Doods, I just found out that I'm within four degrees of Justin ::boggles:: which of course means five degrees of separation from JC. ::boggle, boggles::

Yeah, now if that actually meant something. ::cries::

It turns out that someone I went to high school with is related to the Black Eyed Peas' musical director, who of course knows Fergie, knows Justin, knows JC. :-)

::boggles again::

I'd fully intended to write today, but somehow or other I ended up reading fic and surfing websites looking at bags. Weh?

I'm watching The Monkey King on the SciFi channel. I normally don't watch SciFi's original movie offerings (with a couple of exceptions), but the commercials looked interesting so I thought I'd give it a try.

It's great! It's pretty humorous. At times it has a big budget feel, then they'll sneak in some cheesy scenes. Overall it's the perfect blend of both. It's kinda like Xena meets Army of Darkness, with some Stargate thrown in for good measure. SciFi's definitely working their version of the old skool ABC Movie of the Week.

Also, JC's old buddy Bai Ling is in it. And it's four hours long! Okay, a talking pig guy. Movie crack.

God help us all, when I first found fandom and discovered Mr. Chasez, I felt like I'd found a kindred spirit. Spazz, indeed.

joeysdramaqueen is heading into town and we thought we'd try to get together for lunch, so we traded a few email messages back and forth this morning and I began to wonder, why is this woman still at home if she's supposed to be Ohio by now? Well, bwahahahahaha! I'm an idiot, because she's rolling into town next week. As I emailed so eloquently this morning, it's a wonder I'm allowed to walk around without a helmet and kneepads. ;-P

In other news, I was surprised to see that a new JC tune has leaked. Did it really leak? Did we - as in everyone but me - know this was about to happen? Anyway, I eagerly downloaded the tune last night. I must admit that my eyebrows may have quirked upwards an inch or so. My first thought was, wow, that's certainly commercial. Not necessarily in a bad way, just very different from the last go 'round. It kind of reminds me of a couple of other songs that I can't think of right now, but the upshot and bottom line (hahaha) is that this is definitely a radio-friendly song. It might not be what we expected, or what some of us wanted, but it's definitely what he needs.

Whatever anyone thinks of the song, you can't deny that he sounds wonderful. His voice has matured, and as someone mentioned, when he dips down in those lower registers, hole-lee hannah! That's one thing I really liked about the song, the way the melody would go down when you expected it to go up and OH MY GOD, I've forgotten every bit of musical terminology I've ever known. My job is making me stupid. Anyway.

I wanted Schizophrenic to sell like a motherfuck3r, but it didn't. I wanted everyone in the world to fall as head over heels in love with JC as I was, but they didn't. The truth of it is that he needs a song like this. If it gets him noticed and if it gets him airplay, I'm all for it. I hope it takes off like a friggin' intercontinental ballistic missile - handy link supplied because I'm just that kind of a geek.

Okay, the Russians are seriously kinky. Here are a few of their missle names, taken from the wiki link.

Specific types of Soviet/Russian ICBMs include:

SS-17 SPANKER
SS-18 SATAN / R-36M2 / Voivode
SS-19 STILLETO
SS-24 SCALPEL / RT-23
SS-25 SICKLE / Topol

Though the Stilleto, Scalpel and Sickle sound intriguing, I want JC to go off like a friggin' SPANKER, man. Apt, given his fanon persona, no?

In other news, my sinuses seem to have purchased a number of finely-wrought miniature silver spikes and are hell-bent on hammering them into and through my nasal cavities. Repeat after me: OW.

Because I'm a freak, my favorite holiday movies are the ones shown around Easter, Biblical movies. ::boggles:: Yes! Christmas is my favorite holiday, but man, I love me some Biblical epics. When I was little (before cable!) I seem to remember watching tons of Easter-themed pagentry on TV. Those weird Rankin-Bass animated specials, all the cool movies... ::le sigh:: You'd think that having 340 channels 24/7 would mean an absolute orgy of Biblical epics this time of year, right? Wrong.

