Justin

I have about a bazillion things that need addressing, so here goes.

( Cut for length and spoilers. )

OK, I’m at almost two pages in Word – I hope my cyberethics essay can get this long! – so I should call it a day and go have lunch. Later!

Woman Sues Doctor After Catching Fire During Surgery

Holy shit. That is all. D:

Relatedly: I've had a massive avalanche of homework and such this week, so I haven't yet gotten around to emailing Medalie (did get around to taking my pictures themselves, though). Even so, (was deciding between Medalie and Raphael, if I haven't mentioned that here; I did here) I'm starting to lean towards Raphael. Still not sure, though. Gahh. ): I guess I'll see what Medalie says and what other pics I can dig up, and go from there. :-/ I just want it all to be decided and happening already! I can has summer nao?

First: ( spoilers for Human Target ep 'Baptiste' and the Psych sf. )

Second: Speaking of HT, I have bunnies. One is HT/White Collar, which, all that business in "Baptiste" is a perfectly logical reason for Neal to hate guns, don't you think? And/or, I could see Geurrero and Mozzie as friends/acquaintances/partners in crime. And the second one is HT/Leverage, which I'm sure could work somehow. Or just be awesome. Along with that HT/BN that I mentioned previously. Seriously, someone should write me one. I'd love you forever. :D

Third, and the point of the post: Speaking of bunnies! lgbtfest opened for prompt submisions today, and there are already so many epically awesome ones! ( Giant, very multifandom list of my favorite-so-far lgbtfest prompts. That you should totally write. ) And, yeah, this really is the short list. I promise. >_< Aren't they awesome?! (Hopefully someone else writes the BN one so I don't have to!) I'll probably be prompting some DB and a bunch of repeats, myself.

Fourth: I've been randomly reading far more than is healthy about a) privilege, and b) religion (and some lulzy religious fail) in the past few days, and, on those lines, atheistcartoons.com has really lulzy cartoons. This one, however, is not so much lulzy as trufax (and happens to be the intersection of (a) and (b)). Unchecked Christian privilege ftl. Sigh.

Finally: Anyone want to make a sign? Due date's the 9th.

Oh, and also this. Mine's the headstone one. ("Body", get it? Hehe. ...Well, I thought it was clever. Shut up. ;))

So, here's the latest on my epics:
( NCT (SFW) )

( SP, and a WC fic rec. )

Sigh. My poor stories. I'm never doing this to myself again (he says, as his muses laugh hysterically and high-five in the background).

But in better news, I finished another Samverse drabble. (You see? Epics and I... really should just stay away from each other for good.) I'll spend Castle's timeslot picking out the best version and finding it a title, and have it posted shortly. So I can actually get something accomplished, at least. 9_9

Just finished watching yesterday's HT ("Sanctuary"). Wow. Wow wow. How was THAT for a mytharc ep? Geez. My opinon of this show has just skyrocketed. Awesome. Also? I think zip-lining down a cable car is in the top-ten list of coolest things I've ever seen. :D (And for the lulz, the COMICS. I about died. Freaking hilarious.)

Speaking of hilarious: yesterday's WC ("Vital Signs"). ( Cut for incoherent spoilers. ) THIS EP WINS FOREVER. Mhmm.

Oh, and Leverage was awesome, too. (Had a heck of a time believing that was Luke Perry, but -- yay, Luke Perry! It's been too long since Jeremiah!) The end in particular. <3

ETA: And how could I have forgotten about last weekend's Seeker, "Perdition"? To put it succinctly: ( My reaction. )

Finally, I am super-excited about tonight's SN, "Song Remains the Same". This Anna stuff is... disquieting..., but the rest of it? *glee* "This is a pivotal Supernatural episode for one big reason that will become obvious as soon as you see it, and in many ways, the final scenes play out a bit like the end of 'Changing Channels'." Yes plz do want. XD

ETA #2: ( SN spoilers. )

And, off topic, some links:
How freaking cool is this? http://casip.ou.edu/summer_session_galapagos.html Crying shame I have no time or money. And if you haven't already seen it, this, too; how cool is this? U.S. Tax Court Rules in Favor of SRS Deduction. Not that I make enough to pay taxes, but still. :)

What the heck is wrong with me, you guys? ( The Trans Hammer, I has it and I wield it like a crazy person. )

And speaking of weird ideas, I should be posting one or two of them to whitecollarfic fairly soon (once I remember to bring my new external HD down to the computer lab with me). I’m open to your thoughts on whether I should crosspost this one.

