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[cleolinda]

Ugh. I'm getting really depressed--not so much moodwise as just functionally, physically depressed. I don't even want to leave the house looking and feeling like this, much less do anything. Like I said before, I think it's seasonally related. It just sucks. Fortunately I have a hair appointment on Monday, which I think should help at least a little bit.

So. TCM the other day. First off, I walked in on the last hour or so of Quo Vadis, which I think I taped about ten years ago and never got around to watching. This was clearly a terrible oversight on my part, as it involves Robert Taylor, who I really, really like (he has a very distinctive voice, I don't really know how to explain it. Also, hot as the sun, if a little needy, in Camille); a pre-King and I Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov camping it up while Rome burns, and lions eating Christians. (The fact that the Christians patiently sing hymns while they're being eaten and crucified and flambéed burns Nero's toast like whoa, I might add.) But Nero's wife, who has a thing for Robert Taylor, who has a thing only for Deborah Kerr, decides that she's going to have Kerr and Taylor killed last in a special presentation. So she has Kerr all prettied up, tied to a stake, and fed to a... bull. I... I'm not sure she gets... how this works, exactly. I mean, yes, I know that her intention is that Deborah Kerr get gored while Robert Taylor watches in leather-bound agony, but even the bull is like, "Really? Are you sure about this? I mean... she's not moving at all. She's not even wearing red, which doesn't really work but at least it's a token gesture, you know? Have you not invented bullfighting yet? Do you not know how this goes? Can I have some hay now?" The bull wandering around aimlessly gets a little embarrassing for the empress after a while, but it does allow us 5600 shots of Robert Taylor valiantly tugging at his leather bonds (apparently, chains have not been invented yet). But Deborah Kerr's got some strongman friend in the ring with her trying to protect her, and after praying to the heavens, he spends fifteen minutes breaking the bull's neck. Poor bull. Then Robert Taylor breaks free! From leather! And runs to Deborah Kerr's aid! Seize them, army! But Robert Taylor is captain of the special army, and they're all still loyal to him! FIGHT! FIGHT! And then the doorbell rang and some guy with no teeth tried to sell me a Debris-Free Gutter System, and by the time I got back, some stalkative girl was trying to stab Nero, or help Nero stab himself, and Nero couldn't bring himself to stab Nero so Stalky Girl stabbed Nero, and then everyone was free and lived happily ever after. Except Nero. And the bull. Poor bull.

So then I actually tried to get some work done, so I kept an eye on The Fall of the Roman Empire but didn't really get into it until about the last forty-five minutes, maybe. So by the time I was paying attention, Marcus Aurelius was dead, and his daughter Lucilla and his son Commodus were locked in a triangle of intrigue with a northern commander named... Livius. I WANT MY MONEY BACK! Livius totally looked like a blond Neanderthal Ken, by the way--plastic, and nothing behind the hulking brow eyes. So very, incredibly wrong for the part. And James Mason showed up as an ex-slave philosopher who was trying, along with Livius, to convince Commodus and the Senate to given citizenship to the Barbarian Horde so they could all farm and hold hands and braid each other's hair or whatever, and it took me forever to figure out why they kept yelling "SPEECH! SPEECH!" at him and then wouldn't let him talk, until finally I realized they were yelling "GREEK!" Because James Mason was Greek. Much the way that Stephen Boyd was a Neanderthal Ken--and Sophia Loren was a very dark wooden mysterious Lucilla, which was fine, except that she looked nothing like Commodus. But that didn't matter, because Commodus was awesome. He wasn't much like the Joaquin Phoenix Commodus per se, but it was a similar scene-stealing kind of performance. Damn, who was Commodus, anyway? I didn't recognize him at all--Christopher Plummer? Are you shitting me, IMDB? That's awesome. And then Commodus walks in on one of his trusted advisors or whoever telling Lucilla that HE'S Commodus's father and not Marcus Aurelius at all and he freaks the hell out. Well played, movie--well played.

