...I'm posting a lot today, but I couldn't let this fine example of media-fail go by.
From http://www.theage.com.au today:
From http://www.theage.com.au today:
On second thought, I'll chat about these in reverse.
A well-made, patriotic blue souvenir t-shirt, a wide selection of fruits, waters, sports drinks, bagels and juices in the finish tent, a gu and a bunch of useful coupons in the goodie bag, and a confidence-boosting PR - not bad for a morning's run.
A well-made, patriotic blue souvenir t-shirt, a wide selection of fruits, waters, sports drinks, bagels and juices in the finish tent, a gu and a bunch of useful coupons in the goodie bag, and a confidence-boosting PR - not bad for a morning's run.
So, what exactly is a "brick"? I know it's some kind of workout involving both running and biking. Is it a specific distance?
FNL season 3 spoilers!
!!!
Discuss them with me, please! Only one of them is new, but it is INTRIGUING.
!!!
Discuss them with me, please! Only one of them is new, but it is INTRIGUING.
- Mood:
surprised
I think everyone is speed-writing their own versions of the finale right now, and here's mine.
Title: Straight Lines
Characters: Donna, the Doctor
Rating: G
Wordcount: about 900
Spoilers for: Journey's End
Given that Catherine Tate would not stay, how to end Donna's story? An alternate conclusion to Journey's End.
( Straight Lines )
Title: Straight Lines
Characters: Donna, the Doctor
Rating: G
Wordcount: about 900
Spoilers for: Journey's End
Given that Catherine Tate would not stay, how to end Donna's story? An alternate conclusion to Journey's End.
( Straight Lines )
TITLE: In Company
AUTHOR: Laura Smith
PAIRING: Edrington/Kennedy
RATING: R
SUMMARY: Is it such a chore?
DISCLAIMER: Horatio Hornblower and all the characters therein belong to people who are not me. Lord Byron belonged to himself. I make no profit from this, I just like playing with them.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Thanks to![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
nolivingman for the beta.
( * * * )
AUTHOR: Laura Smith
PAIRING: Edrington/Kennedy
RATING: R
SUMMARY: Is it such a chore?
DISCLAIMER: Horatio Hornblower and all the characters therein belong to people who are not me. Lord Byron belonged to himself. I make no profit from this, I just like playing with them.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Thanks to
nolivingman for the beta.( * * * )
Below is the Entertainment Weekly's list of 100 Classic Movies of the past 25 years.
Bold the ones you've seen, underline the ones you plan to.
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)<
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
46. Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (199)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
This one's for maschalismos:
My Chemical Romance vid to NSync's Bye Bye Bye.
Never say I didn't give you anything!
**
Also! Columbia people! Lucero is playing the Blue Note the first Saturday in August; I am filled with anger that I will be on the wrong side of the state, but ALL OF YOU should go. And see the wonderfulness of them. And drink whiskey in my honor. Maybe buy Ben Nichols a whiskey, he'd like that. (Their MySpace, with streaming songs, in case you didn't download the music I posted a few weeks back, because you hate me, clearly.)
The night before, they're playing Lawrence, Kansas. I might be able to make it to that one if my boss says I can leave work early. Gahhhhh. &LUCERO;
I just completely gorged myself on pretzels and now I feel kind of ill. Seacrest out.
maschalismos:My Chemical Romance vid to NSync's Bye Bye Bye.
Never say I didn't give you anything!
**
Also! Columbia people! Lucero is playing the Blue Note the first Saturday in August; I am filled with anger that I will be on the wrong side of the state, but ALL OF YOU should go. And see the wonderfulness of them. And drink whiskey in my honor. Maybe buy Ben Nichols a whiskey, he'd like that. (Their MySpace, with streaming songs, in case you didn't download the music I posted a few weeks back, because you hate me, clearly.)
The night before, they're playing Lawrence, Kansas. I might be able to make it to that one if my boss says I can leave work early. Gahhhhh. &LUCERO;
I just completely gorged myself on pretzels and now I feel kind of ill. Seacrest out.
- Mood:
full
So i'm changing my decor around to this kind of Chinese-esque color and design scheme but i'm having a problem with picking a paint color and a bed spread. It was originally going to be Japanese but I noticed how common this is and I just decided to go in a different direction. I have two questions for you guys. The first is what direction should I go with the wall color and with that, what direction should I go for with the bed spread. I want the wall color to be some version of tourquoise but should it be a subtle or a darker shade. Just to let you know...the furniture is black and the accent color are red and white. I hope i'm not being too vague! :)
I have a friend named C. C is awesome. She's one of those larger-than-life people, and I kind of wonder how I came to be friends with her. She is tall and blonde and gorgeous and dresses entirely in designer clothing, and she leads the most unbelievable life. An example for all of you, below:
- Location:rocking chair
- Music:"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
Mulberry School, Eureka, Kansas, where I attended elementary school through junior high, from 1961 through 1971. I think there were typically about 300 students attending. Took these pics in 2003 just before the building was torn down.
