Ok, I'm not going to click anymore links until this one is done...3rd rewrite...third times I'll comment about my fucking watch not switching over to the 1st on its own. I can't blame my watch for not knowing what month it is when it only displays the days.

Work was work. Since The Sarge switched the new Lt. for today off and I actually worked today(much to my surprise) I finally got to work with him since he's been in country for 3 weeks. Ed was also in again. The Lt. commented how accepting I am with Ed as the new guy. I had to tell the Lt. that I've known Ed since grade 4...No way he could have known.

Staci peaked my interest with a slash fic set during that SG1 episode "Absolute Power" where harcesis Shifu shows Daniel a future where he possess all the genetic knowledge of the Goa’uld. Mckay and Sheppard have their little moments and I want to read it...

Like I've said: I'm strangely comfortable with this.

Saint came over and we drank a case of Full Throttle(That's 2 can each) and the last 2 beers I had. We watched Hard Candy which I thoroughly enjoyed. Ellen Page is awesome and hot(she's 19 so it's ok) and Patrick Wilson delivered another stellar performance(After Raoul in the Phantom movie and Joe Pitt in the AiA miniseries) Well written and very evil. Loved it.

I still have all the bonus still of X men III to get to. I saw it twice in theatres so I rented it for Pryo to watch(I kept promising I'd take him but never did) I can make it up to him in that way.

You know, checking the spellings for the SG1 related terms I just realized something very important...

I FUCKING MISSED BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

HOLY SHIT

Ok, I'm done with yelling.

I bet my parents were shocked when they got home from whatever they were at to find me at work. I told Pyro I was "called in"...too complicated to say I was late...well, not late. Just not there.

Anything else?

The Beast turned in a resume and got a perfect cold read from Tiffany...Ed, Britany and I shot it down so quickly. I told the Lt. if it was hired I would quit on the spot.

Yeah, that's it.

Well...Brittany(two Ts remember) came into rent 2 days ago and said she hadn't seen Elizabeth in a month just like I had...but considering Elizabeth is her best friend...I look back on the whole conversation and highly doubt it. Brittany has no loyalties to me and would lie on command for Elizabeth.

Of course, a night with Saint makes you paranoid about things.

But Saint is usually right.

-Cleric

I did have an entire rant prepped about how I hate online courses and how difficult/time consuming it is to submit work, especially in a peer edit group...but I did. So I'm less angry about the whole thing. I still emailed my edit partner a copy of my fiction just incase she didn't get it. I think a made a friend: Mary Ann*.

Hmmm, I didn't miss BSG. The big 2 hour premiere is this Saturday.

So I will miss it.

The replay is on Sunday night which I should be home for. Unless that's thanksgiving. Then I won't be home for that either.

I'll quickly paraphrase what was said about my work in one shocking fact I never thought out: That opening story makes Nick seem vaguely misogynistic which was never ever my intention. That and the idea that Nick met Melissa while in Britain? Oh boy would that be fun, but then the character wouldn't be the same. She could be a Canadian living in Britain or just British…again…fun…but not going to happen. Maybe in an alternate and/or future timeline her descendants will be British. Nick already has a great great great great grand son that is a Starfleet Marine working out of the USS Yeager. (Is that enough greats to set it in the 26^th century?)

I watched a documentary on the History channel this morning before Stargate about the RAF vs. the Luftwaffe and Night Fighting during the Second World War. I keep researching fighter pilots because that's how I want my...Daeva Story pilots to be like: WWII pilots in modern craft. So now my story is a rip off of:

1. Halo
2. BSG
3. Pearl Harbour? (Eww no)

I have to rent "American Beauty" ASAP before another classmate beats me to it which would be ironic as hell.

Still dealing with my Sheppard "problem." Frankly I don't even know what to call it. Staci wouldn't say this is a problem, just a step forward. I think it's just a "Man-Crush" taken a bit too high.

Maybe I shouldn't have said that one.

Frankly, I'm just too complicated to figure out...

Poli Sci today with a day off which will be spent applying all these fun and wonderful edits to my story. Apparently not everybody knows what a Beretta is. Shame really. I guess I should say that Nick's weapon in this story is a Vancouver ERT issue(explain what the ERT is) Beretta 96G double action recoil operated pistol chambered in .40 calibre with an 11+1 round magazine and a shortened barrel. The G designation means the weapon has no active safety and the decocker serves only to lower the hammer. Explaining the concept of a "thumb break" will be harder.

"It's that thing on the holster that keeps your gun in place."
"But I thought that was a holster's job?"
"It just keeps it in...More..."

On second thought, that Tuesday shift I "picked up" will once again not allow me to see House. Odd. I don't seem to mind that much. I'll be there to cover any big happenings and make sure Mark and Tiffany don't rip each other's throats out.