The sets, by the way, were huge and fantastic. The costumes, particularly Loren's, were kind of meh compared to Quo Vadis--she's running through Rome at the end in a dark, high-necked, long-sleeved gown, which is really just not getting your money's worth when doing a movie 1) set in Ancient Rome 2) starring Sophia Loren. Anyway, this one also ends with public death and torture--Livius and Lucilla and all their barbarian friends bound to posts, ready to burn. You can tell it's the end of the Roman Empire because they actually have chains now, by the way. Actually, Lucilla wasn't even there, and then she runs through Rome, as mentioned, while angsting to herself in a very echoey voiceover, and runs up to Livius and basically says, "Screw this noise, I want to die too!" And the soldiers are like, "Uh, sure... whatever. You got some more chains over there?" So then Commodus comes out in his Divine Roman God gladrags (I still can't get over the fact that this was Young Christopher Plummer) and is like, "I want to fight Livius! Because then the Roman people will know that I am the true Emperor! Mostly just for kicks, though." And they fight each other with sharp metal poles, just to make it as lame as possible, in an impromptu arena formed by soldiers holding up their shields, and every now and then they miss each other and I keep waiting to hear some muffled "OW!" back there. And finally Neanderthal Ken prevails and spits Commodus, and here's the kind of guy Commodus is: his last act as Emperor before Livius can take over, his last words, are "BURN THEM!" So the soldiers all set fire to Sophia and the barbarians (have you heard my new band, Sophia and the Barbarians?), and Livius runs to save her and uses the last sharp metal pole to pry her chains apart and rescue her. And meanwhile, his two blond friends (I'm pretty sure the squeaky blonde girl wasn't June Foray, but with this movie, who knows?), who are chained up a few feet away, are like, "Livius! Destroy Rome! Destroy it for us!" And so Livius and Lucilla run. Slowly, hesitantly, looking back every few feet (I am not kidding), because they can't believe that the Blondbarians just... you know... told them to go. "Don't worry about us! It's cool!" "Are... are you sure about that?" "No, no, we're fine! We probably won't finish burning for at least an hour, you guys just go on!" "Really? I mean, I have this sharp metal pole, I could just try to jimmy the--" "No, it's cool! Have fun!" So they run away, and Livius refuses to be Emperor, and the captain of the Roman army starts auctioning off the throne, because he pretty much holds the trump cards at this point, and by the time the credits roll they're up to three million denari. Eh. I like my cinematic civilization-falling to be a tad more literal. Couldn't Rome at least catch fire from the barbarian-roasting or something? ("It's okay, the fire's probably going out in a couple of hours, don't worry about it!")

Linkspam:

Fidel Castro resigns Cuban Presidency; Castro’s Circle Likely to Hold Power After Resignation; On Havana’s Streets, Few Expect Much Change.

Microsoft's Yahoo bid heats up; Will Microsoft partner with Netflix?

Mexican drug hitmen kill singer near U.S. border.

L.A. deputies arrest four photographers in paparazzi crackdown.

Get ready for the eclipse that saved Columbus.

Coke stops donating to CoS-owned "charity"; Anti-$cientology crusader "commits suicide"; Scientology Strikes Back: "Anonymous is Fail"; Translated: Leah Remini's Crazy Scientology Email.

Guardian readers call shenanigans on columnist nepotism; Guardian sulks.

Jimmy Wales's Wikipedia Army Is Smarter Than Your Stupid Country.

Half the ONTD commenters think that "Diablo Quotey" is a real leaked script.

Nude Madonna Pic Fools Monroe Expert. Heh. I heard about the "nude Monroe hitchhiker" photo the other day and was like, "But if it's never been seen before, how was Madonna able to copy it for 'Erotica'?"

(Tangent: Back when I was editor of the college lit mag, I was going through a list of errata at some point. I seriously cannot remember anything else about the context, or the errors themselves, just that I had some sheet of paper with "ERRATA" at the top--maybe from a previous year's issue?--and I realized at some point that I was humming to myself: "Errata... errata... put your hands all over my copy...")

Life As A Hot Woman: Creepy [Publicity Stunts].

Steampunk Justice League costumes.

Classic SF movies rendered as Russian folk-art woodcuts.

Bram Stoker Nominees Announced. I have to tell you, it's a dream of mine to win one of these someday.