When I paged through the channel guide I couldn't believe what I saw. The only things I saw listed - besides History channel specials on the saints, which don't count - were King of Kings and The Ten Commandments. What happened to The Robe? The Greatest Story Ever Told? The Bible? I DVR'd both Kings and Commandments, but I'm still lamenting. By the way, around the foxmonkey household, King of Kings is known as "the one with the good-looking Jesus." Because, yowza! Jeffrey Hunter, baby. Smokin'. And laugh if you want to, but Yul Brenner was teh hotness in Ten Commandments. BABY! He's got one of the sexiest walks ever. The fact that he was strutting around in a glorified mini-skirt and not much else *certainly* didn't hurt. ::purr::

I'm currently watching Jesus of Nazareth, and MY GOD, the thing's like, 112 hours long. I bought it on the way home this evening, determined that if TV wasn't going to cater to me, then I'd do my own catering. Apparently, it was a miniseries in 1977, which explains why it's 112 hours long. It's also a bit boring which is unfortunate, because Robert Powell (the father in the film version of the Who's Tommy), makes a damn fine Jesus. Great Jesus, boring movie. I'll give it another chance though, because it's a Biblical epic!

They also had The Greatest Story Ever Told but I didn't buy it on principal because the movies weren't individually priced, they just had a sign over the bin that said: "From 9.99 to 19.99." Bastiges. But I think I'll go ahead and get it tomorrow because it's a Biblical epic! Nuff said.

Edited to add: Feenie reminded me that Passion of Christ was on too, but YEEBUS! I've seen that once, and it's more than enough. Methinks Mel Gibson has an issue or two that he needs to work on.

The Silver Chalice, Spartacus, Ben Hur and Barrabas are a few more movies I'd expected to see in the Easter rotation. I've got Hur and Barrabas on DVD though, so I'm covered there. Last Temptation of Christ! Even The Inquiry.

Crap. I think the History channel aired a 'life of Judas' special or something like that...the gospel of Judas, maybe? I meant to catch it and totally forgot. ;-p

I don't know if I've mentioned this or not, but my husband is a world class goof. Want proof? Follow the cut to see what happened to my doll collection one afternoon. He was snickering softly in the living room, wondering when I'd notice. ;-)

( husband!monkey is the craziest peoples. )

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Cyclothymia:	Very Slight
Seasonal Affective Disorder:	Very Slight
Postpartum Depression:	N/A
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Probably due to the fact that I'm no longer mired in THE JOB FROM HELL.

Up until this past Monday, I had three cats. I now have two. My oldest, 20 year old Hobbes, was put to sleep Monday afternoon. He'd been medicated for high blood pressure for about a year. His retinas were blown because of the high blood pressure, so he could see shapes and movement, but probably not a lot of fine detail, according to the vet. His quality of life still seemed pretty good, though. He could jump up on the bed with a little help we arranged for him - from the floor to a small decorative chair to a slightly higher child's chair to a trunk and then the bed. We have an antique library piece situated over a floor register - not the best place for an antique, I know - and that was his private cave, mostly because it was a great place to be when the heat kicked on. ;-) The last week or so though, he'd slowed down noticeably, and the quality of his meowing had changed. It definitely looked like the beginning of the end. ( More. )

Man, I love me some Stargate SG-1, but Jack O'Neill has to be the biggest Mary Sue in series television. ::rolls eyes::

From glendaglamazon who gakked it From clumsygyrl who got this from without_me: jengrrrl started it: please post a protest song or ANYTHING THAT MEANS NO MORE WAR to you in your own LJ. I'd like to see this grow, for people to see the words that inspired a generation to rebel against the forces in their government that war-mongered and caused the deaths of so many.

I'm posting one for every year that idiot's been in office. Follow the cuts.

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag
(Country Joe & the Fish)

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Huh!

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

( FREEDOM OF CHOICE - A Perfect Circle )
( BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - Bob Dylan )
( WAR - Edwin Starr )
( IMAGINE - John Lennon )
( FIDDLE AND THE DRUM - Joni Mitchell )

First off, Happy JuC Day! Sings: It's the most wonderful time of the year... My apologies to the songwriter. Anyway! JuC Day means JuC fic!

This is new only in the sense that no one has ever read it. It's a longish part of something that was supposed to be much, much, much longer, something I realize now will probably never be finished. It stands on its own though, so here it is. The story takes place on the night of Justin's solo performance at the VMAs.

Something Different, by foxmonkey