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Nov. 21st, 2009


[info]elfwreck

[info]elfwreck

Wicca: still not a race.

[info]elfwreck
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 12:19 PM

[info]elfwreck
In today's "Activism: Ur Doin It Wrong" department, we have accusations that slurs against pagan rituals are racist. Set aside, for the moment, that said slurs don't actually exist. That... give some insight into the mind of the commenter, but isn't, in fact, relevant.

What's relevant is that she thinks Wicca's being insulted, and she's "calling" the supposed insulter on her "racism." (In a community about public transportation. So, um, more than rather severely off-topic all around.)

I don't have an icon that's halfway between "facepalm" and "headdesk." (And I don't want one; that would mean I expect to find *more* stuff like this to post about. Which I'd really rather not.)

Oh, and the comment threads hit Godwin's law, ablism, classism and childfreekiness. And NEVAR AGAIN TEH BURNING TIEMS! A glory of fucktupitude all around.

(I got this from [info - livejournal.com] dot_pagan_snark, and it's been on [info - livejournal.com] stupid_free, so apologies to people who already know about it. Sharin' the pain, folks; sharin' the pain.)

This entry is crossposted at http://elf.dreamwidth.org/283818.html. You can comment there with OpenID from your LJ or IJ account. Comments so far: comment count unavailable
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[info]elfwreck

[info]elfwreck

She is too fond of books

[info]elfwreck
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 7:52 AM

[info]elfwreck
Hi, my name's elf, and I have a reading problem.

When most people say "reading problem," they mean "the letters look blurry to me" or "I've been assigned more pages than human eyeballs can absorb this weekend" or "ack, my comprehension of Russian is too low for me to get the right concepts out of this physics paper." It almost never means "I think I've been neglecting other parts of my life for reading."

Because reading isn't considered a dangerous addiction. It has no physical side-effects. It doesn't make the mind slow or incompetent. At no point, in the throes of reading, is one incapable of driving or performing surgery, should one's skills go in those directions. (Well, save for the "must put book down" part. However, after that immediate shift in awareness, one's reflexes and attention are both available to whatever tasks might be at hand.)

And it's not expensive. Nobody sells off his car and formal clothes to get books. Nobody hocks her wedding jewelry. Books--really good books--are available everywhere at prices ranging from "cheap" to "free." And the internet hasn't made that any less true. Entertaining content, informative & educational content, useful, delightful, important content, is free by the terabyte.

And oooh, I want to read it ALL.

( I read a lot. I could read a lot more. )

[info]squeaky
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[info]squeaky
[info]announcements

IJ Holiday Sale

[info]squeaky
[info]announcements
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 2:30 PM

[info]squeaky
[info]announcements
We are starting this years InsaneJournal holiday sale. From now until the end of the day Friday, November 27 we are going to be holding a sale on Self-Committed[paid] accounts and Extra Userpics.

The prices are be as follows

Self-Committed[paid]
1 Month -> $5
6 Month -> $15 $10
12 Month -> $25 $18

Extra Userpicx
6 Month -> $10 $5
12 Month -> $20 $15

Then on Friday November 27th from 8am until 4pm (Eastern US time) we will be running a very special sale on Permanently Insane accounts.
[info]fandom_wank
[info]fandom_wank

slow-mo panda is slow

[info]fandom_wank
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 5:48 PM
[info]fandom_wank

http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1227046.html

We begin our saga on the fair hills of [info]house_wilson, where the grass grows green and the House/Wilson shippers occasionally throw shit fits over whether or not David Shore is dicking around House/Wilson shippers.

(Read more ...)
[info]afterelton
[info]afterelton

Adam Lambert's Big Year is Just Getting Started

[info]afterelton
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 4:51 PM
[info]afterelton

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/edkennedy/adam-billboard-amass


Let the onslaught begin.

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[info]ciraarana

[info]ciraarana

The woes of ... er ... well, it's about writing

[info]ciraarana
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 2:48 PM

[info]ciraarana
My Snarry Swap fic is growing into even more of a monster than I'd thought. Argh! 11,600 words, and I'm only on part four of my plot outline. Four. Out of thirteen!

