Choose five series (no peeking before you choose them), list them, and then answer the questions behind the cut.


1. Voltron
2. Everybody Loves Raymond
3. Conan the Adventurer
4. Married...with Children
5. Invader ZIM

1. Which is your favorite series from your list? And why?

#4, Married...with Children. The humor was raunchy yet smart, you could tell the actors enjoyed playing their roles, and the writing was brilliant. Whhoooooaaaaa, BUNDY!

2. If you were to pair two characters from 1 and 4, who would they be?

Hagar and Jefferson, because it's psychotic enough to work! Jefferson is used to being a boy-toy and having a sugar-mama, has no qualms about law-breaking or going to the lowest common denominator, or banging old and ugly if it helps him in the end. I doubt Hagar would object ;) Plus it would be hilarious to see Jefferson point and laugh behind her back when Zarkon or Cossack rip into her, and when she turns to him, he gets all defensive for her. It's a gold mine, a gold mine! Oh gold, thou art my master. Command me!

3. What is one thing you'd like to change about 3's plot line?

Conan's "I don't hit women" crap. By Set's coils, when did Cimmerian women start burning their bras and declaring feminine empowerment? Mesmira deserved a punch many a time. Smack that bitch up!

4. If both main characters of 2 and 5 were falling off a cliff, which one would you save?

Ray or Zim? Tough one: they can both be annoying, but Ray would be less likely to kill me after I saved him, so Ray it is. For Robert or Frank, I'd punt both Ray and Zim, screaming "This is Sparta!" all the while.

5. Which event was the most horrible for you in 1?

Oh, that's virtually Universal in the fandom for Season 2: the Alforian Eclipse that takes place on a different planet. For all Voltron incarnations, the only thing worse was cyborg!Lotor, and I'm not even a Lotor fangirl.

6. Which is your least favorite character of 2?

Ooo, toughie. I guess Debra.

7. If the antagonist of 3 were to rape the main character of 1, what would you do?

LMAO! The main baddie is Wrath-Amon, who serves Set. Looking at all those horns and blades Wrath-a-boy wears, that would be snuff material right there; the Set route is pure hentai. I'd laugh my perverted ass off and recommend drop cloths be ordered by the gross and sent to the Castle of Lions for the orifice ripping that would go on. Zarkon would lock Lotor in a room, get the flat panel set up, and buy everyone else on the planet popcorn and 3-D glasses, I'm sure.

8. What song reminds you of 5?

Besides the theme? "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly because it's silly, freaking random, and has an obsession with pigs.

9. Of 1, 3, and 5, which is the easiest to think about?

Probably Voltron because the Doomites kick so much ass. Scariness abound when I ponder cross-overs between 1 and 3 like Hagar summoning Set, Cossack trading hats with Wrath-Amon, Dregs getting ahold of some Lazon and becoming a robeast that gives Set a hilarious run for his money, Zarkon and Lotor invading Hyboria, the possibilities are endless!

10. Are the protagonists of 2 and 4 similar?

Al Bundy and Ray? They are similar in that they complain about their families and neither one gets a whole lot of respect despite being the breadwinner, uninvited guests always barge in, and their wives give 'em hell. Both are sarcastic, though Al is far more bitter and less refined. Ray has a better job and makes more money, too.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/22/sign.vandals.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

So, you can grow pot in National Parks, but move an apostrophe on a decades-old sign and you'll have hell to pay (which at today's rate is $3K)!  The guys left "emense" alone, as much as it pained them to do so.  The only reason these guys got caught is they posted it on their web site. 

Great, the government's signs of the future will read something like this:

The Perzident been said NO conversating in the hals.""

Yup, Education policy is going strong!  USA, USA....that is how the abbreviation is spelled nowadays, right?

It's depressing when our own government advocates Engrish that puts foreign examples to shame.

Hagar and Coba enter fic, stage right.

( Part II, You take the hand and you break it boy )

Here's the Prologue, First and Second Part of the final songfic for the Challenge. Still in beta stages. Not only is this my favorite song on the album, being the last fic in the anthology, I wanted to tie up some loose ends. I also always wanted to do my own take on Lotor's conception and flesh out his mother's character in a way that hasn't been done. This reads part dark humor, maybe some really dysfunctional romantic crap, and a bit of science and of course, Kyence-grade angst (but only a smidge). Anybody that may know wtf Reyk is may end up with a better understanding of why such a nice guy like R ever puts up with Z back in SQ. There, enough abbreviations! On with the beta fic!

