There was an earlier post about a friendship only existing if both people like each other by puritybrown  which was right on the money. As a corollary to that I have another observation: people often confuse the concept of friends with that of acquaintances. An acquaintance is someone you have met, are known to, have perhaps conversed with or been in company with multiple times. A friend...

trek_news brings you all the Star Trek-related LJ content every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you'd like to help, contact us at trek.watch@gmail.com - see the community profile for more information. DISCUSSION General Star Trek puritybrown opens discussion about the Prime Directive . marlamcgivers is looking for video responses to a few questions . The...

2. Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah Randa Abdel-Fattah also wrote 'Does My Head Look Big In This?', which I know is very popular and has won various awards. So when I saw 10 Things I Hate About Me I had to buy. Jamilah is a Muslim teen who's proud of her Lebanese heritage and enjoys going to madrasa and playing the darabuka. However, at school she's known as Jamie, and dies her...

Both loneraven and puritybrown rec'd this recently. I ran to the library to get it after the latest post and enjoyed it greatly. To recap quickly, it's about a young Chinese woman whose parents send her to London for a year to study English. It's in first person, addressed to the British man she met and lived with during most of the year, and the narrative reflects Zhuang's developing...

So, in the post about the FAQ draft , puritybrown and rydra_wong suggested linking to some of the posts people have written about why they do 50books_poc, or what they've gotten out of doing it. carenejeans and I think it's a good suggestion. I've already asked a few people for permission to link their posts -- oyceter , vassilissa , and rachelmanija...

chopchica : WARNING - Yesterday, I went to megaupload to download a new Merlin vid. I've downloaded from megaupload a billion times and never had a problem but yesterday, I immediately ended up with the Virtumonde/Vundo trojan horse on my computer - (tags: alert virus fandom ) thingswithwings : a few words on warnings - But for now, here is a post about why I like warnings...

Teenaged rebellion, Let's start with an easy one, eh? Teenage rebellion in general is a trick thing - I'm not convinced it exists, in that I'm not certain teenagers actually have an intrinsic need to rebel per se. Babies, toddlers, children and teenagers do need to try things out to see how they suit them, and part of that is trying things which are not generally well-regarded by their family...

Yes, another meme. I'm working on a couple of real content posts. Maybe I'll even finish one of them. This is why I twitter - I don't get round to the real posts. BTW, I've changed my loudtwitter settings, so only selected posts will be shipped from today (fingers crossed). Anyway, the meme (via inannajones and puritybrown : Describe me in one word... just one single word. -...

Hi, I'm new to this comm but have been reading it for several weeks. Last week puritybrown said she was the last person in the Western hemisphere who hadn't read Dreams of My Father so I'm in good company, being the second-to-last at that point. I've had it on my bookshelf for months but didn't start to read it until Inauguration Day, and I wonder if I was unconsciously trying to protect...

Fic recommendation for the Stargate ladies. Includes Sam, Vala, Janet, Cassandra, Sarah, Jolinar, Teyla, Elizabeth, Laura, Sora, Katie and a few others Bodies in Motion , by ziparumpazoo . Sam&Vala, Driving is only two-dimensional. Far less complex than piloting an Alkesh. Short and sweet friendship road-trip piece. Ya Vas Lyubil , by draegonhawke . Sam&Daniel, In learning Russian...