~ flop ~

[cleolinda]

Another night off from the linkspam. It's just a busy week, I don't know. And my eyes need the rest. I did put several links on the FriendFeed... feed... just to keep the 'spam from getting too backlogged, though. (It's not something I want to start doing full-time, though, because a lot of times links I've flagged don't show up on the feed, and the format seems so impersonal compared to a spam entry here, even though I can comment on links there as well. It's a good place to dump B-list material, though, rather than get overwhelmed with an embarrassment of riches, spamwise.)

I've also started setting up a Twilight Link Repository on my Delicious account--I'm not interested in maintaining an all-encompassing link clearinghouse, but maybe people can at least check there before sending me the same links five times. To that end, I've also hit "share" on older links I'd tucked away for reference. You know, because I like to Horrify the Twilight Noob on a moment's notice when possible.

So, you know. Basically, I'm saying that I'm taking the night off, but if you just desperately want to keep up with stuff, I have it out there. Meanwhile, I have some Louisa May Alcott thrillers to get back to.

Comments

[edda.livejournal.com]

It's a good night to relax. Help yourself.

*curls up with a book*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Which book? Anything good?

[edda.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm reading all of Malcolm Gladwell (http://edda.livejournal.com/461329.html)'s stuff, and have somehow developed a dire crush on him (no, I don't know either), rereading Ariel Levy's Female Chauvinist Pigs, which says so many things I need to hear, and romping amongst assorted fiction, some of it quite naughty.

[youngcurmudgeon.livejournal.com]

Seriously, is there a full moon? Everyone I know is feeling the floppiness. (Me, I can't even get into my shiny new copy of Once Upon a Time in the North, which is the SECRET STORY OF LEE SCORESBY AND IOREK. What is wrong with today?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think the full moon was last Friday, now that you mention it. Maybe it's just the impending holidays wearing people out?

[youngcurmudgeon.livejournal.com]

That ... would probably make sense. Also, we just got our first Actual Snow up here, so my immediate family is tired 'cause of the snowplows that made us clear the driveway four times in 24 hours. Curse the expensive price of salt!

[tabbyclaw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm doing Impending Holiday Procrastination. I have a knitted hat and a Middleman fanfic due Christmas day, and I'm having to kick myself around to get myself to work on either.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

What I wouldn't give for a good case of flop. I haven't gotten to bed before 3am this whole week, and if I even start thinking about anything having to do with Christmas, I get really pissed off.

I really should go curl up with a book. But will I? Probably not.

[promise19.livejournal.com]

Nah, just curl up with the internet instead. ;-) I've had the same kind of week. :-/ *sympathizes*

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Nah, just curl up with the internet instead.

That's how it's working out. The internet loves me, even if it does make my eyes burn.

[worldforawhile.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, I felt overwhelmingly sleepy at 8:17 pm (I know this because I looked at the clock and thought, "EIGHT SEVENTEEN?") and was in bed asleep by 8:30. I don't think I've gone to sleep at 8:30 since I was ten.

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I loved Behind A Mask. Need this collection!

[madelrocio7.livejournal.com]

OMG Cleo, I was @ the dentist today and I thought of you, haha. I almost played "Horrify the Twilight Noob."

The dentist was talking about Twilight and I said I'd read the books and she asked "Does she turn into a vampire in the end?" and I paused and said:

Me: "Yes."

Dentist: "Aww. At least she did. That's good."

Me: "Well, she dies... and he changes her to save her."

Dentist: "Aww."

Me: "She... well, they had a daughter."

Dentist: "Oh."

You see, I was about to say "She gave birth to a creepy creepy baby that clawed her way through her stomach and then she died because of that and he injected his venom into her heart and after three days of complaining pain she turned into a vampire. And then her best friend falls in love with the baby and then she starts growing up too fast and bad vampires want to kill her..."

I couldn't do it; I didn't have the heart.

[mollywobbles867.livejournal.com]

That was very kind of you. Here, have a cookie.

[madelrocio7.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you. :)

Srsly, everything was going to slip out this morning.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, it's best not to startle people holding dental drills, I find.

