*waves* HAI! Have some random updates by me! BTW, sorry I didn't respond to comments on the last entry... it's been a hectic week.

==> ...I just went looking through my contacts on the phone, and I have one listed just as 'China.' I suspect it's China Garden, but I have to laugh, because having forgotten completely that I had any food places in my phone made it even funnier when I scrolled down to see 'India,' a little further.

==> I'm curious as to what the people on my flist think about new regulations that require birthdate and gender along with names, now:

Secure Flight requires that airlines get your birthdate and gender so you can be prescreened agasinst (sp) a government watch list.

I mean... how likely is it that cheap-ass companies like Jet Blue will be understanding to genderqueer and transitioning people? If you're in the process of transitioning, and your driver's license states a different gender, will they consider it a mis-match when you check in for your flight? G says that, if you identify as neither, then that's what you should put... but the likelihood that there'll be a 'Male,' 'Female,' or 'Neither' drop-down is almost NIL, in my opinion. :\ HOWEVER: Why I love Obama, #1438948249328, btw. (that's a PDF, fyi) For those like me that tend to hate .pdfs (Gosh, I'm glad I chose to load this one, though):

Issue

The Proposed Rule and Regulations drafted by the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) as part of the Secure Flight Program (“SFP”), which require that airlines request gender data of all passengers when making a reservation in order to determine whether the passenger is on a federal “watch list,” would subject transgender passengers to enhanced scrutiny in the screening process, civil and criminal sanctions for fraudulent misrepresentation, and embarrassing invasions of personal and medical privacy.

Short Answer

TSA should amend Proposed Regulation 49 C.F.R. § 1560.3 in its Final Rule by changing the definition of “Passport Information” and “Secure Flight Passenger Data” to delete “gender” from the required data that airline operators must request of passengers. If the Proposed Rule and Regulations are approved as currently drafted, TSA should issue a new Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that would amend 49 C.F.R. § 1560.3 by deleting “gender” from the required data that must be requested from passengers. If TSA declines to issue a NPRM, then TSA should issue guidance on several Regulations that would protect transgender travelers from bias.

==> I have some questions about characterization and warnings in fic that I'd like to talk over with a few of you--specifically, if in a fic, it appears as though someone important has died but they aren't actually dead, do you warn for that? Because, I mean... if the character appears to be dead, a lot of people back-button and never know it wasn't real.

==>I've been getting B12 shots this week as I have a vitamin deficiency of B12. Apparently the USA has a really low threshhold for what is 'normal' with B12 anyway, and I'm already deficient in it... so let's hope this helps with cognition and energy!

==> OH GODDAMNIT, SGU. I mean, seriously, I wanted to like you despite everything. And I still might, but just feel really fucking dirty about it, now.

==> Linking this public apology by icarusancalion for many reasons, not the least of which because I hope that if I'm ever in a position to make such an apology, I would be this thorough and honest about it.

==> IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE DOCTOR WHO VIDEO BY flummery CALLED HANDLEBARS, HIE THEE RIGHT THE F NOW. 'Nuff said. I mean, seriously. Thank you unamaga for lighting me on to this awesome piece of vidding glory that is so freaking delightful meta about all that Ten is that we love and fear him for.

==> ZOMG CHICAGO CREATION CONNNNNNnnnnnnn..... !!!!! (ps. uh, I guess I should start coordinating with you guys, grammarwoman and nakedwesley? lol)

( ==> BABBY PIXTUREZ, U GUISE )

As seen on sondarita and gaffsie's journals (possibly others, I haven't gotten through all the posts made since I went to school this morning!

Isn't it a joy to see a company like Hallmark showing some spine?

It seems the American Family Association (AFA) has up an online form to send Hallmark hate mail for making same sex marriage greeting cards. What a shame it would be if people used it to send Hallmark support mail instead...

Takes a second and is easy to do. Please forward it along...

http://anonym.to/?http://www.afa.net/Petitions/Issuedetail.asp?id=329

Automated! Convenient! FUNNY.

Go and foil, before they get smart and figure it out. (Ed. because that'll never happen.)

I for one, sent a letter of support.

( Here's what I put in my letter... )

ETA: As I suspected, their asking for e-mails places you on a preliminary mailing list. The good news is, you have to confirm via the e-mail sent that you wish to continue receiving mail. Plop it in the trash and keep on trucking, imo.

ETA2: Dear LJ,
Stop giving me "This comment has been deleted; you cannot reply to it." responses to my trying to edit MY OWN comment on MY OWN FUCKING LJ. It's NOT deleted, no one has that power but ME. Yay for fudged-up code.

