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5/17/08 10:16 pm
Today
Met my goal for the day early, while waiting for the new episode of Doctor Who. 1,466 words so far, out of 7-10,000 or so.
There's a party on the terrace directly outside my room that's supposed to last until 2:00 AM. The music is quite loud, and at this hour there's really nowhere else I can go to get away from it. Tsk.
5/17/08 05:01 pm
Doctor Who: Massive 27-DVD Collection of Classic Doctor Who Coming in Early June
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9644 By David Lambert - BBC Video and Warner Home Video have announced that on June 3rd they are releasing a massive package they list as the Doctor Who - Mega Set Vol. 1. Their official announcement info... (more)
5/17/08 04:12 pm
Outer Limits, The: Long Delay for General Retail Release of The Complete Original Series
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9643 By David Lambert - Back in late March we reported that The Outer Limits - The Complete Original Serieswould get a general retail release this summer (it had previously been released on DVD in the Fall... (more)
5/17/08 03:54 pm
Sonic Underground: Bonus CD Track Info for Sonic Underground - Volume 2 on DVD
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9642 By David Lambert - Back in mid-March we had the scoop on Shout! Factory's June 17th release of Sonic Underground - Volume 2. As we told you, this 4-disc set includes the final 20 episodes of the classic... (more)
5/17/08 03:24 pm
Ben 10: Could a Secret of the Omnitrix DVD be Exclusive to One Retailer? This Coming Tuesday?
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9641 By David Lambert - Back in January we told you that a special DVD release of the Ben 10 - Secret of the Omnitrix telefilm, which aired between episodes of the fourth season, was coming out early this... (more)
5/17/08 03:05 pm
Two Fat Ladies: England's Favorite (and Funniest!) Cooking Show gets American DVD Release
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9640 By David Lambert - With an outsized passion for fun, Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright take cooking and conversation to places where ordinary food shows dare not go. These eccentric dames... (more)
5/17/08 02:47 pm
Til Death Do Us Part: BCI Sends the Press Release for 1st Season DVDs of John Waters' Wedded Series
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9639 By David Lambert - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BETTER DEAD THAN WED ON JULY 1ST NAVARRE CORPORATION'S BCI ANNOUNCES JOHN WATERS' CULT TV SHOW 'Til Death Do Us Part FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD DON'T... (more)
5/17/08 02:06 pm
Nimrod Nation: Press Release for The Complete Series of the Sundance Channel Series
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9638 By David Lambert - For Immediate Release Arts Alliance America and The Sundance Channel Present The Eight-Part Documentary Series NIMROD NATION: The Complete Series Two-Disc Collection Winner... (more)
5/17/08 07:49 pm
Not Advice, Just Encouragement
Just to let you know, my sister and my niece are on a similar med program, and it took some tinkering. You'll find your balance, both with your meds and with yourownself, in time.
Best, GW
5/18/08 12:39 am
N*sync: Lance Bass, 047 Heart, 062 Spring
Title: Straight
Fandom: N*sync: Lance Bass
Characters: Lance Bass, AJ McLean
Prompt: 047 Heart
Word Count: 1,824
Rating: NC17
Author's Notes: Sequel to Warm Oil and an Innocent Smile, in which Lance contrives to lose at poker, and is rewarded.
Title: Trials
Fandom: N*sync: Lance Bass
Characters: Lance, Chris, Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean, Pink
Prompt: 062 Spring
Word Count: 10, 325
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Another installment in the Chronicles of Lancyn and Ser Chrisfer, a fantasy in which Chris is an Elite knight and Lance his squire.
My prompts table is here.
5/17/08 07:01 pm
A Remembrance, Monsters, Etc.
