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Y HALLO THAR IJ

2009-01-07T23:48:31Z

So, LJ is sucking and GJ finally gave up the ghost.

Where are the fun things on IJ? I've been meaning to get more active here anyway.

hanncoll @ 2008-12-08T17:59:00

2008-12-08T23:00:25Z

So, is LJ FUBAR'd for everyone, or is that just me?

Studios may owe actors over writers' strike

2008-06-05T21:43:19Z

I wonder what the chances are of the studios actually forking the money over. Not much, I bet.

The writers strike may have ended four months ago, but the studios still have checks to write -- at least according to actors.

Because of an obscure provision in the contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios, hundreds of actors could be owed more than $10 million in back pay as a result of being thrown out of work when the writers strike shut down TV production last year.

SAG has quietly lodged claims against more than 80 shows on behalf of "series regulars" who lost their jobs temporarily during the writers walkout, which shut down such hit shows as "Lost," "CSI" and "Ugly Betty." The union contends the producers violated a so-called force majeure clause in the current contract that entitles actors to receive roughly 2 -1/2 weeks' pay if they are suspended due to extraordinary circumstances such as a strike. Series regulars include stars and those who have a recurring role on a show.

Source.

Read on Blogspot.

Gillian Anderson pregnant

2008-06-04T21:12:27Z

X-Files star Gillian Anderson is pregnant with her third child, her manager says. Anderson, 39, has a 13-year-old daughter and an 18-month-old son.

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" will be released July 25.

Because Alex IS special.

2008-05-27T22:04:41Z

A Florida Kindergarten teacher led her students one by one to tell a 5-year-old boy what they didn't like about him -- and then let them vote on whether he should be allowed to stay in the class. The student, Alex Barton, is in the process of being tested for Asperger's Syndrome and other possible special needs. So far, the school district has only reassigned the teacher while an investigation takes place.

If you're as outraged and disgusted about this as I am, please take a few minutes to contact the St. Lucie County School Board at webmastr@stlucie.k12.fl.us, or call Lucie County Schools Superintendent Michael J. Lannon at (772) 429-3925 (fax #: 772.429.3916, email: lannonm@stlucie.k12.fl.us), or contact the school principal, Marcia Cully at (772) 337-6730 (email: cullym@stlucie.k12.fl.us) and tell them so.

Because Alex has been repeating the phrase "I'm not special" since the incident, there's information here about a card-writing campaign to let Alex know that he IS special.

Free online classes?

2008-05-22T14:50:27Z

Sorry for the spamminess, but can anyone point me towards one of those universities that have free online classes in all sorts of subjects?

I was just sitting here, regretting that I'm so bad in math and science. Seriously, I've seen school systems in our area offering signing bonuses to math teachers, but elementary teachers are pretty much considered a dime a dozen. But more than that, I'm sick of not being able to help my 7th-grader with her math homework. I feel like I fail at math, and I DON'T WANT TO.

*ahem*

Anyway, if anyone can point me in that direction, I'd appreciate it. :)

hanncoll @ 2008-05-14T18:50:00

2008-05-14T22:50:49Z

Looks like John Edwards has decided to officially endorse Obama. I think this is probably the final nail in Clinton's campaign's coffin. Not sure how I feel about that.

hanncoll @ 2008-05-14T06:14:00

2008-05-14T10:14:27Z

Gah, I'm so freakin' tired. Ron's working nights, and I don't sleep well when he's gone, and to top it off, I woke up and thought it was almost time to get up, so I sort of roused myself...and then realized I had another hour to sleep. Aaaand of course, by then I was too awake to fall asleep again. Ugh.

I went to an all-day seminar on grant-writing yesterday, and it was somewhat interesting.

I was thinking again about trying to get my teaching license, but I tell ya, I can't imagine adding classes and homework and studying for tests to my life. It feels like I barely have time to do the things I do now. Plus, you know, that I don't learn things nearly as easily as I did fifteen or twenty years ago. Not to mention the cost of going back to school. Maybe I should just concentrate on gaining the skills necessary for this job and ones like it. It's a good job, and I like it. The pay's not as good as a teacher's salary, and I don't get summers off, but I love my co-workers. That counts for a lot.

