There's always more than you can cope with.*

[bending_sickle]

Sickle's Random Points of Random:

• Wednesday night I dreamt that I was in a large open elevator, the kind with grates and chickenwire walls, in some half-finished building. I was at the very top and, in a novel twist of the age-old theme, there were velociraptors in there with me. At times they were people of the violent, nefarious kind, some kind of mobsters, but generally they were the slice-you-open dinosaurs. Sometimes in the dram they caught me and sometimes I got away.


• Today I was getting a few things together to go out for a walk, putting them into a wee purse on my desk. When I took te purse off the desk, it's long strap trailing off the top, I heard something fall to the ground. The gods or the universe or someone must really hate me
  having things I like, because the thing that fell was my inukshuk keychain. The same one that I've already scarped up off the ground and reconstructed with glue and bits of my fingers twice before. This time I couldn't even find all the pieces, even though I swept the while area. I've given up on the keychain. I put all the pieces away into a box and declared it to no longer exist. Honestly, what else could I do? I'd put it on the desk and no longer used it as a keychain exactly so that it wouldn't break a third time and then there it goes slipping off of the floor. This is why we can't have nice things.


• I've been watching Game of Thrones back-to-back, following the day's grand tradition of not doing anything and watching television. I really like it. I fear I might get lost in the intrigue and power struggles and who is backstabing whom, but otherwise, A+.


• One thing has been bothering me about Castle ever since this season's premiere. The new chief is a woman - so far so good, right? Except she got angry at Beckett for calling her ma'am and instead insists on beinh called sir. This makes me quite angry because the chief is basically saying that the feminine honorific is not good enough for her and that to show proper respect to her and her station she has to be referred to by the masculine honorific. Basically, she is a woman in a position of authority and must therefore be addressed as a man because being addressed as a woman would, what, undermine her authority? It's like if a woman president demanded to be referred to as Mr President, instead of Madame President. Sir is not a gender neutral formal mode of address, it's masculine, and unless she identified as male - in which case I'm all for calling her him and mister and sir - then what the hell?


• I had a talk with my supervisor about future employment opportunities on Friday. I've only been working up to it since Monday, of course. It turns out that with budget-planning and projects starting up and all, I'd only be able to come back - or have them think about me coming back - way in the spring at the earliest. So that's not going to help.


• I am actually typing most of this out on my iPod because at least that way I can be outside - at the dog park, sure, but at least it is outside. This week hasn't been good, emotionally speaking. I was alone in my office until Thursday afternoon and barely saw anyone at all those days, plus I was working on finding useful photographs, so that wasn't the most intellectually stimulating time. So what with the impending "I need a job" panic and the social isolation and the endless googleimaging, I wasn't peachy and may have broken down few times in front of the computer. It's not been going well. (Which I guess is why I've spend the majority of the weekend lying on the floor watching my laptop show me pretty pictures.)

Meme: The 28th GIF in your folder is our new president. How screwed are we?

...very. But it'll be fun.

Meme: Cross off the things you've done:

Graduated high school.
Kissed someone.
Collected something really stupid.
Smoked a cigarette.
Got so drunk you passed out.
Rode every ride at an amusement park.
Gone to a rock concert.
Helped someone.
Gone fishing.
Watched four movies in one night.
Gone long periods of time without sleep.
Lied to someone.
Snorted cocaine.
Failed a class.
Smoked weed.
Dealt drugs.
Been in a car accident.
Been in a tornado.
Done hard drugs (i.e. ecstasy, heroin, crack, meth, acid).
Watched someone die.
Been to a funeral.
Burned yourself.
Ran a marathon.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Spent over $200 in one day.
Been on a plane.
Cheated on someone.
Been cheated on.
Written a 10 page letter.
Gone skiing.
Been sailing.
Had a best friend.
Lost someone you loved.
Shoplifted something.
Been to jail.
Dangerously close to being in jail.
Skipped school.
Had detention.
Got in trouble for something you didn’t do.
Stolen books from the library.
Gone to a different country.
Dropped out of school.
Been in a mental hospital.
Watched the “Harry Potter” movies.
Had an online diary.
Had a yard sale.
Had a lemonade stand.
Actually made money at the lemonade stand.
Been in a school play.
Been fired from a job.
Taken a lie detector test.
Swam with dolphins.
Gone to Sea World.
Voted for someone on a reality TV show.
Written poetry.
Read more than 20 books a year.
Gone to Europe.
Loved someone you shouldn’t have.
Used a coloring book over age 12.
Had surgery. - "Surgery" doesn't just mean the "crack open your body cavity" kind, by the way.
Had stitches.
Taken a taxi.
Seen the Washington Monument.
Had more than 5 IM’s/online conversations going at once.
Overdosed.
Had a drug or alcohol problem.
Been in a fist fight.
Suffered any form of abuse.
Gone surfing in California.
Had a hamster/guinea pig.
Pet a wild animal.
Used a credit card.
Did “spirit day” at school.
Dyed your hair.
Got a tattoo.
Had something pierced.
Known someone with HIV or AIDS.
Made-out with someone.
Played on a sports team.
Snuck out of the house.
Swore at a teacher.
Gone laser tagging.
Had a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Been on the TV.
French braided.
Skinny-dipped.
Driven a car.
Performed in front of an audience.
Been in love.
Had a blonde moment. - I refuse to answer this on the basis of "what the fuck do you mean, you stereotypically-ladden meme?
Been on a train.
Seen a ghost.
Gone bungee-jumping.
Been to Mexico.
Crashed a car.
Sky dived.
Been kissed in the rain.
Made an 11:11 wish.
Drank alcohol.
Forwarded a chain letter.
Made a mistake.

