It's Not Easy Being Green

Still, might as well jump on the bandwagon.

Ask me a fandom, and I will tell you:

+ OTP
+ Runner-up
+ Honorable mention(s)
+ Crack pairing(s)
+ Ship everyone else seems to like, but I don't

ETA: The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, an awesome website Muhney's mother linked me to.

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I haven't been on since Saturday night because we got these enormous new couches that are the most comfortable things I've ever sat on, ever, and I don't actually want to move from in front of the TV.

Mum's birthday party on Saturday night went really well, it was loads of fun and Mitchell and I went to Cube after. Also, I have over $300 in the bank for the first time in ages. Of course, I have a parking ticket to pay off, but aside from that life's pretty sweet.

I hate with a violent passion when people say 'yous.' THE PLURAL OF YOU IS NOT YOUS. Yes, I am TALKING TO YOU, Australian Idol contestants.

WTF, Bon Jovi and My Chemical Romance are performing together in Newark, New Jersey on October 25th & 26th. I mean, I know they're both Jersey bands, but...wtf.

I love my wife. So much. I wish I had a Getty Images account, I want all those pretties.

ack_attack did another one of her fabulous Lost recaps, this time Tabula Rasa.

So instead of Lost, a certain person is going to be on Heroes. Casting spoilers, obviously, but OMG YAY!

Anyone who's interested, you can download the entire HSM2 soundtrack here.

Milo and Zach in Zink magazine. Fantastic photoshoot, seriously.

Everybody loves on Milo: Team hug!Masi will enjoy this clip, as will the Petrellicesters - Adrian kisses Milo on the cheek. These boys are reminding me a little of the LotR boys. There's a clip floating around somewhere of Masi and Adrian in Monte Carlo that's adorable too.

You know, I knew it was true, but the fact that James Marsters is 45 still amazes me. Happy birthday, James.

AfterEllen's Amber Benson interview, because we all love her.

Little preview of the Angel ripoff Moonlight. It's cute, but the vampire rules are a little weird. There seems to be a lot of nice-guy-vampire stuff going around right now.

Top Ten Sci-Fi Heroes, including Buffy and Cap'n Tightpants.

90's movie icons! Empire Records defines year 12 for me, and I can still recite parts of Reality Bites. Also, mouthfullofdust made gorgeous interest icons.

If you, like me, keep hearing about the Ballad of Jensen & Jared but hadn't seen it yet, now's your chance. LOL. I love the Chris Kane & Chad Michael Sleazebag references thrown in there. (I mean that in a loving way.)

( Meme snagged from mellafe )

( Daily Dom Dose )

Hey batter batter hey batter batter swing
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY mellafe!!! I am so glad ack_attack hooked us up.

One of my favourite people in the whole world, Amber Benson, is thirty today. Or...yesterday, I guess. Whatever, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Please do my character meme?

Icon Truth Meme - what do you REALLY think of my icons?

Jensen & Mike playing gay chicken? Okay, not literally, but that would be hot.

Channel Ten to air Supernatural online 5 days before it goes to air here and months after it goes to air in the States, which doesn't actually make things any better. Woot.

Hires versions of the Getty Supernatural pics that everybody's going on (and on, and on, and on) about.

On a related note, illegality reigns once again in my journal as Getty startsfining users for using their images for any purposes. I guess all of you with icons from the aforementioned images are screwed, hmm? I wonder if they'll even be able to tell with some events where there are tons of images of one person from different image providers.

Oooh, enginedriven made Supernatural icons!

LOL RACHEL LOST #46! To be fair, they ARE good icons.

Joss may direct an episode of The Office. Which means I would have to watch it.

The Serenity cake.

Pretty Sean Maher film being released on DVD.

I recently bought 'Finding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly' and I kind of LOVE it. Two essays on Zoe? This is my kinda book.

Apparently Alan Cumming already got married. I didn't know he was directing Boreanaz, though.

WHY DOESN'T ANYONE KNOW GRAMMAR ANYMORE? YOU'RE = YOU ARE. YOUR = BELONGING TO YOU. IT ISN'T THAT HARD!

