Title: Poor Man’s Opera Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean Pairing: Ragetti/Governor Swann Summary: Governor Swann encounters an intruder. Notes: This isn’t a pairing I would have ever come up with on my own- I wrote this as a challenge in potcsecretsanta
Thanks as always to taskir for correcting this for me, coming up with a title and basically making it readable : ) Thanks to mariareme for reading it and giving suggestions as well.
I just read this article on Msn: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15717485 about a guy who’s donation of 4000 Jesus dolls was rejected by Toys for Tots. Since they do not know what children will get which toys, it seems that Toys for Tots stay away from toys that push any particular religious belief. Well good for them! I’ve always thought it was a good program and try to participate every year- but now that I know how inclusive they are I support it even more.
What I do not understand is all the people who have made comments in the discussion section about how upset they are and how some will not donate to Toys for Tots again. I don’t understand this whole ‘war on Christmas’ mindset. I mean of all these people who are angry about taking Christ out of Christmas- how many of them are only getting their own children religious themed gifts I have to wonder? Or how many have spent hundreds of dollars on decorations or other secular, commercial Christmas paraphernalia? Don’t get me wrong- I like that stuff as much as the next person, more so probably- I’m a huge dork about the holidays. But then again I’m not being a hypocrite and telling other people how to spend theirs.
What bothers me the most about this is the fact that some supposed Christians would stop donating to people who need it. What could be more Christian than being charitable to those in need. If these people are going to instead give only to Christian charities, that’s fine of course, but if they are just going to stop giving altogether how is that promoting Christ’s message at all?
Oh well…if these people are going to choose to be bitter and confrontational I guess it’s their choice. For my part I’m just going to continue to focus on the message of peace and giving the season can bring.
Anyway I’ve said my piece- so I think I’ll just hop off my soapbox and head off line for now. (Besides Futurama's on. That should help take my mind off the scary people out there :)
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I should be writing- I‘ve really been meaning to get some work done on my finish-a-thon fic but whenever I actually sit down to type it out it doesn‘t seem to go anywhere. Until then, I figured I may as make a lj post and finally put up ( My Interests Collage!Collapse )
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This meme is completely taskir ‘s lovely idea. I am just finally getting around to typing out some ideas for a
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Since I'm putting this story up for voting on the multific Finish-a-thon I figured I might as well put the first part up. So here is the very rough start of my ( Danny/Clay work in progress Collapse )</lj-cut
I realize this has already recieved quite a lot of attention, and rightly so- it is absurd, uncalled for and completely uncalled for. I just now sent ( my own responseCollapse )
I found out two days ago that one of the cats my family has had for 9 years is suffering from kidney failure and will most likely have to be put down very soon. I was already not in the best of moods before finding this out- for several reasons, not the least of which being hormones and that news was the last thing I was expecting to hear. What’s worse, I found out at work about 10 minutes before I had to start my shift so instead of really being able to process the information I had to go pretend to be smiling and polite to people on the phones when all I wanted to do was sit down and start crying.
I got through work of course but I’ve still been upset the past few days, again for several reasons but this is a big one. I know that I have every right/reason to be upset and that don’t need to justify or ( rationalize what I‘m feelingCollapse )
Or at least a normal person probably wouldn’t have to but I kind of do, I always have. Since I had plenty of down time at work the other day I decided to do just that and get what I was feeling down on paper in a somewhat more logical manner just to help myself deal with things. Of course it doesn’t make things go away, but at least it’s helped a little bit.
I really should be trying to get some rest now since tomorrow is going to be another in a string of very long days. This is something I really should have kept in mind before having a second bottle of pop tonight. Well since I am much more awake than I should be, I may as well play catch-up here again. The weekend before last was very nice (well ok the Sunday-Wed. morning at least) because Krista came to visit. It was so nice to see her. It was definitely the happiest I’ve been in quite awhile, and the way the past month has been going I really needed a break.
