I suppose I should update this thing

  • Nov. 10th, 2009 at 1:11 AM
*blows off dust*
Emo rantage behind the cut. Consider yourself warned. )

Alright - I think I'm done! And just to recap for those who didn't click the cut, things are fine. Just...completely peachy.

And now, to bed.

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TV.com: Cast You'd Want On Your Case

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 7:00 PM


Best of 2009 TV.com Poll

NCIS is up for "Cast You'd Want On Your Case" currently in last place with 8% of the votes -  vote HERE

TIBBs wallpaper....

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 6:25 PM


after seeing the promos from 'Child's Play' - the muse couldn't resist

Read more... )

Newsletter for Monday, November 9th

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 8:12 PM
News
The People's Choice Awards Nominees will be announced Tuesday; NCIS is a possibility for some provided by [info]periwinkle27
More information regarding episode 7x09 Child's Play provided by [info]jane_eyre - WARNING: Spoilers for 7x09 Child's Play

Challenges
Week 46 voting at [info]ncis_caption
A reminder to vote for the latest round at [info]ncis_lfws
The "bold" challenge is open at [info]tv_100 (Closes Monday, November 16th)
The "trust" challenge is open at [info]ncisdrabble100 (Closes Monday, November 16th)
Only 2 days left in the multifandom femmeslash porn battle at [info]passion_perfect; NCIS prompts down the list here (Closes Wednesday, November 11th)

Fiction
GEN:
It Takes a Team to Build a Boat written by [info]ami_ven - WARNING: Spoilers for 7x06 Inlaws and Outlaws
Free to a Good Home written by [info]redvelvetribbon
At the Going Down of the Sun written by [info]catwalksalone (Tony & McGee)
The Eyes Have It written by [info]rinkle (Gibbs & Ziva) - WARNING: General Season 7 spoilers
Trust written by [info]ashley_pitt

SLASH/FEMSLASH:
Happiness and Handcuffs written by [info]ladyhannibal (Gibbs/Ducky)
Sure Shot written by [info]leda_speaks (Ziva/Jenny)
Abby/Ziva song challenge fic written by [info]ressick_recs (Abby/Ziva)
Captain Oblivious, Chapter 6 written by [info]taylorgibbs (Gibbs/DiNozzo)
Masquerade Ball written by [info]seleneheart (Gibbs/DiNozzo)

HET:
My Angel, Chapter 2 written by [info]abbygibbsmorgan (Gibbs/Abby)
Smoke in the Wind, Chapter 1: Khaki written by [info]tigerlily0484 (Tony/Ziva) - WARNING: Spoilers for 6x25 Aliyah
Daddy's Approval, Chapter 4: Morning Meetings written by [info]splishysplash and [info]ihave207bones (Tony/Ziva) - WARNING: Spoilers for Season 7

Drabbles: "Snuff" and "Last Call" written by [info]marciafan (Gibbs/Jenny)
No Shooting written by [info]marciafan (Gibbs/Jenny)
All I Need Is the Girl, Chapter 5 written by [info]ncis_love (Abby/Fornell, Gibbs/Abby)

Artwork
16 icons from 1x16 Bete Noir created by [info]sarkywoman; multifandom post with 34 total icons
26 pieces of fanart created by [info]ferneberga
20 Gibbs/Ziva icons created by [info]shrimpy_19 (Gibbs/Ziva)
11 icons created by [info]justice_b; multifandom post with 140 total icons

15 Cote de Pablo icons created by [info]shimmysims; multifandom post with 60 total icons
A Gibbs/DiNozzo wallpaper created by [info]pfyre - WARNING: from a promo pic for 7x09 Child's Play
70 icons created by [info]madelynnm

Vids
Don't Leave Me created by [info]thedaytheystop (Gen)
Two clips of Pauley Perrette on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson posted by [info]cassanlynx

Searches
[info]annakas is looking for recs of stories featuring Gerald post 1x16 Bete Noir
[info]nyxandlux is looking for a specific Tony/OMC (Naval officer) fanfic


Did we miss something? Let us know. You can either comment here or e-mail us: ncis.newsletter@gmail.com

Icky Words!!

