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[cleolinda]

Yay! I just got a postcard from Eric in Scotland!

A link from aperrin2: Terrifying romance novel covers. I believe the phrase "Scottie McMullet" appears.

Flame o' the Day. I'm to the point where I'm starting to really enjoy the truly cracktastic, "Have you mistaken me for someone else?," "You just don't get it, do you?" flames. Like, the guy on POA/15M who called me a "faggot." ("Well, yes, sir, actually I do like men. And how!") As for this one... well, I've done more to advertise that movie--to literally exhort people to go see it--than everyone in the WB marketing department put together. But then, a roll of breath mints would have put in more effort than WB, so that's not saying much.

P.S. I actually dislike rap music, mostly. Not that it matters, because... yeah, terrible taste in music otherwise, we all know that.


Oh, and about the Oscar pools:

jedi_funk has information on how to join the Yahoo Oscar game (this is where I'll be playing); I also started a Daily Digest group over at Oscar.com a few weeks back. I would definitely suggest entering both places once you get your predictions set (or you'd like to hedge your bets), because I think you win prizes at each place.

Oscar Watch's Oscar predictions chart is here, but I have no idea what to do for the smaller categories. Get the "Who's Going to Win?" issue of Entertainment Weekly, I guess (well, actually, it came in the mail this weekend). I'll go to the ew.com and see if I can find some stuff to post, because damn if I ever know who's going to win Best Documentary Short. Full nominations are here.

ETA: Get your Best Animated Shorts here.

By the way, I will be doing a live recap/commentary. It nearly killed me last year, but this year I will actually be facing the TV, so the neck/eye/back strain should be much, much less. I actually think that the show will be complete ass--have you heard about this thing the producer wants to do? Nominees in the "interesting" categories will get herded onstage so we can watch them squirm while the nominations and eventual winner are read, while the "unimportant" categories will just have their trophies trotted out to them? And I've been watching this show since I was thirteen, y'all. That's exactly half my life (whoa). So trust me, watching them screw it up like this hurts. I suppose there's a chance that the wacky changes could improve the telecast, but... no. Cirque du Soleil a couple of years ago? Good change. Telling all the "little people" to screw off? Bad change. Hell, I'm surprised various craft guilds didn't picket Gil Cates' office, to be honest with you. If we're lucky, maybe there'll be a riot or something. This is why I keep telling myself to buck up: if it sucks, yes, you and I as Oscar watchers will suffer. But as blog readers and writers, we have to admit this much: it will be comedy gold.


ETA: Oh... Colin... honey. I don't even particularly like you, but--I never wanted anything this bad to happen to you...

Comments

[frodosgoosegirl.livejournal.com]

Yaaay Eric. He's the shiz. And yaay Quinny cause he is too. I need to join his, thanks for reminding me. I seem to remember um kicking his ass last time.

[frodosgoosegirl.livejournal.com]

And woah first post, I am the shiz as well. Heh. AND YOU TOO CLEO YOU'RE THE SHIZ. Sorry I've had a lot of fruit snacks tonight.

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

I think I'd like to go out with the Sheriff of Gay County.

And the toy in Daddy's pants? I died. ^_^

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Can I protest the freezing of replies for the flamer? How are we supposed to start a flame war in your defense?!?!?!

:-P

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, I just want it to sit there all by itself, unanswered, like a gnat preserved in amber. : )

[house-monkey.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's an awesome comment, I only wish I could be so witty and articulate.

[duncanatrix.livejournal.com]

I really don't do well with award shows. Was it just me, or did the "Across the Universe" at the Grammys really, really suck? I mean, like, eardrum-bleeding badness. Ugh.

I read that Grammy watching was down like 21% or something--and they blamed it not on the fact that the Grammys just sucked this year, but on the fact that Desperate Housewives was on at the same time.

[elbales]

Wow, I wonder if Nicole Kidman sued over that cover illustration? (See Also: Sex Train.)


As for your flamer, Cleo... deep. Very, very deep.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

LMAO @ those romance novel covers. XD

[delle.livejournal.com]

don't you think that Gil Cates, as the ultimate "little guy", should get any awards handed out to him in the stall of the men's room?

(says the technical theatre geek. I wanna see the light designers! the costume designers! the set decorators!)

[mysticowl.livejournal.com]

Ha! You not only write funny m15ms, you also get funny replies. ;)

Bloody Academy, how dare it! I'd like to see the "stars" make a movie without all the "little people."

Colin, OMG, who did this to you?!

[elbales]

AAHHH dammit now I have (for some totally unknown and random reason) Axel F's theme on the brain. Must be my night to mentally replay 80's electronica. I had to go listen to a sample of the MV theme to clear my mind. Daaaaaaaaaammmnn yoooooouuu.

