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[cleolinda]

Zoloft 150, down from 200, day 2: Mmm, hot flashes. I dig the dizziness as well.

"Snakes on a Blog" on a premiere.

Snakes On A Motherfucking Press Junket.

Shouldn't the movie come out first, before we have Rocky Horror-style scripted interactions? 

British journalist weirded out by convention of Harry Potter slash and/or smut writers in Vegas. 

McGregor, Jackman are Tourists. Between this and The Prestige, Hugh Jackman is revealing himself to be a tireless advocate for female fanservice. "They want guys! Pretty guys! Two guys! Get me Jude Law on the phone, stat!"

"Fiction's for girls!" The best part is how plotless, "psychological" fiction is the fault of female writers. Which is weird, because I associate that kind of navel-gazing with hipster male writers. It's also the reason I've said, to hell with that people think is supposed to be "literary"; I want to write books with plots and stories and things that happen, that are also "literary." It just happens that I also think that psychology drives action, and that this Russell Smith in particular is an idiot.

I love Girls Are Pretty--which, by the way, has nothing to do with girls or pretty. Each day is a "holiday" of some sort, if you will. Today: "Everyone's Pretty Sure You're the Reason All the Kids Are Going Missing Around Here Day!"

From particle_person: Do you believe in the right to arm bears? The Substance Abuse page is gold, by the way. But then, it's a special feature on Jasper Fforde's site, so...

Comments

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

“If you are a young man and you pick up the book section, your primary impression of literature in English is going to be the kind of thing your mother's book club reads."

Hon, if you are a young man and you pick up the book section, you are going to spend the rest of your life wearing a major-ass truss.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Touché.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

And I got the bear link via petermorwood, who is dduane's husband and fellow author. I have to remember to buy his books.

[pygmymetal.livejournal.com]

But from what I can figure out, and I don't think I was missing anything major, the main point is a comparison between Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and Joseph Stalin.

That one almost made me snort my tea onto my monitor. :p

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

When I read that article, I alternated between "yeah, that makes sense" and "you know nothing about fandom and are really quite stupid, aren't you?"

Some choice quotes:
"This is Harry Potter for adults. A concept that I'd always thought of as one of those minority tastes like quantum physics for children. Or Star Trek for girls."

Um, a lot of girls like Star Trek. As evidence, let me note that dduane had this article up on her LJ this morning, and she's written a few of the ST books.

"It's the first time that women have ever dominated fandom in this way, and so of course it's all about doing extra homework and making sure your uniform is nicely pressed."

Ick. Where to even start with this? Not only is it sexist, it's not true. LJ is full of female-dominated fandoms.

[bluinkalchemist.livejournal.com]

"They want guys! Pretty guys! Two guys! Get me Jude Law on the phone, stat!"

In Japan, they call it yaoi.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I will refrain from asking what your thoughts on yaoi are. But it's a struggle, let me tell you.

[shoukinkasegi.livejournal.com]

Wait, no?
(http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/secondamendment)

Add it yo: girlsprettyfeed

[musikologie.livejournal.com]

Oh, you beat me to the "bear arms" linkage.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman in the same movie?

I'll get back to you once my brain starts thinking in semi-safe-for-work sentences again. ;-)

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

Cha! *Does the love of Ewan dance*

Bishi men! Bishi men!

Okay, I'm done.

cheers

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Last year the Ursine Self-Defence Bill was defeated in parliament by 602 to one, the single favourable vote cast by Sherman Barthlomew, MP, who along with Henrietta Hatchett, has done much to promote the arming of bears against illegal hunters and bile-tappers.

Stephen Colbert is going to want to hear about this.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Between this and The Prestige, Hugh Jackman is revealing himself to be a tireless advocate for female fanservice. "They want guys! Pretty guys! Two guys! Get me Jude Law on the phone, stat!"

Hugh is nice that way.

Re: the meds thing--I always like the drymouth, myself. And the paresthesia ("zaps"). Can't forget the paresthesia.

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

Oi...when I tried going cold-turkey off my Paxil (EVIL EVIL DRUG!) I felt like my heart was beating everywhere but my chest...yay to nausea and migraines.

So with the help of a good doctor, and SLOWLY reducing the dosage, I managed to not kill myself. Though I don't have the same depression issues as you, I found I came alive, and was no longer a Paxilbot...

Life is still tough though, but I can always fine solace in writing. It's a wonderful talent to have, and you have it by the vat-full.

