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Masterlist of my fics A-D - fandoms listed alphabetically, and then by pairing when applicable. For easy reference for myself, mostly (but feel free to use if you want). Will be updated with new fics as they are written.

(A note on warnings - I list warnings in author notes if I consider the fic to need it. If there is nothing mentioned, it means I find nothing particular to warn about. Though I cannot know what might trigger a reader, I do try my best to warn for the more common ones.)

Fandoms included: Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, The Chronicles of Narnia, CSI, Doctor Who

Fic Masterlist fandoms F-Z

( Crossovers )

( Battlestar Galactica )

( Buffy )

( The Chronicles of Narnia )

( CSI )

( Doctor Who )

Masterlist of my fics A-D - fandoms listed alphabetically, and then by pairing when applicable. For easy reference for myself, mostly (but feel free to use if you want). Will be updated with new fics as they are written.

(A note on warnings - I list warnings in author notes if I consider the fic to need it. If there is nothing mentioned, it means I find nothing particular to warn about. Though I cannot know what might trigger a reader, I do try my best to warn for the more common ones.)

Fic Masterlist fandoms A-D.

Fandoms included: Flashforward, Fringe, Fringe,Lord of the Rings, Merlin, Nikita, Rome, Star Trek (reboot) and World of Warcraft.

( FlashForward )

( Fringe )

( Lord of the Rings )

( Merlin )

( Nikita )

( Rome )

( Star Trek (reboot) )

( World of Warcraft )

100 things meme: #3
Loves: Spring in Norway

I love spring in Norway. Maybe it's the long winter we have to get through to get there. Maybe it's how you can see nature awaken. Maybe it's the way you can see even us Norwegians begin to thaw. Maybe it's the sun, making the days longer and longer. Maybe it's everything.

( Pictures, oh pictures, oh my )

This has been some of the reasons I love spring in Norway.

A visiting Iraqi relative of a victim threw a shoe at Breivik. Huh, yeah. Didn't Bush get thrown a shoe at in Iraq as well? I guess it's intended as an insult, kinda akin to showing the finger or something. Which Norway is metaphorically doing to Breivik pretty much every day, so yeah, can understand it. But that was the first actual outburst in this trial, which has gone on for weeks now. To which I can only say, given the emotions and strain and pain it is to be there, it's a credit to people's composure. (BBC has a bit about the sort of testimonies the court is currently hearing, so you can maybe imagine what it's like to be there, though it's also been a week of autopsy reports and every victim has had a sort of memorial when presented in court. It's been a week of pain and remembering loss, basically. Even the judges and lawyers cried.) Still, it drains you keeping it in. It has to be released in other ways. I am writing a bit to get some of it out of me, but I try to find other outlets too or I'm going to crack. I've gotten home some days and just sat and stared at the wall, nothing left in me. There's the offer to talk to professionals too, which I might do at some point.

So I'm alive. Sorta. Work and trial and everything else is wearing me out more than a bit, but summer holidays do beckon in the distance, so there's that. Also Diablo III and pandas at some point (PANDAS PANDAS PANDAS), which will be good. I need the distractions. I've almost decided to change my main WoW character into a panda when race change becomes an option. Of course, this does create a slight issue since my character has done things like banish Ragnaros, enter the stomach of an Old God, take down Illidan, reignite the Soulwell, stick arrows in the brain of an Old God, travel to Northrend and see the fall of Arthas and the sacrifice of Bolvar, banish Ragnaros again and kill three armor plates, four arms and the head of Deathwing - all of which canonically happened prior to pandas making contact with the rest of Azeroth. I guess if I do make the change, I will also make it head!canon that my panda made friends with Chromie and became a time-traveling panda temporarily disguised as a Night Elf until she could reveal her real furry self without changing history anymore than she already has by going back in time and killing evil things, that is.

Meanwhile in TVland, renewals and cancellations are happening. I lost some shows I enjoyed watching (Ringer, the silliness of GCB) but Nikita and Fringe and Scandal (which I've grown to enjoy) got renewed, so overall I am pleased. There will be stuff to watch come autumn also. Need my distractions, that's for sure. Plus Game of Thrones will possibly live for seasons and seasons and I can keep watching the reactions of non-book readers to all the stuff that will happen. How are your shows doing?

