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Doing more of these so that mutantjules doesn't cry.

The list again:

1. martha jones (doctor who)
2. laura roslin (BSG)
3. sam anders (BSG)
4. ellen harvelle (SPN)
5. fred weasley (HP)
6. peggy olson (mad men)
7. toph bei fong (avatar: tla)
8. meg (SPN)
9. lee adama (BSG)
10. jim kirk (star trek)
11. ariadne (inception)
12. j. cook (skins)
13. spock (star trek)
14. dean winchester (SPN)
15. hermione granger (HP)


( the lady's questions within )


Sooo tomorrow I'm supposed to basically go take a written exam to qualify for a job that involves scoring written exams. I'm weirdly nervous about this. It's awesome to find something that you actually are supposed to have a four-year degree to qualify for (seems like most jobs make undergrads either under- or over-qualified) and is, you know, pretty related to what I majored in, but I can't help having my Inadequate English Major insecurities over the whole thing. Like, hell, I'll volunteer the information that I write my ass off all the time and that I got an English degree, but from my experience I have no clue at all if I am necessarily good at writing when it comes to the technical, formal stuff.

A couple links:

-I meant to share this the day I saw it, but waldorph wrote an awesome post on THE SUBJECT OF MOVIE AUs/FUSIONS. I couldn't agree with it more, though I should really shut my mouth, because I've never gotten around to writing one. But hey, I've THOUGHT about it.

-I'm not nearly familiar enough with the world of comics, but I think some may appreciate this: 7 Superheroes Who Should Just Be Acknowledged As Bisexual.

Passing on from madlori: An unsettling and also very important safety article about how drowning doesn't look like drowning. I am sooo much more afraid of drowning after reading that D: D: D: Parents in particular should know this stuff.

And for the lulz, every once in a while I remember that snacksandshit.com exists, and I go there and have some laughs. It's a blog that regularly skewers some of the most ridiculous rap/hip hop lyrics in existence. Maybe this goes without saying, but be warned that if people at work have a tendency to read over your shoulder, it is definitely NSFW.

I keep watching White Collar and then not really having much to say about the episodes, even though I'm enjoying the recent episodes. I find Mozzie more endearing this season for some reason. Oh, and Diana is ten kinds of awesome.

I totally sat down at the computer to look up a word. Thirty minutes later, LOL, fandom secrets and updating again. The highlight of my venture in distraction from coming up with a thesis is somebody pointing out that between the botany and generally being secretly badass, Neville Longbottom + Hikaru Sulu = the same person. I'd have a hard time sorting TOS Sulu, but reboot!Sulu is kind of unquestionably Gryffindor. Even though that parking brake thing almost earns him Hufflepuff. Sorry, Hufflepuff, you're not that fail.

Yeah, I'm not the only person who sorts pretty much every fandom by Potter houses...Right?

And a little voice tells me to go do something fucking useful. But here's a gorgeous picspam of the Australian Ballet.

And the word was "dilettante," which means pretty much what I thought it meant.

Apparently August is officially Anal Sex Month (teehee). Same month as my birthday! lol.
Some of you might be interested in reading galadhir's essay, "A Christian Perspective on Slash Fiction." Even though certain points of it aren't very accessible to me, as I am not a Christian and don't align my morals to the Bible necessarily, I think she makes some interesting points, particularly some that I never could have made justifying homosexuality since I am not religious and don't understand a lot of details about the Bible. What I found particularly affecting about her point of view is that she used to actually think homosexuality is wrong and was ashamed of reading slash, but her views were gradually changed as she found more and more fiction that contained a beauty and purity she could no longer associate with sin.

"Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 condemns lying with a man as with a woman as 'an abomination'. Abomination is an unfortunate translation for the Hebrew word, which means 'something which is unclean under the Purity Law.' Like eating shellfish, or touching a dead pig, it made a person ritually unclean. Since, under Grace, Christians have been released from the requirements of the Law, this does not apply to us.

Romans 1:19-32 equally refers to homosexuality as 'unclean' *not* as a sin. Paul's gist in this passage is that Gentile Idolatry lead to ritual uncleanness *and* it leads to real sin (such as envy, murder, strife, deceit etc). Paul then goes on to attack the notion that anything is unclean, and to maintain that it is only real sin which matters. In saying this, he actually places homosexuality in the category of 'things which are OK for Christians - like eating non kosher food.'"

To read the entire post, go here.