Meme: Bold What's True:
It’s night right now.
There’s something else you should be doing at the moment.
You ate chicken today.
There’s a nearby TV on.
You get along with your neighbors.
Twilight is a horrible series.
You’re hungry right now.
You have worked out today.
Running a mile sounds awful.
You have a job.
Your parents are still together.
You woke up before 11 this morning.
Baths are better than showers.
You are 5’5” or shorter.
You hate British accents.
The 60’s sucked.
Your favorite color is either blue or purple.
Your hair is short.
You are by yourself right now.
You’re in your PJ’s right now.
Your hair color is natural.
You don’t drink soda.
It’s cold out.
Orange juice is better than apple juice.
Video games are awesome.
You have read works by Shakespeare before.
You’ve been professionally diagnosed with a psychological disorder.
You know someone in the hospital right now.
You know someone who has beaten cancer.
Sneakers are your favorite shoes to wear.
Chocolate is better than vanilla.
You’re allergic to peanuts.
You’ve never been to New York City.
You want to go to Europe. - I live in Europe, meme.
You’re using a laptop right now.
Plastic surgery is a good idea. - The important questions is why.
Vanilla is the best scent a girl can wear.
You’ve made yourself throw up.
You’ve cheated on someone before.
Your friends do drugs.
Your nails have nail polish on them right now.
You’re Italian.
You have a tan right now.
You’ve been on a diet before.
There are socks on your feet right now.
Cheesecake is delicious.
You have gotten your hair cut in the past month.
Your birthday is within the next 2 months.
You’ve been rejected. - For university, for jobs, by people...
Comedies are better than action films.
You are fluent in more than one language.
You like Asian food. - Of course, "Asian" could be anything from Vietnam to Mongolia to China to India...
You consider yourself a picky eater.
You have more than 3 pillows on your bed.
You live with at least one parent.
You’re happy right now.
You are a high school graduate.
You have a pet.
You were born before April 5th, 1991.
Pugs are cute.
You have brown hair.
You have blue eyes.
You are in a relationship.
You can count to 20 in another language.
You have studied a foreign language.
You have worked in a fast food restaurant.
You drove somewhere that was further than a half hour away today.
You live in New Jersey.
Your last name begins with an ‘M’.
Your first name begins with an ‘S’.
You are an only child.
You have more than one sibling.
You are a vegetarian.
You have a gym membership.
You are in the military.
You have a relative in the military.
You have been to Europe. - Again, meme, what about all the European people who want to fill you out, huh?
You are currently enrolled in college/university.
You have done something you told yourself you wouldn’t.
You have braces.
You have a tattoo.
You have a lip piercing.
You have a tongue piercing.
You have your nipples pierced.
You have curly hair.
You are engaged.
You are married.
You have children.
You are an aunt or uncle.
Your bedroom walls are blue.
Your bedspread is red.
Your bedroom carpet is beige.
You have been out to eat at a sit-down restaurant in the last week.
You have been drunk in the past 24 hours.
You are bisexual.
You watch Scrubs.
You watch American Idol.
You have been to the movies within the last month.
You have cursed in front of your grandparents.
You had a lunch box with a cartoon character on it when you were little.
You actually pay attention to politics. - Via The Daily Show, but stil, that counts.
You were told you looked cute today.
You were hugged today.
Your best friend is the opposite sex.
You are a good speller.
You are always on time. - If people are expecting me, yeah.
You have done something illegal within the last 24 hours.
You have ridden an elevator within the last 3 days.
You have spent the night at someone else’s house within the last 2 weeks.
You have been out of the country within the last year.
You love Mexican food.
You love country music.
You love hip hop.
You love punk rock.
You love hard rock.
You love metal.
You love classic rock.
You love techno.
You love instrumental music.
You know someone younger than 10 who passed away.
You have taken pictures of yourself just because you were bored.
You have been in a car wreck.
You have had stitches. - Wisdom teeth went bye-bye.
You have a savings account.
You are Catholic - According to Catholics.
You are Mormon.
You are Buddhist.
You are Agnostic.
You wish at 11:11.
You have had your heart broken.
You broke someone else’s heart.
You felt bad about it.
You have an Uncle Bill.
You know a Danielle.
You have hugged a Tiffany.
You have kissed a Blake.
You have had class with a David.
You have been neighbors with a Hannah.
You have done something just for the fact that you were old enough to.
You have been to a cemetery at midnight.
You have been a vampire for Halloween.
You have been a pumpkin for Halloween.
You have stayed up for 48 hours straight.
You own a cowboy hat.
You own a leather coat.
You are missing someone right now.
You have been let down recently.
You have had someone you thought you could trust betray you.
You would rather have a one-night stand than a relationship.
You have met someone famous.

