Catching up

[cleolinda]

Feeling a little better. Not great, but better.

Oh, and I forgot to mention--the Shoebox Project's still hacked (comment with information); don't click anything over there. Update: It's back?

Only one Twilight link for the moment, and it is: reports of Robert Pattinson's death were greatly exaggerated. Particularly since he appeared on the Today show four hours after he supposedly died. Vampires: what're you gonna do?

diddakoi asks: Are guys actually intimidated by smart women? Do they really find intelligence unattractive, or is that one of those outdated fallacies? My personal theory is yes and no, in that order--a lot of guys do find intelligence attractive, but are too shy (read: intimidated) to do anything about it. Thoughts?

Linkspam:

Gordon-Reed's 'Hemingses' wins National Book Award; Matthiessen Wins National Book Award Fiction Prize.

Scientists discover long-lost Furby look-alike.

'Meh' and you: Words we learned from pop culture.

Roomba Cat Goes For A Ride; Puppycam Returns, Puppies Growing Before Our Very Eyes.

Japanese "Princess Girls" Live Life Like A Fairy Tale [Happily Ever After?].

Sources: Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money Canceled.

5 Secrets Revealed By the New 'Lost' Season 5 Poster.

Fans drink up HBO's 'True Blood'; True Blood's Rutina Wesley Tells Io9 She's Not The Huxtables [Exclusive]; Vampires seduce a new generation in 'Twilight,' 'True Blood'; True Blood v. Twilight.

Did Heroes Rip Off Watchmen?; 'Heroes' Creator Calls Viewers "Saps and Dipshits."

'10 Things I Hate About You: The Series' Doesn't Want You To Compare It To The Movie, OK?

Hugh Jackman crowned People's 'Sexiest Man Alive' (see the other, slightly less sexy contenders this year); Hugh Jackman - 2008 Sexiest Man Alive interview + pics; Scratch 'N' Sniff The Sexiest Men Alive; And Salon's award for the Sexiest Man Living 2008 goes to ...

1988 Best Supporting Actress Oscar: Want a do-over?

Ebert's Oscar source knows all?; Roger Ebert Likens Himself to Non-Schumacher Phantom of the Opera.

The 7 Most Terrifying Disney Movie Deaths.

Actors, studios meet again with mediator.

Images: Finally, the Official ‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ Posters Arrive; 'Underworld 3' Poster Goes a Different Direction with the Heartthrob Vampire Thing (I like a poster that's brave enough to say, "This is gonna be ALL BITCHFACE BILL NIGHY ALL THE TIME" ); 'The Spirit' Posters Poster; New Batch of Photos from Ben Stiller's 'Night at the Museum 2'; New' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' Poster; new Dark Knight behind-the-scenes pics; Posters That Are Extremely Beautiful and, Typically, Delicate.

Trailers and clips: Grapple with This: the Trailer for 'The Wrestler'; 'The Reader' has a trailer; New 'Spirit' Trailer Now Live!; Astro Boy and Coraline Trailers Revealed!; Must Watch: First Full Trailer for Henry Selick's 'Coraline.'

Speaking of 'Coraline,' go back to the previous entry to read about the Special Handcrafted Box I got from the movie's publicity team. I've also added a link to pictures of someone else's box--it looks like the team may have sent out fifty different, unique boxes. Really, really nicely done there. As soon as I can beg, borrow or steal a digital camera, I'll post pics of mine.

Is ‘Watchmen’ the Next ‘300′? - Take One; Is ‘Watchmen’ the Next ‘300′? - Take Two; Watching Watchmen Sell Books; Watchmen Legal Battle is About the Sequel Rights, Too?! Wait--sequels?

Presenting Ginny Weasley, the Quidditch Player; New Quidditch promos!; Possible Filming for "Deathly Hallows" Due in Scottish Highlands; WB Adds New Trailer to "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Website; Radcliffe Makes Griffiths Feel Like A Grumpy Old Man.