[moviechick14.livejournal.com]

Yay! Live recap! <333

I actually choked on the water that I was drinking when I read the flame, I was laughing so hard. Dear god, Cleo, not rap music! *snort*

[neflhim.livejournal.com]

Gotta agree on the presentation. I can't imagine the thrill of the moment being yanked when you find that you are just not important enough to merit stage time. Talk about a left-handed compliment.

Hopefully enough fallout comes from it to change it back to the regular format.

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

have you heard about this thing the producer wants to do? Nominees in the "interesting" categories will get herded onstage so we can watch them squirm while the nominations and eventual winner are read

Stop it! Seriously? I'd not heard about the herding. Okay, I'm going to make time to watch this -- it's going to be a trainwreck of lasting glory. A decent person would feel bad for the nominees, but... wow. Not to be missed.

But as blog readers and writers, we have to admit this much: it will be comedy gold.

I've officially caught Oscar Fever. Hot fat.

[squirrelgirl22.livejournal.com]

I think the herding started out as a good idea, but it's going to turn into something awful, terribly awful. Can you imagine how gracious the losers will have to be, hugging the winner and all that? I wonder if Annette Bening would punch Hillary Swank out right there on the stage if she beat her again.

[ambiguousreason.livejournal.com]

If only I was cool enough to be flamed by morons who cannot grasp the concept of the caps lock key. Then, really, my life would be complete. *sigh*

Looking forward to the live Oscar recap/commentary... although, now that I stop to think about it, I won't be home. But I won't be watching it, either, so reading it later will still be fun.

*clicks the link at the bottom of the entry* *waits for page to load* *cannot believe her eyes* *dies laughing* OH... MY... GOD.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

Those Colin Farrell pics....omg...did Alexander</> teach the man NOTHING?!?!?

*wonders now if Coin Farrell was ever any good.....

Am looking forward to the Oscars if only for a few good laughs...

[brenah.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I love the romance book covers! Bwhahahaha.

Oh, and the Colin-Ferrell-Miami-Vice-Fiasco-In-Progress... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...over! (Man, I'm so glad I picked up that phrase here ehehe)

[lafemmezilla.livejournal.com]

omg teh funny romance covers!!!

*ded from laughter*

[silentauror.livejournal.com]

That's one of the funniest flames ever! I got called a faggot once, too, and I had the exact same reaction - it was at an archive where the author can respond to the reviews, and the responses appear for all the world to see them (as opposed to being emailed, or whatever), and that's pretty much exactly what I said. Uhhhh... straight women = I like men, last I checked, so... unless you're accusing me of being a gay man trapped inside a woman's body, which still works out to about the same thing, minus some (possibly neglible amounts) of masculinity.

like a gnat preserved in amber That is a marvelous analogy for it. I'm glad you've shared that bit of joy with us all. :) I hope you're flamer's duly embarrassed.

Colin Farrell in white = v. scary. I think I saw a porno like that once. :)

[ishara.livejournal.com]

Like, the guy on POA/15M who called me a "faggot."

I must say, you're the most creative and intelligent bunch of twigs I've come across in a long while.

Heeeheheee

[izzie-the-great.livejournal.com]

Whohooo!! Romance novel covers as they ought to be--very funny. *Hiccup* O, there I go again. They all sooooo very funny. Where do you find this stuff?

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

I was planning to hang out with friends and watch the ROTK EE DVD, but now that I know that the Oscars have been ramped up to hitherto unknown levels of cruelty we may have to tune in.

Colin? Sweetie? Put down the peroxide and back away slowly.

[msilverstar]

I will so enjoy your live Oscar commentary. The next best thing to being in a room full of screaming LOTR fans and letting myself scream (last year roxxored).

[basedonthebook.livejournal.com]

I was looking at those romance covers...with a recurring theme of "hey, I've read that one..."

I've been repenting for so many years, and still cannot forgive myself.

[gryphonmage.livejournal.com]

I saw one that I actually still own, and remember _loving_.

[edda.livejournal.com]

Is Scotland Eric the same Eric Who Conveys Emotions? I've come to view them as the same in my head, but I don't know if that's just some snafu on my part.

Nice flameage, O Anonymous, wherever you are.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Different Eric. My Eric is Cat in the Hat trailer Eric and Nun-Clown Eric. : D

[vladimirsever.livejournal.com]

As much as I phearate the Oscars this year (and dunno if I can stay up for yet ANOTHER whole night to watch them), I would verily like to get some Best Animated Shorts. My own boxer ones suddenly seem v. lame.

And how can you say you dislike rap music! Fo shizzle!

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

And how can you say you dislike rap music! Fo shizzle!

Dammit. And here I thought my monitor would be coffee-spray free today. Nope.