Or should I say: "Scientists don't fear collider..."
*snicker*

Why do I have a feeling that Rodney McKay would've been involved in the creation of this machine in some universe or other?

"Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump? Ridiculous, say scientists..."

ETA: Somehow, after reading this article, I could so see McKay being one of the head project scientists and Kavanaugh being the one spearheading the lawsuit to stop the atom smasher being turned on. AU fic, anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

And that's my geeky moment of the day, folks.

In other, sadder news, actor Don S. Davis died suddenly yesterday of a massive heart attack. You were a wonderful actor and a gentleman, Mr. Davis. Thank you for all of your years of dedication to your work. You made the world a little brighter for it.
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lon_dubh, I got the box today.
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

Flist, I want you to meet the newest addition to my household: Rodney the dragon. Rodney, say Hi to the nice flist!



Awwwww, he's sleepy.

*glomps lon_dubh* I LOVE HIM, THANK YOU!
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Listening to the Laugh Attack channel on the XM radio, and there was a HILARIOUS bit with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

OMFG, that was awesome.
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Find Out Which Disney Girl You Are! created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Belle Dancing furniture, singing spoons, and a man who needs a serious haircut - sound familiar? Well it should! Belle was a very independent spirit with alot on her mind, much like you are! But in life, there is a needed balance - learn when to speak your mind, and when to hold it back. Sometimes offending someone isn't the best way to go! Belle 83% Pocahontas 79% Jasmine 75% Jane 67% Mulan 67% Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) 63% Ariel 58% Alice 54% Snow White 54% Violet 42% Tinkerbell 42% Cinderella 33% Esmerelda 25% Megara 25%

*snicker* But... but... offending people can be so much fun! *snerk* What's truly funny is that when J and I married, he had a full head of wild-n-wavy black mullet. Now? Bacon strip up top, with 1/8" on the sides and back.

IOW - I married Darien Fawkes, and now have Bobby Hobbes. *purr* XD
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Rammstein is some funny-assed shit, yo.
*giggles*
Du. Du hast. Du hast mich.
*giggles more*
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I have hypothyroidism.

JOY. *rolls eyes*

I had my annual PAP exam today, and the Nurse Practitioner went over my bloodwork results with me, too.

Thyroid's at 7.074H uIU/ml, and the general acceptable limits are anywhere between .0350 - 5.500. And since my results were similar in last year's bloodwork, this confirms what I and my family have been suspicious of.

But wait, there's more! My blood glucose was elevated - 127H mg/dL, and generally acceptable levels are 65 - 99. Also, the LDL cholesterol was a wee bit elevated at 143H mg/dL, with general levels being 0 - 99. That brought my total cholesterol to 203, when it should be below 199. Overall not too bad, but the LDL is of concern.

So. more exercise and less french fries. OOO, I rhymed!

But hey, I'm still at 228 lbs, which is an improvement from 2 months ago when I was at 235. So. Working on it.

I think once the thyroid medicine kicks in I'll be doing a whole lot better in so many ways. Less exhaustion, more energy to do what I need to. And maybe lose more weight! YAY.

Well, that was my day, aside from getting my cervix scraped and allergy shots. Oh, and the kid's got a wicked cough and feels like crap. Poor lad... *pets* How're you all doing?
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PS - after visiting the relatives last weekend, my father-in-law gave us his XM satellite radio and boombox, so now we have XM in the house, YAY!

PPS - I forgot to mention that we also stopped by to see my gramma, who out of nowhere in the middle of a conersation nonchalantly whipped up her pantsleg and declared that she thinks she might have cancer. Again. There's a nasty-looking wart-like thing on the front of her calf with angry-red skin at the base if it. If this is cancer, it'll be gramma's third time. She's 88, and around 80 pounds... a tiny little thing. I just don't know if I'm ready for this. AIE.

Washington Post Article

This totally fucked up my day, folks. I adore Mr. Carlin. Even agree with a lot of his theories.
"Earth's fine. WE'RE totally fucked."

*nodnod*

Crap.
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Impromptu Pep Talk Meme
This is, er, not a love meme. Not in the traditional livejournal sense of the word. Basically it's a Pep Talk Meme for writers/icon makers/vidders, whoever. You can put your username here or you can out someone else's username here and people drop little peptalks about your work in comments. For those of us who can do it, but just need a little pick-me-up now and then.

