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| Friday, July 17th, 2009 | | 10:42 am |
Oddly apt
Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Star Trek and Cats The story should use alternate dimensions as a plot device!Idea from The Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator: http://kaction.com/badfanfiction/ ( Story after the cut )"Well, Spock?" Kirk perched anxiously on the edge of his captain's chair, ready for action. In contrast, Kirk's science officer appeared calm as he looked up from his viewer. "Negative, Captain. We were not successful in returning to our own dimension. However, we do apppear to be orbiting a planet." Disappointment and frustration charged the air on the bridge of the Enterprise. Since being drawn into a wormhole 33 hours earlier, the crew had made attempt after attempt to return to their normal dimension. The planet below was of no consequence; their priority was getting back into the wormhole. "Catain, we're being hailed," Uhura interrupted smoothly. "On screen." The face filling the screen was unnervingly familiar. One or two giggles were stiffled somewhere on the bridge. "I am Old Deuteronomy," the giant freaky cat began, "leader of the Jellicle Tribe. May I assume you are visiting from the Heaviside Layer?" Kirk shook his head. "End communications, Lieutenant. Helm, get us the hell out of here." The next trip through the wormhold took them back to their normal dimension. For several weeks, however, Kirk was sure he heard various members of the bridge crew humming "Memories." - The End - Current Mood:  amused | | Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 | | 10:48 pm |
Too much
I do not get it. The guy sang pop songs. Really good ones. He was also a loony and potentially a child abuser, and no amount of catchy pop music makes up for that. And even if he wasn't a molester, even if he was just a weirdo who was too out of touch to understand that he did weird things that seemed inappropriate- he was still just a guy. Just a pop star! A very talented performer, but not a god or a hero or a selfless public servant. He does not deserve all of this.
I saw a comment else-web, where someone asked (rhetorically, not directed at me), "I wonder how you'd feel if people were calling your father a freak and a pedophile on the day of his funeral?" You know, I wouldn't like that at all. Of course not. But on the other hand, my father has never been on trial for child molestation. My father's funeral wouldn't be costing tax payers millions of dollars for traffic control, either. It wouldn't be on television for hours and hours because for some reason this is "news". I do not get it.
Current Mood:  confused | | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | | 3:58 pm |
| | Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | | 7:59 am |
| | Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | | 4:26 pm |
Tired
I have realized that I am out of step with our culture a little bit. I love TV, I love movies, I love music, but I really, truly do not care about Celebrities. I do not get the fascination with Jon and Kate (and I liked their show before it became all about their marriage instead of their kids). I feel a little bit of "oh, that's too bad" about the recent death of Farrah Fawcett, but mostly because I know she was very sick and suffered greatly. Cancer sucks. And man alive am I already sick to death of the eulogizing of Michael Jackson- yes, he was a pop star. Yes, his music was HUGE during my formative years. It is strange to think that he's dead. He was also a child molester- at the very least, he behaved inappropriately enough that he kept being accused of it- and I have a hard time understanding the torrents of grief about his passing. He was weird and creepy, and hadn't been relevant on the music scene for a long time. I feel sorry for his kids, of course- because they've had definitely a weird and probably traumatic life already, and now they have to deal with this upheaval. But that's as far as I can go. I just...don't care and don't want to hear about it anymore. I want my entertainment websites to tempt me with spoilers and casting announcements. The rest of it? I don't care. Current Mood:  over it | | Friday, June 19th, 2009 | | 8:26 am |
Truthiness
If there is one person or more on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal. Current Mood:  busy | | Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 | | 10:18 am |
CHOMP
So, my kid is a biter. Yay. She's getting three new teeth, has been a little irritable, and yesterday took a good bite out of her little one-year-old playmate. Poor Paytin (and yes, that's how they spell it) has a lovely chomp mark on her arm. Paytie's mommy wasn't mad, though, which is nice. Just like I wasn't mad when Rachel got bit at Sunday School. I mean, what can you do? You try to take action in the moment, but when they're that little, it is hard to discipline them later. We did, however, play the Yo Gabba Gabba song "Don't bite your friends" twice last night. Because I'm awesome as a parent. | | Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | | 12:33 pm |
Surviving
I'm still around. Just busy and sort of depressed. Out of sorts, ready for a change that isn't coming, that sort of thing. In cheerfuller news, my kid loves Yo Gabba Gabba. She's a dancin' fool. That is definitely a bright spot of every day. Current Mood:  blah | | Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | | 12:04 pm |
| | Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | | 9:23 am |
...where pretty much all Trekkies but me had already gone before
So, I finally saw The Movie. I loved it. I loved it. I'm a champion at hand-waving plot holes; for me, characterization is everything, and I thought the new cast was fabulous. Sure, the movie wasn't so philosophical, but I think that re-igniting interest in this old franchise required more fun and 'splosions than talky-talking Big Ideas. Loved the in-jokes (the ones I caught and the ones I didn't and read about later). Loved the visuals. Looooved Chris Pine as Kirk. Loved the changes to the timeline (even if it does endanger a lot of what I love about the Trekverse). Just...wonderful. I cried twice- once during the beauty shots of the Enterprise, and at the final voice-over. It's Star Trek, you know? Current Mood:  content | | Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | | 9:57 pm |
OMG
Adam is dressed as Scorpius. Current Mood:  O | | 9:31 am |
| | Friday, May 15th, 2009 | | 1:00 pm |
TV giveth, TV taketh away
As has been well-documented, I watch too much TV. Finale season is like my high holy days. Behind the cut, spoilers for The Office, Lost, Big Bang Theory, and 24.