Cleaning my office, packing, I came across an invitation to the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Lynn-Henley Building of the Birmingham Public Library (which, at the time, was the Birmingham Public Library). This is the same building I visited on Tuesday and spoke of in my first entry on Thursday, the reading room with the Ezra Winter murals. Anyway, so I found an invitation to the 70th anniversary, April 7th, 2002. The building was opened to the public in 1932. My Grandmother Ramey was 17 years old. The US President was Herbert Hoover. Amelia Earhart flew from the US to Ireland in 14 hours and 54 minutes. Anyway, here's a contemporary illustration of the library, the one from the invitation:
 Also, there was a somewhat odd list on Yahoo today, "The Good, the Bad, and the Slimy: 20 Great Movie Creatures." Some of these truly are iconic movie creatures — Kong, Giger's Alien, Jabba the Hutt, Godzilla, Oz's flying monkeys, Harryhausen's skeletons, Gollum, and heck, maybe even the magnificently erotic Davey Jones. A couple may, in time, prove to be iconic — the "Pale Man" from Pan's Labyrinth and the creature from The Host. But the list, as a whole, shows too much of what paleontologists call "the pull of the recent." That is, it's top-loaded with creatures from very recent films. In a list of 20 films spanning 1933-2008, 75 years, fully 50% of the list is derived from films released in the last six years! Even admitting that advances in CGI and SFX make-up are giving us many marvelous new monsters these days, this is baloney. Where's Lugosi's Dracula, Karloff's incarnation of Frankenstein's creature, Gort, or the "gill man" from the Black Lagoon? All of these are clearly more iconic, and far more deserving than some of those who made the list. The "ultra-cute baby Loch Ness monster" from The Water Horse? Not. Kraecher from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? Wrong. The gelflings from The Dark Crystal. Nope (though you might make a case for the Skeksis). Saphria from the godsawful Eragon? That's a joke, right? You want a dragon, then choose Vermithrax Pejorative from Dragonslayer or Maleficent's draconic incarnation from Disney's classic Sleeping Beauty. Sheesh, people. Someone needs to look up the word "icon" in a dictionary and try again.
Current Music: NIN, "Zero-Sum"
5/18/08 07:32 am
William Elder, RIP
William Elder, one of the original artists to work on MAD Magazine in the 1950s, has died at the age of 86.
I grew up reading those old MADs, and Elder was responsible for some of my favorites ("Starchie," "Shermlock Shomes," "Mickey Rodent"). He was famous for putting odd sight gags and such in the backgrounds -- what he referred to as "chicken fat."
Rest in peace to a fellow Bronx native. *raises glass*
Current Music: "Monday Night Blues" by the Do't Quit Your Day Job Players
5/17/08 06:22 pm
Woop.
I have two requests, one fairly reasonable and one way out there. The first:
My copy of The Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens is mysteriously missing a few songs from the beginning. So, does anybody have:
1. The Avalanche
2. Dear Mr. Supercomputer
3. Adlai Stevenson
4. The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night By Saint Dargarius and His Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
And now for the wickedly obscure one... everyone cheer:
the album Trä by the Swedish rock band Hedningarna?
I'd really appreciate it if you've just randomly got it on hand... which I'm sure you don't. Erm.
Thanks! Current Music: Tuuli (Wind Raising) - Hedningarna
5/17/08 04:32 pm
Around The Horn|General|071.Broken
Title: Balance
Fandom: Around The Horn
Characters: Anthony (Tony) Reali, J.A. Adande, Tim (TC) Cowlishaw
Prompt: 071. Broken
Word Count: 235
Rating: PG-one swear word
Summary: During the commerical break, Reali leans too far back in his chair and looses his balance, destroying his desk in the process.
Author's Notes: Tony actually did fall out of his chair during the commerical break on more than one occasion. This is what happens when the cameras shut off.
Balance
Current Music: "Hexagram"-Deftones
5/17/08 02:17 pm
Metalocalypse. Charles Foster Ofdensen. 1. Beginnings.
Title: The World That Is
Fandom: Metalocalypse
Characters: Charles Foster Ofdensen, Susan (OC)
Prompt: 001. Beginnings
Word Count: 413
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Charles considers his past, and the imperfect science that is insanity.
Author's Notes: Metalocalypse does not belong to me. I don't want to make money off of this. And there is no sex.
( We are damned, yes. )
Current Music: Tantric//Just Once//After We Go
5/17/08 03:27 pm
Watch the Pilot episode!!
Over on Charlaine's message board a few fellow fans have found a survey showing the first episode of True Blood!
Click here to go to the link where everyone's giving tips on how to watch the episode.
Spoilers beneath the cut! ( Read more... )</lj-cut<
Overall? I can't wait for the second episode but they have a lot of editing and fine tuning to do.
5/18/08 02:20 am
I am a big honking doofus
So I slept through my alarm this morning.... *sigh*
I was supposed to catch a 9.05 train out of Penn Station, which meant getting up at 7, leaving by 7.30 to catch the subway down to 34th in enough time to make the train.
