• 05:09 The only thing keeping me from being lazy all day is having to walk to the boss's house to get my car. #
• 07:14 Man, I am freaking sluggish oon holidays. #
• 09:09 Got the old man's gift now. Next obstacle, the mail. #
• 09:25 @hermanos Have you seen the comics community on livejournal? It's like looking into the face of True Annoying. #
• 09:31 @hermanos Had a friend on Livejournal, seemed a sensible person except she would not believe that you OR @dorianwright had good insights.. #
• 09:32 @hermanos ..due to your positions on the Spoiler Memorial. Eventually I think she took a second look, but yeah.. very rigid community there #
• 09:35 @hermanos I think there's an echo chamber in there that's tough to penetrate. I used to slip in, but I called SD wanky pirates so I'm out. #
• 09:37 WalMart will award last remaining discounted netbook to last shopper standing when the Battle Royale ends #blackfriday #
• 09:38 @hermanos Now, it'd be one thing if they were sensible pirates who understood their ethical position and remained under the radar, but no.. #
• 09:39 @hermanos But WiR is MEANT to be a discussion starter. #
• 09:40 @hermanos These same people wouldn't call Kill Bill an equalizer, just because the groom was murdered. #
• 09:41 Dubai: EVERYTHING MUST GO #blackfriday #
• 10:27 Watching Arrested Development again. Shame they canceled it before they could get much out of the George Michael, Steve, and Maeby team. #
• 10:28 It was neat that the adults were ethically hopeless but they had three fairly sympathetic kids in that generation to take over. #
• 10:39 @fullofwhoa I mean the senseless ones who never venture beyond the walls of the friendslist. #
• 10:42 @fullofwhoa And I apologize for overgeneralizing. #
• 10:44 @fullofwhoa *Nod* Livejournal's a bit like Newsarama and ComicBloc in that there's an insular community that reacts to outsiders, though. #
• 10:45 @fullofwhoa Not everyone's bad there, or even the majority of the community... #
• 10:45 @fullofwhoa ...just there's exported commenters identify themselves by the community, and attack the outsiders. #
• 10:47 @fullofwhoa I'd call it a reaction to the exported commenters and the general wankery of online communities. #
• 10:47 @fullofwhoa There's a generic hatred of message board users along the same lines. #
• 10:49 @fullofwhoa Thing is, like bloggers being self-absorbed soapboxers, there's something in the format to encourage the poor behavior. #
• 10:50 @fullofwhoa I had to give up livejournal myself because I was getting complacent in the "privacy" settings, and sucked into the flist drama. #
• 10:52 @fullofwhoa One thing that strikes freerange bloggers as odd is feeds added to the flist, like there's people who just won't leave LJ #
• 10:52 @fullofwhoa Yeah, I remember that. I even got my LJ originally to do that. :) #
• 10:57 @fullofwhoa It's social networking for bloggers, I'd say. #
• 11:01 @fullofwhoa Well, I stick with Blogspot because I'm entrenched, and I get complacent with LJ security. #
• 11:02 @fullofwhoa If you're okay with regular blogging from the LJ, then why bother moving? Well, except for a more reliable RSS #
• 11:05 @fullofwhoa @hermanos Wordpress is actually pretty nice. I'd have moved if I wasn't married to my address. #
• 11:06 @fullofwhoa Well, you could do as I did and try both, and see which one you're more comfortable with. #
• 11:06 @fullofwhoa Give yourself like, a month maintaining all three and then do a pros and cons comparison. You can crosspost, or alternate days. #
• 11:16 @fullofwhoa Yeah, give it a shot and then even do a post running down the strong and weak points of each service for each purpose. #
• 11:18 Holy shit. is.gd/54MaF #
• 12:13 This two second audio clip of Bea Arthur as the Femputer gives me so much joy. #
• 13:47 New blogpost: Clear Communication ragnell.blogspot.com/2009/11/clear-communication.html #
• 15:35 RT @Paradisacorbasi RT @wilw: Very powerful essay about domestic violence, written by Patrick Stewart, in the Guardian: bit.ly/75AZpu #
• 16:36 Man, there's a lot of Blackest Night reviews in my feedreader. :( #
• 17:58 @BeaucoupKevin Yeah. They're doing it a disservice by connecting it to that cheap parody. #
• 18:00 I'm pretty sure my feminist credentials take a backseat to my aestheticism sometimes. Nothing riles me up more than ugly and tasteless. #
• 18:00 Except maybe ugly and tasteless pretending to be artistic and courageous. #
• 18:05 @amboy00 Eek. Remind me to stay on your good side, man. :) #
• 18:10 @mikesterling Aww. You should take a break. Maybe visit the post office. #
• 18:11 @mikesterling Maybe :). In all seriousness, sorry we're not helping with the recovery. #
• 18:20 @theisb "My skull's been bashed in, but my girls feel fine." "I have two broken legs, but my girls feel fine." #
• 18:22 @theisb That's in the Very Special Healthcare Reform issue, isn't it? #
• 18:25 @theisb They claim he was elected because he used "Glamour"? #
• 18:29 @theisb He's secretly trying to brainwash our children to be Unseelie #
• 18:33 @theisb My hat's off to you for Glenn Ravenbeck #
• 18:37 @theisb Yes, my pointy witchy hat. #
• 18:39 @theisb Rabbits go in TOP hats, Silly. CATS go under pointy witchy hats. #
• 18:53 @Paradisacorbasi Well... Individual Texans are friendly, when you don't count how they vote #
• 19:00 @Paradisacorbasi See, they seemed okay to me, but I was down there with the military around then. #
• 19:14 @Paradisacorbasi ...Creepy. I remember mainly a lot of little American flags. I was in San Antonio. #
• 19:20 @Paradisacorbasi There's a little more decorum in the bigger cities, I guess. #
• 19:35 I will not call this person an idiot on someone else's facebook. I will not call this person an idiot on someone else's facebook. #
• 19:35 But seriously.. the man's an idiot. #
• 19:39 (Don't you just love how Twilight defenders always fall back on some form of "You're an ELITIST" rather than actually argue?) #
• 19:40 If I called everyone who disliked Green Lantern snobbish, well.. I'd feel very silly calling @theisb snobbish and high minded. #
• 19:44 @GregCarter And worrying about enabling creepy behavior in the name of romance, that's elitist too. #
• 19:46 I do not want to go to bed, because tomorrow means there's only two days left in the weekend. #
• 19:47 @GregCarter Does Kim Harrison count? #
• 19:48 @GregCarter Yeah, which is why "it's fulfilling a need" is such a poor defense. There's plenty out there. #
• 19:50 @GregCarter See, at least her vampires are scary. #
• 19:52 @GregCarter It's a pretty fucked up genre. Silver Age Secret Identity shenanigans look pretty good in comparison. #
• 20:05 @GregCarter Can't say Harrison doesn't, then. I just like reading it for some reason. #
• 20:10 @theisb I wouldn't want to steal your schtick, man. #
• 20:28 @GregCarter I think she makes them interesting. I'm not up to speed on the series. #
• 20:29 @GregCarter Haven't read Huff. #
• 20:30 Okay, real sleep. Hopefully I'll be up in time to accomplish something tomorrow. #