Apparently I know alot about SG1 but so little. I barely even remember Sokar but he was a Big Bad. Such a Big Bad he chose to be Satan. Holy Shit! Oh, and just to make this clear...

Matter of Time(Season 2) was the episode that established the 38 minute** rule and dealt with the Black Hole sticking the gate open and messing with the flow of time
48 Hours(Season 5) was McKay’s debut dealing with Teal'c trapped in midtransit and trying to get the DHD from the Russians...which they seized from the Nazis in WWII.
Redemption(Season...ugh...6) was the first flight of the X302(Abydos One) and the Anubis Gate exploding superweapon(big red hot Iris weapon) and something really annoying: McKay AND Jonas. At least I like McKay.

I keep thinking 48 hours was Redemption...Clear?

No? Good.

Gah, it's 7 and I have to leave for class in roughly 4 hours and 9 minutes.

Come to think of it: Season 6 had so many good things like the X302/F202, "Abyss"(Mmmm Jack and Daniel***), "The Other Guys"(tee hee, Patrick McKenna), "Allegiance"(Jaffa/To’kra showdown and Jack with an M249) and the Prometheus. Jonas just messes it all up.

Ok, I'm done Stargate ranting. Britany wouldn't like that. I try to keep the Stargating down if I'm even with Mark, Staci and Britany. Britany can talk about BSG, but she hates Stargate. *frown*

Done...

All together.

-Cleric

*See, I usually note the name of people I meet for future references, but when it's all done by email that gets kind of pointless. Ha, she even said I should get some sleep (an email being sent at 2)...that's not going to happen.

**Boy, Sheppard wishes they never set that rule...second episode into Atlantis...what is it called? What happens to Sheppard? Or John. Should I start calling him John?

***Shouldn’t have said that either…

Nothing to Colour Code today.

Saint is crashing on the couch in the other room. She called me up around 3 and then hit me on MSN when I didn't answer. We took a small walk to the park and came back to have what could pass as breakfast(Two types of pie and a peanut butter bagel with a ginger ale?) I finally had a great excuse to break out my Starbucks creamer set.

I'm not going to sleep. I do have a shift at 6 but most of the day will be dedicated to Poli Sci prep. If the exam is only the first two chapters there is no excuse for me to do poorly on them.

Discussion Groups are flawed. How can you not mark what we have written down if what we wrote down was what we discussed? I hope I get posted with a better group next time.

I dropped into work before and after class. I got American Beauty thanks to Staci. Funny, in those...4 hours (before/after class) something bad happened to Britany. It was sad and funny all at the same time. Not really funny, but...not just sad.

Yeah, I'm still tired. I spent most of the morning shaking and I couldn't tell if that was from caffeine intake or lack of sleep itself. It could be a combination of both.  

Saint asked me how I could watch the same Stargate episodes over and over again. Today it was "Rules of Engagement" which I have literally seen 20 times over the years. I just like Stargate. Simple as that. Though yes, Rule of Engagement is cheesy sometimes due to all the young actors, but a solid ep. Now a days I tend to lean more towards Atlantis instead of SG1. You all know why.... (Sigh)

I might play some more halo later. Pyro and mum are due up soon.

Done and done.

-Cleric 

Staci left a voicemail on my phone while I was at work. Simply put while out with her friend she saw a car with a vanity plate reading: WRAITH.

Tee hee.

I think that was a good point to start an entry on.

Work was work with a mid shift. Mark and Ed were in. It is very easy to tell people we have no late fees. It feels good when someone comes in and says "This is late, I want to pay the fee." then you reply "Sorry, you can't pay your late fee." Some customers are still in shock wondering how will we make money....it's not like we've stopped selling things...

 Things(and people) I SHOULD like but don't:

1. Apple Crisp-Apples and cinnamon? No, it looks like barf
2. Calliegh Duquesne(Emily Proctor) on CSI Miami- Hot blonde who likes gun? No, that proves just how much I hate ALL of CSI

Yeah, that's pretty much it. I thought I could make that one bigger.

I'm debating whether I have a Joe Flanigan...thing or a John Sheppard thing. Frankly I think a lot of Joe comes through Sheppard.

I thought I wouldn't talk about that anymore. Boy, Elizabeth would be oddly proud. Proud, of course if either of us cared at this point. I thought about her for a moment yesterday(part of a conversation with a customer led to it) I'm going to have to phone her up directly to get my stuff back. The Phantom DVD and OotP WILL NOT be her trophies from this kill(A bit too much?) I feel like my head is stuffed and mounted upon a wall, but I am no ones prey. (Definitely too much)

Ooooer, that's more creative writing spilling over. Speaking of that, I have to make Nick come off more sensitive and Emily Harris seem less stupid. She can be someone who made a mistake and she won't be a detective. She'll be the patrol constable that called it in. Duncan has to be added to hold Nick back because taking 1 mighty swing might be cool, but it makes no sense. Nick has to want to turn the boyfriend's face into burger.

