Feeling a *little* bit better

[cleolinda]

Re: Friday's Secret Life: People do this every time one of the characters refers to "Miss Cleo," so--I just want you to know that I'm not trying to hint that you have to call me that. I'm not a TV hotline psychic or the little old lady down the street or anything. Plain "Cleo" is just fine.

Also, if you feel creative in the comments or something, this is precisely what folks created slodfans for. I mean, fanfic of fanfic will probably destroy the universe, but that's what it's there for. (Newest post: Icons!)

(This afternoon: more guerilla photography, lest I get busted taking pictures of vintage toys again. "Is that--" "NO!" "--one of my forks?" "... Maybe." I did discover that the NECA action figures do have a bit more bendability than I had originally thought. I also put two characters close together in the same shot for the first time and it is TERRIFYING. Like something out of Gulliver's Travels, for real. Anyway. That'll probably go up tomorrow.)

I've rambled on too long already, so: remind me to tell you what I ended up doing to rescue my hair for the next chatty/linky post.

Meanwhile, I totally, deplorably forgot to link the big first-anniversary Made of Fail episode when it came out; there's also a poll up for you to weigh in as to whether you like the new intro better than the old one. (I'll be guesting on the next epsiode, which will be Harry Potter-themed.)

Also-also, from lightlack: "I was wondering if in one of your future linkspam posts, you might be able to post something about this story in the LA Times about a very young girl with severe schizophrenia. I don't know this family personally, but they're friends of a friend, and after I read the article I wanted to help spread the story, in case somebody out there with connections might know of some resources that could help this little girl out."

Linkspam:

Kal Penn starts job as White House liaison.

Marginalizing Rebecca Miller: Enough About You, Let's Talk About Your Husband.

Cougars slink their way into film, music and TV. You know, as much as I hate the LOL COUGARS thing that's taken root--if mockery is how society deals with the concept of sexually viable grown-ass women, and eventually the mockery fades and people get used to the idea, maybe it's worth it. Is it worse to have movies about desperate, predatory "OLDER" WOMEN OMG, or to have no movies with women over the age of 30 at all? I don't know.

Ript: the dude equivalent of a padded bra.

Site of the Day: Awful Library Books; Vintage romance comics reveal 66 reasons why women cry; Can You Come Up With A Science Fiction Book Cover Worse Than These?

"Everybody who seen a leprechaun say YEAH!" Oh, Alabama. The artist's rendering is priceless, by the way.

Images: More Alice in Wonderland Photos! CAN'T SLEEP, MAD HATTER WILL EAT ME. Also: Four Ass Kickin' Character Posters for 'Inglourious Basterds'; The Horror And Glory Of Blood: The Last Vampire's Ancient Blood-Suckers; Check This Out: Awesome New Official 'District 9' Poster; Two Hi-Res Stills from 'The Descent: Part 2.'

Trailers and clips: Check Out the First Eight Minutes of 'The Hurt Locker'; Exclusive: The Red Band Trailer for 'Jennifer's Body'!; New 'G.I. Joe' Trailer Gives First Look at Cobra Commander; A Trailer for Gyllenhaal and Maguire's 'Brothers'; First Offical Trailer for Dario Argento's 'Giallo'; Epicly Awesome French Trailer for Tony Jaa's 'Ong Bak 2'!; Watch 7 Clips From Paul Giamatti's Soul-Rattling New Movie ['Cold Souls']; 'The Ugly Truth' of Vibrating Underwear; For you children of the 80's - 'He-Man' Bollywood style.

So much Harry Potter news that I'm going to space it out a bit in separate paragraphs:

Apparently Half-Blood Prince is Oscar Nomination Material? Keep in mind that there are ten Best Picture slots this year. With those numbers? If it's at all good? Yeah, they've got a shot at a nomination, particularly given the storyline on this one. Also: Variety Review of Half-Blood Prince: Indispensable Rickman Delivers; More Half-Blood Prince Reviews: Guardian Three Stars out of Five.