Anyway, woo Supernatural tomorrow!

How're you doing, flist?

hanncoll @ 2008-05-13T18:53:00

2008-05-13T22:53:33Z

Last year, Hannah's end-of-year band concert happened to be the night of the Supernatural season finale. Guess what? Yep, it is this year, too.

Heh. I already told Ron we have to sneak out after Hannah's band plays...the eighth-grade band can play without us. :D

Num num gimme some.

2008-05-10T22:03:04Z

I just made the most yummy and easy supper ever. As this certainly doesn't happen often, I decided to share. ;D

Ground Beef Dinner

1 to 2 lbs. ground beef (I used ground turkey)
1 bell or red pepper, de-seeded and chopped
2 cans tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes (I used Zesty Italian flavored)
Spices to taste (I used a TBLSP of chili powder, two tsps Mrs. Dash, two tsps another salt-free seasoning mix, a cube of beef boullion and lots of powdered onion. I like spices. *g*)

Brown ground beef in pan; drain excess fat if necessary. Add remaining ingredients and simmer about 15 to 20 minutes, until slightly thickened.

Serve over pasta (I used gluten-free penne; the original called for elbow macaroni). Top with grated cheese if desired.

SO GOOD OMG.

Let's play 'Spot the Supernatural Guest Star'.

2008-05-04T16:10:22Z

I'm watching 'Freddy vs. Jason', and it's like a regular Supernatural guest stars reunion. So far, I've seen Katherine Isabel (Ava), Brendan Fletcher (Max Miller) and Chris Gauthier, Ronald "Are You Working for the Mandroid?" Reznick.

edit: and Kyle Labine, who apparently was Third Teenage Boy in "Hell House", Colby Johannson, James in "Hell House", Tom Butler, who was Harley Jorgeson in "Scarecrow", Brent Chapman, Superintendent in "No Exit"</a>, Kimberley Warnat, Julie in "Bedtime Stories" and Alistair Abell who, it seems was in "Folsom Prison Blues", though no character is listed.

I'm guessing this was filmed in Vancouver. ;)

New York Minute

2008-05-03T20:49:14Z

Bwahaha baby!Jared with his baby!scruff and the Southern accent's still there and I'm trying to ignore the freakiness of the Olsen twins but Jared's character walks into his hotel room and the Olsens are there in towels and he's kinda freaked but he goes "uh...is it my birthday?" *falls over*

Add Chex Mix to the gluten-free list!

2008-05-03T15:36:17Z

This is probably interesting to no one but me, but Rice Chex is going gluten-free! I can make Chex Mix ~~for me~~ for the kids! *fistpump*

Razor

2008-04-30T00:41:00Z

First of all, it's unbelievably awesome, as an old-school BSG fan, to see the flashback to the first Cylon war, with the old-style vipers and FREAKIN' OLD-STYLE CYLONS YAY. It's just... Bill Adama freefalling after ejecting from his smashed viper, I can accept. Cylon that smashed his ship also frefalling, I can accept. Blaster-fight in mid-air while freefalling? Um. NO. Hand-to-hand combat while still freefalling? OH HALE, NO. It's waaay too over-the-top, and I went from squeeing over the original-style Cylons to sort of scowling at my screen at TPTB for, obviously, pandering to the young-male 'love the kickass fightin' and the 'splodey' contingent.

Oh, and? The idea of Admiral Hardass What's-her-name -- who chastized her X.O. for having her uniform tunic unbuttoned after spending 48 hours at her station after the Cylon attack -- getting all smoochy with someone while she's in uniform, in the presence of all of her officers? Is ludicrous. BSG usually does such an excellent job of reflecting realistic military situations, and I can't see how they'd make such a glaring mistake.

