Sleepy *again*?

[cleolinda]

So we've bought pumpkins, and I've finished The Lamplighter, my mom knocked the crap out of her hand, I got mauled by the cat, and I'm going to take a post-lunch nap before I get to work on another project.

Quite simply, one of the funniest Harry Potter icons I have seen out there.

For the Biblical win!

Prosecutor Subpoenas MoveOn.org Director.

Caped Teen Kills Two, Then Self in Calif.

Beta Becomes 13th Hurricane of Season.

When does a fad go bad?

shoiryu mentions a friend who "does Lost fanart, among other things, so it might be of interest to a bunch of people in your direction. This is the link."

narniabound: Lorrie Moore's How to Become a Writer, or Have You Earned That Cliché? It's very good, and seems to have struck a deep chord with a lot of people, but my experience as a writer has been very different--not better or easier, just different. I'll have to tell you about it some time, but it involves all those teachers I thanked in the acknowledgements of the book and--if I'm very honest about it--Louisa May Alcott.

Voldemort reborn or a Death Eater mask? Good Lord almighty.

(I'm not saying I'm an obsessive enough fan that I could recognize Ralph Fiennes by nothing but his eyes, but... I wouldn't be surprised if that were really the Voldemort makeup.)

Exhibit A in the case of Why Did You Decide to Use a Pen Name?: Please stop stalking the Toothpaste for Dinner guy.

corkdorkdan found a nifty meme. The first one is this journal; the second is the m15m journal. Warning: if you have a paid account, and thus two available URLs, put in the www.livejournal.com/users/whatever one--I put in cleolinda.livejournal.com and came up with $0.00.

My blog is worth $41,211.42.
How much is your blog worth?

 

My blog is worth $129,279.66.
How much is your blog worth?

Only one more day to get your triple-clicking in for the Breast Cancer Site!

Comments

[crantz.livejournal.com]

See? Comics are turning children into vigilante killers. I think it's time to finally ban the filth.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

My copy of your book came yesterday!! I absolutely love it, and I would have read all of it by now, but I want to save some for tomorrow. That way I can bring it to school to read and make all my friends jealous.

I love the cover design, by the way. Is it the same person who did Anthony Lane's "Nobody's Perfect"?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, although I suspect not, unless they were both published by Orion. ; )

[arayuldaiel.livejournal.com]

You know what? Instead of buying a costume, I'm just going to print out that picture of maybe-Voldie and tape it to my face. Probably scarier than anything they have for cheap at Party City.

And heh, I like the Halloween-themed background on your lj :)

[suenosdejmi.livejournal.com]

sounds like a good idea. that was pretty scary. I'm not so sure I like it, but i'm uncertain. What do you guys think about it?

[aberrantangels]

Warning: if you have a paid account, and thus two available URLs, put in the www.livejournal.com/users/whatever one--I put in cleolinda.livejournal.com and came up with $0.00.

I put it in with a ~ instead of /users and got squadoo. With the full URL, I got US$1,129.08. Just a PSA.

[girlalmighty]

Louisa May Alcott? I have to admit that I think my first inkling that I wanted to be a writer was being 8 and so identifying with Jo, although I didn't realize I wanted to really write until I was 15.

[dives.livejournal.com]

I think I could probably recognize Ralph Fiennes only by his eyes-- though I am, by no stretch, an obsessive fan of his, I think his eyes are the most distinctive part of him.

That being said, after seeing that pic:
a) Didn't recognize the eyes.
b) Er, yay recurring nightmares?

[travelsizedoug.livejournal.com]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/2004/barneycam004.v.html
You won't believe it.

[corkdorkdan.livejournal.com]

And to think no one had heard of Harriet Miers before a few weeks ago. How could they have missed her guest starring role in this fine piece of cinema!

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better. Is it the same place you got cat-mauled before? If so, you could make the marks part of a great Halloween costume...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Nope, now I have MATCHING wrist lacerations.

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

I came across this icon (http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/35499932/770238) a couple of weeks ago, and I found it quite funny. But pitifully enough, I can't remember who it was that was using it (it's a miracle I was even able to find the icon itself in my history)
Also, xxestellaxx's drawn Harry Potter icons tend to be hilarious. (three pages of them here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/xxestellaxx/342674.html))

Speakinf of icons though, that Abominations unto the Lord one... amuses me a little bit too much. Mainly because a rather annoying biblethumper at a forum I go to has the exact same bunny photo in her signature banner. It makes me so tempted to drop a link to that icon around her.

Also, I hope that's not really Voldemort, I prefer the snakey Voldie in my head over that skelly Vodie.

OMG.

[suenosdejmi.livejournal.com]

That icon is hysterical.

You said you didn't know who it belonged to, right? I want it, do you mind?

