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[misscam]

Note to self: Do not go to football matches when rather sick. It makes it your own fault when you wake up in the morning and feel like shit. On the bright side, there was winning. Huzzah. (Then of course I woke up with the cat using my right foot as both pillow and mattress. At least the sting of blood circulation returning made me truly awake.)

Oh, and Sean Bean is in Norway. They're shooting a film called "True North" up north in our country and will be for the next months. Michelle Yeoh and Michelle Krusiec is also here for shooting. Neat as.

In Doctor Who news, cast additions are announced (Vaguely spoilerish, I guess.)

In 'What?' news, Steve Irwin is killed

Unfortunately, my first thought was "well, at least it wasn't a crocodile". Quite the way to go, though. Cripes. Um, yes. Poor family of his, though. I think his kids are fairly young and everything.

I've been to his zoo, actually, while I lived in Brisbane. It was quite educational. Bummer, seriously. Say what you like about him, he did passionately believe in conservation. I feel kinda sad, actually. Huh.

Meanwhile, the American ambassador is apparently displeased with what we do with our oil fund.

Whitney was careful to make his suggestions in a framework of open dialogue, and to emphasize that Norway must form Norwegian policy.

Gee, aren't you generous. At least he isn't like the last one, who pretty much threatened us over the Iraq war. It is interesting that this gets raised though - our oil fund (or "Government Pension Fund - Global" as it is officially called) is becoming quite huge. Given our oil reserves and increasing gas export, it'll keep on growing. So that the way we invest that money should be under constant review. I agree there. We are in a sense wielding some economic power. That should be done with care.

Of course, the reason we're excluding so many American companies is that US companies make up about half the investments and because the weapons-industry is as big as it is there, many companies have links to it. And that's an oil fund no-no. *pets Norwegian government* Let's keep it that way.

ligaras, got your cards. Thanks!

*raises an eyebrow*

My, my. That does confirm suspicions at the time, though. I see some anons are raising theories as to who it is. Possibly one of them who left a link in my LJ, hard to say. Hmm-hmm. Course, Google-fu did turn up some interesting stuff last time. Hmm-hmm the second. Ah, hatememes. It's like school all over again.

The principal would probably give us all detension.

In other news:
Suggestion to display Munch paintings 'as is'
US troops could face execution
Computer privacy tool is criticised for being adware
Qatar Airways to resume direct flights to Beirut
Situation in Gaza fairly dire
Sudan tells peacekeepers to leave Darfur (Sigh. I sense upcoming shit.)

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

"She never had a clue. Still doesn't."

*headdesk* That wins the Stupidest Comment prize.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I'm personally very fond of the bit where the anon rags on about moron me friending anyone, when that's exactly what my user info say I do. Right then.

But you and your epic battle with kammgirl puts the rest of the hatememe to shame.

[maramyanet.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just read that thread about how you're a moron and half your flist doesn't like you...then why befriend you in the first place? Her rant sounded so terribly childish. It was like Bwahahaha I have nothing better to do than stir up shit online. Geezz, I think its time for someone to seriously back up from the computer and go take in some fresh air outside.

I guess I believe in my mother's golden rule, if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anythign at all.

Oh and why would your fics be on her bad list? I saw something about a Norwegian Journey, but that one rocks! They all do. I've seen that everyone on T&C is very nice and supportive, even when a fic isn't quite good, but all in all they give credit where credit is due.

Your fics are great, that's it, nough said.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Half my flist are CSI and LotR people, actually. They probably find the hatememe rather confusing.

*shrugs* To each their own taste, really. And everyone's entitled to raise critisism. Though it does perhaps help not to be all wanky about it. Eh well.

[yattara.livejournal.com]

The whole hatememe/anon-thing is just mindboggling. How can anyone be so petty? Doesn't s/he have anything better to do?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Pressure of being nice the rest of the time, perhaps. Sometimes, you just need to vent. Though hatememes do easily cross the line into more than that, so... I'm ambivalent about them.

[dreams-of-him.livejournal.com]

Were I to be a target of such meanness, I would be more than a little boggled if the perpetrator raked me over the coals for saying, "That was mean."

The only thing that occurs to me is that kind of mob cruelty one finds in school. A clique of girls will decide to brutalize someone for no reason at all other than to entertain themelves.

Margaret Atwood wrote book with one of the best descriptions of this kind of behavior I have ever read. Cat's Eye. Reading the scene in which the protagonist almost dies because of childish cruelty took my breath. I was a fat kid and the target of pointless mean-spiritedness for most of my childhood.

