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Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence
and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

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Happyness is a warm kitty. :)

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My shoes are all shiny and fresh, becuase I bought shoe shine stuff and new inlay soles on Saturday. It's the little things that make one feel all grown up.

Oh! Oh! Oh!

This morning, spotted Justin's Arena Homme issue in the rakcs. If anyone wants a copy, let me know. There were about 4 left at this particular vendor, but it's a busy one (tight in Antwerp station) so other places are likely to have more. Get 'em while they're um. Hot.

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Dit is waarom ik geen 'Vlaamse boekskes' lees. Humo kan soms op mijn zenuwen werken met hun alternatief snobisme, en P-Magazine is soms iets te nadrukkelijk een mannenblad, maar tijdschriften die ook in Nederland verschijnen worden tenminste geschreven in het Nederlands en niet in dat godverdomde verkavelingsvlaams dat de laatste jaren de media overspoelt.

UIt de TV-Express van deze week:

Welk is het machtigste wapen?

Wat! Wat is het machtigste wapen? Niet welk, wat! Jesus Christus.

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And what's with the randomly freezing for a second, you piece of electronic junk? *kicks computer*

Memories

Semi-copycatting this, except not all of them are "real-life" memories. In alphabetical order according to LJ username:

• 348 -- A comforting talk during one of my many "crisises". (Thank you.)
• amatia and natlet -- Painting our nails while waiting in line for the U2 concert ("We're such girls."), making the glittery sign, gettig sunburnt, bonding, having fun.
• doppers -- Sitting in McD's, bonding over junk food. Him scoffing at someone who said lesbians were okay, but (male) gays weren't, because they're icky. Never been prouder of him.
• frown and shadowlight -- Twenty-three hours of chatting! Ye gods.
• jintro -- In NYC, walking ten blocks in one direction and then twelve in the other to get to a Blimpie's, because he has no sense of direction. (No, I won't let you live this down. :p)
• joanne_c -- Being 16 and reading ST:Voy fic late at night, under my blankets with a flashlight, because my paren'ts couldn't know I was still up at 3AM on a school night.
• katari -- Hours and hours of chatting at work, giggling, while injokes and horrid mental images abound.
• larean -- The NOD! and other weirdness.
• paranoidschizo -- Tagfics and Jason and why am I still up? Also, I know too much about Ancient Rome. (Email me! Or I'll email you.)
• pelicanzed -- Coffeeshop discussion of smut and slash, loudly. Probably at least confusing people. Fun!
• sivan -- Long talks of writing, drawing, and Harry Potter.
• synicism -- *N Bed With *NSync. The zine. General madness.

Random U2 question

The Walk On single will have a live version of (I think) Stuck In A Moment, recorded on the first leg of the tour, on the B-Sides. Anyone know when exactly it was recorded?

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( Nothing like ruffled!Larry to make one's day. )

Nonononono!

From CNN.com:

BREAKING NEWS -- Plane crashes in Queens, New York. Details to come.

My stomach is in knots.

Still from CNN

Updated: 09:36 a.m. EST (1436 GMT) -- 12 November 2001

Plane crash in NYC
An American Airlines 767 has crashed in the Queens borough of New York City. Port Authority officials say the plane was bound for JFK airport. Thick black smoke was billowing over the area, and local media reported several houses on fire.
FULL STORY SOON

Edit: Picture, uploaded to inedepenentsoul.net:

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From The Times:

Passenger jet crashes in New York
ASSOCIATED PRESS IN NEW YORK
A plane crashed this morning in the Queens borough of New York City, and buildings reportedly were on fire in the neighborhood.

The plane crashed shortly after 9 a.m local time (1400 GMT) and thick, black smoke could be scene in televised reports.

The type of plane and number of people aboard were not immediately known. CNN reported that American Airlines confirmed the plane was an inbound American Airlines Boeing 767.

The airline told The Associated Press it had no immediate comment.

Yet more from CNN:

NEW YORK (CNN) -- An American Airlines jet crashed Monday on takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The plane went down in the Rockways section of the New York City borough of Queens.

CNN confirmed the plane was American Airlines Flight 587 from New York to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The plane was a Boeing Airbus A300. American Airlines did not immediately release the number of passengers on the flight. The A300 can accommodate up to 266 passengers, according to Boeing's Web site

At least four houses were on fire, and a huge plume of smoke could be seen rising from the site.

All three New York City-area airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark -- closed after the crash. Mayor Rudy Giuliani declared a Level One emergency, mobilizing all available police, fire and emergency personnel.

So, small plane, and according to zero3kid, who's watching the news, there's no indication that it's a terrorist attack. I'm still somewhat weary since it's the first working day after the 2-month anniversary (as well as Rememberance Day), but um. Breathing again.

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( Yet more from CNN )

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( You could call it gospel songs for the 21st century. )

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( More CNN-ness, cut away for thsoe who won't want to know. )

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Apparently, my stmoach hadn't completely unclenched yet. Note to self: avoid junk food on stressful days.

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Bah. It seems I really am going to write IRA!U2. I'm even gonna do -- GASP! -- research for it. Woo-fucking-hoo.

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Grrrrr!

Random AIM selfquote re:femslash

femgeek: To me, it's mostly that I can't find any female character that interests me enough; I mean, the two main shows for f/f slash are Xena and Buffy. Xena (and Herc) I don't like as shows, because of this whole AncientMythology!snob thing I have going on. Buffy? I like Cordy, and Faith, and Willow. Neither of these three are really slashy with one another. Tara and Anya I've not seen enough of to like or dislike. Joyce I hate with a fiery passion, but that's mostly me and my trauma's re: Faith, Hope and Trick. Buffy ... I know, it's "trendy" to not like her, but. I just don't. She doesn't hit me where it hurts, so to speak. She's a Buffy Sue, IMO.

So, yeah. I'll prolly come up with a more in-depth thingamajig when I've slept and my stomach isn't a big ball of tightness and my brain isn't being eaten by teenaged muses and my catisn't nibbling at my hand, but my main problem with f/f slash is basically that I'm not interested in most of the women I see on tv or in the movies, let lone in their relationships.

This is actually something I was conna babble about some time soon -- the lack of female charactres (and relationshpis!) I can relate to in tv shows, movies and books.

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It'd figure that our main source of U2 knowledge goes offline the second we need to pick his brain. Gr.