*grumbles and hopes it gets better*

Also? I'm imagining what Supernatural (which gets about the same ratings as BSG, I think) would look like if we had BSG's budget, and trying not to be ill with jealousy. *g*

Not at all related, but less than 24 hours after rejoining Freecycle groups in my area, I'm remembering why I left. The multiple offers of puppies, kittens and young lab-mix dogs is downright depressing and, really, people, wtf is up with posting that you're looking for a 27-inch PLUS TV set? And laptops? And working treadmills? And complete sets of furniture? Greedy asshats. *leaves groups again*

hanncoll @ 2008-04-28T20:12:00

2008-04-29T00:12:15Z

I just finished season 3 Battlestar Galactica.

...

*SHRIEKS*

*downloads season 4 like the frackin' wind*

Drop. Your. Sword. [clang!]

2008-04-28T10:21:05Z

Also, did anyone else look at these SPOILER pictures for this week's Supernatural and wonder why sfuniverse was posting caps from "The Princess Bride"?

You say it's your birthday!

2008-04-28T10:12:14Z

Happy, happy birthday, zillah975! You're one of the best hearts I've known, and I'm so glad we're friends. *loves forever and ever* I hope your day is full of wincake and awesomesauce, sweetie. ♥ ♥ ♥

flail

2008-04-26T19:32:40Z

Eyecon is trying to get Jensen and JDM for Eyecon 2 in September! They already have Jared signed. :D

I'm picturing them all three on-stage at the same time. O_O

Oh Em Gee Dubya Tea Eff Elle Oh Elle

I brought the idea up to Ron casually earlier, and he did not immediately declare it the worst idea he's ever heard. However, work schedules may make it impossible. ARGH.

Am in Chattanooga for the weekend. Am getting a cold. And possibly a stomach ailment of some sort. Am brainstorming ideas to make some extra money so I don't feel guilty spending money on Eyecon. Anyone know if there's a decent-paying job I could look for that'd allow flexible-ish weekend-ish hours?

I give up.

2008-04-25T23:25:25Z

Scene: home. Watching the news. There's a report on women finding they don't get hired when they mention they have kids during a job interview. Reporter tells us that mothers, particularly single mothers, are thought to be unreliable because they may need to be out of work to take care of a sick child.

Ron (looking at me, confused): I dunno...nobody ever asked me if I have children in a job interview.

Me: *blink* THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A WOMAN, DEAR.

Ron: *blink* Ohhh... [beat] ...You mean people ask you that?

Me: Yes. Yes, they do.

Ron: Ohhh...

There I was, innocently watching the local news, when...

2008-04-25T18:36:53Z

Dear Billy:

OMG, what happened to you?! You always seemed like such a nice guy. Such a shame. *tsk*

*sigh* I suppose Hollywood corrupts everyone, eventually.

hanncoll @ 2008-04-24T11:28:00

2008-04-24T15:29:00Z

The whole OSBP wank is consuming me. I tried to step away, tried to turn off comments and ignore the conversation, but my reaction to it has been unexpectedly visceral, and I just can't. People on my flist have been wonderful; their posts have been thoughtful and heartfelt and intelligent and often funny as hell. My reaction has been closer to the OH JOHN RINGO NO end of things. I've seen people saying that I never should've brought it up on the dragoncon comm, that I'm just giving people ideas. I respect people's right to think that, but it seems wrong to me to avoid talking about something because it might give ~~men~~ people ideas -- as if they're somehow not expected to be able to stop themselves from acting on ideas, like it's not their fault if they don't control their more base impulses. I'm sure this was not how people meant to sound, but it reminded me very much of the whole 'well, she was asking for it! Did you see how she was /dressed/? She wanted it!' defense against rape. And surprise, surprise, that exact thing turned up in theferrett's original post. They started asking people who were dressed scantily -- who were "displaying their assets" if they could grope them. Because, obviously, the only reason a woman dresses that way is to invite sexual advances. Apparently.