I've been reading a slash story in which a heated argument between the couple (who are also friends) results in punch being thrown, and then the one punched actually finds the aggression a turn on and it goes on to sex. Somehow this combination of sex and violence doesn't work for me at all, not even in fiction, where I'm not averse to combinations of sex and violence.

Like, I can go along fine if the aggression is against some kind of third party, and one character is turned on by the other being violent, or they are turned on mutually, say if they are both in a barfight or even slaughter others. I can also go along with non-con that involves violence with the victim not being turned on, but I as a reader like it. But if the violence is between the couple (and they are supposed to like each other), uncontrolled violence segueing into sex (rather than say rough sex that is mutually agreed upon) is squicky for me, more so if the violence is not mutual (the latter would be more fighting leading to fucking in some kind of hate sex, which I also don't like, but it is not as bad as one sided violence).

Most often this is shown from the POV of the character the aggression is turned upon rather than the violent character being turned on by the escalation, i.e. A hits B, usually after some provocation, then B somehow finds that aggression/violence (or sometimes the loss of control) hot, and sex follows. I have to admit that I find this particular combination of sex and violence to be surprising as a kink, and it always startles me, but I see this every now and then, and I'm wondering whether it is something that many people like in sex scenes.

So, a poll:

• 06:05 @RoseSunrise Happy Thanksgiving, Ma #
• 06:20 @RoseSunrise Your Christmas gift maxed out my card.. so, it'll be a bit before it gets shipped. #
• 09:17 Damn, wanna walk to dinner so I can try some of the wine but it's on and off raining today. :( #
• 09:26 Eh well, I guess this year I'm thankful for raincoats. #
• 16:00 @RoseSunrise That doesn't change the max amount they let me withdraw to something less embarrassing #
• 16:01 Saw AFN PSAs (they replace commercials w/them) during game. Thankful I don't watch AFN at home. #
• 16:10 @RoseSunrise See, I got money in there. I'm just only able to access so much of it in a business day. :( #
• 16:46 RT @jdkrach EXACTLY. RT @GreatDismal: Top 20 Unfortunate Lessons Girls Learn From Twilight bit.ly/6ME7YO #
• 16:51 RT @LJonte Today I am very, very thankful for comedians punking Sarah Palin. is.gd/54esS #
• 16:51 @theisb We're 6 hours ahead, I've already had Drinksgiving --- WITH EISWEIN! #
• 16:55 @theisb We had soujou and kaffee liquor too. It was a good night. #
• 17:43 RT @StripesBaron Military officials to stand by women’s testing guidelines | Stars and Stripes: bit.ly/8XF8pU #
• 19:53 Via @lucy_anne #suckittwilight is.gd/54mX2 #

Thanksgiving for me was almost two months ago, but I want to tell you: I'm thankful for my new computer!