Some fun links to round off:

- 25 most beautiful libraries in the world. BOOOOOKS.
- Live kitten cam. KITTENS.
- A Brit lists 26 things he's learned from living a year in Norway.
- Changing of the Royal Guard outside the palace in Norway featuring a certain Michael Jackson song.
- Norway tests carbon capture technology. Featuring our PM talking English in his tell-tale sing-song Norwegian way.
- Panda dance moves, WoW style.

100 things meme: #2
Loves: Anglo-Celtic men.

I got a thing for Anglo-Celtic men. This isn't a shocker if you've poked around my LJ a bit. It's the accent, see. Scottish. Irish. Welsh. English. Mmmmm-mmm. Just listening to it makes me all happy and if the accent is then attached to a good looking member of the opposite sex (same gender has sadly never done much for me, or I'd have twice as many Anglo-Celtic people to drool over), much drooling ensues. If I get told "lie back and think of Englandthe British Isles", I'm all "yes, please!"

Maybe it's because I grew up with a lot of BBC. Maybe it's because my forefathers used to pillage and plunder the British Isles and I now want to plunder their men. Maybe it's because their accents are just that delicious in general. Who knows. Either way: Mmmm-mmmm.

And because it's not proper Anglo-Celtic appreciation without some pictures, behold a few of my favourite specimens. A few bonus ones of Ioan Gruffudd, since I recently found a photoshoot he did, and HELLO THERE IOAN.

( Anglo-Celtic men represent! Graphic heavy, obviously )

Feel free to bring your own examples or appreciation in comments.

100 things meme: #1
Aspects of Norway: Roses and Song and Symbols
(aka Oh What a Contrary Lot We Are)

It takes no genius to figure out that I am quite fond of this silly little country of mine. It is my extended family, and part of me too. So I thought I'd use part of this 100 things meme (only part - there will be hot British dudes too, promise!) to explain a few aspects of Norway. And given what happened today, I thought I'd use that to illustrate one aspect of Norwegian people that has come to light of late. I mentioned the other day that after Breivik mentioned his hatred for a particular song, a Facebook campaign came together to have Norwegians sing that particular song this Thursday at noon. And so, at noon in the pouring rain, 40,000 people gathered in Oslo in the middle of a work day for a sing-along with roses along with thousands elsewhere in the country. Apparently Iceland had one too.

(Coverage here, here, here, here and even at Fox News here. Video here - hope it's available for non-Norwegians too. If not, try here.)

The English version was sung too, the original Pete Seeger one. Afterwards, there was a rose march to the court where the trial is going on, and roses where put down there. A few pictures of it here, here and here. (The quote is from a famous Norwegian poem from 1936, 'To the Youth'. It reads: "Here is your protection against violence, Here is your sword, The belief in our life, The Worth of Humanity". You can hear it sung here with English subtitles. It became very popular again after July 22nd and was sung in the official memorial service.) Even some of the lawyers got a bit teary talking about seeing the procession and hearing the singing.

This all echoes the response to July 22nd itself, with the rose marches and the quiet grief and the determination to remain the Norway we are. Breivik dismissed all that as "typical Norwegian not to be allowed to be angry." As with everything else, he doesn't get it. Of course we've been angry. Of course I've been angry. I must have thought 'faen ta deg, Breivik' (Norwegian for 'fuck you') a million times this year. I still get angry. But anger is just one of many emotions we're feeling. And we are feeling them.

The thing is, Norway are mostly a quiet country. We're a small country, in many ways mostly an uneventful one. We're peaceful and quiet and maybe a touch naive and definitely quite lucky and occasionally silly. We're stubborn. We like to go our own way. We're contrary. Maybe we get a bit passive aggressive sometimes. Our forefathers were hard people, surviving in a hard land, creating certain values along the way. We too help make up the stereotype Nordic stoic. We go for understatement. We're often seen as reserved because we don't want to impose or push ourselves onto other's private space. We're not always great at expressing emotions.

