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I've been reading Gail Simone's tumblr, and the number 1 question on my mind right now is "What the FLYING FUCK is wrong with the people who have invaded her asks?" In addition to the people who are trying to get her to trash other writers under her professional name in a public forum, she gets people asking stuff like "Do you believe I'm a bad person because I'm pro-life?" and "What is your opinion on cousin/cousin relationships?" Why would anyone ever think it was a good idea to ask questions like that of someone they have never met and know only as a writer, and not even a writer who goes in for profound explorations of the human condition at that? People, your favorite comic book writer is not also your mentor, spiritual adviser, and life coach.
Fracking Pern! *punches wall*
May. 19th, 2012 09:30 pmEarlier, I was in a comment thread that took a turn for both the creepy and the WHAT.
( cut for fictional consent issues )
( cut for fictional consent issues )
Okay, I'm pretty sure Michael Bay doesn't know how anything works, but this takes the cake. Most likely one of these cakes.
He's supposed to be making a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. So he decided to make the world "richer" (um, what?) by making the main characters members of an extraterrestrial species instead of mutant turtles like it says in the title. Then, when TMNT fans reacted exactly the way anyone who has spent more than 17 seconds on the internet would expect, Bay responded by telling them to "take a deep breath and chill" because "they have not read the script." Dude, comics fans will go through the roof if you change a character HAIR COLOR! You cannot get away with acting surprised that they're mad about a radical departure from who and what the main characters fundamentally ARE! I am simultaneously laughing like a hyena because LOL, what? Is this guy new or something? and feeling a little bit guilty about that because I remember how I have raged over much less drastic departures in the X-Men movies.
You couldn't pay me to see this movie, but I am making popcorn for the internet storm around it.
He's supposed to be making a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. So he decided to make the world "richer" (um, what?) by making the main characters members of an extraterrestrial species instead of mutant turtles like it says in the title. Then, when TMNT fans reacted exactly the way anyone who has spent more than 17 seconds on the internet would expect, Bay responded by telling them to "take a deep breath and chill" because "they have not read the script." Dude, comics fans will go through the roof if you change a character HAIR COLOR! You cannot get away with acting surprised that they're mad about a radical departure from who and what the main characters fundamentally ARE! I am simultaneously laughing like a hyena because LOL, what? Is this guy new or something? and feeling a little bit guilty about that because I remember how I have raged over much less drastic departures in the X-Men movies.
You couldn't pay me to see this movie, but I am making popcorn for the internet storm around it.
It's time to play the music . . .
Dec. 8th, 2011 07:52 pmI finally saw the new Muppet movie today. ^_^ I'll be up for discussing the actual content of the movie later, but for now I'm just basking in this warm, Muppety glow and reflecting on how it wouldn't be a bad thing to have more corny jokes and ridiculous musical numbers in my life.
I was going to go last weekend, but I was too sick, and then I was busy yesterday after work. Today it snowed all day, but I went anyway because I had waited so long and I needed Muppets! Maybe this will be useful for complaining at future students: "When I was your age-- actually, when I was considerably older than you are now-- I had to walk through the snow to see some dancing chickens and a pig in a wig." Or maybe not. Anyway, there weren't any other people there except one really nice woman with a largish group of kids. She'd been planning their trip to the movie for weeks, so when the snow didn't let up this afternoon, she (and the kids, who were possibly more excited because of the snow) decided to roll with it much like I did.
Who else loved the discarded toys in support group in the Toy Story short? Frankly, I unironically want my own Tae Kwon Doe in real life. I would not discard her. I also want all those warrior mermaids and DJ Bluejay. And I'm pretty sure that some of the more WTF toys like Ghost Burger and the transformers that turn into meat instead of cars are the kind of toys kids play with in The Tick's universe.
I was going to go last weekend, but I was too sick, and then I was busy yesterday after work. Today it snowed all day, but I went anyway because I had waited so long and I needed Muppets! Maybe this will be useful for complaining at future students: "When I was your age-- actually, when I was considerably older than you are now-- I had to walk through the snow to see some dancing chickens and a pig in a wig." Or maybe not. Anyway, there weren't any other people there except one really nice woman with a largish group of kids. She'd been planning their trip to the movie for weeks, so when the snow didn't let up this afternoon, she (and the kids, who were possibly more excited because of the snow) decided to roll with it much like I did.
Who else loved the discarded toys in support group in the Toy Story short? Frankly, I unironically want my own Tae Kwon Doe in real life. I would not discard her. I also want all those warrior mermaids and DJ Bluejay. And I'm pretty sure that some of the more WTF toys like Ghost Burger and the transformers that turn into meat instead of cars are the kind of toys kids play with in The Tick's universe.
