| 2008-05-15 21:24 |
| Death by giggle collapse |
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Oh man.
I am not sure...
But I think...
I think Supernatural can suck donkey bollocks for the rest of my life AS LONG AS ( Read more... )
*bliss*
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| 2008-05-15 16:11 |
| Food for thought |
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"In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil."
-- Ursula K. Le Guin (on the Ghibli adaptation of Earthsea)
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiResponse.html
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... aka, sometimes I love my job.
Sitting in the theater for the first fifteen minutes of "Prince Caspian," it struck me that when I was 14, I was a HUGE damn plagiarist. ("So THAT'S where that came from!!!") Seriously. The entire opening setup, I transposed to an Asianish/Russianish country and made Caspian a girl, but there was the newborn cousin and the death order and the fleeing in the night TO FIND HER FATHER WITH THE MAGICAL TALISMAN# THAT WOULD HEAL THE LAND *shoots 14-year-old-self-in-face* (although, weirdly enough, the hero and heroine were called "Erik" and "Ariel" *before* The Little Mermaid came out. Seriously -- I was 14, and the Disney flick came out two years later. It DID! (I was pissed.) ^__^
And then with the bickering and the making up and the luuuurve and I might have lifted a scene wholesale from "Ronia the Robber's Daughter." There were Mirktrolls. Annnnd okayIguesstherestofthenamesrightfullybelongedtoterrybrooks. *hides under the bed in blushing and shamefacedness* No wonder I was more prolific back then; I wasn't actually making up stuff.##
So, uh, yeah, that was fun.
"Prince Capsian." Ahhhhh, "Capsian." Liberties were taken, I believe. Great and manifold liberties taken, were.
If you’ve got only vague recollections of the book, the movie will be great. As its own entity, it’s a solid film. It’s a coltish film. Sort of awkward and shaky on its legs, but very spirited and excitable. Caspian is a VERY VERY PRETTY BOY. He should act more and scream his Angry Scream (TM) less. I like his acting. He conveys strength of character and vulnerability, repsectively, when they are appropriate. His Squeak Scream of Rage (TM) makes me giggle. Not in a good way. Oh what the hell -- I forgive him EVERYTHING.
Guys? Friends? People? HE IS MUCH PRETTIER WHEN HE IS MOVING. *collapse*
( I wouldn't call these 'spoilers.' )
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| 2008-05-14 10:52 |
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I almost think this is a huge hoax. Ten year old writer posting novel-in-progress on Amazon.com? Using words like "avid"? With a name that sounds suspiciously just like "bêtise"???
But it's kinda cute. ^___^
Tell me if my first YA novel is any good!
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| 2008-05-13 23:13 |
| So... Prince Caspian, then. |
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In summary:
"Hmmm."
*frown*
"Oh dear."
*chin stroking*
*frown*
"...the hell?"
*quirk*
*grin*
"Aw."
"Awwwww!"
"aw,hellwithit,SQUEEE!"
(details au demain)
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| 2008-05-11 00:24 |
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It is so freaking hard to know what to believe, sometimes.
An Alternate View of the Burma Situation
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| 2008-05-10 20:44 |
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Happy Birthday, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) emilytarot! Hope it was wall-to-wall good times...^__^
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| 2008-05-09 11:14 |
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BBC: Great tits cope well with warming
Heartwarming stuff, really. (work safe)
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| 2008-05-07 14:52 |
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Oh, hey now! Why did nobody mention this to me???
BBC: Kryptonite has been discovered
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| 2008-05-04 22:58 |
| Thoughts... |
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...on Dexter, Season 1 finale.
So, I finally saw it. And damn. That was... effective. All you guys who have extolled this show's merits to me -- you were absolutely right. (I don't think I'd be able to sit through another episode though. As it was I had to mute all the killy bits...) *flips back to visually-vague Wire In The Blood*
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ACK MON DIEU.
BEST. MOTIVATOR. EVER.
Oh we win. Weesta. HELLS yeah, we win.
*fans self*
*falls over*
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| 2008-04-23 11:47 |
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Okay, so people? When you get your hands on your gorgeous, multi-thousand-dollar "gallus gallus" dress from Louis Vuitton or who the hell ever? Know this, and know it well -- YOU ARE WEARING CHICKEN FEATHERS.
Very, very expensive CHICKEN FEATHERS.
Look it up.
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| 2008-04-23 11:00 |
| Jim Butcher: How to get your story started/Organizing this frickin' mess |
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One more reason I think jimbutcher is rather fantastic. Besides Thomas. (Thomaaaaaaaaaaaas!!! *swoon*)
(He's prolific enough, and consistent enough in quality, that I take him seriously.)
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| 2008-04-21 13:11 |
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Author Jim Hines speaks out for the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network: http://www.rainn.org/
It is so cool, so, so frightfully cool, when an author I decide to like on a complete and total whim turns out to be F*CKING AMAZING as a person to boot.
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| 2008-04-15 14:54 |
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This column annoys me at times. But I like this. Quite a lot.
Class prejudice is just as ugly as racism and misogyny
It's amazing that we need to be told this, here. But we do.
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| 2008-04-15 10:25 |
| BAH! Happier things |
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For his birthday, author Jim Hines would like you to give a book, any book, to someone who needs or wants it.
And... I really have no excuse not to go see Neil Gaiman on Friday, do I. *ponders* *has ticket*
AND... as of midnight last night, I am free of Bear Stearns. Ooo-rah!
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| 2008-04-15 10:03 |
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[deleted for not really adding anything positive to the universe]
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| 2008-04-14 19:08 |
| Schadenfreude times two |
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It's okay! It's just theoretical schadenfreude.
( Part the first: I am feeling SO much better about myself right about now... )
( Part the second: Best poem in the world. Well, of this year at any rate... )
It's mean, but it's funny. *cackle diabolique*
(Hey, I'm innocent, HE'S the dude who went and invented an entire Schadenfreude Pie RECIPE.)
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| 2008-04-12 20:16 |
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Tax guy: "Did you... READ all of those?"
Tax guy: "You know, some people just buy drugs."
Tax guy: "Well...yes, you are weird. But you COULD have blown $X on stuff that wasn't tax-deductible, so eh."( Read more... )
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