Fail, news from Norway, giraffe/giraffe/gnu OT3 and various notes

[misscam]

SO MUCH FAIL.

The Pakistani Tourism Minister resigned yesterday after hardline Islamic clerics accused her of obscenity for hugging her instructor after a charity parachute jump. Nilofer Bakhtiar was photographed in brightly coloured jumpsuit and hugging her instructor after a tandem jump to raise money for child victims of the earthquake that struck Pakistan in October 2005.

...!?!

People wanna tell me we live in a world where we don't need feminism anymore? Bzzzt, wrong answer. Do not pass go and have your dice confiscated until you learn to get your head out of your rectum.

So Norway's foreign minister has set up a national forum charged with advising the Foreign Ministry on how Norway's profile overseas could be improved.

Oh, Norway. You so peculiar.

This article on our handling of oil wealth is interesting, though. Our oil fund is currectly the second largest of its kind in the world, apparently. We are really filthy stinking rich. But the idea that [a]t the rate it is growing, experts say, it will be worth between $800 billion and $900 billion in a decade - that is a scary, scary thought.

"Inevitably, Norwegians feel bad about having all this money," said Gro Nystuen, a human rights lawyer who chairs an ethics council that screens investments. "Our job is to make the Norwegian people feel less guilty."

Yeah, good luck with that. WTF are we going to do with all that money? Flail, flail.

Aww, giraffe rebound (possible) love. I also love that according to this, the female giraffe is best friends with a gnu, and the zoo is hoping all three will get along. Giraffe/giraffe/gnu OT3?

Notes from my life and fannish pursuits:
- I'm being punished for my playing WoW until late last night with headaches, bleary eyes and an unfortunate habit of yawning and blinking stupidly today. And I don't care. The raid downed four bosses, all but one in the first go (and the exception was on the second try - one player got too close to the boss and started the fight before we were ready, but on the second try we did awesome) and I finally got the epic crossbow. This pleases me an embarassingly great deal. I'll probably post screencaps. How sad.
- WoW boob wank. Impressive!
- I got my Silk Stalkings 5th season DVD in the mail the other day and wibbled. Probably most of you have never heard of that show, but it was my first fannish obsession and I was such a little OTP shipper of Rita and Chris. (I was in my teenage years, so I had many Interesting Notions about love and life, I have to say.) Then they did get together, but ended it with him killed and her knocked up, which might explain a bit of how I go about shipping these days.
- I've been writing Doctor/Rose shagging in lunch time at work. This makes me feel vaguely guilty. I write Sara/Grissom on the train to work, and Doctor/Martha on the train home. The way I'm going about this I might finish all three at about the same time. Interesting thought. And also I don't want either to feel abandoned, which is rather absurd. Weird brain, mine.
- I've never been a fan of Veronica Mars, but reading the Logan/Veronica thread over at TWoP is amusing me. We do get very... wankyInsistent about shipping, don't we? One of these days I will write up my grand theory on Why Shipping Is Like Football - European Kind, Bitch, yes.

What's up with you all?

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

There's a book out there that lists "reasons Doctor Who fans are less sad than football fans," mainly taking heart from the fact that we've never rioted when it looked like the Doctor was going to lose.

I look forward to shipping = football, for it makes sense. "Two/Jamie - foul! That's a penalty to Nine/Jack!"

[misscam.livejournal.com]

.. Yet. I'm not ruling out riots.

I look forward to shipping = football, for it makes sense.

I made a whole list in my head that sounded terribly convincing and involved balls, rivalries, cheering multiple teams, hating on players who have left your side, drinking, homoerotic-ness, silly nicknames, the importance of colour codes and why hooligans=trolls.

"Two/Jamie - foul! That's a penalty to Nine/Jack!"

And then the crowds pelted tomatoes at the ref for fake foul calling?

[falena]

What's up with you all?

Nothing much. I'm trying to study with little success, still. The bloody heat is not helping.

I love the way you compartmentalise your writing. It's adorable.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Trade you some heat for overcast and chilly winds?

Exams and heat suck together. I do not miss that from Australia at all.

I like things in little boxes? :P

[yattara.livejournal.com]

Silk Stalkings? Wow, haven't seen that in donkey's years, it feels like. Do remember feeling all sad he died when they'd finally gotten together. I was a bit romantic as a teen.

The next partnership wasn't as interesting, were they? I think I stopped watching then.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

The next was rather dreadful, as I recall. Then there was another one that was okay, but I never really got dragged in. Missed my wee OTP too much, I guess.

Watching the DVD is total nostalgia trip. I should get some icons.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

Why Shipping Is Like Football - European Kind
I often say that footie fandom is the only thing wankier than fanatical monoshippers of any stripe. At least most ship wars don't go back hundreds of years and embody political, ethnical, religious, national and/or regional conflict.

(I once had a very nice, very intelligent Real Madrid supporter express surprise that he agreed with one of my blog posts, since he thought he'd never see the day when he agreed with a Barca supporter. A hundred years of hatred, indeed.)

[christinenj.livejournal.com]

God, I remember Silk Stalkings. And yeah, I hated the end. There was a fic that actually picked up with Chris in the hospital and almost dying but he recovered. And all their friends were there. In my mind? That's the real ending.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

With close on a trillion dollars, Norway could buy all the stars in Hollywood and have them act out fanfic.

Is this idea one of wonder or horror? YOU BE THE JUDGE.

[phdelicious.livejournal.com]

OMG that would be....*flails*

[colorstoobright.livejournal.com]

I wanted to see Silk Stalkings, because hi, Chris Potter is so yum.

[maureenlycaon.livejournal.com]

Ohhh . . . still job-hunting. After losing the fervor for a while, I've read some scary articles and looked at some inspirational graphics and gotten it at least partly going again.

Er, if you folks are having problems spending all that money from the oil, why not slow down on pumping the oil out? There's no need to rush to Hubbert's Peak, at least not for Norway. And maybe the BEST investment would be in researching and experimenting to become fossil-fuel-independent once and for all.

I bet people that do want older models back are probably guys irl anyway. ;p

Amen to that.

Oh, and here's something you might like.

[siraj.livejournal.com]

For the record, Cam? if we had that much cash, it'd either go into this damn "war on Terror" and we'd never see it again, or most of the people in our country would get a tax kickback of some sort. You know, unless you're middle-high class or lower.

And giraffe/giraffe/gnu OT3 forever!

Ah, Silk Stalkings... that was big over here on the USA network a decade or so ago... it... actually wasn't that bad.


Also, I want to read that theory. Addittionally, proper football beats out American football any day. Rugby and hockey, on the other hand, are in a tie for second place.

[glinda-penguin.livejournal.com]

The picture that accompanies the giraffe story is cuteness embodied. Also giraffe/giraffe/gnu ot3 has made my evening, cheers! :)

[git-the-goddess.livejournal.com]

Silk Stalkings? o.0

I have memories of sneaking out of bed to watch that, I think... My mother would have removed all the tellies' from the house if she'd know what I was watching. :) The screaming when she caught me watching 'Forever Knight' at 10.32pm is likely responsible for my crappy hearing...

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

WoW boob wank. Impressive!

*reads*

WHAT. THE. HELL.