More about this when I'm back from work. Almost the weekend! Whee!

Current Mood: rushed

• 08:23 Utterly overate at the Squadron Thanksgiving today. There were people there who liked my Green Lantern sweatshirt, though. #
• 08:27 Free of dayshift misery for another week, though. #
• 08:49 @maggiesox WHAT THE FUCK!? #
• 08:52 Good fucking god, she didn't even stop to think about what she said. mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911240056 #
• 08:59 @madmarvelgirl And there's TWO other guys in the conversation! even Sean Hannity should AT LEAST stop to say "Well, 'cept the first one" #
• 09:00 @RoseSunrise That's on account of Navy Seals being under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and terrorists being criminal scum, Ma. #
• 09:01 @RoseSunrise They are not "Combatants"--That just legitimizes them. They are CRIMINALS, and should be sent through the civilian system. #
• 09:01 .@RoseSunrise That's on account of Navy Seals being under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and terrorists being criminal scum, Ma. #
• 09:06 Not just the lack of faith in the civil justice system, but this view of military courts as for people who deserve no rights pisses me off #
• 09:06 OF COURSE Navy Seals get a military court. They're under military fucking law. Terrorists are civilians. Under CIVILIAN law. #
• 09:07 @madmarvelgirl So post-9/11 Bush was the nonevil version? #
• 09:08 @madmarvelgirl Come to think of it, post-9/11 the whole country seemed Parallax influenced at times. #
• 09:09 (By Parallax-influenced I mean specifically FEAR-infected, for those of you not in the Green Lantern know.) #
• 09:16 @RoseSunrise I am so unbelievably mad at you for thinking terrorists deserve military status right now. #
• 09:18 @RoseSunrise And I'm even MORE pissed off you trashed the system that finds out if military members are upholding military standards #
• 09:19 @madmarvelgirl Maybe he was a Skrull? #
• 09:20 @kenlowery Yeah, that's dumb too. but I'm focused on the added dimension at the moment. #
• 09:21 @BeauSmithRanch Invite them to visit for a "Traditional American Thanksgiving" sometime. The Germans really liked that today. #
• 09:40 Man, now I'm worked up after a comfortable dinner spent discussing video games. #
• 10:19 @BeaucoupKevin Still smarter than Perino #
• 11:16 RT @Paradisacorbasi RT @kaijuisme: RT @jilevin: Conservatives' 25-yr goal of 'defunding the left' revealed: bit.ly/4x9Y8M #
• 11:41 RT @TheOtherJeff RT @karlkerschl: More Green Lantern sketching. This one has a cosmic honey pot: twitpic.com/qw25s #
• 14:20 @hermanos Haven't read this week's comics yet, but I'd wager it's Steve Engleheart's naming the thing that controlled Carol that. #
• 14:21 This is why I hate being behind. Spoilers seep in through Twitter. #
• 14:26 @kenlowery Don't tell me what happens to the boat in Titanic! #
• 14:27 @hermanos Ah. Still, I think the Predator thing is a "Love gets CRAAAZY" point anyway. #
• 14:29 Darn you, Bully! RT @bully_thelsb Next Black Lantern to rise: Bob Hope. #blackestnightspoilers #
• 15:34 "I said SECOND term! I swear it!" Then why the fuck did no one correct her in the clip? is.gd/53F0J #
• 16:55 There's two openly paganelected officials in the US, both are recons. is.gd/53Hti #
• 17:13 The "New" Religion's Crusade Against Art is.gd/53Ia1 #

♣ I was barely around today because after getting into the inner city to sign some contracts, and then therapy, I felt utterly exhausted. I don't feel that well either and more or less went straight to bed. (It's a mix of having the sniffles, mental/emotional issues, and RL stuff that causes stress ... I'm tired a lot.)

But on the good side, the contracts ARE signed and my work starts on December 1st. It's now official! And although I'm nervous (duh), I'm also looking forward to it a lot. The temp agency is a really good one that cares more about its employers than others I've worked with, and of course I'm excited to meet my ex-colleagues again! They asked for me specifically, which does good things to my self-esteem. And from January onwards, I'm gonna have more money to plan with, which is desperately needed because I can tell there are going to be some extra costs in the future. (Wardrobe, fixing the toilet, cooking and baking utensils, a better binder... that sort of thing.)

♣ Do you remember when people started migrating to IJ and created community asylum duplicates, triplicates, et cetera? And how that annoyed me so much that I even included a sentence in my IJ Beginner's Guide about it? - Looks like it's starting on Dreamwidth, too. "I know there already exist communities for [topic], but they're all dead, so I created a new one!" Which... might end up dead? Great.

Seriously, I DO think that DW has the potential to eventually have a level of activity which is not rivaling LJ but close enough. And currently there's definitely enough activity on my Subscription List when it comes to personal journals (quite similar to IJ, actually; on both sides, I don't feel "starved" in that regard). But community-wise? We're so not there yet. Much less for community duplicates.