More than one person in the dragoncon post has told me that they have the right to ask women if they can grope them. The right. That there's nothing at all wrong with 'just asking a question'. Two people have asked me in comments if they can grope me, even though I've made it clear that it's not okay to ask me (full disclosure: I deleted those two comments). So tell me, why is it a surprise that I worry that this game/project/gang-grope could get out of control in a setting like DragonCon? 50,000 people crammed into three hotels, many of them inebriated, some of whom think they have the right to ask to grope me even if I expressly have said that's not okay?

I'm physically ill just writing about it; I'm violently angry that we even have to have this discussion -- that there's even a question about whether this kind of thing is okay. I think I got comfortable in my mostly-female space online and forgot that there is this pervasive attitude in the world at large that my body is not entirely mine, that other people have a right to it in some way. That I'm a harpy and a shrew and a shriveled-up old feminazi if I say that this is a revolting idea.

I was molested when I was seven by a male relative who was 14. I was groped by a guy in high school -- it was after school and I was standing at my locker, getting my books, and he shoved me against my locker and groped me, then ran off laughing. I was raped in college. I didn't tell anyone about any of this. I'm horrified now that I didn't say anything, that I was too ashamed and humiliated to go to the authorities, that I felt and still feel to some degree that I did something to bring it on. My experience isn't even unusual. 25 percent of women have been raped. Far greater numbers have been ogled, groped, or made the subject of lewd comments by people who felt it was their right to do so.

This is not about me objecting to consenting adults exploring their sexuality. If this is something they want to do with like-minded people, that's great. I'm all for people having all the consensual sex they want. Be wild. Be kinky. Be vanilla. Be poly. Explore your own limits. Celebrate your sexuality. But be damned sure that when you do, you're not bringing people into it who have not consented to do so. It's their right not to be confronted, questioned, cornered or coerced into something they didn't expressly ask for.

That's all.

hanncoll @ 2008-04-22T14:55:00

2008-04-22T18:55:08Z

Just wanted to post that I'm doing okay. Turns out that instead of what I thought was unusually high blood pressure, mine is really low, which is apparently what was making me feel like crap. I went to the (free!) employee wellness center to get checked out, and my BP was 98/64, which I think is the lowest it's ever been. On the one hand, yay, because the doctor said he wants my BP as low as we can get it without me actually passing out from it. On the other hand, boy, do I feel like crap right now. I can has nap nao? The RN at the wellness center said it's probably a result of doubling one of my meds a week ago, and my body should adjust to it. Pls to adjust faster, body.

Anyway, I'm all excited to get more into insanejournal now! I'm going to let my extra icons expire on LJ in a day or so. We'll see if I'm actually willing to let my paid account revert to free in a month or so. Does anyone know if paid accounts will revert to the ad-supported "plus" accounts, or the original basic account? Also, can anyone point me towards interesting IJ comms, especially any that can help me prettyfy my journal? Thanks!

Two days till OMFG NEW SUPERNATURAL! *flails*

The Day Fanfic Turned Jared and Jensen Gay and Totally Ruined Their Lives Forever

2008-04-20T00:49:42Z

Um. I wrote badfic? It's keepaofthecheez's fault.

Jared looked up from his computer. "Jensen, come here." His manly voice trembled with barely controlled anger.

"What is it," Jensen said, swaggering his Texas swagger as he walked over to his platonic friend.

"They're," Jared swallowed hard, his face turning red. "They're writing things. Like really bad things. About..." His face turned redder and Jared struggled to find his voice again.

Jensen had never seen his friend who he had totally never looked at as anything more than a friend who was a guy, so upset. "What is it?"

"They're writing things. The fans, I mean."

Jensen squinted manfully as he sat down far enough from Jared so their knees did not touch. Because he never touched Jared. Because Jared was another man, and that was just gross. "Calm down, pal. It can't be that bad. You always overreact." He started reading what was on the screen. Within a minute he was on his feet and swaggering quickly to the bathroom to vomit.

Jared put his head in his hands and tried to get himself under control. "I tried to tell you but it was just so bad..."

