Penemuel's Journal

Um... when did I last update this?

2005-06-01T14:33:10Z

Okay, so I haven't logged in here in a bit. I've deleted some friends -- if I deleted you, it's nothing against you, just that I've been neglecting this LJ an awful lot, and haven't been reading stuff here. Sorry!

I've been really busy, and focused on some other things, and for some reason I keep forgetting to log in here. Oh well... I've also been avoiding SV spoilers, since I'm still not caught up on those tapes. Haven't seen the end of Veronica Mars yet, either... :O

Update on me

2005-03-14T08:31:56Z

This year hasn't started out well....

Hahahaha -- Halloween...

2004-10-19T14:53:21Z

Apparently, I have very tricksy friends...

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
penemuel goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Tom Riddle.
adamlizz gives you 14 teal orange-flavoured gummy fruits.
barbary_coast tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
denialcorp tricks you! You get an eraser.
dolimir tricks you! You lose 2 pieces of candy!
edie22 tricks you! You get a toothbrush.
joyfulgirl41 tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
kelex tricks you! You get a clothespin.
leviathanmuse gives you 4 light orange vanilla-flavoured pieces of chewing gum.
mecurtin tricks you! You get a wet rag.
thete1 tricks you! You get a piece of paper.
penemuel ends up with 14 pieces of candy, an eraser, a toothbrush, a clothespin, a wet rag, and a piece of paper.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

WTF?! Enterprise Spoilers...

2004-05-06T20:51:17Z

Okay, now hold on here just a second... is it just that I'm in B5 headspace so much right now, or were there an awful lot of 'coincidences' in that episode last night?!

Guess you can't use text attribute tags inside lj-cut tags? Oh well.

Well, let's see -- First, the title itself: E²

As in Enterprise Squared.

As in Babylon Squared. Which also had to do with time travel, and two of someone/thing...

Second, one of the races they intermarried with is the Ikarran race?! I thought they all died out around 1260? Oh, wait, that was on B5. Riight.

and, if that wasn't enough, they had a character named Lorian -- one letter off the First One named Lorien...

Now, don't get me wrong, I actually like Enterprise, despite itself, but, huh?!

It lives...

2004-05-04T17:27:31Z

Okay, so I've been hanging out on t_m a lot more these days...

You're a Narrative writer!

What kind of writer are you?
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We're here!!!

2004-03-17T19:20:38Z

We had all kinds of fun on the train (will be posting a more detailed account of stuff when we get home and I can edit the photos down to a postable size -- straight out of the camera, they're huge...), and are now in New Orleans. Next stop is to find a rental car, because we can't keep taking $10 cab rides to places :O

The Bed and Breakfast is a really, really beautiful house -- rooms all over the place, great architecture. I want! But somehow I don't think they'll let us pick it up and move it to a cooler climate...

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Yeah, and? Oh, was it supposed to be a surprise?

2004-03-10T22:16:30Z

Take the What's Your Song? quiz and visit Castle Diqueria.

Annoyed at the Shrub, again.

2004-03-10T22:11:16Z

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Again, was there ever any doubt?

2004-03-09T17:43:13Z

Ripper!
Whether it's candy-induced or the real thing,
there's nothing as sexy as a bad boy, and he
knows it. He doesn't mind being seen, either,
so he's not one for the shy, or the
law-abiding.

Which Giles is for you?
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SIZZLER Awards!!

2004-03-05T15:05:48Z

Nominations for this year's Sizzler Awards for fan fiction end March 15th.

Nominations can be sent via e-mail to: sizzlerawards@yahoo.com

For the rules for nominating fiction, please go to:

http://www.geocities.com/methoschickee/sizzler.html

One of my stories (Half-Truth, in "Silk & Flannel 1") tied for Best SV short story last year :)

They say if there aren't enough nominations, they may have to cancel the awards this year, and that would be no fun.

I'm beginning to notice a trend...

2004-03-04T23:17:33Z

How evil are you?

Like there was ANY surprise...

2004-03-03T15:05:47Z

What Type Of Slash Fan Are You?

Hmmn...

2004-02-28T11:37:59Z

Magister Mundi sum!
"I am the Master of the Universe!"
You are full of yourself, but you're so cool you
probably deserve to be. Rock on.

Which Weird Latin Phrase Are You?
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Considering I'm playing the Shadows (bugsndaffy) over on theatrical_muse, this is vaguely disturbing...

Fascinating...

2004-02-24T17:49:54Z

I answered the questions as me, as truthfully as I could, given the choices. Hmmn... How interesting...

I Am A: True Neutral Human Ranger Fighter

Alignment:
True Neutral characters are very rare. They believe that balance is the most important thing, and will not side with any other force. They will do whatever is necessary to preserve that balance, even if it means switching allegiances suddenly.