( Read more ) | | Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 | | 12:33 pm |
Odd ends
I'm worried about my AI contestant Kris. I'll be sad if he goes tonight. On the other hand, I'm ecstatic about my boyfriend LeBron. MVP! MVP! MVP! The Cleveland Indians continue to frustrate me, but what else is new? It is a law of nature that only one Cleveland sports team can do well at any given time. So I'll happily sacrifice the Tribe for the greater good of "witnessing" the Cavs win the championship. Please, please, please. Rachel continues to be amazing. She's learned how to climb up onto the couch now, and how to get down, but she doesn't always pay attention to where she is and almost falls a lot. She's gotten very good at saying "Daddeee" and calls to him whenever he is out of her sight. It is very, very cute. Of course, I wish she would ever say Mommy, but I figure the fact that I get lots of unsolicited hugs and kisses (and Keith doesn't) is a pretty good trade. Current Mood: busy | | Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | | 9:35 pm |
AI and the rest of my life
Ah, American Idol. I realize that I am actually quite invested. I actually voted! One single vote for my boy Kris. I want to stick him in my purse and have him sing to me all day long with his pretty, pretty smile. Of the remaining contestants, the only one I don't care for is Allison. She's been great some weeks (especially tonight, I thought), but I just never, ever care. At all. And I must not be the only one, because she's been in the bottom so often. So I'm betting on a Kris-Danny-Adam final three, and then if Kris pulls off something amazing he might, MIGHT be able to pull into the finals, but I doubt it. I think this has been a two-horse race all along. Other things that are going on- I'm online right now at around 9:45 at night because I'm working from home. Things have gotten that hectic at work. Weirdly, my connection will let me read e-mails, but no attachments. It'll give me internet access, but not the work servers that have the documents I'm supposed to be working on. I answered a few mails, but I haven't gotten as much done as I'd hoped. I figured American Idol was perfect to work in front of, though, so that has worked out nice. Now we have basketball on. Speaking of basketball- GO CAVS! WOOO! I love LeBron James. I love him. I do. Rachel is recovering from a nasty diaper rash (actually a yeast infection, nastily enough). She seems back to normal, and we've enjoyed the last few days of gorgeous weather by playing in the yard. She's amazing. She's also weaned. I haven't nursed her since Saturday night. I'm sort of emotional about it- she's growing up so fast! She doesn't need me! She...still isn't sleeping through the night so now I have to give her a frakking bottle instead of whipping out a boob! Gah! So we haven't worked the kinks out yet, but it is nice to be un-tethered. I am no longer a keg! Nothing else of note, I don't think. Just...work. Lots and lots of work. I'm not sure if I posted about it, but my division has been sold by the giant Swedish corporation to a mid-sized Swiss corporation. So we're doing a ton of work to rebrand everything we own. EVERYTHING has to be re-templated, re-formatted, and the text scrubbed of our old company's name/logo. Every manual, article, datasheet, powerpoint file, mousepad, business card, everything. EVERYTHING, by the end of June. I really should be working right now. Or, barring that, doing dishes. Eh. Dishes can wait. Current Mood: contentCurrent Music: The sounds of the Rat Pack... | | Sunday, April 5th, 2009 | | 12:49 pm |
The thing is...
The thing is, I don't post about my own stuff because I have so little of it anymore. I watch TV, I work, and I take care of my little girl. And of the three, she is the one area in my life that is consistently fascinating, and has new developments, and is fun to talk about. So, that's what I blog about. Anyway, she now waves one finger around when you sing "This little light of mine." And she got bit by a little girl at Sunday School. Ah, well. | | Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | | 12:45 pm |
Too much
Change comes in waves. The division of the big company I've worked for for the last 8 years has been sold. We're being kept intact and moved to another (fairly) big company. I'm excited by this, but there is potential for it to go horribly wrong. My husband's grandfather is critically ill and will likely pass away within the next 1 - 2 weeks. We'll be making trip home this weekend to say good-bye. This will be his second grandparent to die in less than a year. I'm just thankful they all survived to see the first great-grandchild. Speaking of whom, my baby is legitimately starting to talk, just a little. She says "diaper" almost exactly right. And I know when she means "doggy." Also, she will tickle you and say "tick tick tick" which may be my favorite thing ever in my whole entire life. Current Mood: overwhelmed | | Monday, March 9th, 2009 | | 1:37 pm |
Happy, happy birthday, baby!
My baby is a year old today! Already! She's such a person. She has likes and dislikes, characteristic gestures, funny little quirks (she loves to take off her socks and wave them around, for example, trying her best to say "socks"). She's amazing and beautiful and smart and sweet, and she's learning to be funny and kind. She rocks my "ochs". Current Mood:  Amazed | | Sunday, March 8th, 2009 | | 4:06 am |
New baby!
Not mine! The lovely and fabulous belsum gave birth earlier this evening, at 7:56 pm, to Veronica Annette. She weighs in at 6lbs, 1 oz. YAY! Current Mood: jubilant | | Friday, March 6th, 2009 | | 10:43 am |
lullabye
I need to get these lyrics written down somewhere. This is the lullabye I sing to Rachel every night, in some form. She's getting to the point where she won't let me sing the whole thing (she starts pointing to her bed, which cracks me up), so I don't want to forget anything. I made it up over the first two or three weeks after we got her home, but I don't change the words much anymore. Close your eyes my baby girl Go to sleep, my angel girl Close your eyes and drift away Into the land of dreams Nothing here is quite as nice As the dreams in store tonight In that far off fairy land We call the land of dreams Candy mountains, rainbow trees Purple skies and crystal seas Anything that you might need To have a lovely day Have adventures while you sleep Soar the skies or swim the deep You might be a princess there And always get your way I'll be here when you wake up Full of memories like a cup Of the time you spent away Off in the land of dreams |
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