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.sunday drabbleventure links!; also: "am I the only one..?"

The turkeys were experimenting with pirating cable yesterday, so I had very inconsistent internets. Drabbles today, in consequence.

Bones
Flannel, for

kashmir1, "flannel" (Booth/Bones)

Bones/SGA
Guy bonding, for

amberlynne, "buddies" (Booth, Sheppard)

Bones/SPN
How the mighty have fallen, for

villainny, "Dean being thoroughly discomfited by Angela Montenegro" (Angela, Dean, Sam)

SGA
Comfort TV, for

lavvyan, "comfort/cuddles" (John/Rodney)
Important Considerations, for

kimberweeme, "conversation in a grocery store aisle" (John/Rodney)
Perplexity!, for

sheafrotherdon, "tipsiness and a puzzling bed" (John/Rodney)

SGA/SPN
Civilians and otherwise, for

insight2, "loyalty" (Dean, John Sheppard)

SPN
Chain, for

smilla02, "threadbare" (inanimate object, Dean, Castiel)
These precious things, for

mardia, "frantic" (Dean/Castiel)
Voice and Words, for

birddi, "how Dean screams" (Castiel, Alastair)

Now a couple other things I have been mulling:

1.) Am I the only person in the world who is sort of intrigued by the background stuff in photos that are posted online? For example, I am presented with a picture of a puppy romping on a living room floor, or, say, Jensen Ackles dressed only in chocolate syrup and whipped cream, and all I can think is "Wow, that is an awesome coffee table book collection" or "oh my god, those placemats are ridiculous"? To illustrate:

The subject of the photo is, ostensibly, the kitty who has wormed his way into the refrigerator, but what attracts my attention and speculative powers is the amount of beer, and the quality. Why so much beer? What does it say, or what could it say, about the owner/s of this refrigerator, and the cat inside it? So, instead of cooing over the cat, I inferred that the owner of this refrigerator is likely male, single (or living with other men; there are three cartons of eggs, at least one organic... belonging to the single put-upon vegetarian/hippie/health nut, maybe?), and probably college-aged, because that is truly a lot of Miller Lite. And five cans of PBR = five too many. Further supporting evidence: I think that's a gigantic container of salsa on its side.

I will also admit to being intrigued by pictures of people's bookcases, desks, and DVD collections. So... yeah. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this.

2.) In the "am I the only person..." vein, am I the only person who experiences that paranoid frisson of excruciating discomfort when reading that an actor/producer/director has read fanfic? Probably it's only fair--we get to see what they do, so turnabout is fair play and all--but still. I want to take them by the shoulders and guide them gently out of the room and slam the door.

You, I would say, stay over there.

It's like, I know fan communities are hardly secret these days, and anyone who is half-conscious and knows about Google could find out about dirty rotten slash fanfic in .005 seconds, but let me preserve the illusion this is not the case. *flails*

ALSO ALSO NEW BONES AND SPN TOMORROW YAYYYYY *MORE FLAILING*

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I feel you in both cases. Except that, regarding #1, I am more likely to notice funky things on the person's body than otherwise. I'm like, "Oooh, that's an interesting freckle there," and everybody else is like, "Yes, an interesting freckle next to her nipple" and I'm like, "Oh, yeah. Right."

Re: #2, I recently discovered that when you go to google images and type in the name of one of the stars of a show I quite enjoy, my picture comes up on one of those pages. I freaked out so badly I nearly locked everything and/or deleted my journal. There was major spaz happening.

In re #1, I also do that. In some cases, I try to figure out what a birthmark looks like. Like, I will be all, "huh, that looks sort of like Ohio," and everyone else is all, "Ohio? What?"

In re #2, I would scream like a little girl, then run around in a blind panic for a few minutes before digging a hole in the ground and hiding inside it.

That's pretty nearly what I did, except that I calmed down enough to realize that said star probably doesn't google himself very often (although I think his co-star probably googles both himself and the star twice a day).

(although I think his co-star probably googles both himself and the star twice a day).

