Hmmm...

Since there was a little bit of interest in the idea of having a poetry club, I hereby start it!

I give you the new community! - weekly_poetry

(I propose) The guidelines will be thus:
Length - any
Subject - any (though it might be fun to have designated weekly subjects/themes later)
Rating - any
Posting day - Wednesday (since Wednesday's child is full of woe, and the great Mr. Eliot was born on a Wednesday)

If you can't post every week, no worries.

What qualifies as a poem? It MUST rhyme!!! Pretty much anything. Blatant prose might get some narrowing eyes, but if it's pretty, I don't care, and I don't imagine anybody else will either.

It might be interesting to include a tiny bit on why we chose the poem we shared, but I know that the reason isn't always clear or shareable so this can be optional if we want to do it at all.

I also (also) propose that we have the first posting date next Wednesday, the 15th, to give everyone a week to choose for a poem. If you know people who might be interested in joining, tell them - the more the merrier!

Questions? Comments? That's what the "Leave a Comment" button is for!

ETA: Oh, um, another really important question - is this legal? I mean, to have them in a community. If yes, we can just do this in our own journals.

Holy. Crap.

In a week Hugh Jackman The Gorgeous and Awesome will be within if-there-was-a-fire-nearby-we-would-both-see-it distance from me!!!

Because the Cine Capri in Tempe was voted on to host the World Premiere of the X-men Origins movie! I know, right?! Crazy times. Personally, I think we can thank our local Atomic Comics establishments - they did a LOT of advertising and promoting to get people to vote. Okay, enough fangirling; back to serious business....or whatever... ;)

I

Love

You

<3


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Your Valentine's Day Personality is Practical

As far as you're concerned, Valentine's Day is simply a commercial holiday. You don't place any real meaning on it. You don't think it deserves too much celebration. For you, Valentine's Day is just the day you avoid restaurants and candy stores. If you love someone, you already show it. You don't need to go all out for a silly holiday to prove your love.

Wow. That's...amazingly accurate. Like, spot on accurate. Cool.

I feel like it's time for a re-post of this.



I hope everyone has a lovely holiday, whatever holiday you happen to be celebrating this winter. And to my fellow Christians I'd like to wish a Merry Christmas! I hope that everyone finds this season with food in their tummies, a little money in their pockets, and, most importantly, happiness in their hearts. Remember what what's-her-name from Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman says on the new Kay commercials - "If you keep your heart open, love will find its way in."

<3 <3 <3

So, Kat tagged me in this game:

The rules are that for 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same.

Here's my happy things!

-- Getting an A on my test

-- Hanging Christmas lights at the apartment (all by myself!)

-- Receiving neighborly kindness in the forms of stepladder, praise, and cookies

-- Having time to go to the grocery store

-- Feeling full of peace and love

I won't tag anybody, but I'd like to see this one go around! May you all have things to fill your lists, even if you don't post them!

<3

Omg you guys, best thing ever.

If you buy a "hand-crafted beverage" from Starbucks on World AIDS Day (12/1) they will give a whole 5 cents to the Global Fund for AIDS relief (in Africa).

Starbucks - you are truly a martyr.

...

(Okay so you should still do it, even though they're a bunch of cheap bastards. 5 cents is better than no cents, after all, and even though I hate coffee and don't like Starbucks in general, I'll probably still get something that day. "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!" as my family would say. And you wonder that I turned out the way I did, lol.)

ETA: BWAHAHA I'm not the only one who thinks Starbucks is being ridiculous!!! - Go join this Facebook group if you like!

XD

I just watched the tail end of a show in which someone's heart was restarted by the administration of CPR.

HILARIOUS.

Not only was the CPR very improperly performed, but unless you have some super special electroshock fingers, you cannot restore electrical activity to the heart with CPR. It doesn't magically generate electricity, lol, that's what defibrillators are for. The purpose of CPR is to mimic the pumping action of the heart to keep blood circulating around the body, allowing gas exchange in the lungs and delivery of oxygen etc. to the cells.

They need a medical consultant on that show. Stat.

I've been tagged twice for this meme, so I guess I should do it, lol.

The rules are easy, just post 10 things that recently made you happy! Then tag 10 people and force them to post this meme on their LJs. Because it is good. Everyone needs a little happiness once in a while.

