of the good!

[saturn]

• Justin's video! Holy shit, I love him. I mean, I really adore that kid man. He's so mature. And very, very hot. Youtube link is here. For anyone who needs the video on their hard drive (as I do), right click/save here for a 31.8mb wmv file. Thanks to timberho for this! (Please comment if you download and feel free to share the file but not the links.)
  
  
• military_beta - A new community for writer's with questions about the military. Obviously a great resource for anyone who writes SG-1 and/or SGA and has questions about, uh, military stuff. Other than thigh holsters. Because one look at Sheppard tells us all we need to know about thigh holsters. (Namely, they are good.)
  
  
• Does it blow anyone else's mind that storm systems on Jupiter are larger than Earth?
  
  
• Icewolf's is frustrated with slash is the wholesale appropriation and basic, fundamental changes that slash writers make to characters that aren't theirs. I'd argue that the "appropriation" bit can be applied to fan fiction in general and the "fundamental changes" concern is more an OOC issue than anything else but, mostly, I want to spend my time here arguing in defense of the clear canonical evidence supporting Jack/Daniel. Because that's what's really important.
  
  
• I bought a bike today! Actually, my family bought me a bike as a housewarming gift because I'm not spending money until my home in Florida sells. But I have a mountain bike! It's name is Sheppard and I love it! (I don't actually have it in my possession yet. It was raining when I left the store and I need to put the top down on my car to get it home. But I have a bike!)
  
  
• Tomorrow is my mother's last chemo session. She has the month of August off and then she starts another six weeks of daily radiation in September. But then she's done. Done. Done. Done. DONE. Our family cruise in December will be one hell of a party.
  
  
• Home appraisal is in (for more than I paid!) and, with that, I have the firm loan approval documents. I'm set to close on Monday! Eeeeeeeeee!
  
  
• This is the downer bit of the post. Michigan doesn't have full service gas stations which means, in the dead of winter, I'm going to have to GET OUT OF MY CAR TO PUMP GAS. It's never to early too learn tips and tricks. How do you cold weather folks do it? Is it as terrible as it sounds???
  
  
• SG-1, episode 09x18, beckons!