From Wed on things weren’t quite as great. I’ve been going crazy with group projects lately. This Thursday I have group presentations in both Public Speaking and Women’s Studies. Trying to get together with both of these groups has just been frustrating. First off for Women’s Studies, I was the only one to show up last Wed. when we were supposed to meet. I hauled my ass back onto campus and waited in the library for a half an hour. But we did get together last night, and I think we have things pretty well in order. I went ahead and threw together a PowerPoint, we have more than enough info, all we need to do now is practice. And I need to find something to wear. We’re presenting on Women in the Military so one of the girls came up with the idea that we should all find army fatigues or at least a shirt that says army on it. Well this is all well and good except I don’t have anything like that. I suppose I’ll just run to target tomorrow and see if I can’t at least find a cheap green t-shirt I can wear with some khaki pants.
The other group has been much more frustrating. For starters we are a small group- only three people because one of the girls had to drop out of classes due to a family emergency. Ok that’s beyond anyone’s control, I’m fine with that. The really annoying part is that one of the other girls in our group has only been able to make it to two group meetings the entire time. So up until tonight we didn’t even know how much info. we had. So we met at 9 tonight, and luckily it looks like we’ll be doing fine for time. Now all we have to do is commit it to memory as much as possible and practice. Which we will be doing tomorrow.
I also have a presentation to give in Spanish tomorrow- one I should have really given ages ago but oh well. And I should have picked out my final topic for analysis but I haven’t decided on that. I was just going to compare and contrast two literary movements because that is something I have done before. Now it’s looking like he really wants us to pick either two authors or one author with two stories and analyze those. So I’ll just go in and talk to him tomorrow.
So yeah, at least until Thursday afternoon I am going to be busy and very stressed. But at least when these next few weeks are over I will be with Krista again. I am right now at the two-week point and counting down, so thankfully I do have something to look forward to/keep me somewhat sane.
Ok, I’m still kind of awake but not feeling so great so I think I am just going to lay down again and hope I get a decent amount of rest. If I think about it/have time later I can write a bit about going to Passover last weekend. And hopefully soon I’ll start feeling somewhat creative again an will have some writings to post. -Jessica
Ok, while I do have a ton of things should be doing, I am feeling really unambitious today. So for now I think I'm just going to spend a bit of time messing around online. So here's ( The Kind of American English I SpeakCollapse ) which I found on dolimir_k's journal. This amuses me because my sister is living up in Boston now, and my other sister's boyfriend is from Maine, so lately I have been hearing quite a bit about how different the vocab and pronunciation is from what we're used to in the midwest :)
Well I came out to my grandma on my mom’s side today. I can’t really say it was much of a momentous occasion for my part though- especially since I told her I was gay over four months ago! So I was pretty confused when mom called last night to tell me that grandma had been trying to reach me for some time now because she ‘just found out’ that I’m gay. From an aunt I haven’t even talked to in years mind you. Apparently my uncle took it upon himself to tell everyone on that side of the family. Everyone he is still talking to at least. Now I don’t care because it’s not something I intended to keep a secret from them. But mom is all pissed off at my uncle because he ‘overstepped his bounds.’ Anyway I’m digressing here. Going back to how Grandma apparently didn’t know. The fact is first off I e-mailed her and filled her in on what was going on with my life. Coming out, getting engaged to Krista, my plans to get an interpreting license...everything. And just to be sure there was no confusion, I asked her when she called if she got my e-mail. And if it was alright with her if I brought my girlfriend to meet her over Christmas break. And she said that it was fine. I even have a witness to this because mom was on the other phone while I talked to her. So there is no reason she should have been able to claim that I never told her.
