Overheard the tail end of a Petty Officer talking to a recruit: "...So if you ever see a pelican getting ready to take a crap, get the fuck out of the way." Words to live by, I think.
6 Felt Friendly | Feeling Friendly?
*Head is desky*
That's me, over there. The one with her skirt tucked into her undies.
14 August 2009 @ 03:35 pm
Okay, so yes. I ran away and joined the Navy. People do crazy shit all the time. It doesn't suck as much as you might imagine...
This isn't like the movies. At first it sucked MAJOR arse, but then (as ordered by my leader) I took a teaspoon of cement and hardened the fuck up. Now I only cry every *other* night. Okay, that's a lie I only cried once, after I finished shakedown (full on day of running, sand crwling and you don't even want to know what else) and only because everyone had been so gosh darn nice.
I feel sooo terrbile that I haven't been in touch sooner, I did draft a lot of letters/emails but never got further than maybe a sentence or two before getting a fire drill, pipe to muster on the parade ground or my leading hand on the warpath.
So what have I been doing? Too much to list all of it, so I'll give you a glimpse at today:
0430: Wakey wakey
0455: EMA (Early morning activity) aka shitloads of running and pushups. Joy.
0600: Hit the showers for a nanosecond.
0615: Brekkie, 10 minutes to get my food and eat.
0645: Cleaning stations. I scrubbed the loos. Highly sought after job. No, really.
0730: Morning instruction (sexual offences and wills briefs).
0734: Rct Bec is yelled at and forced to stand at attention in the back of the lecture hall for taking one very long blink.
0921: Dear god will this brief ever end.
0930: Innoculations. Two hours of standing in line waiting for three more (already had the first three on Monday) vaccinations.
And so the day went on.
The good news is that as of next week we'll be the intermediate class (and week after that a new Div will arrive and we won't be the babies of Recruit School). It also means that we start outside instruction and for me that means I start Steyr (rifle) training on Monday. Why yes, that *does* mean that they will allow me to be armed at some stage.
I am now also fully kitted out in a sailor suit and kick-arse cams. Seriously, you don't want to mess with me. I could march all over your arse.
Getting mail and letters here is pretty much the pinnacle of our day so if you want to write to me drop me a line at kamikazekangaroo[at]hotmail[dot]com and I'll hook you up with my snail mail address.
In other news, how are you all keeping yourselves?
This isn't like the movies. At first it sucked MAJOR arse, but then (as ordered by my leader) I took a teaspoon of cement and hardened the fuck up. Now I only cry every *other* night. Okay, that's a lie I only cried once, after I finished shakedown (full on day of running, sand crwling and you don't even want to know what else) and only because everyone had been so gosh darn nice.
I feel sooo terrbile that I haven't been in touch sooner, I did draft a lot of letters/emails but never got further than maybe a sentence or two before getting a fire drill, pipe to muster on the parade ground or my leading hand on the warpath.
So what have I been doing? Too much to list all of it, so I'll give you a glimpse at today:
0430: Wakey wakey
0455: EMA (Early morning activity) aka shitloads of running and pushups. Joy.
0600: Hit the showers for a nanosecond.
0615: Brekkie, 10 minutes to get my food and eat.
0645: Cleaning stations. I scrubbed the loos. Highly sought after job. No, really.
0730: Morning instruction (sexual offences and wills briefs).
0734: Rct Bec is yelled at and forced to stand at attention in the back of the lecture hall for taking one very long blink.
0921: Dear god will this brief ever end.
0930: Innoculations. Two hours of standing in line waiting for three more (already had the first three on Monday) vaccinations.
And so the day went on.
The good news is that as of next week we'll be the intermediate class (and week after that a new Div will arrive and we won't be the babies of Recruit School). It also means that we start outside instruction and for me that means I start Steyr (rifle) training on Monday. Why yes, that *does* mean that they will allow me to be armed at some stage.
I am now also fully kitted out in a sailor suit and kick-arse cams. Seriously, you don't want to mess with me. I could march all over your arse.
Getting mail and letters here is pretty much the pinnacle of our day so if you want to write to me drop me a line at kamikazekangaroo[at]hotmail[dot]com and I'll hook you up with my snail mail address.