Please pimp. I have a feeling there's a few people out there who could use it.

ETA: Linky to my entry at bottom of page six here

Heavens knows I could sure use it. I swear I'm about as constipated as...
Well. I won't finish that.
*ahem*

On the health side of things, I managed to eat a small bowl of wonton soup today, YAY! And a small bowl of spaghetti tonight.

Of course I'm still all bloated and feeling oogy and disgusting and spacey, but still. Food in the guts and staying there FTW, YAYZ.

I'm currently wearing my holier-than-OJ-Simpson's-alibi sweatpants and thermal three-button thingie top. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm, whatsit called again? *headdesk*

SO BRAIN DED. NOT FUNNY. AND FOR ONCE I DON'T WANNA SLEEP. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Well, at least the Celtics won last night. \o/
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Icky, icky stomach virus, and three days of not washing clothes, dishes or bodies. Major water main break Sunday night on the other side of town that affected all points north of the Beltway.

This is the week for the Saminator's Cub Scout day camp. It's getting righteously stinky in here.

*gags*

Thank goodness J's coming home with ginger ale. Could someone please tell the rabid elephant that I'm all done with it stomping my guts into goo? Kthnxbai.
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c&p: This is called "FIRST REACTIONS QUIZ". You have to type the 1ST thing that comes to mind whenever you hear these things. You can't think and go back and change your answers.
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Off to Hershey Park in the wee hours of the morning for an all-day extravaganza! WOOHOO, school is OVER!
And oh how my feets are gonna be PISSED at me, gel inserts or not.
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I went to the doc first thing this morning for my bloodwork. They took three vials of blood and had me pee in a cup. Y'know, I sure do hope they don't bother with a pregnancy check, since I'm fried fallopian tubes and all now.

So. Blood sucked? Check. Feeling a little woozy afterwards. Prolly from excessive heat/humidity already at 10am.

Then, take car for 48,000 mile checkup/oil change. Mentioned to service tech that whenever I brake (since we had the brakes replaced at our last checkup) the entire front end shakes and shimmies.

After waiting 2.5 hours (in blissful air conditioning), I find out that oh, the rotors are pitted and really could use resurfacing. That'll be an extra $106. The brake pads are currently at 5/32 inch, and when they get down to 2/32 they'll absolutely need changing. If we had them changed now, which the technician recommends, then the cost would be a mere total of $535.

o.O

Um. NO. We'd like to eat this week and next, thank you.

I walk a little down the street and pick up lunch while I wait for the rotors to be resurfaced. I come back and soon my baby's ready to go. And then I get the bill. $343.50.

J was told when he made the appointment that the 48K checkup/oil change would cost $120 for everything. We were charged $259. J's currently cursing up a storm in his office. AIE. Looks like we'll be eating beans until I get paid on Friday. *faceslap*

After that loveliness, I went straight to my allergist and had my three shots, came home to clean the tub before picking up the kiddo from school, and now I'm ready to friggin' pass out. IT'S SO FREAKING HOT HERE. SRSLY, DOODS, WTF?! WE'RE CURRENTLY HOTTER THAN IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA, AND THAT'S JUST WRONGWRONGWRONG.

At least the A/C was able to cool down the apartment to about 77ºF. Which is cool for us in here.

Great googly-moogly I want my own house with central air. *grumps*
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ETA: Changed eustacian to fallopian, thnx to ionicaq's keen observation skillz. Meanwhile, I am made of fail. AUGH.

I made IMan South Park chibis. For shame... *hangs head and isn't repentent*
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Just so's you all know, every year our air conditioning can't keep up with the heat waves we get here in the Washington D.C. area. Currently it is 80.4•F inside our apartment. AUGH. *flails weakly* I WANNA BUY A HOUSE WITH PROPER A/C LIKE RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE.

Also, wish me luck tomorrow. It's supposed to be even hotter, and I've got my yearly bloodwork and a car inspection. AUGH. The car's no big deal - just an oil change. But the blood work? I'm not looking forward to the results. *headdesk*
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Vote for your favorite SGA peeps in a Fandom Superlatives voting contest.

