Pimp-post! Links and vids for everyones pleasure!

[kseenaa]

Have some links that have lingered around in my tabs me thinking "I should share this on LJ!" So now I do. :-) Enjoy!

Let's start with the vids!

This is just so cute, I don't even... What a wonderful little short! It's been winning awards to! And I can definitely see why...

What our world is ending up as? Makes you think, doesn't it? Especially for our future kids...

My favorite piece of classical music. No contest.

More music! Eminem's new video is out for his new single. Yep. Still fangirling him like CRAZY!

Or should I say... His TWO new singles! He might get older, but gawd DAMN the man looks good in this, his latest single! Black combat pants? I AM SO THERE! *fangirls*

Last piece of music... Found this clip from The X Factor... I can not believe this woman is over 50 and a grandma! o.O Geezes...

Lillie McCloud - The X Factor by caseycarlsonx1

This was pretty cool. And makes up a good point what a lot of people from the nordic countries think when looking at the USA...


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Sure looks a lot more yummy than it sounded in them books...



Not involved in the Supernatural fandom, but this seriously cracked me up. X-D Misha Collins, actor of the angel Castiel (and apparently slightly nuts...), answering the question: As a Hollywood executive, what would they do to Supernatural?

The answer all fangirls would want from Mr Collins...

As a LARPer, if I ever EVER go on a fantasy-LARP... I'd definitely shop for one of these! Looks so so much cooler than the plastic elf-ears I see a lot on LARP's during summer... REALLY neat!

Elf-ears made out of wire...

I've been following the professional writer and artist Ursula Vernon, ursulav, pretty much since I started to use my LJ. And this post? Just cracked me up SO BAD! X-D It pretty much tells all about that woman right there.

My agent puts up with a lot...

Anotehr professional writer, Diana Gabaldon! And she is having a say... on the subject off... (And I DO recommend you read the whole thing!)

A brief disquisition on the existence of Butt-cooties...

On fandom queens... All fandoms have them. No escape... And yes, I do agree...



Talking off fandom and fanfic... And well... A certain Stephanie Meyer AND a certain E. L. James should definitely take a close look at this link to... *cough, cough*

The Difference between BDSM and abuse...

And, while we're at at... I don't know if I should laugh and be proud of my country... or just shake my head and feel ashamed... Maybe a bit of both? *lol*

Swedish court rules that it is ‘okay’ to masturbate in public

And.... that's the link pimp for this time! Back to your regular business, ladies and gents!

This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.

Comments

[volare.livejournal.com]

I really have to question this.

"I'll still be able to break a motherfuckin' table over the back of a couple of faggots and crack it in half"

"You fags are all the same."

"Little gay-looking boy
So gay I can barely say it with a straight face-looking boy
You witnessing massacre like you watching a church gathering taking place-looking boy
'Oy vey, that boy's gay,' that's all they say looking-boy
You take a thumbs up, pat on the back, the way you go from your label every day-looking boy."

The man is 40 years old, there's no excuse for this shit.

[hexenhasel.livejournal.com]

Agreed - no excuse at all.

[astroflammante.livejournal.com]

"Hall of the Mountain King" is great! I much prefer that over Eminem, I must say. :-)

Although this is my absolute favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463jDvbw3LQ The ultimate drama queen! (I actually took the name of my LJ from this piece. And then it stuck...)

Also, thank you for accidentally giving me a new favorite opera singer, Diana Damrau. I had to search for a good YT example of the aria, and found her.

[astroflammante.livejournal.com]

Addendum: if you want the actual music, it starts at 2:10, after some mother-daughter arguing in German. Very dramatic, but not neccessary.

[hexenhasel.livejournal.com]

Canada is no better when it comes to the education system - it isn't just the USA but right now that country is such an easy target.

And then there are girls like Malala Yousafzai who are being oppressed by fanatics in so many different other countries just for the right to an education - to learn to read, write...the basic essentials that so many of us - like you and I - take for granted.

I'm not a fan of a lot of what is going on in the States, but it's much much too easy to point fingers at one country and pick and choose what is wrong with it.

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

i'm at work and didn't really look at all these links, but i am totally weirded out at the whole public masturbation verdict, haha, so strange! and the BDSM thing definitely does deserve to be discussed in regard to twilight and 50 shades.

now i'm laughing at myself because i just said i was at work and the only two links i actually looked at were the ones about BDSM and masturbation. says a lot about me, i guess.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Not ashamed of our sexuality here in Sweden, nope! *lol*

Twilight and 50 Shades just makes me mad... Especially when I see young kids, 11 - 12 years old talking about wanting a boyfriend just like Edward because he is so dreamy. X-/

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

ugh, i know! he's a really big creep. in real life, people like edward would have restraining orders against them or would already be in jail for stalking. i didn't read 50 shades of grey but someone told me that there's literally a scene where christian gives the girl an actual contract to sign that says she can't shave her legs and shit. that is psychotic, NOT sexy. i just don't even understand why anyone thinks those relationships are healthy in any way.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. And he shows his "playroom" for her on their first date and starts talking about hard and soft limits while in there. It is SUCH a fucked up story, gawd! AND he is WAY worse than Edward! It is a pain to read that damn thing, let me tell you...