I can't say I would change that if I could: the person I am today is in part the result of surviving that. I would hope to save someone else from it, though. Perhaps that's why my all time favorie quote is from the song, "Hands" by Jewel: In the end, only kindness matters.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I don't think I ever said it was mean, even. It was entertainment for a few days, because I did find the whole spectacle of it funny. Troll or no troll. But people will interpret things differently, I suppose.

Nothing can be as cruel as kids - expect perhaps adults, huh?

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Look, you're thowing a fit again! ;) *headdesks*

This entire badfic list thing was so incredibly childish I had no idea it could get any worse. Now it is just so damn hilarious I can't stop watching how someone so dumb tries to sound clever *shakes head*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

If my body doesn't heal itself very soon, I think I will have a fit at it, actually. It's driving me to despair.

Don't think I'll have the energy for one over fandom as well ;)

I'm sure we haven't heard the last.

[20thcenturyvole.livejournal.com]

Oh, I shouldn't have clicked the hatememe link. Now my stomach's all acidy. I hope that person wanks so hard their genitals wither.

And dude, Steve Irwin's dead. That's just... some fundamental law of the universe just broke. That's like David Attenborough climing a Himalayan steppe and then falling off it. It's like the cast of Jackass doing a stunt with lighter fluid and then actually burning alive. Man.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I know! Even if it isn't a croc, it's still just... Wow.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

Everything I wanted to say about your troll "outing" herself on that hate(?)meme, I have already said over there.

But still, dw_anon is a damn good way of procrastinating...

And what's that about Sean Bean and Michelle Yeoh coming to Norway? Damn, why can't they shoot a movie in Southern Germany?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You do a mighty smackdown indeed.

I saw it on the Norwegian news, or I'd link you to it. They're shooting up in Målselv, apparently, and a bit on Svalbard. It's said to be a bit sci-fi-y.

If there's any reports from behind the scenes, I will pass it on.

[falena]

Re: hatememe.

What I really find odd is how some people just don't get you. I mean, of course there are people who don't like you (either as a person or as a writer), but it looks to me as if many simply don't understand you. Not that I'm an expert, but I've always thought you're very clear and upfront about who you are and what you do.

Btw, I just found out this morning that I've been friended by a Veronica Mars hatememe. Should I celebrate or what?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* No two people read a book exactly the same. You can probably say the same about people. And if you're determined to see someone in a bad light, you do tend to do. The opposite is also true. Such is bias.

But of course, cultural differences and ages differences and whatever else can also play in.

[puredeadthingy.livejournal.com]

Reggie Yates? Yay!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Ah, someone who knows who he is. I don't, non-Brit me.

[leila82.livejournal.com]

Hatememes always end up leading to trouble, as far as I can tell. Especially when you get fandoms involved (which is one of the many reasons I've stayed away from fandoms - another being my inability to write fiction), and then you add in anony-mouses and...I guess you have to be super thick-skinned.

Steve Irwin dying is all kinds of weird; he's been crocodile hunting as long as I can remember. This isn't right. And who would have thought stingray, seriously?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you rather have to be prepared to take some shit. But the same can be said for life in general.

I know. And an eigh-inch barb to the heart - yiaks. There's an... Unusual way to go. Memorable, at least.

[canadian-kazz.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd have something to say about Steve. I tell you, all of Australia is still in shock. Who would have thought, eh? He just seemed like one of those guys who would forever be playing with death and danger, but would never actually die. I feel really bad for his family. The news here had this whole thing about how close they were and how much they loved each other. *sigh*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I have something to say about anything if I get around to it, really.

Those who cheat death so often do get an air of invincibility, really. And yeah, poor family.

[norwegianne.livejournal.com]

Yay! Football. Of course, this could end up like the last qualifying rounds of European Championships and World Championships where they initially do very well, and then just fuck it up when it's starting to be important.

re: hate-meme, I've always found you to be very straight-forward, but I expect it's the Norwegianess of it all.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Of course. All the more reason to enjoy it while it's not fucked up, really. If we don't crush Moldova, I'm sure we'll be back to the same misery. Hmpf.

Heh, we do tend to be a fairly blunt and straight-forward in some ways. Weird little people, we are.

[canadian-kazz.livejournal.com]

Oh and on the note of the anons... they're cowards and trolls. I'd do my best to pay them no heed.

[vaskalcorp.livejournal.com]

Re: Steve

Poor ol' bastard

[misscam.livejournal.com]

At least he went memorably.

[cincoflex.livejournal.com]

Hatememes never lead to any good, as far as I can tell. They should rename the damned things "Poisonous anonymous comments that serve no useful function in fandom except to provoke paranoia and dispair" and be done with it.