But we do feel. So we often take to symbols to show it. A rose to show shared grief and shared love. A poem to express that the war Breivik wants to start, we will not fight on his violent terms. A march to show we're together in this. A song to tell Breivik that yes, faen ta deg. Fuck you. A proper dignified trial (and not a single angry word has been shouted at Breivik in court yet, despite the presence of both survivors and relatives of the dead) to show that yes, we're still a contrary people. We'll do this our way.

We're a contrary people. We're a quiet people. Today, I stood next to an old woman in the raid, as she held her rose up and tried not to cry while people were singing. She didn't say anything. She was still speaking very loudly.

Because well, life can also have the good and sometimes it's wise to focus on that. Thus I give you Good Things:

- Breivik continues to insult pretty much everyone by his hateful ignorance of anything resembling reality, and how do my people decide to respond? By covering the entrance to the court in roses and scheduling a national sing-along on Thursday of the song Breivik most hates. (This one..) I adore you, fellow Norwegians. Let us continue to find peaceful and creative ways of giving the douchebag the proverbial finger.
- A friend gave me waffle for lunch today as a Norwegian way of showing affection and care. I also had ice cream later in the day. Comfort food, thy name is indeed comfort.
- I have new LJ banners! All made by the talented ladyheatherlly. They will come up between the older ones in random order in my LJ layout, but I also uploaded them to Tumblr if you want to look: Four Norway banners, two Fringe & two Nikita and three Ringer and one Game of Thrones.
- A Welshman in a kilt. Mmm-mmm. (Yes, I'm aware it's a link to the Daily Fail. Let the pretty outweigh that.)
- Next week might be sunny again. Oh, weathergods, be a little nice to us and give us some nice weather for May and the summer. April has been colder than March, come on.
- I am continuing to enjoy Game of Thrones this season, even if I hope we get more naked men soon. You know, in the interest of equality and perving. Also, why did I suddenly find Stannis hot when he was correcting Davos on the latter's grammar? Guess we know what I like. Also, Nikita is still awesome (oh so awesome), Fringe looks to be gearing for an awesome finale and Ringer had a season (series?) ending I can live with (even if it made my shipping heart sad, which I am correcting in my head!canon as well as fanfic).
- I can have Facebook in nynorsk. This is awesome. Som many -ar endings everywhere it would make falena84 dizzy. My favourite nynorsk-word is still "gjødselskjellarar".
- My father has decided that for all the IT help I've given him since he started his little one-man company, he's gonna pay me a salary come June. More money to use on vacation is never bad.
- There is Shakespeare in Maori, complete with a haka. I want to see that, dammit.

What are good things for you this week?

So, first week of the trial against Anders Behring Breivik. I knew it would be an emotional experience, but I couldn't quite imagine just how it would be. In some ways it's been worse, and in some ways it's just been... WTF is the only word I can think of. When Breivik at one point talked about being so well educated and then went on to say his learnings came from Wikipedia, I literally laughed out loud in court. I mean, seriously. It's utterly absurd. And then I got so angry because his justifications for what he did is so full of actual factual errors and doesn't at all hold together and for the publication of that piece of shit he murdered 77 people? For that?! Seriously, he wanted to kill hundreds of people, behead a former prime minister to upload it onto YouTube and this is meant to show us how barbaric muslims are? The logic, it is lacking. Seems to be a common flaw with him. His reasoning doesn't hold up at all.

And then there was today and his detailed emotionless explanations of the murders on Utøya and I have no words to describe how it feels like to listen to how he killed so many, how he killed people I know, and sit next to people who survived him but so easily might not have. So many young. I knew one who had celebrated her 14th birthday two days before Breivik shot her in the head. It's just... I don't know. Even his defense lawyers were teary at the end - who are doing a very difficult job and living up to our ideals, so I admire them very much. I've cried. I will undoubtedly cry more as the trial continues.

What has become very clear though his explanation was his intention to kill many, many more. He thought by chasing them to the sea they'd drown in panic - there were over 500 people there, his goal was to kill 600. But he didn't count on the people living or camping nearby Utøya, who took their boats out and at risk to their own lives, saving hundreds. (Breivik did shoot at those boats, so the risk was very real.) He also called the bombing "a failure", since it didn't kill enough people. He wanted it to make the main building collapse and to have placed it earlier, when more people were still at work. (Including my mother.)