Things that should not be
Nov. 10th, 2011 04:33 pmI just came from a store that had Pillow Pets for sale-- including the Dora the Explorer Pillow Pet. If you've seen Pillow Pets and you've taken a second or two to picture a human character in the exact same failed quadruped posture as the other Pillow Pets, then you know why I say Arrrrgh! I don't think I can call "uncanny valley" on a Dora product because the character's face is already a very simplified representation of a human face, but seeing it on Pillow Pet-shaped body gives me the same kind of creepy feeling as the CGI disasters more usually associated with the uncanny valley. Regular Dora dolls, prints, etc.? Cute! All the other Pillow Pets? Cute! A row of Pillow Pets with Dora Pet at the end? Cute, cute, cute, cute, NIGHTMARE FUEL!
Worms! How . . . romantic?
Oct. 26th, 2011 03:46 pmIt's time for my response to the gay YA prompt! BTW, I couldn't help but notice that each of these scenes is longer than the one before. By the time I decide who/what my trolls are, I might be doing two-part posts.
( 889 words, finding the worms for love )
( 889 words, finding the worms for love )
Writing prompts and an odd request
Oct. 24th, 2011 08:22 pmI'm writing a set of short scenes based on one "seed sentence" and seven different phrases I've seen on the internet recently. The seed sentence is "See how fast you can find the worms." Those phrases are "Bechdel-Wallace Test," "Kid-Friendly SF," "Gay YA," "Post-Apocalyptic SF," "Love Triangle," "Lesbian Steampunk," and "Trolled by ______." The original "Trolled by [Character]" was too specific for my present needs, so my request is for suggested nouns or phrases to fill in the blank. Physical descriptions, job titles, and species designations are fine. Just tell me what kind of character you think should be trolling another character in a worm-related context.
In the meantime, here's the first one I finished:
( 313 words, two named female characters talking to each other about, um, space worms )
In the meantime, here's the first one I finished:
( 313 words, two named female characters talking to each other about, um, space worms )
I started filling out my applications today, and I got in touch with two of the three people I'll need recommendation letters from. There are so many fees to pay just to get all my records submitted to the places I'm applying, ARGH! I get so anxious taking even the tiniest steps, and I feel bad about not trying again to get my thesis work published in a journal, but I also remember that it got rejected twice and dread another rejection. I know getting it published would make my applications stronger, but at the same time, I worry that I can't make it good enough to publish!
Of course, something that happened at my job today made me really, really want to get out of here and move forward with my real career next year. Being a doctoral student has its own disadvantages, no doubt, but they're much less likely to include contact with a guy who is becoming increasingly distressed and irate because he can't find something but refuses to stop darting aimlessly about the library or exclaiming "I can't find my thing!" long enough to tell anyone what the thing is, what it looks like, or where he last saw it. At least, I sincerely hope there will not be exchanges like this:
"I can't find my thing!"
"What are you looking for?"
"I can't find my thing!" :(
"What is this thing?"
"I can't find my thing!" D:
"Where did you see it last?"
"I can't find my thing!" DX
"If you would just tell me what-"
"I don't have time for that! I CAN'T find my THING!" DX
Of course, something that happened at my job today made me really, really want to get out of here and move forward with my real career next year. Being a doctoral student has its own disadvantages, no doubt, but they're much less likely to include contact with a guy who is becoming increasingly distressed and irate because he can't find something but refuses to stop darting aimlessly about the library or exclaiming "I can't find my thing!" long enough to tell anyone what the thing is, what it looks like, or where he last saw it. At least, I sincerely hope there will not be exchanges like this:
"I can't find my thing!"
"What are you looking for?"
"I can't find my thing!" :(
"What is this thing?"
"I can't find my thing!" D:
"Where did you see it last?"
"I can't find my thing!" DX
"If you would just tell me what-"
"I don't have time for that! I CAN'T find my THING!" DX
What IS this crap?!
Oct. 7th, 2011 07:18 pmI went to check my hotmail account a minute ago, and what should appear on the list of MSN headlines but this:
Are women 'easier' than ever?
Sometimes I want to quit the planet.
Are women 'easier' than ever?
Sometimes I want to quit the planet.
IS THIS REAL LIFE?!
Oct. 2nd, 2011 03:45 pmI first found out about Fanfic.Me from Ithiliana's post. The excerpt there makes the whole venture look comically ill-conceived all by itself. Following the links to Watersword's post and the corresponding post at Fanficforensics leads to even more unintentional hilarity:
Fan fiction is "mostly on fanfiction.net!" (Did I just imagine the rest of the internet? I couldn't have; I have a great imagination, but I'm not THAT good.) It is "stuck in the era of text-only" format! Silly me, I thought it was supposed to be text-only because it was fan FICTION instead of fan ART! But never fear, Jacky Abromitis and Fanfic.me are here to "bring fanfiction addicts into the twenty-first century" using Wordpress technology and lots of orange! ("Addicts?" "Bring" us "into the twenty-first century?" That's not patronizing at all!) Presumably there will be some kind of special graphics option, so the fanfic won't be "stuck in the era of text-only" anymore (text-only is sooooo twentieth century!), but that isn't up and running yet, so if you want to post fic with accompanying images at the site, you'll just have to embed the images like you can already do on LJ. Maybe the special features will come out at the same time as the TOS-- they don't have that up and running either. But other than that, they're ready to go, all set on "making fanfiction as easy-- and feature-rich-- as blogging." Whew, it's a good thing the Terms of Service aren't generally included under "features!"