DVD Format Wars Over: Blu-ray Wins; R.I.P. HD DVD.

Jon Stewart Not Really Nervous About Phoning It In At Oscars; Singer preps for 'nerve-racking' Oscars gig. Look, as long as there's no Beyoncé, I'm okay with whatever happens.

David Yates to Direct "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"?; Rumor Update: Radcliffe Shoots Down Reports on Spielberg as Possible "Deathly Hallows" Director; Fenrir Greyback, Amycus Carrow Cast for "Half-Blood Prince"; No Phlegm [Fleur] for a Half-Blood Prince!; Toy Fair 08: New Gentle Giant Fred, George, Lupin Mini-Busts, New NECA Figures and More.

New Toys Will Vaporize The Contents Of Your Wallet [Toy Fair]; More Mattel Toy Pics; First Look at Two-Face! (as a Toy, and Blurry).

Dark Knight - Spoiler Alert! To be more specific, the presence of a character is revealed, which in turn reveals something of a plot point.

'Sweeney Todd' Hits DVD on April First and will be thoroughly loaded. Woohoo!

Zack Snyder Fans the Flames With New 'Watchmen' Still.

A better shot of Isla Fisher in 'Shopaholic.'

The Man Behind The Cloverfield Monster: Phil Tippett Talks Shop.

Law, Depp Confirmed In 'Parnassus.'

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy Rock the 'Boat'; Kenneth Branagh and Rhys Ifans Board 'The Boat that Rocked.'

Taylor Kitsch Playing Gambit in Wolverine Trilogy?! (wait, it's a trilogy now?); Will.i.am is John Wraith in 'Wolverine.'

It's Official - Live-Action Akira Confirmed Already for 2009.

Mike Myers is Daydreaming in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.'

Vanity Fair: 'Brideshead Re-Revisited' Scans. I was a little horrified at first that Emma Thompson was doing the silver-haired matron thing--she'll always be Margaret Schlegel to me--but she's really kind of rocking it.

Peter Sarsgaard Gives Carey Mulligan 'An Education.' "Variety reports that Lone Scherfig, the Danish filmmaker behind Happy-Go-Lucky, is gearing up to helm the feature, and this are the names she'll get to mold with her directorial hands: Peter Sarasgaard, Orlando Bloom, Alfred Molina, Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, and newcomer Carey Mulligan."

Patrick Wilson to star in "Barry Munday": "[The novel] Life is a Strange Place is the story of a womanizer called Barry Munday. One day, he gets caught in the act with a teenager, and her father lays the smackdown on the lady chaser -- so much so that the guy wakes up in the hospital and finds out that his balls had to be snipped off." Wait, haven't we already seen this movie?

One Final Epic 10,000 B.C. Trailer.

4 Horton Hears a Who TV Spots Online.

Teaser for Henry Selick's 'Coraline.'

First Look: 'Avatar' and 'Ice Age 3' Promos?

Trailer Updates: 'The Incredible Hulk' and 'The Mummy 3.'

'Where The Wild Things Are' Test Screenings Are Making Children Cry [Leaks].

trailer_spot: The Happening, Visitor, Nightwatching, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Indiana Jones.

David Fincher to Direct 'Black Hole.'

"Mr. Nobody": three stills from wedding scenes. Whoa, who's getting married to Harry Potter there in the second picture?

io9's Picks for WonderCon.

Ellen Page's 'The Tracey Fragments' Coming to U.S. Theaters.

"The Most Dedicated FANBOYS have Targeted The Weinstein Company for crimes against FANBOYS!" "Now, after delaying the release of the movie for over a year, the Weinstein Company (the studio who owns it) has decided to recut the entire movie so that it mocks Star Wars fans. They're planning to remove the cancer plotline and have the fans break into Skywalker Ranch for no reason at all - just because they're 'Death Star Dorks' (from the Weinstein Co. website). They plan to rip the heart out of the movie and turn it into a mindless comedy that ridicules Star Wars fans, instead of celebrating them." Okay, I don't really care either way, but the Weinstein cut does seem like it's going for the easy laugh--the cliché laugh. Maybe they think a larger number of people would rather laugh at SW fans than empathize with them? I don't know.