I'm so doomed.

But I love it. I seriously do. It's an amazing fic. At least, it's amazing to write. Things just flow along, and the boys talk, and stuff happens, and then backstory pops up I'd never thought about or planned. The whole thing is just amazing!

Now to finish it on time without killing myself dead.
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mood: busy

[info]mirabile_dictu

[info]mirabile_dictu

Twentieth day of writing

[info]mirabile_dictu
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 11:13 PM

[info]mirabile_dictu
xposted to IJ and LJ

Word count: 1,024. Yay! No end in sight, though.
[info]crack_impala
[info]crack_impala

Saturday: Blast From the Past

[info]crack_impala
Nov. 21st, 2009 at 1:47 AM
[info]crack_impala

http://community.livejournal.com/crack_impala/246326.html

Hi everyone, we hope you enjoy these recs!

J2

My Social Skills Would Fit Good in Prison
[info]chash JA/JP | R | AU
From what Jared understands, his college rooming situation is kind of like The Odd Couple, except for the way Jensen is a homophobic douchebag. A remix of [info]yourperiphery's "Domestic Bliss and Other Oxymorons."
College boys, clueless flirting, slutty Jensen and adorkable Jared all written inchash's amazing (and hilarious) style - what is there not to love about this fic?

The Shortest Distance
[info]estrella30 JA/JP | Adult
Remix of "From Point A to Point B" by [info]light_up.
A simple story of friendship that leads to more after a drunken night out - but the really interesting part is the unique style in which the story is told. A very cool read!

Sam/Dean

A Foreign Land
[info]oxoniensis Dean/Sam | NC-17 | First-time, pre-Stanford
It's a long hot summer: Sam doesn't recognize himself in the mirror.
This is an incredibly vivid story that almost pulsates with repressed emotion. It's so very reminiscent of being a teenager, when everything's changing and so very intense. This is a pre-series Sam/Dean that is so emotionally charged that it impacts on every event that happens later.

Nov. 20th, 2009


[info]p_zeitgeist
[info]metafandom

[info]p_zeitgeist
[info]metafandom

Friday, November 20, 2009

[info]p_zeitgeist
[info]metafandom
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 11:10 PM

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[info]ponderosa121

[info]ponderosa121

[FIC] Batman - Batman/Joker - The Frayed Ends

[info]ponderosa121
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 5:31 PM

[info]ponderosa121
Spam! Wrote this not long after TDK came out but never posted it. Since the evil twin just wrote Joker/Scarecrow with similar elements, I knew I had to post it as the same time as hers or I'd never do it. Team Porn does Arkham. Arharhrh.


The Frayed Ends
Batman. Batman/Joker. R. ~1000 words. Nolanverse. Violence.
Darkness gathers into a swarm around them and Bruce doesn’t want to let the bastard take one more goddamn breath.


( Read Me. )
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mood: calm
[info]afterelton
[info]afterelton

AfterElton Snapshot: Your Grass Guzzler for the Week Ending November 20

[info]afterelton
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 11:11 PM
[info]afterelton

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/snapshot-11-20-2009

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YOUR CAPTION HERE

As we go into the weekend, here's a handy shortlist of the biggest stories of the week on AfterElton.com. And to get you into a playful mood, each week's final post will feature a pic up top that desperately needs captioning. Each week we'll pick our fave suggestion from the comments and run it in the following week's post. Have fun! Drop your caption ideas in the comments, and check out last week's winner after the jump!

