such a good question!

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:33 -0500

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I’m not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises. Let’s put it this way: compromises are from hell.

"The average smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times per day, or about once every six..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:11:33 -0500

“The average smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times per day, or about once every six minutes.”

- How the Smartphone Killed the Three-Day Weekend (via becomingminimalist)

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thirddeadlysin: shinykari: boofadil: you’re gonna come with us: weinersoldier replied to your...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:05:00 -0500

thirddeadlysin:

shinykari:

boofadil:

you’re gonna come with us: weinersoldier replied to your post: Also, super disappointed with my…

shinykari:

weinersoldier replied to your post: Also, super disappointed with my LCS. I got the…

Have you mentioned it? If you bring it up, they should work to correct it for you. Do you have a pull list with them? If you don’t, setting one up should guarantee you get the issues youre…

I know that a lot of folks are also getting shorted by Diamond (the only distributor and therefore sucktastic) on a lot of books lately so that can come into play as well. But, yeah…telling your shop (would calling them cause less anxiety for you?) that you want it, even without a pull list can sometimes help. I would tell you that setting up a pull list isn’t hard, but I go to an amazing and friendly shop with the easiest subscription system in town but I know that two others had a dumb process and wanted a credit card up front and had all sorts of rules, so I know it’s not always just as easy and walking up to the counter, telling them you want to set up a box, them giving you a form with a list of books, you checking off those titles you want, writing in the titles they don’t have and handing it back in, the end.

Best of luck!

The most annoying thing is that they have a pretty nice website set-up, but it’s all pre-order rather than pull lists, and they want a CC on file to use it. I don’t have a credit card, just my debit card, so I really don’t like to put an unknown amount on it each week. I’ve ordered back-issues through their website to pick up in-store, and it’s been 100% smooth and easy.

*sigh* I wish this wasn’t so hard for me, or that I didn’t have such a strong aversion to digital comics. That way I could d/l them in the morning and not have to worry about this. Bah. My life, so hard. :P

ino it’s not technically an LCS for you but i set up my pull list at Things From Another World for similar anxiety reasons — i don’t get everything asap but they send me exactly what i want, they’re set up so you can pay with a debit card online, and they’ve never once treated me like i was on the wrong planet just for asking about a title (thanks, shop literally blocks away!)

TIL that some shops make you fill out forms…?

“What do you wish to hear? That I once believed in the code of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:13:29 -0500

“What do you wish to hear? That I once believed in the code of the Jedi? That I felt the call of the Sith? That perhaps once I held the galaxy by its throat?”

- Kreia, The Sith Lords

Mads Mikkelsen in The Three Musketeers (2011)

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:41 -0500

Mads Mikkelsen in The Three Musketeers (2011)

giotto1997: Mads Mikkelsen dancing

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:03:09 -0500

giotto1997:

Mads Mikkelsen dancing

Stop it. Stop trying to legitimize and monetize fanfiction. Fanfiction does not need mainstream...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:35 -0500

Stop it. Stop trying to legitimize and monetize fanfiction. Fanfiction does not need mainstream approval, corporate approval, Hollywood approval, parental approval, or creator approval. Henry Jenkins said it best: “Fanfiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk.”

thedailywhat: Fandom News of the Day: Amazon Unveils a Fanfic...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:50:52 -0500

thedailywhat:

Fandom News of the Day: Amazon Unveils a Fanfic Publishing Platform

Beginning in June, fanfiction authors will be able to self-publish their works from selected partner franchises via Kindle Worlds. Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars are already on board with the project and more are expected to be announced the official launch. However, authors aren’t exactly jumping at the chance to turn their works into cash: by using the platform, authors give all rights to the work to Amazon, who can then license your elements to other authors with no compensation to the original poster. The platform also will not publish stories containing pornography, excessive use of brand names or crossovers, so your Superwholock mpreg (male pregnancy) stories will just have to stay on Tumblr.

fangirlcommunitycenter: #I love the fact that Faith could...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:20:05 -0500

fangirlcommunitycenter:

#I love the fact that Faith could literally get out of jail ANY FUCKING TIME #but she didn’t because she wanted to do the right thing #for herself and because of Angel and Buffy #one of the most amazing redemtion stories you’ll ever see on tv

gothiccharmschool: Bunnicula! (Clovis Devilbunny, upon seeing...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:56:51 -0500

gothiccharmschool:

Bunnicula! (Clovis Devilbunny, upon seeing this, has demanded that I get his red-lined vampire cape out of the doll clothing armoire.)

damalur asked: Could I persuade you into Parks & Rec/Jurassic Park, any characters, "woman inherits the Earth" if I offered a bribe? :D?

