Arrr! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, Matey! Savvy?
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midnitemarauder! Hope you have a most excellent day! Yarrrr!~
Smallville trailer comment. Entirely unspoilery.
SQUEEEEEEEEEE!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled randomosity.
Why is the rum gone?
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Saw my cardiologist today. At least there's ONE health area where things are going okay! I have an arythmia, but it's minor, and I haven't had any problems since I was in the hospital last year. So I don't need to go back to see him until NEXT year. Which is sort of too bad, since he's one of my favorites.
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I think I've mentioned The Daily Bite before -- it's a newsletter about ways to be green, both big and small. Today's issue was about bio-fuels, which is a hot topic right now in my area (well, Vermont, actually. New York couldn't give less of a shit about the environment), so I thought I would share some interesting links about converting cars to biofuels or buying cars built to use biofuels:
Wanna Try?
Billionaire Biter?
- Biodiesel America - see a list of new, biodiesel-ready cars.
- Learn how you can convert an older diesel car here.
- Find biodiesel stations nationwide here.
Budget Biter?
- New Belgium Brewery- this beer producer turns brewery waste into biodiesel. Pop open acold one while you mull over the biofuel options ($11/six-pack).
Biter Brainiac?
- Natural Resources Defense Council - reasons (and studies that show) why biofuels rock.
- Co-op America - go into a little more depth about ethanol and biodiesel.
- Journey to Forever - the most comprehensive site on waste veggie oil.
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I FINALLY saw something about the Jena 6 on NBC. I think this is the first time! But the fact that the authorities and politicians in the town are STILL insisting that there's nothing wrong is... mind boggling. NBC did mention that bloggers were behind the exposure of the case, but they made it sound like only minority bloggers have been following the story. That's too bad, because I've seen ALL KINDS of people, including here in fandom, talking up the case and exposing people to the fact of continuing racial injustice in the U.S. The national news makes it sound like a black issue -- it's not, or at least, not only. It's a HUMAN issue. We should ALL care, no matter our color, religion or national origin, about the misapplication of justice and abuse of power in the U.S. and around the world!
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Big TV Night Tonight, Kids! Whee!
Kid Nation, America's Next Top Model, and Gossip Girl!
Wow. Kids on reality shows are just as obnoxious as adults on reality shows. Except, they have an excuse in that they're CHILDREN. Big Brother people should be ashamed.
I think it was Ellen today who said, "Stuff like that? We used to do that. We called it CHORES." Hee. It's so true. These kids are so WHINEY!
I can't help wondering -- this can't be safe! I mean, there's a kid trying to open an can with a screwdriver, and they have to light the stove, and NONE OF THEM KNOWS HOW TO MAKE PASTA. WTF?
I like the little long haired crunchy kid... Michael. He should be on the council. The kid who is on the council, the one with the hats, bugs me. Mike. He's going to be THAT guy when he grows up -- the guy who was an Eagle Scout, and thinks that makes him like Presidential material or stuff, but he's got no actual leadership skills... or, really, any people skills at all.
They divide the kids into gangs! With bandannas and anything! Um...
And of course the two older teenaged guys are out causing trouble at night. Dude, they're total punks. They're in it to spend an unsupervised summer by themselves.
I confess, although the whole class thing is icky, that the challenge was really exciting. The decision between more outhouses and a TV... I was SURE they were going to pick the TV. But apparently, I underestimated them. Except the little 10 year old who said, "I'm a beauty queen. I don't do dishes." You do NOW, honey. Oh, wait, now she's saying she's going home after the second day.
Jared freaks me out. But the little girl who danced in the street for the money to buy the bicycle was adorable.
So far, I'm really interested in this show, but... it's going to be up against Pushing Daisies starting October 3. That's one of the few new shows this fall that I'm actually excited about.
Um, Tyra is so full of shit that she's trying to "redefine" what America considers beautiful. She picks the exact same scurvy beanpoles that have always dominated fashion. She throws in someone exotic or heavy just for flavor, but they NEVER win.
Looks like the same thing here, only without the exotic or heavy.
Wait. Is Miss J Trans, or just a queen? I mean, people call hir he AND she, so I'm not really sure.
Chantal says she has something noone else has, but she looks exactly like Mrs. Peter Brady from season 1. And OMG there's a girl named Spontaniouse.
I just don't know what to say about some of these girls. Like Victoria is... well, first she was obnoxious, and then she threw up all over the dining room. So not good. And the chick who gave Tyra a mock bikini wax? Crazy! But hot, though, so what are you gonna do?
Hahaha. Everbody's in the same boat. Hee.
I already like Marvita. From the fauxhawk to telling that bitch Ebony to shut the hell up, I like her.
OMG Mila scared the shit out of me with the I'm so cheery and happy! And then Miss J. totally made fun of her. Oh, there's the plus size! Only Tyra says she's too small to be plus.
Hey! Jaslene! I didn't like her last season. I can't remember why now.
Dude, that sucks that they left those 13 girls on the island. Unless, of course, they get to hang out for a few days before they get flown home.
HIGH. FASHION. ASS. WHOOPIN. Hee!
I'm totally rooting for Heather the Geek. Aw, Marvita didn't make it. :(
It turns out, I'm looking forward to the next generation of teen soap a lot more than I thought I was. Whee!