Race:
Humans are the 'average' race. They have the shortest life spans, and because of this, they tend to avoid the racial prejudices that other races are known for. They are also very curious and tend to live 'for the moment'.

Primary Class:
Rangers are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy.

Secondary Class:
Fighters are the warriors. They use weapons to accomplish their goals. This isn't to say that they aren't intelligent, but that they do, in fact, believe that violence is frequently the answer.

Deity:
Silvanus is the True Neutral god of nature. He is also known as the Patron of Druids. His followers believe in the perfect balance of nature, and believe that nature's bounty is preferable to any other 'civilizing' method. They wear leather or metallic scale mail, constructed of leaf-shaped scales. Silvanus's symbol is an oak leaf.

Find out What D&D Character Are You?, courtesy ofNeppyMan (e-mail)

Who do I have to bribe...

2004-02-19T14:53:01Z

...to get some hot Hayes/Malcolm fic written?! (Enterprise, for those who don't know)

Eeeee!!! I don't have the time to write it myself!

C'mon, folks -- hot sweaty sparring session breaks down into hot sweaty Hayes-on-top smut! It's easy (but time-consuming)!

Please?

I'm Bunnies too!!

2004-02-19T14:50:39Z

You're Watership Down!

by Richard Adams

Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're
actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their
assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they
build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'd
be recognized as such if you weren't always talking about talking rabbits.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Ah, infamy... (Ask Matt from TV Guide)

2004-02-06T06:42:18Z

Lookie here! Unfortunately he didn't use my entire e-mail because someone earlier had sent pretty much the same complaint, but he used the best part!

In case you're looking at it after the current week (they're new every Monday), the pertinent text is here:

Question:
After just watching Ed, the preview for the following week said something to the effect of "the final two episodes of Ed." Has Ed been cancelled? If so, together with the cancellation of Boomtown and the current reality trash and repeats, NBC has to be currently the worst network in the history of television. — Jay F.

Matt:
And this is one of the nicer letters! A reader named Penemuel compared the network's confusing programming decisions to a kid with Attention Deficit Disorder. "Can someone please give them their meds now?" More on Ed's fate follows.

It's not me!! I didn't do it!

2004-02-05T18:35:30Z

From 'Newsday':

"'Fallen Angel' Focus of Ricin Probe -- The investigation into the appearance of the deadly poison ricin on Capitol Hill this week and earlier in two ominous letters is focusing on a mysterious "Fallen Angel" who threatens to use ricin as a weapon unless new trucking regulations are rolled back."

Weren't this fallen angel -- I have no interest in trucking regulations... Whoever this is is giving us a bad name!! ::snerk::

I don't care what consumer affairs says...

2004-02-03T23:33:59Z

...buy the extended warranty!

I just got my laptop back from Gateway -- they updated the BIOS, and can't find anything wrong. Since one of the BSOD's mentioned the BIOS before it clicked off & I couldn't read any more, I'm hoping that's what was wrong. Anyway, that was a $99 diagnosis, free of charge courtesy of Mr. Warranty.

The lady who dropped her computer off before me was looking at that $99 diagnostic charge, then a $50 charge if it was her power supply, or a possibly $300 - $400 charge if it was the motherboard instead. Why? Because she only had the one-year warranty, not the extended one.

Seriously -- if it's something that might cost a lot to fix, the price of the extended warranty will more than be repaid if repairs are necessary, and if it isn't, you still have the peace of mind that for X years, IF something goes wrong, it's covered!

Off to test the laptop and see if it really IS fixed, or if Coyote's playing games with me. Again.

Jonathan Kent -- not one of my favourite people...

2004-01-29T23:18:01Z

Okay. Y'all know I'm not one for the Jonathan-love. I recently posted a pretty vitriolic rant about him on the mailing lists [I was looking for my original 'don't do x, son, unless it's to protect your secret' post, but couldn't locate it. I think that one was posted even earlier than this one, but couldn't turn it up. Maybe it was on another mailing list...], and it was echoed (quite closely) by another poster today, but here's an excerpt of a post of mine from April 16, 2003. Still holds quite true today -- this is not something that's been coming to the fore recently. It's something that's been around from the beginning of the show.

I just want to understand, do TPTB realize they're making this Jonathan out to be such a son-of-a-bitch? Do they want us to feel this way about him? (Do they want us to hate Lana? It worked!!) I don't know! This show is supposed to be about how Clark Kent becomes Superman, and the only sympathetic characters on it are the big future arch villain, and occasionally (she's had her moments, too) a cool chick who isn't even in the comics. And Clark, more, now that we're out of second season...

I'M CONFUSED!!!

In this post, I'm not sure which episode in specific I was discussing, and can't find the message I was responding to. I do notice, however, that my attitude has NOT changed at all...