[http://users.livejournal.com/lorien__/]

lol mine was 0.00$ with both url's ;)
*sigh* i'm not worth anything then :p

hugs
L.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

OMG I LOVE LORRIE MOORE.

The end.

No, not the end. Lorrie Moore is awesome, and you should read everything by her ever.

[magikalcrab.livejournal.com]

My LJ is apparently worth nothing, even when putting the link in the proper way.

*pouts*

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

MINE TOO.

I say we make fifteen emo posts about this, right now.

[lilgoala.livejournal.com]

... I wouldn't be surprised if that were really the Voldemort makeup.

It's not. I read a Word document of production notes for the movie (I can't remember where I got it... leaky-cauldron, maybe?) that describes post-cauldron Voldie, and he sounds pretty much like the book's version. Red eyes, pale skin, snake-ish nose, etc.

[mouseykins1.livejournal.com]

Argh! Scary. Though I still think the Death Eater hoods are horribly cheesy. Like, "We are ominous with our KKK reject hats and our overly-gruesome haunted house leftovers! BWAHA!"

[istoo.livejournal.com]

I think the m15m journal is worth more because it has a book named after it. :)

[unheardpublic.livejournal.com]

Cleo! I took a quiz today, and I thought you would want to see it (because it has to do with you).

http://www.livejournal.com/users/unheardpublic/

Somehow, I knew we were meant for each other. ::^_^::

Z

[raspberry-wench.livejournal.com]

Iis it bad that I looked at that Voldemort pic and, even before I read the rest of your entry, I thought, "That is some scary-ass scariness, and those are definitely Ralph Fiennes's eyes." Now I am totally worried for myself.

[k-puff.livejournal.com]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRF_WOMAN_HANGED?SITE=ARSPR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-10-27-19-10-37

Another one of those head-banging-agianst-walls type of articles you put up so often. ^_^;;

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I think I put it up the other day, as a matter of fact. ;)

[potatofishy.livejournal.com]

This isn't so much a pimping request as just a plain old pimping; namely, me pimping Last.fm (http://last.fm) to you. I'm really and truly addicted to this, and I'm so hoping you'll join up. You download a plugin for your music player, and it tracks what you listen to and how often you listen to it; then it recommends new stuff based on what you like. I love this so hard. I could never pick out a favorite band, but now I can see that my favorite band is The Magnetic Fields, followed closely by Golden Shoulders! Billy Joel is third! My favorite songs are "When Doves Cry" and "Wonderwall"!

Ok, maybe not. It only tracks number of times listened, and I have a habit of putting songs on repeat for hours. Which is not the point. The point is that I want to know what you like, because you are awesome times 8, and you should totally join up and then friend ME! (http://www.last.fm/user/NeverWasI/)




And maybe, if you like it, pimp it out to your readership. Maybe.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I *want* anyone to know that I listened to Bryan Adams for 14 hours the other day. ; )

[luna-k.livejournal.com]

Beta Becomes 13th Hurricane of Season.

*And* the 7th major hurricane, and the 1st ever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Beta) to be named for a Greek letter.

Incidentally, I've read your TDAT recaps like 7 times this hurricane season. Global warming - not just for cheesy CGH extravagazas anymore!

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

That's gotta be a mask - I can see a definite gap between the skull face and the eyes/skin beneath. Possibly Lucius Malfoy, or some other random DE. ^^

[galaxianomiko.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. The mask also looks like it is made of fairly sturdy material, so it wouldn't be usable as monster makeup--they'd use foam latex for that.

[shesnotallthere.livejournal.com]

Speaking of projects, I've decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, which I found out about through your journal, thus making my incipient mental breakdown totally your fault. :o)

Seriously, I think it'll be a good thing for me, so thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

FINALLY someone speaks out against the bracelet fad. It's been annoying me for a couple of months now.

Speaking of writing...I just signed up for the NaNoWriMo thing - I'm totally skeered of it, though. I know what I want to write but I have no idea how to make it into a coherent piece. Eep!

Also? Did you see the opal pendant up at Silver Jewelry Club? I missed it by about 1 hour (*sob*). It's puuurty.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

AUGH NO. That'll make an opal ring, earrings, and pendant I've missed now.

[ghost-huntress.livejournal.com]

Did anyone else see the pictures of Voldy and go "Leroux Erik SQUEEEE!"

[tigereyed24.livejournal.com]

Aww, my journal is worthless no matter what I put as the address lol. Woe.

In other news, the LOTR portion of you book had me in tears today. I thought the LOST crossover was going to kill me too :D

I like the running jokes from the previous recaps, so you get little rewards for reading from start to finish as well! In conclusion, GREAT BOOK! :)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks. : )