Munch the Nutty Nutty

Tuimelgeest's journal.
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P.S. Don't let James Spader scare you away. According to Wikipedia he is actually a nice, friendly guy in real life.

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Here's nice video explaining how to use OpenID.

A nifty IJ post about comment notification and IJ.
Technically aimed at IJ people keeping up with their LJ friends, but it should work the other way around as well, with people logged in with an LJ OpenID getting notifications for comments left at IJ.

( Episodes )

( Quarantine - 4x13 )

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( Harmony - 4x14 )

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( Outcast - 4x15 )

( Trio - 4x16 )


Note to self: get Trope links, link to Solitudes post once I've watched it again

This weekend I unintentionally ended up having myself a nice Saved by the Bell marathon. I watched the entire second season, which includes such highlights as the episode where Zack starts a teen line, Screech is a rather adorable alien, the one with Scott Wolf in the background and a Tori Spelling I don't actually want to hit or yell at, the one with some dance or other (yeah, that narrows it down), and, of course, the one where Jessie is addicted to caffeine pills. I can't even type about that one without getting all giggly.

It was a lot of fun. It's been a while since I last saw this show. Still, you know you've been watching it for too long if you start thinking day-glo is an acceptable colour for clothes.
The order was all weird, though. I've never really seen it in any particular order, just the way we got it in repeats. And since it was on daily, I missed a fair few episodes with each round, so it was still pretty random. I think I've seen all episodes at least once, though.
Anyway, the supposedly official order makes as little sense as the random order in which I initially saw the episodes, which doesn't surprise me all that much. The continuity isn't strong in this one. I was a tad surprised at there only being 18 episodes in the second season, though.

Every time I catch this show again after not having watched it for a while I'm surprised at just how much of a bastard Zack can be. I mean, I love him and all, but he's a right brat at times. Screech is much nicer. As characters, I don't really care that much for Jessie and Kelly, either.

I should be able to get me that E! thing, but I'm not sure about that Miss Bliss stuff.

( Torchwood - Meat (2x04) )

I got a reply to the message I sent to a MacGyver site. The one about which I wrote a rather ranty post.
No mention about the vegetarian thing, and the FAQ remains unchanged on the issue, but the slash was addressed.

The main reasons for not allowing slash on the site are most slash being crappy fic written by people not following the MacGyver formula whereas this site is dedicated to presenting respectful quality fan fiction, the site wanting to be true to the show and upholding the MacGyver image, and there being no indication or suggestion that Mac is gay, and RDA mentioning slash being "sick crap" in some interview some time ago.

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( Point by point: my issues with these arguments )

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So far, I'm still not sure what to do. I'm sure they're nice and friendly people and all that, and I could look past the :wub: provided it's not a frequent thing, but still.
The punchiness regarding the occasional misinformation and general defensiveness in the vegetarianism thread would probably remain, though I could refrain from reading things there unless I'm in a particularly masochistic mood. And on the bright side, it could give me something nice to whine about on VFF. I very rarely get to post in the stupid people thread there.

With quality listed as an argument against slash, I would be interested to see if the quality fan fiction they're presenting actually has any. The little Macfic I've read elsewhere was either lame enough for me to not bother reading past the first paragraph, or, if decent enough to read all the way through, not all that memorable and read mostly because I couldn't find much else. I remember enjoying the virtual seasons way back when, but that site seems to be down.
Since the show makes liberal use of first person narration by Mac, some fic writers seem to be really into that. I'm mostly okay with it in the show, but in the fics that use it I read it was rather annoying. I'm not sure if that was because it was sucky fic or because FP stuff in fic makes me cranky in general.

However, going there the way I feel about it now still wouldn't be that comfortable for me, having to pretend things are just fine when I think they're not.
It is making me feel like writing Mac slash as some kind of act of defiance, though. Heh.

ETA: Sent a reply. Yay!

ETA2: Here's the RDA interview where slash is mentioned. The interviewer seems to be rather ill-informed regarding the nature of slash and fan fiction in general. Not all fan fic is slash, and not all slash is smut. RDA didn't seem to even know the stuff existed, so several of my reasons for giving him the benefit of the doubt on this one seem to hold up. Which is good, I suppose...

ETA3: Got another message already. Yay! I have to hand them this, they sure are quick.

( Read on )

( SG1 ramble )

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A good few months ago, one of my friends linked me to the Strong Kids, Safe Kids highlights on YouTube. After going through my favourites list again for a bit recently, I decided to check out the Fast Hugs blog to see if I could find the related blog post (I did, of course, succeed. Go read it, it's way more entertaining than this post). Once there I learned that the full version was available on Google Video, and I just had to watch it.
Like the short version, it's creepy and hilarious at the same time. With 80s outfits. And The Fonz. Who thinks I'm cool, apparently.

The full version actually explained The Honk, a self-defence technique that seems to have failed to become a regularly taught thing, and seems to have a longer list of "down there" words. There's an extended version of the penis/vulva/anus song, and a bunch of other songs, about touches, bridges, secrets, and some other stuff.

It also had a list of sex ed-related things for parents to think over (teach kids about sex before sending them off to school, it's normal for kids to play with their genitals, that sort of thing), which actually seemed a fair bit more progressive and a lot healthier than that abstinence-only nonsense that seems to be all the rage in the U.S. nowadays.
I did notice that the shown suggestions weren't read aloud, so the parents could still avoid the issue if the kids were too young to read the captions.

The guy with the glasses could maybe use some media training or something.

John Ritter oddly reminded me of John Barrowman. Voice and all.
And JD. That was good casting, having John Ritter as JD's father.
I don't know why, but I just can't dislike John Ritter.

The full version on Google Video (~45 minutes), the highlights on YouTube (~5 minutes).

