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Aah, Halloween. It took two hours to get ready, putting on the knee socks was strange and unusual, and I have to remember that wearing scarlet and gold on this campus is not unlike having a target painted on one's forehead, but I think the effect was accomplished. Here is the final product:
It came out more Harry Potter on drag night, although I lost the ability to pass for a 15-year-old boy a long time ago. The hair came out perfect though, even if I probably have less of it than Dan Radcliffe right now. Did my French homework over an iced cappucino at Einstein's Bagels and enjoyed both the smiles and once-overs.
Work sucked. Incredible amounts. Mike left early on in the night, Krissi didn't come in, and while the news section wasn't huge, half the stories needed to be rewritten in some major or minor way, and fact-checking was done by nobody. Grr. Copy Editor Kayla was great though; she kept me company and listened to my vulgar teeth-gnashing while rechecking everything and calling everyone I asked her to, after midnight be damned. Teach people to do their jobs right the first time. Grr!
Point of interest: Stargate Atlantis' Rodney McKay is the doctor of my heart. Duet has done it; I am won over. It's not a good show, with bad writing and science even quasier than The X-Files, but there's McKay (he's Canadian, too! His vowels make me swoony) and the enigma of John Sheppard.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
walkingshadow and I talked - she informed me that Rodney is known as being pure Id, which would explain a lot of my attraction. It's the same reason I adored Ally McBeal so much.
And then there's the matter of Sheppard. I've seen the episode twice, but the apology scene three times. He's so... scripted. Like someone told him what to say, but McKay didn't quite react as Sheppard was told he would, but he kept reading from his script anyway. His inability to read social cues is fascinating. I described it as one of those freeze-frame cameran turns, like you're in one room, then the camera turns and you're standing somewhere else. Miranda told me about his sudden promotion, which explains a lot, especially with regard to his recklessness, which is just inexperience rather than disregard. He's got other people rushing headlong into things instead of just himself.
He still seems... stilted though. Like Justin in Many-Roomed Houses of Wood, amnesia that everyone else either doesn't know about or ignores and treats him like normal, so he says the things he thinks he should, but he doesn't really know if the next step he takes won't be into a pothole so he plays it straighter than people comfortable around each other normally do.
Photos, ahoy! The Associated Press was good to me tonight, plus I owe about a week's worth.
Would you trust this man with your ballet shoes? Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. (Universal Records)
That was the totality of that cutline. Granted, there was another photo of the ballet company performing to his song Closer after it, but as it sometimes is in life, this was better without context.
Watch for falling toads:
This file photo originally provided by NBC Universal shows Donald Trump and Martha Stewart taping a promotional spot for both of their "The Apprentice" shows Aug.1 in New York. Stewart initially had much higher hopes - even that her NBC show would eclipse Trump's original. "I thought I was replacing The Donald," Stewart said in the Nov. 14 issue of Fortune magazine. (Virginia Sherwood)
Heh. Hubris knows no bounds at all.
An unidentified Fijian man wades out to the water at dusk Oct. 27 to help American scuba divers from Arkansas who were diving from the shore at Beqa Lagoon Resort in Fiji. (Kaia Larsen / Times Record)
It's like a Chinese Abbey Road!
Members of a group of scientists and tourists walk alongside Lake Kanasi in China's western Xinjiang region Aug. 13. The group was visiting in the hope of catching a glimpse of the mysterious "monsters" that have been sighted in the milky green water. (Greg Baker)
Super cute!
A baby nine-banded armadillo eats from the hand of Jon Johnson, executive director of the St. Francis Wildlife Association in Havana, Fla., in this June 27, 2002 photo. Armadillos invaded Texas from Mexico in the 1800s and have been spreading north and east ever since. Their name means "little armored thing" in Spanish. (Phil Coale)
As if teenagers don't have it hard enough:
Released by Ramat Gan Safari Park in Israel, this recent photo shows La Petite, a 19-year-old elephant. Once a circus performer, La Petite has tried unsuccessfully to socialize at a British zoo and the Israeli safari park. After failing to assimilate into either environment, keepers once again set out to find her another place to call home. Safari officials think they have found La Petite a suitable home at the Pont Scorff Zoo in northern France, which has pledged to create a new herd for her with another breeding male and an older, non-breeding female.
On a personal note:
This file photo orginally from CBS shows CBS News correspondent Edward R. Murrow broadcasting national election returns in New York on Nov. 7, 1956. In the new film "Good Night, and Good Luck," Murrow is portrayed as he publicly came out against Sen. Joe McCarthy, who was on an anti-communist crusade. What is in the film is essentially accurate, experts say. They note that the movie leaves out such aspects as the mention of journalists who had already stood up to McCarthy to signs that the senator was already on his way down.