And little girls and teens find this romantic.... WTF, I tell you?!?!

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

wtf? so it's like the X-rated version of edward. that's gross, haha

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Gross? That would just be the beginning...

I am currently reading that book, and man... I can't even manage a whole chapter at a time. Just a few pages. :-P Than I blow a fuse.

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

oh, and on a totally unrelated note, for those of you who enjoyed the bit about the american education system, that's practically what 50 percent of the rants on my own blog are about - and there's going to be a lot more ranting where that came from.

it's really sad but it's totally true. i don't think i know a single american who LIKES the system as it currently is, but no one with power is challenging it. it also frustrates me that the occupy movement had so much negativity surrounding it, and all the older generations were basically calling it a movement of young lazy freeloaders. my entire generation is being royally screwed over and then being blamed for it. we're "lazy" because we can't find employment or because we work crappy jobs - not because there are major flaws in the system.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

It's a bit of a nervous feeling everytime I post something about the US. :-P Because I KNOW there'll be good friends who'll feel hurt becuase they are more patriotic than most. :-P

And that was what struck me the most when I worked in the US for a year. How very very patriotic everyone was! I'd never experienced that level of patriotism before, so it was a bit of a shock, let me tell you.

The lazy-card seems to be played a lot when it comes to the US Health Care system. :-/ That I have this HUGE hate for! I mean, in the US there's some of the best doc's, nurses and hospitals in the world! BUT! It's not available for most of the citizens of the US. That is very fucked up to me as a swede. :-P

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

yeah, i know what you mean. some people take patriotism to a whole new level here. i'm personally not very patriotic. i think this country used to be great but maybe that's just because i was naive. it's definitely got lots of room for improvement - i really think we ought to take pointers from the scandinavian countries, and places like australia, new zealand, even canada.

health care is a major disappointment here in the US. the education thing affects me more right now because i am a young adult and i'm relatively healthy. and of course our prison system needs hardcore re-evaluation. there are a lot of things i'd like to see improve but not much seems to change when old white guys still hold pretty much all the power. :/

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

That level of patriotism just don't exist here in Sweden. Hence it was such a shock to me when I lived in the US for that year.

Sweden ain't perfect though. The current government wants to make Sweden into a mini-US when it comes to healthcare. :-/ UGH! Hopefully they'll lose the election next year. :-P We have elections for government every forth year. King has no political power, it's the government that rules. Unfortunately, the current one? Kicking on the poor, and wanting to turn Sweden to something it isn't. At least I know what to vote for next year. :-P

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

haha, i wish i felt like my vote actually counted. i don't know how it works in Sweden but getting the majority vote doesn't mean you'll win the presidency here. If it did, Al Gore would have beat George Bush in 2000: "Al Gore had over half a million votes more than George W. Bush, with 50,992,335 votes to Bush's 50,455,156. But after recount controversy in Florida and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Bush was awarded the state by 537 popular votes. Like most states, Florida has a "winner takes all" rule. This means that the candidate who wins the state by popular vote also gets all of the state's electoral votes. Bush became president with 271 electoral votes."

but anyways, i'm really hoping Hillary Clinton runs again. i'd like to see a woman in the oval office for a change. it also doesn't help that the US only has 2 real parties, which are SO evenly divided it's ridiculous. i wish other parties had a fighting chance but they really don't. plus the house and senate are usually divided too since their majority parties tend to be the opposite of one another, and so NOTHING EVER GETS PASSED because everyone cockblocks each other from accomplishing anything significant. it'd be different if the republicans and democrats had overlapping agendas but they're pretty much polar opposites at this point

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Here it's the majority that wins. BUT! Some political parties go in coalition with one another. Usually where they are in agreement the most.

Lately though, the neo-nazi/extremist racist party has gained a lot of ground... And that is fucking scary, let me tell you. How the HELL anyone can vote for them is mind-blowing. But there you go. They get votes. They gain power.

Hillery Clinton running for US President? That would be cool! Hey, you've had your first black president now, so maybe it's time for a female one? From what I understand Obama can't run again, can he?

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

a coalition would be cool! we are not used to that, haha.

yeah that is really scary. we have always had those people in this country but i don't think the majority of our parties are as bad as neo-nazis at least :/ our politicians are usually just greedy or corrupt, and not totally insane. granted there certainly are psychos as well.

she hasnt said that she is running but a lot of people are speculating that she will. i hope it's time for a female! i'm always surprised when i hear a lot of people say the country isnt "ready" for a woman president, and the people that say that are often women! like, what is that supposed to mean? obama can not run any longer since he is on his second term, and no president can serve more than two terms.

if hillary does run, and if she wins, you ought to have a toast for us here in the US. i'll be celebrating :)

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

I am not 100% sure how US politics work, but is there even more than two parties in the US?

Here there are many many MANY political parties! And the more votes the get, the more chairs they get in the government. :-) That's a simplified way to see it, anyway. :-)

[roseraves.livejournal.com]

there are other parties, but they don't really have a lot of people voting for them. basically when we have a presidential election the "major" candidates are republicans and democrats - anyone from a different party is just going to have a whole lot of trouble being elected. i wish it weren't that way, because a few of the other parties are legitimately cool.

that sounds like a good system to me! nothing is perfect but we really ought to have more than two opposing extremes