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<p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/snapshot-11-20-2009">http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/snapshot-11-20-2009</a></p><p align="center"><img src="http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/images/snapshot2.jpg" /></span> </p> <p align="center"> <span style="font-weight: bold" class="Apple-style-span">YOUR CAPTION HERE </span> </p> <p> <em>As we go into the weekend, here's a handy shortlist of the biggest stories of the week on AfterElton.com. And to get you into a playful mood, each week's final post will feature a pic up top that desperately needs captioning. Each week we'll pick our fave suggestion from the comments and run it in the following week's post. Have fun! Drop your caption ideas in the comments, and check out last week's winner after the jump! </em> </p> <ul> <li>We were <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/lady-gaga-bad-romance"><strong>blown away</strong></a> by the new music video from <strong>Lady GaGa</strong>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/askmonkey/11-16-2009"><strong><em>Ask The Flying Monkey</em></strong></a> took a look at some of our aging gay icons.</li> <li>We loved the <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/TV/recaps/ugly-betty-4-6"><strong>sixth episode of the season</strong></a> of <em>Ugly Betty</em>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/TV/gayslives/11-17-09"><strong>Gays of Our Lives</strong></a> took us around the world for more soap opera news.</li> <li>We wondered what the hell <em>Newsweek</em> reporter <strong>Ramin Setoodeh</strong> was thinking when he wrote <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/ramins-noodle"><strong>his infamous article</strong></a>.</li> <li>We recapped the seventh episode of the season of <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2009/11/brothers-recap-111509"><strong><em>Brothers and Sisters</em></strong></a>.</li> <li>We recapped the mysteriously pixelated seventh episode of the season of <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/TV/recaps/amazingrace/159"><strong><em>The Amazing Race</em></strong></a>.</li></ul> <p align="center"> <img src="http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/images/samdan6.img_assist_custom_0.jpg" border="0" /> </p> <ul> <li>This week's <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/mores-gays-127-gay-terminology"><strong>Mores for Gays</strong></a> looked at gay terminology.</li> <li>We went <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/utc-23"><strong>Under The Covers</strong></a> for some more snarky titles.</li> <li><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/other/2009/11/new-music-monday-11-16"><strong>New Music Monday</strong></a> had info on new tunes from Lady GaGa and Adam Lambert.</li> <li>We gave you a purely informative <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/other/2009/11/week-in-sports-17"><strong>pictorial look</strong></a> at the week in sports.</li> <li>We gave you a look forward to a future <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/other/2009/11/brothers-sisters-pregnant-pause-photos"><strong><em>Brothers & Sisters</em></strong></a>.</li> <li>Your <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/asshat-of-the-week-11-16-09-don-carcieri"><strong>Asshat of the Week</strong></a> was the Rhode Island Governor.</li> <li>We reviewed the Greatest Hits CD by out British singer <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/11/will-young"><strong>Will Young</strong></a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2009/11/new-on-dvd-11-17"><strong>Out on DVD</strong></a> this week is <em>Bruno</em> and <em>Star Trek</em>.</li> <li>We liveblogged <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/liveblogging-atwt-11-17-2009"><strong><em>As The World Turns</em></strong></a> for the latest Nuke action. </li> </ul> <p align="center"> <img src="http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/images/gayoftheweek56pic4_0.jpg" border="0" /> </p> <ul> <li>We continued our weekly <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/people/twitterwatch-11-17-09"><strong>TwitterWatch</strong></a> with <strong>Neil Patrick Harris</strong>, and more!</li> <li>We <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/11/adam-lambert-aaron-hicklin"><strong>questioned the timing</strong></a> behind the editor of <em>Out</em> lambasting <strong>Adam Lambert</strong>.</li> <li>But it seems that Adam can <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/adam-lambert-tweets-response"><strong>speak for himself</strong></a>.</li> <li>We continued the new daily feature <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/edkennedy/morning-meme-111809"><strong>The Morning Meme</strong></a>.</li> <li>We celebrated the union of <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/lady-gaga-beyonce-vidoe-phone"><strong>Beyonce and Lady GaGa</strong></a>.</li> <li>We recapped this week's <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/TV/recaps/glee/110"><strong>terrific episode</strong></a> of <em>Glee</em>.</li> <li>We were intrigued that <em>People</em> Magazine chose <strong>Johnny Depp</strong> as the <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/johnny-depp-sexiest-man"><strong>Sexiest Man Alive</strong><a/>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/gay-in-the-uk-video-blog-vlog-32-stonewall-awards-russell-tovey"><strong>Gay in the UK</strong></a> took a look at the Stonewall Awards.</li> <li>We gave you four new contenders in the <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/battle-network-gays-11-19-2009"><strong>Battle of the Network Gays</strong></a>.</li> </ul> <p align="center"> <img src="http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/images/gayoftheweek56pic3.jpg" border="0" /> </p> <ul> <li>And you <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/gay-of-week-11-20-2009"><strong>picked your winner</strong></a>.</li> <li>We interviewed the fabulous gay ally <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/11/joy-behar-interview-pro-gay"><strong>Joy Behar</strong></a>.</li> <li>We loved the new gay documentary <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2009/11/fatherhood-dreams-come-true"><strong><em>Fatherhood Dreams</em></strong></a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/puzzler-11-20-2009"><strong>This week's Puzzler</strong></a> was a mystery.</li> <li>We presented the results of our poll on <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/11/women-and-gay-men-survey-results"><strong>women and gay men</strong></a>.</li> <li>We reviewed the <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/music/2009/11/adam-lambert-fye-review"><strong>long-awaited debut album</strong></a> of Adam Lambert.</li> <li>We gave a <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2009/11/precious"><strong>rave review</strong></a> to <em>Precious</em>, as did the guys from <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/sounds-like-a-hit-12-precious"><strong>Sounds Like A Hit</strong></a>.</li> <li>We gave you a <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/other/2009/11/oltl-1130"><strong>sneak peek</strong></a> at some upcoming action on <em>One Life To Live</em>.</li> <li>We asked <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaljensen/billy-eichner-nine-questions"><strong>nine questions</strong></a> of comedian <strong.Billy Eichner</strong>.</li> <li>We asked <em>Ugly Betty</em> creator <strong.Silvio Horta</strong> what we can expect in the <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/television/2009/11/whats-next-for-ugly-betty"><strong>Justin and Marc storylines.</strong></a></li> <li>And thanks to editor <strong>Michael Jensen</strong>, you had <a href="http://www.afterelton.com/bgwe/11-20-09"><strong>The.Best.Gay.Week.Ever</strong>!</a></li> </ul> <p> Drop your caption ideas in the comments <strong>(And please remember to keep the captions PG-13!)</strong>, and check out last week's winner after the jump! </p> <p><a href="http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/snapshot-11-20-2009">read more</a></p>

