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unscriptedmonologues replied to your post: Me (during the day):Oh, God...if only ...

Yes. Because then you can have an Earthball. Miss Clark Not yet but keep at it. One of the solid stick ones with grey packaging. No, of course not, cats simply indulge us. Jefferson City. There. Now go the fuck to sleep. (See YouTube)

This made me sporfle coffee onto my keyboard. :) I LOVE Samuel L. Jackson and "Go The Fuck To Sleep".

(I drank waaaaay too much coffee yesterday, and couldn't fall asleep for anything last night. I truly DID lie there and think things like I wrote above.)

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Aww. Loved 'Something Better', thanks for sharing. Here in UK one can have a 'civil partnership' ceremony which includes certain wording, as does the marriage ceremony, not available (yet) to same sex couples. This has to take place in a venue authorised for the purpose. But many ss couples have non-legally recognised union ceremonies, some churches unofficially bless same sex partnerships and the partners are happy to see it as marriage. Depends. Off to read about Quakers now! :-)

Thanks for your comment! Traditional Quakers in the UK and U.S. have recognized same-sex marriages for several years, before civil partnerships became a status in the UK or same-sex marriages were recognized in any U.S. states. In “Something Better,” the characters are getting married in accordance with their religious practice. Whether the state recognizes that, or will recognize it by 2015, is a separate issue.

(It’s relevant to note that Quaker heterosexual marriages were not explicitly recognized in England for the better part of two centuries, but Quakers continued having religious wedding ceremonies nonetheless. Since 2009, Quakers in Britain have sought to have same-sex marriages performed under the care of their meetings to be legally recognized by the state.)

I may have a bias about what makes a marriage a marriage. My parents were married in a country that did not recognize their religious wedding as legally valid. But that the religious ceremony has been and always will be what my parents consider their wedding, and they celebrate their anniversary based on it. They registered their relationship with the government on a different day, and while that day is also important to them, it is not their wedding anniversary.

State recognition of partnerships is important, but lack of it should not (and does not) keep same-sex couples from getting married. We must work to create the lives we want, whether or not people in authority give us permission to do so.

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unscriptedmonologues answered your question: An update that will most likely go unread. Been...

Yeh, I’m blocked too. But if we were productive and creative all the time, we’d be withered husks within weeks. Feed your Self. Excrete later

It's been so long since I've heard from you, I wasn't sure you still followed.

You speak the truth, as always; sometimes that's all I need when the essentials are obscured and my mind is muddled o___-  Only I haven't been (consistently) productive or creative in so long I feel like an overripe plumb rotting on the tree...

[doonarose]

Some responses to the epic skience-porn-analysis

pashminasandpinksunglasses:

“Hello, I am from [insert Elsevier/Springer/Wiley/Taylor & Francis/Routledge journal here], do you have plans on publishing your research?”

What's hilarious is that I actually have an invited article with a multidisciplinary science journal that I'm going to have to decline because they want it by the 31st of January. I really should send them this, shouldn't I?

 unscriptedmonologues:

Somebody is work-avoiding, methinks. Brilliant!

Strangely not! I've been off the PhD for all of a week with several more to come. It's what happens when you spend two years going at it full throttle. This I actually, entirely just did for fun. Which is so, so scary when you think about it. 

blainegetnaked:

 So, I know Donna did this as a joke (and I did laugh, don’t get me wrong), but I think we should have more academic stuff in the fandom. Am I the only one who thinks so?

I am intrigued by what you could mean? Ideas? Research proposals? Where do we get the funding? 

nedafish:

As ridiculous as the subject matter is, this is actually a really well written scientific report. Like, good enough to give you the structural knowledge of a scientific report needed to write a decent report for yourself. If you stick to the general outline of this when writing, you’ll do really well.

Thank you! Though I don't know what you mean, calling the subject matter ridiculous? It's an entirely valid thing to study. For the betterment of mankind as well. I actually write science papers for journals for a living so whipping this up was much, much easier than writing fiction...which is kinda weird. 

crisscharisma:

DO YOU SEE WHY I WANT TO MEET THIS WOMAN COME JANUARY?!  ROFL

OH MY GOD BUT I AM ACTUALLY LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME YOU WILL HATE IT!!!!!

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Patting myself on the back.

Thankful Thursday has arrived, so a few things to note:

1. Finished the "Dragon Tattoo" book at around 5:30 am today.  Heading off in about half and hour to see the American version, yay!

2.  Been working on my creative stuff this week, including a few gifs that I want to post before Christmas.  1 down, 5 or 6 to go?

3.  I thought I had more to mention but I guess not really.  Just that I've been managing to pull myself away from that stupid facebook game more to be able to be a more functioning human again.  That feels good.

Also of note, just wanted to give a holler to unscriptedmonologues, and especially ohcamil, for interacting with me and my blog.  It's one of the things I enjoy most about this site, so thank you. <3

[bullshitviking]

Ooh, good answer! How many 'future husbands' do you plan to have? :-)

Currently I've lost count. But Harry Judd is the favourite ;D