Steve--sorry to see you go, but you lived life your way, and I do admire that.

And Cam? Your Norwegian. You're classy--but I repeat myself.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks.

Paranoia is always fun to see spread if you're of that mind, I suppose. Humans have always found fun in destruction as well as creation, and tearing stuff down. Humans or history or trees or whatever else. Seems to be an impulse.

[lyricalviolet.livejournal.com]

::Smacks forehead:: Don't people have anything better to do with their time than be all "Tra la la, I'm SO the one who told everyone she was a lesbian and had the herp so no one would sit at lunch with her."

Seriously? They don't have a cat to feed? Dishes to do? Lawn to mow? Scarf to knit? Belly button to contemplate?

That people *genuinely* put time and effort and actualy...emotion into these anon things and are genuinely gleeful over being infanitle and petty blows my mind.

The truly sad thing is, this behavior comes from older members of the fandom, not the zit-faced teenagers who cAn'T SpEl n Tawk IN 'NeTsPeAk.

Seriously, people...grow the hell up.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

According to an anon, this one is a teenager, so who knows. But yeah, maturity is not so much to do with age always. I mean, some of the most batshit CSI wankers are well in their 30s.

[fannishnonsense]

The person on the hate-meme was an idiot, plain and simple. And when I asked why they'd do something so pointless they attacked my icon of all things. Oh no, I'm so hurt! I may never recover! Childish moron.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Ohnoes icon hate?

I like that one, though.

[mthespinner.livejournal.com]

Regarding hatememe: what the...? I haven't heard such crud since high school...seconding all suggestions that some people need to get a life...job, house, etc. However, probably not wise for them to have children as the maturity level seems lacking.

And, bejasus, it's your country's revenue. That means (althought this is lost on some people,) that you get to spend however you please. If Norway chooses not to do business with certain US firms, that is the Norwegian government's choice. Last time I checked, sovereign nations get to handle their own money. Sheesh!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It's probably because it's becoming such a lot of money now that people pay attention to what is done with it - and excluding certain companies get noticed. The US might be worried about others following our trend.

Still, it quite is our money and the US ambassador publically "advising" us? Yeah, that'll go down well.

[mahala.livejournal.com]

OMG, they didn't like the ethical...ethicless? decisions made by a corporation so they sold their stocks and OMG it's a country and it has oil and it can't do that waaaaaaaaaAAAAH!

oh...god...(sekritly moves to Canada)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Quite.

I mean, we kicked out Wal-Mart. *Wal-Mart*. Wanna tell me they're not of the evil?

[vixenmage.livejournal.com]

Why, why, why... the stupidity? At any rate, now I'm kinda glad I'm not into big fandoms. Too much hate.

And, Steve Irwin, dead... *sniff* He really will be missed. It's too bad. And at least I'm not the only one who was surprised it wasn't a crocodile. But really... it is too bad. He was a great guy... or at least he always seemed that way. I feel really bad for his wife and kids.

[vowel.livejournal.com]

Wow. That person on the hatememe is seriously stupid. On another note, may the man rest in peace. Steve Irwin, I mean.

[siraj.livejournal.com]

Irwin: Yeah, sad stuff. You're the 24th person to mention it (I've kept count).

Oil fund: Yet another reason for me to get ou of this damn country... Gods my covernment makes us look like a bunch of arses...

Troops execution: Call me unpatriotic, but I would look forward to seeing the execution (though it'll never happen. It'll be nothing but a dishonourable discharge, and nothing further will be done).

[robin-2370-hood.livejournal.com]

I think the reason that I can sit through all these hatemems, and even laugh at some of the stupidity, is because I go to an all-girl's school. Seeing this every single day has worn me down, and now I just don't care, then the only thing left is to look for the humor.

Is it sad that when I heard Steve Irwin was killed that I thought it had something to do with an alligator? I immediately thought that one had eaten him, and then it turned out it was another animal, how odd.

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

I can't stand you, Miss Cam! That's why I'm on your flist! You throw fits that are disguised as eyebrow-raising amusement, and everyone only barely tolerates it! You're a moron for friending anyone like you say you will!

I'm bored and having fun using exclamation points :P

And I wasn't a fan of Steve Irwin's, but I'm still sad, myself. (And shaking my head at the wank I've seen following the news :\)

[csinut214.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just read that thread, and I feel sick. Shame on that person. Really. I just... ugh. Shame on them.

I'm glad that you are able to let it roll off your back, but I can't let it go without saying, for the eight millionth time, that you're one of the most brilliant fanfic writers I've encountered. It's not sucking up, it's the honest truth. So I'm glad you can shrug off the antics of someone with too much time on their hands.