Models goofing off or backstage, part 8.

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So, in my spare time, I've been mainlining a new TV show: Bones.

I've found that I tend to function best this way -- let the show build up a few seasons' worth of steam and then have at it all at once. I watched the entire first season of Heroes up-to-the-hiatus in one fell swoop, and I would never have survived SGA if I'd tried to watch it as it aired (should be noted: did not survive season five).

I'm about 2/3 of the way through season two. While I enjoy the show, I have some issues with the inconsistency with which Brennan is characterised and written. Don't get me wrong, I like her, but I can sense that they really wanted to go Pretender on her and just didn't have the balls.

When I started watching I knew a little bit about her character and assumed that she wasn't current on pop culture because she'd been raised in some kind of Amish commune. This would have made more sense, given how she's written, because I don't care how much of a geek you are, if you grew up in America in the eighties, by the time you're fifteen YOU KNOW WHAT CLUE IS. Also, she remarks that "I don't have many clear memories of my mother" which is bullshit, her mother disappeared when she was fifteen. So I suspect they intended to have her parents vanish when she was, say, four, and just messed it up.

ANYWAY. I'm not one to nitpick, but this is pretty bizarre for a major character. The only way I can reconcile my sensible view of reality with the writing of Temperance Brennan is to form something similar to my Tony DiNozzo Is A Serial Killer theory.

( The Grand Unified Theory Of Bones )

IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

Incidentally, ( regarding Zach... )

Natasha Poly in Muse #19 November 2009, Day and Night.

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I have done something utterly wretched to my shoulder. I don't know what precisely I've done, but I was drying myself off this morning and pulled the towel the wrong way and had sudden sharp pains in my trapezius. I can't actually hold my arm in any way that doesn't cause pain. I'm torn between seeing if my massage therapist has an emergency opening today, or sucking it up and lying down on a heating pad for a while when I get home. The latter is much more appealing, mainly because it means less walking and that I get to lie down a whole lot.

Downside: I can't fall asleep because I might set myself on fire.

The Cafe Job Fair is still getting nibbles occasionally, which is fun to see. Lots of good resources in the comments; if I were a better person with less on my plate I would totally be compiling a resource list. But frankly considering I'm having trouble making my muscles function properly, I think it's commendable I'm at work at all.

I did have a good time with R last night, playing Wheel and catching up on news. He's invited me to drive down to Indiana with him and stay at his parents' place for Thanksgiving, which on the one hand could be LOLARIOUS TIMES but on the other -- well, I have a five day weekend, and I'm an introvert of the classic kind, who actually draws energy and joy from being alone. I really was looking forward to five days of solitude, I was excited about that in the way some people get excited about going to a really good party.

So, I don't know. I'm trying to figure out how to explain to him that I love him like a brother but I VANT TO BE ALOHNE.

Naty Chabanenko in Exit fall/winter 2009.

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R picked me up from work today, which was cool, and over burgers and fries for dinner we watched the news, because nothing compliments a fresh hamburger like low-level rage. :D

At one point I was talking about something, I don't recall what, and I said, "...a group of fundies."

"Fundies?" he asked.

"Yeah, you know, fundies."

"Are those the people who dress up like animals?"

AND THEN I LOLED.

"No," I said. "Those are furries. You, uh, shouldn't mix those two up."

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6 ♥ Katekyo Hitman Reborn (tsuna, gokudera, yamaryo, yamamoto, hibari, mukuchrome) from 2010 Calendar.



( who do you call sexy beasts? )
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I am proud of many things tonight, including the beautiful and properly-made Nanaimo bars I concocted earlier this evening (it was an issue of butter-to-graham-cracker, solved it now). I am also proud of having hung a bunch of new posters and the cool art deco wall clock mum sent me.

Mostly I am proud of you guys though, for stepping up and putting yourself out there in the Cafe Job Post and also for going back to it and giving each other so much help. We have over 600 comments on the post, and hopefully people have a little bit of hope and a lot of career guidance they didn't have before. GOOD LUCK, JOB SEEKERS, and thank you to everyone who commented to send them links and advice.

I did drown in comments a little bit, but it was totally worth it.

And now, to bed! This week won't suck as much as the last one did, I feel it in my unbroken bones.

Viktoriya Sasonkina, Sasha Pivovarova, Coco Rocha, Karen Elson, and Liya Kebede in Vogue US September 2009, In The Mood.

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(2:10:35 PM) lgaluke ru gonna be less emo now?
(2:10:43 PM) himmelsturmer no
(2:10:47 PM) himmelsturmer that's like
(2:10:50 PM) himmelsturmer a storm trooper being less white
(2:10:54 PM) lgaluke lol
(2:11:06 PM) lgaluke they should be less white
(2:11:10 PM) lgaluke then they'll be darth vader
(2:11:14 PM) himmelsturmer lol
(2:11:20 PM) himmelsturmer darth vader is the evolved form of a storm trooper
(2:11:25 PM) lgaluke seriously
(2:11:26 PM) himmelsturmer just like how
(2:11:37 PM) himmelsturmer michael jordan is the evolved form of joe dimaggio
(2:12:13 PM) lgaluke wtf
(2:12:21 PM) lgaluke r u using the chewbacca defense on me?

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Freja Beha in Vogue Germany October 2009, Asta Nielsen.

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Good morning, Cafe!

On Friday night I posted a call for jobseekers to post their locations, skills, and needs in the Cafe as a way to help some of our little community find jobs. I screened comments because I wanted as many people as possible to get to comment, without the latecomers being unseen because the moment had passed.

I've had responses from scientists, artists, teachers, the spouses and children of loved ones with no job, and people who want to be members of the Ninja Office Admin guild, among others. If you are looking for someone to employ, there is someone in that post for you!

I've unscreened the comments, so you are now free to check out The Cafe Talent Pool. It's pretty impressive.

Please go have a look at the post and see what advice, links, knowledge, etc you can offer. Especially since if nobody comments it makes me look like an asshole. :D And you never know, you might make a new friend.

Jobseekers, you're not exempt from that request -- you may not have a job but you have skills and knowledge and you should know each other, the better to help each other out. And if you missed the original post it's not too late to comment.

Have fun, guys, and be excellent to each other!

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