She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize

Well, Paper Beast Mark II makes its appearance...fortunately this one's not due till Wednesday, but it's still argh-inducing, as I ONLY JUST RECOVERED FROM THE OTHER ONE GODDAMMIT

...On the other hand, after this draft is finished and turned in, all I'll have to do is revise it and add less than 10 pages, and I'll be done for the semester (aside from my calligraphy stuff, which isn't any heavier than usual for the rest of the semester), and I'll have like two-and-a-half weeks to do it in, which will be practically a breeze after this couple of weeks.

So what have I done since I finished the last paper...well, I finished Who S2 (I CRIED ;_;) and started S3. I liked Donna more than I thought I would, given that Catherine Tate as Lauren whatsername can be REALLY IRRITATING sometimes; but I totally don't mind that she's returning for S4! Also, Martha is TOTALLY awesome, and while I still miss Rose I imagine I'll like Martha just as much by the time she leaves. And of course I'm REALLY looking forward to ( Massive spoiler for S4 )

Anyway, my reward for THIS paper is...well, again, to see Superbad - I forgot to watch it after finishing the last paper, and was going to start it today but couldn't finish such a paean to immaturity with a paper hanging fire over my head, argh (I guess there is at least one responsible bone in my body, after all). I also think that once I finish this I will go to the mall and see Enchanted, since I hear really good things about it from folks both in RL and on the flist. Also to finish S3 of New Who, to watch the Old Who episodes I'm getting off of Netflix (Four and Sarah Jane, for the record), and play some Bladestorm and finish Persona 3. :D

Finally, they wanted non-kidsafe Sesame Street, they got non-kidsafe Sesame Street! It also speaks to the cultural power of the bleep in 20th-century America. XD

Going with the silver flow, a river wide with current deep and slow

OH NOES HIED TEH PR0NS

...Seriously, though, I do think I need to do some more investigation into the Russian legal practices and the Russian bloggers' experience with SUP before I make a judgment one way or the other...mostly I have heard that Russia's privacy laws offer no real protection to, for example, not have your credit card numbers given out, so while it SHOULD stay being run out of California it does become a concern, y'know? Also, while I'm not necessarily planning on posting heaps of abuse on Putin, I will feel icky if it turns out that SUP is curtailing free speech on the Russian web, and will obviously not want to support it then. D:

This worries me more than Strikethrough ever did just because, honestly, if it does turn out to be a problem I'm much more likely to stand on principle against literal fascist activities (stamping out politically incendiary speech) than figurative fascist activities (I mean, I like reading pr0nfic, but I'm not gonna lead the Charge of the Light Brigade to save the underage Harry/Draco pr0n, you know?). So if it does turn out to be problematic, rights-wise, and does turn out to essentially turn LJ into a tool to stamp out Russian freedom of speech, then I would be leaving LJ. D:

BUT hopefully that won't happen, and this is all just a tempest in a teapot that will subside soon and will be completely innocuous.