Wow. I have eight Dreamwidth invite codes available (nine if you count the one I gave away a few weeks ago that hasn't been used). I have oodles of codes. Comment with your email if you'd like one! :)

Siedah Garrett and the Agape National Choir perform in a tribute to Michael Jackson. This is lovely.

Haven't seen it, probably won't see it unless I'm very, very drunk or excessively medicated, but I've read beaucoup de spoilers, and I just want to say ( cut for non-spoilery but image intensive commentary )*sigh*

I suppose this qualifies as a maggot, a fanciful piece that fits in no other category. Missing scene? Not in this universe. PWP? No sex. Crossover? Too insubstantial. Too long for a drabble, too short for anything else. So. A maggot.

Title: Emotionally Compromised
Fandom: Star Trek (Reboot)
Pairing: None
Warnings: Improbability drive activated, otherwise none
Spoilers: For Star Trek XI
Notes: Shout-outs to Journey to Babel, Trials and Tribble-ations and The Entropy Effect, for the heluvit.
( here there be maggot )

Thanks to meri_oddities for the suckage check. :)

Vidorama's mod/organizer freelancer_47 has crawled out from under her rock to justify her policy of banning gay content from vids submitted to her "contest." She would have been better off keeping her mouth shut.

I don’t really want to bring religion into this, or make it a right/wrong issue, and I won't. But I do want to point out that not everyone believes that homosexuality is the same as race. Not everyone believes that it's biological.

I know that I can't live in a bubble, but I control what I can. I do NOT go around shielding myself from EVERY form of homosexualism as people are trying to imply.

Something else I didn't want to bring into the conversation before, because it was personal, none of anyone’s busisness, and really beside the point I was trying to make, but will now because people keep insisting that I’m homophobic, is that one of my closest friends is a lesbian.

BINGO! WE HAVE BINGO! And the winner of the Flatline Award for Most Nauseatingly Homophobic Douchenozzled Asshat of the Year is...wait for it...freelancer_47! Congratulations, punkin! Mr. Tippytoes will now present your award.



Yours in Christ,
Lanning

One by thingswithwings: het/gen vs slash: why slash doesn't get to be slashed with gen

and one by rm: Oh Noes! There's Gay People In My Fandom!

Read them. They're good for you. :)

eta: OH! And read this in new community queerlygen, too. Yes! Finally! :D Maybe, in honor of the new comm, we should start a queergen recs list. Any suggestions?

The "Vid-O-Rama Video Awards" is looking for submissions. No homosexual content, explicit or implicit, canon or non-canon, will be accepted. There was a lot of discussion in the comm about this policy, the operative word being was, until the mod deleted all comments. Her last word:

All of you made excellent points about classifications between canon and non-canon slash, but you're missing the greater point here, and that's that I'm NOT flaming, hating, or openly bashing slash or the people that make or enjoy slash. I do not hate homosexuals or people that ship slash. It is simply that there are MORE than enough NON-slash vids online to make for an active community, and that is were I would like to aim my focus. That is all.

That's right. It's her country club, and only straights need apply. Boy howdy.

mresundance has more background and links, and morgandawn has some historical context.

Another odd lot:

A Sharper Image Sound Soother Clock Radio (2005 model) Barely used, comes with instruction booklet.

A Nikon N2000 camera that doesn't look nearly as sexy as the one in that photo. Fixer-upper. *g* Very used, but was still in good working order the last time I used it (which, granted, was a few years back). 50mm Nikon lens. The base plate is missing (how the hell did I lose that?). Comes with instruction booklet (mangled but readable), a couple filters, a strap, and a soft Kiwi case.

A 7.75 fl.oz. (unopened) bottle of Chantilly eau de cologne (no, I have no idea what this is doing in my house).

Free to a good home. Drop me a comment if you're interested. :)

My cats spend most of their days (and nights) at the windows, supervising the neighborhood. When something catches their attention, they will dash from window to window to follow whatever it is around the building (we're on the first floor, so they can SEE AND COMMAND ALL.) Tonight, though, they were very still at one window for a long time, so I got curious and went to see what was fascinating them.

It was a bunny. We get them every once in a while, but they don't usually come so close to the building. He was just outside the window, enjoying a little evening silflay, and ignoring the two cats just itching to pounce on him. (Not that either one of the duffers would know what to do with a rabbit if they caught one.) Sasha scraped at the screen, licking his chops. The bunny was unmoved. Sasha stood up on his hind legs and pawed the screen with much ferocity (no doubt with the intent of terrifying his prey into cardiac arrest). The bunny remained unimpressed. Sasha sat down and looked at me.

"Don't blame me if you don't have game," I said.

Both cats looked at me reproachfully. I caved. Treats were dispensed. I am such a sucker for that look.

Ambercrombie and Fitch demotes an employee because her prosthetic arm violates the company's "look policy."

My favorite bit:

Here's the company's perception of the store, straight from the 2008 annual report: "Rooted in East Coast tradition and Ivy League heritage, A&F is the essence of privilege and casual luxury."

Well. At least they admit it.