Maybe I should have used this icon for my rant instead

[cleolinda]

The tree is up! And Sister Girl and her boyfriend are coming over to help decorate it tonight! Thus, linkspam will be early.

Oh, and I had a request to syndicate my ever-so-scintillating Twitter feed, so... here it is: cleotwitter. (Deeply fascinating sample Twit: "Aaaaand the new Britney song has eaten my brain. Well, it's not like Twilight left me with all that much of one anyway.")

From punzerel: "urbanfictions is pledging to donate 100% of her etsy proceeds in the next week to UNICEF, specifically for emergency relief of the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. She has some very cool items (check out the doorknob hangers, especially) which would make awesome stocking stuffers or gifts. Would you be willing to post a link in your next linkspam post? Her post here has all the information plus a link to her shop. Thank you!"

Sci-fi’s grand old man Forrest J. Ackerman dies.

Woman swept to sea during proposal on Oregon coast, is still missing.

Diamond thieves pull off $100 mln Paris heist.

Three airlines drop self-reporting safety program. I'm sure that's going to end well.

'Koobface' virus turns up on Facebook.

The "Nice Guy," Illustrated.

I don't know what's going on here, except that it involves Sims mods and it's epic.

the rainbow, i tastes it.

The 6 Most Problematic Situations In Barbie History.

Guitarist Satriani accuses Coldplay of plagiarism; Did Coldplay rip off Joe Satriani? Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm really not hearing it.

Michelle Pfeiffer's demo tracks from 'Evita.'

It's . . . Dungeons & Dragons Dance Music?

When Is It Okay For Science Fiction To Cling To The Past?

Discover The Secret Shame Of Dr. Horrible's Moist [Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Comic].

The Quick 10: 10 NaNoWriMo Books That Got Published. Whoa, Water for Elephants was a NaNo?

Weisz Lands Streetcar Role.

Batman's Pissed -- Bale in Etiquette Stand-Off.

MTV's Top 10 Most Bizarre Movie-Interview Moments of 2008.

Joseph Fiennes, John Cho 'Flash Forward' on ABC.

It's 'The Librarian' Vs. Dracula!

John Waters picks his favourite films of 2008.

Discuss: Most Disappointing Films of 2008?

From stardustshine: Another amazing Coraline box; from kosher_jenny: A rundown of pictures from everyone's blogs (including mine. HAI THERE FRONT HALL TABLE)--just amazing, really amazing, the diversity of the boxes (someone got a round one! The Animation Archive got a suitcase!) and the care put into them.

Images: New Wolverine Promo Pictures (hi-res); 'The Spirit' launch party pics; Just in Time: Final 'Punisher' Poster; New Photo of Cage in 'Season of the Witch'; 'Spring Breakdown' Movie Stills; Tropic Thunder's For Your Consideration Ads for Kirk Lazarus!

Trailers and clips: Jim Carrey Falls in Love with ‘Phillip Morris’ in New French Trailer; 'Friday the 13th' Trailer; 'Doubt' clip; Get a Taste of Michael Shannon in ‘Revolutionary Road’; New 'Little Ashes' clips in widescreen; Worth Watching: Richard Curtis' 'The Boat That Rocked' Trailer; Today's Freak Thing: 'Big Man Japan' Poster (and AMAZING Trailer); 'Zombie Nazis Attacking a Mountain Cabin' Trailer ('Dead Snow').

trailer_spot: Boat That Rocked, Che - Argentine/Guerrilla, Forever Enthralled, Black Balloon, Little Ashes.

WB to Re-Release The Dark Knight Jan. 23. YEAHHHHH BITCHES!

Catherine Hardwicke Talks Twilight Sequel, recalls hearing about Heath Ledger's death while scouting Twilight locations (she directed him in Lords of Dogtown); Rolling Stone scans: "The Jonas Vampire"; From the writers of the Colbert Report (sent in by many people): Once You Go Bat; from discogravy, what Twilight sex scenes would read like; Will The 'Twilight' Series Ever Hit Comic Books? (I love when movie sites pose questions to which the answer is basically, "No"); Splash Page Wants To Know: Which ‘Twilight’ Tales Do You Want To See In Comics? (you know, the comics they're not making); You too can smell like a vampire (Wait, who wants to smell like Jacob? And did Alice actually have a Vampire Smell?); So What’s All The Screaming About? Quoth Robert Pattinson: "You [Twilight Lexicon] run a website, can you ask the readers this question? Did people scream while reading the books? I want to know!"

You know, actually? I did scream while reading Midnight Sun. I really, genuinely screamed "AHHHHHHH! JESUS H. CHRIST!" out loud when I got to the part about the rocking chair. Like, so loud that my dogs started barking. I think I might have also screamed when I put two and two together and realized that random line about Bella's window not sticking in Twilight was secretly referring to Edward oiling it.

