Tuesday evening, puffy eyes

[cleolinda]

Damn pollen.

Clarifications from yesterday's entry:

Clarification 1, re: American Girl dolls: I understand why an in-store stylist might not be able to do off-brand dolls. I mean, it might be a bit crap, but there are legitimate reasons (the dolls have different kinds of hair fiber, they can't style every doll in the world, whatever). The key word in the item as I wrote it was "humiliated." There's no reason the stylist couldn't say, "Oh, I'm sorry, but they won't let me do that." (And me being Southern, I probably would have thrown in a "But that's a real pretty doll--maybe someone at another [non-AG] store can do it?") And there is absolutely no reason for the other customers to be condescending slags to a young child. I understand why they turned her down; I don't understand the extra layer of bitchery on top.

Clarification 1b, re: American Girl dolls: I actually own one--Josefina--that I got when I was in college. I'd spent my later childhood/early adolescence drooling over the wonderful catalogues, and so when I was a Spanish major and could buy one for myself, well, Josefina seemed fitting. My sister had Samantha, who I kind of reverse-inherited when she didn't want to play with dolls anymore. However, we were on board before Mattel bought out Pleasant Company, and I could tell when it happened, because the catalogues were very different afterwards. In short: Mattel sucks, blame them.

Clarification 2, re: rants: The lock on my door doesn't work. This now makes two consecutive houses (and three different bedrooms) where my door wouldn't lock. Pretty much everyone else's does. Anytime anyone wants to barge in, they pretty much do. I have got to move out of this house.

Linkspam:

Recalled pet food blamed for more than 100 deaths.

Meth addict who made documentary dies.

"Runningman" makes it into record books at last.

Police: Man swiped 1,500 women's undies. Dedication is important, you know?

Porn a tough sell for bashful panda. Notice they avoided the more common wording "hard sell." Heh.

Group finds toad the size of a small dog. AUGH.

Otters floating around, holding hands.

Ninja Kittenz 4 Justice.

I don't really know how to describe this one, except that it involves Peeps on horseback.

The best breakup note ever.

Leibovitz to photograph Queen Elizabeth II.

Country star dumps husband after child sex bust. Oh, Wynonna. That's going to be a dicey country song to write.

Jack Valenti, head of MPAA ratings board, suffers stroke.

Eddie Griffin wrecks rare $1.5 million Ferrari.

Thora Birch's Ex-Porn Star Stage Dad Just Wants His Daughter To Raise Her Sex Scene Game. Ew.

Duchovny Says 'X-Files 2' Negotiations Almost Complete. After what happened to that show in the last couple of seasons, it was years before I was able to love again. Seriously. I think Lost was the first show I picked back up with on a steady basis. Don't suck me back in, Carter.

Depp and Banderas in Sin City 2? I'm sorry, I'm a little slack-jawed right now.

Abbie Cornish to star in Campion's Keats bio Bright Star.

Welling Signs Up for 'Teen Wolf.' Oh dear.

Evan Almighty Trailer to Debut During The Office. Well, naturally.

28 Weeks Later Trailer.

'Lost' Star Naveen Andrews Wants To Remake Fassbinder Classic 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.' Huh, I had to watch that in my foreign film class.

Batman Gets Lego Treatment.

A couple of new POTC pics in this gallery; keep an eye out for Keith Richards.

Gwen Stefani Suggests Sanjaya Tackle An Instrumental This Week. I'll be honest with you--we were all downstairs watching this horrorshow as a family, wah wah bonding etc., and they showed the intro clip of Sanjaya rehearsing with Gwen and I caught a few words in the background, realized what he was about to perpetrate, and shouted "OH NO HE'S NOT!" What did he sing? "Bathwater." With a ponyhawk. What the fuck. I love that song and it hurt my heart. Meanwhile, Defamer reports that "[Gwen] tried to get him to sing some 80's song. He said he was a big fan and he really wanted to do one of her songs. Gwen was upfront with him and told him she didn't think he could pull it off but gave him the benefit of the doubt. Today after seeing how rehearsals were going, she didn't see any progress. She went to Nigel immediately and told him she does not want Sanjaya singing one of her songs whatsoever. Sanjaya didn't have many options at that point. He kind of got stuck with ['Bathwater']. This caused a big scene at the studio and was the talk all afternoon." Seriously, someone find me a screencap of his hair. The people need to know about what Vote for the Worst is doing to this country, because it's not funny anymore. If you've ever thought of voting for an American Idol contestant who is not Sanjaya Malakar, I beg you, do so this week. I don't even blame Sanjaya himself at this point--as one site (ew.com?) so eloquently put it, he's out of his depth and he knows it, but he can't go home--"he's in hell." Put us all out of his misery. Please. ETA: THE HORROR.

Comments

[gwynevere1.livejournal.com]

At least, CleoSue looks very zen.

