Sometimes, I forget, you know.

I forget, in the middle of the stress of a best friend moving out, of 16 year olds having sex and being evil to each other, in the middle of colleagues being utterly comtemptible, in the middle of what seems to be hell on earth I forget this:

We are, each of us - whether we want it or not, believe in it or not, have faith or not - are loved unconditionally. We are all sinners and base, tiny, insignificant, seemingly worthless, but we ARE LOVED. We are rare; we are precious. And when it feels like the world is against us, and let's face it, it is sometimes, we can - if we choose to - look up, look out, and find that spark that lets us know that somewhere, sometime, in some realm, there is a love that passes understanding and it's for us.

All we have to do is be open to it.

And even if we don't open ourselves up to it, it feel GOOD to know it's there.

I am loved.
You are loved.
We all are loved.

I just ahd teh best dream in the world!

So good it makes me confuse my letters around y'all!

I, and CHRISTIAN KANE!!! were rolling around gettin' it ON! OMG. Dream Chris has a HUGE..well, yeah. And is a great kisser and loves to pull hair and change positions often. He even likes fat chicks. *sigh*

THEN it changed up and he was with, get this! KEANU REEVES! Dude. chris and keanu making out is like...*sigh* the best porn gold, ya know. Ohhhh, what a beautiful dream. Hmmmmm.

US strike against IRan an option - but a bad one.

Okay. I get the nuclear non-proliferation ideas and negotions. I really really do. We don't want a bunch of volatile countries - which are susceptible to coups and overthrows - having nuclear weapons. Yup. That makes all kinds of sense to me.

However, who the hell are we (and Russia, China, etal) to go into these countries and say, "You can't develope nuclear weaponry. that's just not a good idea all around."? I ask because, last I checked, the USA had themselves some serious ICBMs and what not. Oh yeah. WE can have all the nukes we want, N. Korea and Iran! But that's just not a toy you should be playing with yet. Hypocritical much?

Also, with what's going on in Iran, right now, do we really need to even be entertaining the idea of a military strike against them? For ANY reason?

I"m not a xenophobe by any means, but the world's getting to be a scary place to contemplate right now.

sheafrotherdon has a terrific post here asking for your favorite NON-WHITE AUTHORED children's books or stories. Already, there are scads of terrific stories and authors and books listed, but you should totally go check it out and put in your two cents' worth. I know I have some educated, ethnically diverse peeps on the flist, so go! Share some of your favorites.

I mean, seriously, how often do I pimp stuff out that's not fic related? Yeah. You should so scoot over there.

Iran Clerical Group says vote results invalid.

Okay. Whoa. A major center of Shi'ite study and learning is issuing a statement in direct defiance of the Ayatollah. Wow. Don't know how much good it'll do, but wow. That is just...

The reformists are NOT giving up, and in my lifetime, I've never seen that happen. I truly thought the regime would quell the protests - ALL of them - but these guys? Nope. I'm heartened to see them continuing to struggl, and that they're getting support from unlikely sources - clerical groups within the power structure?!? Way to go.

I'm down at mom's for the 4th. Summer vacation rocks. Not getting much writing done, but did take some piccies of me and the bestie at the fireworks. and There's two decent shot of the show. bleh. I won't go into detail, but bleh. clusterfuck of epic proportions, there.

( See me? I'm looking pretty good! No, seriously. )

So. Hope all my American friends had a terrific holiday. I really love being an American! Whoot Whoot!

Dudes. Flist. *stands up*

I am a conservative. (do not confuse that with Republican, please). I firmly believe that the central government is organized by and comprized of citizens who represent, not control, other citizens. I am greatly concerned at the path that both the Bush administration AND the Obama administration have taken with regards to individuals' and states' autonomy.

And it appears that I am not alone: States' Rights activists say Florida must assert its sovereignty

36 states have similar resolutions on file. Holy. Crap.

The SC Governor who disappeard (yup, the one who was off in Argentina fuckin' his mistress??) said he was 'stressed out' about having to accept the federal regulations and obligations that came with accepting the stimulus package monies.

Governor Perry of Texas? Well, we all know what he did right? Whoa. the grassroots movement that got Obama elected - or one similar to it - is mobilizing again. What I find interesting is that the people behind this state's rights activism SEEM like conservatives and republicans, but speak out againt the Bush administration's policies just as harshly as they do against the current one. Wow.

This country is in for a seachange. I'm excited, anticipating what will happen.

I just...the crap that burns me up in real life - the stuff that I just absolutely can not stand, that makes me so incoherent with utter disbelief and shock and awe at people's unmitigated gall and stupidity - is exponentially intensified in fandom. I give the fuck up. ( Just a state of me and my exasperation with the way we all screw each other over here. Lots of cussing. the F bomb is tossed about liberally. )

First, go here and read this. There are links to screencaps of the comm in question, and the 'bigotry' that the mod is allegedly committing.

1. I'm straight. I'm a penis loving member of the female sex. That said. I'm a slasher, boy howdy! OMG. I love to slash the boys of my fandoms together (with one notable exception - Bones. I don't really see the slash in that show, which is weird, because I see slash everywhere!) I have even perpetrated the occasional *gasp* FEMMESLASH! I think gay romances and relationships are just as relevant, important and romantic as hetero relationships. And this leads me to...

2. You want to piss me off? You want to see me absolutely lose my SHIT and go nutzoid angry? Say the word faggot in front of me. Or dyke. Say "Oh my god, that is so GAY!" in front of me. I will go the fuck off. It's like a red haze of rage falls over me. I've had parents call me for getting onto their children (high school age, 15-17 yrs old) in my classroom for saying those things. It makes me livid with rage.

