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Kiana Firouz still desperately needs our help. The UK, having denied her asylum request, wants to deport her back to Iran, where she will in all probability be executed for being a lesbian and political activist.

Well, SPN folks, looks like you dodged that bullet. Was it satisfying?

gina_r_snape saw someone die at work yesterday.

The search for an apartment's original tenant.

Arizona racism in action.

When I talk about the awesome, but completely randomized/frustrating public transit in Sydney, I usually talk about ShittyRail. But this post about the bus system is priceless.

ellen_kushner has an Alan Rickman story that beats my Alan Rickman story. Also, it involves the Welsh. Come on, you know you have to click.

The Hewitt thing is today. I took a different coat out of the closet, since I need to do a slight repair on the one I usually wear. This is one my mother bought me that I never wear because I find it a bit dowdy or something, but over the very 1940s look of the dress I'm wearing, it's sort of freakishly brilliant.

Speaking of dresses, sometimes I like them. Especially if they are vintage-y and/or speak to that "if Jack Harkness was a chick" instinct in my wardrobe. So do I want to buy this or this? I'm sort of all over this too, but I don't need it the way I need me some blue and white polka dots.

Ages ago, a photog I worked with even more ages ago friended me on Facebook. My Facebook pic is masculine, and the friending note said "you, er, look different now, but I hope you're well." I finally friended a bunch of random people back last night, and so he's since written on my wall "nice tie! hope you're well." To which I say to you all: if you have a question, just fucking ask it; otherwise, I'm ignoring this shit.

More Angel last night. WHAT THE FUCK WITH THIS VAMPIRE BABY PLOTLINE? IS IT BECAUSE ANGEL HAS A SOUL? I'm going to fucking HATE this plotline, aren't I? Also, still hate Wesley's hair.

Anyway, aside from that... Kal Penn in another thankless Whedon role! And I loved, loved that mess of a situation with Gunn's old crew and the karaoke bar and the demon murders and Angel and Wesley and just -- THIS IS MY SORT OF TV. But yeah, it's dark, and it hurts and nobody wins, and I'm not sure how I'm going to feel about what's clearly going to be the endless murky miserable grind of this season.

Now, because I can't talk about Angel without talking about Torchwood: Wesley pretty much has all of Ianto and Jack's best as well as most brutal qualities. I can't look away. I mean, I really, really can't look away.

Comments

[drinkingcocoa.livejournal.com]

What's your Alan Rickman story?

And you're going to post photo of you in dress and coat, right? [shameless plea]

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

Polka dots! Everyone needs navy and white polka dots. I like both dresses but I LOVE the lines on the second one. I also really like the yellow and black floral; It would be awful on me but I think yo would look wonderful in it.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Short version:

When I went to see Private Lives on Broadway, I had tasrina and ladypeculiar with me. Tsarina was wearing a tiara and was all, ""let's go to the stage door! And Megan was having a personal crisis and also being all "I'm an actor, fuck this shit, I'm going to stand in the corner and smoke."

So I'm standing there with tsarina and she's having this surreal conversation with Lindsay Duncan wherein Lindsay Duncan says "I love your tiara! The best thing about this play is the hats. I have a hat!" and then Alan Rickman finally comes out to do the autograph thing and a bazillion Potter fans are being totally creepy ("I looked up your family's genealogy online!" "Sign my Snape doll!" etc.) and then he gets over to where we are. Some little NYU girls have shoved themselves in front of us, and they go "Oh, oh Mr. Rickman, we love all your films!"

Now, Rickman has been in some serious SHIT, so he starts laughing in this sort of sinister way and says "Clearly, you haven't seen all of them." Then I start laughing, and can't stop, and he and I have this weird eye contact/hand gesture conversation about these girls between us, when one of them TURNS AROUND and then starts berating me for ruining her moment with Alan Rickman, with whom I continue to gesture in a "can you believe this shit? what the fuck? people TERRIFY me" way.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I have a green and white dress (that I am wearing today) in the same cut as the yellow dress.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

The Sadie seems more 'you' and will show off your assets better. The Ashley is more demure, but who knows, maybe you're going for that. Are wrist-length white gloves involved, and a wicker handbag?

[elisi]

Good luck with the Hewitt thing!

More Angel last night. WHAT THE FUCK WITH THIS VAMPIRE BABY PLOTLINE? IS IT BECAUSE ANGEL HAS A SOUL? I'm going to fucking HATE this plotline, aren't I?
I... don't think so. :) *zips up mouth*

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

I like the third dress the best. I must ask, though, does yellow work on you? It's such a tricky color to wear.

[rm.livejournal.com]

It won't make my ass look huge?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Yellow works on me so well, but I wasn't allowed to wear it much as a kid because I had a relative whose synesthesia caused him to vomit when he saw certain shades of it.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, WHAT?

Your family, I swear...

[rm.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm just lucky the worst I have is some letters/numbers stuff and certain types of pain tastes like blueberries.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm working with a different paradigm, but I thought that was the point? All while still emphasizing that you are lithe and angular?

You are everything in that dress! I think.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I'm pear-shaped, that would make me look really pear-shaped due to tiny shoulders. On the other hand, that's the dress that when I look at it sort of feels right in terms of whatever crazy narrative is going on in my head about it.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Who needs hallucinogens? WE HAVE SYNESTHEISA!

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

If you are going for classic balance than the second one is better. But in terms of "rightness" I still like the first one. Red heels?

I confess I am lusting after the first one but can't do front-drapey stuff, I look like I'm standing in a hole. I would get this one.

[drinkingcocoa.livejournal.com]

I really don't usually laugh out loud while reading. This line is a terrific candidate for summing up the kind of thing one might read in your LJ. [giant "couldn't make this up" grin]

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Oops, I meant this one. Stupid frames.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Link went to the general page. Which one?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ah, that is the basic cut of my white cown and another dress I have from them, and it tends to want to slip off my tiny shoulders.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

I like the Ashley the best - the puffed sleeves on the second one seem small and a little out of place. (I don't like puffed sleeves - I think they look babyish on grown women so I may not be making an unbiased decision).

I also like the third one a lot - and since you can wear yellow - that's a very lovely one as well.

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

What was your Alan Rickman story?

Also, not that it matters, but I vote for the black and yellow dress. :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

It's in comments above you.

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

Never mind my question. Cool story.

[bellakara.livejournal.com]

I was thinking it was time to bring Kiana's plight up again, so thanks for linking to that site. I've sent an email to No.10. I'll send one to the Home Office. God knows whether it will do any good but it can't do any harm. I might try my local MP, though he's Labour, and this happened under their watch. The one positive light is that the new Home Office minister is a woman who does not seem to suffer the homophobia of some of her right-wing colleagues. At least, that's what I understand.

[gement.livejournal.com]

The dress with the red belt looks more Jack to me. It's sharper in its lines, though still curvy as hell.

I haven't watched Angel S3, but I heard the plot summarized and went o.^ because I wouldn't let that shit pass in any roleplaying game ever. If I were playing with a GM who did, I'd go find another game.