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 8:25 PM


As usual, I've twisted this list around.  My first three words are incorrect either in form or pronunciation, and all of them grate on my ear.  The last two make me want to kill any person who uses them (and women are just as guilty as men).

1.  THUSLY is a monumental gag-inducer, and I hate it so much that I've already slapped it around a couple of times in my journal.  Short rant follows;  skip it if you'd rather get to the rest of the list.

Though I otherwise hate The Elements of Style with a passion, I must agree with E.B. White when he says that adding the -ly ending to thus is like "putting a hat on a horse."  Another English professor's response is, simply, "ICK!!"  Thus is already an adverb and NEVER takes an -ly ending.

Thusly is a non-word — a complete abomination — that I find writers using with deplorable frequency.  When it's a case of simple ignorance, I will make the effort to forgive it, but I'm horrified when a writer uses it as a marker of quaint, old-fashioned, or period speech.  I'm doubly shocked when others use that writer as a model of excellence for their own work and begin using thusly themselves.

Thusly should not be used by anyone, for any reason, anywhere, ever!

2.  SUPPOSABLY.  What is the state of education these days that so many people all over the U.S. are unable to comprehend that supposedly is pronounced exactly the way it's spelled?  I don't see any B in supposedly.

3.  Miss-CHEE-vee-us.  Eeekk!  Ackkk!  Ughhh!  Mischievous is pronounced MISS-chih-vus.  There are no EE sounds anywhere in there.

Moving on to the ugly words...

4.  The routine use of the word BITCH to refer to a woman or girl.   It's rude, stupid, and cruel, and it makes the speaker sound like a low-class idiot.

5.  Even worse:  the indiscriminate use of HOE (or however it's being spelled these days) as a general term for a female.  I mean, cripes, is there anything in the pronunciation that makes a single one of you think you're not calling a woman a whore?  Men, the words girlfriend and hoe are not interchangeable, and you will deserve it when the lady in question wises up, slaps your face, and walks out.  Women who use it, especially when referring to their friends:  shame on you!!  Whore is a perfectly respectable word when ladies who follow that particular profession use it amongst themselves, but it becomes repulsive (no matter how it's pronounced) when used in a jocular or smug fashion by anyone else.  In fact, it's at its most disgusting when used by pimps.  These men, of all people, should be referring to the women — who work hard to keep them in material comfort — as ladies.

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The ABC Family Channel will be hosting another Harry Potter Movie Weekend on December 4-6, featuring exclusive first looks at material to be found on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD.  According to a press release, "ABC Family will also be airing exclusive footage from “Creating the World of Harry Potter,” an eight-hour documentary series revealing the filmmaking magic be...

Quick question....

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Is anyone else having trouble getting onto the NaNo site?
Title: The eyes have it
Author: [info]rinkle
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: Gen
Characters: Gibbs and Ziva
Prompt: [info]fanfic100 40 sight and [info]ncis_flashfic Think fast
Word count: 340
Spoilers: general for season 7
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Don't own, not being paid.
A/N: Thanks to [info]krazykitkat for the fast beta. Not betaed for non-Americanisms, so apologies if there are any.

Summary: Ziva was his, just like Tony, McGee, Ducky and Abby. The people who could drive you insane but always had your back.

The eyes have it

5 Least Favorite Words

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Pussy or Cunt: Disgusting names for the vagina.  They are also used as insults.  Oh, and they're definitely not sexy, so don't pull that word out during sexy time.

Faggot and Nigger: Oh my gosh, you will be instantly added to the "not talking to that person" list for using these words.  They are so full of hate.  The F-a word is thrown around a lot these days, and people need to think about the implications of using it in such a demeaning way.  The N word is used less now, but a lot of times it's used as "Nigga," and is supposed to be friendly.  I don't get that.  I also don't get how white people get all in a tiff because, "black people are allowed to say it, why can't we?" I don't want to say it.  It's a word with years of bad history.  It's awful.  I never say it, and had a hard time typing it up there.  Also, using "gay" as a synonym for "lame," or "stupid" is also irritating.