♣ Thinking about participating in Wishlist communities. I'm also secretly hoping that people on my friendslist/reading list will, in case they have wishes I can grant. But funny enough, when faced with the task, suddenly I have difficulties thinking of wishes. Currently my list has one (1) item and then I got stuck. (For the curious, it's a Spongebob mousepad. I like Spongebob, although strictly speaking Squidward is my favourite.)

• 11:52 RT @theisb: It kind of makes me really mad that DC only has two categories for their characters when they do statues: "Heroes" and "Women." #
• 11:52 RT @theisb: Darkseid: Hero. bit.ly/7nBhFm Supergirl: Not A Hero. bit.ly/6XfSLZ #
• 12:01 I still say guilt motivates all those Power Girl explanations. No one feels a need to explain why Soranik Natu wears something low cut. #
• 12:36 @madmarvelgirl "It distracts my female opponents, as well as my partner." #
• 12:52 Got my swine flu shot this week. For some reason, the opposite arm is achy. #
• 13:26 You can't be serious. is.gd/52O5h #
• 13:33 @rachellegoguen I can give them high ground. I can't give them right next to each other, not to mention the Air Force One dumbness #
• 13:34 @rachellegoguen We found it helped to think of the movie as a video game. You're John Cusack in it. #
• 14:29 RT: @theisb Because YOU demanded it: TRUE TALES OF THE CORE MARVEL UNIVERSE! is.gd/52PN0 #
• 15:03 @hermanos That puts him ahead of even Kyle Rayner. #
• 15:06 Okay, we seriously need a Wolverine's dead love interest count, because he may be at the top. #
• 15:08 Honestly, I complain so much about Rayner... I completely forgot every flashback of Wolverine's is to a different dead love interest #
• 15:11 @Digital_Femme Yeah. Cumulative, even. Jean Grey is equal to one Donna Troy. #
• 15:13 @hermanos Well, she's a considerably more fun character, but in counting for death comparisons they cancel each other out. #
• 15:14 @brawluk We may have to do a flashback by flashback comparison there. Rayner's pretty much an amateur compare to these two. #
• 15:17 RT @Digital_Femme Actually, the only woman to survive Wolverine: www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/gahcksavland.htm #
• 15:18 But @Brawluk brings up Constantine. I'm not sure ANYONE compares to the path of devastation left in John Constantine's wake. #
• 15:22 I ended up counting Hal to argue the Wolverine vs. Kyle thing with @kalinara, and she STILL won't budge! "100% Only Kyle has 100%!" #
• 15:26 @timx13 True. Daredevil has an ALMOST 100% rate. Natasha's the outlier there. #
• 15:27 @timx13 I think we can compile a list of guys who are just plain bad luck. #
• 15:34 @Digital_Femme Good question. #
• 15:35 @hermanos @Digital_Femme Both villains, though. We need a tragic heroine. There's gotta be someone. #
• 15:38 Emma Frost has been suggested by @kalinara--She has Banshee (dead), Scott (dead and back), and Namor (unkillable)-Who else has she dated? #
• 15:39 Oooh, I got linked. jezebel.com/5412075/costumes--cheesecake-power-girl-controversy-illustrates-gender-in-comics #
• 15:40 @LyleMasaki She has me wondering if it's breaking up with Kyle that activates the curse, actually. #
• 15:40 @kenlowery Yeah, but I don't know his deathandresurrectioncount. #
• 15:44 @KDBryan They may not have dated, but he was a love interest in Generation X. Counts at least as much as the face-hugger girl Kyle kissed. #
• 15:45 @madmarvelgirl I think that's a necessity, yes. Emma tends to use her schools more. #
• 15:47 @Paradisacorbasi But Selene's a bad guy, isn't she? #
• 15:48 How is it women who leave a trail of dead/mutilated paramours in their wake are always bad guys, while men tend to be heroes? #
• 15:48 I don't know who linked me to this, but this is a really easy way to get drunk. is.gd/52T1u #
• 15:52 @kalinara I remember making jokes, too. Dammit. #
• 15:52 @kalinara Can't have been Arisia, she's only 0 and 2. #
• 15:52 @madmarvelgirl Maybe. I'm looking in the comics genre, though. #
• 15:57 @madmarvelgirl Weirdly, Wonder Woman because they can't decide on a full-time love interest. (Virgin my ass, Rucka! Aphrodite's a patron!) #
• 15:58 @madmarvelgirl But Diana's love interests don't die. They just go away. #
• 16:00 @Twyst Aside from Civil War? Not that I can think of. She actually made Rogue into a good guy when she got absorbed. #
• 16:01 @timx13 Oooh! Lovecrafty! #
• 16:03 @madmarvelgirl I think I'd count Black Widow, because at least 90% of her published history is goody-goody. #
• 16:04 @timx13 May be why I'm okay with it for Bleez in the current GL storyline. Antagonist is female. #
• 16:05 @madmarvelgirl Weirdly, most of the Black Widow's lovers are still alive. #
• 16:08 @jason1749 I think Daredevil ran into her old husband, actually. And Bucky was dead BEFORE she banged him. #
• 16:09 Holy cow... How is that the BLACK WIDOW has the highest love interest survival rate? #
• 16:11 @mizzelle I haven't read the opening issue yet. Is it any good? #
• 16:13 @Paradisacorbasi I think it was unintentional. #
• 16:15 @hermanos Which gives her a somewhat suitable name, but a Black Widow with a trail of live conquests? #
• 16:17 @Paradisacorbasi Cable? Was she playing the Joe Quesada drinking game? #
• 16:19 @hermanos I have the weirdest impression that Sharon Carter'll be among them. And at poor Cap's birthday party. #
• 16:21 @hermanos I've been talking to @kalinara too much, though. #
• 16:21 @mizzelle And that was long after they broke it off, too. #
• 16:24 @Paradisacorbasi That's even worse than just her going for the ugly cyborg. #
• 16:24 @kenlowery Cap doesn't have the same... promiscuity trait that Tony and Natasha share. #
• 16:27 @Digital_Femme Danny Rand is the male Jean Grey? #
• 16:27 @Paradisacorbasi Not sure. I know she was married to Wolverine in that alternate future. Age of Apocalypse had her with Quicksilver. #
• 16:29 @Paradisacorbasi So, if you're a guy in the Marvel Universe, your best chances are to sleep with Elektra, Kitty Pryde, or Natasha Romanoff. #
• 16:31 @Paradisacorbasi And marry Storm. Because I don't think any of those husbands died in those alternate futures. #
• 16:33 @Digital_Femme Hmm... Not sure if it's countable. It certainly is a run of bad luck. #
• 16:36 @Digital_Femme Impressive record. #
• 16:37 @Digital_Femme Maybe he should give lessons? #
• 16:40 @Paradisacorbasi Really, my favorite She-Hulk stories involve more punching than dating so I couldn't tell you. #
• 16:47 @madmarvelgirl @kalinara Yeah, excepting Black Widow most of the safe bets we found have histories you can count on a single hand. #
• 16:53 @theisb They're letting you write Batman? #
• 17:08 @theisb Oh, sorry. Well, congratulations on the very good news! #