10 Ways To Update 'Earth Stood Still.'

Pratchett's 'Color of Magic' Adaptation. Um, gonna need a verb here. Maybe an entire predicate?

Will George Lucas Sacrifice Jar Jar Binks To Win Back Your Love? [Star Wars: The Clone Wars]; Five Major Flaws in 'Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back' (And How to Fix Them).

Narnia Screenwriters Hired For Marvel's Captain America.

'Australia' is Reeeeally Long, and 6 Other Notable Lessons From the First U.S. Reviews; Baz Luhrmann Sends Modest Proposal For Multiplexes Not to Ruin 'Australia' [Perfectionists].

Soderbergh Gets Castro's Blessing for Che. Weird factoid: I have actually been to the Che museum in Havana. I can't remember if I took pictures while I was in there or not--I'll have to go back and look.

Sony Hires Butler Well Served by This Election; Moving Personal Story to Become Oscar-Bait. Read the original news story before you read either article.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Soundtrack Revealed; Danny Boyle Says ‘Trainspotting’ Sequel Still A Few Years Away.

Hey, Remember How 'Hancock' Was All Chopped Up? Well, you'll get both versions on DVD.

EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Singer Talks ‘Valkyrie,’ Exclusive Photo Unveiled; Bryan Singer Talks 'Superman' Sequel and 'Valkyrie.'

3D Updates: Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast and Pirates of the Carribean.

Jennifer Aniston Snags Gerard Butler For ‘Goree Girls.’

50 Cent Jumps Loan Shark Role For ‘Dead Man Running.’

Perez, Ferguson and Hall Voicing 'Color City.'

‘Born To Rock’ Seeks Director For Fish-Out-Of-Water Roadie Movie.

Eli Roth is Making Propaganda for 'Inglorious Basterds.'

Is It Possible for 'Funny People' to Be All That Funny? [Apatow's World]

'Poseidon' Writer Taking a Crack at 'Oldboy.'

By The Power Of Grayskull, The He-Man Movie Is Not Dead Yet.

Rest Easy: Matthew McConaughey Will NOT Play Magnum P.I.

Neveldine and Taylor Leave 'Jonah Hex'; Josh Brolin Tells MTV ‘Jonah Hex’ Script ‘Awful…I Love It,’ As Directors Leave Project.

The Return Of Fat, Farting Mad Scientist Eddie Murphy [Nutty Professor 3]. Yeah, there's three of them now, to answer y'all's questions from yesterday.

Comments

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I have no faith in american networks anymore.

Boo on them for canceling PD. It's gonna haunt them BIG TIME.

[kitaloon.livejournal.com]

Er, I'm afraid your Shoebox information is out of date; dorkorific now has control of her journal back, and moderation of the shoebox_project comm through her writing account, sashayed. This-afternoon-recent breaking news!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay--I'd had my information for a couple of days, sorry.

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I'm so sad about Pushing Daisies. ;__;

Also, I really like your icon. *g*

[wearejustducky.livejournal.com]

You know, I find out about PD and all I can do is sigh deeply. Because after surviving so many painful cancellations, my heart has developed a callus. I'm sad it's gone but I'm not surprised. One Tree Hill yet lives, and PD is nixed, that is the way of the world.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

I know exactly how you feel.

Pushing Daisies, Arrested Development, Rome, Deadwood, Wonderfalls...my heart is hardened.

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

*preen*

Reasons older guys are that much hotter, part the umpteenth: All of my same-age boyfriends were terrified of my brain. They would show it by a) showing off their own feeble imitations of genius or b) playing my mind down.

Sky? We play Sudoku together on Facebook and try to name THAT New Wave song in four bars or less. ♥ He loves my bookish side and I am constantly amazed at his knowledge of music producers. He doesn't get uber-competitive about intelligence, but he definitely doesn't ignore it.

Man, I'm never dating anyone under 36 again.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Hee! Awesome. Thanks, hon. It'll be interesting to see the responses...

