Karen

A QUICKIE BEFORE TOMORROW

THE CHILDREN OF EARTH DRINKING GAME!

( Do a shot! )

NUNC EST BIBENDUM* guys.

* Loosely translated as "Now we drink", more accurately as "Now we MUST drink." OH THOSE ROMANS.

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Mad Social Science strikes again!

( Agatha + Leftover Parts = ?? )

I just picked up a remix pinch hit, and I still have to write my summergen, so of course I've spent the evening rewatching Middleman. And then I continued my so-far fruitless search to discover what kind of car he drives and the website I was on wanted to upgrade Quicktime, so that happened and tied everything up. Sigh.

Does anyone know what kind of car it is? (In the pilot it looks like a new Dodge Charger, but in the rest of the episodes it's definitely a classic of some sort (a Shelby Mustang GT500 maybe?))

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So that was some match this morning, huh? For a little while I thought Roddick might actually be able to pull it off, so I was a little sad he didn't.

You can tell it was an intense match by the fact that my dad stopped switching over to golf every five seconds. *snerk*

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Two thumbs up for the poached plums in brown sugar syrup, though if you do as I did and triple the recipe, it takes a bit longer to make.

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I posted fic yesterday, in case you missed it, what with the holiday and all:

A Good Day
Five ficlets on the theme of fireworks. 2,270 words.

one: Federation Day | Star Trek:XI | Kirk/McCoy | pg
two: Unification Day | Firefly | Zoe, Mal, River | pg
three: Guy Fawkes Day | Harry Potter | Remus/Sirius | pg
four: Independence Day (observed) | Friday Night Lights | Eric/Tami | pg
five: The Fourth of July | Supernatural | Sam and Dean | pg

The funny part is that I originally just wanted to write Danny and Rusty down the shore for the fourth (my dad and I watched Ocean's 13 on Friday night), and then they didn't end up in the thing at all. Funny how that works out.

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I can't believe it's Sunday night. Feh. Sunday night. At least my boss is on vacation this week, so I will hopefully get some writing done.

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( Girl Genius Comic for Monday July 06, 2009 )<3For news about the release dates of Volume 8 and the reprints, please visit the main Girl Genius comic page. The books will be later than we'd hoped, but they are at the printer. Thank you for your patience! --Kaja <3

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They’re awfully pricey, but damned if I don’t want one of these bamboo-frame bikes.

Spoilers for last night's episode of Kings behind the cut:

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Moon is amazing. Sam Rockwell is amazing in it. We just went to a matinee with Ana and Superbass and it was so, so, SO worth it!

It's been a long day. But this meme sounds fun (gacked from rheanna27):

Inspired by Doctor Who's "Turn Left:" Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny (e.g. "and then Fay chose silver glitter instead of gold") or big (e.g. "and then Rose was arrested instead of Jack") and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

(And, yes, I still owe people timestamp meme responses, but the writing has ... not been happening this weekend. But I think I can manage talking about hypothetical stories, as opposed to writing actual stories.)

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Okay, I'm kind of stuck on one of the songs I'm writing for the Purim shpiel, so I'm hoping that a little brainstorming here might kick something loose. Any help greatly appreciated :D

The song I need help on is going to use the music of "His Name is Lancelot" from Spamalot, but you don't have to know that song to help me. Basically, the original is one big gay joke, but I've been told I'm not allowed to say Mordechai is gay. ::eyeroll:: Avi suggested that the gag could be that Mordechai is frum, but that's, well, to put it delicately...NOT FUNNY. (That's why I write the parodies around here.)

But I've decided that it might possibly be funny if the joke was the Mordechai isn't frum. So, he comes out in black hat, black coat, payis, etc., and the costume tears away to reveal shorts, t-shirt, sandals, and a funky knitted kippah. Which brings me to what I need help on: Coming up with appropriate stereotypes and jokes to include in the song. Sooooo, brainstorming. Give me words, phrases, synonyms, antonyms, jokes, compare and contrast, whatever comes to your mind when you think of secular Jews. If you happen to think of something that relates to the Purim story, that's great, but don't worry about that, I just need something to work with and my brain is blank!

If you can help, you will save my (kosher) bacon :)

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As a reward (such as it is) for your help, here are the lyrics to the song I've written already. It's a parody of the Spamalot song, "You Won't Succeed on Broadway." The italicized lines/words are from the original song, and they're bits I haven't written yet.

( You Won't Succeed in Persia )

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I was standing in the kitchen making myself a cheese sandwich for lunch earlier, and I opened the kitchen door to let some breeze in. My kitchen door opens onto a fire escape, because my building is Old, but I stood there eating my sandwich and staring out the door and I thought...you know, I never really had a solid idea of what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I knew what I wanted to have -- a cool flat in a nice place to live, with all its little quirks and weirdnesses, and to be able to do essentially whatever I wanted.

Which...this isn't precisely what I had in mind, but it's pretty damn close. I love the sound of the train going past my windows and I love that I get to ride a train to work every morning. I love that my street has lots of trees on it! The evening of the 4th I stepped out onto my fire escape and could see three different fireworks displays: Uptown, Buena Park, and Wrigleyville. (And then a canister from a Buena Park firework landed on my fire escape, so I went back inside, but still.) I can see the lights at Wrigley Stadium and the Sears Tower from my front window, and I can smell the lake on breezy days. It took me a long time to love Chicago -- not like Boston, instant and instinctive -- but I do.

There are things I'd change -- a different job, a nicer kitchen, some plumbing that isn't cranky -- but on the whole I didn't want much and I've pretty much got it. I like this life. :)

Though I am having indecisive angst about what to cook or possibly purchase for dinner. :P

The link below leads to a wonderful Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures fan written story I recently came across. The most striking part for me was how clear the voice of Belinda Zee came through, despite me not having anything to do with this. There's a bit of ego tied in with these characters... they exist in my head. That's where they were born and that is where they will always live.

But that's ego. The truth is that a talented writer can take the characters and bring them to life. As exhibited below:

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The scene that plays out, and some of the perspectives held by the characters does not necessarily match how I would portray things. Nor should it. This is a well executed extrapolation from the mind of another writer. I think she does a very good job and I hope she chooses to write more in the future.

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Title: Tempest
Pairing: Earth/Wind/Rain
Rating: Adult
Word Count: 264

( I was bored. Very bored. )

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One day I'm going to have to sit down and write an excerpt from Deedee's guide to marriage, because the joke seems to have some traction.

As once again the view from my home office shows the wrath of God.

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About two months back, in response to a post about my impending divorce from Mark Hernandez, demiurgent made a joke that I did not get a notice soon enough to delete.  I delted it immediately upon finding it, and now moderate all posts to prevent heated comments from being generally available.
The remark resulted in painful additional personal and legal troubles for me. As I've said before, something to consider before making a joke. There is a person on the other end of it who may feel threatened, offended or hurt.

From demiurgent , via LJ message:

As requested, and entirely without reservation.
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