3. I'm also a proponent of the philosophy "To each his own." I'm not going to call you a bigot for not liking gay material. I'm not going to say someone is homophobic if they don't want to watch gay sex or gay relationships. Newsflash, most heterosexual people have no interest in the gay lifestyle! We all have different tastes and likes and dislikes. But start saying that gays are weird or fucked up, or that they should be reviled or ostracized, or they are in some way inferior? Or, and my boys have the most trouble with this, that the gays are OUT TO GET YOU! I will fuck your shit up, yo.

Why do I makes the above statements? Because, like the idiot I am, I was cruising through the post of metafandom (I KNOW, RIGH! Stupid), and came across this link about 'bigotry in fandom' and I clicked.

( Oh how I wish I hadn't for the stupid...IT BURNS! )

I keep thinking of the line Andy says to Duckie in Pretty in Pink: "Hating them for having money is just as bad as them hating us for not having money."

I feel like that's what we've got here. It just boggles my mind. Throwing hateful labels at this woman because they think she's being hateful toward homosexuals. Yeah. That's logical..IN CRAZY TOWN!

What awesome looks like.

Also, icon based on yin_again's subject line "John Sheppard just came a little..."

She is the priestess of words, yo.

between my SGA big bang story AND my RPS big bang story, I've written 8,000 words today. Not a bad day's work, if i do say so myself.

Team Peace didn't get the votes. *sigh* I'm a little depressed about that. Team War have won yet another challenge. Gah. They'll be insufferable. *shakes head*

Anyway, off to slumber, hopefull to dream about truckstop server Jared, Cop Jared, and John and rodney. Night all. :)

Can Team Peace pull out a victory?

Only if you vote for them.

it's a race to the finish, and time is short.

This is just a sick sick week.

Pitchman Billy Mays Dead at 50. Dudes. Farrah, Michael, Ed McMahon, and now the Oxy Clean guy. What is going on?

You're our only hope!

Team Peace has *gasp* fallen behind in the polls! It's still really too close to call right now, but with less than five hours to go TEAM PEACE NEEDS YOUR VOTE in order to pull ahead of Team War in the mcshep_match drabble tree contest.

They won the icon challenge, putting forth excellent and numerous icons for the competition this year, but, flisties, Team Peace pulled out all the stops to write an unprecedented 251 drabbles in the tree. We need your support to show that we will not go quietly into the night! Our performance was not a fluke! WE are strong!

Please, Go Vote. It doesn't matter if you're in the SGA fandom or not. I'm not above making campaign promises *cough*bribes*cough* for your votes. We deserve this win and so do Col. Sheppard and Dr. McKay! They're tired! give them some PEACE!!!

Wow. Something I very rarely do!

Loki made this awesome SPN vid, set it to Fleetwood Mac's The Chain, and just blew my mind.

Click this link to go see it!

Why watch this vid?

The music is perfect. The Chain lyrics set up the brother to brother conflict. The staccatto rhythm of the verses and that smooth transition to the speed o the choruses is translated perfectly in the vid. She makes the transitions SPOT ON with the music, using just about every ounce of musicality in the song: the vid emphasizes the strong baseline and percussion of the song, while pulling out the smoother melodies of the rhythm guitars and keyboards with flashes of light and action.

Just go watch, you won't be disappointed.

So. The rounds_of_kink have finished round 11. Yay! \0/ I had two entries this round.

The first was a foray back into the fandom that first sucked me in: the jossverse. Angel/Wes, bit o' masturbation and fantasy. This one was fun to write. Wholly new fic.

Prompt: Angel, Angel/Wes, He loves the mash-up of Old Wesley and New, Ponce and Rogue Demon hunter, glasses and stubble, eyeglasses and stubble
Title: Fruition


The second entry is set in one of my current fandoms: SGA. Rodney's a high school senior, a baseball player, Ronon is his college aged third base coach. After a game, Ronon offeres to help Rodneey out with a slight injury, sexy sexy hijinks ensue. This one is a re-worked orignal fic I wrote, umm...almost three years ago.

Prompt: Stargate: Atlantis, Ronon/Rodney, High school AU, geek/jock
Title: Rounding Third

Headers for both are on the community entry page.

Guys! Flisties! SGA fandom! Team Peace Needs Your Votes!!

We are neck and neck with Team War, and I just saw that the captain of that team is offering BRIBES!!! BRIBES for VOTES. This must be countered! Are you gonna let a bunch of war mongers harsh your peaceful McSheppy squee??? NO?! Then VOTE! Show your solidarity so that John and Rodney can lay their arms down at last!


This message paid for by the mcshep_peace team

Okay, so I was just over on this post at my_daroga's journal - and please do go. It's a picspam of William Shatner. Guh. I'm such a goofball - and I was struck by a comparison.

Tony Olyphant is very reminiscent of William Shatner. See?





Hmmm, I wonder what the NuTrek movie would have been like with Olyphant as Kirk?

Hmmmm.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the current wank going on in fandom. From what I’m gathering, it’s mostly centered around the bandom fans, and well, I don’t get that aspect of fandom. Never have, never will. It’s not something I’m interested in. But that’s beside the point. ( Chelle's weighing in on the Wank. Possible Teal Deer, but definitely adult language herein. )

dudes. I am stokes! BB is 40,000 words, and I have written, today, 1/10 of that total! Whoot! Nearly 4000 words in one day??? Dude. That's awesome. Cheer for me. The prologue and the first quarter of part 1 done. whew.