( Prologue )

( Part I: Some people keep secrets )

I came up with this quote rambling a comment on a friend's LJ. I happen to like it, since it sums up my latest take on our world's ills rather nicely:

"Most of the world's problems are caused by people who THINK they're smart, rather than the people who know they are stupid."

I don't have a link up to it on my site itself, but here it is:

Voltron Fanon vs. Canon quiz


A big thanks to coldwin,cheezey,sageblessing,purrsia, and anyone else's brain I've picked. I found one tiny typo in one question, but it's not too bad. This was fun, since I actually used some .htaccess to protect direct access to the "reward" pages and awards. I even set up a MySql database that will save results: I can see which questions people get right or wrong. If I didn't screw up the fanon/canon questions too badly, I'll mention it on the ML and boards. This is something I'd actually like to see people comment and send extra questions about, eventually. The beauty of it is I only used 8 questions per quiz out of 40, and difficult questions get more points, so ya have to get 80% or more to pass :) I used Wondershare QuizCreator after seeing an awesome giveaway of the day.com offer.

Let me know what you think, and if I need to make any major corrections.

Whew! 9/10. One left to go! This one's a short-short: the story itself is only 810 words. It's a little Comedy piece: I can't write angst thinking of this song, and I wanted something a little light-hearted (well, depending on who's side you take in the fic).

Do You Fear (For Your Child)?


A young Cossack meets Throk and Hazar, disgruntled about Zarkon's kingdom being granted official status by the Emperor.

The full series thus far:
A Doomed Childhood Suite

I find it quite amusing. A perfect example of being caught between a rock and a hard place:

McCain camp pounces on Obama troop visit cancellation


Now, apparently the McCain campaign team made an ad saying how because it wouldn't be a photo op, Obama did not visit the wounded troops in Germany as originally planned. So that makes him an elitist schmuck. But, if he HAD after Pentagon had told him, "No," then Obama would have been accused of using the visit and imagery of wounded servicemen and women as a prop. Obama is giving speeches across Europe. McCain is doing his international traveling vicariously:

McCain visits German restaurant — in Ohio


Now, it's perfectly fine to not do a competing European road trip (that would be silly as hell, even sillier than this crap) and drive the "I Heart the Heartland" message; especially, McCain has been using his credentials and military service to imply he is fine in terms of foreign policy. But, to use an ad that says Obama doesn't hang with the troops and be at the gym that SHOWS footage of him playing hoops WITH troops (troops blurred out): that insults my intelligence. Damn it, if there's one thing the McCain campaign could do to distance itself from the Bush Administration is this: Learn to lie better. Seriously. Has Obama messed up? Yes, sure, he's human, not a robot, an alien, or a Messiah, just like McCain has. But, which side do I think will be more suave about lying and still manage to be competent enough for this country that no one will notice? The Obama side. So, when McCain's campaign uses that kind of ad, don't, just don't insult the American people like that. Photoshop the troops out, but don't BLUR them out, like we're not going to notice that simple CS2 function. Don't throw a spin ball with a limp wrist is all I'm saying. American Politics is a game: you have to fool me for my vote. If you can fool me, then I concede you can take a crack at my country. But, this inane stupidity pretty much matches up with the same group of people who believe in the same breath "Obama is a secret Muslim but he gives a crap about what his radical Christian pastor thinks!" One or the other, folks. Of course, people will eat this ad shit right up. But, I would like something a bit more clever than that. Don't spend millions on Blur. Use Linear Dodge or Multiply next time, guys *snicker*


I used to like McCain, what the hell happened to him? Although I do love the coverage he gets on the Colbert Report: Project Make McCain Exciting

I have received all my Ren Faire stuff with the exception of the shirt, which finally got shipped out today. I was surprised of the delay last week when I saw the deduction but no tracking info or notification of shipment. Noting Purrsia's plight of stupid customers, I caught something on the site after-the-fact about how they don't notify backorder stats. I've had stuff backordered before, but never charged for it until it was in stock, so after a nice e-mail from myself about the status of the item after no mention for over a week, I found they had charged me because they had since ordered the item shipped to them. So, I am thrilled that I don't have to follow up and be an annoying customer. Purrsia, I am learning from those idiots!


