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(fic) a tin of plastic dinosaurs
Title: a tin of plastic dinosaurs
Fandom: Pacific Rim
Author: cattiechaos/stormingthecastle on tumblr/omnia-sol on ao3 (phew, that's a lot!)
Summary: kid!fic with Newt and Hermann as precocious first graders who argue over plastic dinosaurs and the merits of mathematics.
Notes: Written for the Jaegercon gift exchange on tumblr for eggwish! Please enjoy! * g ( Read more... ) -
[fic] Turtlenecks and Cardigans
Title: Turtlenecks and Cardigans
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier
Warning(s): None
Summary: Post-beach fix-it fic - How a sartorial blunder brings Erik and Charles back together. Alternates between crack, hurt/comfort, and fluff; not to be taken too seriously :D
( Erik Lehnsherr is not a particularly fashionable man, but Charles Xavier takes the cake as far as that hideous sea-green cardigan is concerned. ) -
Anders Breivik trial
I remember when news of the car bomb in Oslo last July first appeared in the news. Like others I was unaware of the gravity of the situation even as Anders Breivik went on his rampage against youth participants of the Labour Party on the island of Utoeya, Norway. His trial (currently on-going) will determine whether he is insane and committed to a ( Read more... ) -
Kony 2012 (and repercussions)
By now I'm certain that many of you have caught notice of Invisible Children's video/campaign against Ugandan guerrilla leader Joseph Kony and his child army. He is the head of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) which seeks to overthrow the current Ugandan government and replace it with a theocratic government based on the 10 Commandments (Kony ( Read more... ) -
Class warfare
Just wanted to spread awareness about the latest clash between the 1% and the 99%, involving a wealthy banker leaving a 1% tip on a $133 bill; worse, he scrawled "GET A REAL JOB" on the receipt. Read more about it hereClass warfare has risen to the forefront of American politics after the Occupy protests rose to prominence across major cities ( Read more... ) -
Iowa caucus and 2012 Presidential race
Good-bye, Michele Bachmann. You may join Herman Cain by the refreshments booth. I will let you finish, Herman Cain, but if you're going to quote Pokemon you should at least quote the theme song.
(I haven't posted anything political in a while. Time to rectify that.)
My Iowa caucus wish came true: "Anyone but Rick Santorum." I am not a fan of the ( Read more... ) -
Suffice it to say I did NOT see this coming
Kim Jong-Il and Vaclav Havel are dead (independently. They didn't have an epic face-off in zero gravity or anything like that.)
Brb, still processing. -
US to offer more flights to Cuba
In AP Economics (which doubles as our current events class, like it or not) we discussed the implications of nine US airlines offering charter flight to Cuba, bringing the number from three to twelve. The reason for this is that Americans who have family in Cuba would like to go back to visit their relatives, friends, homeland, etc. Now, Cuba and ( Read more... )
