A sleepy Saturday afternoon

[cleolinda]

Mmm, watermelon. I think Infamous is on cable later tonight (Capote's somewhere Monday afternoon) and I'm reading the newish issue of Vanity Fair right now, and that's pretty much my plan for the day.


Astronomers find a hole in the universe.

Choice of sculptor for Martin Luther King Jr. monument draws flak.

Rich Russian tries to buy U.S. bomber at airshow. "An astounded member of the U.S. delegation said the bomber was not for sale but that it would cost at least $500 million if it were to be sold on the spot. 'That is no problem. It is such a cool machine,' the Russian was quoted as saying."

Prosthesis offers hope for tailless dolphin.

Stowaway cat hitches 1,000-mile ride.

Camp for those who see dead people.

Slate articles on Wikipedia: Why do subjects have to be "notable"? Since the links came up in a discussion of a popular fanfic writer being removed from Wikipedia, I went and searched for myself out of curiosity. Lo and behold, there's no "Cleolinda Jones" entry (nor should there be. No, seriously, don't go over there and start one), but there is a "Movies in Fifteen Minutes" entry. From what I know of the notability guidelines, I think that could be defended--I did a published interview for the book, I remember reviews in at least three separate magazines (uh, do they have to be good reviews...?), and so on. It can be independently verified that someone at some point gave a professional damn, I guess. The article is an "orphan," however, in that little to nothing links back to it, although I don't know what could. I'm still embarrassed that "Crazy Gary Oldman" from two or three of the parodies showed up in Actual Gary Oldman's Wikipedia article, because out of context--he's not crazy! I wasn't saying that! He plays crazy a lot! That's why it was so brilliant to put him in Prisoner of Azkaban, so the people who don't read the books but see the movies would go, "Oh, Harry can handle Voldemort, sure, but I'm putting my money on Crazy Gary Oldman this time," and then you have the big twist and see? That's why it works! And meanwhile, if Gary Oldman ever looks at his own Wikipedia entry (eh, it could happen), he's going to see that and go, "Who is this asshole?" So I would find it extremely embarrassing if people started going through actor and movie entries and stuffing in How They Relate to M15M tidbits. If nothing else, it would piss the Ruling Wikipedia Elite off at me, even if I wasn't the one doing it. I'm just trying to observe here what it's like to be on this knife edge of being "notable" enough to merit an entry but not enough to have any kind of integration with the rest of Wikipedia. Because that's exactly how it is: I have my little corner of Livejournal, but that doesn't mean I have any significance in greater pop culture.

(Which reminds me of a conversation I had at the Deathly Hallows McWane party: I run into someone from Livejournal, we have a nice chat, I go back to my friends. The Lovely Emily turns back to a friend she brought and declares, "She's famous." "You're famous?" he says. "I'm internet famous," I said. "That's totally different. You know that kid on YouTube who was pretending to be a Jedi? I'm not even as 'famous' as that kid. Next year, no one might remember me at all. That's what internet famous is like." Also, "famous" doesn't look like a word anymore.)

Awesome gigantic mixed-media Wonderland necklace at Wearable Sculpture.

John Singleton Involved in Fatal Car Accident.

Castro death rumors excite Miami; Did Perez Hilton "Kill" Castro To Distract Public From Massive Journalistic Lapse?

Scrimgeour might be cut from HBP--but if he makes it in, David Yates wants Bill Nighy (according to this source). Yay!

New DVD Edition Of 'Casino Royale' To Reportedly Contain Three Discs. I think my family wanted to know why I suddenly shouted "AUGHHHH FUCK YOU" at eight in the morning. I hate double dips, what can I say. Although at least this one will have a COMMENTARY, JESUS, and God knows I've gotten my money's worth out of the copy I have.

trailer_spot: No Country for Old Men, Hitman, American Gangster, Someone Else, Aliens vs. Predator, Beowulf.

Morgan Freeman Has A 'Rendezvous with Rama.'