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:25 -0500

notalwaysweak:

Leslie’s sure the cameras stopped rolling ages ago, but she still puts on a brave face as she scrambles down from the tree and lands on her twisted ankle. Ann and April are somewhere in the nearby foliage, she’s sure of it; Donna’s solid body is a reassuring presence at her back.

As for Ben and Andy and Tom, she can only hope Ron’s looking after them. She can’t remember when she last saw the other car before the T-Rex kicked the crap out of theirs, and she’s lost her phone, and, just. Heck and darn it. She rubs her right thumb over her wedding ring and then snatches her hand away.

“April? Ann?”

“Leslie, over here!”

There’s a rustle of leaves and then two shapes in the darkness and Leslie reaches out to hug them.

“If you don’t mind can we save the hugs for later? I’d like to get out of here alive,” Donna says, and because she has the gun Leslie settles for a brief squeeze before letting Ann go (April ducked) and turning to squint at Donna in the dark.

“Where are we going?”

“Since the dinos can’t survive without the food additives from the Sweetums factory, I say we go up there and shut the mother down.”

“Sounds good to me,” says April, sounding remarkably unconcerned about the fact that her husband is out there somewhere with a T-Rex running around.

They hurry as fast as they can up the hill towards the road, through what was downtown Pawnee before the deciding vote by Jamm saw it turned into a prehistoric playground. Leslie wonders if he’s out there somewhere, and then decides she doesn’t care because really, if the T-Rex eats him it means it’s less likely to eat anyone she actually likes.

Once they get to the road they find the other car. It’s empty – of people, anyway. One of the compys jumps out of the front seat and hisses at them before fleeing.

“Jesus,” Donna says. “Maybe it’s not just the T-Rex fences that are down.”

“I’m driving,” April announces, and although Leslie thinks it’s a bad idea she has to admit that April does get them to the Sweetums factory a lot faster than anyone else would have.

The power clearly didn’t go out at the factory, or else they have good backup generators, because every window blazes with light. As they get out of the car Leslie can hear someone screaming, a monotonous repetitive sound that goes on and on without end.

April’s already starting towards the open front door of the factory. Leslie grabs her arm and holds her back. “Wait.”

“What?”

Leslie points. Clearly silhouetted against the light in one of the lower windows is the head of a raptor, part-open mouth showing the wickedly sharp teeth.

“Okay, girls, let’s get dangerous,” Donna says, passing out weapons from the back of the car. Leslie spares one glance back into the darkness where Ben isn’t and then takes the tranq gun from Donna and checks the load.

Like it or not, this is still one of her parks, and she has to defend it.

OH MY GOD IT’S STILL ONE OF LESLIE’S PARKS

and this is beautiful and perfect and thank you!

thedailywhat: Coming Soon of the Day: Steven Spielberg’s Live...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:05 -0500

thedailywhat:

Coming Soon of the Day: Steven Spielberg’s Live Action Halo TV Series

This morning, Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, their latest entertainment system that incorporates access to movies, live TV and Internet Explorer, which is expected to launch by the end of this year. The company also revealed another equally exciting project that is in the works: a live-action television series based on the Halo franchise, which will be produced by (the one and only) Steven Spielberg and shown exclusively on Xbox Live.

geneeste: salmonczar6: thefrogman: [video] [h/t:...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:20 -0500

geneeste:

salmonczar6:

thefrogman:

[video] [h/t: collegehumor]

I swear I never noticed that he did this.

Oh man, I needed this laugh. Why, why is he sitting down that way!?

WHERE IS FANCASTING

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:48:00 -0500

WHERE IS FANCASTING

mayu-n: Mads Mikkelsen in the jersey style.

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:28 -0500

mayu-n:

Mads Mikkelsen in the jersey style.

LIBRARIAN MAYOR QUEEN BELLE FOR MAYOR

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:38:24 -0500

LIBRARIAN MAYOR QUEEN BELLE FOR MAYOR

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:14 -0500

madsdaily: Mads Mikkelsen,wearing wool hats since the 70’s

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:17:59 -0500

madsdaily:

Mads Mikkelsen,wearing wool hats since the 70’s

hannibalscannibals: #What you didn’t think we noticed your...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:54:03 -0500

hannibalscannibals:

#What you didn’t think we noticed your ships? #You must be new (via nbchannibal)

it’s aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!