Well, I could spend tons of words groveling about having waited so long to do this, or I could get to the report! Guess which we'd all rather I do? I'm combining Jewel's Saturday and Sunday panels into this post, mostly chronologically, so some SGA and Firefly bits are mixed in with each other, though when possible I tried to group the subjects. I have video for Sunday but not Saturday, so images from Sunday are mixed in, not that it makes a lot of difference get to the recap, Darsy, OMG. NOTE: NO SPOILERS.

|CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS IN YOUR JOURNAL'S STYLE
|CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS IN LIGHT FORMATTING

SATURDAY:
When they switched the room from David and Kate's stools to the armchair they set out for Jewel, the look was so different that the first thing she said to us was that it looked like Masterpiece Theater. All of the photos I'm using were provided by hebrew_hernia (thank you! *mwah*) and the videos are by grammarwoman (*cuddle*).



( Jewel was first asked which of the projects she's worked on would she consider her favorite... )

Little question, btw--is there a place to post recaps to other than just my journal and on_shore_leave? I'm sure there are Jewel Staite fans who would love to read this, but I don't know if I have the right to go posting in sga_noticeboard or something.

Thanks to argosy's recent post, I have seen the holy grail.

Forget the quote-unquote 'Top 50 Man Candy' list by OK Magazine! Instead, check out the FANDOM Top 50 Man Candy list by mortari.

Seriously, this is the fucking list of all the men I want to... meet in real life. Or something. Err.

All joking aside, this list really is the most awesome ever, and Alan Rickman (who got left off by accident) gets an honorable mention.

GO LOOK!

Real quick: Does anyone have the .pdf files of Twilight that are floating around? Certain people would prefer not to pay for the book and feed the frenzy, but would love to mock the hell out of it are genuinely curious.

I'm just their mouthpiece, you understand.

*nods*

Comments are screened, but I'll unscreen any general commentary comments. I just figure if anyone wanted to post the .pdfs anonymously I should be an enabler offer them... anonymity. Shut up, it made sense in my head!

~Darsy

I wish I had a Lorne icon. Woot! I have one now. Thanks for the rec, unamaga

fandomsecrets:



I repeat. WHAT.

Discuss.

ETA: This comment makes me sad for that person. I fully expect to get flamed for my response, though, because I like McShep and therefore must be part of the raving hordes. Or something.

ETA2, Clever Relative to ETA (I'm lazy tonight): ILU, Leah! (Honorable mention to vida_boheme and falling_colors)

I just had a nightmare that I was stuck in a hallway with characters from Twilight. Now, I've never read the books or anything, all I know of the series came from friends posts and fandomsecrets, and the last thing I can remember saying before I woke up was trying to explain to someone as I ran away screaming, "You don't understand, this book has *sparkly vampires*! It's SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED!

It's not even that I think I won't like it, it's that I managed to osmosis my way into disliking it in my dream life... LOL.

Snagged from lantean_drift. Why 'to cheer me up?' Let's just say expectations and results for something I did recently were wildly disparate.

Pick a fandom that you know I at least know about, and I'll tell you:

1. The first character I first fell in love with

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now

3. The character everyone else loves that I don't

4. The character I love that everyone else hates

5. The character I used to love but don't any longer

6. The character I would shag anytime

7. The character I'd want to be like

8. The character I'd slap

9. A pairing that I love

10. A pairing that I despise

I'm... writing my first slash sex scene -!

I think it's good... so far... Hopefully it'll be done (it's a one-shot, Doppelganger tag) by this evening.

Just felt like sharing...

(Yes, I signed up for remix_redux this year...)

Dear ReMixer,

Firstly, sorry to have waited this long to write this--I got a little caught up in things and, being new to the scene, didn't realize I was even allowed to!

Secondly--I have to admit, the majority of my stories aren't very plotty, and thus might make dubious candidates for remixing--I don't know, as I am a newbie to this. I will say that I'm very excited about this and as you might have noticed, have no 'safe' stories or anything--go wild! I wish I'd been able to finish more of the John/Rodney stories that are waiting on my hard drive, as that would offer more of a selection (and hey, I'm planning to get the second part of How Many Astrophysicists... up soon, so if you liked it but saw that it's a WiP and off-limits, I say go for it anyway--or check back in a couple of days!).

My main concern is just that I have so many rare pairings, but hopefully that won't present a problem. I'm actually totally into slash now that I've gotten sucked into the Stargate fandom, not that you can tell by my HP stories, lol!

Note: There are a few stories that aren't posted on my LJ that are actually complete and eligible, you can find them at my Fanfiction.net page (I'm 'Ssergit') there (or, alternatively, my (ye gods!) FanLib page).

Have fun!
~Darsy

ps. As for my own assignment... oh MAN am I happy--I love this person's writing, and am stuffed full of ideas! Hard to pick one!