I still can't come up with a way to explain a thumb break. It is two separate words though I have seen it spelt "thumbreak" which makes no sense to me.   

Expect me to apply the edit later tonight with the laptop at Starbucks.  I have to have my dog eared highlighted scribble copy and the peer edited highlighted copies together.

I'm a terrible peer editor. I compliment people's work too much and I can't see grammar mistakes.

I should write new characters. My stable is getting a little stale. They can't all be the strong leading men with a sense of humour...well, they aren't...but most tend to lean that way. 

Yeah, I'm done.

Why am I up so early? Actually, I'm not up. I haven't gone to bed...

-Cleric 

I hope it gets colder soon. I work much better in the cold weather.

I do not, however, work well with a pint in me. So much for all the well earned tolerance. Staci invited me out for drinks with everybody else(Well, just Mark but Melyssa and Britany came later) I think that was the most drunk I've ever been. Sure felt like that when I got up at 3. I still made class on time. Froc hasn't finished marking the exams, but the marks will be on website soon. He asked Omar and I how we were handling it and I replied that "2nd Round is easier." All we got was a confused look from Froc's face....From what Omar and I can determine Froc remembers us from 1100(different classes) and 1200(same class) but NOT from our 2300 from the Spring term. I even made it a point of asking him during spring if he was teaching it in the fall.

I can't really remember what I said last night but if it was with Staci and Britany it must have been random and Stargate related. I swear I told Staci what I doodled in my stratch book during a boring Poli Sci lecture: "I like Sheppard better in OD greens." You can take that line anyway you'd like to, but I know exactly how she took it. She told me I was still alright.

Wow, watch this entry bounce around all over the place. I kept wondering why I was having a very easy time with stats this semester. Simple: I'm reading the book more. I have to wonder WHY am I reading the book more. That itself is equally as simple: Considering how much I hate Poli Sci and Philo, Stats is a plesant alternative when I can no longer edit or write for CRWR. This proves I really HATE Poli Sci and Philo.

I can believe I watched "Thrity Eight Minutes" on City now that they'll running Atlantis in sydication. I really enjoyed it despite it being the 15th time I've seen it. For a moment: I was worried about Sheppard. Come on, that's not the worst thing that's happened to him.

• Getting fed on by several different Wraiths

• Almost turning into a Wraith(After Kaylee bit him...wait)

• Clamping himself to the side of a hive ship

• Getting harpooned in the back by Koyla

• Forced to relive that painful Afgantistan memory in Phantoms

Those are the ones I know off the top of my head. That's Sheppard for you...always getting into trouble.

 Next one, I promise I won't talk about Sheppard. It's very hard not too.

Elizabeth would be proud(I already said that but it bears repeating as a set up for this part) I've come to conclusion that I wasn't gay enough for her. Remember I once said the reason I was a successful boyfriend with her is that I was gay enough to like the things she like(Musicals, theatre, etc) but still straight enough to like her. I remember she once got upset(that's a bit strong) when we were at a friend's birthday. I started talking with the guys there about Halo and Need for Speed. That didn't make her too happy. Still, I'm not upset about it. Anyone that talks to another person(on her phone) for half an hour while we're on a date just annoys me. I only talked to Saint for 5 minutes and that's when I was setting up the laptop. That was a geekdate, not an official one like the Phantom was.

I want my friggin' book/DVD back. I've had several offers from other people to retrieve it(well, Saint and Britany) but I'm going to have to wade kneedeep into that Serpants Nest sooner or later. I wonder what lie she told her parents? Nothing postive about me that's for sure. Maybe she told them I was a Goth Punk...or they finally realized what my last name is...Racist parents....

 I know I said I'm not getting depressed about it. However, I'm just depressed in general.

Done. I'll finish editing my fiction tomorrow. I'll do the American Beauty Review Saturday...and Submit it all early sunday so I can laze about for Thanksgiving.

-Cleric

Ok, I think I have to recap, in a nutshell.

Thought I worked Saturday, but didn't. I ended up accidentally taking Britany's 5-9 because I didn't answer Tiffany's Voicemail. I thought I had Sunday off, but didn't. So I ended up missing Thanksgiving dinner.

There, that'll set a nice precedence for the rest of the stupidity coming up.

I was at a point last week where I was so alone I almost considered dating Staci. Once again that's at least two steps from actually doing something. (Consider it farther than Britany, despite more words) All relative counsel on the matter advises the same thing: It's a really REALLY stupid idea. Dating someone you A) work with and B) is a combination of the last two people you were "interested in"(see how far Elizabeth has fallen?) is a really bad idea. Operation: This Will Most Likely End Badly type of bad idea. Right now I've snapped out of it. The theory is if I didn't have a girlfriend for 19 years, I can survive the next few months no problem.