In other news, how are you all keeping yourselves?
15 July 2009 @ 01:18 pm
So we just had a farewell lunch at work for me.
Four people showed up.
And while I appreciate that I work at a newspaper and half an hour prior a car had jumped the gutter and taken out two bystanders... well it still sucks to be me.
I think (barring a couple awesome mates I've made) it's probably the right thing for me to do, moving on, I mean.
And 'Hi all!' have I missed any impotant developments? Lemme know!
Four people showed up.
And while I appreciate that I work at a newspaper and half an hour prior a car had jumped the gutter and taken out two bystanders... well it still sucks to be me.
I think (barring a couple awesome mates I've made) it's probably the right thing for me to do, moving on, I mean.
And 'Hi all!' have I missed any impotant developments? Lemme know!
06 April 2009 @ 01:30 pm
Things Bec has learned in her duties as a sub-editor:
1. Spell check really is beyond the capabilities of some people. It just is.
2. Big words won’t make you sound smart. But they will provoke much lol-age around my office when I tell everyone how you tried to use the word ‘unequivocally’. That word does not mean what you think that word means.
3. It didn’t ‘commence’. It ‘started’.
4. Everyone hates the sub.
5. Some fucker ate sushi over my keyboard while I was away last week. I know this because there is rice and salmon between my ‘d’ and ‘f’ keys.
6. To the ‘press secretary’ from the local hospital’s ladies auxiliary: No, I will not give your morning tea a more noticeable section in the diary dates. They’re diary dates and thus chronological, it’s not my fault it’s listed between the Sweet Seductions sex toy party and that Sad Dads meeting.
7. It isn’t wise to tell the local hospital’s ladies auxiliary ‘press secretary’ to ‘suck it’. Especially not if she is the next-door neighbour of the regional manager.
8. Nobody cares that ‘I went to university for this shit’.
9. And, lets be honest, I went to university to get laid. Lots.
10. You can put all the exclamation marks you want into your copy. I will gleefully delete them.
11. It is not cute when a hung-over sports journalist decides to write an entire article in lolcat speak. You ‘can not has’ a by, you dick.
12. The quickest way to finalise a layout is to actually complete the original one, then be told that there’s been a late addition – thus rendering all of your subbing and layout completely and utterly fucking useless.
13. While it is true that as a sub people are required to occasionally do as I ask, it is neither fair nor funny for me to send the office junior looking for a ‘left handed rule’. And even if it was, we’re electronic, I don’t use a rule. And I’m not left handed. And there’s no such thing.
1. Spell check really is beyond the capabilities of some people. It just is.
2. Big words won’t make you sound smart. But they will provoke much lol-age around my office when I tell everyone how you tried to use the word ‘unequivocally’. That word does not mean what you think that word means.
3. It didn’t ‘commence’. It ‘started’.
4. Everyone hates the sub.
5. Some fucker ate sushi over my keyboard while I was away last week. I know this because there is rice and salmon between my ‘d’ and ‘f’ keys.
6. To the ‘press secretary’ from the local hospital’s ladies auxiliary: No, I will not give your morning tea a more noticeable section in the diary dates. They’re diary dates and thus chronological, it’s not my fault it’s listed between the Sweet Seductions sex toy party and that Sad Dads meeting.
7. It isn’t wise to tell the local hospital’s ladies auxiliary ‘press secretary’ to ‘suck it’. Especially not if she is the next-door neighbour of the regional manager.
8. Nobody cares that ‘I went to university for this shit’.
9. And, lets be honest, I went to university to get laid. Lots.
10. You can put all the exclamation marks you want into your copy. I will gleefully delete them.
11. It is not cute when a hung-over sports journalist decides to write an entire article in lolcat speak. You ‘can not has’ a by, you dick.
12. The quickest way to finalise a layout is to actually complete the original one, then be told that there’s been a late addition – thus rendering all of your subbing and layout completely and utterly fucking useless.
13. While it is true that as a sub people are required to occasionally do as I ask, it is neither fair nor funny for me to send the office junior looking for a ‘left handed rule’. And even if it was, we’re electronic, I don’t use a rule. And I’m not left handed. And there’s no such thing.