• 10:33 @SeekingWillow See, I forget to count that because I'm yelling in real life as I tweet when American politicians do the foolish. #
• 10:37 Today at work we decided that the Twilight series is G-rated pornography. #
• 10:43 RT @KDBryan: Somewhere, Kevin Smith is feeling smug: is.gd/51VHI #
• 10:44 @KDBryan To be fair, I think Kevin Smith generally feels smug without having to see Christians pray over a golden calf. #
• 10:55 @mizzelle Want... #
• 13:20 RT @StripesBaron RT @JeffSchogol New Air Force fitness program will start in July -- a six month delay #
• 13:35 @ardaniel It all came on the heels of a "Pornography has to have pictures" argument, which was a statement about supermarket smut rags #
• 14:21 @theisb We'll pray for you. #
• 14:22 Light a candle for the sanity of @theisb, for tonight he ventures into terrifying territory. #chrisvstwilight #
• 14:28 RT @jennifergearing RT @thecurvature: Insurance Company Revokes Depressed Woman’s Benefits Over Facebook Photos is.gd/51YzF #
• 14:37 @theisb So you'll be forgetting this entire book? #
• 14:44 @Paradisacorbasi People are assholes. #
• 15:38 I'd buy RT @mikesterling You know what Disney comic book I would like to see? TINKER BELL. I get asked for Tinker Bell comics ALL THE TIME #
• 23:28 @KDBryan I liked it #
• 23:32 @CantonDem Yeah, because it's as jhealthy as adult romance but no naughty bits get shown #
• 23:33 @CantonDem rather, as unhealthy--which I suppose means as healthy too #

Yuletart image is sent out one hour ahead of deadline (wooo), sweet potatoes for potluck tomorrow are in the fridge, and I am over 30K on my novel. I feel this has been a Good Day.
...still 10,000 behind on NaNo, but. That's okay!