Heee, despite your temporary freak-out, I loled at that :D

Jensen Ackles dressed only in chocolate syrup and whipped cream

I don't see this pic anywhere!

Sadly, it exists only in my head :( :( :(

So... In your head, WHAT is the interesting background that catches your eyes despite the glorious interestingness of Jensen himself? *v curious*

The photo of a mostly-naked Joe Flanigan on the wall behind him :>

It was at this point that I fell over laughing. In case you were interested.

\o/ Win!

NOM!

I do rather like my brain's idea of interior decorating :D It beats "Broke Girl Graduate Student" any day of the week.

You are not the only one. I'm always distracted by the other details. In the picture above the first thing I said to myself was "that's a lot of beer." Then I noticed the kitten.

I'd say it's two guys mainly because of the two different kinds of eggs and two different kinds of beer.

The one thing that puzzles me is the token gesture at health food, with the free-range eggs and what I think are pitas and turkey bacon (the latter under the organic eggs). Either a girl is involved, or one of the guys is trying to make up for the PBR. Possibly there's a third roommate who is vaguely into eating healthy and also like specialty beer... I detect some relatively decent bottled beers in the fridge as well.

My first guess is that one of them has a girlfriend. But the nicer bottled beer makes me wonder if perhaps there is a third roommate. A third roommate that continuously stares at the other two in puzzlement and wonders how they can stand to drink Miller Lite. Every once in a while he convinces the others that healthy food is a good idea and they give it a try.

Or they just had a party and all that beer is left over from what other people brought.

A third roommate that continuously stares at the other two in puzzlement and wonders how they can stand to drink Miller Lite. Every once in a while he convinces the others that healthy food is a good idea and they give it a try.

I think this is likely. Also, it is amusing to contemplate. (It would further explain that healthy food seems to be in the minority here, although granted we don't have any idea what is in the vegetable crisper and fruit drawer).

Or they just had a party and all that beer is left over from what other people brought.

This is also a possibility, although I think the "two/three guy roommates" hypothesis still holds true. I'm not sure my fellow girl roommates and I would ever hold onto that much Miller and PBR--we'd definitely keep the nice bottled beer, but we'd send the other stuff home with the guys.

I was more like, "What's with all the blue cans?" (the only beer cans I've ever come across were either some shade of brown/green or white), but yeah. *g*

Ha, yes, those are cans of Miller Lite, beer beloved of college-age American males and sport-loving American males of all ages :D In my experience, most women will drink it if it's the only thing on offer or if the alternative is PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon), which is shudder-inducingly bad. My guy friends when I was in my Master's program drank the stuff by the gallon and had a 24-count case of PBR on hand at all times.

I just want to know how the cat got in there without knocking over any beer. And what is the zippered case on the right on the bottom shelf? Are they keeping their cds cool or something? Also? I see nothing in that frig to put cream cheese on. Although, I don't eat a lot of cream cheese (except in cheesecake), so that might limit my imagination somewhat.

In short - no, you aren't the only one. I see the effect of this in my icons, too. The one here is a tiny bit of a much larger painting of a soldier and two ladies in a rowboat. But this little bit is the bit I liked best, because of the intersection of all the textures/patterns. Portsmouth Dockyard, by James Tissot

And what is the zippered case on the right on the bottom shelf? Are they keeping their cds cool or something?

That is what I was wondering as well. My conclusions were CDs, insulated lunch bag, or medication that needs refrigerating. I have a friend who has to pack her meds around with her everywhere, and she keeps them in one of those insulated packs.

Man, now I want to see the rest of that refrigerator. Also, I want to know the identity of the owner/s, so I can see if any of my hypotheses are near the mark :D

I have a friend who has to pack her meds around with her everywhere, and she keeps them in one of those insulated packs.

HO M G! You're right! And in keeping with the college student premise, one of our housemates (probably organic egg/occasional health foodie) is a baseball player/wrestler who needs his 'roids ready to go at all times, to keep up with the terms of his scholarship.
was that wrong?

Is there no way to trace the photo back to its poster (and ask)?