[leila82.livejournal.com]

You know, Sanjaya was bad, but I still think Chris R was actually worse. He forgot the words to "Don't Speak"! And the first half was horribly off key. And I rather like Chris R, so it's making me really sad to say this.

[katytowell.livejournal.com]

Damn pollen.

Oy, I hear ya. My eyes are red and watery all the time and sometimes I want to claw them out. Just... claw them out of my head. And maybe toss them at my neighbors' bratty offspring. And then go chasing after them (the children, I mean), eyeless but still strangely itchy, roaring, "Rarrrrrr! I'ma EATCHOO!" and generally scaring them witless.

I went off on a total tangent there, but my point was that the pollen is sucktastic.

[millebasia.livejournal.com]

And then go chasing after them (the children, I mean), eyeless but still strangely itchy, roaring, "Rarrrrrr! I'ma EATCHOO!"

Mwaha. I LOLed. :D

[divabat.livejournal.com]

Have you heard about the two NZ highschoolers that busted Ribena's claims by showing that it had hardly any Vitamin C (http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2632416820070327?feedType=RSS)?

I did...

[ytima.livejournal.com]

And I read the report actually shows there's NONE. Or at least so little as to be equal to none.

I can't believe Ribena's owned by GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company (as I've always known them). They deserve a much larger fine than they're probably going to get.

[londonsparrow.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! ::pwned by otter cuteness::

"Bathwater" is in fact the only No Doubt song I ever listen to, and seeing Sanjaya and his seven ponytails perform it was perhaps so horrible it turned the universe in on itself and was awesome.

[koritsimou.livejournal.com]

Boyfriend and I do not watch AI, but we tuned into the last few minutes so we wouldn't miss any House, and when they showed the clip of Watsizface with his literal mane of hair, we (BF and I) simultaneously yelled "HOLY SH--!". And then we cried.

Sorry, that was a long way for a little bit.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I squeed at the otters. Sooooo cute

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

It's all about Sanjaya's hair over at ohnotheydidnt. I'd go find the link myself, but I'm scared of going on an ONTD binge, and I really should be getting to bed.

[manasseh.livejournal.com]

Here's the link. (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/11578817.html)

His hair is terrifying. I'm so sad I missed the show.

[promise19.livejournal.com]

Re: the American Girls thing, I so agree with you. So many of the commenters were debating whether it was true and whether the store had the "right to refuse" to do a non-AG doll's hair, that they missed the point that this was really a customer service issue. The stylist could have explained that she couldn't "do" the doll's hair, but maybe put a bow in it or something (surely that wouldn't make it fall out). I got the distinct impression though that this woman was one of those people who take delight in telling the customer, "I/you/he/she can't do that." (You know they're out there!) Bah on her! I hope karma smacks her back!

Re: the door lock... ROAD TRIP TO LOWES OR HOME DEPOT!!! I swear, it's easy to switch out a door knob. All you need is a screwdriver. (You may need both flat and phillips, but still.) You can do it! and think of all that privacy you'd get!

Re: the peeps on horseback... I was expecting "people" (aka "peeps") not real peeps!!! ROFLMAO

Re: OTTERSZ HOLDING HANDS! Awwwwwww.... cutest.thing.ever!

You're right. That was some fine linkspam!

[eofs.livejournal.com]

The Ribena story fills me with a bit of woe, since I'm a Ribena addict and have been since early childhood.

However, if the advert truly did say "the blackcurrants in Ribena have four times the vitamin C of oranges" then surely the level of vitamin C in the Ribena itself is not what's being touted ;0) However I'd be amazed in Glaxo-Smith-Kline's best legal minds did not figure this out themselves so I presume I'm missing something. Because it's not like the vitamin C level of the blackcurrants themselves is going to be questioned.

[divabat.livejournal.com]

Part of the girls' research showed that a bottle of orange juice had more vitamin C than Ribena, so that point's already been proven.

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

I had a BIG anti-VoteForTheWorst Rant all typed up, but I deleted it, and will post in my own journal, because I don't want to start shit in someone else's journal. Let's just say that I think that people who don't like the show should not watch it. >:|

On the other hand, Ninja kittens make things all better. :D

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

Quite fantastic Linkspam if I do say so. I'm ridiculously excited for 28 Weeks later, just because I've got a thing for Zombie movies... Only God knows why. I also have a thing for Gwen, so my SIL called me to tell me that I have to watch tomorrow when she performs. But since I'm Pacific time, you're post is allowing me to see the carnage for myself before House. LOL

[xblackrose666x.livejournal.com]

maybe it's cause i work at the lego store, but i've been hearing about the batman game for a while. i, myself, am rather excited for it. (coming from the girl who spent $300 on legos this weekend.)

re: american dolls: i had felicity, my sister had kirsten when we were little. i have no idea what happened to them. i do know where the horse is; in my closet. lol.