34 new hi-res promos; 59 Gorgeous Stills From Harry Potter Burst With Young Magic; HBP photocall; Half-Blood Prince Cast to Wear White Ribbons in Honor of Late Robert Knox; HBO First Look at HBP: New Snape and Unbreakable Vow, Comedy Quidditch; ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ Swag Unleashed!

Confirmed: Rupert Grint Recovering Just Fine from Mild Bout of Swine Flu; ‘Harry Potter’ Star Emma Watson Hated Kissing Rupert Grint, But Not Because He Had Swine Flu ("The most horrible thing I’ve ever had to do … it just felt like incest. That’s the only way I can describe it"); Dan Radcliffe Talks "Friction" in Half-Blood Prince Film in New Interview; Radcliffe Was Bullied Over Fame (someone punched him when he was 14? And Warner Bros. did not have this guy killed?); Helena Bonham Carter on Role as Bellatrix Lestrange; Tom Felton Talks Draco and Acting in Half-Blood Prince.

More from Bill Nighy on Role as Rufus Scrimgeour in Deathly Hallows ("I am no longer the only English actor not to be in Harry Potter and I am very pleased"); Guy Henry to Play Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (man. Never quite realized what a porn star name that character has before now); Rehearsals for Bill and Fleur's Wedding Scene in Deathly Hallows Underway; More on Ride Inside Hogwarts Castle at Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park.

Best of the Worst: Twilight Tattoos; Harry Potter Fans Do It Better (Duh).

'Breaking Dawn' to start filming immediately after 'Eclipse,' which is, itself, supposed to wrap on Halloween, although I imagine November will be given over to New Moon: Tour of Terror II, which is to say ARE THESE PEOPLE INSANE? And you know they won't even give anyone the holidays off, because it's always sparkle and never Christmas in Summitland. Meanwhile: Guinew Moon -- Piggy 'Twilight' Spoof; ‘Twilight’ Saga Spinoff Possibilities Explored. WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

First Look: Stewart, Fanning and More Are 'The Runaways.'

Movie actors at Beltzville waterfall for 'Last Airbender,' an article that somehow turns into being all about OMG THAT ONE GUY IN TWILIGHT, NO THE OTHER ONE.

Digital Cameras to be Used on 'Dawn Treader'; 10 Days Til Filming and the Crew Starts to Arrive; 'Dawn Treader' to film at Cleveland Point in September; The Dawn Treader Being Built at the Spit?

Johnny Depp, Jamie Foxx Eyed For Michael Jackson Bio?!?! Short answer: No. Although it would be interesting if, someday far in the future, someone took an artsy, multi-actor I'm Not There approach to it.

Watchmen's Zack Snyder previews director's cut: easter eggs, bloopers and more; Does Watchmen's Leak Matter? There was a leak?

Tony Stark Adds A Race Car To His ‘Iron Man 2’ Arsenal.

Routh's Superman Contract Has Expired.

Chris Columbus Offers ‘Welcome to Hoxford’ Update, Uncertain If He’ll Direct.

The Insider Says Harrison Ford to Return for Indiana Jones 5.

‘Fame’ Stars Reveal New Details: Soundtrack, Storylines & Staying True To The Original.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘300’ Producer Says Sequel ‘Looking Good,’ Won’t Rule Out Gerard Butler Resurrection.

Norrington, Dorff Teaming on Blade Spin-Off.

'Heathers' Sequel is All in Winona's Head!

William Shatner's T.J. Hooker is Headed to the Big Screen.

Rumor: Bob Uecker Says Major League 4 is in the Works?

Already, A Toy-Based Movie Even Weirder Than Asteroids [Viewmaster].

Phantom 2 will be fantastic promises Andrew Lloyd Webber. No, seriously, where is our God now?

Comments

[gaslightgallows]

‘Twilight’ Saga Spinoff Possibilities Explored. WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

The Insider Says Harrison Ford to Return for Indiana Jones 5.

Phantom 2 will be fantastic promises Andrew Lloyd Webber. No, seriously, where is our God now?

So much pain... it hurts... it hurts...

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Each of those headlines makes me think "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

JESUS LAPDANCING CHRIST. Those Twilight tattoos are easily the most pathetic things I have ever, ever seen. I am in awe.