Wait, you know what? I also screamed a couple of times when I was reading Breaking Dawn. Specifically, "IS SHE PREGNANT?!" and "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?"

... I don't think that's the kind of screaming they meant.

New Harry Potter 6 Photo (teenage Tom Riddle); Alan Rickman to Film Deathly Hallows Scenes in Late 2009; Rickman Talks Alice, Potter; USA Today Previews GoF Deleted Scenes on ABC Family, New Interviews with David Heyman on Deathly Hallows. Meanwhile, JKR at Beedle Release: Locations in Harry Potter Book Not Based on Real Places (O SNAP); the revised Harry Potter Lexicon will come out on January 12th. Rowling's representation, the Christopher Little Agency: "We are also pleased to hear that rather than continue to litigate, RDR have themselves decided to publish a different book prepared with reference to Judge Patterson’s decision."

New Watchmen Mobile Game Makes Alan Moore Cry.

Frost/Nixon: "A Picture For Grown-Ups" [Critical Mass]; Review: Victory signs for 'Frost/Nixon'; Tension, discomfort fill a riveting 'Frost/Nixon'; ROS Movie Review: Frost/Nixon (2008); 'Frost/Nixon' director Howard voted for Nixon; Frost/Beaks: Michael Sheen On Shaming A President, Turning Into A Werewolf, And Visiting Burton's Wonderland.

Review: ‘Nobel Son’ utter waste of time, talent.

Review: 'Cadillac Records.'

Movie Review: 'Punisher: War Zone' (2008); 'Punisher' is just bloody, violently bad.

Ray Stevenson Sheds Some Light On 'The Book of Eli.'

New Film 'The Reader' in Pedophile Controversy.

Singer Not involved in Superman Talk?

Exclusive: 'Timecrime' Director Q&A.

Weaver Reveals 'Avatar' Process; Sigourney Weaver And Ridley Scott To Team Up For Alien-Less ‘Alien’ Sequel?

Miller Says Sin City 2 is Getting Closer. I just wanna see someone play Ava Lord, okay? That's all I really want.

Len Wiseman Bringing 'Atlantis Rising' to the Big Screen.

Nicolas Cage Wants To Show Jay Baruchel His Magic Wand ['Sorcerer's Apprentice'].

Will Smith Says 'Hancock 2' Definitely Will Happen.

Amy Adams Reliving Her ‘Ten Best Days’ To Get Into Heaven.

Anna Faris Is ‘20 Times A Lady,’ Preps Buddy Comedy For Adam Sandler; Dumbest Stunt Book Ever to Become Film.

Comments

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

Oh, my God, the Sims 2 thing really HAS been epic. All I can say is 1) you had to be there, and 2) I fully expect there to be a lot about it on the LJ community simsecret later this evening, assuming that is not hacked into again and all the "secrets" deleted as they were last month.

The only reason I didn't scream while I was reading *Breaking Dawn* is that I was reading it on an airplane. Does Catherine Hardwicke mean . . .they're thinking about filming *Breaking Dawn*? Poor, poor, Robert Pattinson.

Also, I just, as in about twenty minutes ago, received a totally unsolicited early Christmas package containing one (1) Barbie dressed as Tippy Hedren from *The Birds.* With birds. I don't even collect Barbies, but I thought you'd be interested to know.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, I've seen that Barbie; it's kind of hilarious.

[cindy-lu-ma.livejournal.com]

Rob's only signed on for two more movies tho...even if breaking dawn was given a go ahead, do you rekon he'd return for it?

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

Yunno, as much as I can't see how they'll make BD work, I really hope they do--and that everyone signs on for it. Mostly because I really hate when a series isn't finished. *stares forlornly at The Golden Compass DVD*

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

There's been a lot of it on Simsecret already.
It's all over the place, GoS, MATY....

Basically, InSim is a cool mod, the 'owners' of the site disappear for months at a time, reappear to beg for money, 'or else', then suddenly sell the site without warning to some oldish guy who knows nothing about Sims2 and is a condescending ass to anyone who dares ask what's going on, ensue mass defection of users/uploaders to the site FROM and subsequent meltdown of the site servers.

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

That Barbie link is fascinating.

[ipomoea.livejournal.com]

I was screaming with laughter reading the books, I wonder if that counts.

I have lots of people on my flist who use Twitter that export their posts to LJ using LoudTwitter (http://www.loudtwitter.com/). It does just one daily post directly to your lj.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've seen that--I kind of didn't want to do that, though. Didn't want to clutter up people's f-lists with Twitter stuff. This way, I figure, you can add the Twitter feed separately from my journal if you want both.

