Fire in the Hole

Eurovision Song Contest, same procedure as every year. And... I don't get it. Why Sweden? Why? What was so special or great about that song that it won? I can't even remember the melody or lyrics and only barely the title ("Euphoria"... and I don't really get that, either. There was nothing euphoric about it, that much I remember...). What. I don't even. What?

Iceland, I would have understood. Their song wasn't such a bombshell as last year (I still can't stop listening to that song) but after one or two times of listening to it it had a lot of appeal and was certainly more special than Sweden. Also, it sounded a lot like Runrig. Maybe that helped, too...

Turkey, I would have understood, too and I would have loved that. There was so much joy in that song and you could see that the guy singing it had a lot of fun. It was so great just watching him and listening to him sing that song.

Russia, oh Russia. Your babushki... wouldn't that have been cool? Wouldn't it have been great if six grannies from Russia won the biggest entertainment event worldwide? I mean... that would have been almost greater than Lordy winning in their year. Maybe even greater than Lordy.

Cyprus, hell, even that would have been better than Sweden. I actually recognized that song, unlike the Swedish song. Can anyone of you remember the Swedish melody here? Because, as mentioned above, I can't for the life of me.

Ourselves, of course... even that was better. Actually, Roman Lob gave a hell of a performance and eighth place is to be respected as a very good result. He gave everything and he got rewarded for it and uh... I'd like to thank all countries that awarded him points :D

Anyway, the two countries I would have liked to win didn't even make it to the finals. Either Latvia (their song was the most meta song I ever heard, in a way... I mean, it's a song for the Eurovision Song Contest about a song for the Eurovision Song Contest...) or the Netherlands (because a girl with a guitar and in Native American dressup never sounded so good, and I'm sure the Native American getup had some meaning... oh, well, actually, I know the meaning of it. Huh.), that would have been awesome because both were songs with character and just a little... extra something. Which is why I'll embed both videos under the cut.

( Two REALLY good ESC songs )

Stolen from Via sangate:

Which Avenger Are You?

Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff You are most like Black Widow. You are disciplined and dedicated, and have yet to face a challenge too big for your confidence. Being well rounded and active has helped you on the road to success. But despite your many activities and acquaintances, you are an independent creature, preferring to fly alone. You often push others away and trust only a very select few.

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Frighteningly accurate, except for the whole "You are disciplined and dedicated, and have yet to face a challenge too big for your confidence." thing... no really, I feel like a slacker for most of the time :( I guess more of Natasha than "You often push others away and trust only a very select few." would do me some real good...

At Pottermore, that is. It's all hanseatic_keks's fault that I signed up and now I want other lemmings those on my flist who are Harry Potter fans to join! Anyone who's on there and here on the flist, add me (RuneMirror3850), please? Yes?

So, after a little conversation with keylafirefly and an encounter with an origami frog army for my favorite co-worker (I wish I'd taken pictures. But then again... better not. It probably would have put me up right there with Parker *points to icon), I decided to do a collective order from KnockKnock to save shipping costs to Germany. Anyone on the flist living in Germany and wanting to spend their hard earned money on nonsense that'll label you as the office's Parker necessary office supplies, please tell me so in the comments and I'll put you on the list (haven't decided between Evernote and Delicious yet for the list. The hardships of modern life, I'm telling ya). This is important: you have until April 15 to tell me what you'd like to order. After that, I'll order and figure out how to send what to whom...

PS.: Anyone got any recs for fics for Smilla's Sense of Snow? I found myself with an insatiable craving during watching the movie on rbb tonight. Anyone? Please? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

Seen at rodlox's and hollymac79's journals:

I'm running a test to see who's reading my posts. So, if you read this, leave me a one-word comment about your day that starts with the third letter of your LJ USERNAME. Only one word please. Then repost so I can leave a word for you. Don't just post a word and not copy - that's not as much fun!

First of all! Happy birthday to anuna_81! And happy belated birthday to keylafirefly!

Second: a little twitter conversation with anuna_81 about birthday fics (I was a little sad LJ reminded me too early of her birthday - yes, I'm the woman with the second worst memory in the world - and told her I might have written fic if I'd remembered earlier and she told me I can still write it if I want) gave me the idea that I might offer this to everyone on the flist.

So, guys, if you want fic for your birthday, please leave a comment (comments are screened, in case anyone doesn't want to make it public) and a wish for this post and ye shall reap fic for your birthday because I have a mighty Google calendar to remind me of such things. And yes, mackenziesmomma and sgteam14283, for birthday fics, crack* is okay.

*Crack, a definition thereof: everything I need to do extensive thinking about to make it plausible. Plausibility and I are very good friends. Do not take plausibility away from me. I can try to write it if I need to work hard to make it plausible. I can and will not write it if it's impossible to make it plausible. Yes.

That is all.

(via splodefromcute)

but look at the result for this one! \o/

You Scored as Major Evan Lorne You are Major Evan Lorne, Played by Kavan Smith. You are the coolest person, by far, on the base. You have the Ancient gene, youre an awesome pilot, you shoot AT4 CSs with amazing accuracy, you can fight, and on top of all that you are a lovely painter. Man, pat yourself on the back for being so awesome. Major Evan Lorne 65% Laura Cadman 55% Jinto 50% Chuck 45% Jeannie Miller 35% Sergeant Bates 35% Dr. Peter Kavanagh 25% Radek Zelenka 10% Danger Beckett 10%

Also, Laura Cadman as runner up! ♥ (it leaves the question, though, what this says in regard to my primarily writing Lorne/Cadman... let's not think about that, huh?)

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No idea, and quite frankly, I don't care, either. Harry was never my favorite character - in fact, ever since Book Five I found him to be incredibly bratty and irritating - and I really couldn't care less what's he going to do or not do now. I always liked Hermione best and I'm an avid Draco/Hermione shipper (always was, always will be, don't ship anyone else... okay, apart from Orion and Lavinia in that magnum opus I'm writing with rareb) and quite frankly, the rest can go and hang themselves for all I care.

Why, yes, I'm still bitter about how Book Seven turned out, why do you ask?

Group champion, whee! In the Women's Soccer World Cup preliminaries, that is. Quite honestly... Women's Soccer starts to become a lot more attractive than Men's Soccer, seeing as compared to the girls, the guys seem to be standing around on the field more than actually moving. Can't remember ever having seen such fast and dynamic soccer as I saw today in the Germany vs. France game (okay, maybe that has something to do with the fact that I'm not a regular soccer watcher and only watch the big events like Euro Cup and World Cup...) and I can't wait to watch the next one :D I'm not sure if they get to be World Champion for the third time (in a row!) but I'm pretty sure we're gonna get to see some really awesome soccer :D

On a side note: I am now at 9,136 words for het_bigbang which means at least I'll make the checkpoint in August \o/ I'm kind of starting to hope that maybe I can make that big bang after all...