swim through the fires to stay in this world

1.)  When you need something, and your waitress holds up a finger to say 'one minute' DO NOT shove an empty teapot in her way as she's trying to get to another table. That other table has been waiting longer.

2.) When you order take out, especially a complete dinner (or two or three) during the busiest part of a Friday night, DO TIP. Because even though you are just picking up food, your waitress is gathering your meal and double and triple checking that you have the right items. This is time that she would otherwise be spending on the tables she already has. PLUS, she tips the kitchen based on a set percentage of money spent, which means that if you don't tip, the kitchen winds up getting the tips they earn on your ticket from from the gratuity of another table, meaning your waitress will end up making less in tips at the ends of the night. Seriously, even a few dollars will stop your waitress for thinking that you're a self-absorbed ass.

3.) DO NOT give your waitress a credit card that may or may not be working. Because she will spent an extra five minutes fiddling with the computer to make sure that, yes, your card is really and truly not going to be paying for your meal, which stresses her out and delays her from serving other customers.

This has been a public service announcement by redbrunja.

First of all, stainofmylove is hosting an all-fandom comment meme, and it needs writers (also some more prompts would be cool, but there are some excellent prompts there yet sadly not many ficlets!) I'm sure you can guess what's on my to-do list for Sunday. Besides laundry, making signs for a garage sale, and call various friends and family members.

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This article about 25 Things Chef's Won't Tell You mainly told me things I already know (I've worked in a lot of restaurants over the years). One thing, however, annoyed me, which is this article's attitude about servers. Now, I don't know what the chefs said, but speaking as someone who worked in the kitchen and is now waiting tables, the idea that waiters get to take home all this cash tax-free is bullshit. Tips have been taxed since the Regan administration and those tips? Are basically a server's salary. On average, about two-thirds of what I make waitressing is from tips, and my tips depend on a.) how busy it is, b.) how much and of what the customers eat c.) how generous the customer is and c.) how well I serve them. (FYI, living a small tip when you got bad service is completely kosher. Leaving a bad tip because you're old and think that 10% is reasonable is cheap, and leaving a 10% tip because there was one waitress and she had to serve the whole entire restaurant during a rush by herself is bitchy.)

On other note, I actually agree with recycling uneaten bread, because of the few things I don't like about working in a restaurant is the amount of food waste that goes one.

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Day 01 - What is your current favourite ship
Day 02 - What was your very first ship?
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now?
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry?
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry?
Day 06 - The best kiss?
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene?
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage?
Day 09 - The most believable relationship?
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life?

Day 11 - What is your dream pairing?

Katara x Zuko.

Most pairings have one our two tropes in them that suck me in. Zutara encompasses almost every goddamn one of my bulletproof storytelling kinks.

Day 12 - Who had the best wedding?

Elle and Awesome, from Chuck. This was ridiculously hard to think of, given my that my shipping tastes + tastes in media do not lend themselves to shows where people get hitched.

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My reaction to this week's Glee: Oh, Rachel.

( Glee 1x17 )

And this week's fannish5 :

Name your five favorite spaceships.

5.) Kara "Starbuck" Thrace's Viper
4.) Picard's Enterprise
3.) The TARDIS
2.) The Millenium Falcon
1.) Serenity.

Also, you asked me what you'd like to see more of in my livejournal, and I obeyed your command:

On Employment for qualapec  : ( cut ).

On pets for aj : ( snip )

On my favorite charity for lady_with_cats : ( slice )

Best Fictional Mums for xlovelylightx : ( shear )

On the objectification of lesbianism for anonymous, who asked "today there is a lot of music videos that seem to have a lot of girlxgirl action like christina aguilera's not myself tonight or even implied girlxgirl relationships such as honey B and lady gaga. While it is a good thing to see such freedom in sexuality (and advocacy of gay/lesbians) or even a celebration of women as seen in music videos, do you think that, to a certain extent, its just another way to subjugate women and a way for men to fantasize about women?"

( cleavage )

[I find it really interesting that after most of these questions got asked but before I posted my response, I ended up talking about most of these things in other posts and comments. I guess suggestion really works. :-) ]

How I have missed you all.

I just had the last day of work for the summer, and celebrated with a two-hour nap.

Prepare for me to spam you for the next week with answers to comments and posts.

First day at my new job. It turns out that the schedule that was too good to be true was too good to be true. Still, getting off at 3:00 pm? Even on Saturday, that is still damn fine hours. Plus, I think I'll be able to get the time off I need to visit friends.

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fannish5  is looking for ideas for prompts here.

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I finished the latest season of Bones. I'm not entirely sure what I think. I do know I adored the episodes leading up to the finale, but I am uncertain about the penultimate episode as well as the season finale. So I'd love to hear your thoughts, flist.

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where_no_woman is a new Star Trek comm devoted to the ladies. Their profile says it all:

This is a community for fanwork dedicated to the women of Star Trek, particularly those of the 2009 film. Our ongoing mission: to seek out personalities not defined by their husbands and sons, to explore the lives lived only offscreen, to boldly go where all of these women should have gone before.

On that subject, so recs:

The Proper Treatment of Sexoria by igrockspock

Besides being funny as hell, this is a great slice of life about  Gaila.  I enjoyed her unique perspective on things and her longing for friendship, as well as the chance to see Uhura struggling and stressed instead of perfectly on top of everything. Additionally, the bit of Gaila and Spock interaction is choice - it make total sense that he would be able to handle Gaila's cultural differences with equanimity.

Academic Discourse by seriousfic 

Another great look at Gaila - this one from a darker point-of-view with Gaila dealing with a lecture on Orions. I'm not thrilled with the Kirk cameo at the end (honestly, he comes across as more sleazy than sweet) but otherwise an excellent look at what it must feel like to have your culture dissected and discussed by another race.

Break by yahtzee63  part 1 part 2 part 3

Not only the best Uhura/Spock I've read, this is the best character study of Uhura I've read. The author spends a delicious amount of time showing us Uhura in all facets of her life - as an intellectual, as a cadet on the fast track, as well as giving a glimpse at her social life (not relating to Spock). Additionally, Spock's reflections on Amanda Grayson's life and struggles are deeply interesting both for what his assumptions reveal about his perspective on Vulcan as well as his beliefs about the effects a relationship with Uhura would have on him.