[wmetoile.livejournal.com]

I am slack-jawed with horror. Oh my fucking god. Now, I am not a tattoo person, but I can understand why people get them, but ... that? The name of a fictional vampire. The face of an actor playing a fictional vampire. The fuck?

[khaman.livejournal.com]

God damn it. Every time I read about The Runaways, I get all excited thinking that it's about the really quite good Marvel comic that was started by Brian K. Vaughn.

[bad-idea-bear.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, I totally, deplorably forgot to link the big first-anniversary Made of Fail episode when it came out

Clearly, you can only make it up to me with ponies.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I gotta DM you something on Twitter to that effect...

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

First of all, why does Andrew Lloyd Webber hate me?

Second of all -- "Guinew Moon"=hilarity. I swear I could see that "I can still see you!" scene being acted out by The Littlest Edward and his perpetually baking soulmate.

[bluebren.livejournal.com]

More Alice in Wonderland Photos! (http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56868) CAN'T SLEEP, MAD HATTER WILL EAT ME

[Vocabulary word I don't know] of thread = very yes.

[barrelgoddess.livejournal.com]

WHAT. WHAT. WHAT.

^ my reaction to 300 2, Phantom 2, and the Twilight tattoos.

[queenanthai.livejournal.com]

HOW DO YOU MAKE A SEQUEL TO 300

SERIOUSLY EVERYONE DIED

CAPSLOCK

[naeelah.livejournal.com]

Now that I have the image of you as a fake Jamaican in my head, you do realize that I probably won't be able to call you anything BUT Miss Cleo, right?

Oh, and re: ALW's Phantom 2 promises, I would love it if anyone would ever make a public statement like, "It might be alright, I dunno, we'll see."

My only reaction to Indy 5 was "Oh dear god, why?" I didn't loathe Indy 4 but can we please just let good old franchises remain in their graves undesecrated?

[loony-moony.livejournal.com]

No really, they're banking on RPattz ending up in a mental institution, aren't they.

[robinmc.livejournal.com]

Hell, that's if they're lucky. I'm fully expecting him to pull a Britney and shave off his hair, and then get a really bad sunburn that is impossible to cover with makeup, and then what will they do?

[emmy-scarlet.livejournal.com]

Indy 5? Phantom 2? Twilight tattoos? Michael Jackson biopic? No. No. No. And just for the record: Hell No.

I'll be in the corner, lamenting, if anyone needs me. Also possibly whimpering, after seeing that picture of the Mad Hatter. I'm still holding out hope it will somehow be awesome, creepiness aside/included...but I'm worried.

[dr-funbags.livejournal.com]

I'm still going to pretend that Phantom 2 is nothing but a joke. I absolutely refuse to accept it ... I REFUSE!!!!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Care to join me for a little rocking back and forth in the corner with hands over ears, chanting "This is not real. This is not real. This is not real"?

[sun-star-n-moon.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling Im going to take phantom 2 just as seriously as I took Breaking Dawn.

In other words.....I will just sit there and laugh my ass off the whole time.

Also...would 300 the sequel be like zombie 300? I can not see any other way to do it. Well...I guess zombies are the hot ticket now.....

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Am hoping for pirated videos, because I will certainly not be dropping the money for actual broadway tickets, believe you me. And then I shall make a drinking game.

I....have no response to this....

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

You have truly out done yourself with this linkspam entry.

For the Leprechaun from Mobile alone......

....And then the....Oh, where to begin.....all of it, really.

PS. Glad things are a bit better. So many people I know are either going through extreme financial distress, extreme health issues and/or extreme life-situations.....It's good something is working out for...someone....

[internal666.livejournal.com]

"The Insider Says Harrison Ford to Return for Indiana Jones 5."

What?

"EXCLUSIVE: ‘300’ Producer Says Sequel ‘Looking Good,’ Won’t Rule Out Gerard Butler Resurrection."

WHAT?!

Oh my god, what the hell is going on? Is some psychopath running around Hollywood spiking everyone's drinks with concentrated stupid?

