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[cleolinda]

Randomness on a Sunday afternoon:

Read an old Vanity Fair (November 2005, I think? Kate Moss on the cover) and mused. I think one of the biggest problems I have, in terms of failing at various goals and spiraling into fear and doubt, is that I am terrified of authority figures. I'm always afraid that people I have to answer to will be disappointed in me. I'm starting to realize that this is what's behind a lot of my failure to move forward--there are some business things I need to take care of, but because the people I would have to contact are older and higher up on the food chain than me, I'm terrified that they're going to be like, "Gah, is that all you have? You waited this long? And you're no further than that? Why do we bother with you, anyway?"

Still confused about the msscribe thing? The Woman Who Sued Herself.

Who is LJ for? And who is the new Vox service for? Six Apart's ljkrissy (who was very supportive of the M15M book, I have to add, and is good people in general) tackles the question. Since it's been of some controversy recently (see her entry), here's something you can do:

Though a few different sources confirm that the largest group of LJ users falls into the ages of around 18-24, a lot of LJ users feel that description just doesn't describe LJ's diverse community. We want you to know that we've heard your concerns, and now we're challenging you to help us make our statistics more accurate. The way you can do this is by following this meme that you might have already seen:

Go to the profile page and specify your full date of birth, including your year of birth. If you don't want everyone to see how old you are, make sure the box that says "show your birthday to other users" is unchecked. The important thing is to get yourself into the database. Then tell your friends about it, and ask them to do it too.

And what this will do is dispell the idea that Livejournal is predominantly Generation Y, the "MySpace generation," so if you want to be represented, plug in your birthdate info. And don't forget to uncheck that "show to other users" option if you want privacy.

As for the LJ/Vox thing, I'll tell you that my first instinct was NO NO LIVEJOURNAL MINE, so I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, despite being a shade over their 18-24 demographic here at 27. Depending on how things shake out, I might try to syndicate (or if that option isn't available, duplicate this journal) over at Vox for people who do decide to go there. I'm one of those people who has to try every new thing out once, but there will be no difference in content between LJ and Vox as far as my journal is concerned. Because, damn, even if I wanted to, I don't have the time or energy to keep two completely different sets of journals. (My Greatest Journal is something I use to communicate with a specific group of people; there are no public entries over there.) Also, from what I've seen about the Vox service, Vox is more about "privacy control," which I thought LJ was already pretty good at, but my journal was, from its very inception lo these... few... years ago, intended to be a writer's public form of expression. That's why I got myself a pretty blank-book diary, y'all. If I don't want y'all to see it, I don't post it here. I'm more interested in the way LJ fosters and facilitates community--the way we link to each other, the way memes jump from journal to journal. I'm fairly sure I wouldn't have a book in print right now if it weren't for the Livejournal spirit of community. So I consider Livejournal to be both the medium of and the vehicle for any success I currently have. Vox sounds like it might suit the different needs of other groups; I'm just not sure it offers anything I don't already have here.

Renee Zellweger as Beatrix Potter. Once again, a movie Cate Blanchett was considered for and did not end up doing (see also: Closer, The Merchant of Venice, The Fountain).

Sony is lining up Natalie Portman and Eric Bana to topline "The Other Boleyn Girl," based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel.

Pirates of the Caribbean ride revamped... with animatronic Johnny? "But Rodgers said that she is very confident that no one will walk away disappointed. And, she added, in response to the observation that more things in this world should be designed to look like Johnny Depp, 'You're not going to find anyone who's going to disagree with you.'"

Speaking of which, I was just lame enough to transcribe the dialogue clips at the official site and... some of them are kind of interesting. My favorite, however, and a strong contender for a new tagline for this journal, is "My boogie snickle snickle! Toute suite, come on!"

Comments

[sparkythehamstr.livejournal.com]

think one of the biggest problems I have, in terms of failing at various goals and spiraling into fear and doubt, is that I am terrified of authority figures.

o.O That's the same problem I have. I wonder how common that is.

[orimornie.livejournal.com]

Just so you know... I skimmed the entry, saw Renee Zellweger and Potter and freaked out for about 5 minutes trying to figure out who she was playing in the new Harry Potter movie.




And then I realised... and felt like a moron. :)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Oh, your boogie snickle snickle. You show me yours, toute suite, and I'll show you my lama dama ding dong. Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

"My boogie snickle snickle! Toute suite, come on!"

::bursts into laughter::

Oh, that would look *so* good as a tagline!

p/s - finally finished your book. Love it!

^__^

[lucky-guess.livejournal.com]

More common than we think, probably.

I regularly go numb at the mere thought of the end-of-semester evaluation meetings we have in our graduate program, even though I know I've done everything just fine.

[ailaes.livejournal.com]

I just started The Other Boleyn Girl and I'm not sure if I like it yet. I've read The Virgin's Lover and while I felt it gave a different view of the whole affair, primarily basing it mostly from Amy's view, in some way I felt it was lacking. (Have I mentioned I'm obsessed with everything about Elizabeth I?) Here's hoping I finish the book before the movie version comes out. If my attention wanders, I have a feeling I won't finish it for quite a while.

[galaxianomiko.livejournal.com]

I agree with the other commenter--there are probably plenty of people who feel this way (including me!), but it's not something anyone really talks about. It's hard to figure out how to change that feeling, for me, since it's not *exactly* like dealing with other fears.