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• 04:29 Almost noon, and questions about Green Lantern heights and weights have given me a second wind. Operation Circadian Realignment continues! #
• 04:32 For the record, I will never buy that Kyle Rayner is as tall as Wonder Woman after reading the 90s JLA. She has at least an inch on him. #
• 05:27 @KDBryan Big Barda should be over 6'5! #
• 06:19 @KDBryan Okay, Jade at 5'3 I can see. But a lot of these superheroines bust 6 feet dammit. #
• 07:27 Operation Circadian Realignment Update: It's already the afternoon. With the help of Seinfeld DVDs, I should make it past dusk. #
• 08:09 Dude, I don't get it either. is.gd/513gy #
• 08:19 Wow. This is the absolute fastest a Sunday has slipped away in my life. #
• 09:14 Great Oracle of Twitter, should I do the dishes or take a bubble bath? #
• 09:17 @padnick Looking at my time (This is Hour 24 of Operation Circadian Realignment) and my supply of hot water, and I'm gonna run out of one. #
• 09:19 @padnick Uh... No. But I appreciate your input. #
• 09:27 @vjmurphy Are you roommates with @padnick? #
• 09:30 The Oracle has spoken. (And no, it's not do them both at once. Man, there's a lot of Cosmo Kramers on Twitter.) #
• 09:50 I'm doing the dishes, but now I suffer from the irrational fear that much of my Twitterfeed is offended I compared them to Cosmo Kramer #
• 10:01 Just found the knife I used to carve my pumpkin. Oh my god, I haven't done the dishes since Halloween. #
• 11:13 I've reached the point in Operation Circadian Realignment where I no longer feel tired. I've washed the dishes and swept/mopped the floors. #
• 11:52 Can't take a bath yet on account of doing laundry. But soon... #
• 12:03 @lankyguy Maybe that's a result of supplementing Operation Circadian Realignment with the Seinfeld marathon. #
• 12:08 By the way, I have reached Hour 28 of Operation Circadian Realignment. I believe this means I'm adjusted. #
• 12:29 RT @BeaucoupKevin RT @justjenndesigns Batman fondant cupcakes bit.ly/8GE1nL #
• 14:27 @KDBryan Soranik seems especially short, but that's all I can think of. #
• 14:27 Okay, cross your fingers. If I can get up in the morning Operation Circadian Realignment will have been a success. #
• 23:56 RT @tangognat: If you are following me because of @FakeAPStylebook, I only tweet about [Green Lantern and sleep cycles] #
• 23:57 @stephendann I wish. I'm more of a babysitter for my fellow technicians #
• 23:59 I am awake in time for work. Operation Circadian Realignment was a success! #

Because my memory is crap, do we ever see the team camping offworld, i.e. see what kind of tents they use and such, or is the offworld camping a pure fanon thing?

Unrelated, I remember the team sitting together in their mess hall in a couple of episodes, but I can't recall which those were. Argh. My memory, worse than a Swiss cheese.

• 09:38 Okay, sleep from pre-dawn 'til twilight. And this is the weekend I need to adjust back to days. #
• 09:39 To boot, I had a nigthmare last night that Maria came back to the office and they gave her my nightshift slot! #
• 10:05 I think when you get up this late your only choice is to stay up overnight and well into the next day to return your schedule to normal. #
• 10:34 @theisb Did that guy actually defend his "Frankencastle is too far out" point by saying the Punisher has a gun that shoots swords? #
• 10:35 @theisb Oh, nevermind.l That was another guy. Still, that would have been overwhelming for me. #
• 10:40 Watching an Unsolved Mysteries ghost story collection. Why is it only beautiful women become ghosts? #
• 10:55 @theisb Wow, the Dude got as far as to calling your comment section a "Hivemind" -- You're even bigger than I thought. #
• 11:08 @ChaosMonkey If i ever write a religion, I want to use that. #
• 11:19 @ChaosMonkey You'll get the same consideration the ancient civilizations I appropriate from get. #
• 11:28 Okay, this is how you lure me to Smallville. is.gd/50s90 #
• 12:02 @random_j03 No idea. I haven't watched since the first Flash appearance. #
• 12:08 Eh, what the hell. It's the weekend. Operation Circadian Realignment begins tonight! #
• 13:08 The Tyranny of State Legislatures. is.gd/50vga #
• 13:22 This week I realized (during 2012 arguments) that I'm an Autumn Person. And I'm not sure that's a bad thing. #
• 13:24 Sadly, being an Autumn Person means you don't see the fairies die from your icy skepticism. That takes some of the fun out. #
• 15:38 @mikesterling Conspiracy Guy at my office says that they were ignored. This is why I've been using my Autumn Person powers against him. #
• 16:59 To encourage the necessary 18-20 hours of wakefulness still needed to accomplish Operation Circadian Realignment, I will watch scary movies. #
• 17:43 @daveexmachina A blog I follow called that an official declaration of war against America. I'm thinking he might be right. #
• 17:49 Pretty good examination of liberalism here is.gd/50EFf #
• 17:54 @daveexmachina The fixation on sex and reproduction is inherent to their culture. WPeople fear that which they find most compelling. #
• 18:03 How can they defy a law that simply allows someone else to do something? is.gd/50FcH #
• 18:45 @theisb I thought you meant Australia #
• 19:24 This movie is so uninteresting I'm going to mute it and watch newsclips on the internet instead. #
• 19:52 RT @igallupd RT @fivethirtyeight: For those of you doing something fun on Sat. night: HC bill clears procedural hurdle in Senate, 60-39. #
• 19:54 @BradyDale I was going for a determined military feel, but I guess nerdy charm works. #
• 21:01 Tinkerbell's traveling outfit is cute. #
• 00:42 @BradyDale Soldiers, since they don't choose when their sleep schedules get fucked up. #
• 01:39 Salon writer looks at Nazi sites so you don't have to. is.gd/50RAj #
• 01:39 Turns out they like Glenn Beck, go figure. #
• 01:41 The sun is up (well, up for Germany anyway). Operation Circadian Realignment continues unabated. #