"1-18-08.com Comes Back With a ROAR!"

New Animated 'Ten Commandments' Hitting Theaters in October.

And finally, new hi-res stills: The Golden Compass; I'm Not There; Lust, Caution; The Brave One; The Darjeeling Limited; Beowulf; Becoming Jane.

Comments

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

BILL NIGHY FTW (oh plz oh plz oh plz...)

[schnuggleme.livejournal.com]

The interview with Yates sounds like it was conducted before DH; hopefully now that they've all read it, they're going to be including Scrimgeour. (And a lot of other things!)

awesome

[sevenmarie.livejournal.com]

yeah but how awesome would it be if gary oldman read his wiki entry and he came to your jurnal like whats this crap all about? and you were like OMG its gary oldman AWESOME the internets LOVE YOU!


i have too active of an imagination, sorry

1st post?

[tragical-mirth.livejournal.com]

I think I liked Infamous better than Capote, actually, though Catherine Keener did a far better job as Harper Lee, IMHO.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

They can cut Scrimgeour all they want, but if Remus/Tonks gets cut, THERE WILL BE BLOOD. *cough* No pressure or anything . . .

(Re: crazy Gary Oldman) People confuse actors with their characters (and vice versa) more often than you'd think. I once spent twenty minutes convincing my dad that just because David Thewlis is gay (or so he said), that does not mean that Lupin is, and there had in fact been something of an outcry when his orientation ws canon-ized. Not to be confused with cannonized And then I looked him up on IMDB, and found out that he isn't gay either. My dad= not the most accurate source of celebrity trivia.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Cleo, I wanted to let you know that I just started college, and whenever I start getting sad/homesick, I read some of your entries I have in my memories. The "Passion of the Limeade" and "Oscar Telecast from the Future" in particular have made me feel better. This is totally a reason as to why you should be "notable".

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aww, bless. I actually have a "Best Of" list over at the Cleoland wiki, because I'm just that lame. How far from home is college? Mine was, like, twenty minutes away, so there wasn't much suffering on my part.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

It's only 40 minutes away, so there shouldn't be that much suffering on my part either, but I somehow managed to catch a stomach bug my first night here, so that made it a bit miserable.

You should totally have a 'Best Of' list. How else will we entertain ourselves?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Awww, that's terrible. Do you have Coke and/or ginger ale at hand? I loved our little dorm quad cafe because they always had a fridge of soda, milk and ginger ale.

(My first weekend: I moved in on Saturday, and on Sunday morning, it was on the news that Princess Diana had died.)

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

Oh yes; I actually stockpiled Coke beore coming here as it is a Pepsi campus.

(Oh, man, that had to suck. But at least it probably became a bonding experience for everyone)

[ccaretta.livejournal.com]

SRSLY. I read through the Cleoland wiki whenever I'm having a bad day and it cheers me up in no time. I second the 'notable'!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aw, now I feel bad that it's such a work in progress.

[ccaretta.livejournal.com]

Heck, I don't care. I get new words to use in everyday life from just reading the glossary. My coworkers truly enjoy my expanding vocabulary.

[artemis-lizzie.livejournal.com]

You have the best icon ever.

[msilverstar]

I think the notability thing in Wikipedia is specious, "notability" is such a subjective measure. You're notable to me ;-) -- hey, that could be a new expression of affection!

[quasar360.livejournal.com]

Hee! Hallmark should totally make a line of "You're notable to me" cards!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, exactly: my problem with notability on Wikipedia is that it's so scattershot--every Pokemon ever invented is "notable," but basic modern sci-fi authors (according to a scrum over at Making Light) are not. Either allow the minutiae, or don't go power-tripping over removal.

(Awww!)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that it's primarily the minutiae that make Wiki better than a standard encyclopedia, in many ways. What other encyclopedia covers Pokemon?

Mmm, watermelon.