Instead, I got up at 9 and realized I was fucked.
I ran down the street to the nearby rental car place, where they know me, and helped me out, digging up a car for me. (The next train would get me in too late for my talk. Of course, they wound up postponing it, but it wasn't worth the risk that something might go wrong with the train on top of everything else....) Then, after spending four hours driving in the rain yesterday to and from Rutgers, I got to spend three hours driving to Lancaster for the Pennwriters Conference, and get to do it again going back tonight, since I promised to help with the kids' promotion at the dojo tomorrow morning.
Right now I'm sitting in the hotel bar, using their free wireless on Opportunity, and eating lunch before my talk starts at 2.45. Then is the autographing (and I brought copies of The Quality of Leadership for the latter...).
BTW, I used a GPS for the first time in my life while driving here, since I had no idea how to get to Lancaster. I hereby declare them to be the coolest thing ever. *nods* Current Mood: feeling like a total idiot
Current Music: "Staggerwing" by Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris
5/17/08 05:14 pm
On Interleague Madness
http://www.allyngibson.net/?p=1825 Interleague play in Major League Baseball began this weekend for this season, with all but two teams — the Cubs and the Pirates — playing against teams in the other league.
(The reason why the Cubs and Pirates are playing is that there are two more National League teams than American League teams.)
Am I the only one who thinks that giant interleague-paloozas are stupid?
Interleague play, I have no problem with. But scheduling every interleague game on the same day? Pointless.
Why not spread interleague love throughout the season? Have two or three interleague series every weekend from the first week of May to the last week of August?
Interleague play doesn’t have to be an event. It’s an event enough that the entirety of Major League Baseball doesn’t need to engage in it at the exact same time.
At least, that’s what I would do if I were major league commissioner.
And get rid of the designated hitter.
5/17/08 06:18 pm
sorry theres so many requests but i'd really appreciate it if you could help me out with some of this...
dashboard confessional - bend and not break
funeral for a friend - all the rage
gavin degraw - nice to meet you anyway
get cape. wear cape. fly. - window of your mind
green day - church on sunday
iron & wine - boy with the coin
jamie scott & the town - runaway train
jimmy eat world - futures
john mayer ft howie day - without you
mc hammer - can't touch this
new radicals - you get what you give
the charltons - try again today
the raconteurs - steady as she goes (acoustic)
the verve - bitter sweet symphony
anything by stephen kellogg & the sixers (SK6ERS) except the stuff on their myspace
thankyou so much :D
5/17/08 12:14 pm
On Interleague Madness
Interleague play in Major League Baseball began this weekend for this season, with all but two teams — the Cubs and the Pirates — playing against teams in the other league.
(The reason why the Cubs and Pirates are playing is that there are two more National League teams than American League teams.)
Am I the only one who thinks that giant interleague-paloozas are stupid?
Interleague play, I have no problem with. But scheduling every interleague game on the same day? Pointless.
Why not spread interleague love throughout the season? Have two or three interleague series every weekend from the first week of May to the last week of August?
Interleague play doesn’t have to be an event. It’s an event enough that the entirety of Major League Baseball doesn’t need to engage in it at the exact same time.
At least, that’s what I would do if I were major league commissioner.
And get rid of the designated hitter.
Cross-posted to LiveJournal.
5/17/08 12:27 pm
Sen. Ted Kennedy Hospitalized
Possibly a stroke. Get well soon, Senator. For those politically inclined, AmericaBlog informs us that, "... if for any reason Kennedy were to step down from his post, the Democratic Governor, Deval Patrick, would appoint a replacement. So control of the Senate isn't in question here."
5/17/08 11:17 am
I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words...
Oh, if only I had magical coffee, the coffee that bestows instant and perfect wakefulness, and eternal youth. That coffee. No, I just have this milky brown water.
Er...yeah.
Yesterday morning, Spooky took the following two photos (behind the cut) of me while I was trying to wake up. They should give you some idea of the disassembly of the hole where I hide...I mean, the office. Fold it all up. Stick it a box. Send it a thousand miles northeast. And hope this is the last big move, ever.