As a parallel to your original question, am I the only person who always notices the discrepancies in a movie/show? The boom in the shot, the camera man in the corner, the extra terrorist in Die Hard?

THERE IS AN EXTRA TERRORIST IN DIE HARD? OMGWTFBBQ!!!!

I KNOW!

At some point, John McClaine counts them up and tells Reginald VelJohnson (and why can I remember the actor's name and not the character's? 'Cause it's a cool freaking name!? That must be it.) that there are twelve of them. He then proceeds to Ten Little Indian their intrusive asses. I, of course, was counting along, so I noticed (in the scene where somebody spills the bearer bonds across the floor) that there was a guy there who brought the count to 13. Thought I was miscounting, so I checked the credits. Very conveniently, they had the terrorists (numbering 13) grouped together.

Hey, d'ya know how many stars are in the Paramount logo? My brain will just. NOT. STOP. I'm always looking at the thing that's not the thing that I'm supposed to be looking at.

thank you for your insight omg! I will make sure to LOOK for it next time. :D

How many stars? I'm curious now. :)

22.

And rousing your curiosity was entirely my intention. :)

When I see that pic, I see a shot from an epic John-and-Rodney-are-college-room-mates AU. The Miller and PBR are John's (partly to annoy Rodney) and the Leffe is Rodney's which John is under STRICT ORDERS not to touch on pain of (very inventive) death. The zippy case is Rodney's spare epi pens ("you can't be too careful, Sheppard"). The eggs are all John's, as he's in training for a half-marathon for track team and needs the protein. Plus, it's the only thing he can cook, and now he and Rodney are kinda-sorta more than room mates it's nice to be able to make his-something-breakfast once in a while.

Hugo the cat is Rodney's. He snuck in there while Rodney was distracted by John in his running gear.

In conclusion, no, you're not the only one.

The Miller and PBR are John's (partly to annoy Rodney) and the Leffe is Rodney's which John is under STRICT ORDERS not to touch on pain of (very inventive) death.

Ha ha, on point! In my head, John was a total Miller/PBR guy in college, and remains so to this day. He probably considers Budweiser the good stuff :D

I believe this in my heart to be true! I also think it's because growing-up-rich John wanted to drink what real people drink. No microbrews: Bud! No vintage wines: Boone's Farm! He'd be half appalled and half admiring of Rodney's Leffe and his vocal scorn toward what everyone else is drinking.

I also think it's because growing-up-rich John wanted to drink what real people drink.

Oh man, definitely! Fangirl brains, synchronize!

#1 About this very same picture I had the very same reaction, except my first one was : wow, somebody needs to clean/organise their fridge. My second one was : why so many cartons of eggs and same for the cheese, thirdly was : awww, cutey cat, fourth was : what a bunch of alcoholics. Last one was that, like you, I thought this was in a student house or something like that, with a shared fridge.
All of this to say that you are not alone ;).

#2 : I kind of want them to stay outside of the box, because it's our own little world.
But what I actually would like is that they actually do read some of it, so that they do know what the (at least online) fans like, but that they then don't talk about it. If they read what's out there, they should be smart enough to use it in a subtle way, and not talk about it, because after all fanfiction only concerns one portion of the fans.
Plus if you are shipping, I think it's best for the original authors not to share their POV on this subject either, that's how internet wars start :p.

About this very same picture I had the very same reaction, except my first one was : wow, somebody needs to clean/organise their fridge.

The disarray is possibly another indicator that the fridge belongs to men living together, but then again, myself and my fellow girl roommate can hardly preach when it comes to refrigerator organization. Oddly, the freezer is quite tidy, though.

But what I actually would like is that they actually do read some of it... but that they then don't talk about it.

Yes, that would be my proviso. I don't want to know about it! Although I suppose people who look askance at fanfic probably feel the same way--"Yes, have your perverted fantasies of Jensen Ackles/Dean Winchester and Misha Collins/Castiel going at it, but for god's sake don't publish it." Sigh. So tricky.

you'll probably think 'm stalking you! erm... can I friend you? your journal is interesting and your fics and art AWESOME!!!!

as for no. 1 - in that picture, I actually first noticed the Philadelphia and then the Leffe and only when I read your post did I notice the kitten.
And if there's a picture with books anywhere on the background? I HAVE to read which ones they are, or I go crazy!!!
(I've been known to use magnifying glasses too...)

as for no. 2 - you're totally not the only one...