[zrath.livejournal.com]

You work at the Lego Store?!?!?
MARRY ME!!! :D

Hee hee, just kidding.
Wow, $300? Whatdja get?

When I saw the "Batman to get Lego treatment" link, I was all like "gee, the sets have been out for 2 years already".
I did not know a game was coming.
I should pick up the Star Wars Lego games. They look like fun.

[greyduck.livejournal.com]

The Lego Batman game... Dammit. I resisted the Lego Star Wars game, and tried to resist Lego Star Wars II but one day I was over at my kids' place and watched them team up to play through one of the Episode IV levels and the very next day I had to buy my own damned copy.

I sense a lot of Biff! Pow! in my future...

[elbales]

SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE ICON
fweee!

[skullbutt.livejournal.com]

I must thank you for posting "I Can Has Cheezburger" links. I think it's changed my life. Ninja kitteh probably has probably won the internets, and if not, he certainly deserves a cheeseburger.

[lesamalie.livejournal.com]

Emma Peel! (well Diana Rigg...still awesome!)

[ter369.livejournal.com]

Nice icon, Cleo. Yes, you must get out of the house, off puppy-sitting patrol, and on with whatever allows you time and mind to think/write/be.

I wish there was a still pic of the Otters. ::on dial-up::

[hulamoth.livejournal.com]

Duchovny Says 'X-Files 2' Negotiations Almost Complete. After what happened to that show in the last couple of seasons, it was years before I was able to love again. Seriously. I think Lost was the first show I picked back up with on a steady basis. Don't suck me back in, Carter.


{dies ded}

I became insanely obsessed with The X-Files just this year.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't know when to tell you to stop watching precisely, but it all goes to hell after Duchovny leaves. He comes back, but... it almost would have been better if he'd just stayed gone.

[tifaria.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize Matel had bought Pleasant Company. Huh. I wanted an AG girl so badly when I was a kid, but I always sufficed myself with the catalogues and the books instead. I agree, though, that's why I was so hoping it wasn't a true story, because the thought of adults-- grown people who know better-- humiliating a small child is something that really makes me want to cry. Like you said, it would have been more proper to explain why, rather than making the girl feel bad.

Otters! Eeee. I love how they separate and then float back over to each other.

I'm with you re:X-Files. I watched reruns of it recently and felt bitter about the ending all over again.

[eruvadhril.livejournal.com]

The cane toad was found in Darwin? Goddamit, they're spreading! Cane toads will take over Australia!

[thea-scooter.livejournal.com]

I go to school with people who know Sanjaya who vote for him every week. If one of my friends started acting like that, I'd vote them off.

I love how the only people who mouth off to Simon now are the 17 year olds...

[wirrrn.livejournal.com]

Cane Toads: The female Cane toads here routinely get that big- I've seen dozens that size. I still don't think the toads should be killed so nastily- lots of people run them over or whack them with golf clubs. If you rub them all over with Preparation H, which anaesthetises them, then put in the freezer for several hours, which sends them off. Ideally, they should be rounded up alive and sent back to the Amazon, but the Aussie government won't even consider that option, as they have an Environmentally Unfriendly image to maintain...

[caerbannog.livejournal.com]

I am so looking forward to the Keats biopic. I read about him and Fanny Brawne in a novel called Passion by Jude Morgan and even though their storyline was the briefest (the book focused on several women involved with the Romantic poets), it ended up being the most sad and moving. Me and my box of Kleenex will totally be there.

I wonder who they're getting to play Keats. I can't find anything on IMDB.

[yarha.livejournal.com]

I have got to move out of this house.

OH YES, DEAR LORD, COME TO JESUS!

Yarha, There Will Be a CTJM in Room B at 10

[mamomo.livejournal.com]

I think the point that Vote for the Worst is valid (e.g., AI is more of a popularity contest than a singing contest, and the idea of someone who doesn't fit the popstar mold winning is kinda cool), but voting for Sanjaya is not effective nor is it making a statement - it's just annoying and cringeworthy. He was even worse this week, I thought, b/c he seemed pretty smug and cocky. Like Simon said, it doesn't matter what the judges think, Sanjaya's staying, and he knows it. Though, it's the judges' (or the producers') fault that Sanjaya's even there in the first place. I thought it was funny that Gwen Stefani, who is so fluffy and harmless, was doing her best to say that Sanjaya sucked without being blatant or offensive about it. Still, it was pretty obvious that she just didn't know what to do with him.

Meanwhile, it really depresses me that the American Girl line, which used to be about multi-cultural, historical education and pride, has turned into just another obnoxious symbol of rampant consumerism.

[mercat.livejournal.com]

WORD about AG.

[daemonnoire.livejournal.com]

Judd cited irreconcilable differences as a reason for divorce

This is where I think divorce papers are unnecessarily vague. I really think that "My husband is a child molester/rapist/murderer" should be a citeable reason for divorce.