Well, you could become a terrible event and happen to him.*

[bending_sickle]

Today, I went out for a walk in the afternoon in the hopes of "raising my spirits" and "clearing my head" and all that other stuff walks are supposed to do, and instead got rained on for the most part, stood under a tiny overhang from a shop while two couples at two different points started arguing bitterly and loudly and that's why I wanted out of the house, universe! and waited for a bus which would not come because it doesn't run Sundays, until I took another one which took me sort of home. Remind me never to take an evening constitutional ever again.

Dad's got Dupuytren's contracture (or, more awesomely, "Viking disease"), which is where "the tough connective tissue within one's hand becomes abnormally thick which can cause the fingers to curl and can result in impaired function of the fingers, especially the small and ring fingers." He's looking into treatment and surgery options.

Now, there's no real known cause for this disease, although there's a lot of finger pointing, particularly at "trauma, diabetes, alcoholism, epilepsy therapy with phenytoin and liver disease." But the interesting thing is that 60-70% of those afflicted have a genetic predisposition to D's c. You know what this means, right? I am totally losing at the Genetic Roulette here.

• I'm near-sighted and have had three retinal tears.
• My maternal grandmother died of colon cancer.
• My mother has tachycardia.
• There's adult diabetes on my dad's side.
• There's anxiety and depression disorders in very close relatives.

On the plus or curious side: I've got photic sneeze (which studies show is more likely acquired than inherited); I think I've got the Hitchhiker's thumb, except it doesn't go all the way to 90 degrees, but it does look like this; and I can roll my tongue and bend it too. These genetic quirks don't seem to compensate, though.

Supernatural 6x14, Manequin 3: The Reckoning:

• Wait, wait... That was just a crack in the wall? And seeing through the crack didn't tear it down? Isn't that like a thousand times worse than scratching at the wall? How is Sam okay?!? (I'm glad he is, but come on.)
• IT'S SYLAR, bitches!
• ...now I really want a Disection iPod app.
• You say possessed dolls, I say autons. The Doctor needs to run into the Winchesters. I'm sure there'd be a lot of prodding and staring and "my, you fascinating thing, you" with some good ol' "oooh" and "aaah" thrown in ;)
• I'll admit I cheered when Ben pulled the, "You're abandoning your family" card, even though it's incredibly manipulative and a so uncalled-for guilt trip. So why the cheer? Because Dean was a part of their family and that means he can't drop them like they're hot. (Also, dude, you know that card's Dean's weakness. If you get him to see things from that angle, that they're his family too, well then...at least he'll call once in a while.)


• But by no means can he move in with them again. I get that what you want and what you can do are two different things, but I wouldn't like it if he turned around and was all, "I care not for thee! Talk to the hand. Imma go slay some monsters now, kthnx bai." When Dean needed some pushing to get into the Impala and drive over to Lisa's, I was annoyed with him, because people he cared about were asking for his help, and you can't just leave that.
• That said, Ben was way out of line and manipulative and damn it, kid, you cannot force people back together. So you watch TV and know what "the third date" means - which, okay, I'm a) squicked out that you're thinking about your mom having sex, and b) it's not like sex is the crazy glue of relationships, and that once it's done, Lisa's going to be head-over-heels and Ben's going to have a new daddy (that only happens if he's a Winchester). Come on, a little more credit for the womenfolk, yes? Ben, with your mass amounts of TV-knowledge, can you tell me what happens when parents divorce? The Parent Trap and other Disney feel-good movies with meddlesome kids notwithstanding?
• "Son of a biiiiitch!" I love Dean and how much he loves his car. Also, this was a wonderful shout-out to 1x01's possessed-car-chase scene.
• Why was I not trusting Sam? What were those untrusty feelings in me, Sam?!? I thought I wasn't going to feel like this once he was resouled, but damn, something felt off. Maybe it was his, "Ooh, jeez, that snapshot of hell wasn't cool," aura, or how honestly mean he was to some people (douchbags notwithstanding), but that mention of Lucifer being out of Sam, and him being resouled, made me shiver in a bad way.
• Where's Cas and the other half of this season's plot? *grabby hands*

Sickle's Fanmixes Relative Success: As of Feb. 19, 2011, the number of people who've given these a go are as follows:

Fanmix
Downloads

Days of Absence
1

Angel of Punishment
9

Do It Perfect (Again)
202

Globo Sapiens
160

Globo Sapiens - International
161

Hang in There, Baby
155

Hit the Road Running
~200**

Hit the Road Running Together
183

I Love You
187

In the Cage
75

Left/Leaving
262

Lovers Sleep Alone
1

Not Anymore
228

One Thousand Times Over
9

Repetition is the Key
9

Something's Not Right
81

The Man and The Angel
7

There's Just Me
225

Time for Something Biblical - Fanmix
281

Time We Saw a Miracle - Fanmix
63

Time for Something Biblical - Novel
9***

Time We Saw a Miracle - Novel
13****

The Undiscovered Country
256

The World You Have to Live In, Vol. 1
237

The World You Have to Live In, Vol. 2
~200*****

Meme: Good Things:

Day 16: Crying on the phone to my brother which resulted in a pep talk and my looking for jobs in Ireland. Lookit, Imma doin' stuff!\o/
Day 17: I made French toast. T'were om nom nomilicious.

Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
captainlon's Review Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
romancito's Review Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
's Review Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
verdande_mi's Review Manneqeuin 3: The Reckoning
bardicvoice's Review Unforgiven
spn_deanw's Episode Discussion Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
maraceles' Meta The Concept of Meaningful Negative Space
rockingmyfaith's Fanvid White Blank Page (Dean/Lisa)
wolfpup2000's dean_sam-flocked Masterpost LA Con Photos
padabee's Icons, Icons
ina_ami's Icons
Jensen Ackles in LA: Chaps or Jeans? Neither!
MTV's 10 on Top, Preview

Other Fandom:
zqfans' embed Margin Call Interview with Zachary Quinto
AccidentalSexiness' Nathan Fillion on David Letterman - How much do I love Nathan and his adorableness? Thiiiiiiiiiis much.

Multifandom:
huf_girl's Fanvid We Are Young - Supernatural, Castle, Psych, White Collar, HIMYM
Pajiba's Top 10 TV Faces I Miss the Most
Geeks of Doom's Internet Responds to Nathan Fillion: helpNathanBuyFirefly.com

Random:
W3Schools - Web development tutorials and "Try It Yourself" editor
StarShipSofa's Podcast Archives
Birds of Kenya & Beasts of Kenya - o.0 *squints* OMGITHINKIKNOWTHATLION! *spazzes out*
Chocri's Create My Chocolate - Design your own chocolate bar and then eat it. *grabby hands*

* Bernard, Black Books 1x06
** I accidently deleted the original file when correcting a broken link, so gods only know what the actual number is, but I'm guessing it's the same as or higher than the ...Together mix, plus the eight downloaded after the fact.
*** Two are mine, because I was too lazy to dig out the CD-ROM where the novel's stored.
**** OMG!
***** Put this one up on Sendspace because Mediafire was being contrary. My guess is it's similar to Vol. 1.