hello! you rock! well, not you. but the rest of you!

[schmerica]

Gah, time for shower and nap. Or nap and shower.

In the mean time: I am having a weird week, people. Comment and give me diversions and I will love you.

I have made up a list, even! Um, because I am the sort of person who makes up lists. Yes.

good topics:

mounties. slash. porn. recipes. books. mp3s. russia. russian. things that sound dirty but aren't. my hair. mocking of people. nice things about me. puffin face! the hotness of: a) ckr; b) season 1 fraser; c) alan cumming; d) the three main stars of king arthur. the obvious lesbian subtext of disney movies. wind-up sushi. non-american candy. canada. things that are sparkly. the land before time. jane austen. movies that i suck for never having seen. office supplies. sekrits. samuel vimes. kittens. which bus stop i switch from the 48 to the 41 at on the way home from safeway. things that smell like coconut. crazy space incest. stories people should write for you. linguistic dorkiness.

...But, you know. Those are just suggestions. You could always write me comment fic. Or ignore me completely!

I'm not sure what's up with me being completely insane this week. I am tempted to blame it on various suspects, but I haven't figured out yet how it can be all their faults at once.

Comments

[umbo.livejournal.com]

Non-American candy. McIntosh's Creamy Toffee, which will always mean summer weeks up at the cottage, on the beach, warm and stretchy from the sun, golden and sweet. And it's Canadian too--do I get bonus points?

[flyingtapes.livejournal.com]

I love sushi. I love the taste, the texture, the weight of it. I love that the first time I ever had sushi was an amazing dining experience, and that I've never had bad sushi. Whitefish tuna is one of my favorites, but I love mackerel too. It's salty and weighty and thick. Rolls are wonderful--they fit so perfectly into your mouth, and burst on your tongue in avacado, seaweed, crab, saucy flavors. Sushi is truly one of my favorite meals.

Damn. Now I want sushi.

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

you get off the bus just after harrison and division. . . and get on the bus just after harrison and division. but different bus stops. cos, you know, different buses.

the one cross from the bike store? next to that empty lot on the corner?

also, this (http://www.livejournal.com/community/postqueer/195856.html#cutid1).

your hair sounds dirty but isn't.

cubbie has disney girl porn that he downloaded once because he's creepy. if you asked him to see it he would show it to you, but not now because he's on errands.

i told your cak story to the queers yesterday.

cubbie and i were completely insane last week. goes around and comes around.

xox

[mollita.livejournal.com]

*You* are listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and *I* am listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and clearly that means something. Most likely, it means that there is nothing better than crazy space incest, and that River was not really being molded into an assassin or anything, but into a homing beacon. Because Earth-that-was is really Earth-that-still-is-but-is-really-really-lost and they need her to find it, so that they can come back and live in what is currently Canada, where they will find stockpiles of really good candy. They will also discover huge stockpiles of old porn featuring a), b), c) and d). Also, since it once was Canada, they will find mounties.

Hm. I should probably go to school.

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

no. i didn't just watch my icon for a good minute. of course not.

[hobbledehoy.livejournal.com]

candyda.

[dammitcarl.livejournal.com]

i was thinking of something else canadian for you, 'cause i already pointed you to paul's new movie, and i had a sudden burst of twitch city love. and i was all, "where did those tapes go?" but then i remembered. so, what do you think? did they ever make it out of the attic?

[farwing.livejournal.com]

I am in awe of your list of topics. They melt my brain. I keep trying to combine them somehow. And then I keep reading things wrong, like, the obvious lesbian subtext of wind-up sushi and then I start thinking about this store in Boston called Black Ink which sells everything that you never knew you wanted: wind-up sushi, really strange stationary, violet flavored chewing gum etc., which is related to The Museum of Useful Things (http://www.themut.com/site/), which has, well, useful things. There. I babbled at you. Hope that helps.

[farwing.livejournal.com]

That's, like, sushi porn right there. Wow.

[jenboo.livejournal.com]

the obvious lesbian subtext of Disney movies? Dude...I'm going to really have to think about that.
Are we talking the cartoon-y ones or all of them???

And your crazy space incest topic made me immediately think of really, really wrong Third Rock from the Sun slash. Which you should really, really be sorry for. *g*

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

>movies that i suck for never having seen

Diva
Delicatessen
Tampopo
Shall We Dance? (original)
Sirens
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
I Know Where I'm Going
Gregory's Girl
The Girl Can't Help It
Backbeat

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

I have wind-up shrimp sushi that I keep on my desk at my office. Well, when I had a desk, and an office, I would keep my wind-up sushi on the desk. That, and a Fargo snowglobe went with me from office to office. They were like my litmus tests of whether or not the people I worked with were cool.


