++ The high price of being a gay couple. Basically, being a committed gay couple is way more expensive than being a married hetero couple. Like, to the tune of $200,000. Lame!!!

++ DC gay marriage bill "for young people". OVERWHELMINGLY, young people seem to support gay marriage more than older people. I'm not entirely sure why that is, except that young people probably are more used to seeing gay people as, well... PEOPLE and not just stereotypes.

++ 36 hours in Baltimore. It's not all heroin and crime rings, I swear!

++ New black Barbies break the mold.

++ 10 ways Monty Python changed comedy.

++ First batches of swine flu vaccine are here, but health care workers and those at risk are going to be the first to get it.

++ 3 Americans share Nobel medicine prize.

I'm on disc 2 of Season 2.5 of Battlestar Galactica, and just one quick thought: ( Spoilers )

Okay, I'll have more coherent thoughts on the season later.

Also, what is this show "Glee" that has enraptured my entire flist? Please to explain, and maybe pimp to me.

In other news, I had a particularly vivid dream about smoking again last night. It was a dream where I knew it was bad, and I felt guilty over it, but I still smoked. Not sure what these dreams signify, other than the fact that I really, really miss cigarettes. It's been two and a half years, and I still miss smoking. Gah.

In other other news, I'm looking at all the cool Halloween costumes online, and man, I wish I wasn't broke. And that I actually had a place to wear a Halloween costume to. :(

Meme stolen from marksykins:

Ask me a fandom, and I will tell you:

+ OTP
+ Runner-up
+ Honorable mention(s)
+ Crack pairing(s)
+ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't

Come on, someone ask me Buffy. Do it do it dooooooo iiiiiiiiiit.