And apparently this was earth-shattering news and she just ‘didn’t know who to talk to’. So she ended up talking to mom, dad and my sister. And what’s more she got confrontational with my sister- saying that she worried the only reason I am like this is because my sisters pushed me into it. Don’t even ask me what that means because I have no clue. From what I gather she thinks that just because I’m quiet and don’t stand up for myself like my siblings do that I’m, I don’t know…easily influenced, weak…stupid? I really don’t know. I think in her own warped way she is looking out for me. I mean she did say that she is fine with my being gay- she just wants me to be happy. And I do believe that. But all the same, the way she went about this pisses me off. First off all, if she really knew me and cared about me as much as she says she does, she should know how close I am to my siblings. We fight sure, but they would never do anything to hurt me- and vice versa. And on top of that she just had to point out that my other grandparents will ‘never understand’ and probably never accept me when I come out to them. Which may be true- they’re a lot more conservative and definitely worried about keeping up appearances and all that. But she didn’t have to say that. Especially since I know that she only did it to get a dig at my other grandparents. (Sigh) My relatives are just fucked up. But anyway, at least the issue is resolved now.
In other news- my speech is done…yay! It was truly awful but it’s done so I really don’t care. Now I have pizza and time to just chill out in front of the tv tonight. Finally things are starting to feel a little less insane and scary. :)
Sooo stressed right now. I really wish that I had better time management skills because right now I have so many things that need to get done, and no matter how much time I spend working on things I feel like I never get anything accomplished. Mostly it is school stuff that is stressing me out- what should be new. I mean there are other things I’m worrying about still, but for the moment I am trying not to focus on them. Unfortunately I no longer have that luxury with all the assignments I have due in the next few weeks.
I think I would be ok with most of these- I am pretty sure that I can finish my Spanish and Women’s Studies projects in a pretty short amount of time if I have to. And, I feel like a very horrible person, but I just ended up dropping environmental politics. The fact is we are only graded on four things- two tests, one of which I am already pretty sure I did not do well on, one précis we have to present to the class and the big project- which is worth 50% of our grade was to write a fifteen page policy analysis on some environmental act of our choosing. I thought I had more time for this- for some reason I was thinking it was due finals week. But when I looked at the syllabus again we were supposed to be presenting the last two weeks of regular class, so the final outline would have been due tomorrow. Seeing as I do not even really know how to do a policy analysis, and we never discussed it in class, I just ended up dropping it. So I have been feeling bad about that all week And of course I haven’t told dad because he would make me feel even worse. When I called home mom advised me to just go ahead and withdrawal from the class- and luckily it seems like she hasn’t told dad about it either.
However, even as much as that has been bothering me, it isn’t even the worst of my problems right now- that top spot belongs to my public speaking class. We’re supposed to give a persuasive policy speech. So I chose for mine to focus on the health care crisis, the fact that so many people are uninsured and can’t afford basic health care that they need. I figured this problem hits so close to home that it should at least be something I could speak passionately about. Problem is- I have no idea what the solution is. And when I finally did land on something I could work with- with help from my teacher, I still can not get the speech organized. I just cannot seem to word the problem itself concisely enough. And I was talking to her for nearly twenty minutes and I’m afraid she must think I am a complete fucking moron at this point, because I just couldn’t come up with anything. I left the class just feeling so frustrated and overwhelmed I actually just went and cried a little bit. Which is something I hate doing- and completely blame on the fact that on top of everything else I am on my period so my hormones are all out of whack. But at least I got it out of my system so I’m calmed down more now.
Anyway, I’m afraid if I can’t fix my speech by tomorrow, I am just going to have to go in there with a horribly written speech and hope that my speaking ability and delivery are enough to keep me from completely failing.