[cran.livejournal.com]

I hate those. Usually if I care about someone's tweets, I follow them -- on Twitter. I don't need to read them again on LJ.

[havocs-roman.livejournal.com]

I am perfectly willing to reserve judgement on The Reader until I, you know, SEE it - though how wrong CAN you go with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes? - but I would deeply appreciate it if some people would learn the following differences: 1) between paedophilia and ephebophilia; 2) between a 15-yr-old character and an 18-yr-old actor; 3) between starring in a film and advocating your character's ideals. I would not think these are very difficult concepts, and it would definitely make life much easier for my desk as I stumble upon such reviews.

[linz-lou.livejournal.com]

Whoa, Water for Elephants was a NaNo?

I said the same exact thing last night when I read that article!

[manekikoneko.livejournal.com]

Does it drive you nuts when a bunch of people send you the same links, or is it just par for the course? My initial thought was, "Oh, hey, I bet people are sending that to Cleo," which stops me 99% of the time, but my second thought was, "But what if everybody thinks that, and so no one sends it?"

Anyway, sorry for the spam, as it were: have an Amanda Palmer video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ER0sP9mcdo) instead. I don't know if you'll like it, but it's been my favorite for the past few days.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, a little--sometimes it's links I've already posted, or links I wouldn't ever post anyway, or links I've already flagged for the night's linkspam, or links eight people have already given me today. But then sometimes people bring links I really am glad to get, so you kind of have to take it as it comes.

(Heh, thanks.)

[snowwhite2421.livejournal.com]

The Singer-less Superman thing reminded me... saw a preview/commercial for Valkyrie last night. I believe the most priceless comment of the list was: "nothing like two closeted homosexuals making a good ol' fashioned nazi movie."

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

Added you to my Twitter.}:P (DantesSpirit)

[erm-the-ghost.livejournal.com]

So, um...
I just wanted to let you know that I'm writing a paper for my Mass Media class on your blog. My paper is a compare and contrast of two blogs who write on the same subject.
The subject chose was (SURPRISE!) Twilight, which I hate, but you love-hate so humorously. XD
I love you and I hope that it's okay if I cite your blog heavily in my paper. <3

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Of course, that's fine. Obviously there will be proper citation, so that's cool. : )

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

... Oreo Barbie? Really, Mattel? XDDD *collapses in a fit of laughter*

[melayka.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that Barbie piece didn't include Midge, the mommy Barbie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge_Hadley) whose preggo stomach you tear off to get at the tiny baby inside. XD

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

They could remarket that as the Breaking Dawn Bella doll.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

o_O Uh... that's... that's kinda disturbing. Man, I'm glad I was more into Lego's than barbies as a kid.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Me too! Or rather, I didn't really get how to play with Barbies. I arranged them prettily in their little Barbie house and went on to draw and read and build stuff with Legos and Duplo. I was kind of astounded a few years later to see other girls giving their dolls haircuts and voices and imaginary lives and all; my brain just didn't work that way.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

lol! Yeah, I didn't really get some of that, either. Like... the cutting of the hair, mostly, and the outfits; I didn't see what the big deal was. I'd play out scenarios with Lego's or stuffed animals instead. I was also a very big fan of Lincoln Logs as a child.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Dude, that is 31 flavors of WRONG.

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Oh god, the Twilight sex scene is thing of grand hilarity.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

At last, we have an answer to the question "So, was it like fucking a popsicle?"

I laughed during Breaking Dawn too. Mostly at Jacob. And screamed. Mostly at Bella.

[moogleybacon.livejournal.com]

"Did Coldplay rip off Joe Satriani?"

They sound nothing alike. I put both on at the same time--nothing. So, unless Satriani freaked out because, omg, they both used ~guitars~, I don't see what he's complaining about.

Also, I totally screamed when Bella became pregnant, and then when the baby broke her pelvis. And both times, especially at the latter, it was a scream of WHAT THE FUCKERY?!".

[bgmaster.livejournal.com]

See, there's no way in hell I'm seeing the Punisher movie in theaters, but based on reviews like this (http://chud.com/articles/articles/17245/1/REVIEW-PUNISHER---WAR-ZONE/Page1.html) I might torrent it at some point just because of the level of over the top absurdity.

I've always loved the Punisher - the gleeful 13-year-old boy inside me who wants to shoot all the motherfuckers (oh, Wanted, I am going to be quoting "Shoot this motherfucker" for weeks) is probably to blame - and this looks like it's at least trying to live up to the dark, ridiculous humor that Ennis sometimes infused his comics with (the gritty narration as Frank punches a polar bear in the face so it will eat some mobsters, for example). I don't think it's really going for the Max feel, in the sense that Ennis wasn't really playing Max for over the top laughs much of the time (The Slavers is one of the darkest comic arcs I've ever read). But as an exercise in "Frank did what now?" it looks like it might be worth watching if you can turn your brain off.