Nauseous: people use this word a lot when they mean nauseated.  Nauseous means causing nausea or disgust, while nauseated means affected with nausea or disgust.

Good: It really gets under my skin when people say good instead of well.  "Superman does good, but I am doing well."

Honey or Boo: Probably my least favorite pet names.  Boo is just weird.  Honey sounds so creepy and old to me. 

Runner up: Smize, tyra banks new word for "smiling with your eyes."  Oh, tyra.

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Top 5 Least Favorite Words

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 4:30 PM
1. "Preggers" or "Preggo", meaning pregnant. I HATE THIS WORD. I think its really degrading to something that is actually very beautiful to me. I know not everyone who uses it means to degrade it, but it just sounds so callous to me.

2.  "Real" when not in the right context. "I did real good" gets on my nerves. It is "really". It is an adverb. As in, a word that describes a verb. There is an "-ly". Please say it right. On top of that, it is "I did really well". Yeesh, people.

3. "Like". You all know of the context that I'm talking about. It makes people sound uneducated and like a blonde ditz. Thankfully, I don't hear this one.

4. "Frak" or however the hell you spell it. I think it originates from Battlestar Galectica or something, and it stands in for f***, obviously. I just hate hearing it used in normaly language. It gets on my nerves.

5. "Vag", or whatever, meaning vagina. Just sounds crude to me.

Five Words That Should Never Be Used

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Conversate, because it is not a word. Either you have a conversation with someone or you converse with someone. See, the little red line is under the word now, letting me know that it is not a word. Take the hint, people!

Yous. You is one person, singular. When you have more than one person, you have to pick another word. Any word except yous.

Not a word, but the phrase "what had happened". What happened was is the correct way to say this, if you insist on putting it that way.

Irregardless. You should be sentenced to life in prison with nothing else  read but a dictionary for using this word. Why do people feel they  need the negative prefix ir- and the negative suffix -less in the same word?

Mines. Mines are where you go to get copper and iron; if you want to show ownership of something, no matter what the circumstance, the correct term is mine.

Okay, I am getting off my soapbox now, lol.

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Perseverance: True Voices of Cancer Survivors (Link goes to Amazon) Perseverance: True Voices of Cancer Survivors by Carolyn Rubenstein is a collection of twenty interviews with survivors of childhood cancers.

Cancer is one of those perverse diseases that is harder on you the younger you are. It thrives in the presence of the growth hormones that young bodies are so full of. Blood Matters by Masha Gessen has a long discussion of this phenomena.

Perseverance though isn't about the various diseases that all go under the "cancer" heading nor is it so much about the treatments for them. Instead it's about how having the disease chanced daily routines and created new senses of normal for these twenty patients, their family and friends.

The collection of interviews are presented in a style similar to the Chicken Soup... books. Although cancer is often deadly and probably always scary the tone of the book remains upbeat. I recommend reading only an essay or two at a time and letting each one sink in before moving on.

Perseverance happens to be a charity book. All proceeds from the book go to CCC and Chordoma Foundation.

I received a copy unsolicited and have since released it through BookCrossing.

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Worst Words

  • Nov. 9th, 2009 at 6:29 PM
1. Fail - there is nothing that irritates me more than when people use "fail" as a noun. Failure is a noun, fail is a verb. Plus, you know, not the most pleasant connotations. Same goes with "win".

2. Lover - As Liz Lemon once said, this word should only go between "meat" and "pizza". I just find it such an awkward, old-fashioned, overbearing way of describing a significant other.

3. Buttocks - Just an awful, awful word. It makes me cringe. I wish there was a better medically appropriate term for this body part.

4. Silly - I can't say this word. I really can't. It just sounds so stupid and childish and grating.

5. Bucolic - Just because it sounds so incongruous to what it actually means. The word "bucolic" reminds me a lot of "bubonic" and "colic" (shockingly enough), and therefore conjures up images of sickness, disease, rotting skin, and general other disgusting things, when it really doesn't mean that at all. When I first heard this word I thought it meant "polluted".
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