They tore it down about five years ago. Nothing but a flat city block now, and no evidence the school ever existed except maybe remnants of sidewalk here and there. (The high school was torn down as well a few years earlier.)
Captions follow each pic. (Click the pics for better resolution.)
On my first day of kindergarten I freaked out upon entering through that door in the corner with all the kids sitting there. I refused to go to my desk, and for almost a month I sat in a chair near the door. Recess was the thing that saved the day eventually.
( The rest behind the cut )
They tore it down about five years ago. Nothing but a flat city block now, and no evidence the school ever existed except maybe remnants of sidewalk here and there. (The high school was torn down as well a few years earlier.)
Captions follow each pic. (Click the pics for better resolution.)
On my first day of kindergarten I freaked out upon entering through that door in the corner with all the kids sitting there. I refused to go to my desk, and for almost a month I sat in a chair near the door. Recess was the thing that saved the day eventually.
( The rest behind the cut )
- Location:rocking chair
- Music:"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
July 6, 2008 10:43am
Wow! I didn't realize how liberating and satisfying running just 5K could be! Not only was I done in less than an hour thereby leaving the rest of the day free to do whatever I want, but I also worked up a great sweat and still had endorphins coursing through my body. These endorphins are ready to help me take on every new challenge today has to offer. It's an odd feeling for me because I usually use up all my endorphins and then some on the 6 or 7 more miles of running I do after hitting the 5K mark.
I swear, if I would have known about this feeling earlier in my running career, I might have only been running 5Ks for the past 9 years!
Usually, I get back from a run feeling a but tired, worn down and ready to retire. But right now I feel excited, pumped up and ready to take on 359 more 5Ks!!!!
VIVA LA 5K!!!
-Qraig
Wow! I didn't realize how liberating and satisfying running just 5K could be! Not only was I done in less than an hour thereby leaving the rest of the day free to do whatever I want, but I also worked up a great sweat and still had endorphins coursing through my body. These endorphins are ready to help me take on every new challenge today has to offer. It's an odd feeling for me because I usually use up all my endorphins and then some on the 6 or 7 more miles of running I do after hitting the 5K mark.
I swear, if I would have known about this feeling earlier in my running career, I might have only been running 5Ks for the past 9 years!
Usually, I get back from a run feeling a but tired, worn down and ready to retire. But right now I feel excited, pumped up and ready to take on 359 more 5Ks!!!!
VIVA LA 5K!!!
-Qraig
hi there!
a while back some wonderful person posted links to a website that featured brown & blue as well as brown & pink pieces - comforters, wall art, you name it.
sadly, i had to reformat my computer and have lost the links, nor can i remember the name of the site. i've tried googling these words but haven't found anything.
does anyone know what this site is? i'd be eternally grateful!!
thanks.
a while back some wonderful person posted links to a website that featured brown & blue as well as brown & pink pieces - comforters, wall art, you name it.
sadly, i had to reformat my computer and have lost the links, nor can i remember the name of the site. i've tried googling these words but haven't found anything.
does anyone know what this site is? i'd be eternally grateful!!
thanks.
How many of you fine ladies and gentlemen have read Craig Clevenger's works? He's an amazing writer with 2 novels out so far: The Contortionist's Handbook and Dermaphoria. He's been praised by Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh, and cites Jim Thompson, James M. Cain, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Matheson, Italo Calvino, Kobo Abe, Steve Erickson, Mark Danielewski, Will Christopher Baer, Seth Morgan, James Ellroy, Michael Hogan, John O'Brien, Michael Ventura and Rupert Thomson as his inspiration.
But enough namedropping... flash back to last year. I made a promise to myself not to reread any books until I finished the massive pile of unread ones. I bought Dermaphoria for $5 at a used book store and the second I finished it, I flipped it over and started from the beginning. Dermaphoria and House of Leaves are the only 2 books that have resulted in me frantically writing journal entries in an attempt to dissect everything about the story's meaning at three in the morning. It's one of my favourite novels, and I recommend it for any fan of surreal fiction with heaps of wordplay and drugs and a tablespoon of love thrown in. The prose is very stylized and ridiculously beautiful. For example:
"The time flies. The time flies feed on rotting clocks."
"The evening shadows bleed like fresh ink until they've covered the ground. The desert air soaks them up, staining the sky deep blue, the color of morning glory petals. The sweeping hands of the enomous outdoor clock make me dizzy. I stare at my feet and let Toe Tag guide me. My legs are still numb and I can't risk slipping on a shadow."
I could type out a thousand more quotes or kind words but at the end of the day, all there is to do is to decide for yourselves.
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- Music:Modest Mouse - So Much Beauty in Dirt
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