24 March 2009 @ 03:54 pm
Title: Inherit the Earth
Authors: becisvolatile
Rating: PG
Characters: Lee/Kara
Genre: Drabble
Summary: … No single wonder could touch upon the challenge held in the kick of her eyebrow.
Disclaimer: Fiction, based on fiction belonging to someone who is not me. (But is apparently a really fucking big tool.)
Notes: I am still grumpy. And I still fucking hate RDM. And kittens.
( Inherit the Earth )
Authors: becisvolatile
Rating: PG
Characters: Lee/Kara
Genre: Drabble
Summary: … No single wonder could touch upon the challenge held in the kick of her eyebrow.
Disclaimer: Fiction, based on fiction belonging to someone who is not me. (But is apparently a really fucking big tool.)
Notes: I am still grumpy. And I still fucking hate RDM. And kittens.
( Inherit the Earth )
24 March 2009 @ 09:40 am
02 March 2009 @ 03:13 pm
I have Jasper/Bella fic and it’s awesome. Like, seriously. Just go read. Thank me later.
This was the fic written for me for the![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
kinky_hearts ficathon.
The way things are
This was the fic written for me for the
kinky_hearts ficathon.The way things are
19 February 2009 @ 07:37 am
TITLE: Run
AUTHOR:![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
becisvolatile
SPOILERS: Up to 412
RATING: R (Okay, that’s a stretch)
PAIRING: Lee/Roslin
WORD COUNT: 1200+
SUMMARY: “I’m not hurting anyone.”
“Except yourself.”
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Mykinky_hearts V-day gift for icedteainthebag.
I feel dirty and ashamed. Also, a little cranky because this will be the fourth exchange in a row that I have yet to have my own prompts filled. Seriously, is it just me?
Run
AUTHOR:
becisvolatileSPOILERS: Up to 412
RATING: R (Okay, that’s a stretch)
PAIRING: Lee/Roslin
WORD COUNT: 1200+
SUMMARY: “I’m not hurting anyone.”
“Except yourself.”
AUTHOR’S NOTE: My
kinky_hearts V-day gift for icedteainthebag. I feel dirty and ashamed. Also, a little cranky because this will be the fourth exchange in a row that I have yet to have my own prompts filled. Seriously, is it just me?
Run
18 January 2009 @ 06:46 pm
Singing Off-Key To:: "Because I Want You" - Placebo
16 January 2009 @ 04:19 pm
Twilight: So is it wrong that I’ve decided the hottest thing ever would be Emmett/Bella/Jasper, with a side of Edward finding out and Losing. His. Shit??
Hell, throw Carlisle into the mix too. I think it’d be awesome to see Edward as less than controlled.
Hell, throw Carlisle into the mix too. I think it’d be awesome to see Edward as less than controlled.
14 January 2009 @ 03:44 pm
So word has it that the identity of the 5th Cylon has been leaked - spoil me and I will cut you like a bitch.
I didn't follow this series through the Quad O Doom to be spoiled now.
I appreciate your support in this.
That is all.
I didn't follow this series through the Quad O Doom to be spoiled now.
I appreciate your support in this.
That is all.
14 January 2009 @ 08:16 am
I'm looking for a decent essay (or just any commentary, really - LJ user or not) about the Mary Sue, I know there have been some great ones but I can't seem to bring any to mind right now... if you could link me to any it would be greatly appreciated.
03 January 2009 @ 02:51 pm
Salad #1
So one of the items on my 101 in 1001 list was to make six new salads. I was actually thinking more along the lines of recipes that I came across in books and magazines, but when I was perusing the fridge for lunch I spotted some leftover cauliflower. What the hell do you even do with leftover cauliflower? It’s mooshy and gross right?
Maybe not.
( Here’s my cauliflower-and-whatever-was-in-the-veggie-crisper-salad. )
So one of the items on my 101 in 1001 list was to make six new salads. I was actually thinking more along the lines of recipes that I came across in books and magazines, but when I was perusing the fridge for lunch I spotted some leftover cauliflower. What the hell do you even do with leftover cauliflower? It’s mooshy and gross right?
Maybe not.