Comments

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

The depression thing is hitting folks HARD this year. Did you see my post earlier?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I hadn't checked my friends list in a while--best of luck, seriously. I think I'm due in for a checkup in a month, which is probably for the best, because if it's seasonal, it should have cleared up a bit by then (the camellias are already blooming in our yard here). What I'm having a problem with--which is kind of like what you were saying--is that I can't logic myself into getting off my ass and doing anything. Like, anything, seriously, anything would be better than nothing. It's just always "tomorrow," and at some point "tomorrow" needs to coincide with now.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Man, I hear ya hon. BIGTIME.

Tomorrow is, actually, I think, gonna be tomorrow for me. We're almost out of bread, butter, milk and dogfood.

I could do without all except the dogfood. I won't let THEM go hungry cause of my issues.

It's weird - despite having been dealing w/ this for 28 (!!) years now, I still get confused when it kicks in. Why can't I go out? What am I afraid of?

Brains. BRAINS! They're so crazy!

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

I was in Birmingham this Sunday and it shocked me how warm it is! I live just slightly north of there (in Tennessee) but there's no way I could walk around without a coat in February up here. I'm so envious of your weather!

[ter369.livejournal.com]

Girrrrl, I love Quo Vadis and The Fall of The Roman Empire as entries on my excellent cheestastic historical epics. Christopher Plummer camping it up as Commodus is one of the snarkiest things ever. (He does give subversive performances, with a twinkle in his eye, like his Captain Von Trapp.)

I, erm, might've just found out The Fall of The Roman Empire comes out this spring on DVD and put it on a wish list. Yaye! I think I only saw it in bits and pieces on The Sunday Night Movie (and Monday Night Movie, 'cause it's so long), back when I snuck out of bed to watch from the hallway when my parents watched movies-past-my-bedtime. Though I could never look at Robert Taylor the same again after I learned a friend's mother was a surgical nurse who assisted operating on him. TMI.

If you enjoyed these, look for the Salome movie with Rita Hayworth (who dances to save John the Baptist). That's some good cheese!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heee, epic historical cheese for the win. (I also love Spartacus and any iteration of Cleopatra--have you seen the Claudette Colbert?) I really want to see the rest of Quo Vadis, too--I loved the costumes that I did see.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

I've missed the Claudette Colbert Cleo flick. (HA! Of course you are a Cleo devotee.) I have seen Vivian Leigh and Cedric Hardwicke in Caesar and Cleopatra. It's a bit edgey and she's mesmerizing.

Am currently waiting for the restored El Cid to emerge on DVD.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

El Ciiiiiid! I have such fond memories of that (also Man of La Mancha) from Spanish class in high school. Anything that was remotely related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Spanish-speaking nations--my teacher (who I had all four years) would have us watch it.

[ter369.livejournal.com]

El Ciiiiiid!

I'm a sap for all versions of the story. I saw the opera earlier this month, and it's still lovely ... in French. Like Carmen.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

*hugs!* I know depression isn't something I can cheer you out of, but, for what it's worth, I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your linkspams.

They're making a live-action Akira? Are they insane? *reads* It's going to be two movies? Okay, I don't know what the original manga is like, but I cannot imagine how they plan to pull off the ending of the movie if they go that route. Color me intrigued, then. And maybe I should watch a non-dubbed version of the movie at some point.

Ooh, Black Hole sounds cool.

I'll be at WonderCon! I'm going to some of io9's picks.

Also, that Weinstein cut of Fanboys seems horrifically annoying and stupid. Why would they do that? That movie's been delayed for over a goddamn year now, and millions of people are waiting to see Kristen Bell in a gold bikini up on the big screen.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

"Errata... errata... put your hands all over my copy..."

No! Not my brainmeats! Why you do this? (I don't suppose we can chalk that up to rubber cement inhalation, can we? Or was that before your time?)