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

The roomba cat will never get old for me. I don't know why I find it so funny except that the cat is so unruffled by the whole thing.

Meanwhile, I would think that an independent personality would be more intimidating to a guy than intelligence.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I just love that the cat's tail is dragging on the ground. That is one mellow cat there.

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm going to go cry like a baby over Pushing Daisies. Because it is the best show on TV. Period.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

I've been doing the same thing off and on for hours since I heard the news. :/ I knew deep down that it was coming, but that doesn't make it hurt any less.

[dried-frog-pill.livejournal.com]

God, that Disney link. The whole ending with Ursula freaked me out as a kid, so much so that to this day I hate watching The Little Mermaid, but maaaan I forgot about Frollo and Clayton.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Hunchback in forever, but whenever I think OH NO YOU DI'INT Disney Deaths, I think of Clayton.

...which also reminds me of the PotC line about what pirates deserve. A short drop and a quick stop. Ha ha haaaaa! Disney.

[emmaorgana.livejournal.com]

Pfft, who cares about a He-Man movie... She-Ra was far more awesome than him in the 80s and she is now too! She-Ra Mo-vie!

(I like a poster that's brave enough to say, "This is gonna be ALL BITCHFACE BILL NIGHY ALL THE TIME" )

For this reason alone I am so excited for this movie! Woohoo!

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

If they made a She-Ra movie, I think I would die of happiness.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Oh fucknuts. Well, no more reason to ever turn on ABC, is there?

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of Pushing Daisies viewers might like Cupid, which is coming to ABC midseason, but you know what? It's a remake of a show ABC cancelled after less than a season ten or so years ago. I don't trust them not to do it again.

Of course I'll watch it anyway, but ARGH.

[jcipa.livejournal.com]

Even some of the more intelligent men I've met or dated said they liked intelligence, but ultimately admitted that they were intimidated and felt more comfortable when they were the more intelligent half (and thus more in control?). Ugh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

... Ew.

See, to me, it has little to do with the relative intelligence of the two people in the couple and everything to do with their own self-confidence. If two people are both intelligent and confident in their own intelligence, there shouldn't be a need to be all like, "One of us has to be the smarter one, and it has to be me."

I will say that my father used to put my mother down all the time, "joking" in front of us how stupid she was. I always thought it was assy of him anyway, but it was only years later after he'd screwed up his entire life that I realized she had been WAY smarter than him the entire time, and the reason he was so assy was not because he was smarter, but because he couldn't stand that he wasn't.

[hongkongaton.livejournal.com]

Damn, Bryan Fuller really can't catch a break.

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

No, he can't. :(

But really, best icon ever. XD

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

'10 Things I Hate About You: The Series' Doesn't Want You To Compare It To The Movie, OK?

Then why does the series exist?

Moving on. When it comes to guys being intimidated by intelligent girls/women, I think it has a lot to do with the emotional and mental maturity and/or personality of the guy. In high school, I was well on my way to becoming the random, snarky, cynical bitch that I am. In conversation, I had a tendency to say what I thought, even if it elicited strange stares from guys and girls alike. I wonder if, because a lot of adolescent girls have a tendency to roam in packs and stick with the pack agenda, so to speak, that's what guys become used to, and they're not sure what to make of someone who doesn't necessarily fit inside that narrow box.

I've noticed, however, that this is not something that is unique to males. Ever since I was a kid, I was a little strange (for example, I was and middle-schooler who deeply appreciated opera and had only a vague notion that Kurt Cobain existed), and even the people who said they were my friends made fun of me for it. I cannot be anything other than what I am, and so I put myself out there for people, and all my life I have been acutely aware of when I "go too far" for other peoples' sensibilities. It's taken me a while, but I've learned, at that point, to stop making an effort in their direction. It may not be healthy, and it has turned me into someone who most of my friends describe as hard to get to know, but at the same time, I know exactly who my friends are.