Online Course Woes

I rushed through the first 15 minutes of American Beauty and wrote a horrid review. I edited the fiction, now officially in canon as "Being Just" I added some parts to clear up some confusion but believed if you can't figure out what a "Beretta" is in context you are not trying. My box fizzled out and I was forced to pack the Lappy into Starbucks. I think 7 is worth it to submit a 20% project.

Next up is the screenplay. I'm legitimately looking at that Star Wars Holiday Special Hunters idea. You'll know my decision in the upcoming weeks. I want to explore a non military/LE protagonist for once. Like me, but way cooler.

The Star Wars idea could work. Chapter 2 of my text says that it's key to know your subject. If I know anything, I know Star Wars.

I promised Britany half a pumpkin pie tomorrow. Maybe Ala Carte.

(Whatever that means)

No exceptions or excuses: I'm getting a haircut Tuesday!

More Geeking out: The projectile weapon on an F302 is a standard cannon that was taken from a real USAF Fighter jet. I assumed it was a rail gun because I believed guns could not operate in a vacuum. However, most gunpowder has enough of an oxidizer to ignite in a full vacuum. According to some preliminary research a projectile weapon is more deadly in space. Why the F302? Remember that McShep fanfic Staci sent me (I’m still her friend/coworker) McKay lets Sheppard (who is now Rodney's pet from Daniel) fly the then prototypical X302. It’s really cute moment too.

Alright, one more weirder one and I'm off. After looking up SGC Vest contents I had an odd dream which involved me in full Atlantis Turnout gear and some "moments" with Angela.

Something about "going slower."

Other than that, it's been a long painful week. Did I even mention the Poli Sci test?

-Cleric

A wasted day off, but I think sleep was a good option. That haircut is looking less and less likely. I keep wondering if Patricia is in more than just Tuesday and Saturday. One would assume she must be. Full Time barber.

Sunday (technically yesterday to me) I told Britany about last week's moment of weakness regarding Staci. Yes, Britany 's opinion of me dropped a couple of points, but I made some of them up by offering her half a pumpkin pie. Britany + Family isn't a viable formula, so my small thanksgiving gesture was well received.  

Mark led close with a Britany assist tonight. Here's hoping it's better than Sunday. Tuesday usually keeps people at home with good Tv, despite being a baseball hiatus(NO House?! What?!)

Whole family is sick. I'm feeling a little throat tickle, but nothing major. Funny, I haven't been sick since I stopped dating Elizabeth. I would always come home from dates with shooting leg pain, a sore throat a splitting headache. Maybe I was actually allergic to her. Gasp, maybe I'm allergic to women! It would suck, but it wouldn't be a surprise: I haven't built up any resistance. Like Small pox and Natives. Yes, that's a bad analogy. Still, fitting. It doesn't mean I'm gay either (like so many other people assume)

Somedays I doubt my sexuality, then some days I'm really too straight for my own good. Expect that whole Sheppard thing...I told Britany and she thought it was "Adorable."

I strive in my daily life to do nothing adorable. I guess I'm not trying hard enough.

The first hour of Thank You for Smoking rocked however I got that one defective one I know about so I have to return it. Next Creative Writing movie up is Arlington Road and Adaptation.

My screenplay is coming along. John Milnor's description is a little rough, but I'll pound it out as we go along.

Done and done.

Now I have to lie down.

-Cleric

PS. Clan Co-leader?! Me?  Are they crazy? 

I might hate discussion classes, but they tend to end early if you have a good group.

I stopped by the store and loaded up on the Sick Basics: Soup, bread, cough drops and jerky. It'll be a good rest of the day.

I bought Arlington Road for about 10. Worth it, really.

Work was work last night. Mark and I work well together, we just don't get anything done. Talking about Geek stuff slows you down a bit...

Now, all the trivial stuff is out of the way.

Elizabeth was on MSN this morning and yeah, we've come to a nice agreement that it is over. My Book and DVD are inbound as soon as she can smuggle it out of her house (Still a futon item.) It's like that magic trick with the two solid steel rings that drift away like rings of smoke.

Officially it is over: January 19th 2006-October 11th 2006

I'm the type of guy that likes to tie up loose ends. We're still friends (a little higher than Staci, in between Britany and Saint) and maybe we'll see each other on campus or at The Firm. Elizabeth will have a wee tiny place in my heart by being the first relationship, but it's purely ceremonial. I'm not broken up about it as it has been said before:

"I've been without a girlfriend for 18 years, I can handle the next few months no problem."

Funny, St. Patrick's Day never covered October. It starts with November.

Tee hee. I couldn't help but add that one.

I'll take a moment and wonder which way she'll wear the ring, if she wears the ring at all....moment over.  

I'm going to go heat up my soup...

-Cleric

Mmmm...Tomato Basil