Meme: Ask some invasive questions:

Go here, pick some numbers, post them to me in a comment, and I'll answer them.

Quote of the Day: Wikipedia, "Loneliness", here

A person who feels lonely regardless of if she is at a family gathering, with friends, or alone is experiencing chronic loneliness. It does not matter what goes on in the surrounding environment, the experience of loneliness is always there.

Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
mrscastielftw's Review Defending Your Life
spn_deanw's Discussion Post Defending Your Life
amonitrate's Meta Okay, I lied. Three questions in SPN 7.03
blackcat333_99's Meta I could let you live, or I could let you die... Help me make a good decision.
ramblin_rosie's Meta And Dean just can’t bring himself to let his brother down.
missjack's Meta One of the strengths of Supernatural is that it’s a show that asks questions – and makes us think about answers
mobiusklein's Meta The Girl Next Door: Does the quality of the victims really matter?
ingenue_em's Fic The Angels Have the Impala
heartstrike's Fanmix Long Road Out of Eden
rumrouz's Fanvid Hell House
gnev_ishtar's Fanvid Supermassie Black Hole
ash48's Fanvid Channel Surfing
phoenixothon's Picspam Mark Sheppard
Supernaturalwiki's TorontoCon 2011
Impalastrunk's Store - *grabbyhands*
Popwatch's Review 'Supernatural': Did Dean go too far?
Fangasm's Jensen Ackles Talks Season Seven at Toronto Con
Mitosis_is' Video Misha reading "Go the Fuck to Sleep"

• Tumblr's Themodelingdaysofjensenackles


• Lameassmadeupmaidenname's GIFs Where's the pie? ; Note I don’t give a fuck if you don’t think Cas is in love with Dean, but he certainly loves him. ; GIFs Jared, on why Sam forgave Cas ; Video Misha gets hot at TorontoCon ; Note People who ship Castiel/Dean harder than you ; Twittercaps Misha, on Jared and Gen's impending baby ; Angel Crossover Drabble and Fanart Lilah and Bela ; Meta Formulaic "case of the week" format ; Notes Supernatural's female characters ; Meta Why does Sam feel good? ; GIFs Times Cas died for Dean, and what Dean said about him


• Newton_pulsifer's Twittercap Misha wins again ; Doctor Who Crossover GIFs Oh but Dean, no one is ever truly gone. You just need to know where to look. ; Lie to me Crossover GIFs Body language doesn't lie ; Meta Note So you know when Dean killed Eve? ; Meta My throy on Dean and Cas ; Fanart Girl!Dean ; Recs Always-a-girl!Dean/Castiel ; Fanart Wait for me - *sobs* ; GIFs Castiel's first shower ; GIFs and Meta Dean leaning into a caress


• It's Sorcery's Twittercap Richard: "Blackbird singing int he dead of night..." ; GIFs Misha in previous roles ; GIFs Misha on being ill on set ; GIF C'mo, Dean. Just once. I won't tell. ; GIF Jensen inna cage (Dark Angel) ; GIFs Misha first hears about Tumblr - His face in the bottom-left is the perfect 0.0 ; Fanart Proof Jared = Moose ; GIFs What Dean did with the trenchcoat ; GIF and Meta Look at the way Dean's looking at Sam ; Pushing Daisies Crossover GIFs Ned watched, helpless and a little amazed... ; Photos TorontoCon: Cast vs. Moose ; GIFs Richard Speight Jr on how Jared and Jensen are too tall


