I don't care what you believe in, just believe in it.*

[bending_sickle]

Went to Amsterdam today, after slicing my heel open - well, not really slicing, but there was blood - on the bike-support metal thingy on the ground as I was locking it up. *sigh* The good things is that since I had to buy band-aids anyway - no way was I going to walk a city with an open wound making sweet love to my sandal strap - I also bought cough-tablets. Don't relaly know what they do, specifically. As long as there's aiding and abetting for the little white blood cells and their kin, I'm good.

So, Amsterdam again. Did my usual round-about tour, had fries (with remouladesaus, for a change), snooped around the Englih-language bookstore, got hit on, ate my sandwitch while listening to WWZ, captured a painting as it tried to escape upon the wind and returned it to its captor and creator, got hit on again (this time, of the "I'm going to walk along with you and talk" variety), more WWZ and an ice-tea as I cradled a candle, bought a dodo (of doom, replica), then off to watch Prince Caspian, where I totally failed to recognize Eddie Izzard was Reepicheep (whom I unabashedly love in all his forms, but damn was he cute in this film), coveted Susan's leather corset, rolled my eyes at Susan/Caspian, waved my fist at having the Damsel Is Awesome Markswoman cut short and supplanted with Damsel In Distress and followed by Damsel Gives Man All The Credit, and near-cried a bit at Peter and Susan's exile because if I've ever truly believed in anything ever, it was in Narnia, so their exile fell too close to home when I read it.

Quotes of the Day, or "Yes, some people really are that ignorant and mean-spirited."

The Topic: Thomas Beatie's pregnancy.

Fran: There is no way this child will be able to lead a normal life. Oregon is a strange state but they cannot seriously allow this to happen. It is unethical, immoral and disturbing.

WhosYourMommy: No kid deserves the sick agenda of a few freaks forced on them. Child protective services should step in. I am really surprised that this is even legal. And the doctors who approved should better lose there licenses thats all i have to say.

Mel: [...] So before you go and make your clearly ignorant comments maybe you should do the research first. Comment back for any more clarification of your blunt stupidity.

This is followed by utter tripe from LetsBeFair, who throws in things like "stability of a traditional family", supports the prohibition of reproduction/adoption in homosexual couples because "the life span of homosexuals is much lower than that of heterosexuals" (Lies, lies, lies!) and throws in "relational child abuse".

This utter bastard is then totally owned by Tamara and my faith in humanity is restored. But ye gods, there's more where LetsBeFair came from, and I bloody hate it. I don't know whether to throttle or run. I don't even know if it's the utter stupidity in their arguments, the complete igorance or just the raving hatred that pisses me off (and frankly terrifies me) the most. Humanity, I've never much cared for you even before I know about people like these. This? Totally not helping.


Links of the Day:
Lost's Book Club: Compilation of literary references
augrah's Lost Fanfic: Books That Promise, Books That Wound (Ben/Juliet, start to finish) - Gold.
infraredphaeton's Doctor Who AU Season 4: Christmas Special "Down With The Old"
Thomas Beatie, semi-post-operative transexual, gives birth. Further article here. Wiki on Male Pregnancy here. Film: Transparent on the topic and other transexual men.
Raven's Nest Fashions - Unusual fashions for unusual people. (Covet liek woah!)
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Tattoed Zombie Man! and an interview, with pictures


Shepherd Derrial Book, Firefly

Comments

[blizzardcake.livejournal.com]

hee, getting hit on twice in one day! Were either of them good looking?? XD

Must find someone to go see Prince Caspian with me this week...

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Meh, one was a rastaman with his peeps a-smokin' pot, he just walked by me and said, "Hi there pretty lady" or something. The other guy was alright but I was really creaped out by him walking along with me and getting me into a conversation and showing no signs of wandering off. I've had that tagging-along-with happen to me once before, and I don't much care for it.

Prince Caspian is quite good, if you can turn off the "But that's not how it happened in the book!" switch.

[infraredphaeton.livejournal.com]

hi, random drive by thanks for the rec...

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome :)