Protect me, Galadriel!

[cleolinda]

I feel the need to address a couple of misconceptions in this MSNBC article:

1. The name of my journal/blog/site, whatever you want to call it, is Occupation: Girl. "Cleoland" is my silly little wiki where I organize material from the journal so I can find it again or link to an explanation of something (who's who in my life, in-jokes, whatever.) Because there are only so many times you can go fishing around for the actual Meadow of Great Sparkle text or "He's a 108-year-old virgin, so obviously he's got some issues there" quote before you just go, "My life would be so much easier if I had a list somewhere."

2. I do actually write about things other than Twilight. Not that you would know it from the last couple of weeks, but I do. NO, SHUT UP, I DO! Sometimes I... write about other vampire-related media?

... Shit.

I really am going to have to go ahead with the Watchmen for Dummies primer I wanted to do, aren't I? Just to defend my own good name.


(Oh holy God, my cover's been blown again. Don't get me wrong, I'm flattered and appreciative of the mention. I'm just... shy? Maybe that's it? Please don't come over here and eat my face, Twihards. I'm really not freesia-flavored tasty, I swear.)

Comments

[chocotaku.livejournal.com]

I still prefer the term "Twilitards".

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry. I think they're busy semi-intelligibly cursing (http://comments.deviantart.com/1/85504254/889056823) shinga.

[rosefox8.livejournal.com]

Reading comments like that on Shinga's DA could almost cure mild depression. :)

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the publicity, even if you do feel ambivalent about it and he got the name wrong.

In all fairness, I came for the Twilight lulz, but I stayed for everything else.

[unicornluvr.livejournal.com]

Saaaame here my friend. Cheers to Cleo!

[funnelwebkitten.livejournal.com]

*grin* one of the hazards of writing some very very funny recaps on what Twilight is, I myself have no desire to read them, but I have a teenage daughter who recently asked the dreaded question "Mum, what is Twilight about, all my friends are talking about it".. So I pointed her at your blog.

[ruffwriter.livejournal.com]

*CRACKS UP*

I kind of love how your LJ gets mentioned in practically every Twilight-related news article ever. I wonder if the NYT is next...

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, this is only the third in-text mention I've seen. Occasionally people link me in comments, though.

[loony-moony.livejournal.com]

You know, with all of this self-wounding, I-want-to-die-to-be-with-MY-EDWARD, gothic schmaltz, I'm surprised Evanescence hasn't written the soundtrack.

ETA: Congrads though! Hey, fame for having a witty LJ with the finger on the pulse is not a bad thing at all.

[idletales.livejournal.com]

Hey now, Evanescence doesn't go for that crap. As far as I know...

[missmp.livejournal.com]

Dude, it says Occupation: Girl right at the top of the page...

Congrats on the awesome link. I love that the mainstream media reads you for info.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, he may have gone to Cleoland to pull that quote (see? It really is good for something!) and assumed the name at the top of that page was the right one.

[celli]

...oh my?

*kevlar*

[visceralvamp.livejournal.com]

Oh shoot. You are about to get so many visitors that you are not going to know what to do. Observe my "oh!" icon.

I do think the mention is kind of awesome, though, despite the factual errors.

[gwynevere1.livejournal.com]

Oh, Cleo! We're going to summon Galadriel and every other superpowered heroine to protect you!

[poinsley.livejournal.com]

I love the quote they picked for the article. Did you know this was coming out before it did, or did you or someone else stumble upon it?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I just now saw the link in a comment spectralbovine left me. I never hear about this kind of thing in advance (nor would I expect to--I don't go alert people when I link to them, after all).

And yeah, the quote they picked is all right. You know, better than nymag.com quoting the time I asked if the Swan-Cullens' wedding night was, in fact, "like fucking a popsicle."

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Personally I would LOVE a Watchmen For Dummies primer. (Twilight's been fairly entertaining but I'm waiting for the hardcore Comicz nerds to run into the bishie-Rawrshack!/Nite Owl shippers.) God help us all.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've already uploaded the pictures I want to use. I just have to actually sit down and write it.

[sweet-pessimism.livejournal.com]

We shall protect you, we who stood by you when New York Magazine threatened to send hoards of angry Twilighters! *swings Sword of Great Internet Justice*

By the way, whenever I think of Girl, Interrupted, I always end up calling it - in my head, though sometimes out loud too - Occupation: Girl. I have no idea why, but it is every single time, I swear to god.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

We'll build a big sparkly wall to protect you!

Hi - welcome to all of you who just joined us!
Hey isn't that RPattz over there?

quick, cleo RUN!

[saltygoodness24.livejournal.com]

Hey, congrats anyway! I happen to love that you set up the cleoland wiki thing because I can easily find your awesome commentaries.

Love your popsicle comment a few back :)

It doesn't matter what you write about, your witty, on-the-mark, all-sided and irreverent musings are highly enjoyable. I'll stay on the list for whatever it is you are talking about :)

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

You icon is SO FABULOUS because it's TRUE!

<3

(plus you showcased exactly what is so hysterical about I love about S. Meyer's writing)

May I use if I credit?

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

Your own fans will defend you against the tweeing barbarian hordes of Twi.

[ohkaye.livejournal.com]

This is so terrifying. D:

WHY ARE PEOPLE COMPARING IT TO HARRY POTTER? HARRY POTTER WAS NEVER, EVER THIS BAD.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

They're not even similar genres, aside from both having fantasy elements. One is a series of mystery/adventures, the other is romance. One is "children's literature" (though that's arguable in the later books); the other is firmly aimed at people who have hit puberty.

And oh yes - Twilight needs to sell about 20 times as much as it has to catch up with Harry Potter. There is no freaking comparison.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

From now on, I'll always think of "Cleoland" as some big ranch out in the middle of nowhere where everyone wanders around with pasted-on glitter demanding to know if they dazzle people.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Am I gonna have to call the exterminators again?

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

Oh jeebus... RUN.

NO JOKE. I'LL BE COVERING YOU WITH AN AK 56. WE MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO FIND A SAFEHOUSE SOMEWHERE. MAYBE THERE WILL BE A CRAZY OLD BACKWOODS LADY WHO WILL LET US IN TO HER STRANGELY WELL KEPT CABIN AND WILL FEED US EVEN THOUGH SHE'S COMPLETELY PARANOID THAT WE'LL MURDER HER IN HER SLEEP, AND THEN SHE'LL END UP RAMMING HER HEAD THROUGH THE WINDOW WHEN THE TWICURSE FINALLY REACHES HER, VIA THE WIND! THE WIIIIND!!

... I have had WAY too little sleep.

[nanet.livejournal.com]

Maybe it'll be like a religious experience? They'll come to bitch in all caps with poor grammar and leave enlightened and seeing that the true dazzle lies in snark?

[all-ephemera.livejournal.com]

Clearly you haven't been paying attention to these people. ;)

[cleojones.livejournal.com]

Shoot...

At least they didn't put your REAL NAME out there. :P

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Suddenly my idea to use an obvious pen name from the start doesn't sound so silly anymore, huh?

[raechel]

Despite the error, that is kind of awesome! o.O

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

I never get mentioned in an MSNBC article.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Me neither!

I was once mentioned in the Onion A.V. Club, though. But not by name.

[saraidia.livejournal.com]

Well congrats on the newsage. It's the thought that counts. Also, some of us were here since waay back the LOTR days and the Lost recaps. Good times, good time...

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Oh, Lost recaps. Those were the days!

[r0ck3tsci3ntist.livejournal.com]

Oh NO! They've found our safe haven!

DDDDDD8

(you poor thing)

YES, YES - THE WATCHMEN!