[info]lilithilien

[info]lilithilien

Oh you cheesy wonderful show

[info]lilithilien
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 5:34 PM

[info]lilithilien
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mood: amused

[info]ponderosa121

[info]ponderosa121

[ART] Steve & Tony Warmup Drawing

[info]ponderosa121
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 2:31 PM

[info]ponderosa121
Just a little something to get me in the groove for doing homework. Done without access to my usual brushes so there are several big things that make me go DDDD:, but I didn't want to spend more than an hour on this. Warmup means warmup, Pondy.

Avengers. Steve/Tony. G.



( Steve & Tony Warmup Drawing )
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mood: geeky
[info]clairvoyantwank
[info]clairvoyantwank

Dammit, Who fandom, be wankier!

[info]clairvoyantwank
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 10:09 PM
[info]clairvoyantwank

http://www.journalfen.net/community/clairvoyantwank/467145.html

Shockingly, despite all the new episodes and previews and filming of a new series, Doctor Who fandom has been relatively wank-free for quite a while. (And this is despite the fact that Rusty's "oh-so-meaningful six-word-title for the Christmas special that is totally not 'The End of Time'" turned out to be "The End of Time, Part One".) Stupid agreeable fandom.

Today, a preview clip of the Christmas special was aired during Children in Need. (Which can be viewed here, for those who missed it.) In a throwaway joke, it was implied that...


The Doctor totally boned Queen Elizabeth I! OMG.


Oh, apparently there was Barrowman in pants, as well. I missed that bit.

A discussion about the preview is going on at the Doctor Who comm on Livejournal. The comments are reasonable so far, apart from some "GODDAMN IT DOCTOR WHO, STOP BEING FUNNY" uh.. ness. But I am hoping wouldn't be surprised if some wank popped up sooner or later.

