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[apocalypsos]

I don't know about the rest of you, but after this election year, no matter what the results look like on Election Night, I'm getting plastered. Wheee! (I may use that as an excuse to call in sick the next day, even though I've never really had anything worse than a little headache the day after.)

Prime Minister Tony Blair denied Wednesday that he misrepresented intelligence about Iraqi weapons before the war, rejecting growing demands in Parliament that he apologize. *sigh*

American pop star Britney Spears said on Wednesday she wants to change her name after marrying 26-year-old dancer Kevin Federline last month. *rubs temples* You know what new stories about Britney Spears and Kevin Federline make me think about anymore? That scene in Airplane! where everybody lined up to smack some sense into the hysterical lady. Uh-huh.

Hee! Baby koala!

Load of pig guts spills across an intersection in Arkansas. You know, considering Arkansas was usually right after Pennsylvania on the list of the worst roads in America, you'd think pig guts would actually improve the roads ... you know, after they filled the potholes and festered into hardness. Yeah, they'd smell, but still.

Police Chase Blues Brother Impersonator *dies laughing*

All right, enough links. Off to write.

EDIT: The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain's chief scientist said on Tuesday. *whimper* Erm, I'm sorry? (Maybe I shouldn't pick up The Day After Tomorrow on Friday. It may give my apocalyptic mutant abilities baaaaaad ideas.)

Comments

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

Koalas!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

viva, las vegas!
now what would happen if those chases took place over pig-gut strewn streets ...

[canthlian.livejournal.com]

Humph. Can bring hurricanes to bear on Florida, but can't even make rain in Australia. Some mutant weather minipulator you are. :P

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Ooops, sorry. I tried for rain but apparently just made it really, really hot. :)

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*
great links!

Eyes you suspiciously, lays bets on next major disaster.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Right now, I'm focusing on Mt. St. Helens. I can't begin to describe how much I really, really want that bugger to explode like the opening shot of Dante's Peak.

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

*eyes you*
Hey now, that is relatively in my area of the world...
No need to waken it up now!

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

My fav. part of the Britney story is when she says she'd like to change her name, but doesn't know "if society would allow that". Because as we all know, no woman has ever tried to change her name to that of her husband's.

I also liked her quote about how she'd like to have children, but first she'd need to become a mother. You can't pay for this kind of entertainment. You really can't.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

"If society will allow that". Hee. Sure, they'll allow it, but they'll laugh at her if she does it.

Oh, yeah, and she'll be ready next year, when she's twenty-three. I can just imagine her achieving enough maturity for motherhood by next year, can't you?

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Didn't you hear? There's just as much growth and progress in the ages between 22 and 23 as there is between 1 and 2. It's a little known maturity spurt. Sadly, this spurt doesn't prevent everyone from sniggering whenever they say things like "Britney and her - heh - 'husband'."

[sesana]

She's only a year younger than I am? I'm depressed that she's a year younger than I am, with more wealthy and money than I'll ever have. And I'm even more depressed that somebody about my age is acting so immaturely.

[wal-lace.livejournal.com]

1) Look, I think twelve years of Blair (it's only been seven so far, but it's blatantly going to be twelve) is roughly equivalent to four years of the Shrub. We won't hold it against you, you don't hold it against us, okay?

2) X-Men Q&A?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

1.) Deal. :)

2.) I'm working on it. And X2, and Deep Impact, and Hellboy. *sigh* I need more free time or more money so I can get all my writing projects finished, I swear.

re: baby koala

[jitterbugparfum.livejournal.com]

I sent the link to my friend Trish, and she had this to say:

oh my god
i can't even speak it's so cute
deadly cute
you could carry it into battle and the enemy would just keel over, all with both hands up to their mouths going "AAAW!"

[malhablada.livejournal.com]

Is it weird that I clicked on the link about the pig guts hoping for a picture?

He got a ticket for an "unsecured load"? How exactly does one "secure" a load of pig entrails?

I'm just curious...it may come in handy one day.

[astaria51.livejournal.com]

Britney Federline. Hmm. It's got a certain ring to it...O_o

[silent-sybil.livejournal.com]

I think the whole Britney thing is kind of interesting, actually. Probably a good-sized portion of the country thinks that marrying young (and "for love," without undue worries about prenups or whatever), changing her name, and popping out babies is about what a woman should aspire to. Even for those of us who think that course is a supremely dumb one probably wouldn't say much if the woman in question were less public a figure than Britney Spears. Wasn't she all Sweet Christian Miss when she first came out on the scene? *tries to remember* I'd be interested in knowing whether it's her in the videos with her boobs hanging out, or her writing "Mrs. Kevin Federline" all over her notebook, or some intriguing combination of the two.

[meril.livejournal.com]

On the Blues Brothers cosplayer fiasco: a co-worker of mine swears she knows the Elvis from the karaoke bar she goes to. (Crystal is a suburb of Minneapolis. One of our techs heard about this and called in, which got people looking at the news, and resulted in "heeeey, I know this guy!" The Twin Cities: one of America's largest small towns.)