"I wonder how THEY feel about having the Pope as their step-father."

So, OotP isn't actually out here until Friday. I'm excited to see it and also excited that this time - unlike at the premiere of GoF, which was in November - I will be able to wear my blouse-skirt-and-Gryffindor-tie outfit without having to spoil it with fur boots or winter coats.

And now for the story of How Wikipedia's Frontpage Led to the Zombie/Demon Crack Pairing of Lots of Imaginary Horror.

So I was skimming the frontpage at Wikipedia, as one does, and one of the news articles for today was about this proclamation the Pope just made which allows for the celebration of the pre-1963 reform "traditionalist" Mass (which is apparently controversial and disliked particularly by liberals, the laity, jews who don't want Catholics praying for their conversion, and all the priests who never learned it and don't want to perform it now, leading me to wonder - just exactly who are these people who were in favour, anyway?).

There's unfortunately a picture of the Pope there, and I was like, "Man, the Pope really looks like the Devil."

"John Paul was so nice and jolly-looking," said wax. "He looked like Santa, and then this one is like RAARGH, UNDEAD." And then she added reflectively, "He looks like someone that The Mama would meet in Hell."

There was a little silence, and then I asked, "Why did you have to go there?"

( Illustration for people who want to examine this idea, cut for people whose weak stomachs might not stand the Pope or Mama Way or both )

Badfic Summaries of the Day

1. Summary: AU. Gerard is a slightly crumpled, quiet History teacher at a comprehensive in the UK. Ray is an enthusiastic, happy-go-lucky English teacher on exchange from the US.



2. Summary: Mikey’s 12 and Gee is 15. That’s all I can really tell you.
   Author’s Note: I had this idea for a while and I finally got it all down so I hope you like it. I’d say it’s kinda a PWP but there’s something a little deeper there. I think?



3. Summary:“Shoot me Brendon.” he said calmly, not a trace of fear in his voice.



4. Summary:"First off, we found this in Mr. Urie's, err, pants. heh." I felt my cheeks turn red as she handed me the folded up paper.



5. Summary: They came to be witness to this so-called spectacular day, but Gerard didn’t see it that way. They had traveled far for this day, when the king of the largest clan of lycanthrope, would at last take a mate. [In this story, Gerard and Mikey are half-vampire, half-werewolf, and Gerard is the king of the werewolves, while Mikey is an evil vampire and lives in Romania with The Mama. And he hates Frank, who has been Gerard's bff/soulmate since they were tiny little kids. And they try to kill each other - Mikey and Frank I mean - but Gerard stops them with a display of Werewolf King dominance. By growling.] [ETA: look, I know, I totally wanted to read it too! She abandoned it after one chapter, I'm afraid. I could have giggled/boggled through a novel's worth of that shit. *wistful sigh*]

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Okay, I lose at dogwalking. ( But cim, how can you LOSE at something like dogwalking? )

This space reserved for homesick wistfulness

This summer my mom's been tantalising me with photos of her garden. I haven't been home since 2004. Since then my parents have doubled the landscaped parts of their garden, paved the pathways, painted the whole house, put on a new tin roof, and repaired the ailing original windows (ripply blown glass, not that you can see in these pictures). I hope I get to go back this fall.