And hang on until the weekend to unleash yourself upon the world. It's just too hard to fight the inertia on a weekday, sometimes. We can find some solace in recuperation, I think.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

kristin chenoweth is singing at the oscars? SUH-WEET.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

Did you hear that apparently Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson went on a Valentine's date? To which I say - good for them! Although it was probably just more a case of them wanting to go to the pub without being spotted.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=382381

[syvia.livejournal.com]

Somewhat unrelated (sorry!)-

I thank you and *hug* you for writing your book- because it is the awesome~. I bought it yesterday and today it made me snicker out loud on the way to work and get weird looks from people!

*huggles it* Thank you thank you thank you!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Having seen parts of it at last years Comic con, I can that if they pull the cancer plot it will ruin the movie. I'd be among those boycotting it if they go through with the cut.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I'm just trying to figure out how they'd even do that without reshoots.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

I don't think they could, not without turning it into incomprehensible ball of garbage.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

and I realized at some point that I was humming to myself: "Errata... errata... put your hands all over my copy..."

Another reason I'm glad you exist and are on LJ.

Signed,
Someone who gets enough editing humor that he was amused at the line "Let the Wookiee STET"

[incogra.livejournal.com]

I went grocery shopping a week ago.

The bags of food are still on my floor.

...So, yeah, I'm feeling you on the depression thing. (Although I did put the refrigerated stuff away, so I can't be too far gone.)

Patrick Wilson's really found his niche, huh?

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Quo Vadis is one of the greatest movies ever and Leo Genn (who played Petronius) was my favorite. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role, but lost to his co-star Peter Ustinov (Nero). Watch the entire movie! It's well worth the time.

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

Regarding that Dark Knight spoiler - I'm so stoked! By your description, I had a guess and I was right.

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

What? A movie Gambit that isn't Josh Holloway? FAIL


Half the ONTD commenters think that "Diablo Quotey" is a real leaked script.

To be fair, half of ONTD commentators can't find their own noses without a GPS device.

The Coraline trailer doesn't load for me. Woe. ;_;

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

What? A movie Gambit that isn't Josh Holloway? FAIL

I KNOW. He would have been perfect.

[polly-moopers.livejournal.com]

(http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b347/PollyMoopers/?action=view&current=2024553.jpg)

I think I'm in love.

Man, if you love crazy old movies, have you ever seen Scaramouche? It could be old meme, but I watched it for the first time today and oh God, it's magical.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Please! I own the DVD! One of the best swordfights on film, period.

[polly-moopers.livejournal.com]

I just can't get over the awkward, bow-legged, ball-crushing leap onto the horse post Andre ass-kicking. I had to rewind the movie to make sure I wasn't making that up.

[jasonbeast.livejournal.com]

And then the doorbell rang and some guy with no teeth tried to sell me a Debris-Free Gutter System, and by the time I got back, some stalkative girl was trying to stab Nero, or help Nero stab himself, and Nero couldn't bring himself to stab Nero so Stalky Girl stabbed Nero

Oh. Oh, CRAP!

Okay, I saw the end of this movie when I was eight years old, and just thought about it today for the first time in ... well ... thirty years. Just an idle thought, like, "Hm, I wonder who that guy was, why he was trying to kill himself, and what the hell movie it was, anyway ... "

And you just randomly answered all my questions.

Oh, synchronicity, how I love you.

[sarapada.livejournal.com]

"Errata... errata... put your hands all over my copy..."

AWESOME!!

[lyrainverse.livejournal.com]

I think we should form some kind of Winter Survival Support Group. Because I try not to leave my apartment anymore unless it's above freezing. Which it hasn't been for quite some time.

Seriously though, my sister recommended full-spectrum light bulbs- they're way cheaper than those light boxes. I haven't tried them yet, but I hope it works. My liver can't be too happy about my current anti-depressant, Alcoholzitine THC.

[neveth.livejournal.com]

Oh Quo Vadis. In 11th grade my Latin teacher ran off with the Latin Club's money over Christmas break, so the 2nd semester was a string of substitutes. Since none of them knew Latin, we ended up watching movies most of the time. Due to the rules of the district, the movies watched in class had to have something to do with the subject matter. So we watched Quo Vadis A LOT. Not as many times as we watched Spartacus though. (Every time we got a new sub we would do the "I'm Spartacus!" "No I'm Spartacus!" thing. We liked the one who died of laughter because of it.) It is a really gorgeous movie.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Wow... how much money did the Latin Club have?

