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Does anyone find it strange that Marvel is building a veritable Iron Family of cyborgs, just when they've turned Tony back to his fully human status quo?

Pepper Potts now relies on an arc reactor and (supposedly) pilots and ai-enabled suit. Rhodey is now a cyborg, with weaponry popping out of his arms and legs and who knows where else.

Meanwhile, Fraction has killed Tony's own experiment with human-machine evolution: namely extremis. It's good enough for the sidekick and the love interest, but not for the hero?

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.. nothing happened.
I mean, I did install the programme, but, you know, no bubbles or anything. What cool stuff can I do now? Does anyone know?

I was just digging about in my work bag and found a magnet.

It was one of Spaggel's SGA images, on a magnet.

Something tells me that a cartoon of Rodney trying to attach an mp3 player to the belly of a pregnant sleeping Jon.

MPREG. Probably never an appropriate cube decoration.

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Hiiiiii! I suppose I should update. Haven't posted 'cause, unfortunately, although I am done with radiation, radation is not quite done with me. My skin is a burned mess which hurts and aggravates the lymphedema which then also hurts. It's a delightful circle of suck which will get better as everything heals, so I'm gritting my teeth and hanging in there.

Went to see the world blow up to celebrate end of treatment (and if you are a fan of a good apocalypse you should go see 2012, whole *continents* go BOOM y'all...good times). I also managed to get out to the hotel where Chicago TARDIS was happening to say hi and have dinner with people which was awesome.

And I am neck deep in my festivid, about halfway through clipping and flailing about all insecure and feeling dumb and talentless. Which is why sdwolfpup is awesome since she started a fanvid love meme, and y'all? I could REALLY use some love right now (yes, I'm shameless). My thread is here

1. Sendhil Ramamurthy will possibly be in the new NBC series Rex with David Tennant. Fannish worlds colliding! DEAR TV GODS, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN. Mohinder/Doctor!!!

2. Who else is looking forward to SyFy's Alice movie/miniseries this weekend?? *high fives* I'm sure there will be some cheesiness involved, just like with Tin Man, but it also looks like great fun. My first thought: I can't wait to vid it!

3. Word in the Twitter Sphere is that a company called Deadline Productions is making Pride and Prejudice and Zombies into a 6-part tv series. I REALLY HOPE THIS IS TRUE. So far, the only articles I've found about it are just repeating that it's been mentioned on Twitter. We shall see!

4. Do you guys remember the animated show on MTV in the 90s called The Maxx? Well, it's finally coming to DVD! whee! Ok so, it'll be a DVD-R thingy made by Amazon and is available for pre-order because there's no release date yet, but still. I had to pre-order it. Had to. (The traumatic bunny has stayed with me to this day. OH GOD THE BUNNY. D:) Hey, remember when MTV had really interesting shows like this late at night? That was where I first saw Aeon Flux as well. Liquid Television!

5. In adorable news, here is Ming Na at an 80s-themed party, complete with crimped hair & roller skates. <3

6. I never wear red, but today I am. Came in to work and everyone else in my department is also wearing red. Everyone, both men & women. FREAKY. I think we've been spending too much time together, since apparently we've begun sharing psychic clothing vibes. I am a little scared now. I...do not want to share brains with these people. *cue jokes about being expendable Red Shirts*

7. The best thing about wearing heels is the fun sound they make on hard floors. Clackity-clack clackity-clack clackity-clack. I love that sound.

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I have registered for Wiscon. No hotel reservations yet, for the very simple reason that I want to use my new credit card (with a better points scheme) when it arrives, and that won't be for another week.

I am nervous yet excited!

Thank you to everyone who replied to my post about whether you were going; knowing that there are a number of awesome people to meet is what inspired me to take the plunge. :)

See (some of) you there!

(That makes my full convention list for next year Sakuracon, Wiscon, Anime Expo and Sirens, and that seems like a great collection to me....)

