sundries

It is snowing.

I am still in the whole don't know what day it is, sleeping weird hours, not really well place.

Patty is home in 8 days. 8! And India seems to be about to sort itself out. We also need to sort out Ohio (it's partially sorted, but I need to get a flight and all), and for me, Gally.

Too much work, and a writing meeting tonight, but hoping to take an hour out of my day to go to All Saints Spitalfields about a coat.

Have come through the "Sherlock's brain upsets me" and out the other side thing. Have also discovered the crap in the fandom. Oh, fandom.

Despite not wanting to and having no time, I did bang out a short screenplay for that competition. I like it less, but think it's probably better than the first one. I didn't try to write it as a shooting script and I didn't try to be artsy. Simple, simple, simple. Whatever, it was a matter of pride that I get it done, and so I did.

Wikileaks: as someone on Twitter said, "I'm not sure that I'm pro-Wikileaks, but I know I'm anti anti-Wikileaks." As far as I can tell: much of this information deserves to be made public, but much of it is unnecessary, boring, or creating absurd problems without solving any; Assange's an asshole who likes the power of this whole thing; the rape allegations are creepy whichever way that plays out; the US government is ridiculous for telling students interested in working in the foreign service not to post about or link to Wikileaks (because now that it's out there, we probably shouldn't acknowledge that it's actually happening? More on that, that also clarifies some misinformation going around is in a helpful link in comments); and the media is pissed that someone else is doing their job. What a car crash. As a character in a narrative, Assange's riveting and makes a good visual story. And he knows it. I can't tear myself away from the whole mess, although if I hear one more USian say that we should try Assange for treason, I'm going to scream. He's not a US national; he can't be tried for treason. Other stuff, sure, but do people even know what treason means anymore?

Hey, I went off on slacktivism on Facebook yesterday, and now I'm going to do it here, because I have more room to do it here. ( this shit annoys me, and we can all always do better, but I am not actually calling you a bad person, okay? )

Today is the 21st anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre in which to "fight feminism" a gunman killed 14 women, wounded 10 others, and also wounded four men before turning the gun on himself.

In the US, queer teens are more likely to be punished harshly by schools, cops, and courts than their straight peers. In fact, a study shows that while teens who self-identify as queer are less likely to be involved in violent crime, they are more likely to be expelled, stopped by the police, arrested, or convicted of a crime. Those at the highest risk for punishment? Girls who label themselves as lesbian or bisexual.

Courtroom makeover: "We mostly do weddings."

I think most New Yorker's know this, but before St. Patrick's, there was another St. Patrick's, which still stands in the edge of Soho in what was once Five Points. Among other things, it is the burial place of Pierre Toussaint, and it has just been made a basilica. It's also one of my favorite things in New York.

Peep-o-rama reopens, sort of. Safe for work.

Stuff to sell for the holiday gift-giving season? Need to go shopping? Check this post. Thanks.

Oh, fandom....

Sherlock. Moriarty. Lobster knife-fight.

http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/4076.html?thread=11592940

There's an amazing thread. Multiple icons. A HILARIOUS photo manip and a ridiculous story that pretty much devolves into (well, starts as and keeps on going) lobster slash.

Also, it kinda begs to be a Rock Paper Scissors sort of game.

Mostly, it's the single greatest justification for anon-memes I've ever seen.

via annlarimer

P.S. -- Patty and I feel very strongly that someone needs to take this image and animate it so we can have .gifs of the big lobster showdown. Please? The Internet needs you. We need you.