( Waking in an Empty Office )Yesterday, I wrote 1,138 words on Chapter One of The Red Tree. Good pages. I think I'm finally beginning to find my way into Sarah Crowe. And after the writing, there was, of course, packing. Sorting through a mountain of papers and such atop my file cabinet (visible in the first photo, packed or discarded now) and on a shelf. But the good news is that Byron showed up about 6:15 pm, and we went to the Vortex for dinner. Moose was our waiter, which is always good. Afterwards, back home, we watched the final episode of the 9th Doctor's run, "A Parting of the Ways," because I found myself needing Christopher Eccleston. And then there was Martha Jones in the new episode of the current series, and then a particularly good episode of Battlestar Galactica. Good enough that even the commercials didn't ruin it for me. Afterwards, I spent a little quiet time in New Babbage ( Second Life), mostly just sitting in the Great Hall of the Palaeozoic Museum, listening to a recorded thunderstorm (on Radio 3, Bratislava), unwinding, contemplating future exhibits. Later, Miss Paine (Spooky) showed up, and we walked down to her pie shop in the Canal District, on Bow Street. There's a room upstairs I rather love. And after that little bit of Second Life, Spooky read to me from House of Leaves. That most frustrating chapter, at least for me. XVI. The examination of the wall samples, following the "Evacuation" of the house on Ash Tree Lane. But most of the data recovered by Mel O'Geery's Princeton lab, the knowledge of the age and geological composition of those walls, has been lost, replaced with XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, because Johnny placed a leaky fucking jar of ink on that stack of pages. And pages went missing at the publisher. And, on the one hand, every time I read the book, this section drives me mad, and on the other, this is Danielewski doing it exactly right. He taunts with hints of answers, then pulls back, lest the mystery be dissolved in mere fact. When Spooky got sleepy, I read some of Chapter 7 ("Osborn, Nature, and Evolution") of the Henry Fairfield Osborn biography. At 2 ayem, I turned off the lights and drifted down to the dreams. Spooky's taking Hubero to the vet at 2 pm, to have him checked out before the move, and to get him a bottle of kitty Valium. Oh, and I should post this again, because the sale price of $12.99 is good until Monday:  And, also, 350.org.
Current Music: NIck Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Midnight Man"
5/17/08 11:13 am
Cool!
Thanks to Joe Lidster for pointing this out to me. Why can't we do anything this silly in America? Oh, I know, we're too concerned with screen time and what do I get out of it, rather than the cause.
5/17/08 10:13 am
three questions
1. has anyone found a place that sells a tank top that looks like the one on BSG? if so where?
2. is there a list of Dragon con related LJ pages?
3. I know someone posted a list of restaurants to be found around D*C, could you please repost? i am having difficulties finding it.
4. ???
5. profit.
6. sorry for the cross post apparently there has not been much activity on dragon_con.
5/17/08 09:28 am
Is the Indiana Jones Parade group organized ahead of time? or is it just a bunch of friends who get together and show up? I'm thinking of doing a costume from the new movie and I would love to join in if anyone is putting this together!
Thanks for the info in advance!
5/17/08 10:04 am
three questions
1. has anyone found a place that sells a tank top that looks like the one on BSG? if so where?
2. is there a list of Dragon con related LJ pages?
3. I know someone posted a list of restaurants to be found around D*C, could you please repost? i am having difficulties finding it.
4. ???
5. profit.
5/17/08 09:57 am
REQUEST:
anyone have Musical Decree Number Twenty-Four- The Weasel King?
Muchly appreciated. :] ♥
5/17/08 02:25 pm
Queer as Folk/Lindsay Peterson and Melanie Marcus/Prompt #60: Drink
Title: A good hard punishment
Fandom: Queer as Folk
Characters: Lindsay Peterson and Melanie Marcus
Prompt: #60 Drink
Word Count: 679
Rating: R
Summary: Mel gets drunk, Lindsay punishes her
Author's Notes: Unbetaed. CowLip own the characters unfortunately
A good hard punishment
My LDT
5/17/08 09:00 am
Week Eighteen
http://bgb.malibulist.com/archives/2008/05/week_seventeen_1.html Bumps in the road come without warning and their timing usually leaves something to be desired. On Sunday, shortly after Robbie gave Deb a decorated pot with silk flowers, he began looking unwell. Sure enough, he had a light fever...
5/17/08 09:26 am
No comment.