[xander77.livejournal.com]

Well, now I was inspired to get the hell up and have a slice of watermelon, and the knife bounced on the sticker, and I cut my finger wide open, and I am bleeding and this is blood and I can't type for shit even though I really should finish some things.

Damn you Cleo!

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

You know, swear to God, this very day, I was randomly wondering whether you were in Wikipedia. I can't find the "Crazy Gary Oldman" reference in his entry now; did someone take it out?

I have a shirt that reads, "i'm famous on the internet." I enjoy wearing it. A friend bought it for me because she thought I needed to have it. My Internet fame is even less than yours, though.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I can't find the "Crazy Gary Oldman" reference in his entry now; did someone take it out?

God, I hope so. Unless I'm remembering incorrectly and it's actually in the HP&POA entry. I just know that someone specifically sent me the link one day, or I'd have never noticed it for myself.

[agentsculder.livejournal.com]

A new edition of Casino Royale, you say? I would also be pissed about the double dipping as well, except for the fact somehow my disc that had the movie on it disappeared (I blame my parents and brother who seem unable to put the DVD discs back into the cases). I have just the extras disc left. I was planning on buying the movie again, but now I shall wait the new edition.

Plus a commentary track? YAY!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I think it's just going to be the director and maybe the producers, but still. The sad thing is, the two-disc edition you and I have does the best it can. The Bond Girls thing is fairly entertaining, even though I think it had already aired on TV. But that's a disc full of extras trying to suffice. They just... don't.

[agentsculder.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think commentary tracks should almost be standard with any blockbuster movie when it is getting its DVD release. Studios should be ashamed of themselves if they don't have one. Plenty of people LOVE them and look forward to them. I also think as often as possible the actors should be involved because they always seem to have the best stories! Oh, and commentaries where the people doing the commentary are together in the same room also helps.

[jennnk.livejournal.com]

They would cut scrimgrauaeuoeur? They are bound & determined to screw this up, aren't they?

[mcmoody.livejournal.com]

re: Casino Royale-- I hate double dips too, but it wasn't until I saw that they might wait until next year to release it when I shouted "AUGHHHH FUCK YOU". I want to see the deleted scenes now, damnit.

[caligogreywings.livejournal.com]

*waves* Yep yep, H and I were the weirdos who stopped you at MacWane to talk. Mostly because we likes to talk to people who are a) cool and intelligent and b) we like to meet folks from LJ, put a face to a name. :)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah. I always like finding other Alabamian LJers, so that's cool. You should have seen Em, though--it was this gleeful kind of wickedness when she was like, "She's FAMOUS."

[caligogreywings.livejournal.com]

XP Well, in a small way, yes, like you said. Internet famous. But still! You has a BOOK, which is more than most can say.

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

This is the worst comment ever, but how hardcore does Nicole Kidman look in the Compass stills? Yeah. Yeeeah.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Having reread GC now, I have to say: she looks more like Mrs. Coulter than Mrs. Coulter does. I'm not even sure that makes sense.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'm just reading GC for the first time now and I totally agree. :-D

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

AW DAMMIT, WHY'D THEY HAVE TO DO THE THREE DISC SET OF CASINO ROYALE. I'm STILL trying to justify buying the non-tricked out DVD version of Moulin Rouge when I know good and well there's a two-disc out there somewhere with scads more features. (commentary! COMMENTARIES! IS FLAILING)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

SEE? YOU UNDERSTAND! DAMMIT.

Randomly picked this entry, totally agree on extras

[mysterypoet66.livejournal.com]

I'm the girl that reads the damn credits, enjoys the commentaries, and really wants to see what got cut. Especially in the case of adaptations/remakes.
Idk if it's mild OCD or just an obsessive curiosity. Either way, particularly with the advent of Blu-Ray, I think the public's getting screwed.

[meandstuff.livejournal.com]

Wow, that Cloverfield roar gave me the shivers! It also freaked my cat out and he's now hiding under the bed. Yay for scary monster movies that might actually turn out to be pretty freaking scary!