As for linguistic dorkiness: I own the entire Story of English (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302892058/qid=1097613390/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-3662177-8137622?v=glance&s=video&n=507846") series on VHS, and when I watched the behind-the-scenes video I replayed it several times not just b/c I felt like watching CKR (and my how the cameraperson did love him!), but because I kept trying to pick out the various elements of the Canadian accents I was hearing. I am a huge linguistic dork.

(There. Wind-up sushi, linguistic dorkiness and CKR, all in one comment.)

[lattara.livejournal.com]

There are only four European languages that have the definite article at the end of the noun instead of in front of it (example: en mand, manden [a man, the man]); Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Romanian. Although it could be argued to be only two, since Danish is a pretty recent ancestor to both Norwegian and Swedish - in fact, Norwegians still use Danish spelling. Which doesn't mean Danes can understand spoken Norwegian or Swedish - written is far better. And Norwegian is usually easier to understand.

I hope this was sufficiently dorky.

[reginagiraffe]

I had a conversation yesterday about sauerkraut. The consensus was that it was one of those foods you either loved or hated.

Show me yours and I'll show you mine.

[axiom_of_stripe]

From his guard post in front of the Consulate, Fraser could dimly hear Turnbull's voice cheering thunderously. He hadn't known that there was a game on tonight; it must be a local team that Turnbull followed even from abroad. Still, it was torment to stand out here while there was curling on -- in fact, a certain devilish temptation was seizing him. If he stepped sideways, opened the front window a crack, and stepped back into place immediately, he would be able to hear the game. There was no one on the street to see him. Before he could think too much about it, he whipped sideways, hit the frame of the window with the heel of his hand, and snapped back into place. Eyes left and right: no one had seen him.

"Yes!" a voice yelled, and was that Inspector Thatcher? It was! He hadn't even known she was a fan of the roaring game. "Yes, deeper!" she cried.

Fraser tensed. They must be placing an important rock: he squinted slightly to picture the cool white ice, the sweepers bent over and frantically sweeping to move the rock closer to the house.

"Oh! Is biting all right?" Turnbull sounded worried.

"Of course it is," Thatcher said, or rather snapped. Fraser sighed. A rock merely biting the outer ring wasn't as exciting as one in the center, even if it was strategically important.

There was a pause, and he heard a little moan from Thatcher. The next shot must have been poor. He concentrated, trying to hear the commentary from the television itself. He wasn't sure -- but then there was a solid thump, as if two people had jumped in excitement, and then they were both yelling:

"Harder!" Thatcher cried.

"Harder! Harder!" Turnbull echoed.

Thatcher sounded ecstatic. "All the way in! Yes, oh yes!"

"It's as deep as -- oh! Yes! Inspector, Inspector, the button--!" Turnbull's voice broke with emotion.

Fraser ground his teeth in frustration. What an exciting game! And Thatcher had put him on guard duty today for spilling his coffee, of all the ridiculous indignities. It was almost as if she hadn't wanted him at his desk while this game was on -- but no. That was the height of paranoia.

Was the game over? All he could here now was a vague shuffling around. Didn't Thatcher want to listen to the after-game commentary? A replay of that last exciting shot?

"All right, Constable. I think you're needed at the front desk now."

Apparently not.

"Of course, Inspector. And may I say thank you--"

Thatcher interrupted him. "You may not." She didn't sound very put out, though. "This is not something to which you should become...accustomed." Certainly not! Fraser thought. Allowing on-duty personnel to watch a sporting event was surprising enough once. "Although it was enjoyable. However, duty calls. I am going around the corner to get a latte, and I expect you at your post when I return."

"Sir!" Turnbull said.

"Very good," Thatcher said, and Fraser held himself stiff with resentment as she opened the door and walked past him without a glance.

He glared at her retreating back, and then began to worry. Thatcher was walking very oddly, as if she had perhaps pulled a muscle in her thigh. He would have to remember to offer her some liniment -- not as a bribe to be allowed to watch the next game, of course, but merely as a kind gesture....

[spainja.livejournal.com]

**chokes on milk and oreos**

**dies**

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

Mulan wants a girl who's got a brain who always speaks her mind.

Belle wants a metropolitan life that's not as stifling of differences.

Did someone say "big gay Disney Princess orgy"?

I thnk someone did!


Also, I think I shall porn for you later today.

*nods solemnly*

*hugs the you*

Linguistic dorkiness with some history thrown in

[cereta.livejournal.com]

Cincinnati is right on the Mason-Dixon line, but with the exception of gliding short a's, people there mostly sound like Northerners. However, if you go north to Middletown and Beavercreek, people start sounding like Southerners.

