Title: Who Knew
Fandom: Law & Order: CI
Pairing: Capt. Danny Ross & Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Theme Set: Gamma
Rating: M for language and actions
Warning: Adults doing adult things 

 

( Let's start with # 1 )

 

[Fic]

x A Dream ofWaking by velvetwhip (Spke/Willow R)

[Fic Updates]

x Exiles part 31 by nwhepcat (Sam Winchester, Oz R SPN crossover)

[Ficlets/Drabbles]

xBreath of Spring by bruttimabuoni (Spike/Drusilla PG)
x Win drabble by beer_good_foamy (Andrew, Buffy, Xander PG)
x Win drabble by theantijoss (Angel, Cordy G)
x Final Victory by mabus101 (Angel, Spike G)
x Is Today the Day by kudagirl (Slayer PG-13)

[Icons/Vids/Art]

x SMG artwork by aisalynn
x 45 Btvs/Ats icons by orangelusik
x 47 animated sidebars and 7 icons by buffy_the_vamp6
x 52 Btvs/Ats (mostly Cordy) icons by nikkiwawa79

[News/Meta/More]

x seasonal_sd begins tomorrow with an open posting day on July 22
x Vampires, and the Sluts and Virgins who love them (with added Buffy sex chart) (outside link)
x Spke/Fred maifesto by sockmonkeyhere

During the weekend, I got into discussing with someone (maybe James?) the propensity for rock stars of various stripes to produce dolls based on their liknesses. I think this came up after I mentioned the fact I'd bought Cynra no fewer than two John Lennon dolls (New York version & Animated version, both of whom sit unloved in the spare room.).

Someone mentioned how it was strange that there were no David Bowie dolls. Especially since he seems made for it, having had a variety of identitys over the years. This does not include his Labyrinth character, who does have a toy or two.

Now, the reason I figured for this was that for some reason I recall Bowie having gone public in the 90s (literally; his full name is now D. Bowie LLC*), and that probably made licensing his image a bit pricier than McFarlane (or whoever) would be willing to pay.

That was just one theory, of course. There's a variety of other possibilities.

That leaves aside the possibility there are a warehouse full of Ziggy Stardust figs by Mego somewhere.

*This is a lie.

I just read about Citizens Bank of Canada in the Globe & Mail & am wondering why I've never heard about it before. I checked out their website & it almost sounds too good to be true. Does anyone have any experiences with them, good or bad?

TIA!

My sleep is really screwed up right now. I can't get to sleep until past 2 am most nights, although I'm going to bed by midnight. This means I'm consistently getting less than five hours of sleep a night, and so I usually wind up falling back asleep after the boys leave in the morning and not waking up again until 11am or so. Not good. Probably getting outside more and getting more exercise would help :/ I'm going to go to Canadian Tire today to try and find some decent lawn chairs, at least, so that I can sit out in the back yard and get a bit of sun. Working most days in the basement without windows isn't healthy for me.

In other news, I've emailed the only prof I've liked so far at Wayne to ask if she can become my advisor. My current advisor is in Europe until the fall, and I don't really think I can wait until then to talk to someone about wtf I should be doing in this program. And I suspect this prof might have some sympathy for my position that this program sucks.

Okay help!

What are the barbeque laws in the city of Toronto? My neighbor is constantly burning wood and debris in his barbeque and resultingly my house smells like campfire! UGH.

Is there anything I can do in this situation? Talking to him doesn't work, he doesn't speak english.

I am looking for suggestions for wedding photographers for those of you who have gotten married in/around Toronto in the last year..

I really love the work that Aim 2 Please does (www.aim2please.ca) but their prices are really high...
Wild Orchid Creations (www.wildorchidcreations.com) has great packages but their stuff isn't as "photojournalistic" or unique as I would like..

Has anyone in the community had experience with either of these two? Or can you suggest a company/couple that does great unique photography that isn't going to cost me $5000 for just taking the pictures not including any prints?

I went to Canada's Bridal Show in 2007 and there was a Toronto photographer there, but of course for the life of me I can't remember who she is, just that it was her and her partner, and I remember her face because of some facial piercings she had..