Anybody else have this fear extend to a fear of policemen? Especially when driving?

[sparkythehamstr.livejournal.com]

I am ALWAYS anxious about police, even if I'm not speeding or doing anything illegal. I wonder if there's any research on this.

[fictionalizedme.livejournal.com]

oh, good - I wasn't the only one. Although I saw Beatrix, my mind read Bellatrix, and then I argued with myself that her name WASN'T Potter, and it could've been a typo....*headpalm*

[paranoidgrl.livejournal.com]

I was just watching the E! coverage of the Pirates premiere, and they did segment showing some of the revamped ride. It was very weird. It's like, a ride that turned into a movie that turned into a ride.

I practice law, and regularly go before judges. Every time, I spend the bulk of the time waiting for the judge to call the case convinced he/she is going to end the hearing by yelling at me or telling me how incompetent I am. I have no idea how to get rid of this feeling, but if it's any consolation, I've had people who've done this for fifty years tell me the same thing. I think we're all afraid of being disappointments.

[zen-child.livejournal.com]

The PotC website doesn't like me. I am annoyed that I cannot find one of the thingies you have to find. I should go and get some sleep anyway, since it's after 1am.
Tell you what though, that msscribe stuff makes for good bedtime reading.

"You can mistrust me less than you can mistrust him, trust me."

Nighty night, Cleo.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, good!

[edda.livejournal.com]

I think one of the biggest problems I have, in terms of failing at various goals and spiraling into fear and doubt, is that I am terrified of authority figures. I'm always afraid that people I have to answer to will be disappointed in me...

Hello, me! Although in my experience, people in general are too busy and have seen too much to be especially punitive (although there are some notable exceptions). But, yes, I am...well, it's like, I'm afraid they'll have questions for me that I can't really answer. "Why isn't X done?" Because it fucking isn't, OK? What do you want, a confession co-signed by Torquemada? It'll be ready when I fucking say it's ready. Shove it, assmunch.

I kind of have issues with authority figures in many different ways, if that's not obvious yet.

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

Wait, so how do you listen to all the dialogue snippets? Do you just have to refresh a bazillion times?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Go through the different scenes and click on the characters--it's a Disney site, and you can tell it's aimed mostly at kids, so it'll be pretty obvious where you need to click if you run your cursor over stuff. If you move your cursor to the middle of the screen, you ought to see a keyhole shape--click that and it'll take you to the next scene. That, or you can go to the map (menu bar at top) and skip around. The line I mentioned is on the cannibal island scene, but you'll have to click Jack about 1000 times to hear all the various lines.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

I'm driven to panic sometimes by the idea of having to deal with police, which is funny, since one of my uncles is a Constable (he makes me nervous, but not to the point of screaming and crying like most cops)

but then I was once accosted by a cop in a walmart who was convinced that I had stolen season 3 of babylon 5 since it was in my backpack, despite the store not carrying it or the fact that it was covered in wear and tear. it had a security device UNDER the plastic moulding of the case and I had forgotten it was in my purse. She threatened to take me to jail unless I told the truth, at which point I was incoherent with the crying and the wailing and about half an inch from a screaming panic attack and the store manager told the cop to lay off it was obvious I hadn't stolen anything.

I REALLY started absolutely hating/fearing cops after that point.

[maliekai.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA OMG, I FOUND IT!!! Geez, that was way more complicated than anything ever.

Boogie snickle snickle, heh heh heh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I know, man--I was so busy "plundering" with the sound turned down that I didn't even realize the characters said anything until I was almost at the end.

[where-ru-now.livejournal.com]

Way more common than we think. I thought I was just a head-case, because I am deathly afraid of disappointing people, especially those I really look up to...like my old choir director. When we did the musical this year, I had the lead and it was just constant pressure not to let him down.

And, since he's a jerk, in my yearbook, instead of some "OMGZ YOU ARE SO AMAZING" he wrote "I expect great things from you. Don't let me down." Jerk.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I will now ruin the first POTC trailer for you for ever and ever.

A friend at the last con I went to pointed out that Davy Jones really does sound like he is saying "Jack Sparrow....You have a dead toupee"

[leila82.livejournal.com]

I definitely have this problem, too. I'm terrified to the point where, if I'm not doing well in a class, I'll avoid going to talk to the professor because I know that they will be disappointed in me (and things all just g downhill from there).

[sparkythehamstr.livejournal.com]

I do the SAME thing. Wow, this is more common than I thought.

[cran.livejournal.com]

I'm not afraid of talking to bosses, professors, interviewers, the few celebrities I've met, anyone like that... but policemen, yes. I can't even look them in the eye when I speak to them (and normally I look everyone in the eye, as that was drilled into me in journalism school). I've never gotten into any trouble, so I don't understand it. I had to report some puppies that were being borderline-neglected the other day (two puppies on a y-shaped chain, tangled so they couldn't move even two feet, one wearing only a choke chain instead of a real collar, no water anywhere near), and I was nervous to do that! I guess I worry I'm just bothering them or something.

[puffkrispy.livejournal.com]

Natalie and Eric Bana in a movie based on a smutty historical novel?

ZOMG CAN'T HANDLE IT!

[evilbearhunter.livejournal.com]

I can hear the trailer in my mind and OMG you are so right! Hee!