Please excuse me while I go check my icon stockpile for a facepalm suitable for this mess.

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

Is some psychopath running around Hollywood spiking everyone's drinks with concentrated stupid?

I am adopting this theory. Will credit you.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about the Awful Library Books blog until you linked to this -- it turns out I went to library school w/one of the authors! This is reminding me to do some weeding.

[outinthestorm.livejournal.com]

I really, really hope that Phantom 2 doesn't suck, but I'm sure I will be bitterly disappointed when it does.
(Although I'm hoping for good costume!porn from it.)

It could be a crackhead!!

[onlyonechoice.livejournal.com]

God, that leprechaun thing made me weep with laughter.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I just read about the girl with schizophrenia. That poor, poor family. I wonder if they've tried alternative medicine at all? I know a lot of people don't believe in it, but I've seen it get pretty startling results sometimes.

Alternative Medicine

[stockholmvictim.livejournal.com]

The thing that made me most angry about this article was when I read that her parents take her Burger King EVERY DAY.

What doctor on her psych unit, with any knowledge of how foods interact with the body/brain, would allow this? She's on HALDOL for pete's sake.

You'd think they'd consider every other possible option before loading their six-year-old with typical antipsychotics that are forty years outdated.

And the note about the tegretol/thorazine combo almost made me sick, I'm three times her age and almost six feet tall, and I couldn't handle tegretol.

[sfida.livejournal.com]

I would address you as Miss Cleo in part for the humor, but mostly because I'm from the South, too. Isn't that what we do?

[exileslament.livejournal.com]

Seconded. Also, calling you Miss Cleo reminds me of TLE calling you that, which is adorable and hilarious!

[misachan.livejournal.com]

Phantom 2 will be fantastic promises Andrew Lloyd Webber. No, seriously, where is our God now?

*sob* You know what the saddest part is? I own the book he's basing this on. I know exactly how bad this is going to suck.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Yeah... I heard about that book.

[julietvalcouer.livejournal.com]

George: No matter how you may try, or how much you whore out Harrison Ford, we will never accept Shia LaBouef or whatever the hell his name is as an ersatz Indy. Stop trying. When even Steven Spielberg is :rolleyes: at plot points in the last one (though Steven, maybe that's a sign you need to put your foot down?) it says you may not have a fifth one there.

Sir Andrew: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria and Any Dream Will Do are making me like you a bit as a human being. Please don't ruin that. If you MUST do a Phantom sequel, did you have to pick the lamest one out there? (Then again...could be worse. He could have optioned one of the Sherlock Holmes crossovers.)

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Has anybody shown you this rather unfortunate weather forecast (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/audio/2009/jun/25/bbc-glastonbury-weather-report)? (To give you an idea of how big the radio station is (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4)...) I dunno, does it even work in the US? Is shite a recognised word? Does it work without the cultural context of knowing that Glastonbury is a massive music festival notorious for turning into a mudbath within hours of starting?

Hopefully at least some Brits will wander by this way and get a giggle.

[dianesoprano.livejournal.com]

And I thought that all that stuff about the Christine mannequin being in it and the Phantom having sex with it was too insane to be real.

And no, opera singers were not presented the way ALW describes. Attending one performance of Barnum does not a historian make. Yeah, Barnum sponsored a concert tour for Jenny Lind, but it was a CONCERT TOUR not an opera singer joining the circus or whatevers.

[undying-rose17.livejournal.com]

I read the cut text and thought "Come on, it hasn't been that busy of a week in entertainment."

And I was wrong. You delivered on your promise of much wtfery and I salute you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go pick up my brain from where it fell out...

[duosiceprincess.livejournal.com]

‘Twilight’ Saga Spinoff Possibilities Explored. WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW? - Did you think this in the Riddick voice? Cause when I read it I heard it in the Riddick voice.

I about died laughing at those Twilight tattoos. Holy fail. Makes me look forward to New Moon though. As part of my birthday present this year my friend said she would buy me a t-shirt that says, "...And then Buffy Staked Edward, The End." if I would go see it with her. I think her goal is to make at least one teenage girl's head explode with righteous indignation.