Ducks: Queen of Frickin' Everything

Happy birthday, midnitemarauder! Hope you have a most excellent day! Yarrrr!

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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.

Also, you do NOT get off the TRAIN at Grand Central. You get off the BUS at Grand Central. You get off the TRAIN at Penn Station. Geeze, people, do some BASIC research, huh? It's sort of hard to take a show about NYC seriously if they can't even get that simple of a fact right.

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) :




And my Scurvy Crew!