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My booklist/reading challenge post for 2009.

Started over at Library Thing, the idea is, as follows: "This group is to help you track your progress on the 999 challenge - 9 books in 9 different categories, all read in 2009. For an added challenge, try completing your books by 9/9/09! You pick the categories yourself, just post here and let us know how you're doing."

Here is my rough list of categories and books, to be completed over the next couple weeks before the new year! Suggestions and recommendations are welcome.

( reading list )

Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

... To everyone else, Happy Thursday!

But regardless of where you live, I hope your day is filled with love, thanks, family, and lots and lots of food. &hearts

While I'm at it, here's a font based (very) loosely on the font used for Gwen's handwriting in the Torchwood Archives. Thanks to technobabbled for taking the time to scan in the page so I could make this. &hearts Please feel free to yank and use if you'd like.


(click for larger sample image)

>>download font here<<

(Let me know if you would like it uploaded somewhere other than MegaUpload.)

I did this through http://fontcapture.com.

I made this for fun, and I figured I might as well put it out there for others to use! It's based loosely on her handwriting from 2x07, most of it having been extrapolated by how I imagine her handwriting is. Please feel free to yank and use if you'd like.


(click for larger sample image)

>>download font here<<

(Let me know if you would like it uploaded somewhere other than MegaUpload.)

The site I used was http://fontcapture.com, and I was pointed there by the lovely lab_brat.

Go here and reload until you get five quotes that sum up your philosophy or outlook, then post them.

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."
John Barrymore

"Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle i.e. being human."
Hugh Macleod

"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of."
Burt Bacharach

"We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it."
Lyndon B. Johnson

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."
Confucius

1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior.

2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone!

3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them!

4. NEVER open an unlocked door or window uninvited.

5. If you are in an elevator and someone else gets in, DON’T ASSAULT THEM!

6. Remember, people go to laundry to do their laundry, do not attempt to molest someone who is alone in a laundry room.

7. USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! If you are not able to stop yourself from assaulting people, ask a friend to stay with you while you are in public.

8. Always be honest with people! Don’t pretend to be a caring friend in order to gain the trust of someone you want to assault. Consider telling them you plan to assault them. If you don’t communicate your intentions, the other person may take that as a sign that you do not plan to rape them.

9. Don’t forget: you can’t have sex with someone unless they are awake!

10. Carry a whistle! If you are worried you might assault someone “on accident” you can hand it to the person you are with, so they can blow it if you do.

And, ALWAYS REMEMBER: if you didn’t ask permission and then respect the answer the first time, you are committing a crime- no matter how “into it” others appear to be.

http://schmemily.tumblr.com/post/169746177/sexual-assault-prevention-tips-guaranteed-to-work

I know it's not technically Friday anymore, but I suck at doing these on time.

This was from a few weeks ago, but I missed it and really wanted to do it.

Name five effective uses of songs in movies or tv shows.

+ "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins), Ashes to Ashes (2x02)

+ "Walking in Memphis" (Cher), The X-Files, "Post-Modern Prometheus" (5x05)

+ "Gorecki" (Lamb), Torchwood, "The Keep Killing Suzie" (1x08)

+ "Orchestral Suite from the Inner Light" Star Trek: the Next Generation, "The Inner Light" (5xd26)

+ "Don't Fear the Reaper" (Blue Oyster Cult), The Frighteners

Also, What 5 series would you resurrect if you could?

The Pretender. Not as a reboot, mind - I'd just like to know how it all could have wrapped up properly. It was never really given the ending I felt like it deserved.