Imagine, fanfiction as easy and feature-rich as blogging! *falls over*
Fan fiction is "mostly on fanfiction.net!" (Did I just imagine the rest of the internet? I couldn't have; I have a great imagination, but I'm not THAT good.) It is "stuck in the era of text-only" format! Silly me, I thought it was supposed to be text-only because it was fan FICTION instead of fan ART! But never fear, Jacky Abromitis and Fanfic.me are here to "bring fanfiction addicts into the twenty-first century" using Wordpress technology and lots of orange! ("Addicts?" "Bring" us "into the twenty-first century?" That's not patronizing at all!) Presumably there will be some kind of special graphics option, so the fanfic won't be "stuck in the era of text-only" anymore (text-only is sooooo twentieth century!), but that isn't up and running yet, so if you want to post fic with accompanying images at the site, you'll just have to embed the images like you can already do on LJ. Maybe the special features will come out at the same time as the TOS-- they don't have that up and running either. But other than that, they're ready to go, all set on "making fanfiction as easy-- and feature-rich-- as blogging." Whew, it's a good thing the Terms of Service aren't generally included under "features!"
Imagine, fanfiction as easy and feature-rich as blogging! *falls over*
Somebody missed the point
Sep. 8th, 2011 07:48 pmI went looking for costume accessories today. While failing to find a decent pair of antennae, I couldn't help but notice the evidence of someone else's failure to find even a lick of sense in their own head. That's right, it's another extremely ill-advised "sexy" Halloween costume! Today's loser is . . .
Sexy anarchist terrorist inspired by V for Vendetta! It's perfect for anyone who always wanted to wear a miniskirt and a Guy Fawkes mask at the same time. O_O
Sexy anarchist terrorist inspired by V for Vendetta! It's perfect for anyone who always wanted to wear a miniskirt and a Guy Fawkes mask at the same time. O_O
I CANNOT UNSEE IT!
Aug. 25th, 2011 03:22 pmIt's not even September yet, and I've already found a contender for Most Inappropriate "Sexy" Halloween Costume. It is . . . wait for it . . .
Sexy Chewbacca! Yeah, that's right, I said Chewbacca. Someone was paid to sit down in front of a sketch pad and think, "Okay, how can I make Chewbacca sexy to the culturally normative Western male gaze?" Then someone had to greenlight making the result of that cogitation a real thing that exists in the world.
Sexy Chewbacca! Yeah, that's right, I said Chewbacca. Someone was paid to sit down in front of a sketch pad and think, "Okay, how can I make Chewbacca sexy to the culturally normative Western male gaze?" Then someone had to greenlight making the result of that cogitation a real thing that exists in the world.
There's more?!
Aug. 19th, 2011 04:33 pmI have been to the bookstore, and I have learned that A Compendium of Wolf Fail has a sequel. It is called The Tempering of Men. Its cover depicts shirtless troll-battle. Because who needs a shirt when you're living in a cold climate and fighting clawy, fangy monsters? Protection from enemies and elements is for those silly, offensive slashers and their weak characters, not for professional writers of quality fiction and their strong, manly characters who are totally not gay even though they have sex with each other because their telepathic, biologically nonsensical "wolves" make them do it.
I am morbidly curious, but at the same time, there is a strong chance that I'll regret looking.
I am morbidly curious, but at the same time, there is a strong chance that I'll regret looking.
Those of you who know me already know of my long frustration with the woobification of rich boys who treat everyone around them like dirt. It's bad enough when the excuse is "His daddy didn't love him, so that justifies every bad thing he's ever done in the name of either pleasing his father or taking his understandable resentment of his father and/or more favored sibling(s) out on people who have nothing to do with his family issues." Now I've seen fandom's rich-douchebag-defenders reach a new low-- arguing that we should cut slack to silver-spooned racists, imperialist oppressors, and domestic abusers when they abuse the people they presume their inferiors because the poor dears were raised to believe in their own natural right to control and abuse others. So the dude has an overwhelming entitlement complex, but that's okay because he was raised to have an overwhelming entitlement complex.
My life is full of CHEMICALS!
May. 2nd, 2011 05:27 pmFor some reason, I've lately been stumbling across posts about people's attempts to make their lives "chemical-free." I think there might be a few evolutionary constraints on that. The silliest one I've found so far was about using vinegar to replace hair conditioner because conditioner has chemicals in it. I was mildly tempted to warn them against acetic acid.