The Guardian has a live blog of the trial, if you can stomach it.

It's also becoming quite clear that he reads the media reports about his behaviour during the trial and adapts his statements and demeanor somewhat to "correct" the impression he's making. The first day he made no emotional reaction to the long list of his victims being read out, but cried at the showing of his own propaganda video. The day after, when there had been much media attention of this, he claimed he cried because he thought 'of his country dying'. He even declared himself a 'nice guy, really' today, and tries to hold himself up as some sort of protector of Norway and his idea of Norwegian values. (Fuck you, all you've done is harm this country don't you ever dare to claim to love Norway and justify killing 77 Norwegians in the next breath fuck you FUCK YOU.) It's also clear he very much wants attention. And fans of him have started to turn up - some Americans, some Finns, some people trying to get into the trial. He's also charmingly slammed women, claiming we lack backbone and comprehensions abilities.

He's been blaming his actions on anyone but himself. It's Norway's fault for being multicultural. It's the media's fault for not letting right-wingers have enough space for their views. It's the victims' fault for supporting multiculturalism. Hell, some people have even vaguely backed him up claiming this is a punishment on Norway for being secular. I don't think anyone ever deserves what was done here, quite simply. He said in court he can't let himself realise the horror of what he has done because it would break him - deflecting blame for it thus makes sense. I suspect he will never let himself face that the blame is solely his.

The main question of the trial is Breivik's sanity. I can see now why opinions are divided on it. There is clearly something wrong in his head, but is that the same as being not criminally liable for his actions? That I am not sure of - but my layman's opinion from this week is that he is liable, that the delusions he's come under he's sought out himself. We shall see what the court decides in the end.

Finally, if he is found liable, it is true Norway's maximum penalty is 21 years. However, we do also have containment, which is a preventative measure and basically means life imprisonment if someone is considered a danger. Breivik will never be let out. As for the death penalty, Norway doesn't have it. Majority of Norwegians don't support it, and that number has not changed after Breivik's action. What he did, he did to us, and as such, it is we who choose how to try and sentence him. This trial is horrible, but we do this because the principles and ideals of our society is far more important than Breivik - and because doing anything else lets him harm us even further. Survivors of Utøya have been stressing that exact point. The CNN wrote a bit about our desire to live up to our values, as well as a look on our prison system.

There were flowers outside the court today again. Our PM posted this picture to his public Facebook today. The rose has become our symbol after July 22nd. I hope we can continue to make it so, that when the nine weeks of this trial has been endured, Breivik will be put away (either into psychiatric care or into prison), but that the roses and what they symbolize will remain. That we're Norway, that we hold to our values, our democracy, our openness, our human rights commitments and that we answer violence with roses. That's what we owe those we lost.

Second Chances (Martins Against the World)
by misscam

Summary: Everyone deserves a second chance, right? Even the Martin family and the ex-stripper who would like to be a part of it – right? [Bridget/Andrew, Juliet, Siobhan, Henry.]

Rating: Teen. Implied adult activities.

Disclaimer: Not my characters, just my words.

Author's Note: Post 1x22. Sort of a fix-it in case there is no second season, and because I need a distraction from real life at the moment.

( “I keep looking for something, anything, to tell me that this too is a lie, that you don't love me. But how can I when every time you look at me you practically scream it? Every time you lower your eyes so I won't see it in your eyes, your face still radiates with it. How can I when I hear it every time you say my name?” )

{Take the 100 Things challenge!}

And mine will be
Cam's 100 Things: Loves, Likes, Items of Importance and Aspects of Norway

If you have some requests that fall in under that, feel free to make them in comments.

So, Breivik has been found sane by another batch of experts and the trial starts on Monday and it's going to be a fucking circus and yet I won't be able to look away and quite a few I know are going to testify and I have to explain to kids - including one who lost her sister to this dude - that the principle of fair trial means even Breivik gets to explain himself in court and will attempt to justify murdering 77 people, most of them teens, and I don't even.