• Eastcollins' Twittercaps Misha on his mionions ; GIFs and Meta Look at Cas's face ; GIFs TorontoCon: Jared on hand!Sam ; Scrubs Crossover GIFs Quotes ; Meta Standing arm-to-arm is their version of hand-holding in public ; Fanart Dean with the trenchcoat ; GIFs Misha's BFFs ; Macros Revenge: Awkward-nedry-angel style ; GIFs Misha: "Here's the problem within naiming your son West" ; GIFs Dean punching Sam (again and again) ; Macros Reasons we love Castiel ; GIFs Misha on skyping with West ; GIFs Jensen's best memory of working with Jared - Stop being so wonderful! ; GIFs Jared being adorable at TorontoCon ; Meta Dean's next instinct ; GIF How I Met Your Mother - Jared-and-Gen style ; GIFs Misha's favourite angel ; Note Sam's handwriting ; Photos Like father, like son (with monkeyhat) ; Screencap Moose on set! ; GIFs Misha answers "Sam or Dean?"


• Sassygaymisha's Dean/Castiel Fic PWP Recs


• Atomicblonde's GIFs Misha's roles in Supernatural ; Note "Sammy's long gone" vs. "Cas is...he's gone" ; GIFs What was the last book you read?


• Mishasminions' Jensen, Jared and Misha with their sons


• 9091's Meta Only my opinion: I love Jensen and Danneel ; Meta If Dean met Dr. House


• Supernaturalvideos' Doctor Who Crossover Fanvidlette He is.


• Thesuperzero's Tag Fic - Including Leviathon!Doctor and Castiel


• Exit_stage_crowley's Doctor Who Fic Untitled: Canton and Crowley


• Youatemytailor's Scan Supernatural star Jared padalecki to be a dad - "I want a version of this with the headline: Wildfire and Supernatural Star Genevieve Cortese to Be a Mom" ; Song Gotta get back to Supernatural ; Meta On Dean and Sam in S7 ; Meta Odd thing, destiny

Doctor Who:

• Lameassmadeupmaidenname's GIFs and Meta Ten: I could do so much more ; Notes My reactions to the Torchwood series ; Fanvid Gag Reels ; Photos James Marsters and Gareth David-Lloyd


• Tacoface's Fanart Basics to Modern Circular Gallifreyan, part 0 of my Gallifreyan dictionary. ; Fancraft TARDIS fobwatch


• Newton_pulsifer's Fanart The changing hats of Doctor Who


• It's Sorcery's Gallifreyian Dictionary


• Oxymoronish's Fancraft Doctor Whooooos (i.e. owls)

Sherlock:

• Lameassmadeupmaidenname's Quote Mark Gatiss on Sherlock fandom


• Tacoface's Links Sherlock Fandom Classics, Part 2 ; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Fandom (Re)Read ; A Study in Skerlock Anthology

Other Fandom:
redscharlach's Review Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
CW's Ringer Music

• Lameassmadeupmadenname's Angel and Harry Potter Crossover Fanart Lilah Morgan, Slytherin: "Funny thing about black and white..." ; Angel Fanvid Weep Little Lion Man (Wesley) ; Harry Potter Video A conversation between JK Rowling and Emma Watson ; Video Lust for Love - "Well, there’s a script. A compelling, heartwarming, funny script written by Anton King (who directed the Remains video). And there are great actors attached like Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Caitlin Stasey, and many more..." ; Whedonverse Fanvid This Is War


