From Slate this morning:

The new Gallup poll numbers, which represent the five-day average of its daily surveys, show both Santorum and Gingrich knotted at 20 percent each.

In view of the incredible popularity of "knotting" fics in SPN fandom right now, this gave me an entirely fandom-specific giggle this morning. I wish they'd go knot each other and leave the rest of us alone...

Not that Mr. "Frothy Mix" is ever inclined to leave anyone alone - particularly women and LGBT people.

I have been so "not me" for a little more than a week. I'm slipping back into being depressed and it's a REAL up-hill battle to make myself do much of anything. Even reading fanfic online, something I really LIKE doing, is not that fun. I did get out of bed today. I did take a shower. I did make something for dinner for the family. Go me. woo hoo. I know that I need to move my playing piece off "start," so to speak. I feel like I have just a TON of "have to's" and "ought to's" and "should's" weighing me down, even though some of them are thing that I ACTUALLY WANT TO DO, just the fact that there's a "should" attached has me reacting with much less than sparkly enthusiasm. How have you overcome this yourself, if you're the sort of person that "shoulds all over (your)self?" I'm also feeling down because of how I look. I really have quite a lot of weight to lose. I feel lousy and I look worse. My son is getting married in May and I would really like to "lighten my load" before then. I have been on a lot of diet and exercise programs in my life, only to gain back (and more). I have had, up until a couple of years ago, a fairly stable (if still obese) weight. I know what I need to do (and HOW do I know!!!!), I just have no enthusiasm to do it! ARGH. My son and his fiancee are talking about moving out of state ultimately, and I don't begrudge these two liberal activist types from moving out of our decidedly ruby-red state (seriously, NO ONE bothers to campaign here), I hate the thought of not having them close. ("But, Sweetheart!!! If you're going to fight injustice, you have to be where the injustice is happening!!") Little birdies gotta fly, I know. Wow - this is pretty much "word salad" - sorry about that. LAME.

Originally posted by teleens_journal at It Takes A Girl

Ever since last night, about 3/4ths of the times I navigate to a livejournal page, I'm getting a blank page. Is anyone else having trouble accessing LJ today?

I know I'm late to the party, as the helpsomalia ends on Saturday. I just heard about it, but I would still like to offer my voice to the cause. All bidders (minimum bid $5) will receive a podfic!





My auction is HERE

ETA: akamine_chan tells me the deadline has been extended to October 8th!!! AWESOME!!!!!

I also should have specified that all bidders that MAKE A DONATION get a podfic.

Title: Running, by NotTasha
Author: NotTasha
Reader: cookiemom6067
Fandom: Magnificent 7
Rating: PG
Pairing: Gen
Length: 59:36
Download links: Temporary, at Sendspace

Summary: JD and Ezra are escaping from some bad guys -- choices must be made.

Reader's note: Recorded for the multipodicity challenge. Originally podficced by nikojen

Crossposted to: amplificathon mag7fans multipodicity>

1) It was a bad thing to find out LJ is back up this morning - I've been at "work" for 2 hours, and I'm leaving in 2 for family wedding festivities (think good thoughts for Carrie, Brian and their families!!!). Don't ask how much "work" I've gotten done today, because I'll plead the 5th. And its month end. Yikes. I'd better make this short.

HMM - this was not short!!!! Back to work!! Hi Ho, Hi Ho!

p.s. This is not short and I'm not sure my cut is working - SORRY!!!! I'll get it figured out!

Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, post to your LJ/DW and paste this as a note. Then, put +'s next to the films you've seen, add them up, and use your number as the header

( List is HERE )

Baby boy is off to Scout Camp for 10 days and has been excited and not at all trepidatious. I was starting to feel a bit slighted, honestly. Never been away from home for that long and not a smidgen anxious or prospectively homesick? REALLY? So, last night, as we're taking his gear to be dropped off, a whimper from the backseat aroused my maternal radar. "Ten days! " I hear. My little boy is going to miss me after all! "Ten days....with no electronics!"