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Am I the only one who listened and wished for fic that involved Lance snickering through his Higgleytown Heroes recording session because he had Shake It in his head the entire time? Okay then.

Which is to say, akjhfgslghbrgjLANTH! Oh, baby boy, we all knew you had it in you. Now, wanna reprise that newfound solo artist confidence in a couple weeks? *nudgenudge*

Speaking of swoonworthy voices, Jude Law can read me a phone book anytime he likes. And sprklydncgrl says Nelly will be #1 and #2 on next week's charts, and that's as it should be.

Today was Prof. McKeen's 50th birthday, though to be fair he looks and acts much closer to about 10 years younger. My reason for mentioning this is that, while driving back from the post office this afternoon, I saw him with his wife, who's not a day over 25. Also, they have two kids. And you know, to be honest, I was not shocked. A bit surprised, but I can totally understand why she did it.

Says the same girl who doesn't like to date over a year above herself (but apparently twenty is a different story) and was looking for slash much in the same vein just last night.

helenish makes a fantastic point about remembering the impact of perspective and perceptions of normalcy shaped by society and environment by comparing the reproductive processes of frogs and humans here. Go read, laugh, marvel, and appreciate the point.

So, Ivan needed another playmate? Hope the little slut gives Karl a warm welcome to the Party of Imminent Doom. Is my bitterness about hurricane season coming across?

Conversely, I don't even know where to stark waxing poetic about how fabulous an idea this is. Thanks for the heads-up, Cressy.

I would've paid good money for my dinner tonight. I mean, I realize that of course I bought the groceries, but you know what I mean. Stir-fried vegetables, brown rice, grilled chicken, and this cooking thing isn't nearly as difficult or time-consuming as previously thought.

Seriously, Lance sang solo and took his shirt off today? My world, I hardly recognize you.

Quotes of the Day:

"That must be Chris' formal wear... We're glad he came fully clothed."
- Kelly on Chris wearing jeans to the wedding. And while there are allegedly no group photos (wah?!) US Weekly gets all my love for their shot of Lance in a tux and white silk tie.

"You say 'erb' and we say 'herb' because there is a fucking H at the front of it."
- Paul Bettany on Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Photo Essay 1/4

You may have noticed I've taken to the original Star Trek series and, in turn, Kirk and Spock, with some enthusiasm. Besides being fantastically improbable and inventing practically every convention of the AU genre, the show is really about the characters. Whatever you believe is the extent of it, those two have something special. This photo essay was strung together from having seen an odd smattering of episodes, done a smidge of research, and my own imagination. It didn't take much - as any good picture, they mostly spoke for themselves.

These are authentic, unaltered screencaptures or official promotional stills, and any text that appears in them is, with a single obvious exception, actual dialogue within the context of the scene pictured.

NOTE: I've done my best to reduce the size and quality while preserving the integrity of the images - none of them are over 60K - but there are still around twenty per post.

( Love and Logic Aboard the Starship Enterprise I )

Photo Essay 2/4

These are authentic, unaltered screencaptures or official promotional stills, and any text that appears in them is, with a single obvious exception, actual dialogue within the context of the scene pictured.

NOTE: I've done my best to reduce the size and quality while preserving the integrity of the images - none of them are over 60K - but there are still around twenty per post.

( Love and Logic Aboard the Starship Enterprise II )

Photo Essay 3/4

These are authentic, unaltered screencaptures or official promotional stills, and any text that appears in them is, with a single obvious exception, actual dialogue within the context of the scene pictured.

NOTE: I've done my best to reduce the size and quality while preserving the integrity of the images - none of them are over 60K - but there are still around twenty per post.

( Love and Logic Aboard the Starship Enterprise III )

Photo Essay 4/4

These are authentic, unaltered screencaptures or official promotional stills, and any text that appears in them is, with a single obvious exception, actual dialogue within the context of the scene pictured.

NOTE: I've done my best to reduce the size and quality while preserving the integrity of the images - none of them are over 60K - but there are still around twenty per post.

( Love and Logic Aboard the Starship Enterprise IV )

And would you believe that's not even close to everything? If you'd like to get the whole story, go here. The love, people. The love is not to be believed in all its abundant canonical glory.

Many thanks to saturn92103, who was actually the first to get me thinking something other than the knee-jerk reflex about Trek in a dark, smoky bar in Boston. To the Sci-Fi Channel for its end-of-summer, six-hours-a-day marathon. Farfalla for her great site and bunches of others who host episode guides, screen captures, fan art, merchandise, etc. science_vixen for filling in the blanks. And finally, to walkingshadow, for always indulging my enthusiasm.