• Newton_pulsifer's Video Epic Rap Battles of History: Kirk vs. Columbus


• Ohmymozart's Video The Daily Show Jon Stewart accents mashup

Random:
seanan_mcguire's Essay I know a little girl and her name is Mary Mac: The Misuse of Mary Sue.
lucylou's Video I made a recording of my 20-minute illustrated presentation on graphic travelogues.
theweaselking's Photo That thing in the woods...
made_of_fail_pc's Episode Forty-Seven: Damn You, Barry Allen!
shaysdays's Just like a prayer, your choice of words can take me there! - "So- in conclusion - God is neither a democracy nor a slot machine, prayer for things is really just a first step, and I don't really know if God helps those who help themselves, but I know that at least those folks are accomplishing something. The rest of us should take a page and help others, not just say some words and think we've accomplished something."
damncutekitty's Geeks do not make better boyfriends
sarahtales's" "Short story" tag on Livejournal ; The Internet's a Stage ; Essay All Those Who Default From the Default Will Be Punished (But I Personally Think They Will Be Awesome) - "It’s not just that it’s more interesting: it’s important not to exclude people, it’s important to represent everyone."> ; http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/188663.html ; Werewolves and Zombies and Vampire Addicts, Oh My ; Gay in YA, and the Circle of Suck
wtf_nature's Vampire Moths
Boston.com's Photos of the bushfires in Victoria, Australia (Feb. 9, 2009)
David Usher's The Music (acoustic) ; Everyday Things (acoustic, live at Le Retour) ; Alone in the Universe (acoustic, live) ; And So We Run (live) ; Black Black Heart (acoustic, live) - His laugh at the start! Aw. ; F Train (live) ; Morning, the Road - (instrumental) - ♥
Depressionny's Q and Q about Dysthemic Disorder (Chronic Depression)
Luskin Biordi and Nicholson's Social Isolation
Ilona Andrews' On reviews, authors and readers
John Suler's The Psychology of Cyberspace: The Online Disinhibition Effect
YouTube's Mom Lullaby
Mondo Bizarro Gallery's Surrealist Art
Wiki's Mount Everest Webcam ; Black Plague - Recurrence - "From 1944 through 1993, 362 cases of human plague were reported in the United States; approximately 90 percent of these occurred in four western states; Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico.[91] Plague was confirmed in the United States from nine western states during 1995. The plague bacterium could develop drug-resistance and again become a major health threat. The ability to resist many of the antibiotics used against plague has been found so far in only a single case of the disease in Madagascar, in 1995." Oh shit.
Entertaining's Recipe Irish Potatoe Candy
All Recipes' Recipe Irish Potatoe Candy
Seanan McGuire's Poem True Story Here, The - Rewriting of Little Red Riding Hood
PodCastle's Website - Fantasy fiction podcast
Pseudopod's Website - Horror fiction podcast
Escape Pod's Website - Science fiction podcast
Metacafe's Ethiopia's Singing Wells
Byhisgrace's Singing wells
Singing Wells'Website - "...project dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional East African music.">
The Machine of Death's Word Could
The Guardian's The grim reality of life under Alabama's brutal immigration law
Nasa's Image of the Day Gallery
YouTube's Teen Witch - Top That - Aaaaah the eighties!

• Lameassmadeupmaidenname's Graphic What the author meant vs. What your English teacher thinks it meant ; Video Ioan Gruffudd speaking Welsh ; GIFs Reaction to Tumblr-fail: Get new servers now!


• Tacoface's Video Faulty singing trout - Hilarity! (At the wee hours.) ; Video Flula on the logic of Rock, Paper, Scissors - Bwahahahaha! ; Dr. Pepper, "It's not for women" - ...the fuck? ; Quote What kind of relationship you have is your choice...


• Newton_pulsifer's When a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist and a round thing in your face you RESPECT HER ; Graphic The types of love ; Music Video Recreating famous paintings ; Graphics How to draw heads ; Short film ; Text The big fucking genderswap post ; Video Lights Out: And suddenly I know what it’s like for people who don’t speak english when they watch an english film. ; Masterpost Handy Art Links ; Text This is all kinds of wrong - "In a move that is certain to stir controversy far beyond its borders, Topeka’s City Council voted yesterday to repeal the Kansas state capital’s ban on domestic battery." ; Text More examples of the absurd injustice of DOMA ; Music Seven Nation Army (The Glitch Mob Remix) - White Stripes ; Photo Hubble’s New Infrared Mosaic is the Best Picture of Our Galactic Center Ever ; Text Shitty arguments against inclusive language that will never, ever be acceptable ; Text 5 types of Borderline manifestations ; Video Slow-motion everyting ; Text We can't be equal while...


• It's Sorcery's Scans MTV Germany Ads: "Sex is no accident. Always use a condom" ; Photo Plus-size model Katie Halchishick in O Magazine, measuring the gap between healthy beauty and the toxic ideal ; Film Soldier’s Girl (2003) - The true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer. ; Short Film Polar Bear Man


• Atomicblonde's Art Halloween Costumes for boys and girls ; Video Zachary Quinto plays rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock with Filmz.ru


• Exit-stage-crowley's Video Benedict Cumberbatch reading "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats.


• Youatemytailor's Tips for achieving photorealism in your art ; Twittercap Zachary Quinto, out and proud

* Marshall McLuhan