Hey, most of the greatest writers ever have/had serious depression etc...it's like a right of passage for a literary genius. Welcome to the club.

cheers

[megmatthews20.livejournal.com]

I hope the above message didn't sound...err...rude...

t'was not my intention.

cheers

[fiveforsilver]

Not sure if you've seen this, but it seems like something you might be interested in spreading around. The president of a gardening supplies company decided it would be a good idea to use the company's customer e-mail list to advocate prejudice against gays and to urge people to write to a tv station because he was offended by some mild homosexual content.

http://stoney321.livejournal.com/177578.html

[gold-tree.livejournal.com]

Wow, that email is made of WTF. I think I need to lie down for a little while.

[dives.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.giantmag.com/2006/07/movies/snakes-on-his-motherfucking-flesh/)? A bit much.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Eep. To Other Readers: This involves a really nasty looking hairy arm with a tattoo. Be warned.

[dreamingenigma.livejournal.com]

i will definitely see the tourist. i'm not above watching movies where hugh jackman and ewan mcgregor engage in gratuitous sex (sadly, not with each other.)

[absolute-tash.livejournal.com]

I've BEEN to the sex clubs....let's just hope they pick prettier people and don't cast from real life!

Ewan is an excellent start, but I fear if he was to set foot in a real sex club, he'd be pulled apart by the ravenous crowds of female swingers!

[lannamichaels]

But then, there's something so very female about this. It's the first time that women have ever dominated fandom in this way, and so of course it's all about doing extra homework and making sure your uniform is nicely pressed.

*rolls eyes*

[missmp.livejournal.com]

Mmm, hot flashes. I dig the dizziness as well.

For a number of inconvenient reasons, I ended up taking 2 mgs of klonopin a day for about eight months. The ween off of that? Was kind of amusing in its insanity. I had the dizziness, in addition to insomnia and the shakes. It was kind of like two weeks of a really, really bad caffeine overdose.

Good luck with your meds!

[saturnianali8r.livejournal.com]

Okay, I really don't like the article on Lumos. I think that she needed to put a lot more research into her article, and that she should notice that many fandoms on the Internet have a majority of women participating. I also didn't like the Star Trek for girls comment.

[edda.livejournal.com]

I sincerely hope you feel better. And that hot nekkid men come over and massage you. Hugh Jackman and friends, Or whomever. YES. *love*

[delle.livejournal.com]

It's the first time that women have ever dominated fandom in this way,

What a pretentious twit of a mundane. S/he should actually bother to research on-line fandom before making these kinds of highly inaccurate, stupid and condensending type of statements.

[jnerd.livejournal.com]

"'I do Snape and Harry. And Snape/ Lockhart. There are female characters in Harry Potter but they're just not very interesting. Ginny 's like the popular girl at school who picked on us, and Hermione is just annoying."

Someone tell me that's not the actual reason for slash fiction. I mean, for crying out load, a third of the crap involves random death eaters who, while evil, are less interesting (or at least far less developed as characters) than the females in the series. I mean, I've seen things involving Fenrir Greyback, Rabastan, and Regulus (not all at once--I think, I've not actually read the stories). How can anyone possibly claim that any of them are more interesting than loony Luna Lovegood? For that matter, how does Lockhart possibly qualify as interesting? He's just a prissy little fop, for crying out loud!

I have a feeling I'm going to regret this rant....

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm totally onboard with characterization of a prissy little fop with a dash of cowardly ambition.

[noblerot.livejournal.com]

Jesus.

Where has Girls Are Pretty been all my life?

[demonqueen666.livejournal.com]

Completely off-topic and I'm sure somebody out there has shown this to you already, but I thought you might like to known about this little bigotry-fueled fiasco. (http://stoney321.livejournal.com/177578.html)

Gee, aren't people funny? [/sarcasm]

Oh, substance abuse...

[blinkliz.livejournal.com]

"Three words of advice: DON'T DO MARMALADE."

'Love it. ^_^

[spherissa.livejournal.com]

random uninformative comment - my boyfriend found a snakes on a plane role playing game online...

[gypsytemptress.livejournal.com]

totally off topic but what happened to your Heroine Addict icon from Vanity Fair where she has her hand in front of her eyes with the veil on? I can't find it :( I thought I had it saved but I don't

[keehnidea.livejournal.com]

Omg, that Girls are Pretty thing is hilarious! I will definately have to go there more often. Anywhoodle, that fiction is for girls thing really pisses me off... Grrrr... Fiction is NOT just for girls and vice versa. I once read an HTML book... lol

Side effect central

[ellamista.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the Zoloft. Drugs are teh evil, yet annoyingly helpful... drug people just can't get it right. It's either helpful, yet evil or unhelpful, yet nice.