---Cue old post---

I think that the real issue is, whether or not Jonathan was right *in that scene*, he has been biased against Lex FROM THE START. Biased, prejudiced, and one f*ck of a hypocrite. Yes, the first time he met Lex, Lex had hit his son with a car and Jonathan has every reason to be upset *about that*, BUT, the instant he learns Lex is a Luthor, he's against him. He doesn't bother finding out whether there was a reason for the accident, he doesn't show any sign of *caring* that Clark had to *save* Lex's life, etc.

Jonathan Kent is a prejudiced hypocrite regarding Lex, whether Lex has earned the later attitude or not. From the start, *because he is Lionel Luthor's son*, Jonathan has been against him. Jonathan, who teaches his son 'we give people the benefit of the doubt' and 'we try to see the best in people', has NEVER even tried to do that with Lex.

Because Jonathan is upset about what he himself talked the Rosses into [and I still don't see how they were wronged unless Lionel promised some certain amount for the land, and then paid them less -- but that's where contracts and lawyers are supposed to be involved in land sales. If he promised them they'd be in charge of the plant and then went back on it, unless it was in a written contract, it was just an unethical business deal. While they can be upset about it, they should have had their own lawyers looking out for their side of the agreement. I'd very much like this clarified in the show... Especially since I see Judge and lawyer as a step up from creamed corn factory owner...], he has been taking it out on Lex since the very first time they met. Yes, Lex has done some things to earn his distrust over the span of the first two seasons, but considering how Jonathan acted towards him FROM THE START, just because he was Lionel's son, it was a losing fight from the very first move.

The only time Jonathan actually judges Lex by Lex is in Prodigal. Every other time, his preconceived view of him colours everything.

Remember, this is the same man who forgave Pete in an INSTANT despite the fact that Pete did the Kryptonite equivalent of spiking Clark's drink, AND used his knowledge of Clark's weaknesses against him [yes, I *know* they couldn't really *do* anything about it, but it's the double standard that bugs me]. How Jonathan can forgive him *that quickly* for that, but can't even forgive Lex on first meeting for being Lionel's son is beyond me.

I am not saying Lex is blameless, but I *hate* seeing Jonathan held up as some kind of paragon of virtue. It bugs the hell out of me.

"Delete" comment

2004-01-29T06:23:42Z

Okay, is it just me, or did Chloe just...

...set herself up to become Lois Lane in the future?

The way I see it, either she's the Lois Lane of the future, who Clark will eventually fall in love with, OR, Lois' entire career will be built on the work Chloe does. Personally, I never much liked Lois (okay, so I really, really am partial to another LL, and it ain't Lana...), so I really don't have much trouble imagining that she'd do that, but... Did they really just do that?

Did they mean to just do that?

Hmmn... Interesting pattern...

2004-01-29T06:17:56Z

create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide

Of course, I should point out that the one anomaly to the pattern (Illinois), I never actually touched the soil of -- I was inside the airport the entire time I was there. All the others, however, I have at least set foot on the ground outside. At least for a few minutes. Texas I walked on the tarmac at the airport, and spent a long, unhappy night IN the airport...

I want consolation porn!!!

2004-01-28T07:29:50Z

My computer may still be unwell -- I dunno yet. It's a woobie (y'know... it started acting oddly shortly after SV ran 'Shattered'... Hmmn...).

I need some consolation porn! :-)

Anyone out there willing to write some kinky Ramon/Jack [from 24] or Gondor brothers fic?

Just venting, move along...

2004-01-28T07:04:26Z

vent mode:

Okay, people, READ the news. If you don't read it, then LISTEN to it!

Don't send me messages saying my computer has a virus and I sent it to you -- it spoofs e-mail addresses. That means it may come from an address that you think is mine, but I may not even have the virus on my computer! Yeesh -- I don't need lots of 'you sent me a virus' e-mails clogging up my mail, 'kay?

/vent mode

::whimper::

2004-01-26T14:49:18Z

Well, after a looooooong call with Gateway tech-support, where we checked every process running on the computer and couldn't come up with a single one that should be making it act strangely, I ended up having to reformat the hard drive & reinstall the os.

That took a number of hours & three calls in total, as I got through each stage. We found out on the first part that even putting the reinstall disk in the DVD-RW drive made it freeze, so we really, really thought that was what was causing the problem. Figured that swapping it out & using the CD-RW drive would help, and that at least let me run the reinstall CD's.

Last night I started reloading other programs, and worked a little bit on a photoshop piece I'd had in progress (need to put the updated version on a disk...), and it did the same thing again. They had wanted me to test the DVD-RW drive to see if it was indeed a hardware problem there, but it definitely seems like it's something more integral to the computer itself.

Waaaaaaaaaah! I have to call them back today and let them know it's still acting strangely. I have a bad feeling I'm going to have to drop it off at the local Gateway store and have them poke at it. I'm not happy -- don't wanna be without my nice laptop for however long it's going to take to find out what's wrong and fix it. ::whimper::