COMEDY CENTRAL IS BRINGING FUTURAMA BACK FOR 26 EPISODES.

I AM SO EXCITED.

Link!

I remember when the term "C's get degrees" scared me when I was a senior in high school. How could someone take so little pride in their work.

ROTFLMAO. Amazing how 3 years of college will change your outlook on life, no?

I got sick this weekend for like the 3rd time this school year, and I was intending to write this minimum 6-page essay for my South African Postcolonial Lit class (he e-mailed us a choice of six topics). I finally decided on one at about 9:30 tonight, the essay is due by 3:00 tomorrow (but I work at 2:45 so it has to be earlier). Thankfully I have 3 pages, but I just want to be done. I remember when I was a good student.

Ironically, what's the topic? The problems that the authors of the books we've read see with education in South Africa. *snort*

Just one more real semester in Cairo, and then in the spring just my senior paper...the light at the end of the tunnel, I see it!

So, as you may or may not have heard in the news, the Fargo-Moorhead area (ND and MN) and many of the small towns within a 25 mile radius are in some serious trouble. I'm originally from West Fargo (yes, it's a real town :P), but I moved to Minneapolis to go to school. Thankfully when my mom retired my parents moved out of the area, so I don't have any personal stake in the area at this time.

I was only 9 in 1997 when the last "Flood of the Century" happened. The river crested at 39 and some odd feet, way above major flooding. The Red is currently at 40.7 feet, above the record of 40.1 in 1897. It's forecasted to go as high as 43. You might hear people saying that it's our own fault for building in a flood plain, but so many of the neighborhoods that are in danger now, at almost 41 feet, weren't in danger even in 1997. Fargo-Moorhead is flat. And I mean flat. Someone gave the example of pouring a glass of water on your kitchen table. The water just goes everywhere--and that's exactly what is going on in the FM area right now.

Many of the dikes (both earthen and sandbag) that have been built this past week were only built to 41 or 41.5 feet, because the prediction then was a crest of 39-41, so volunteers are scrambling to save homes and even entire neighborhoods. Please, if it's your thing keep this area in your prayers and if it's not just think warm and fuzzy feelings about the area. If things really turn south and many lose their homes (which let's hope it doesn't), please consider donating through reputable org's like Red Cross or Salvation Army. It doesn't have to be money, when people evacuate and lose their homes, it's like any other disaster: they take very little with them in terms of clothing, and even personal hygiene products become a commodity.

Anyway, thank you for listening, and best of luck to any in the area reading this!

Again, spoilerage!

( The Disquiet That Follows My Soul )

Spoilers Below

( Sometimes a Great Notion )

Icons This way...various Star Trek, Babylon 5, and Stargate.

Just a note, Photoshop is lame sometimes, so some of these are older and therefore I may have forgotten to check to see that they are under 40 KB for LJ. If you are taking one and it doesn't work, please leave a message in the comments and I will grab the original PS file and re-size it for you. :)

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My New Year's resolution: actually use LJ for blogging and more than being annoying on frak_spoilers

I sat down tonight to make a sig banner from KLG opera house for a friend. I decided to rewatch the ending just for old time's sake, and I found something VERY suspicious Gaeta does in The Scene.

( The Evidence )

From aelie_baby:

If you want to take part, reply to this entry. I will poke around in your list of interests on your profile and ask you one question about one of them. You wax rhapsodic on the subject of your interest for the edification of all and we'll learn something keen about you. Then you post these instructions in your own journal.

You know what it's for...*wink wink*

Icon update, not very dial-up friendly, unless you like to wait. 28 icons. Please Credit.

Star Trek: (16)

(8) Star Trek VI: The Undisocvered Country
--(1) Scotty
--(4) Sarek
--(3) General Chang
(8) Star Trek: "Mirror, Mirror"
--(6) Mirror Spock
--(1) Mirror Spock and Regular Kirk
--(1) Regular Spock

Battlestar Galactica: (12)

(2) Text-Only Icons
--(2) Adama/Roslin
(2) Captain's Hand
--(1) Number Six
--(1) Gaius Baltar
(1) Miniseries
--(1) Laura Roslin
(7) Downloaded
--(7) Gaius Baltar

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New piece of Star Trek: The Original Series fan fiction from me.

Summary: This piece depicts the 100 days of a near-war between the Federation and the Romulans. One hundred days, one hundred chapters. AU, since no conflict ever happened in canon. Set during the second five-year mission, circa 2272, or the year after Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Rating: PG-13/T. No slash, ever, I promise.

( Hundred Days )

Topic: Adama/Roslin, Battlestar Galactica
Themes: 02. Bang, 04. Buddies, 12. Dreams, 22. Light, 24. Magic, 25. Memories, 30. Right, 40. The Universe is Infinite, 42. Tough Luck, 46. Truth, 48. Wrong, 2 artist's choice.
Notes/Credits: Caps from galacticastation.com, my friend Jake, and the table is from the community's main page.
Others: Please comment and credit if taking, thank you. :-)

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Since the captions to Kim's screen cap were pretty good, I thought I'd make these icons. The pwnd one I was originally going to do, but then the captions came along and I had to add those two in there.

Cap is kidnapped (lovingly!) from kimbari. Icons 1 and 2 are based loosly off of pangea_maru's caption of the cap. :)

Spoilery to LDYB2. Don't say you weren't warned.

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The Stars Above
One-Shot

Rating: PG
Spoilers: For Lay Down Your Burdens Pt 2
Summary is spoilery and therefore included under the cut, but it involves a conversation one night between Roslin and Tigh.
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Topic: Adama/Roslin, Battlestar Galactica
Themes: 05. Close, 10. Death, 11. Disturbed, 13. Embrace, 18. Hero, 20. Laugh/Humorous, 23. Love, 27. Power, 32. Sacrifice, two author's choice.
Notes/Credits: Caps from galacticastation.com, my friend Jake, and the table is from the community's main page.

EDIT: Please comment if taking and properly credit in the userpic's keyword box, thank you! :-D

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Well, here we go!

Topic: Adama/Roslin, Battlestar Galactica
Themes: 1.anger, 3.black and white, 7.compassion, 16.far apart, 17.fight, 21.lies, 33.sadness, 38.stars, 39.surprise, 41.time, 45.trust
Notes/Credits: Caps from bsgmedia, galacticastation.com, my friend Jake, and the table is from the community's main page.

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A (hopefully) funny icon dealing with the Pegasus. Spoilery for season 2.5.

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Well...I guess I'll fill it out, too...

Follow for the survey...

I tried to fill this out w/o spoilers, but it just sounded dumb. So I'm putting a spoiler alert on this one up to 2.15 Sacrifice. Don't say I didn't warn you.

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