Ok well, having vented I feel a bit better. And I should really get some homework done before I have to head over to my lit class. So I’ll just stop all the self-indulgent whining…for now ;)
Ok well to be honest I’m not feeling too hot today. It’s been a kind of stressful few weeks and now I think I’m coming down with something. (At least the rather painful cold sore I’ve gotten seems to be indicating that I am :P However I can’t say that things are all bad. Not by a long shot actually- and much thanks for that goes to Krista who sent me some beautiful flowers last week and some very nice gifts that all arrived yesterday. Seriously- this is more mail than I think I have gotten all year! (Well the fun kind- not the bills and junk mail kind.) And on top of that the weather is finally warming up and alternate side parking is done. So today instead of dwelling on all the things that are really bothering me I’m going to try and focus on things that make me happy instead. I was kind of trying to do that last week too actually and in doing so I started making a list. So now I think I am going to actually write the list down so that when I’m feeling really pissy/overwhelmed I can just look at it and cheer myself up. (I realize this is kind of a silly exercise, but I need to do something to cope- at least until I can get over my writers block and start torturing poor/undeserving characters ;)
Ok well there are certainly plenty of other things that make me happy- but those are the first things that come to mind. Anyway I suppose I should really stop wasting time and get to my homework now. -Jessica
No- I haven’t given up on livejournal Honestly, I have no idea why I try to keep journals; I am always so bad at it. But all the same, I’m going to keep giving it a go and try to start reposting. Obviously a lot has happened since the last time I posted but the majority of it can be summed up by saying- time spent missing Krista. Just to get caught up, I’ll go month by month to try and sum up the ( past yearCollapse )
Well that has about been my year. I am sure there are things I am forgetting but those are the highs and lows for the most part. In this time I have also decided that I would like to get an ASL interpreting license, so when I am done with this semester I will be moving back to Iowa to do a two year degree in that. Sadly other developments seem to be in tv shows that I have started watching- Lost, and just recently The Amazing Race. And a few I am loosing interest in- Like very sadly for me, The Simpsons, and less sadly, The Apprentice, to name a few. So that’s more or less it for now. And, as always, I am really going to try to start posting more- for real this time. -Jessica
Woohoo- I'm finally done with classes. Well for this semester at least. So now I really don't have any reason/excuses not to get caught up on live journal. (Which I've really been meaning to do since I started my journal come to think of it.) Unfortunately I'm having a bit of writer's block at the moment- so for now I'm just killing time with random memes. -Jess
taskir and I watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat last nigh or as I like to call it- the best example of biblical gay pride. Well ok, the 2000 revival of Superstar gives it a run for his money. But Joseph prances around the stage basically wearing a rainbow flag. And then he very obviously becomes Pharos’s bitch. And Joseph is the one who becomes a success. So what essentially happens is that the rainbow pride wearing queen- who basically gets passed from one dominate guy to another- is the big success story. And people say that God doesn’t like homosexuals? Please. Although Krista brought up a very good point.-what exactly is the message we’re supposed to take away from this show? If you’re in the right place at the right time you’ll succeed? Or is it the fact that you can be really condescending to everyone around you and still get ahead? And of course once you do get power you should use it get revenge. And Joseph is the hero why? Oh well, I still like the show and I’ll still start dancing to ‘Go Go Go Joseph’ if no one else is around. Other amusing observations we made this time:
Krista pointed out that one of the brothers looks a lot like Angus Barnett (the guy who plays Mullroy in Pirates of the Caribbean.) I wonder if Murtogg knows about Mullroy's involvement in musical theatre. I must admit, like the idea of Mullroy trying to get Murtogg to sing duets with him.
Ok so after Joseph starts working for Pharaoh he decides to decorate everything in gold, his arrival is heralded with trumpets and a chorus, he gains the ability to decide people’s fate- oh my god he’s Donald Trump!
Krista: My pyramid is yooge. It’s decorated in gold- very class. (When they find the cup in Benjamin’s sack.) Benjamin- you’re fired.
And what better way to celebrate Passover than writing about a Jewish pirate? Anyway, here is my first attempt at posting a ficlet on live journal.
Title: Meshuganah Un Kvetch Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean Pairing: Pintel/Ragetti Summary: After the curse is lifted Ragetti becomes more religious. Pintel is not entirely pleased. Notes: I don’t necessarily see Ragetti as Jewish normally but when I was home for Passover I heard my cousin call her little brother a Jewish pirate. The idea amused me way too much. Thanks to taskir for helping me revise the story and checking the grammar and spelling.
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