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Bess Lomax Hawes (yes, the daughter and sister of those Lomaxes) was a folklorist, a folksinger who performed with Woody Guthrie, and a teacher. Those, she considered, were her important achievements.

In 1949 the Progressive Party was brainstorming how to advance their candidate, Walter A. O'Brian, for Mayor of Boston. They noticed that the Metropolitan Transit Authority had recently raised subway fares. The Progressive Party promised to roll back the nickel increase and asked Bess Lomax Hawes and Jacqueline Steiner to write a campaign song.

I think you know where this is going. The team wrote "Charlie on the MTA", a folksong about a man doomed to travel forever on the subway for the lack of a nickel. The Progressive candidate lost; the song, presumably, had served its purpose and was dead. However, the song had a catchy tune and a funny story; it was hard to let go of. It was recorded by Will Holt, but buyers said "We're not advancing a Communist candidate!" and that was that.

In 1959, the Kingston Trio turned Walter O'Brian into the imaginary Charlie George O'Brian, and the song became a nationwide hit. If you're an American over, say, 45, you've probably heard it, sung it at summer camp, or been bombarded with your parents' or Classic Pop's copies of the Kingston Trio recording.

In 2004 the MTA introduced its new automated payment card. They called it the CharlieCard.

Bess Lomax Hawes: may her works, all of them, praise her in the Gates.

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Today is the fifth anniversary of Mum's death. I am only sure of this because I'm not sure of it, because I can never remember if it was the 2nd or 3rd of December; what I do remember is Dad and Lucy telling me it was the day before I thought it was, therefore it must be the 2nd.

What tends to happen is that I forget about it until about three days later - unless Dad reminds me by sending me a text telling me he loves me, like today - and then I suddenly remember, and while it's not that I burst into tears or fall down in a fit of anguish something inside of me stops and goes quiet, like a little voice saying, 'Oh. Right. I remember now.'

I only ever once forgot that she was dead, and that was for a split-second on the way home on the bus when I saw an accident and thought I'd better tell her in case she needed to drive that way, but of course she didn't. I've never had to really work at remembering the fact, just the date.

Most of the time it's like I imagined she existed, and she never really did. It's too far away from my everyday life now to be real. Then of course, today rolls around again, as it always will, and I remember.

We’ve reached our second stop on the Stupid Prada Van Tour- and Mandy Hubbard has all the details here. And don’t forget- you can still enter to win a book of your choice to celebrate the debut of our tour right here!

See you in Washington!

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THE FANFICTION LOVE MEME

I enjoyed this group of photos posted by atticus_flinch (from Empire), especially the picture of Sean Bean and Viggo Mortensen. What's the Tom Cruise role here? The Kiera Knightley? The Ben Stiller? Martin Sheen?

I can now write at least part of maaseru's name in Russian: М. Гибсон.

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Title: Chicken Feathers: Rumour #2
Series: Hikaru no Go
Disclaimer: Characters are the creations of Hotta and Obata.
Notes: Includes one OC. Inspired by imbrii's comments here
Summary: The trouble with rumours is that they make you say silly things.

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...but every single other person on my FList seemed to be doing it, and sdwolfpup was kind enough to steal the Fanfic Love Meme concept and adopt it for vids, so ... here's my thread.

*blushes*

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A Christmas Carol in Dicken's handwriting (with corrections) and typeset for comparison.

Too bad we don't have Shakespeare's handwritten manuscripts. I love seeing these things. My favourite? Seeing copies of Byron's poems, written messily by himself and copied neatly in Claire Claremont's handwriting.

Good
Wrote 818 words this morning

Bad
They are not for Yuletide or my long-overdue Sweet Charity story

Meme
Obviously, since I have posted 1 vid and 0 stories all year, it is time for love.

Me @ the fanfiction love meme

Me @ the fanvid love meme

Note to self: SEND MORE FEEDBACK.

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