I don't know. I dread this. I dread the impact it will have on the survivors and next of kin too. The list of witnesses Breivik wants to call has been released and it clearly indicates he will attempt to use this trial to promote himself and his ideas and justify his shit. Then there's the witness accounts of the survivors. I've heard some of them, and I know they will be harrowing and heartbreaking. Plus Breivik's defence lawyer has pretty much warned us we need to steel ourselves for what Breivik will say - which apparently includes feeling sorry he couldn't kill more people. Yeah. Isn't Breivik a charmer?

This might be Breivik's trial, but it will be a trial in the other sense for Norway. I just want it to be done. Please, please be done soon. To tell the truth, I am slightly worried about my emotional response to all this as well. Just gotta get through it, I guess.

So yeah. Might need a bit of hand-holding and hugs and cheerful things to distract me in the coming weeks because they are going to be shit.

It's time for the yearly traditional 'can I do anything for you?'.

(I've done this previous years as well, but I'm repeating it, because it's still mostly true and it's become sort of a tradition.)

Right now, my life is fairly comfortable economically. I've been where it isn't, and it is not a good place to be at all. And because I've had such great times with you all, flist of awesome, and because I am a social democrat at heart, I like to share the good.

This is an open offer of a little hand, or maybe a paid LJ account is something you don't have the money for right now but would really cheer you up or anything in that vein. Because the Norwegian krone is strong and our income level a bit higher than a lot of places, it's easy for me and it is such a small thing compared to how much splendid time I've had on LJ with you all.

So. Comments are screened. Only you and I will know, and we'll never speak of it again.

(After my card details were stolen from PayPal last year I'm afraid I am not using that service at the moment, but there might be other ways to do things. Hit me up in comments!)

ETA: Oh, and of course this offer goes for things I could help you with that is non-economic too. Just as long as it's something I could actually be helpful with and not manage to make worse.

Battle of the egos - or the dicks?: Creator of Community Dan Harmon and Chevy Chase seem to have some feud going, involving cussing each other out in public and leaving nasty phone messages that are then played in public.

Neither impresses me a whole lot with their behaviour, but it does make me curious just what is behind it all and how often shows actually have conflicts in the cast. Probably more often than what we hear about - have a group of people and conflicts tend to pop up - right, fandom?

Now I started wondering about what other shows have ongoing feuds - and which ones that have casts that genuinely get along. *ponders*

I've been quite educated on the antics of Rick Santorum, but I still can't believed he'd almost call Obama a certain word. I mean, seriously? And yet I can't really think of another word he'd be going for there, especially given how he catches himself and starts stuttering and talking nonsense. If you watched the vid, what do you think?

(Incidentally, one of Norway's major newspapers called Santorum a gay hater on the front page, which I am not sure says more about Norway or more about Santorum. Maybe it says a fair bit about both.)

It's too bad this is just an April's Fool because wow, the choice in conservative candidates for the US seems beyond depressing.

In other April Fools' news, AdBlock replaced ads with cats, BBC claimed the world has ended and Blizzard announced a new game (with a subtle dig at ME3, can you spot it?).

In better news, I got my Mists of Pandaria beta invite. PANDAS ON A GIANT TURTLE, HERE I COME. Aaaaaand I conveniently have Easter holiday for over a week, though sadly I also have a lot of grading and correcting to do.

In any case, may the upcoming Easter bring you holiday, marzipan and crime books and/or crime telly! (Norwegian Easter traditions, in case you were wondering - though now you might be wondering even more.)

So now allegations have surfaced about serious misconduct by News Corporation in Australia as well.

Given what we've learned about News of the World, a New Corp asset, and what I heard about New Corp lived I lived in Australia, I would not be surprised if this was true. My opinion of the Murdochs has been low for years, but they seem to be actively trying to lower it to the very bottom.

Speaking of the very bottom, please do reassure me that Rick Santorum could never be President of the US! I read up some on him after hearing some many Americans make remarks about him, and my brain can just not compute that shit. I mean, he has no serious chance - right? RIGHT?!

Right. Memes I was tagged for!

Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

denorios gave me these seven.

( London, summer, cherries, Facebook, Snape, grey and jeans )

Ships! It's almost like a fandom in itself. So, make a post with your first ship, your most recent ship, a couple you think only you ship, a ship that isn't your normal cup of tea, a ship you've fallen out of love with and five ships you're particularly fond of (not previously mentioned).