Watch it suck. LOL.
Kristen Bell! OMG Penn Station. *sigh*
Where have I seen the actress who plays Blair before? I mean, she's skinnier and older, but she looks so familiar. I'll figure it out in a bit.
Hee. My status as an Upstater has been revealed! REAL New Yorkers have informed me that you can indeed get a train into and out of Grand Central. And that the main bus hub is actually Port Authority. Which just goes to show you that I've only taken Amtrak trains, which go in and out of Penn Station. So... my apologies, Gossip Girl writers who are obviously more informed about NYC than someone who has only been there as a tourist. *sheepish grin*
Still, I like it already!
Oh, the dad is HOT. Meow! They knew us "Too Old For Teen Soap" ladies would be watching. *G*
Oh WAIT! Blair was in VM and my long lost Tarzan!
Okay, I'm in. It could totally bomb, but I like the lead chick, so... we'll see what happens!
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Finally, in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day (as stolen by
mistletoe54) :My pirate name is:
Iron Ethel Bonney
A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
part of the fidius.org network
And my Scurvy Crew!
I don't watch reality shows on principle, but holy shit! KIDS? *headdesk*
I have a few guilty pleasure reality shows, but they're usually performance ones like America's Next Top Model. I had been hearing all this controversy about Kid Nation, so I thought I would check it out. It's actually very interesting, but so disturbing at the same time. As it turns out, though, if the kids want to, they can go home at any time. One adorable little boy did end up going home because he was too homesick.
That's interesting about the Jena 6. I agree, it's not something I've seen mentioned much but I suspect it has everything to do with the hope of violence. Because violence is sexy and gets on the news and discrimination is just a big yawn.
I think you're right about the lack of mainstream news coverage of the Jena 6. Beyond that, though, I think the mainstream press is uncomfortable showing snippets of nice middle class white folks insisting there is nothing racist about, for example, nooses hanging from a tree where black students are discouraged from sitting at lunch, which is what started the whole thing. Or that even though the white kid who got beat up had a gun, he still doesn't deserve as much punishment as the black kids who might go to jail for the rest of their lives for beating him up.
It's so screwed up, there's just no spin the news can put on it to make it palatable or money-making. It's shameful. Isn't the press supposed to be part of our system of checks and balances in this country? How horribly they've failed in the past few years.
Which is probably why the first time I heard anything about OJ was through the Daily Show mocking the press's ridiculous self-questioning of why they were giving the incident so much airtime.
As much as I sometimes complain about the net being an endless pit of crap, I love it because it does allow us an unprecedented level of information sharing that is changing the world. Slowly, but surely, the online world is putting pressure on mainstream news sources, as well. Usually far too late, but there it is.
Which is totally mean, but there it is. *G*
I just couldn't find anything to catch my interest with Jaslene. I liked the one with the heavy accent and the child. I rooted for her.
I can't remember where I heard it when I was a kid, but somebody once said, "Never trust a skinny person." Which is crap, of course, but somewhere in my subconscious, it's stuck. I think primarily when it comes to the fashion industry and modeling. I just have a hard time believing that ANY human woman is THAT bony and not starving herself, unless she's seriously ill. There's skinny, which happens all the time, especially in adolescents, and then theres OMG I CAN SEE EVERY BONE IN HER STERNUM. The latter just creeps me out. And if they're snotty on top of that (there isn't enough loathing to describe how much I hated her whole "I'm such a fierce barrio girl!" routine.) I like them even less.
I loved the crazy drunken chick who pissed off 50 Cent.
I must have missed that episode! Do you remember her name?
Well, to be fair, that picture was caught in a quite unfortunate moment :) Making it of course perfect for the epilogue icon, for everyone who's read it... I hope he at least get to reap the same benefits that Daniel Radcliffe speaks so freely about ;)
Hm. The model's name was...Jael? Something like that. Yes, Jael. I looked it up. She was the one that all the stories popped up on LJ about because she was such a rude, drunken weirdo in real life. I still liked her. *G*
I hope all the kids in HP get some major benefits from their work. They all seem to be so adorable and sweet.
I just realized I don't think I've ever used my Luna icon. So -- RANDOM HP ICON! *G*
Jael?! *She* was a rude, drunken weirdo in real life? The "I want to be friends with everybody" girl?! I liked her too! I thought she was just somewhat eccentric! Do provide details if you have them ;)
I see your random HP icon (which is beautiful, by the way) and answer with one of my own :)
Let's see if I can find any old links to the Jael story. Somebody posted a whole pic spam about how she and her boyfriend crashed their party and generally acted like a jackass all night. She wasn't *mean* rude, but *stupid, drunk* rude.
http://community.livejournal.com/topmod
That's the link -- pictures and everything!
I still like her. She's a wild child.
My, that was some juicy gossip! I read Every. Single. Comment. I particularly enjoyed the snorting-off-Superman bit.
If drunken stupidity meant that one couldn't like anyone any more that would have meant excluding every single celebrity ever ;)
If drunken stupidity meant that one couldn't like anyone any more that would have meant excluding every single celebrity ever ;)
Heh. Not to mention myself and most of my friends. We were a little... er... rambunctious in our younger days. *G*
Or so I tell myself. *g*See? It would have meant excluding all kinds of wonderful people ♥
And that is in addition to the celebrities. *g*