Immediate Heroes impressions

Um?

( Consistent characterization: latest casualty of the new season )

One thought about Peter: ( Yes, it's a criticism, get over it. )

Okay...

One of the ladies from the office just went around handing out giant bottles of hand sanitizer to everyone. I guess a lot of people are getting sick or something.

Whatever: FREE GIANT BOTTLE OF SANITIZER. I'm going to be even MORE paranoid about cleanliness now.

(I'm surprised that this is a problem that needed addressing so badly, actually. Because in the lab, you tend to wash your hands a lot with the really good anti-bacterial soap. I've caught considerably fewer colds since I started working here.)

Hey, Penny Arcade did it to Jack Thompson, and look how that turned out!

...except I don't want Palin to get fired from the McCain camp. I want her train wreck to cause his campaign to hemorrhage votes like whoa.

$800K raised for Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin's name.

ETA: Oh, and then there's the fact that she couldn't name a single SCOTUS case besides Roe v Wade. Bonus bitch-slapping to the first idiot who defends her by going "Hey, I don't know of any other cases either! That makes her one of us!" Yep, one of you morons.

No politics, hurrah!

Gakked from snugglebunnyjm:

1. What is your favorite word?
Don't have one. How boring I am.

2. What is your least favorite word?
I dislike most of the technical terms for sexual organs, male or female, though female sexual organs have much squirmier names. ("Vulva" really bothers me for some reason.) I prefer ridiculous euphemisms!

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Scuba diving. I never feel more alive than when I'm swimming with the fishies. Having kitties sit in my lap and let themslves be petted.

4. What turns you off creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Pain of any sort. People invading my personal space.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
Laughter, especially that of my family members and, god help me, especially especially that of my niece, even when she's really shrieking.

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
PEOPLE CHEWING WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN. I mean, at all. It makes me so pissed off, I can't concentrate. All I do is focus on the chewing, grinding, smacking noises. UGH. People who bang on keyboards instead of typing. (I've had laptops for too long; loud typing makes me cringe.)

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Love "cunt." "Cock" is pretty good, too. Can't beat "fuck" for a good exclamation, though.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I wan to be a professional reviewer of movies!

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Customer service.

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"I created evolution."

Less gripy, more hopeful

Instead of focusing on this collection of gaffes from the other side, let us celebrate the fact that we've got an entirely decent person running for VP on Democratic ticket. All hail, Joe Biden!

The man wants more money to fund processing of rape kits. Of which there is a backlog some hundreds of thousands long. Well, he's got my vote, with or without Obama. It could be the most mismanaged program the government funds (HA! We know that isn't true, don't we?), and this would still be an amazingly awesome thing that Joe Biden does for this country.

Unlike, say, these people, who want to do pretty much the opposite:

More links from me

My latest Smallville review, which despite its ludricrous plot was still better than the most recent Heroes. It's a dangerous, dangerous thing when I look forward to decades-past-its-prime Smallville more than something else. My former roommate has phrased it that I'm locked in as a battered wife to both of these shows. I don't love the metaphor, but mostly because it's accurate.

We Are the Ones Portrait Gallery. Look at the supporters! They are awesome! We are awesome!

Get Peter, GET HIM. This is season one stuff, mostly, but I am loving it. Certainly, after Monday, I can't say he and all his drama were the worst part of this show any more.

Gakked from a bunch of people

The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) For those who see this on your f-list, take the meme to your OWN lj to spread the fun.

Give it up to Marbury v Madison, everybody! Judicial review in the house!

And you might think it's odd of me, but I'm a fan of...no, not what you're thinking. I'm not a fan at all, really, but it was fun to quote Meet The Feebles. (Man I need to see that again.) What I'm really fan of is Lawrence v Texas! Consenting adults? Go on and get biz-zay.