Write From The Gut

Today at 12:15 PM, I booted my computer, played a little WoW, listened to iTunes, read ElJay and Facebook, did all the little thingydoodles one does on the Internets. Shut it down and went to the store to get soup ingredients. Got back home at, oh, 4:30 PM and tried to boot it up again.

"Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"

...Huh. That can't be good.

Multiple repair attempts, a trip to Best Buy, and an XP reinstall later, and I have a functioning PC again. I attempted to set up my old HD as a slave drive, but no dice; I'm hoping it's just because I'm missing a particular cable. Keep your fingers crossed for me, I will be extremely sad if I lose all my personal files from the past 6 years or so.


I like being "handy" with my computer, but I wish it wasn't because it kept breaking. >:(

(Oh, and I did finally make the soup- french onion, made with local onions. I served it with mozzarella and lots of croutons. Very tasty!)

12:35 PM: Begin Max Brooks' World War Z. Read pages 1 to 54.

6:22 PM: Arrive home. Continue reading World War Z, pages 55 to 101.

7:05 PM: Begin quietly assessing how much food is in my cupboards in case of quarantine slash zombie uprising.

7:12 PM: Start computer.

7:13 PM: Go to "ready.gov" for disaster preparedness information.

7:14 PM: Follow "ready.gov" link to latest H1N1 update from the CDC.

7:17 PM: Check work email to see if H1N1 vaccine is available yet.

7:48 PM: Quietly and firmly remind myself of low fatality rate (and definite non-zombifying properties) of H1N1.

7:50 PM: Firmly put away World War Z for evening.




8:25 PM: Read section about the ineffectiveness of modern combat weaponry against the undead and a river of zombies ("Zack"s) streaming up the Saw Mill River Parkway from Manhattan.

8:26 PM: ....I said, put it away.

Yes, this song is completely ridiculous, and the video is insane. It STILL will make me dance madly if it comes on while I'm in the car. (Sorry I can't embed this one in all its crazy glory.)

Shakira- She Wolf (Official Version on Youtube)

So flist!

( The Cliffs Notes on US healthcare and the current debate. )

So I thought I'd ask people about their healthcare experiences in their countries. I'm particularly interested in seeing the differences in access to care, quality of care, and cost of care between American citizens and citizens of other nations. What do you like about your healthcare? What don't you like? I know my flist has folks from all over. Tell me about your experiences!

( Here's one of the reasons I work at a hospital. )

Fire away, friends! I'd like to hear more than what's being screeched about on CNN.

Title: "Unusual If Not Unique"
Author: truthiness_aura
Rating: G
Fandom: Marvel
Characters: Steve Rogers
Summary: A look inside SHIELD's medical files.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Written for the cliche_bingo prompt "documentation". WARNING! Contains dense medical pseudojargon. For the befuddled, "redaction" is the removing or blacking out of sensitive information in a document (Wikipedia link). Edited after posting to fix problems with formatting.

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You may have already seen this, but I like it so much I'm posting it again. :D If I get married, I want to enter like this- even if it does kill my mother like she claims it will.

( My cliche_bingo card! )

Ooo, I see some possibilities here. I also really like my center image. (Sorry about your unicorn, kij.)

I  went and signed up for cliche_bingo .  Deep breath! Time to jump in and do something (a little) longer than comment-length fics! Join me, the water looks great!

From both kij and dorky:
The problem with Livejournal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. Hence, I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.

Our neighbors having extended, expletive-filled arguments at the top of their lungs on summer evenings.
Headed out to look at two other places tomorrow, both in the Mount Washington/Pikesville areas. Here's hoping.

then I realized I have no shame left to lose.

( Please arrange the following pictures in order from least to most attractive. )

Questions? Comments? Anyone? Bueller?

ETA: Edited for fugly layout.

Ganked from alivemagdolene.  I found this to be a surprisingly good test.

Your result for The 3 Variable Funny Test...

the Wit

 

(52% dark, 38% spontaneous, 21% vulgar)

 

Take The 3 Variable Funny Test at HelloQuizzy

Last night, on voicechat in WoW:

Mage: Have you seen Star Trek yet?

Shaman: No, not yet.

aura: You really should, it's great.

Shaman: I know, but I'm kind of hesitant to see it with my wife.

Mage: Why?

Shaman: Uh...well, have you ever heard of slash fiction?

aura: (barely repressing snorts of laughter as I recall what I've been reading the hell out of for the last three weeks)


Oh, you poor gentlemen, you have no idea.

Two things: first, if anyone has a Dreamwidth code they'd be willing to part with, I'd love to have one.

Second, the Eight Facts About Yourself meme. Did it back in the day when it was 25 facts about yourself; that version is over yar (under flock).The lovely simmysim told us eight facts about herself in an alternate universe, which was very cool and reminded me of something I'd written a while back, when a friend of mine on Facebook attempted to start an alternate version of the "25 things" meme. It didn't gain much traction outside our immediate circle of acquaintances, but I gave it a shot. And went a little nuts. Here's the note, from February 19, 2009:

Twenty-Three Random Facts About Me That Are Totally False

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21
lab.drwicked.com

I think I have found a much needed jump-start.

Just looked at the clock and realized I am up at 2:30 AM writing involved analyses of superhero films.

Unfortunately, I can't pin this on booze. Ummm...I'm going to blame this on overconsumption of Coke and Pringles. And sunspots! sunspots are at fault as well.

First: Kings of Leon, "Sex On Fire". This song makes me think of Steve and Tony making out (especially Tony).


Second:

I spent a really sad amount of time laughing at this and related videos tonight. How could I have missed this?!




She finally lured him out with Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan from the 1975 Cincinnati Reds.




I need to watch Ellen more frequently.

OK, so WaPo has an article about the new book "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" (link might require free registration). Cool, cool, I can totally dig me some zombies in my Austen; got to go pick that up in paperback. And then I see the last two lines of the article.

As for Grahame-Smith, he reportedly has signed a princely deal for two more "historical" books. The first has no announced release date, though it does have a title:

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."

I need this now.
NOW NOW NOW
I NEED THIS LIKE BURNING

THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN WOLVERINE!LINCOLN AND HE IS THE EPITOME OF AU AWESOME

Item The First:
I am tagged again for the Icon Meme, this time by the lovely velithya . ONWARD HOOOO


icon meme
1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

Vel chose:



( Icon explication. )



( Excellent fancomics and more icons. )



( Moo. )



( Work bitching and vengeful gods. )