Hee, of course! Friend away! All are welcome here :)

And if there's a picture with books anywhere on the background? I HAVE to read which ones they are, or I go crazy!!!

Me too! Books and DVDs, but books especially. I love knowing what other people are reading :D

thank you!! :):)

yeah, DVDs too, but books - oh, books!!! *ecstatic sigh*

(I've been known to use magnifying glasses too...)

Did you know that if you hit Ctrl= it zooms in? I just had the photo above up to 240% because it kind of looked like there might be two cats. From the angle of the cat's head, I thought its body should be to our left. I think it's just holding its neck funny, though.

(BTW, hit Ctrl- to reduce the screen again. I was in a journal with tiny print that said, "To make the print bigger, hit Ctrl=" I was in heaven until it came time to get out of there and I had no idea how to resize smaller. There was a bit of keyflailing, let me tell you.)

Heh. Oh, cross-country confusion. I just had to go google Miller Lite, to work out what you guys mean by light beer - over here, light beer is low-alcohol, not low-carbs. I was trying to reconcile why so many American men would be that enamoured of Miller Lite if the Lite stood for low alcohol! Judging by tv & movies, American men like to get pissed almost as much as Australian men, so a popular low-alcohol beer didn't make sense. ... Also, I wasn't sure what you could do to American beer to make it much more low-alcohol - since it's already heaps weaker than any other country's beer.

And hey - would you mind throwing in an extra / between vegetarian and hippie in the following: belonging to the single put-upon vegetarian hippie/health nut, maybe? My vegetarian self objects to being so closely associated with dirty hippies! (And yes, I buy organic, free range eggs. But not for my health - I'm one of those animal rights nuts.)

What I find more disturbing about actors, etc reading fanfic is the idea that they might be reading the kind of stuff over at ff.net. D:

Also, I wasn't sure what you could do to American beer to make it much more low-alcohol - since it's already heaps weaker than any other country's beer.

Ha ha, yes, so depressingly true. (It's true of beer and alcohol in general, sigh.) In case you are not horrified enough, there was a period not too long ago when non-alcoholic beer tried to make its way into the American market, but it didn't work because the below-21s still weren't allowed to buy it and, improbably, it tastes even worse than lite or low-alcohol beers. On the other hand, it gives the citizens of other countries a good laugh when American students go overseas to study and, dizzy with the knowledge they can legally get drunk at a much younger age, make complete asses of themselves in public.

What I find more disturbing about actors, etc reading fanfic is the idea that they might be reading the kind of stuff over at ff.net. D:

*throws up a little in mouth* At least it would cure them of the fanfic-reading urge awfully quickly.

Actually, plenty of American beer is around the 4-5% alcohol level, so not that much different to Australia at all.

It does taste like shite though.

Signed,
An Aussie living in California

Substitute the Miller Lite for Becks and the PBR for Kingfisher, and take away the cat, I'd think this was my fridge ;)

*snort!* You would have to substitute the PBR for Newcastle and take out the Miller Lite altogether, add in a lot of coffee, a bottle of wine, and a gigantic black dog head in the lower frame, reaching for the bag of carrots :D That would be my fridge.

I judge everyone by their fridge contents (I... seriously go into the kitchen at parties and ask people if I can just look at their fridge ::hands::) so, no, you're not the only one. People's groceries imply a lot about who they are, especially with fictional characters. For instance, I felt like it was either careless or some pretty assertive character-building that the mom in Saved! was unloading soymilk from her grocery bags. And my opinion of Monica from Friends was different when I noticed that she had the Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book on her shelves.

I agree that what we're seeing above is totally a young-man roommate situation. I feel like if it was women, we might see some deli fruit salad or something. The first thing I scope out is usually the yogurt brand. That helps.

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