Jensen swaggered back in the room, looking green around the gills. But still very manly. "I can't believe they wrote that kind of garbage!" he shouted. "They said I touched you, and not even the very platonic way that men who are JUST FRIENDS touch. They said I touched your man-parts!" He had to swagger back to the bathroom to throw up again. When he swaggered back, he found Jared pacing the floor, also swaggering.

"Don't they know we're from Texas?" Jared yelled angrily. "Don't they know we're totally and completely straight? I want to punch them!" He shouted.

"Calm down, chum," Jensen said. "It won't do any good to punch them. There are too many of them and not all of them live in Vancouver."

Jared sat down suddenly. "Oh God, oh God," he moaned.

"What is it???" Jensen ran over to him and put his hand on Jared's shoulder. Just to comfort his platonic friend. And even then, it was a little gross. Because he was completely straight.

"I think..." Jared shook all over. "I think reading what they wrote...oh God, I think I caught the gay!!!"

Jensen swaggered to the bathroom to vomit again. Jared was his best friend in the world, but if he had caught the gay, they couldn't be friends anymore. Even if he WAS from Texas.

When he came back into the room, Jared was standing up again. "I know what we have to do," he said.

Jensen didn't like the look on Jared's face. "What do we have to do?"

"We have to touch man-parts, Jensen. It's the only way!"

Jensen tried to swagger back to the bathroom to throw up again, but Jared grabbed his arm. "I'm gay now, and I have to have sex with you!" Jensen punched his gay friend in the nose. Even THAT was gross. Jared punched him back, and Jensen was a little disturbed to find out that he liked that part. Because in the fic, he liked being hit a lot. Then Jared grabbed Jensen and pushed him against the wall, kissing him hard. On the mouth. It was gross, but Jensen liked that, too.

"Oh God," he moaned when Jared stopped kissing him. "I think they made me gay, too!" So they took off their clothes and touched each other's man-parts and had gay sex. And even though it was really, REALLY gross, they both liked it.

Later, they put their clothes back on, because their gross man-parts were still flopping around, and it reminded them that they had caught the gay.

"They ruined our lives," Jensen said, as one manly tear slid down his face. "If only one fan had been brave enough to stand up against the fanfic, this would never have happened!"

THE END.

Nice mention of Operation: Winchester

2008-04-17T23:57:30Z

Sorry about the spamage, but I couldn't /not/ post this!

Op:Win and Fandom Rocks got a really nice mention in The Supernatural Online Fandom: Take Two:

For something truly inspirational, there are two big charity sites. Operation: Winchester is dedicated to sending Supernatural Season one DVDs to the troops overseas via care packages. Word is the show is very popular among the soldiers, and fans are doing their part to show support by delivering them a part of the same joy we get at home. This campaign is ongoing, and details about how to donate can be found on the site. Fandom Rocks recently raised money in the name of Supernatural for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund and the Lawrence Humane Society in Lawrence Kansas (which is the hometown of Sam and Dean Winchester). In their latest campaign, they managed to raise $2350 for both charities. The site has a nice profile of each visit to those places and the challenges these facilities face. They also indicate to stay tuned, for another campaign is in the works, but they are always accepting donations online.

Yet again Supernatural fans, you've amazed me, and I’m sure there are still way more that I’m missing. It’s incredible what love and inspiration from one show can do to motivate people in different ways. Once everyone is done with the diversion of the four remaining episodes of the season over the next month, it’ll be time to share that pent up energy online all summer. I’ll be there lurking, taking notes, and having a great time.

Whoot! Also, I really need to update the site.

hanncoll @ 2008-04-12T20:02:00

2008-04-13T00:02:59Z

Collin is SINGING IN THE SHOWER. OMG it is the cutest thing any child has ever done in the history of ever.

What's he singing? "Jingle Bells"! *falls over*

AND NOW HE'S APPLAUDING HIMSELF AND GOING "YAAAAY!"

edit:NOW HE'S SINGING "THE ABC SONG". I AM CLOSE TO DEATH FROM THE CUTE.

edit two:NOW IT'S "TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR" OMG THE WORLD CANNOT WITHSTAND THIS LEVEL OF CUTE. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!2!