Politicians:
Although I don't know who would give a Republican a baby:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (which gets no less bizarre to say) holding a baby bumblebee, also known as 21-month-old Brenna Neault during a campaign stop today in Ontario, Calif. (Nick Ut)
Both of my sexy politicians!
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo after he appointed new Cabinet members in a reshuffle Oct. 31. "Keeping in mind that reforms must continue, I placed the right people in the right places," Koizumi said. (Shizuo Kambayashi)
This isn't a recent photo - Dec. 12, 2004. It's one of the rare full-frame shots of British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) that I've seen. With him is then Home Secretary David Blunkett. (John Giles)
Well, CNN does want me to like him because he calls his mama every day:
In this undated black-and-white photo from the 1950s released by Judge Samuel Alito's mother, Rose Alito, the Supreme Court nominee is seen at about age 4.
Finally, everybody loves Halloween:
Dustin Alfortish, dressed as "Head on a Platter," takes part in the annual Halloween Parade in New Orleans. The city is celebrating Halloween after dealing with the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the last two months. (Robert F. Bukaty)
Residents of All Saint's Catholic Nursing Home gather to watch staffers Linda Cobb (left) and Patricia Brown dance during the home's annual Halloween party in Jacksonville. (Jon M. Fletcher / Florida Times-Union)
Those crazy kids do it every year:
Matt Lauer as Batman and Katie Couric as Marilyn Monroe, co-hosts of NBC's "Today" show, appear with the Batmobile during the program's annual Halloween segment in New York. (Henny Ray Abrams)
Al Roker, as Robin, throws a punch during the program's annual Halloween segment. (Henny Ray Abrams)
Obligatory baby in a monkey costume:
Eight-month-old Ivan Grass, of Hollywood, Fla., tricks-or-treats on Miracle Mile, a business district in Coral Gables. Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida one week ago today as residents find a way to celebrate Halloween despite disruptions caused by the storm. (Alan Diaz)
Self-deprecation is a rare commodity, especially among celebrities.
Patti and John McEnroe, as himself 23 years ago, pictured with Tony Danza, as they arrive to the Hulaween gala in New York. (Stuart Ramson)
Quote of the Day
"Guns don't kill people. Stupidity on the part of others makes people kill people."
-me
It came out more Harry Potter on drag night, although I lost the ability to pass for a 15-year-old boy a long time ago. The hair came out perfect though, even if I probably have less of it than Dan Radcliffe right now. Did my French homework over an iced cappucino at Einstein's Bagels and enjoyed both the smiles and once-overs.
Work sucked. Incredible amounts. Mike left early on in the night, Krissi didn't come in, and while the news section wasn't huge, half the stories needed to be rewritten in some major or minor way, and fact-checking was done by nobody. Grr. Copy Editor Kayla was great though; she kept me company and listened to my vulgar teeth-gnashing while rechecking everything and calling everyone I asked her to, after midnight be damned. Teach people to do their jobs right the first time. Grr!
Point of interest: Stargate Atlantis' Rodney McKay is the doctor of my heart. Duet has done it; I am won over. It's not a good show, with bad writing and science even quasier than The X-Files, but there's McKay (he's Canadian, too! His vowels make me swoony) and the enigma of John Sheppard.
walkingshadow and I talked - she informed me that Rodney is known as being pure Id, which would explain a lot of my attraction. It's the same reason I adored Ally McBeal so much.And then there's the matter of Sheppard. I've seen the episode twice, but the apology scene three times. He's so... scripted. Like someone told him what to say, but McKay didn't quite react as Sheppard was told he would, but he kept reading from his script anyway. His inability to read social cues is fascinating. I described it as one of those freeze-frame cameran turns, like you're in one room, then the camera turns and you're standing somewhere else. Miranda told me about his sudden promotion, which explains a lot, especially with regard to his recklessness, which is just inexperience rather than disregard. He's got other people rushing headlong into things instead of just himself.
He still seems... stilted though. Like Justin in Many-Roomed Houses of Wood, amnesia that everyone else either doesn't know about or ignores and treats him like normal, so he says the things he thinks he should, but he doesn't really know if the next step he takes won't be into a pothole so he plays it straighter than people comfortable around each other normally do.
Photos, ahoy! The Associated Press was good to me tonight, plus I owe about a week's worth.
Would you trust this man with your ballet shoes? Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. (Universal Records)
That was the totality of that cutline. Granted, there was another photo of the ballet company performing to his song Closer after it, but as it sometimes is in life, this was better without context.