( Don't Worry, Be Happy )

PS, Mood theme installed.

PPS, I still like GOOGLIN UR FACE.


--Kat

So here's the thing.

I am completely, hopelessly, blissfully, and utterly in love...

With bats.

And since my darling, wonderful, beautiful roommate directed me to this website, I have been entranced.

So I'm adopting a bat. Not like real adopting - like when you adopt whales and Ethiopians. I get all kinds of exciting things like pictures etc. of my bat that lives in the Bat Sanctuary. Anybody want to help me decide which bat to choose? I narrowed it down to 4.

Mekki
Stella
Orkin
or Van Gogh

Just leave a comment with your vote!

*boards up windows etc. for the rage that's about to explode through fandom*

If you haven't already heard, WB has moved the release of Half Blood Prince to July 2009.

I have to wait nine more months to see Draco covered in blood? The most lickable scene in the entire series?!

Bastards.

Author's Notes for Goodnight, Moon - V of Pentacles, X of Swords, VIII of Cups

If you've been here for other hp_tarot fics, you know the drill! This is mainly a re-cap for me, to get perspective on my writing style and try to improve, so it's probably more than a little ridiculous to the outside reader, but if you're interested, please feel free to browse! It is highly recommended that you read the story first.

( Words, Words, Words )

So, I saw Batman...

( ...And 'what', you ask? )

I can't believe I forgot to post this in today's post - it's a beautiful video that shows various cities around the world at night with really interesting commentary about the different colors of lights, patterns of cities, and other things. I recommend everybody take a look!

Totally, completely, 100% in love with this video.

ETA: *SIGH* YouTube is having some issues...at least on my computer, so sorry if you can't see it! Try back later.

*sniff*

What's that smell?

Oh right. It's the sweet sweet smell of freedom. =)

AND IT'S ALL MINE!

(But Kat won't let me burn the Summer "We're Free!" oil until tomorrow *pout*)

So, I guess I'll make the post, since I'm the responsible one (HA! says the girl who should be asleep).

Dine Out For Life is tomorrow night! What this means to YOU is that if you live in the Phoenix area and want to remain our friend, you WILL be joining us for dinner tomorrow night to support the fight against HIV/AIDS.

You don't want to have everyone hate you and label you a cold-hearted bastard lose our snuggly, squishysoft friendship, do you? That's what I thought. How does 1900 sound for everyone? Later? Let us know - we're not too picky. As for choosing the place...I say everyone wanting to come has to make their pick off the list on the website, at least one place, and throw it into the voting pool. See everyone tomorrow!

How do you know I'm procrastinating? I did the dishes. AND put my clothes away. O.O

I find I need to do another list today, so here goes:

1. Finished Watchmen today, and decided I pretty much loved it. If you're into really intriguing characters and plot, definitely pick this up. Not as fantastic as Sandman, in my opinion, but I still enjoyed it immensely. Daniel, I think you'd like it best.

2. I am now the proud owner of the entire Sandman series *squee*! You have no idea how excited this makes me! Well...simultaneously depressed too, but you know how the Series Blues goes (okay, maybe only Kayte will understand, but still). Got the Lil' Endless storybook too, which is infinitely adorable, though there's far too little Lil!Dream. The art for The Wake actually looks pretty different from the others...but I think I approve...
I guess this solves the question of what I'm going to read next, lol.

3. Something has been REALLY bugging me lately. It's when dumb people try to console themselves in their dumbness by stating snobbily "Well, book-smart people don't have any common sense or social sense." Ummm...no. I know plenty of book-smart people who have more social grace and common sense than anyone. Now me, I consider myself relatively book-smart, but I can also handle myself well in social situations, have a nice group of close friends, and I tend to have as much common sense as anyone. STOP PRETENDING LIKE YOU HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR NOT BEING INTELLIGENT. JUST BECAUSE YOU GET FUCKED AND FUCKED UP 2+ TIMES A WEEK DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE BETTER SOCIAL SENSE THAN THE REST OF US. *sigh* Much better.

4. Sitting here staring at my Roland pictures, I'm thinking a re-read of Dark Tower might be in order soon. Hm.