The categories SGA is participating/has been nommed in:

- Best Hair - John Sheppard
- Best Ship (Fanon) - McShep
- Most Obviously in the Closet - John Sheppard
- The Dumbledore Award - John Sheppard
- Biggest Ego - Rodney McKay
- Fandom with the crackiest content - SGA
- Fandom with the best porn - SGA

Thank you to melloniel for first posting the links in one place on her journal.

Also? I didn't think to nom Darien Fawkes for best hair - because DOODS, HIS HAIR IS SO EMO. *snicker*

Maybe I'll just mosey over and ask that he be added? But... hmmm, I'd already voted for Sheppard. Any of my flist interested in nomming Fawkes for me? *bats eyes at you*
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In Season Nine, episode seven, AKA Ex Deus Machina, our beloved-to-hate Ba'al threatens to blow up a naquadah bomb if Jaffa expats try to apprehend him on Earth. The bomb turns out to be an entire building, which SG1 manages to get one of the Earth warships to beam out into space before it goes BOOM.

So, that information aside... I need to know what human name Ba'al's clone was using. Was the first name Barry? And what was the last name?

Why am I asking this? 'Cause I need it in order to finish the reel_sga story I'm finally almost done with. YAY?

Oh flist and Google Queens, can you help me? *offers chocolate chip cookie dough*
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"Do unto others as you would have them do to you."

"Love life as if each day were your last."
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The Google-Fu This was made to honor the Google-Fu that my dear lon_dubh carries strongly within her. If I ever need an answer, I ask her. She WILL find it. :D

For you, my beloved Fact Seeker. *bows in obeisance* I hope it is to your liking.
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Looks like this one's really making the rounds.
So I figured I'd do it twice. *snerk*

First one's from lon_dubh, because she was a meanie and challenged me. *pouts*
I had absolutely nothing in my iTunes, so I had to run a search. Is that cheating? If so, I don't care. So nyah. *raspberry*

1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

lon_dubh gave me the letter "Q". Meanie. *squints at you, then chuckles* But then again, I do like all these songs, so maybe that makes the not owning them better?

Queen - You're My Best Friend
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Queen Latifah - Don't Cry Baby
Quad City D.J.'s - C'mon 'N Ride It (The Train)


And then I was assigned the letter "S" from lyndasty. Now this letter I have plenty of on my saved music. Heheheh.

Santa Monica - Everclear
Save Me - Shinedown
Savin' Me - Nickelback
Serenity - Godsmack
Suffa - Hed PE

So... any takers on my flist?

Also, just wanted to let y'all know that I've not given up on my reel_sga story. Have been having problems with a bad tendonitis flareup over the past week. Am doing better, but doc sez I need to take it easy and not stress my hands so friggin' much. WAAAAH. It took me *looks at clock* fifteen twenty-fiveminutes to write this short frickin' post. *headdesk*
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OMFG, I WANNA SPORK MY FRIGGIN' BRAINS OUT
This is torturous.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE RULES SO FRIGGIN MUCH, THEN ABIDE BY THEM.

AND FOR GOD'S SAKE, SHUT THOSE FUCKING PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE UP.
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Minion.

Aside from the obvious definitions, there's one that I can't find that J is sure he read somewhere.

Minion - a group of ten or more people saying the same prayer, which is the minimum number of people needed in order for God to respond.

Anyone able to confirm or deny this? J's not sure what the source of his knowledge is, so he's of course a bit hesitant about me putting the question out there. But hey, who better to ask than my knowledgeable friends? Y/Y?

Hello? Buehler?

Tomorrow night is Sam's school concert, and he'll be playing his violin for a crowd (other than family) for the first time. *squeal* I'm so proud: not once has Sam tortured us with his daily practicing. That's good, right? Not. Once. He's always sounded so good, and never made the violin screech.

Okay, time for bed. Now.
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I think this image speaks for itself and how I think of her:



;D

Soooooo, here's alla youse's chance to stroke my ego. *snerk*

1. Think of the first word that comes to mind when you think of me.
2. Go to Google Images and search for that word.
3. Reply to this post with one of the pictures on the first page of results (don't tell me the word).
4. Put this in your own journal so that I can do the same.

Yesyes?
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PS - British-brewed nineteen percent alcohol mead. Is. The. SHIT. It totally fucks my shit up. With ONE GLASS. Dooooooooooood...