Thanks for the help, Toronto! Always a plethora of information

Set in Morning After & Other Fairytales

S1

Pro: (Buffy smiled) Hello? Handsome!
Con: (Nineteen ninety-six minus seventeen something equals…) Old much?

Pro: He won't freak at the Slayer thing.
Con: (Buffy sighed. Willow had insisted that honesty was necessary.) She was still getting over freaking out at the vampire thing.

Pro: Good kisser. Oh yessssss… (Blushing, she scratched that last part.)
Con: No kisses under the sunlight. Ever.

(But on the other side….) Pro: Patrolling dates!
(She frowned.)
Con: Patrolling dates???

Pro: …
Con: Liquid diet.

Pro: …
Con: Nobody would approve.

Pro: …

Cons won.

(Buffy stared at the list.

Ripped it in two.

She'd handled worse odds before.)


( 6 more. LANGUAGE WARNING. )

From hillarygayle:
Retro

_{My dream office?}

The title of my blog is Unspoiled by Progress: Somewhere in the 20th Century. I’ve been using this tag on BBSes and online since the mid-1990s. Originally, this was just a conflation of two interests. “Unspoiled by Progress” is a reference to PWEI, a band I quite like. “Somewhere in the 20th century” was originally a subtitle in the opening credits of Brazil, one of my favorite movies.

In time, it has also become a more literally descriptive statement for my interests and tastes. I have an appreciation for certain retro styles and looks, though it is not tied to a specific period. I like cars from the 1950s, furniture from the 1920s, and houses and décor from the 1900s. People who have been in my house will know that I have no actual capacity to decorate that way. Our house is mostly just a pile of books with an over-sized table and an upright piano sort of… lost in the clutter.

I think that my retro tastes run deeper than surface affection for styles and looks. I have a keen interest in the technology and daily life of earlier times, and for uncovering the fine details. Humanity has produced deep wells of media and art, and even focusing on a single nation and a single decade will give you a lifetime’s worth of diversion. I am constantly discovering wonderful new authors and artists, all of whom have been dead for 60 years.

This unfortunately means that I tend to be rather out of touch when it comes to current media. I don’t have cable, and I only read the front pages of the newspaper. All my current information about pop culture comes from reading the front of magazines at grocery checkouts, and from reading my Livejournal friends list.

Mouse

_{How amarafox sees me!}

One of my internet alter-egos is a talking mouse. This persona varies from normal sized mouse with the ability to talk and wear waistcoats, to a more fantastic Steampunk sort of human-sized character. The first is really just a mouthpiece or avatar of me. The second gets involved in role-play situations that have nothing to do with reality. For a while, he was the seneschal of a Fire Goddess!

Radio(shows)

_{My basement. Some of it.}

This word is more appropriate for doc_mystery, the man from whom I have obtained nearly all the classic radio shows I own. He has thousands of them in various formats, and has gifted me with several hundreds of hours of golden age shows. They’ve been a great boon to me over years of commuting and road trips.

Of course, I had a small collection of shows on tape before meeting the good Doctor, and I was also a great fan of “Theatre of the Mind,” which was broadcast on a local station every Sunday night between 11:30 PM and Midnight. The closing credits for this show are one of the most melancholy sounds in the world for me, because they’re associated with the end of the weekend and an early morning.

Quirky

_{Do I look quirky? Nonsense! Stuff and flimshaw!}

Am I quirky? I guess I am, a bit. I like to say that I am stranger than most people realize, but a lot duller than rest of you seem to think. If I am quirky, it is at least not longer as consciously pursued as it used to be. I used to try to be deliberately weird in high school as a means of establishing myself as different from everyone else. At some point, the affectations stopped being affectations and became reality. It happens to everyone.


_{Maybe a little quirky.}

Quirkiness has settled on me like some sort of particularly ugly hat, in the same way that professionalism settles on others, or whimsy, or machismo. These are descriptors we invested in, things we all chose in our formative years, and now we’re stuck with ‘em. In a way it was an easy way out. Maybe I should have played more hockey, or tried harder to be define myself by academic success. Being quirky (which for me meant playing RPGs as much as humanly possible and reading old books and being afraid of girls) required less effort.


