I know I'm in my own world... it's okay, they know me here

Yahoo Trying To Unload Del.icio.us, Not Shut It Down

OMG YES

This has been a day of MAJOR PANIC for my fannishness, so news like this is awesome. And also hilarious - because clearly Yahoo! have NO IDEA what people want and like and need, which is kind of sucky when you're a company that supposedly makes things that people want and like and need in order to make money.

Also, think of poor diigo staffers, who thought they were about to make it super-big with the cave-in of delicious and now everyone will head straight back to the pool from whence we spawned, leaving their servers overloaded with our stuff. Ah, well. I hear fish came out, wandered around on land for a few millenia then went back again, too. Bagsy being the orca, they're totally stylish.

Firstly, gqmfkgfkkajkfskanlkasfskagh.

Secondly, though I know I will be burned with hellfire for saying it, the trailer for the US adaptation of Let the Right One In actually looks pretty awesome. I loved Chloe Moretz in Kick-Ass, so I was happily surprised to see her in this. Interesting how in the US version the hair colours are switched - the boy is dark-haired, and the girl is blonde :)

Thirdly, and less chirpily, WTF, fandom? It just seems like there are so many shitstorms being kicked up about all sorts of things at the moment, but I have to say that my opinion of fandom as a group is really being eroded with this sort of bullshit going on. Considering that I have always thought of fandom as being one of the most accepting, friendly, welcoming communities on the face of this big ol' ball of dirt, to find this kind of blind prejudice against people with disabilities really upsets me.

I can't lay claim to being perfect, but I just don't understand how people can do this kind of thing to other human beings. Wow, this makes more effort for me! Guess I won't pick up and move some chairs to make room for a wheelchair.

I pick up and move my clinic chair - or the chair of the patient's friend or relative sits in - more or less every week to allow patients or their family members to stay in their wheelchairs for examinations. It's not a small chair, and it's awkward. But it means that we can do the tests like everyone else and they can get treatment the same as everyone else. This doesn't bother me at all, it's just something that I do. Why does this have to be a problem? Would these same people exclude an elderly person who, likewise, needed assistance to get into and out of a chair? Of course not, because they've been trained to be respectful to their elders. Just not to people with disabilities.

Honestly, do they really think the interpreter - who has been paid to be there - is all that excited about stealing their content with their eyeballs? Oh no, they looked at the vid - which will soon be available for free on the internet anyway - without paying for it! Seriously, I am learning sign language this year, and you do not have time to take part in discussions yourself when you are interpreting at that kind of place.

I am obsessive compulsive. I know this is not a disability, but bear with me here. A couple of months ago I finally told my bosses this, to explain why I was having problems improving - because they made me so anxious that I got caught up in my own anxiety and got what I call 'looped' - unable to move past fear and worry. (I have since managed to derail this, BTW, for the most part. For the most part.) And even though this initially made things better, because they understood me better, it has since, I think, made them think of me differently, and even though they know it isn't usually a problem, they still look at the issue askance as though I am about to go mad.

And my OCD isn't even a visible, adjustment-requiring medical condition. I can't imagine being judged on sight like this.

Major fail. I'm disgusted with fandom all over again.

Some very kind people let me know that track 11 of the fanmix I posted yesterday is corrupted, so I've reuploaded the song separately. During the week I have really limited internet access, so reloading the whole mix would have been very, very difficult.

You can find the reuploaded track here, at Sendspace. If it doesn't work, please let me know. I'll also be updating the original post to include this link, and putting notes on the crosspostings.

Argh! Internet, you make me mad sometimes, corrupting my files *double facepalm*

Got this link through delicious - a short film made entirely of nearly 15,000 still shots run together to make what is, in effect, a stop motion movie starring Zachary Quinto running around first his home and then the set of Heroes. Not only is it visually clever - the shots are taken close enough together that it's not jerky, but far enough apart that it's obvious it's not true video - but it also really made me giggle. It's awesome, go check it out!

Happy New Year, Bordeaux, starring Zachary Quinto, that hotass GQMF.

I've been trying to decide what I wanted to say about the new Star Trek movie for almost a week now. This is for two main reasons - one, I have resolved that I should make both more frequent and more meaningful (aka more discussion, less boring) posts , and two, BECAUSE IT IS TOTALLY FRIGGING AWESOME AND IT BLEW MY MIND OMG!!!

( Here there be spoilers, aka, you should totally see the film first )

Seriously, just AWESOME. I'm going to go see it again as soon as I have the chance. Anyone want to come?

One exam down, four to go *le sigh*

It was pretty good, all things considering, but my stomach decided to have a stress attack as soon as I sat down so I felt pretty nasty all through it. Better now that I've had a sit down, eaten some choccy biccies and read some fanfic. To which I must say:

OMG GO READ THIS NOW. It's an SGA fic by copperbadge called The Difference Engine, in which John has a robotic brain and Rodney put it there.

Heck, even if you're not into this fandom, this is a work of genius. Go read it anyway.

BTW, it totally made me want to watch Ghost in the Shell again, which you should watch, too, if you haven't seen it :)

Even if you're not an SGA fan, you should go read this. It's beautiful, moving, and I cannot pimp it enough.

Male Enchancement (The Soul and the Company Store Remix)

1000 recs on my del.icio.us! Whee!

So I really ought to post more, huh? (Hey, look at the new icon I made - it came out cool, huh? Yes, I am modest as well as talented.)

Not a lot going on, really. I'm just finished my second week of lectures (which I'm enjoying, by the way - learning new things is made. Of. Awesome.) I'm really liking anatomy, because I like knowing the names of all the different fiddly bits of things (we're only doing the skull and orbit, for obvious reasons) and seeing how it all fits together. It's like the best sort of jigsaw puzzle :)

I'm really trying to knuckle down and write again. I'm in that sticky place, and if I make myself I can write, but I'm not just sitting down and doing it at the moment, which is annoying, because I do enjoy it. I really need to break the habit, too, of always starting at about 10:30pm and writing until I wake up the next morning with dark circles. Anyway, drumrolls please:

34,670 / 100,000 (34.7%)

Ta da!


I can't remember what else I've already told you about, so I'm going to ramble a bit more, okay?

I've joined the Drama Society this year, wanting to do backstage team work, and I've got the exact job I wanted, which rules - I'm stage manager for Midsummer Night's Dream! This means I get to make lists, organise props and stage, and boss people around. So, perfect :D I'm really looking forward to getting going with it. The play is on at the end of November (not that I expect you all to pick up sticks and come and see it - I'm a bit out of your way, mostly, am I right?) I'm doing the graphic design, too, at least for that play and possibly for the three others we're putting on this term (it's a big society!) So I'll let you see the posters when they're done. On top of even that, they're going to be running writing workshops - aimed at screenplays and scriptwriting, but I think it could be really useful anyway. Dialogue and character are important in almost every type of writing, so if I can work at it and improve, that's a good thing!


I'm also going to my first Anime Club meeting this evening. I wasn't sure if I was going to go, because it sounds like Drama could be really busy, but then I met tellezara on the Orthoptic night out, and it sounds fun and fannish, and I have no fannish friends here, so I'm going to go. Hopefully it will be awesome :)


That's all I can think of for now. I'll post again... some time :D