Vid: Ice (Babylon 5, Susan/Talia)
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girlgayTitle: Ice
Fandom: Babylon 5
Pairing: Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters
Music: Ice by Sarah McLachlan (The Freedom Sessions version)
Summary: Susan, Talia, and Psi Corps.
Notes: Inspired by Katharine's vid Ice. A huge thank you togwyn for sending me a copy of Media Cannibals Tape 3 so I could see Katharine's vid! Thank you also to mswyrr for being an awesome beta!
References to Talia's fate in Divided Loyalties.
Quick cuts and flashes, particularly at 2:20 - 2:22, 3:08 - 3:10 and 3:15 - 3:19.
AO3 | DW | tumblr | youtube
Fandom: Babylon 5
Pairing: Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters
Music: Ice by Sarah McLachlan (The Freedom Sessions version)
Summary: Susan, Talia, and Psi Corps.
Notes: Inspired by Katharine's vid Ice. A huge thank you to
gwyn for sending me a copy of Media Cannibals Tape 3 so I could see Katharine's vid! Thank you also to mswyrr for being an awesome beta!References to Talia's fate in Divided Loyalties.
Quick cuts and flashes, particularly at 2:20 - 2:22, 3:08 - 3:10 and 3:15 - 3:19.
AO3 | DW | tumblr | youtube
Vid: Shock To Your System (NCIS: New Orleans)
Oct. 21st, 2017 08:29 pmaurumcalendula posting in girlgayTitle: Shock To Your System
Fandom: NCIS: New Orleans
Pairing: Sonja Percy/Tammy Gregorio, Hannah Lee/Tammy Gregorio, Eva Azarova/Tammy Gregorio
Music: Shock To Your System by Tegan & Sara
Warning/ Notes: quick cuts
Summary: Gregorio's chemistry with ladies in general and Percy in particular
AO3 | tumblr | youtube | DW
Fandom: NCIS: New Orleans
Pairing: Sonja Percy/Tammy Gregorio, Hannah Lee/Tammy Gregorio, Eva Azarova/Tammy Gregorio
Music: Shock To Your System by Tegan & Sara
Warning/ Notes: quick cuts
Summary: Gregorio's chemistry with ladies in general and Percy in particular
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"grandma's wisdom was ageless"
Oct. 21st, 2017 07:39 pmrosabelleMe: I got hungry and dug out Grandma's recipes. I had not previously noticed the one called "canned string bean and pig innards casserole. The instructions are "dump open a can of string beans and cut open a pig."
Sister: WTF, Grandma.
Me: If you keep reading, it's a decoy meant to distract from the fact that it's really the recipe for a secret pineapple pie. A pie so secret we've never heard of it until now.
Sister: Yes, the deepest level of secrecy.
Me: Also, the recipe for her Jell-O salad says you can use either the small or large can of pineapple but "if it's the larger can, you can go ahead and eat some first." And includes instructions for how to fix it when you fuck it up.
Sister: Oh, that's useful. It's like Grandma knew her audience was gonna need that.
Sister: WTF, Grandma.
Me: If you keep reading, it's a decoy meant to distract from the fact that it's really the recipe for a secret pineapple pie. A pie so secret we've never heard of it until now.
Sister: Yes, the deepest level of secrecy.
Me: Also, the recipe for her Jell-O salad says you can use either the small or large can of pineapple but "if it's the larger can, you can go ahead and eat some first." And includes instructions for how to fix it when you fuck it up.
Sister: Oh, that's useful. It's like Grandma knew her audience was gonna need that.
I think I am creeped out by dead bat art now.
Oct. 20th, 2017 09:07 amhavocthecatThousands of Bats Slaughtered Annually in Asia End up on Ebay and Etsy for Artsy Americans
Oh, of course they're not "ethically sourced," because why would they be when profit is involved?
(You see skeletal art at local craft shows too.)
(I really wasn't creeped out by dead thing art before.)
(Not that I don't understand "killing lots of shit for profit," but also PASSENGER PIGEONS, enough said there.)
(Damn it.)
Oh, of course they're not "ethically sourced," because why would they be when profit is involved?
(You see skeletal art at local craft shows too.)
(I really wasn't creeped out by dead thing art before.)
(Not that I don't understand "killing lots of shit for profit," but also PASSENGER PIGEONS, enough said there.)
(Damn it.)
At long last, I know why some recipes call for "sea salt" and it's not actually ridiculous!