Watch for falling toads:
This file photo originally provided by NBC Universal shows Donald Trump and Martha Stewart taping a promotional spot for both of their "The Apprentice" shows Aug.1 in New York. Stewart initially had much higher hopes - even that her NBC show would eclipse Trump's original. "I thought I was replacing The Donald," Stewart said in the Nov. 14 issue of Fortune magazine. (Virginia Sherwood)
Heh. Hubris knows no bounds at all.
An unidentified Fijian man wades out to the water at dusk Oct. 27 to help American scuba divers from Arkansas who were diving from the shore at Beqa Lagoon Resort in Fiji. (Kaia Larsen / Times Record)
It's like a Chinese Abbey Road!
Members of a group of scientists and tourists walk alongside Lake Kanasi in China's western Xinjiang region Aug. 13. The group was visiting in the hope of catching a glimpse of the mysterious "monsters" that have been sighted in the milky green water. (Greg Baker)
Super cute!
A baby nine-banded armadillo eats from the hand of Jon Johnson, executive director of the St. Francis Wildlife Association in Havana, Fla., in this June 27, 2002 photo. Armadillos invaded Texas from Mexico in the 1800s and have been spreading north and east ever since. Their name means "little armored thing" in Spanish. (Phil Coale)
As if teenagers don't have it hard enough:
Released by Ramat Gan Safari Park in Israel, this recent photo shows La Petite, a 19-year-old elephant. Once a circus performer, La Petite has tried unsuccessfully to socialize at a British zoo and the Israeli safari park. After failing to assimilate into either environment, keepers once again set out to find her another place to call home. Safari officials think they have found La Petite a suitable home at the Pont Scorff Zoo in northern France, which has pledged to create a new herd for her with another breeding male and an older, non-breeding female.
On a personal note:
This file photo orginally from CBS shows CBS News correspondent Edward R. Murrow broadcasting national election returns in New York on Nov. 7, 1956. In the new film "Good Night, and Good Luck," Murrow is portrayed as he publicly came out against Sen. Joe McCarthy, who was on an anti-communist crusade. What is in the film is essentially accurate, experts say. They note that the movie leaves out such aspects as the mention of journalists who had already stood up to McCarthy to signs that the senator was already on his way down.
Politicians:
Although I don't know who would give a Republican a baby:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (which gets no less bizarre to say) holding a baby bumblebee, also known as 21-month-old Brenna Neault during a campaign stop today in Ontario, Calif. (Nick Ut)
Both of my sexy politicians!
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo after he appointed new Cabinet members in a reshuffle Oct. 31. "Keeping in mind that reforms must continue, I placed the right people in the right places," Koizumi said. (Shizuo Kambayashi)
This isn't a recent photo - Dec. 12, 2004. It's one of the rare full-frame shots of British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) that I've seen. With him is then Home Secretary David Blunkett. (John Giles)
Well, CNN does want me to like him because he calls his mama every day:
In this undated black-and-white photo from the 1950s released by Judge Samuel Alito's mother, Rose Alito, the Supreme Court nominee is seen at about age 4.
Finally, everybody loves Halloween:
Dustin Alfortish, dressed as "Head on a Platter," takes part in the annual Halloween Parade in New Orleans. The city is celebrating Halloween after dealing with the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the last two months. (Robert F. Bukaty)
Residents of All Saint's Catholic Nursing Home gather to watch staffers Linda Cobb (left) and Patricia Brown dance during the home's annual Halloween party in Jacksonville. (Jon M. Fletcher / Florida Times-Union)
Those crazy kids do it every year:
Matt Lauer as Batman and Katie Couric as Marilyn Monroe, co-hosts of NBC's "Today" show, appear with the Batmobile during the program's annual Halloween segment in New York. (Henny Ray Abrams)
Al Roker, as Robin, throws a punch during the program's annual Halloween segment. (Henny Ray Abrams)
Obligatory baby in a monkey costume:
Eight-month-old Ivan Grass, of Hollywood, Fla., tricks-or-treats on Miracle Mile, a business district in Coral Gables. Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida one week ago today as residents find a way to celebrate Halloween despite disruptions caused by the storm. (Alan Diaz)
Self-deprecation is a rare commodity, especially among celebrities.
Patti and John McEnroe, as himself 23 years ago, pictured with Tony Danza, as they arrive to the Hulaween gala in New York. (Stuart Ramson)
Quote of the Day
"Guns don't kill people. Stupidity on the part of others makes people kill people."
-me