(Not tagging people, do it if you want to.)

( Ships a'plenty, pictures and all )

The Good Fight
by misscam

Summary: So you got there. Bad guys defeated, good guys winning. Is that the end then? [Michael/Nikita, Alex, Sean]

Rating: Teen. Some adult activities implied.

Disclaimer: Not my characters, just my words.

Author's Note: Set post-series, in a sort of AU-verse given I don't think the show will quite go down this path. Character deaths have occurred off-screen. Vague references to 2x01 and 2x17.

( The first morning, just before dawn, Michael wakes up and finds Nikita awake already, watching the sun rise so intently one might think she was watching it not just for herself. As if she was watching it for those who could not be there, can never be there again. )

Vikings to get The Turdors-esque show. I have conflicted feelings about this, oh yes. On one hand, could be kinda awesome. On another - not sure I trust Hollywood/American entertainment with my forefathers, given past tries! Might end up being a sexed-up version of Scandinavians being Nordic stoics and violent.

Kuwait event manages to play the "Borat anthem" instead of Kazakhstan's actual national anthem at an event. WTF, truly.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to be Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles? WTF? My inner child just hissed in outrage. You can't make them aliens! That's just not on! (Also, the vid EW links to has Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, as it appears to be the UK version - basically, the word Ninja was considered "too violent" for a children's show title so it got replaced with "hero". True fact! Norway had the same.)

Been a bit distant due real life distractions. I shan't bore you all with them since it's mostly to do with work and teaching and trying to be there for people going through shit and guild stuff in WoW, but I should be through the busiest time now. Also there is spring, and spring always fills me with this strange sense of optimism even when exhausted.

It's really spring too - it's 17C in March in Norway, which is just unheard of. The birds are singing and making their nests, flowers are coming out, snow is all but gone, sky is blue, football is starting and trees are sprouting "gåsunger" (literally 'geese children', what we call these). And I may have made a choice about my future and a new direction. We shall see.

On another plus side, Nikita is still awesome, Fringe is awesome, Ringer is entertaining and my ships seem to be doing okay. This is clearly important. Games of Thrones season two is coming and there is football. I like my shiny distractions.

How are fandoms and life treating you?

Siren's Truth
by misscam

Summary: It is strange how much one voice can sound like a siren's call, Peter thinks, the moment that voice belongs to someone you love. Maybe sirens were never about the sound of anything, just the emotions of it. Feel like you're being lured, and you are. Feel like it might be true, and... Oh, Olivia. [Olivia/Peter]

Rating: Teen. Implied adult activities.

Disclaimer: Not my characters, just my words.

Author's Note: Spoilers for 4x14. Will undoubtedly be made AU by 4x15, though perhaps not all of it.

( They both draw a breath at the same time, slowly exhaling as he closes his eyes and just feels. It feels like her, but he wants it to, wants it to so badly, so how can he trust it? )

Fringe is breaking my heart, Nikita is holding out on me, Merlin just plain fucked with me and Ringer has doom written all over it. WHERE IS THE LOVE FOR MAH SHIPS I NEED LOVE. Half making me want to write fluffy-happy-make-out-session-fics (is that a genre? It should be) or fix-its that doesn't ruin the characters (Merlin, I am eyeing your resolution to season four, hooooo yes) and half making me want to Fuz-Do-Rah some more dragons in Skyrim, let me tell you. Perhaps fic is best, but can't decide if I should do Fringe, Nikita or Merlin first.

Also, Nikita and Fringe, how dare you been on break at the same time and for more than one week? HOW DARE YOU.

.... Ahem. I have feelings, oh yes. But yes! I had birthday this week and thanks for all wishes and LJ-gifts and all that :) I now have a week off work (winter holidays in this part of Norway) so maybe I can finally sleep some and catch up on stuff and even write the gazillion fics I have notes for.

Forget crop circles, snow circles is where it's at! Though these are not mysterious in any way, advertised as human-made all along. Also from Norway - musical instruments made by ice.

Meanwhile, Scandinavian food a trend on the rise in the UK.