[promise19.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that sounds fantastic! I read "A Long Fatal Love Chase" a while back and couldn't believe it was Alcott. You make me want to go find this collection! Enjoy your night off, and happy belated birthday! :-)

[jasminelily.livejournal.com]

Your icon is very soothing. I could rock myself to sleep just by watching it.

[fangulation.livejournal.com]

Your icon is soothing.

[syrenssong.livejournal.com]

I recently got dragged to see Twilight by a friend... Luckily I had a strawberry daiquiri beforehand, so that may have helped. I spent the entire movie giggling my head off; and giving a friend of mine commentary via text. His reaction to my 'vampire baseball!' text was priceless.

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

Louisa May Alcott thrillers? Ooh. Must investigate these.

[salamandersam.livejournal.com]

Chalk another one up to feeling the floppiness. It's epidemic this year.

[teirkin.livejournal.com]

Wow, how's that collection? I'm a lifelong Little Women addict (though I have to say that the 1994 film version >>> the book in my estimation). Any good?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's fantastic. I'd read it before, from the university library, and now I have it for my very own!

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

We all deserve time off! I know how hard it is to keep all the balls in the air. :-)

[nocowardsoul]

That's the one with "My Mysterious Madamoiselle," right? I'm so jealous.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's got everything (except "A Long Fatal Love Chase," which was published as a separate book a few years ago). Go get a used copy! It's fantastic! And cheap!

[greedyskunk.livejournal.com]

Are you having strange weather? I can't remember if you posted something about that....

My little Oregon town has been hit with freezing temperatures and snow, which is unusual for us. At least this early and this severe. OK, so it's not severe by Minnesota standards, but everyone is freaking out, opening late, closing early, etc.

I find that trying to brave the icy sidewalks tires me out. It also doesn't help my energy level when it is practically expected that people will stay home and read good books and swaddle themselves in blankets.

[mistress-gwen.livejournal.com]

Hi! *waves* I just discovered you. I read all of your Twilight recaps when I was home sick the other day, and I thought "maybe she would like a good novel with vampires in. Would you? Because, there is one you should know about. *nods wisely*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm trying to write one myself, but shoot. What is it?

[mistress-gwen.livejournal.com]

Are you?? Ok, please keep me posted. :-)

In the meantime, have you ever read Sunshine by Robin McKinley?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Not yet, but a lot of people have recommended it. : )

[mistress-gwen.livejournal.com]

Alright, then you should listen to us. ;-)

If you do get around to it, let me know what you think. I've been recommending it to everyone who's read the Twilight series and would like a vampire novel with no exploding spines next.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

*snuggles*

Linkspam isn't a job, sweetie. And we even need vacations from hobbies sometimes.

So hi :-)

[lilith47.livejournal.com]

This is my first comment here, although I've had you in my RSS since I clicked on an innocent-looking link to your Twilight recaps ... and now I have your posts as an addition to my breakfast and I really like your writing. The breakfast time - I am from Slovakia, and living in Austria, so figure the time change;-)
Uhm, and now to the point- Twilight is coming to Europe. And I discovered a slovak forum full of slovak twilighters ... and I NEED the icons with quotes from your Twilight books recaps. Pleease can you direct me to the post where they were linked? I gave up after I went through 40 or 50 posts and didn't find them :-(
Okay, that was it. *going back to lurkdom*
Oh and I really hope you'll finish the Black Ribbon. It is awesome.
Llt

Re: So hi :-)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! I think if you go back to the recaps themselves, other people's icons are linked at the beginning(s), but I have my own icons here. (http://cleoland.pbwiki.com/Twilight#Icons)

Re: So hi :-)

[lilith47.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Now I get to play :-P Guesses at how long I will last? They seem pretty devoted ... or maybe I will convert them to the lulz...

[flaxenescapee.livejournal.com]

Just a day off? Girl, you need a vacation! I don't know how you keep up with all this madness!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, like I tell people--when you have a system and an RSS reader, it's easier than it looks. The most labor-intensive part is probably skimming the headlines for key words of interest, and that ain't coal mining.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Awwww, cute panda icon makes me squeeee