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Yay, baby brother is home safely from Russia! Baby brother is really, absolutely old enough to take care of himself. This was his second time in Russia. He lived in Syria--twice. But he's still my baby brother and I'm glad he's home and that the worst thing that happened was he had a cold on the plane ride and now his ears are a bit stopped up.

So. We've had lots of "unpopular" fashion and fannish opinions (which, in my opinion, are simply cranky opinions, not necessarily unpopular ones) lately. I decided to do five upbeat opinions instead. Just 'cause I'm annoying that way obnoxiously cheerful at times different. Possibly these are unpopular opinions but I really don't care. *g*

( Rose's Five Fab Fashions )

( Five fannish loves--spoilers for BSG and the new Trek movie. They're not surprising opinions, if you've read my journal before. )

Someday I'll do five cranky fandom and fashion opinions. Maybe by the time I get around to it, Crocs will be gone and I'll have one less thing to rant about. Heh.

Hi! Remember how I said I wasn't going to make a post about the Battlestar Galactica show finale because 12,000 words of fic totally counted as episode analysis? Um... I lied.
( This is long and rambly and possibly incoherent; also has spoilers for all of BSG )

Y'ALL. I WANT TO SEE THE LOST SEASON FINALE RIGHT NOW! I HATE THIS WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT DAY!

I wasn't done playing with the characters from 'Settlement.'
This is twice that the muse has tricked me intro writing 5K plus words by saying it would be fluffy fun. Hah!

title: Generations Untold
characters/pairings: Laine (OFC)/Mark (a Two)
rating and warnings: R; talking about sex, glowing spines, babies, normal life stuff if your life were set 150,000 years ago
spoilers: through 4.20 'Daybreak II' (post-finale fic)
summary: "Everything came down to survival first, but it would be nice to have some company while trying to stay alive."
thanks: to jashyr for beta-reading and to daybreak777 for encouragement
word count: just over 5000
note: This is a follow-up to Settlement and uses information established in that story.

eta: follow-up story: Lifeline (Mark's point of view)

( telling the stories )

Um... I'm not sure this counts as a tribute to Kara or just something really weird. But I like her hair, and when it's longer it should be in a ponytail; I was so excited when there was a brief glimpse of ponytail this past week. And then I had this weird idea and wrote most of the new lyrics during a weekend car trip.
( ode to Kara Thrace's ponytail, set to the tune of 'Home on the Range'--with MANY pics )

Okay. Sorry about that. But not sorry enough to stop posting more pictures.
( Lots more ponytail pics )

Ugh, I am so tired of cropping and uploading and cutting and pasting.
eta: most caps found at Galacticabbs.

I think I shall do bullet points today. Or the equivalent of them, since I don't know how to make them on LJ.

- I've Loved You So Long is a good movie. Bring a tissue. I particularly liked the relationships in the sister's family--lots of love, affection and respect.

- Pushing Daisies has apparently been cancelled. That's sad but not unexpected. Possibly I brought this on by buying season one on DVD? *g*

- Did you know that Harlequin romances are still around? Huh. While mulling over the idea of a post about the draw of the powerful man/ordinary woman convention in romance media (because I clearly don't have enough things to do with my spare time?!), I decided to check the book section at Wal-Mart and there they were! The titles are just as cheesy as I remember from my teenage years when I would sneak them into my room from the library because my mother would've been appalled.
Title examples: The Sheikh's Rebellious Mistress. Bought: One Night, One Marriage. The Billionaire in Penthouse B. Aw, way back when it used to be just millionaires. Cost of inflation, I guess.

- Firefly fic rec. She'll Fly True by ubiquirk. Zoe and River, post-movie. Go read this, it's fabulous!

- There's a new ten-second promo for season 4.5 of Battlestar Galactica.
( slightly spoilery personal reaction )

- Time for lunch! Food, whee! And then maybe some Thanksgiving/Christmas shopping.