[msmcknittington.livejournal.com]

I cannot be anything other than what I am, and so I put myself out there for people, and all my life I have been acutely aware of when I "go too far" for other peoples' sensibilities. It's taken me a while, but I've learned, at that point, to stop making an effort in their direction.

*nods* I was just talking to someone in his late 20s/early 30s, and he said that the day he realized he wasn't cool was the most liberating day of his life. He just stopped trying and enjoyed himself.

I think that's key for anyone trying to enjoy life. At some point, you have to stop trying to impress people and only worry about yourself -- be content that who you are is impressive enough, without trying to be . . . blah, Jay-Z, for a random "cool" celebrity.

Which is why I make so many jokes about Victorian literature. Others' results may vary.

[gwynnywonk.livejournal.com]

So pissed about PD. Inevitable, but sad. SO SAD.

[harveypenguin.livejournal.com]

That Disney link had another link to a video of Hellfire from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. How did I never notice that it's a gigantic ripoff of Judge Turpin's Joanna in Sweeney Todd? Needs more flagellation though.

And Pushing Daisies can't be canceled! I refuse to believe it! Lalalalala I can't hear you!

[meleth.livejournal.com]

Dude, who reported that RPattz had died? Not cool, dudes.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Probably the same people who said that Miley Cyrus died earlier this week. Death hoaxes: they're how you know you've hit the big time.

[rewindtheclock.livejournal.com]

Well. Here's to hoping NBC picks up Pushing Daisies, then, because it would fit so well in the ER timeslot when that show goes.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Hee. What NBC really needs is another "awesome but unwatched" show to go with 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights.

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

I cannot tell you how happy that Lost poster made me. I fiddled with the size a bit, and it's now my desktop background because I feel so deprived.

re: guys

[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for whether guys find intelligence attractive, but here are two things I've learned about men in general.

1. They like to explain things.

2. They don't like to lose.

So extrapolating that an intelligent woman makes #1 less necessary and #2 more likely....

Re: guys

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, you may be on to something there.

[maisontv.livejournal.com]

Fuck you, ABC. FUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOUUUUUUU!

[jantalaimon.livejournal.com]

You may be interested to know that a "Move Pushing Daisies" campaign has been started. (http://savedaisies.com/?p=59)

Hey, it's not like it's without precedent! :)

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

Dead? When did that supposedly happen? O_o

You know, I've always felt that if you're going to spend loads of money and time on one of those "way of life" fashion trends, it'd better be something big and friggin' weird (in the awesome way)!

Oh, Hugh Jackman. Your butt is in movies, and I cannot un-see it or associate anything with X-Men other than your butt.

The thing that really ticked me off about Clayton and Frollo was that the good guys did the "Hey, I'll try to be good and help now that I see you're doomed!" instead of just sort of silently standing back and staring...

In this week's L Magazine:

The Plantbot: This wicker box with ceepy obot legs holds your plant and walks across the room, following the sunlight streaming through your windows as the day progresses. It also terrifies cats, dogs, humans, and most plants.

and the little blurb for Twilight in "opening"
Teen girls + vampires + chamingly retrograde sexual politics = the most popular books since the death of literacy.

Oh, and my horoscope says I'm gonna ROCK. Whoo!

[tattooedsiren.livejournal.com]

Eli Stone. :O(

Love that Disney list.

[dachelle.livejournal.com]

Re: guys and finding intelligence attractive - In high school, when people thought I was the "smartest girl in school" (I wasn't, but everyone seemed to think that for some strange reason), I would have said yes, since all the guys I was interested in rejected me. But when I was in law school, everyone thought I was stupid, and all the guys rejected me then, too.

So basically, I've learned it's not intelligence or stupidity guys find unattractive, it's just me. Which, erm, probably doesn't answer your question. Sorry.

[dachelle.livejournal.com]

Also, you should know that right now my local news is showing teenage girls lined up for the midnight showing of Twilight. Apparently it is a slow news night in North Texas.