• 11:26 RT @Digital_Femme: Black women doing comics! Please email me a list of your published (online or paper) work! tinyurl.com/yklmgq2 #
• 18:09 RT @madmarvelgirl: Dear Marvel, do you REALLY want to get into a debate about the definition of rape in the Spider-Man letter column? #
• 18:28 Saw 2012 with some guys form the office. Quite a funny movie, though that may be the liquor-filled chocolates I ate talking. #
• 19:00 @kenlowery I use that glitch to check on relatives #
• 19:09 @madmarvelgirl We were looking at a 42 in LED Samsung in the mall in Luzembourg today. 2600 Euro, but DAMN the picture looks good on it. #
• 19:21 @madmarvelgirl Write him back. #
• 19:31 RT @jennifergearing RT @meloukhia "Affectionate cat distracts policeman" bit.ly/6SsFF7 (Yes, it really is as awesome as it sounds.) #
• 22:07 So this is what happens to people who think a remainder means the math problem was a trick question tinyurl.com/yjg472r #
• 22:14 @hermanos Speaking as someone who thinks Power Girl's window is just cool an retro-stylish looking? Fuck that commenter. #
• 22:19 That's right, I love the Power Girl window costume. If you feel guilty over it, forget justifying it and try drawing it more tastefully. #
• 22:21 It doesn't have to show the entirety of her cleavage, for example. The original fashion is just a hint. #
• 23:01 @hermanos Absolutely. #
• 23:01 Slightly lengthened rant on the Power Girl costume. ragnell.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-power-girl-cut-out-costume.html #
• 23:02 (Nothing I haven't said on Twitter, though, except a knock on the Star Sapphire costume again) #

• 06:18 @tangognat They ended the crossover without explaining anything? #
• 06:19 RT @theisb: In a just and fair world, Grant Morrison's Shining Knight would've gotten a series after 7 Soldiers. #
• 07:06 @LyleMasaki That's just... Surely someone came up with an evil twin explanation for her behavior? #
• 08:01 @LyleMasaki Keith Giffen? #
• 11:14 2 more damned early present boxes from @RoseSunrise and @ChiefFuzz now sitting there. Mocking me. #
• 11:15 AND got the comics with GLC42 in them today! Postmarked 13 Nov -- Nice work, MPS. #
• 17:26 @igallupd The "overall topline" is freakin' scary too. #
• 20:13 @ChiefFuzz Ordered one of the similar ones, we'll see what comes in the mail. #
• 20:33 Oh man. I just read GLC 42. I love that character. They should NOT be able to do that and make me happy as I read it. #
• 20:36 Maybe I just love it because I don't believe for a second its permanent, but if it is at least its the way that character should exit #
• 21:49 I should be sleeping but instead I'm writing enthusiastic blogposts about Green Lantern. is.gd/4ZiWq #
• 21:51 I have no responsibility for any typographic and grammatical mistakes made at this time of night, by the way. #

The glory as I dreamed [Reference]
by Te
November 12, 2009

Disclaimers: No one and nothing here is mine.

Spoilers/Timeline: No real spoilers, takes place when Bruce is eighteen.

Summary: In which the two most obsessive people in the universe do what they do best.

Ratings Note/Warnings: Sexual content.

Author's Note: An AU 'missing scene' for ending *2* of A way so familiar. Will not make any sense without the other.

Acknowledgments: To Jack, Pixie, and Mildred for audiencing, encouragement, and putting up with me when the story veered sideways.

Story!

Current Mood: enthralled

I just renamed the files on teland because a rather gratitude-inducing individual informed me that -- somehow -- it got indexed on google, which... no.

WORLD OF NO.

I -- look. It could be as simple as the fact that I've been using my gmail to point people to the story, but I would like to ask -- *beg* -- that those of you who have read the thing *not link it anywhere*. At all. Yes, that includes del.icio.us, nalasalad2. And maybe don't write out the links in your google apps?

Christ.

I'm going to put in that thingy to block robots just as soon as I can make my brain work enough to do that. In the meantime...

Hell. Just take the 'me' out of the file name. Save it onto your hard drives if you want it, because I'm *thisfuckingclose* to yoinking it.

Current Mood: gaaaaaaaaaaah

This was the most popular choice in the poll, and funny enough, I haven't encountered yet a person who didn't like it, even when initially sceptical towards oatmeal or apples. (Well, unless they have allergies, of course.) I'm going to use °C and metric measurements for the recipe, but converters are easy to find online and also it's not one of those where you have to be super accurate, so that shouldn't be a problem.