( Here’s my cauliflower-and-whatever-was-in-the-veggie-crisper-salad. )
02 January 2009 @ 02:44 pm
Bec’s Books for 2009
These are my (very) short thoughts on the books I’ve read this year – I’ll put a link over on the side and update as I go. Most of these books are e-books, so if you’d like a copy of your own...
Playing With Fire, Katie Macalister (Silver Dragons, Book 1)
Yeah, okay. It was what it was. Is it just me or is supernatural romance getting sort of boring? I like an alpha male as much as the next girl, but this lacked the fun of the last dragon series. The hero, Gabriel, let his ‘mate’ May get away with murder, unlike Drake from the last series, who typically made her deal with her own mess. I’ll read #2, but after that… we’ll see.
Black Ice – Anne Stuart (Ice Chronicles, Book 1)
This one is the first of the Ice Chronicles, I’m sure there’s some sort of criminal back story – but I haven’t read these in order and, honestly, you don’t miss anything serious by doing so.
Anne Stuart’s books are kind of like that guy you know you shouldn’t be seeing (kind of like the ‘heroes’ she writes about). I mean – they’re beyond hot, insanely seductive – but likely to force you into staying with them all night, emotionally ruin you, abandon you and still leave you wanting round two.
Reasonably normal women tend to be lured in by Stuart’s men – men who are almost overdone in their deadly capacities, ridiculous pathological behaviours, continual threats to kill the protagonists and sex scenes with questionable consent. I mean, these guys? Are outright bastards and I, like the chicks in these books, sort of love them for it.
To The Nines - Meg Cabot (Princess Diary 9)
Eeeee! Princess Diaries! I love these. Beyond reason. She’s growing up in this, the 9th book, but still plagued with all the benchmarks of immaturity. Her self-absorption is kind of awesome because - let’s face it, I am self-absorbed - it’s comforting to see someone else who is so unapologetically into themselves (while still doing the right thing and being generally likeable). Michael doesn’t show his face in this instalment, and JP is over Mia like a bad rash BUT Michael’s emails are a great way of shaking up Mia and letting us realise she’s got a chance to grow up while he goes off to be brilliant in Japan.
Ten Out Of Ten - Meg Cabot (Princess Diary 10 - and the last)
OMG the final one! I swear I read these and regress to my 16-year-old self. The 300-something pages in this are certainly more than usual – but still weren’t enough to stop me from dreading the second the book ended. Two years have passed, Mia has totally sucked it up (sorta), got on with life (even with the requisite teenaged angst) and then there was MICHAEL! But I won’t spoil you. If you haven’t read the series, do go back and start from the first – and don’t let your age count you out – these are a great read for anyone (well, girls anyway).
Ransom My Heart – Mia Thermopolis and Meg Cabot
Okay, so it’s a corny idea – a historical romance written by a character in a long running series published as a stand-alone. It’s hopelessly romantic, a little bit hot and features an overbearing Alpha Earl and a wild-at-heart pants-wearing crack shot miller’s sister. You love it already, trust me. And it only pokes a little bit of fun at the genre – which makes it both familiar and comfy – while still different enough to be of interest.
These are my (very) short thoughts on the books I’ve read this year – I’ll put a link over on the side and update as I go. Most of these books are e-books, so if you’d like a copy of your own...
Playing With Fire, Katie Macalister (Silver Dragons, Book 1)
Yeah, okay. It was what it was. Is it just me or is supernatural romance getting sort of boring? I like an alpha male as much as the next girl, but this lacked the fun of the last dragon series. The hero, Gabriel, let his ‘mate’ May get away with murder, unlike Drake from the last series, who typically made her deal with her own mess. I’ll read #2, but after that… we’ll see.
Black Ice – Anne Stuart (Ice Chronicles, Book 1)
This one is the first of the Ice Chronicles, I’m sure there’s some sort of criminal back story – but I haven’t read these in order and, honestly, you don’t miss anything serious by doing so.
Anne Stuart’s books are kind of like that guy you know you shouldn’t be seeing (kind of like the ‘heroes’ she writes about). I mean – they’re beyond hot, insanely seductive – but likely to force you into staying with them all night, emotionally ruin you, abandon you and still leave you wanting round two.
