I should have been a pair of claws

( Covert Affairs 1x01 )

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Hence, a meme. Also to find out what went wrong in my last iTunes backup-from-backup because I am missing half my music.

meme



How many songs total: 2931
Most recently played: Psychic City (Classics Remixx) by YACHT
Most played: Mano Negra - Santa Maradona *coughs* There was this World Cup, yes?
Most recently added: It tells me nothing, but I know that I most recently bought Bebe's new album, Y.
Sort by song title:
First Song: A-N-N-A by Freundeskreis. Yes. Those were the times of good, mainstream-friendly, german, stoner-hiphop.
Last Song: 12000 (with Hideo) by DJ KRUSH.

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: Flip Strings (00:005), Kill Bill Soundtrack Vol. 1
Longest Song: Gilles Peterson 2008/2009 -- 1:59:03

Sort by album:
First album: Federico Aubele, Amatoria
Last album: Eins Zwo - Zwei

Sort by Artist:
First artist: Star - 08001 (A local band, this is a local zip code)
Last artist: Abdullah Ibrahim - Did you hear that sound.

First song that comes up on Shuffle: I don't need this Trouble, Alice Russell.




Cold shower, then bed.

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I should stop reading the TB TWOP forums, they're just --- bad in trying to mansplain me that there is no misogyny in True Blood. Also basking in a lovely World Cup afterglow (if your country's No. 1. quality newspaper has a 20 page spread about the World Cup, there really is no escape. I also have a new show added to my watchlist, if you're interested in, er, hot, gay futbolistas, you should check this out. I have no idea about this show other than that.) and lamenting that I do not have any True Blood icons, because I still love Tara, Jessica, Pam and Terry.

/rnd

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Felicitats Campions!

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I.e. coming out of the shower and having the Queen standing there. (But he took it pretty well).

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oleoleoleoleole~ 


Lo mejor es que Puyol lo marcara. :D

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In the style of the now-infamous Reichskristallnacht RPG we now bring you a story set in Auschwitz as a backdrop for MCR/Bandom slash. As an extra feature: The most well-known image of Auschwitz' front gate featured as a header and the phrase non important character death in the warnings (guess whom the author meant --- or better don't.

Also, this is bascially emotional and torture porn (+ the sound of two white men fucking) with ~a concentration camp~ as a backdrop. Please read at your own risk and tread carefully.


ETA: WE HAVE A TANTRUM BY THE AUTHOR:



This piece of fiction is not 100% historically correct, nor did I ever intend it to be. Below is an image of Auchwitz gates, not because this is set there but because of the words upon those gates. I did not write this to be disrespectful to anyone, nor did I write this just as an excuse for slash. I put everything I had in to writing this and wracked my brain for weeks trying to get it perfect. If you do not wish to read a fiction surrounding this subject, even though there are warnings, then do not scroll down. Do not tell me I am sick and disrespectful. If people can write about rape, incest and domestic abuse (which has happened to billions of people) then I can write about WWII, and anything from that time. If you feel the need to post about how wrong and twisted and disrespectful I am, please join [info]fuckyou_mcr and stay out of this post. This post is for people to appreciate my writing and I will accept any constructive critisism on my writing.


ETA: And the entry is now locked.

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1.) GIP
2.) Spain is going to be so tremendously humiliated by Germany in the semifinals, it's not going to be pretty.
3.) Still working on my VVC post, it's slow, but it's coming.

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In the light of recent science-is-neutral shenenigans and the Portal 2 demo, I thought I might just change that one a bit.

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I feel like this is pertinent information to this thread, so entonces, hear ye, hear ye:


(that I cannot get the embed to work is kinda a killjoy.

(And yes, of course we sit under a summit cross, playing guitar while looking contemplatively patriotic. Tsk.)

BONUS:

Aufs Rennbahnexpresstitelblatt

HELLO I AM A MEDIC AND A NEUTRAL SCIENCE BIOLOGIST I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THE EARTH IS FLAT AND YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH ME BECAUSE I'M A NEUTRAL SCIENCE BIOLOGIST MEDIC AND I USE METHODS OF SUPERTRUTH AND EVERYTHING I SAY IS TRUE, TRUE, TRUE AND YOU ARE WRONG, WRONG, WRONG AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TRIGGERS AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS BECAUSE I'M A SUPERSWITZERLANDISH BIOLOGIST MEDIC … 

… or something.
1.) Science, like language, is never neutral.
2.) The trust and credence people have in the medical establishment and its inhabitants never ceases to amaze me (I say this as someone who is deeply grateful to doctors for saving my brother on numerous occasions, but, uh, just like any system it actually does different things for you depending on which side of the matrix of power you are on).

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for what I'm feeling right now, translated literally, "I could throw up in your face". In the light of this does anyone have organisations of choice in Haiti whom you trust and whom I could donate to? (I've been donating to MSF regularely, but if you know a regional org in Haiti please do tell me) Also, I think I might ping the help_haiti mods to see if they are willing to set up another round.


I think I have more to say but I just need to step away from my laptop now.

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I mean please. Tell me how this is not CREEPY.

( Day 3, rest of the days under the cut )

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Hi. Consider yourself tagged.


( Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching )


Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

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Hi. Consider yourself tagged.

