WHAT I AM SAYING IS that I feel like I also need to post here more regularly, because a couple of people have said things like "since you've moved to Twitter" and I was like OH BUT NO. Twitter's just an easy way to keep up with things (but not all things) and people (but not all people) with a minimum of effort. Which is useful when you're putting a maximum of effort into other things.
Of course, I did post here yesterday. You all may have come to regret that now.
(I'm sorry--I know how disturbing that whole Edward Fashion Cat thing was, but that last picture, I can't stop looking at it. It's like this perfect storm of hilarrible. I laughed so hard at it yesterday that I gave myself a headache, in fact. I think it's because the--victim, let's say--hanging over that woman's shoulder looks like a cat AND a child AND a goblin AND a serial killer, and he really only ought to look like two of those. Because no jury in the world would convict him if something "happened" to his owner. Even if cats got jury trials. What I'm saying is: that shit is so wrong.)
ANYWAY. Let us have a little linkspam!
Because I know you guys like Icelandic epics: the Tattúínárdœlasaga of Lúkr Anakinsson.
It's Halloween LE season at BPAL! There are so many scents (I mean, in life generally) that don't work on me, but their Halloween and Christmas blends tend to have at least a few fruity/foody scents in there. I don't know what the current version smells like, but I will say, Sugar Skull ('04 or '05?) is one of my all-time favorites. And there's a whole new Gothic Fiction set as well, not to mention the Vampires Don't Sleep Alone section.
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snacky: Noel Cruz's Tonner Arwen and Aragorn repaints are on eBay. The Arwen is just... wow.Two harpoons and a gunshot later, they brought the halibut in.
An update on that situation with my school: Birmingham-Southern president Pollick resigns. TOO BAD THE SCHOOL GOT JACKED UP FIRST. Also: "“David brought a vision to grow the college in size and national stature that resulted in an increase in our first-year and overall enrollments, and in a significant restructuring of the fundraising operations that resulted in the successful completion of Phase I of the Destiny: Delivered campaign." WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT.
@cleolinda: I am breaking up with today. Get your t-shirts and your mixtapes and your toothbrush and GTFO.
@cleolinda: Having broken up with today, I am now eating the last of a container of Ben & Jerry's Creme Brulee ice cream. Interesting custard texture.
(Their Strawberry Cheesecake is also pretty good. Interesting graham cracker swirl.)
New Deathly Hallows pics, including Scrimgeour, Xenophilius, Gregorovitch, etc.
Helen Mirren stars in a fantastical recreation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Check out the poster.
Cast announced for BBC Two's The Crimson Petal And The White. One of two books I've wanted to throw across the room, and the other one was Eclipse. It's great up until the very last page, though.
Jason Flemyng Joining X-Men: First Class.
Affleck and Weisz Join Terence Malick's Next Project.
Karl Urban Confimed for a Hard R-Rated 'Judge Dredd' Movie.
Trailers: Love and Other Drugs, Next Three Days, Woman, a Gun, a Noodle Shop, How Do You Know, Enter the Void.
And finally, mind-blower of the week, via
foresthouse: Scott Pilgrim is Twilight for boys. This review is incredibly well-reasoned. I now fear for this man's life. 
"Destiny: Delivered" sounds like a video game, not a college fundraising campaign.
And not even that great cast could lure me to TCPATW. ("Mrs. Castaway"? Really? Not even Dickens ever came up with a name that was THAT on-the-nose!)
(Their Strawberry Cheesecake is also pretty good. Interesting graham cracker swirl.) I recently fell in love with Strawberry Cheesecake. I was skeptical at first, although I don't know why, since I love strawberries and I love cheesecake.
Oh god, oh god, I shouldn't have clicked on the halibut link, I knew it was not going to be good...the stuff of nightmares.
Writing is good. Any writing. Good luck and enjoy!
Favorite Ben and Jerry's Flavors
Mint Chocolate Cookie
Vanilla Heath Bar
Peach Cobbler
Gone but not forgotten:
Cool Britannia
Want to try:
Key Lime Pie
Re: Favorite Ben and Jerry's Flavors
Also, mani and pedi for dolls?
I just wanted to thank you for the information on BSC. (I wanted to back when you first posted about it, but I got distracted.) Most of my family went there, my grandfather taught there, and my granny still lives on campus. My earliest memories are of living in the married student housing, where the ecology garden is now. Even though I ended up going elsewhere, the college has a special place in my heart, and I was glad to find someone else who feels the same way I do.
Also, your reviews are endlessly entertaining.
Yeah, I attended BSC in the late '90s/early '00s, and I loved that school. It was the first place where I felt like I actually belonged, as opposed to my football-obsessed grade school system. And it's where I met all of my longtime IRL friends. So... I get a little worked up about what they're doing there now.
Also: have you seen the new BBC Sherlock? I'd be really interested to hear your views, as a devotee of the ACD stories. I adore many aspects of the updated version, but have issues with some of the plotting thus far.
Good luck on writing!
FUCK YOU. I get that you're trying to be artsy and po-mo and comment on existence and subvert the reader's expectations and what-not but SERIOUSLY, FUCK YOU.
Short version: The problem with the book isn't the ending. It's that it doesn't HAVE an ending.
"I respectfully disagree with the reviewer's opinion. Scott is meant to be a slacker who takes advantage of people around him and has the memory of a goldfish because 20somethings often go through the same ordeal - we've treated people horribly and done awful crap we're ashamed of, yet through it all, we're still good people. Scott realizes what a dick he is over the course of the film, and finds his willingness to persevere over the emotional stepping stones of his girlfriend (the exes). He is also easily in danger of become another evil ex, and even Ramona says this. But just doing it for love isn't enough - in the final fight, he needs to make amends with his past and his dickishness to others to get the ability to help other people. He and Ramona basically find themselves taking the first steps to a REAL relationship at the very end of the film."
it irritates me to no end that anyone would call it well reasoned
I'm going to try not to be insulted by this.
What I got out of the review was that one series is a fantasy of relationships for (some) girls, and the other is a fantasy of relationships for (some) guys, and that they are both, in their own ways, the fantasies of young, immature characters. His essential point, I thought, was that the appeal of these movies/series is about a certain kind of relationship wish fulfillment. It wasn't to use "Twilight" as a dirty word and smear Scott Pilgrim with it; it was to say that guys are capable of wanting a relationship-based wish fulfillment story as well.
The Star Wars as Saga is... brilliant...