Weekly Random Post of Random

[alisanne]

• By the time I finished watching this Tonight Show excerpt, I was crying. OMG, America, I still can't believe Trump won. UGH! This is why we can't have nice things. :P
  
  
• From lilysea, How I Learned to Love Being a Hairy Lady.
  
  
• These gorgeous pie crusts are works of art!
  
  
• Quiz time! I got 30/33 in this history quiz, in which you had to name the event from the picture, and 100% in this grammar quiz. See how you do!
  
  
• This cool shipping container house is WAY COOL! I love how sci fi it looks. <3
  
  
• Some ads are clever, and some are...not. *rolls eyes*
  
  
• This twitter thread of church signs made me chuckle.
  
  
• For this week's weekly cute, have some highland calves! So floofy! Eeeee!
  
  
• I think we finally know why Trump is acting the way he is. It's all about revenge.
  
  
• I dare you to watch these Simon Cowell golden buzzer moments and not cry. :P
  
  
• Hilarious airport pickup signs are hilarious!
  
  
• Giant animals made of straw invade Japanese fields! Pretty amazing. :)
  
  
• I don't often see this, but I enjoyed it. Twelve scientists talk about how their faith relates to their work.
  
  
• Russian artist creates gorgeous insect jewelry with beads. Awesome!
  
  
• These clever visual animal puns are clever. <3
  
  
• These tiny creeptastic monster portraits are awesome! And the names are cool, too.
  
  
• The ten best places to be if you love books (and I do).
  
  
• Women flip the script on sexual assault just to show the absurdity of defending it.
  
  
• And finally, these bizarre animal drawing are bizarre yet beautiful.
  
  

Happy Sunday, dears! And never forget, love trumps hate. <3

Comments

[kelly_chambliss]

Your weekly posts always cheer me up, dear. . .and don't we need it after this week? Seriously, Trump gets more dangerous and destructive by the hour. How can his supporters not see that if he will be behave this way (refusing to accept the results of a fair legislative process, being vindictive and anti-Constitutional) about some things, he'll be that way about all things. . .including whatever things his supporters want? The only thing that worries me more than Trump is the even more dangerous people who are pulling his puppet strings: they are no less immoral and destructive, but they're savvier and less unstable. They'll do more damage in the long run.

Meanwhile, I am enjoying your links. Got 32 on the history and 100% of the grammar (those things always make me nervous, English teacher that I am :))

I haven't watched Discovery yet (waiting to do so with my partner over Thanksgiving; you may or may not know that we met in a ST:Voyager chat room). But I'm looking forward to it!

[kelly_chambliss]

"They'll do more damage in the long run."

That's unless Trump nukes us all first, of course.

[alisanne]

Ugh, always a possibility. :((

[alisanne]

OMG, I certainly needed something cheerful after watching the news.
I know we say this every week, but I keep thinking surely he can't get any worse, and then he does. *sigh*
His supporters are a mystery to me. I don't understand them, and this may make me a terrible person, but I don't think I want to understand them. :/
And yes, I imagine there are more venal, evil, amoral people backing him, and that frightens me to no end. :(

Ooh, you aced the history, go you! And of course you rocked the grammar. :)

I didn't know that! Awww, that's sweet. I love when geeky things bring people together. I will be interested in your impressions of Discovery. :)

[walgesang]

Ooh, I really like those statements about faith from scientists. Yes! We need more of that. How are you liking the new Star Trek? I just saw the first two pilot episodes (I think they were meant to go back-to-back?) and I'm cautiously interested.

[alisanne]

I know! Those scientists statements made me smile. :)

I...the new ST is different. I'm having trouble with it, not because it's not good, but because it's doesn't feel like Star Trek. If they'd called it its own thing, I would be fine, but everything we know about ST seems to be contradicted by this show. *shrugs*

[treewishes]

You have now ruined ST:D for me now! Or maybe made it much better? We'll have to see :)

[alisanne]

OH NO!
*hugs*

I bet it makes you smile. ;)

[shaded_paradox]

Loved the big straw animals. They really are amazing. The pie crusts are so pretty, it's almost a shame to have to cut into them. I really appreciated the hairy lady article. I'm on board with that! I am so tired of having to shave, that I stopped and just let my legs go natural and my underarms may be the next to follow suit :P

[alisanne]

*nods* I know what you mean! The straw animals are so clever. :)

Heh. Pretty food always poses a conundrum. I had wrecking it, but, on the other hand, PIE! *g*

LOL! Yeah, I'm pretty hairy, too, and at this point, I give no fucks about it, you know? *shrugs* One of the benefits of getting older I suspect. :)

[dreamy_dragon73]

I love your weekly posts!
Got 100% on the grammar test :)
Also, hee on the connection between HP and ST:Discovery. Whilst i'm stil reserving judgment on how well Discovery fits in with Star Trek in generally, I'm definitely intrigued by it and by Lorca. Especially be Lorca.

[alisanne]

Awww, yay! I love doing them. :)

Of course you did. You is smart. <3
Yeah, Discovery would be a total win if it wasn't claiming to be ST. Time will tell how well it works. :)

[dreamy_dragon73]

Yeah, Discovery would be a total win if it wasn't claiming to be ST.

Couldn't agree more. If it were any scifi series I'd love it to bits. As it is I enjoy watching it, drool over Lorca and postpone judgement on the whole ST thing.

Also, now there's a little plot bunny hatching in which Hermione introduces Lucius to Muggle scifi and he starts to fantasise himself as a mysterious bad-ass captain... <3