( Day 01 - A show that should never have been canceled )

Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
Day 03 - Your favorite new show (aired this TV season)
Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
Day 05 - A show you hate
Day 06 - Favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 07 - Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show
Day 08 - A show everyone should watch
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A show that disappointed you
Day 12 - An episode you've watched more than 5 times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood show
Day 14 - Favorite male character
Day 15 - Favorite female character
Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 - Favorite mini series
Day 18 - Favorite title sequence
Day 19 - Best TV show cast
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite ship
Day 22 - Favorite series finale
Day 23 - Most annoying character
Day 24 - Best quote
Day 25 - A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 - OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 - Best pilot episode
Day 28 - First TV show obsession
Day 29 - Current TV show obsession
Day 30 - Saddest character death

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The Guardian forums are heating up wrt the whole "oh, let's delete all comments calling you out on your white bias" here.

My comment, just in case it gets deleted:

I'm also quite disappointed that some of the most poignant criticism - especially the one calling you out on your white privilege - disappeared from the comment section over night, and I fully support insomniac506 in their statement. Another thing that I just do not get, is that, that if you acknowledge that

Cannes must be the whitest place on earth (apart from the tory cabinet),

[JasonFilm, upthread]

(I also would add 'essentially male' places) why not make an effort to look at the few non-us, non-european films that got screened and tell us about them? Where are the reviews of los labios, carancho, of estação e o estranho caso de angehlica (or even año bisiesto)? What I'm saying is that even for all your affirmations that there had so many places to be and so many things to watch, there are very vew other reviews up and they all are v., v. white.

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Some recs for remix '10 - hop over, comment, love, give feedback! Remix is my secondfavouritest fest, but it's probably the one that sums up fandom best for me: we give, we think, we transform, we remix - we tell stories our way, without disrespecting the the basis.


Something from Nothing (The Gratitude sings me in Chorale) Firefly, gen. River says thank you. This is a lovely quiet piece - I'm recc'ing it because it does Simon really well - in Ariel's aftermath. It got better before it got worse.

Encore (They Both Reached for the Gun Coda) Chicago, Roxie/Velma. This, this is Chicago. Love it.


The Loudest Noise (affannato, affettuoso, agitato) Star Trek!Reboot. Uhura, Gaila, communication. With reboot!verse, I can never decide whom I ship more - Spock/Uhura or Uhura/Gaila, but I'm a sucker for Academy Era stories, especially ones that indulge in world building, especially those who indulge in linguistic worldbuilding. This is definitely one of the big hits for me, this year.

When you're Good to Mama (the Grateful Remix) Neal/June, dubious consent --- I got cold and shivery reading this, which means that it's excellently done (no, really) but it's not a happy place (also, amikara, read this, the whole giving up controle-dubcon thing might be of interest).


Backstory, or how Danny Concannon Covered 5 Stories that Never Happened (the Behind the Scenes Remix) The West Wing. CJ, Danny. Oh, show.

So, yay, Remix! I have not tackled the BSG section yet --- and I'm a bit :( (note, dear authors, this has absolutely nothing to do with you and what you like to write - this is me wishing for a PONY because it is Monday and I have a lot of work) because of the obvious lack of Legend of the Seeker, Fringe, Ocean's 11, Leverage and Hustle. And Lucifer (though my fiction needs for Lucifer are pretty specific). Sigh.

Also, go, go leave comments, thank your mods, thank the authors <3<3 Eeeeh remix!

.. Is it yuletide yet?

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Noel Clarke on directing, DWHO and his new film 4.3.2.1:

Speaking of freedom fighters, you mentioned event movies before. Do you ever see yourself as an action star?

"I don't think I'm egotistical and I know what my limits are: I'm a black guy who's probably losing his hair. But I'm happy to play roles that I'm given and I'm happy to play roles that I write. And yeah, those roles will probably be more about being the cool action star than the nerd."

Guardian reviewer gets called on his white privilege for not catching Cannes' winning movie: [in the comments]

"you didn't bother cause it was by some thai dude and what can those indochinese do anyway."

(I agree that the Guardian has generally sent a bunch of white dude critics over who largely reviewed movies made by white dudes and starring white dudes - there is a pattern. Also, how fucking stupid can you be to miss Apichatpong Weerasethakul anyway? I mean, I only know him for Sud Pralad, but that was an excellent movie. And his competition winner was about a farmer who is visited by ghosts of his past and running through the forest as a monkey --- or an approximation of that. And the jury president is TIM FUCKING BURTON. How do you think it will end? Also, I'm sad that noboy reviewed Años bisiestos (spelling) and Carancho. ((Also furious that there were no women in the competition. I hope Vencie is better and they better not snub Iciar Bollaín.))

ETA: For some spelling, sorry! My brain, it is not working anymore.

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Querida España, (st. attn. Catalunya)

Messi is not spanish. He is argentinian, he says so himself. He refused adopting spanish citizenship on numerous occasions, he's playing on the argentinian national team in the World Cup and you know, calling one of the star players of our generation racial slurs on the internet might not be your best strategy here, considering that he could probably just pack his bags and leave, play anywhere in the world and kick your ass from her to sunday.


Seriously, Spain.

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