5/17/08 08:50 am
Address Search
Are there any websites where you can find old phone books or listings? I'm looking for an address from around 1934, Bronx. I could use a census from 1930, but that's a touch too early and of course, the 1940 census hasn't been released yet. Thanks to anyone who can help.
I don't like to post text only, so for your time and for the sake of cuteness, a photo of a random kid, circa 1934 from the Bronx:
5/17/08 08:03 am
Fanfic100 Adventures in Wonderland #11
Title: Florida
Fandom: Adventures in Wonderland
Characters: Alice, her mother
Prompt: 007 Days
Word Count: 387
Rating: G
Summary: Alice wonders when they can go home
A/N- Alice's age: 16
Florida
5/17/08 05:25 am
The definition of insanity
Once again I'm trying to write.
I've been telling myself for a while now that the next fifteen months or so, when the work I'll be doing won't require much in the way of intellectual resources, will be the best time for me to get serious about writing. If I can't make myself produce finished fiction now, I'll never get the chance. Tonight I got started again, typing up and extensively revising the two pages of handwritten drafting I'd produced while bored in one of my classes. So now I have 828 words of what I'm convinced could be an excellent ghost story, to which I hope to add 500 a day. I refuse to pessimistic or even realistic about the prospects of meeting this goal. I will make this work.
5/17/08 04:26 pm
Lifehouse - Stanley Climbfall Album (2002)
Anyone has Lifehouse's 2nd album "Stanley Climbfall"? I've been looking for it for awhile .. it'd be great if you can upload it for me .. thanx in advance! :)
5/17/08 03:47 am
CSI: Miami -- Megan Donner -- 011 Red
Title: Complete
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Characters: Megan Donner, Horatio Caine, Tim Speedle
Prompt: 011 Red
Word Count: 890
Rating: PG-13
Summary: WARNING! CONTAINS SPOLIERS FOR EPISODE "LOST SON." This is an alternate ending for the episode "Lost Son" in which Megan was finally able to come to terms with her husband's death.
Author's Notes: I do not own CSI: Miami or any of the characters/places/actions/ect that take place in this story. I don't make money from this or intend to. Please don't sue.
( One of the most horrible truths I’d ever had to learn was this: Blood always flowed fresh and red, no matter if it was viewed under harsh electric lights to illuminate the darkness, or under the bright shining light of the sun. )
Current Music: So it goes... Billy Joel
5/17/08 03:31 am
CSI: Miami -- Megan Donner -- 001 Beginnings
Title: Not Alone
Fandom: CSI: Miami
Characters: Megan Donner, Horatio Caine
Prompt: 001 Beginnings
Word Count: 545
Rating: PG
Summary: Megan's first day back at the lab
Author's Notes: I do not own CSI: Miami or any of the characters/places/actions/ect that take place in this story. I don't make money from this or intend to. Please don't sue.
( It was like starting all over again, Megan thought glumly. )
Current Music: Even... Grey Eyed Glances
5/16/08 05:49 pm
Sports Night: Trade Mag Provides Studio Name, Release Date & Plans for Extras on 10th Anniversary DV
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9637 By David Lambert - A couple of weeks ago we broke the news - or rumors, really - that a Sports Night - The 10th Anniversary Edition DVD set was on the way for release, sometime in September. We didn't... (more)
5/17/08 03:05 pm
Liverpool FC. Steven Gerrard/Steve Finnan.
Title: Lines (6/?)
Fandom: Football
Characters: Steven Gerrard/Steve Finnan
Prompt: 077.What?
Word Count: 740
Disclaimer: I don’t own them. No disrespect, yo.
Rating: Hard R. Practically NC-17. ohmygod.
Summary: AU. Steven Gerrard is a writer. Finns is Steven’s agent of sorts. Xabi used to be Steven’s editor, but Steven left due to ‘personal problems’. Daniel Agger is another writer, and he and Finns have history.
Author's Notes: FOR ANNA BECAUSE OHMYGODIT’SPRACTICALLYNC17.
part one. part two.part three. part four. part five.
5/17/08 12:08 am
Heat reccords
http://www.katu.com/news/local/19007519.html
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_051308_weather_warm_air.f89d8ef7.html
Is it wrong for someone who's spent about 10 years of their life in the deserts of Eastern WA to be laughing at people who can't take above 90 degree F heat?
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