I also decided to try another round of UK bra shopping: after e-mailing the issues I had with my recent purchases, and back and forth measurements, they suggest not a 38JJ, but a 38K! I had tried a 38J before, so what the hell, one 38K bra! If it's too big, I'll FINALLY have a bra that's bigger than me! I can always shrink it in the washer if I have to *shrugs* They did have a nice bathing suit with underwire built in:

Black Fuchsia Swimsuit


It's by Panache, which I tend to run a bit over more than Kalyani, so even if a 38K Kalyani bra is too big, this will probably be close enough. If this size is the correct one, then I have officially graduated out of the USA bust system, which stops at N. A UK K cup is about 4 sizes larger than a US K. Back in the day, when I thought I had ordered a too big size J, it turns out the digging in my sides was still due to the cup being too small; apparently my size was so off that the only softcups I could find were never even close, so the wire arm pinching was never an issue. I hope the swimsuit fits well enough: I miss swimming and walking around in a bathing suit. Somehow I became freaking modest over these things, and everyone keeps telling me to do the operation, but I've stalled. As annoying as they can be at times, my breasts are a part of me, a quirk of my character. I am going to try watching my weight; while I'll never get down to a D by exercising and diet alone, maybe 15-20 pounds may equal a cup size lower . I can say that BMI calculators suck in that they don't factor in breast weight: I come up as obese because of my height. Granted I'm 170-175, which is heavy for my height...until ya factor that my boobs weigh about min. 15 pounds alone. That's 9% of my body weight right there! Without them, I'm overweight, which is something I'll admit, but I'll be damned if I'm considered obese. My belly doesn't hang over my pants, k thx! I am considering looking up an endocrinologist and seeing if my female hormones are out of whack. Other parts of my feminine machinery seem perfectly fine, but maybe there is something to that phytoprogesterone crap I've been hearing lately.

What is good about this bra quest is that I can look at women now and tell if their bras are a good fit or not: my Dad's girlfriend has been doing this weight loss program with pre-packaged food (no, not even I, the microwave queen, can eat a 900 calorie/day meal of powered/ microwave shit; I need protein and energy to think, not starve my too-efficient body into metabolizing at an even lower rate). She lost about 20 pounds, noting how her back's been bothering her. I saw her in a tank top this weekend, and saw that the back of the bra was much too big for her. She lost about four inches: when that happens, the boobs sag further down, and it messes up your back something awful. I flat out told her to buy a 32D: she bought a 34 D because she can't have a tight band, and still wore the larger band too loose! I told her she has to keep it on the innermost clasp for posture: she admitted it wasn't as tight as she'd have thought, and her boobs and posture looked 100 times better. Bras are the most important part of the wardrobe and yet most of us are never taught how to find the best fit: we settle, and this can lead to so many problems. Hell, I'm not even completely there, but the fact that chicks with far smaller breasts than I lamenting on back pain while settling on department store bras instead of being proactive about it makes me guffaw. I can't figure out if I'm more stubborn or masochistic :) However, if anyone benefits from my experiences besides me, more power to 'em!

Oh, and a quiz from cheezey:

Your result for The Color Code Test...

Color Code: RED: The Boss

49% Red, 29% Blue, 20% White and 3% Yellow!

Take The Color Code Test at HelloQuizzy

What's nice about this one is that I scored higher than 91% of other testers for Red characteristics. Looks like far fewer Reds in the graphs they showed of survey takers. Hey, if I'm a power-hungry tyrant-in-the-making, why do I still have to do my own laundry? *wink wink*

Well, sageblessing talked me into dressing up for the Ren Faire. I wasn't going to but cheezey,coldwin, and purrsia will be donning some gear, so I capitulated. I'm still gonna be anachronistic and go as a swordswoman (not a pirate). This is what I ordered:


Double Sword belt in black

Lace Up leg pants

Swordswoman shirt

Boots

Waist Cincher


The boots and waist cincher I can wear in real life so that's a plus. Coldwin's gonna lend me a cutlass and scabbard so that's cool. I'll also have some metal jewelry I can wear. The waist will likely be better than a bodice or corset to fit my massive boobage: unfortunately with any Ren faire get-up, the boobs will be accentuated. Oh well, at least I'll be armed with a sword when people look, mwhaha! Altogether the costume is ~$150 plus ~$30 shipping. I've paid more for three bras, and since two items can be worn afterwards, not too shabby an investment IMHO.