On the other hand, I'm not a fan of slasher films, so I'm not sure if all the on-screen face explody will bother me more than it did on the comics page.

[pop-tothepeople.livejournal.com]

I don't remember screaming reading Twilight... oh, wait... I did scream reading Eclipse, when Bella starts snogging Jacob in the tent. Haha!
But mostly I screamed reading the last HP book. I was on a plane and even so I couldn't help myself. "OH NO, HEDWIG! OMG GEORGE'S EAR!!! NOOO WHY IS EVERYBODY DYING?" Ya know.

[divabat.livejournal.com]

Something for your linkspam, don't know if you've seen this already:

Dance your Ph.D: Scientific Papers through Interpretive Dance (http://gonzolabs.org/dance/contestants/)

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

oh my.

[macbethchild.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you've seen this yet, but it was definitely my favorite headline of today:

Man arrested after cops find crack in his vomit (http://news.aol.com/weird-news/article/man-arrested-after-cops-find-crack-in/269458?cid=46)

At first you're like "euwwww," and then you're like, "...wait, hee."

[uminomamori.livejournal.com]

I guess "Buenos Aires" from Evita is ruined for me forever due to it's tune being used in erectile disfunction ads :(

I don't care what anyone says

[therecklesslady.livejournal.com]

I want that Fulla doll. I was weird about my Barbies as a kid- I would freak out if they didn't have bra and panties, and fully clothed AT ALL TIMES. I was raised Lutheran, but believe me- I would have definitely dug this doll.

[celticwitch99.livejournal.com]

Oh jebus, must see mock Twilight screenplay (http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/my-rejected-twilight-screenplay/).

[oh-so-sparkly.livejournal.com]

The Quick 10: 10 NaNoWriMo Books That Got Published. Whoa, Water for Elephants was a NaNo?

You know what, I can completely see that. WfE smacked of the runaway-train quality that all NaNos have.

[worldforawhile.livejournal.com]

About the woman swept out to sea:

Police don't suspect foul play, he said.

They may not, but I sure as heck do.

OMG, so many things, so many words

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

- Holy shit @ the girl being pulled out to sea. Makes me happy I'm fat and tall.
- SIMS wank: I made popcorn it's so good.
- How cool is it that NaNoWriMo books got published?
- Paul Rudd bizarre interview sounds like a nightmare (the giant claw)
- Big Man Japan: I'm blogging about it fo' sho. My friend is living in Japan right now and I need her input. lol
- I still haven't finished Midnight Sun. It's on my computer, just haunting me with its stalking and dazzling.

[fuzzbean.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've seen this episode of Target: Women, but Sarah Haskins takes on Twilight (http://current.com/items/89591135/target_women_vampires.htm). It's hilarious (as Target: Women is wont to be).

[theelusiven.livejournal.com]

Loved that. Sarah Haskins is my biggest admiration crush ever.

[galaxianomiko.livejournal.com]

The Librarian vs. Dracula? So...The Historian, basically?

(Also, Dear scifi.com article: Dracul and Dracula are not the same person, thank you. /pet peeve)

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

Oh, Insim. That's why I've always liked Mod the Sims 2 much better.

And, also... Lost has ruined me. No longer can I hear the name Walt without wanting to scream it at the top of my lungs.

[emerybored.livejournal.com]

Why is it that Fulla's legs seem to end in little pink stumps? Like she's on stilts or something? ... Maybe they're pink clogs? So her toes don't show? ... I'm... confused.

[reqbat.livejournal.com]

hey thanks so much for pimping me out!!! we've raised 40$ so far! w00t!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

No problem! Best of luck. : )

[thecolourclear.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. I have NO idea where I/my flist were for this whole year. I missed lexicongate. Until just now, when I read all the entries on fandom_wank. It took me two hours.

You are a goddess for providing all those entries.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Those go from November 2007 to November 2008, by the way. By the time an appeal was announced, I was just like, "The hell with this, I'm out."

Fortunately, it wrapped up pretty quickly after that. The appeal was withdrawn this last week, and the rewritten Lexicon will come out in January. So... pretty much all of that happened for nothing, because we could have had the exact same result if they'd just rewritten the book in the first place.

Re: Coldplay

[maramala.livejournal.com]

Maybe Nintendo should sue Satriani too, since his music sounds like it came from the soundtrack of The Legend of Zelda. /gg

[agent-squeaks.livejournal.com]

*OMGsquee!* I had the Becky doll- the one in the wheelchair. I think we threw her down the steps [two flights] with and without the wheelchair. And her helper dog went blind.
I was an...odd child.