ETA: OMG! Young Batemans! Ted Danson! And a bunch of love=happiness 80s stuff. And possibly the longest OCS ever.

Since today is my 6 year veganniversary, I feel completely justified to spam you all with vegan-ness.

Don't worry, most of it will be behind a cut. I do, however, feel compelled to mention that not all vegans like PETA. Many vegans I know actually dislike them because of their policies.
Since many people think vegan=mad, preachy PETA-supporter telling people to go veg one day, praising Burger King the next, I thought this was worth mentioning. We're a diverse bunch, really.

I also recommend you watch the Steven the Vegan sketch. It teaches us that vegans don't eat eggs. Plates get thrown. It's fun.

And one last uncut thing.

My reason for being vegan is that I think it is wrong for sentient creatures to be seen as property. It's that simple.
Being vegan is something that makes me very happy.

Solgar's vitamin b12 tablets help make it even simpler. Try putting one of those cherry-flavoured ones under your tongue, and let a piece of dark chocolate melt in your mouth. It's fun.

( Random vegan-ness, will probably end up something mostly linkdump )

( Torchwood 2x03. Spoilers, natch )

Primeval 2x02

( Spoilery )

( Family Guy - McStroke (6x08) )

( American Dad! - Tearjerker (3x10) )

( The God Who Wasn't There )

While looking around at LOLMac I checked out some of the links from the About post to see if they were any kind of nice. For some reason I hadn't come across MacGyverOnline yet, which looks like a nice site with a good deal of information.
And fanfic!
That got my kind of excited.
However, apart from the fic being posted on a message board, which looks kind of annoying (might not actually be, but I've no experience with this way of doing it and I'm a tad wary of new things. It'd be more difficult to search by genre at the very least), they specifically state they don't allow slash.

They also don't allow RPF and explicit or graphic violence or sexual material, which I can understand, but not allowing G, PG and R-rated slash bothers me, especially as there's absolutely no mention of not allowing G, PG and R-rated heterosexual romantic fanfic.
As I don't do any kind of ship with this show (not that I don't see the subtext), I don't have much of an interest in Mac slash, but explicitly not allowing it while not making any mention of heterosexual pairings? Not cool.

The Rules mention something about inappropriate content, listing some kinds of discrimination as not allowed but not really mentioning discrimination in general, and they have something against advocacy posts. Which I can understand if you're going with a fic-only message board and these sorts of topics can lead to massive wankfests with everyone getting upset and no one reading the precious fic.

I've not even read any of the fic yet, so I don't know if there's anything half-decent and worth reading to be found there, but this whole thing makes me not want to have much to do with the whole place.
Still, maybe I'll contact the admin. S/he might have some misunderstandings regarding the nature of slash and the possibility of it actually being family-friendly. I know I was surprised when I first came across PG-rated Garak/Bashir.
Since the FAQ mentions something about some vegetarians including white meat in their diets (*sigh* Those people are NOT vegetarians, folks. Stop saying they are. Please), I should maybe read some more of the site and forum so I can send a more extensive email.

If it turns out to be some manlove=icky thing, I'm so out of there.

One thing I did find out, however, was that Dana Elcar has died. Not that knowing this makes me happy or anything, but I've been wondering whether he was still alive.

ETA: I've just read through bits of the forum, mostly the "Is Mac vegetarian" thread, and it's making me just a little twitchy. They're saying some rather idiotic stuff there like that shearing doesn't hurt the sheep (which isn't true. It also ignores all the non-shearing parts of their life and the fact that sentient creatures are used as property), that animal b12 is somehow superior to the stuff from supplements (never mind that it's made by bacteria and that the animals get it from the very same supplements, so you just get supplements with cholesterol, saturated fats and animal protein. And SUFFERING. Yum), the usual nonsense about soy (which is all we eat, natch) being a health hazard, general misconceptions about veganism, and the occasional dismissive attitude to a) veg*n food, just because they can't make tofu taste good (newsflash: it's a plant-based diet, not a tofu-based diet. You're allowed, even encouraged, to eat other things) and b) something they see as a belief system rather than a system of ethics and making it seem like a personal choice thing, and an eye-roll-worthy one at that.
Part of me wants to march over there and write up a nice, non-convert-y, polite post explaining all of these things neutrally and concisely, but somehow I think this would end in some flame war with me getting accused of all manner of nasty things, and I really don't feel like that right now.

Elsewhere the string of symbols making up :wub: is used, presumably to indicate someone loves something or other.
Just... No. Fail. No Biscuit. Go kiss the troll now. Go. *Now*

A quick look didn't lead to me finding anything about slash or shipping in general, so I'll probably still register so I can PM the person who posted the fic guidelines. At the very least I would like an answer to that before deciding whether or not that forum is worth my time and energy.

( Here be spoilers. And dinos eating sweets )

( Spoilers )

Torchwood!

( Spoilers for ep 2x01 )

Okay, so is it weird if every time I see Jack and Maybourne I get the vibe that they're so totally boyfriends?
I first noticed it when I watched "Paradise Lost", which was the weirdest thing. And now I seem unable to not see it.

Apart from that whole thing with me generally not seeing the slash (though these days many scenes make me go "I bet the [character]/[other character] lot had a ball with that one. Improvement!), it's Jack and Maybourne. Jack and frelling Maybourne. Whenever the two spend more than ten minutes together, Jack usually feels he has good reason to shoot Maybourne. The audience is supposed to feel he has good reason to shoot Maybourne.
The whole boyfriends vibe is just wrong.

And yet...

It wasn't that bad in "Watergate", but "Chain Reaction"? So boyfriends.
Oy...

*won'tgolookingforficwon'tgolookingforficwon'tgolookingforfic*