Oct. 17th, 2017 08:12 amhavocthecatI usually ignore the salt measurements except when baking, and just salt to taste, but that's because I've been cooking since I've been old enough to drag a chair to the stove and push vegetables around on a skillet. This is potentially disastrous to people who don't know as much about cooking!
Sometimes your recipes call for a specific type of salt - and there could be an actual reason why. Not if it's trendy salt, usually, but if it's "sea salt," Diamond kosher salt, or Morton's kosher salt, there's a specific reason and you should actually pay attention. Who knew?
I mean, I've been cooking for multiple decades and I had no fucking clue before this morning, so if you didn't know, don't feel bad! Hell, Bon Appetit magazine didn't even know until 2013, and they're goddamn Bon Appetit gourmet magazine.
This is going to make a world of difference in my pickling, that's for sure. No wonder my pickled turnips always turn out too salty.
The Kosher Salt Question
Tagline: Prized for its purity and flaky texture, kosher salt has been a home-cooking standard for decades. But the two major brands, Diamond Crystal and Morton, are very different products. Your ruined meatballs can attest.
Sometimes your recipes call for a specific type of salt - and there could be an actual reason why. Not if it's trendy salt, usually, but if it's "sea salt," Diamond kosher salt, or Morton's kosher salt, there's a specific reason and you should actually pay attention. Who knew?
I mean, I've been cooking for multiple decades and I had no fucking clue before this morning, so if you didn't know, don't feel bad! Hell, Bon Appetit magazine didn't even know until 2013, and they're goddamn Bon Appetit gourmet magazine.
This is going to make a world of difference in my pickling, that's for sure. No wonder my pickled turnips always turn out too salty.
The Kosher Salt Question
Tagline: Prized for its purity and flaky texture, kosher salt has been a home-cooking standard for decades. But the two major brands, Diamond Crystal and Morton, are very different products. Your ruined meatballs can attest.
i did, though
Oct. 15th, 2017 01:29 amrosabelle"I'm reading a story that's posted on my old account and it's not awful!"
"It's not."
"Well. I've written some things that are... well. And I'm pretty sure I spelled "definitely" wrong in all of them."
"I remember that."
"It's not even like I didn't use spellcheck. I just decided spellcheck was wrong."
"It's not."
"Well. I've written some things that are... well. And I'm pretty sure I spelled "definitely" wrong in all of them."
"I remember that."
"It's not even like I didn't use spellcheck. I just decided spellcheck was wrong."
fic rec
Oct. 15th, 2017 12:54 amrosabelleCreature of Legend by ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
palmtreelights, the Astronema and Ecliptor and Scrudley story I never knew I needed. Go read iiiiiit.
Tooting No Award's horn
Oct. 15th, 2017 09:02 amlizbeeThe proper grown-up blog I share with yiduiqie has been linked from some amazing places in the last month, and I just want to document it for posterity and ego boosting:
yiduiqie has been linked from some amazing places in the last month, and I just want to document it for posterity and ego boosting: - The New Yorker linked to our 2015 post about the sinister subtext of Thomas the Tank Engine. Yes, that New Yorker. Ain't no thang. *hairflip*
- (That article was then shared at BoingBoing, where the comments were filled with nerds taking our silly post very seriously indeed.)
- BookRiot's crime fiction podcast discussed our post on why we're not supporting the Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries film Kickstarter, and our earlier post (linked in our recent one) about the racism in the books and TV series, and how it's something that non-Australians seem to overlook.
- The podcast included a wonderful bit where the hosts were like, "Well, these Australian ladies say the books are problematic, but we wanted to make up our own mind, so we read one each." But they chose the books at random, and had the misfortune to end up with Blood and Circuses, The One With The Infamous Clown Sex. (If you watched the series -- which I really love, when it's not being incredibly racist -- you should take a moment to appreciate the lack of clown sex. Really.) Anyway, they concluded that, yes, the books are very bad in terms of exotifying and othering people of non-Anglo backgrounds, but they're also just not well-written and ... bad. Which is fair.
- And The Monthly, an Australian publication whose essays and articles appeal to flat white-sipping inner-city lefties (so, me), linked to our first Discovery post in an article about angry, racist nerds complaining that Trek is "suddenly" appealing to an "SJW" agenda.
- (I am extremely proud to get the word "feelpinions" into The Monthly, BUT I also wonder if my use isn't a bit defensive, ie, no one can accuse me of being emotional, irrational or otherwise a silly lady fan if I say it first. Am I putting myself at a disadvantage by emphasising that my posts are reactions, not reviews, and that my opinions derive from my emotions? On the other hand, what is television for but to elicit an emotional reaction?)