This puts me in mind of the “Then and Now” comparison thing I did last year. The Youth is the Father of the Man.

I had a wonderful time last weekend at Polaris (formerly Toronto Trek). The hotel was just north of Toronto this year, but getting there was less of a challenge than I feared. I took the TTC bus out of Don Mills subway, and it went straight up to the hotel for a small extra fee.

We were staying in the Best Western, connected to the Sheridan. No elevators to the third floor (which is actually the second) but a fantastic big room with a kitchen for the same price as a regular Sheridan room.) So handy to have a full fridge and a microwave. There was even a toaster oven and a dishwasher (though I used the sink - don't cotton to those new fangled electrical devices) with cutlery and plates provided in the drawers. Luxury! Though it did take a bit for me to find out that I should plug my computer into the cable and not try to used the wireless. Guy at the desk looked at me like I was a ninny.

My first panel was Quantum Leap, and we had a good turnout. My only preparation had been watching Catch a Falling Star episode again (aka the Man of La Mancha one). Some disagreement with a person in the back who couldn't understand why NOT having Georgia playing in MIA on the DVDs was a problem.

Next up was 'The Polarizing Effect of Gwen Cooper'. I wasn't sure about being on this one since I haven't watched the Torchwood miniseries yet and the white board said 'there will be spoilers'. I was quite willing to bow out of the panel, but they took a vote and NO BODY wanted to discuss spoilers. Yay! There were three panelists - one anti-Gwen, one meh-Gwen, and Gwen-loving me. A very lively and enjoyable discussion. If you're commenting on this - no spoilers! LOL

At this point I went off to get ready for the Pirate Party, and what a party it was, me hearties.

I was upset to realize that I had left my hat at home :( but my roomie Laurie lent me the one she had borrowed from tinkler. Now that's fandom in action. Laurie also lent me a wonderful metal belt with keys dangling on it.



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I've posted the first half of the shots from Vegas. There aren't very many of them; I was seriously off my game this weekend. ;-) Plus Vegas interiors are terribly underlit.

Favourites:

It's the birthday of a lovely lady today, eloise_bright.

I hope that all the day is perfect, from start to finish and that the rest of the year follows suit.

Have a wonderful time celebrating!

::much love and hugs:

I bought tickets at eventim.de for myself and my friends, but some friends can't go so I have two unnecessary tickets :( Tickets are for:

Mo, 03.08.2009
VELTINS-Arena / Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
Stehplatz Tribüne

It will be pretty soon already and I wouldn't like these tickets to go just in vain like a piece of paper.
I know there are still alot of tickets for sale, that's why I'm willing to give these tickets for a smaller payment. Just tell me how much you can afford to get them from me. I do NOT live in Germany so I need someone's reply as soon as possible, because if I send them there should be enough time for delivery. And since I'm not in Germany and not even in Europe there isn't any way to send me money. No PayPal or something like that isn't allowed here. So I'll only can take a gift certificate for Amazon.co.uk (exactly British one). Well at least something.

I'm offering it here, because I tried all other ways already. u2.com, people in my country and some message boards. Ebay or other internet auctions are forbidden for my country as well.
Anyway, if it's not too complicated and someone is interested just let me know.

Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Pairing: Spain x S. Italy (Romano)
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: PG-13
Warning[s]: Crude language

Link to my journal

Edge is on Twitter now: http://twitter.com/U2_360Tour and posting up a storm of awesome photos.

finally, someone of the band is using Twitter :-)



Edge is posting pics now, check it out:

http://twitter.com/u2_360tour

Hey, is there anyone here who plans on going to the U2 second concert in London on 15.8?

I'm flying to England especially to see U2, and I'm kind of going to be there alone. I know that it sucks being alone in concerts, so I was wondering if their is anyone from here that's going alone, or not alone, and would like to meet at the concert? (:

So if there is anyone interested write me here and we'll exchange e-mails or something.