In other news, been watching Human Target. It’s entertaining, but what was up with that second ep (“Rewind”, I believe it was called; with the plane)? ( Spoilers. )

Have also been, as usual, loving everything else: Castle, Forgotten, Leverage, BH, SN, BN. And just recently caught up on Mentalist and, as mentioned, Flashpoint.

To be more specific about Mentalist: OH. MY. GOD. SHOW. Next Thursday now please?! My main thoughts:
( Spoilery, esp for Throwing Fire and Bleeding Heart. )

And, about WC (and SN and BN): YAY IT’S BACK. More specifically about WC: THAT SCENE. OMG YOU GUYS. I think the writers were reading the fic. You know, the one about Neal and his dislocated arm? Yeah. (“They want hurt!Neal? Let’s give them some.”) Hmog. I barely remember a thing in that episode that happened before “Peter, I trust you” because my brain went to its bunk just up and left the premises under the weight of all that AWESOME H/C. Still not enough H/C for my tastes, but my tastes run heavy on the stuff (can you say “non-con”? I may be writing one, *shame*), and at least this means there was canon that ought to inspire fic. Hopefully lots of awesome fic, am I right? :D

Holy crap, this is 800 words of LJ post. I wish I could write fic this long. I suppose that’s about it, anyway. If you have thoughts, or plot bunnies, or whatever… you know where to comment.

Dexter writers, you boggle the mind. I just finished watching "Getaway", but in the interest of keeping things in logical order, I'll start off with "Lost Boys".

( Cut for spoilers for the last three episodes of s4 of Dexter. And for length. )

The week of doom (last week) has apparently decided to last two weeks. D:
( The week before Dead Week can kill. )
BRB DYING. DX

And clearly it takes being overwhelmed with school work to get me to be productive, because I've totally been cleaning and doing laundry and whatnot. And last night instead of more paper I wrote an epic emo poem. And then this last night/this morning -- well, I knew those trans bunnies come in twos, but I was still hoping to not have to fend off FTM!Neal Caffrey quite so soon. On the contrary, I don't think I've had a muse this insistent since Chloe Logan. I haven't written anything yet -- that poem was time-wasting enough as it is -- but hopefully I won't forget it all before Saturday comes and I have a spare second to write it down. Wish me luck with that. (Also, if anyone happens to know or have a good guess as to how old Neal and/or Elizabeth are, I'd appreciate that info thrown my way. I am so bad with ages, you have no idea, lol. And um, apparently no matter what version of Neal I'm writing, Neal and Elizabeth are BFFs. Lol, I don't know either. I just write what they tell me. I blame that fic where they were brother and sister ("brother dearest", and all its prequels and sequels.))

( TV (spoiler-free) )

( Weird work mystery. )

Finally, my birthday (22! yay?) was not as bad as it started out. Yay for that. Thanks for the wall posts/cards/cake/good thoughts, guys. And even the renditions of "Happy Birthday". ;D Oh, and thanks for the virtual cookie, obsessed1. Happy holidays to you as well. They can't get here soon enough for my tastes!

So, I saw one of those "there's a map for that" ads a while back, and thought to myself, "Heh, how long until they get sued?" Well, I have my answer.

The saga:
Verizon removes gloves, begins 'There's a map for that' anti-AT&T ad campaign
AT&T sues Verizon over 'there's a map for that' ads
Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
And the funniest of them all:
Verizon responds to AT&T's Map For That lawsuit: 'the truth hurts'

I quote:
"Sure, Verizon's doubled down on the 3G map ads in response to AT&T's false advertising lawsuit, but eventually the company's lawyers had to file a response and, well, ain't nobody backing down in this one. Here's the freaking introduction:

AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon's "There's A Map For That" advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon's ads are true and the truth hurts.

"Yeah. It's gonna be like that."

Brb, loling forever. XD

Oh, and speaking of random lulz? I was given a copy of that edited-by-Creationists version of Origin of Species today. Heh. Enough said.

Yeah, I know I've been posting a lot, but I just ran across these and thought other folks might like to know.

ABC axes 'Eastwick,' orders more 'Forgotten' Five more episodes = great news!

Robert Patrick to appear on 'Chuck' I really need to start watching this show, don't I.

'Numb3rs' fans can count on closure I don't want to see it go, but if it has to, then I'm happy with this.

And unrelatedly, but while I'm posting links: the first chapter of Nightlight, the Twilight parody. XD

ETA: And also OT, happy news story: The Pink Dress.