Me, I'll just be over here laughing forever. (So as to avoid thinking about what's to come at Christmas. D:)
[info]afterelton
[info]afterelton

AfterElton Puzzler: Guess the Hunk #6

[info]afterelton
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 9:43 PM
[info]afterelton

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/puzzler-11-20-2009

Time for another one of those time-wasting yet hopelessly addictive online jigsaw puzzles! We're not going to give you any hints, but if you want to see the finished product then click here.

Move the pieces around with your mouse — they will snap together when in the right place. How fast can you complete this puzzle?

Care to time yourself?

[info]afterelton
[info]afterelton

Sounds Like a Hit! video blog Ep. 20: "Precious"

[info]afterelton
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 8:40 PM
[info]afterelton

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/dennis/sounds-like-a-hit-12-precious

Kyle and Brian offer up a review of the movie Precious from gay director/producer Lee Daniels. Their take? It's one of the best movies of the last decade — and Mariah Carey's mustache deserves an Oscar.

Check it out after the break.

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[info]afterelton
[info]afterelton

Meet Your (Honorary) Gays of the Week: The Phillips Family!

[info]afterelton
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 7:38 PM
[info]afterelton

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/snicks/gay-of-week-11-20-2009

It wasn't even a contest this week as 10-year-old Will Phillips and his parents Jay and Laura demolished the competition. The family from Arkansas won 68% of the vote for young Will's refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school until gays and lesbians have equal rights to marry.

In a distant second with 15% is Glee's Kurt, for his scenes with his crush Finn.

Even with their hot shirtless mud volleyball game, The Amazing Race's Sam and Dan could only manage 10% this week. That's what happens when you pixilate the good stuff!

In last place is Noah from As The World Turns, who suffered horrible burns on his face from a fireworks accident. Oh, and he went blind. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to give him more than 7% of the vote.

Thanks for your votes, and come back next Thursday as four more contenders vie for the crown.

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[info]lilithilien

[info]lilithilien

Why do we do it?

[info]lilithilien
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 1:46 PM

[info]lilithilien
Interesting article on AfterElton: Why are Women Interested in Gay Men? It's Not Because They Want to Sleep With Them!* Fortunately it dispels the myth that gay men/slash just appeals to straight women -- 38% of these polled identified as lesbian/bi/other -- and the explanations offered are a little more sophisticated than the usual "it's just like men liking lesbians." I'm less happy that the wording on some of the questions assumed heterosexuality (bad, AE, bad!) and were painfully American-centric, but some of the comments quoted manage to go beyond these limitations. All in all, pretty interesting read.


* Thanks to [info]gealach_ros for the link!
mood: chipper
music: Forro in the Dark - Perro Loco
[info]afterelton
[info]afterelton

Nine Questions With Comedian Billy Eichner

[info]afterelton
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 5:21 PM
[info]afterelton

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaljensen/billy-eichner-nine-questions

Comedian Billy Eichner has been making a name for himself in New York City for quite some time. A 2005 New York Times article called his late night fake talk show Creation Nation co-starring Robin Taylor "a theatrical phenomenon", and with subsequent appearances on Bravo's A-List Awards and The Showbiz Show with David Spade, Billy has kept bringing the funny ever since.

Billy has two shows coming up at Joe's Pub in Manhattan on November 23 and 24th and we recently threw some questions at the jokester to make him bring the funny on command. 

1) Rosie, Ellen, Wanda or honorary gay Kathy Griffin? Why?
Ellen, because of the four listed here, she's the one that looks most like a chicken. Second place goes to Jay Leno, who looks like a lesbian. Third place goes to Wanda Sykes, because she's the only black person not in "Precious".

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[info]whatho

[info]whatho

Cooking in bulk to save time - busted.

[info]whatho
Nov. 20th, 2009 at 5:25 PM

[info]whatho
I just spent an hour and a quarter making three portions of roasted butternut squash and red pepper soup, one each for my brother and I to have this evening and the other for myself for tomorrow. Only he's gone and eaten two of them in one go. Grrrr.
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