Reasonably normal women tend to be lured in by Stuart’s men – men who are almost overdone in their deadly capacities, ridiculous pathological behaviours, continual threats to kill the protagonists and sex scenes with questionable consent. I mean, these guys? Are outright bastards and I, like the chicks in these books, sort of love them for it.
To The Nines - Meg Cabot (Princess Diary 9)
Eeeee! Princess Diaries! I love these. Beyond reason. She’s growing up in this, the 9th book, but still plagued with all the benchmarks of immaturity. Her self-absorption is kind of awesome because - let’s face it, I am self-absorbed - it’s comforting to see someone else who is so unapologetically into themselves (while still doing the right thing and being generally likeable). Michael doesn’t show his face in this instalment, and JP is over Mia like a bad rash BUT Michael’s emails are a great way of shaking up Mia and letting us realise she’s got a chance to grow up while he goes off to be brilliant in Japan.
Ten Out Of Ten - Meg Cabot (Princess Diary 10 - and the last)
OMG the final one! I swear I read these and regress to my 16-year-old self. The 300-something pages in this are certainly more than usual – but still weren’t enough to stop me from dreading the second the book ended. Two years have passed, Mia has totally sucked it up (sorta), got on with life (even with the requisite teenaged angst) and then there was MICHAEL! But I won’t spoil you. If you haven’t read the series, do go back and start from the first – and don’t let your age count you out – these are a great read for anyone (well, girls anyway).
Ransom My Heart – Mia Thermopolis and Meg Cabot
Okay, so it’s a corny idea – a historical romance written by a character in a long running series published as a stand-alone. It’s hopelessly romantic, a little bit hot and features an overbearing Alpha Earl and a wild-at-heart pants-wearing crack shot miller’s sister. You love it already, trust me. And it only pokes a little bit of fun at the genre – which makes it both familiar and comfy – while still different enough to be of interest.
31 December 2008 @ 10:39 am
Singing Off-Key To:: "CMYK" - Ladytron
27 December 2008 @ 08:01 pm
You know those relationships that reach their final stretch? And there’s just that sense of immense importance, because if you’re not switched on you could miss the point, but well, you’ve done it all before and you can’t quite muster what it takes for the final push?
That’s what I get from Lee and Kara in the end of 4.0, and I was listening to music and a couple bits and pieces sort of echoed that, so I thought I’d share. Consider this a fanmix that isn’t really a fan mix. Feel free to swing any song suggestions back at me.
( Last Day of Magic )
That’s what I get from Lee and Kara in the end of 4.0, and I was listening to music and a couple bits and pieces sort of echoed that, so I thought I’d share. Consider this a fanmix that isn’t really a fan mix. Feel free to swing any song suggestions back at me.
( Last Day of Magic )
27 December 2008 @ 01:53 pm
Gold snake bangle
Gold earrings
Handbag
Wallet
Sheet set
Food poisoning.
Fucking marvelous.
Gold earrings
Handbag
Wallet
Sheet set
Food poisoning.
Fucking marvelous.
16 November 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Title: All Hands
Authors: BOHICA/becisvolatile
Rating: M-MA
Characters:Ensemble
Genre: Smut
Summary: … because it’s lonely at sea.
Disclaimer: Fiction, based on fiction belonging to someone who is not me.
Notes: I probably can’t blame somebodysangel for this one, but I will anyway. There really isn’t any excusing this one. I won’t try.
( All Hands )
Authors: BOHICA/
becisvolatileRating: M-MA
Characters:Ensemble
Genre: Smut
Summary: … because it’s lonely at sea.
Disclaimer: Fiction, based on fiction belonging to someone who is not me.
Notes: I probably can’t blame somebodysangel for this one, but I will anyway. There really isn’t any excusing this one. I won’t try.
( All Hands )
Singing Off-Key To:: "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls
03 November 2008 @ 06:16 pm
Dude,
What did I ever do to Papa Roach to make them hate me? Other than rip off one of their songs for a vid? Not that it matters now because they totally killed the audio on the clip.
*hates*
And it's not like I've even made enough vids for youtube to go around killing them off!
What did I ever do to Papa Roach to make them hate me? Other than rip off one of their songs for a vid? Not that it matters now because they totally killed the audio on the clip.
*hates*
And it's not like I've even made enough vids for youtube to go around killing them off!