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Starting at 1:40 in this Wire gag reel, there's a funny (and rather lyrical, heh) composition of characters cursing. Speaking of Fuck: Shut the fuck up!

THE WIRE - 100 Greatest Quotes (spoilers)
I just finished another rewatch of the show... since with that show, you can't rewatch just one episode, you have to view at least an entire season. And it actually gets better with each viewing, because of the sheer complexity. The writing is so tight. The acting is so good. (The acting is so good that there was a moment of dissonance when I saw them out of character in the gag reel...)

fandom meta: For all the women I have loved who were dragged through the mud
Talks about hostility towards female characters, possible reasons, possible ways to change this. An astute analysis, I thought. It's long, but worth the read.

excellent short film: This little girl explains autism creatively.

megatexas wrote a snarky, entertaining article about public art in Austin: But is it art? “Moments,” by Carl Trominski

20 Amazing Examples of Owl Camouflage

And on cakewrecks, belatedly: Jen Tells An Easter Story... which I'm mostly linking for the last two pics. :)

Avengers fic rec:
Come For The Espionage, Stay For The Sex... by andacus
Nat/Clint UST; backstory/mission fic; rated E; 5121 words
Summary: Come for the espionage, stay for the sex... or maybe that's the other way around. Clint's not sure. He is sure, however, that almost being stabbed in a bathroom is either the very worst thing to happen or the very best.

For the prompt: Some might say it was love at first sight. Of course, it took three years before they managed to actually (officially) meet.

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Really well done (and ridiculously adorable) animated mini-film: AT-AT day afternoon by Patrick Boivin
When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got... A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker. (length: ~1 min)

I think I read this was done in stopmotion? I can't even tell. The animation is smooth.

vid rec:
In Our Bedroom After The War by ??? (Good Bye, Lenin)
song: In Our Bedroom After The War by Stars; 3:56 min

I found this vid so moving, I went straight to Amazon and bought the movie, which I'd been meaning to do for years. I just watched it... it's fantastic. And the vid really captured the atmosphere and the emotions beautifully. The song choice is perfect.

You don't need to know the movie to enjoy the vid. The basic plot: set in Eastern Germany, a mother falls into a coma when she witnesses her son getting beaten during a protest. When she wakes eight months later, the wall has fallen and the GDR that she knew doesn't exist any more. But since any excitement could kill her, her son comes up with an ever more elaborate scheme to maintain the illusion of the old GDR for her sake.

vid rec:
The Avengers | Alternative Story
Constructed reality. A medieval fantasy Avengers AU that uses footage from various non-Marvel sources. Very cool, just the ending is a bit abrupt.

(I have the hardest time recognizing ScarJo in other roles...)

Today's xkcd is awesome: Up Goer Five. A blueprint of a rocket ship, explained using only the thousand most common words in the English language. ('Computer' is one of them while 'thousand' isn't. Huh.)

via disobey_gravity: Interview with Tomoko Ogawa, first woman to boulder 8B+. At the bottom of the article there's a video clip of her climb. Hardcore! At some point it looks like she's hanging from the cave ceiling by just pinching a tiny bit of rock between her fingers.

vid rec: Because I'm Awesome by futuresoon
download/streaming @ Youtube
Summary: Black Widow beat you, 'cause she's awesome. (3:04 min)

The Black Widow: kicking ass. Hell yeah.

Safe by beanarie (The Avengers)
Nat/Clint; rating: teen; 1450 words
Summary: In the space of a month, Clint and Natasha work two missions together, and Natasha has to work a third on her own.

Five Times by Wicked42(The Unusuals)
Walsh/Shraeger-ish; rating: teen; genre: friendship/fluff; 3158 words
Summary: Five times Walsh made Shraeger food, and one time she took care of it.

S.H.I.E.L.D Trailer
Story: The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division has to deal with a rogue agent, intent on using warheads to destroying as many major cities as possible. Two highly trained agents, Maria Hill and Phil Coulson, must team up with two criminal elements in the form of the Black Widow and Hawkeye, all under the command of Nick Fury.
The sound is a bit low in some of the dialog parts (at least on my sound system) but apart from that, a really cool trailer.

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Yuletide noms are out and The Unusuals is in! Yay! Most of the fandoms I care about have made it in: Bourne Legacy, M:I 4, Frasier. Only Drop The Dead Donkey didn't get nommed which is a shame 'cause this is the only chance to see decent fic written for that show. Or rather, any fic at all. And no one nominated Calvin and Hobbes this year?

talitha78 made a MI4: Ghost Protocol vid. \o/
We Run the Night (download & streaming)
Ensemble, Ethan Hunt/Will Brandt; Song: Havana Brown ft. Pitbull; 2:21 min
Vid Summary: Fun fact about this movie: there's a lot of running.

vid rec: The Multifandom Games: Survival by rhoboat (multifandom)
Summary: Faster. Higher. Stronger.

A multitude of fandoms, set to the official song of the Summer Olympics. Downright electrifying! That vid makes me buzzing with energy.

vid rec: a trailer for that movie we ain't gonna get... but at least we can pretend it exists.
Black Widow Trailer
characters: Natasha, Clint, Bucky, (Fury, Hill, Coulson); 2:00 min

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I went bouldering today after a forced 10 day break... I'd been getting withdrawal symptoms. I mean, for real. Last night I had a really stupid, frustrating dream where I was at a climbing gym and didn't get to climb. (My subconscious is not very inventive, apparently.)

Anyway, today we had a nice, relaxed climbing session in one of the hidden spots I got pointed to recently. I also tried one of the concrete ping pong tables next to it... nice for climbing under; the top-out is not without challenge. Hope I'll get to climb again in a few days 'cuz this felt great and boy, did I miss it.