wook77 | Linkspam and a meme (Reply)

I've been collecting links to share for like 3 weeks now so here goes:

The List of Fail:

Dear Orlando -

You win! You're the fail of the post! FAIL that words cannot describe. In what world does it make sense to criminalize people feeding other people. Oh wait, but if we criminalize feeding the homeless, they'll go away. Yeah, cause it worked so well in the 80s. In conclusion, triple fail.

No love, me

Army Colonel Cheats on Wife, Fakes Paternity Test Oh fuck off, you twunt. Suck it up, accept responsibility and move the fuck on. Also - if you were any sort of smart, you wouldn't be in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. (Disclaimer: I was born there. I'm smart, I left.)

Truth behind puppies at pet stores (Video by the Humane Society of the United States). Then again, who really needs to see the parents of the animal anyway? Also - I've had this discussion before, please note the large amount of Amish people at these things (and using microphones!). The Amish are some of the worst offenders when it comes to puppy mills. Oh but that puppy's so cute, I must have it! MY puppy doesn't come from a puppy mill, it's all the other pet stores that do it.

Way to go, RIAA - With PR like this, who needs album advertising?

Senior citizens who happen to be gay get shunted off with the insane because they're offensive - huh. Assholes. Plenty of stories in the NYT article which I cannot direct link to.

What sort of world do we live in that A bullet-proof hoodie is needed?

And people wonder why I don't like riding in hot air balloons or ferris wheels. Because you can fall out and die.

Larger List of Win:

7 year old climbs into a toy machine. HEEEEE

Instructions on how to create your own ringtones for your cellphones SCORE!

Campaign to have Peter Jackson direct Deathly Hallows He has to be able to do a better job.

This weekend is International Clean Up Weekend!

Mr Potato Head is a drug smuggler. Yes, kids, it's true. I hope he goes to rehab. It's worked well for Britney and Lindsey, after all.

DUUUUDDDDEEEEE, a 21 Foot Long X-Wing Model that FLIES. Win all around. In fact, Win of the Post.

The Killers cover Joy Division. At first, I was all, no frikken way. I adore Joy Division and I love the Killers but both? But it's serious win. First runner-up of Win.

Me Wants

Small List of Other:

I have a large list of recommendations but best fic I've read in weeks - Combat Rock which is Remus/Sirius and just brilliantly painful and poignant and so amazingly visceral. I am in love with this story. Go read.

I'm watching two tv shows right now: Moonlight (which always makes me want to say Moonlighting but then it'd be Bruce Willis and I might have to gouge my eyes out). It's alright, I'm more watching for the pretty.

And, best show ever. It's like Mel Brooks meets friends - Big Bang Theory. It's nerdy and funny and awesome. In the second episode, the one nerd comes out of his bedroom wielding a green lightsaber to protect himself. They play world of warcraft and omg, it's just fucking awesome. I laughed so hard, I had pop coming out my nose and I fell off the couch. Check it out if you're even semi-sort of geeky because it's seriously just AWESOME.

I forget who tagged me but, I finally did it. I tried to vary it from the other 7 Quirks I did awhile back.

1.) I can't sleep in anything with sleeves. Or pants - I can't sleep in bottoms either. Or if I have my bra on but I can sleep with a jog bra on as long as I don't have a shirt on over it. Yeah, ok, I sleep weird.

2.) I touch my face a lot. Like every two minutes or more often. My allergies have my nose itchy most of the time so when I'm not scratching it, I'm pushing my hair from in front of my eyes or touching my cheek or rubbing my ear or checking to make sure I have nothing on my face from eating (even though I ate hours before).

3.) I almost have a panic attack if I don't have my cell phone with me. I'm not on it 24/7 but I have to have it right there with me 24/7 or I get worried. I literally sleep with it next to my face. It has to be within reach.

4.) Speaking of the cellphone and sleeping - I play 15 minutes of Sudoku before I can fall asleep. That's about 4.5 games. Somehow, this calms my brain enough to get me to have enough time to sleep. Otherwise, I suffer from insomnia. I also cannot fall asleep without being on my stomach at some point.

5.) I hate socks. Like literal hate. Socks make my feet feel trapped and I get claustrophobic. When I lived somewhere that had snow, I still wore open toed shoes everywhere. Or, even more entertaining for those around me, I'd wear flipflops.

6.) I might've used this one before but – I'm terrified of mass transit systems other than subways. Like, buses? I freeze up if I have to navigate using them. Buses scare me liekwhoa. Subway/railway systems not so much with the fear because they make sense to me but buses make no sense. I don't like cabs, either. You're stuck relying on someone else and you have no idea if they even know where they're going or if they're just driving around jacking up the bill.

7.) I hate being touched. If I willingly touch you, it's a sign that I trust you a great deal. I do not like to be touched casually by strangers, people I don't like or even people I like but do not trust. I have a coworker that is constantly touching me and it makes me queasy to my stomach and my temper immediately flares. I absolutely loath being touched by random people.

In the past week and a half, I have finished 4 stories and have another 3 to go before I go on vacation (ZOMG TWO WEEKS). smutty_claus, daily_deviant and two lines are all due the beginning of November and I'd rather get them out of the way before vacation and nanowrimo. BTW - if you want to keep up with my nanowrimo writing, you will have to friend