[neveth.livejournal.com]

Well, they were planning on going to Rome in the spring, so quite a bit. Several thousand at least.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

::sigh::

I remember getting to see Quo Vadis in a spanking new Cinerama theatre as a child. That would be the late 1960s, early 1970s version of today's IMAX thing? Anyway, I *loved* it. As I loved all those costume epics, especially if set in Ancient Egypt. You could also bet that if the movie had Cecil B. DeMille's name on it, my Ma would have us all at the theatre (and a meal afterwards)!

Ben Hur - the chariot race in wide-screen cinema is wondrous to behold, I tell you. Wonder if the new flat-panel TVs can approximate the spectacle of it all.

But my truly everlasting favorites of vintage movies? The Errol Flynn/Olivia deHavilland versions of Captain Blood and Robin Hood. ::swoon::

[decor-noctis.livejournal.com]

Clearly I need TCM in my life. Quo Vadis and The Fall Of The Roman Empire are the last two films we've had to study for one of my modules.

I like my cinematic civilization-falling to be a tad more literal.
Actually, it says in the voiceover at the start that the fall was a long process of decline; the events in the film were just the trigger. Roman rule carried on for a few centuries after Commodus' rule.


I am so stoked for the Sweeney Todd DVD.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Y'ever seen The Egyptian? That's one of my favorite ancient costume epics. I rewatch it about every six months.

[library-of-sex.livejournal.com]

Why does Patrick Wilson love being castrated so much? Movie sounds intriguing if not a bit too similar to Hard Candy. And hell yeah to Robert Taylor in Camille! He was gorgeous in that film!

Last but certainly not least, I hope you feel better soon! I hate hearing about any of my friends getting depressed. It awakens that part of me that's terrified of sinking back down there again. Start smiling again, my friend!

[cosmob.livejournal.com]

You know, I've never sat down to watch Quo Vadis, though I may have taped it ages ago, and I know it's been on TCM many times. I think part of what's keeping me away from it is Robert Taylor's voice. Yes, it's a distinctive voice, and a very nice voice, at that, but it's so unabashedly American; it just seems out of place in ancient Rome. Robert Taylor as a Yank in Britain for school and/or war, though, I can get behind.

Camille is one I know I've not watched but should have, except, with that one, I know I have it on tape. If only I could be bothered to watch tapes anymore....

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Over on flemco's LJ there's a bunch of bitching (including myself) about the Akira remake... which is set in New-Manhattan, not Neo-Tokyo. It just gets worse from there.

[nimlotbradamant.livejournal.com]

Whoah. As a devoted and rabid fan of the book Quo Vadis, I think I really need to see that movie.

But read the book. Epic historical love story. I like the first part the best because Marcus is better fun as a bad boy, but it's all good.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

just functionally, physically depressed

Oh, dear. Me too. I'm still kind of in denial about it, but yeah, I've been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to get things done lately, even fun things if they take much effort. *sigh*

And then the doorbell rang and some guy with no teeth tried to sell me a Debris-Free Gutter System, and by the time I got back

Seriously? You should have just said, "Watching a movie, can't talk, kthxbye." I'm sure he would have understood.

[valancy-s.livejournal.com]

and newcomer Carey Mulligan

Hrrm, "newcomer" only if you haven't seen the Keira Pride and Prejudice, half the period dramas shown on PBS recently, or the best ever episode of Doctor Who...

[timba.livejournal.com]

apropos of nothing... "fnar" is how to say "lighthouse" in Arabic.

:)

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is a long entry. It's going to take me a while to get through all that linkspam.


Saying I've been depressed lately is a bit like saying I've been short lately. I mean, when have I ever NOT been depressed? But I have been crying more often in 2008 than I was 2006-07.

Everything seems to set me off. Even that "Life As A Hot Woman: Creepy [Publicity Stunts]" thing -- the end of that made me cry.

(On the plus side ... the thing about the clown DID make me laugh. Well ... snort with amusement.)

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P.S.: Those people who mistook that Cody parody for a real script? Oy-oy-oy.