What you need:

- oatmeal (I buy the 1 kg package which lasts for several meals)
- 2 to 3 apples
- sugar
- cinnamon
- a bar of butter (I use the 250 g bars -- you'll definitely need less than a pound)
- vanilla ice cream

and a greased baking pan, casserole dish, or similar (if it's fireproof and somewhat flat it'll work).

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Serve fresh out of the oven, in small bowls, with some ice cream on top. Makes for a nice hot-cold contrast. Oh, and you eat the cake with spoons.

Additional info:

- Makes you feel full extremely quickly. I've had huge people who are big eaters laugh in my face when I served them the "tiny" dish, only to see them declare defeat after their second bowl.
- The dough can be kept in the fridge to use it up later, and also works great as a muesli breakfast substitute.

You can't really mess up this one. Trust me.

• 17:27 @ChiefFuzz Well, they're here and they're sitting there mocking me. #
• 17:30 @Paradisacorbasi Beautiful. The shittiest, most spiteful part of the law is what shoots them in the foot. #
• 17:32 Dumbass state outlaws marriage with their spiteful bigotry. is.gd/4YlXj #
• 17:34 @ChiefFuzz Dad... #
• 17:40 @ChiefFuzz For the holidays, I should make a recording of myself saying that you can listen to it after all your jokes. #
• 17:43 Okay, I love retweeting with a button but this thing where new people pop up in my followlist is going to lead to trouble #
• 17:52 Anyone too scared to abide by the principals of our country (murder results in trial by jury) should just fucking leave already. #
• 17:54 Why are these people still here if they disagree with the 6th Amendment?! It's one of the Top Ten, dammit! #
• 17:55 CRIMINALS get "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district _wherein_ the crime shall have been committed" #
• 17:58 I shouldn't spam twitter, but these people are seriously pissing me off with their endless yellow streak. #
• 18:27 @random_j03 Well, it is a faceless evil corporation that uses recycled paper cups? #
• 19:53 Debating whether or not to post the bra picture on my blog. Front, back, and closeup of the faded label. #
• 19:54 I'm desperate here. This is the most perfectly-fitting article of sportswear I've ever owned... and it's dying! Dying in anonymity! #
• 20:06 On the bright side, if I'm ever shy about posting any piece of writing again in my life, I can look at the post and compare... #
• 20:10 @mizzelle Guess not, I just clicked publish. #
• 20:11 Please link whereever sportsbra wearers congregate: ragnell.blogspot.com/2009/11/can-you-identify-this-piece-of.html #
• 20:19 (And no, it's not because its old as hell, @theisb) #
• 20:20 @mizzelle White originally. The faded part on the interior was originally black. #
• 20:20 @mizzelle Very thick material on the white. #
• 20:22 @CantonDem I already got some leftover from the first day of trying to identify the bra. #
• 20:29 @CantonDem I'd be more nervous if the article in question wasn't larger than some tank tops I've seen people wear. #
• 20:30 @CantonDem Just standard Twitter follow-based-on-keywords, I doubt these people even know I actuall exist. #
• 20:34 @CantonDem It wasn't so much a fat joke at my expense as a "This is a fairly modest article of clothing" note. #
• 20:36 @CantonDem It'd fit the bare midriff trend and man I am getting way too detailed here. I hope I'm not being creepy myself. #
• 20:38 @CantonDem All part of my fiendish plan to post the most utilitarian pictures of female underwear on the internet. #
• 21:41 @ChiefFuzz 2 boxes. Sitting there. Mocking me. #

• 15:59 They nominated "tramp stamp" for word of the year?! is.gd/4XpT8 #
• 16:01 @lucy_anne Dude, that list is utterly horrifying. (And they even got the winner wrong. I've never seen anyone use unfriend over defriend) #
• 16:07 RT @lankyguy RT @amboy00 Hate crimes against christians and gays after Prop 8. Guess which rate went up. bit.ly/3l0RVO #
• 16:13 @maggiesox Maybe this'll make you smile about the subject: www.the-iss.com/2009/11/the_iss_takes_on_the_aps_attem.php #
• 16:19 @maggiesox I'm reading the old post where they compare her to Biden for the ISS VP endorsement, it's even better is.gd/4XqXt #
• 16:30 Why is my mother sending me "Do not open until Christmas" packages before Thanksgiving? Is this a cruel test? #
• 16:38 @maggiesox The radio clip? #
• 16:42 @Twyst I checked the postmarks before I realized what the packages were. :( I like seeng how long it takes to get stuff to me. #
• 16:45 @Twyst Last time I peeked at a present early, it was one that made me mad at her. I'll give myself a week here. #
• 18:17 @dorianwright They can't overlook the holes in their philosophy without a persecution complex? #
• 18:28 RT @quietprofanity Glenn Beck compared government-run healthcare to raping a 13-year-old with Quaaludes. That's just great. No, really. >:( #
• 19:31 Christ, he really said it. Hell's too good for Glenn Beck. is.gd/4XxNp #