Why, you ask? Because when people moved from Appalachia to work in Cincinnati factories, the Germans in Cincy wouldn't let them live there, so they settled in a sort of perimeter around the city, including north.

[akite.livejournal.com]

:snort: I'm glad I refrained from taking a drink while I was reading that. Too fucking funny.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Dude, we watched a couple of the Story of English tapes in my History of the English Language course, but I don't remember any CKR. *jealous*

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Okay, while you are right on my sucking for nine of those ten, I *have* seen Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! Actually, I'm pretty sure I got health credit for it at my first college, along with Beautiful Thing and The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love and Ma Vie En Rose. (*Why* we got health credit for our queer alliance's film screenings is beyond me, but it was a lot more fun than the health lectures.)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*snicker* The lesbian subtext thing is one of fox1013's pet topics -- I put it in there just for her. See her comment below, actually.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Bonus points galore, yay!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I have actually only had sushi once -- like so many other important things (booze, porn), it was introduced to me by fans. I remember liking it, but it was well over a year ago. I find sushi design to be amazingly darling in all things, though. Bandaids, wind-up toys, wrapping paper...

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

KAK! Heh.

My hair is now very clean, because I just took a shower.

I psychically knew you would comment and tell me how to get home to the dorms instead of the library tomorrow.

I do not think I want to see Cubbie's disney girl porn, but it is a kind offer.

I will stare at your icon some more now.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

You are so brilliant it hurts my brain. *loves on you*

(And of *course* their sekrit goal was the candy stockpiling on Earth-that-Was! How did no on else figure this out?)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Heh. You didn't so much point me to it, since everybody on my friends list has been chatting about it for months.

But Twitch City! Oh, the love I feel. I vote: yes. (Do you want me to send those tapes back to you when I get home for vacation?)

[goss.livejournal.com]

:D

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I like my list of topics. Obviously, or, um, they wouldn't be on my list.

And I appreciate the babbling very much, thank you!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Wheeee, dorkiness! That's totally interesting, actually, yay.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Sauerkraut = disgusting. Eeeeeeeww.

I can't stand any form of cabbage I have ever tried, actually, up to and including coleslaw. Which makes all my family's classic beloved East European peasant dishes fun fun fun.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha! Dude, you totally rock so very very much.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Big gay Disney Princess Orgy!

*giggles*

You are my most darling.

Re: Linguistic dorkiness with some history thrown in

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Dude, *nifty* -- thanks!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee, this is adorable! Thank you!

[mollita.livejournal.com]

Schmerica love! Hurrah!

(Everyone would have, eventually, had FOX not been evil and stupid. The clues are there! Birthday cakes made out of *protein* stuff, man. That's just wrong on too many levels.)

*mwah*

[mollita.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, exactly.

The day such a beautifully named country exists, I'm totally there.

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

What? What?

I'm bewildered and completely turned on. CKR was in a series about the English Language?!?

*melts pre-emptively*

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

Oh, my lordy -- that's adorable!

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

*snickers uncontrollably*

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

I'm bewildered and completely turned on. CKR was in a series about the English Language?!?

Er, no. I fear I was confusing and conflated a couple different things.

Okay, see, I love dialects. LOVE dialects. So this Story of English is, partly, about different dialects, and there's this whole section on Canada and its various dialects, yadda yadda, and ever since i watched it (many times at a young age) I always try and pick out the various Canadianisms I hear on TV and stuff. the Wilby Wonderful trailers and stuff are chock-full of them.

*is silly*

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh!

Sorry. (Or, as a Canadian would say, "Sore-y"!) I was just completely overwhelmed by the thought of CKR and wordporn all wrapped up in the same lovely package...

*happysigh*

[celli]

awwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[celli]

Stories people should write for me:

* Fraser and RayK take a train ride.

* Lex and Clark are stuck in the mansion, during a thunderstorm, and Lex's latent romantic tendencies reveal themselves. Also his tendency to think big, as he verbally plans an ark just in case.

* Dan and Casey get stuck in the middle of a bank robbery.

[dammitcarl.livejournal.com]

no, no, you can keep it. it'll get replayed up here eventually, and i'm holding out for dvds anyway.

[flyingtapes.livejournal.com]

:;re-reads:: Oh, it really is. Yum.

[flyingtapes.livejournal.com]

Hee. Appreciation in all of its forms is good.

::considers:: You should get on AIM. Like, now, not just in general. :)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

::considers:: You should get on AIM. Like, now, not just in general. :)

Ha. Dude, you would pick the one day I actually stick to my "no computer homework homework HOMEWORK" afternoon schedule.