Huh, okay then. I have noticed that certain Scandinavian things have been a bit trendy in the US as well, so maybe it's a thing. Not sure if I will weird about it or find it amusing or even cool. Hmm. But of all things to pick from our culture, Brits pick food? Well, I guess any other country's cuisine looks good compared to the British :P (Except British breakfast, which is good.) Also, the famous Norwegian painting The Scream is going on sale, and the BBC tries to explain its popularity.

Maybe all this Scandinavian stuff everywhere is part of our conspiracy to take over the world. Maybe.

Hope you're all well, awesome people.

I give thee The Tale of Cam's Internet, a Tragedy In a Very Short Act.

Cam's ISP: Behold us! We used to have monopoly on all things telephone and tele. Don't you love us?
Half of Norway's Population: No.
Other half of Norway's population: Sorry, we were watching the biathlon. You were saying?
Cam's ISP: I do things like cut off Cam's Internet for three weeks, have constant falling out issues, fail to inform her of pretty much anything I do and fail to do pretty much anything she informs me I need to do.
Cam: Don't remind me. Hey wait, why are you being slower than a turtle on a slow-moving protest march?
Cam's ISP: Oh, I lowered your speed to less than dial-up to give you a stable line without telling you and I can't be bothered doing anything to fix this. LOL, what are you gonna do, find another provider?
Cam: Yes.
New ISP: Pick me! I'm shiny and fast and will love you forever!
Cam: Are you sure you can supply me since old ISP always seems to have such issues with the line?
New ISP: Yes, cross my wires and hope to upload!
Cam: Okay.
Cam's New ISP: But we can't hook you up for several weeks, sorry about that. LOL.
Cam: *lives miserably on slow as fuck Internet*
Day of change to new ISP: *arrives*
Old ISP: Oh hai, remember when you asked me to keep your e-mail account up and all that? Deleted it anyway!
Cam: ... How the fuck did you do that, I specifically called customer service and had you put a note in to keep it and you assured me it would be fine!
Old ISP: LOL human error.
Internet: *dies*
Cam: WTF.
New ISP: LOL, sorry about that, we'll try and fix that as soon as we can.
Cam: ARGH ARGH ARGH How hard can it be to get a decent Internet in this country?
Half of Norway's population: ... Oh, you poor child, you still have so much to learn about what Norway can bugger up.
Other half of Norway's population: Sorry, we were watching the ski sprint. You were saying?
Cam: *lives a week miserably without Internet*
Internet: *arrives* *is fast and shiny and good*
Cam: .... Oh, thank fuck I was gonna have to murder things soon.

So yes. That's been my month, more or less without functioning Internet. But now I have shiny and fast Internet and in time for my birthday next week. I am back on Skype as well. I shall attempt to catch up on all things Internet I have missed, but poke me if there is anything important I may have missed.

A lawyer has been accused of distributing confidential information in the Breivik case to the media; media coverage of this has been muted. There has been some, though - I do remember seeing a few reports on it. But yes - when are sources are exposed, do the media cover it as it is news, or do they attempt to protect the source even after exposure?

Breivik also appeared in court last week with media being allowed to show pictures and video. He also made some brief statements as a warm-up to the trial, claiming he deserves a medal and he did what he did to protect Norway's "native population". On behalf of one of Norway's native population: Don't recall us asking for it, you asshat. Pretty sure the other native population, the Saami, would tell you the same - vaguely ironically it was the Saami National day that particulary day.

This is all sort of mental preparation for the trial in April, where he will get as much as a week to explain himself in court. Just thinking of it makes me want to stock up the alcohol. Going to be really tough for the survivors and relatives - I'm going to try to be as supportive as I can for those of them I know, but what can you do, really?

In other news, might want to avoid getting domains through FanFusion. If even a fraction of that is true (and since it's happened before, it looks very true!), it's such poor business sense (not to mention human sense!) I am quite boggled.

Entertainment Weekly does a piece on shipping. As always when this gets tackled by the media, I roll my eyes a little. But they did feature a ship I am on board with, so slight bonus point?

Oh yes, and thanks for the little LJ Valentine's gifts several of you sent! we don't really celebrate it that much in Norway, but I appreciate the thought :)