( Amber Benson spam + Daily Dom Dose )

Dong ma?
Green Queen

On the characterisation of John Winchester:

Why is it he's so often characterised as an abusive, alcoholic father? I think the reunion scene in Shadow tells us at least two things that people seem to have forgotten since his return in Dead Man's Blood: one, that he loves and is protective of his sons, and two, that he is perfectly capable of being physically affectionate with them. Another episode people seem to overlook a lot in their characterisation of John is Home. Dean is obviously very comfortable with his father - comfortable enough to show weakness by crying while leaving the phone message - and John knew enough to come and make sure they were OK when Dean begged him to.

The fact that he didn't show up in Faith is another sore point for me. Nobody seems to remember what Sam's message to John actually said. He said that Dean was sick and the doctors said there was nothing they could do, but not to worry about it because he would do 'whatever it takes' to get Dean better. He also gives no indication that Dean's illness isn't supernatural. Now, okay, John probably should've checked, but by all fan accounts one would think John knew exactly what had happened to Dean and have come running to his deathbed.

Granted, I haven't seen Salvation or Devil's Trap yet, but I've read most of John's lines from the episodes. I'm not saying John is a perfect person or a perfect father but for fuck's sake, he isn't THAT bad. There is NO indication that he would ever abuse his sons.

Anyway.

I'm sick and it sucks.

ETA: THERE IS NO HENCE WHY. Hence means "for this reason" or "therefore." Which is like saying 'which is why.' Saying 'hence why' is like saying 'ATM machine.'

YOUR AND YOU'RE ARE DIFFERENT. Stop using the interchangably!

AUGH.

I need to just stop reading fanfiction, don't I?

I LOVE THIS THREAD. People bitching about their grammar pet peeves. Hell yes.

ETA2: Snakes on a Comic Book!

Green Queen

Grammar lesson(s) of the Day:

1. There is NO SUCH WORD AS ADDICTING. The word is ADDICTIVE. It's a perfectly good word, so why people will insist on making up another one is beyond me.

2. The past tense of DRAG is DRAGGED. The word DRUG refers only to mind-altering substances and medicine.

ETA: though it's almost worth it when the trend of adding "-age" to words leads to the wonderful error of someone actually mistakenly writing "bondage" instead of "bonding."

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Don't forget to give me Christmas songs! If anyone has a version of Feliz Navidad without Elmo I'd be eternally grateful, I get enough Elmo at work.

ETA: The penguin-batting game is addictive. NOT addicting, because addicting is NOT A WORD.
And the past tense of DRAG is DRAGGED, NOT drug.

Thanks!
Green Queen

Dude, Blade Runner kinda completely and utterly *sucks*.

( Movie reviews )
David and Margaret gave Serenity 3 1/2 stars out of 5, which I was very happy with. I think it's proven a theory I've been pondering about the movie. Generally Margaret represents the intelligent but regular audience and David the bitchy film critics. Their reviews led me to believe that Serenity is the kind of movie that's got just enough of everything to please everyone - it's got loads of action and funny lines but it's also got that lovely edge to it that makes it a critical success as well. At least, in my opinion. To be honest, Margaret Pomeranz is about the only film critic I pay much attention to.

Meanwhile, it's pouring down rain, and my morning at work was *exhausting.* There were farm animals.

When you see this on your flist, quote Firefly. (stolen from ceirdwyn, indilime, greedy_dancer, zoniduck)

Firstly, EVERYONE's favourite quote:
Stegosaurus: Yes this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land.
T-Rex: I think we should call it your grave.
Stegosaurus: Aah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
T-Rex: Hahaha. Mine is an evil laugh! Now DIE.
Stegosaurus: Oh no, god! Oh dear god in heaven!

Secondly, a personal favourite quote:
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What d'you suppose that makes us?
Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
Mal: Ain't we just.

Oh, and proof Simon can be funny:
Book: I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned?
Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.

(I love everything Zoe says, because she's so crazy deadpan. It always, always works.)

When you see this on your flist, quote Shakespeare. (from ceirdwyn)

( Sonnet 29 )

GRAMMAR TIP OF THE DAY:
Who's - who is.
Whose - possessive.
Because if I read one more fic containing this mistake I'll put my chair through my monitor.

You've already had a song and some links, so here's pics of the day: Elijah Wood and sunflowers.

( Got Wood? )

I'm a traditionalist
Green Queen

There is no hence why. There is only hence.

And I totally forgot to SQUEE about Mackenzie Astin on Lost!! I got to see "Born to Run" tonight and Mack's just so gorgeous. He talks just like Sean, and he's dead sexy.

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