January 2012
“Saved by Cake gives an extremely honest account of Marian Keyes’ recent...”
– Novel News - Saved By Cake by Marian Keyes - Novelicious - The Female Fiction and Chick Lit Blog
Oh my goodness!! (Meowsense!) Today was threatening to be crapola after a confrontation left me shaking, but yayMarianyay! This is brilliant news.
Pop Culture Brain | Movies TV Music Web Theater:... →
popculturebrain:
Art Direction: “The Artist,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” “Hugo,” “Midnight in Paris,” “War Horse.”
Cinematography: “The Artist,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “Hugo,” “The Tree of Life,” “War Horse.”
Sound Mixing: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “Hugo,” “Moneyball,”…
A movie MADONNA made is nominated for an Oscar.
“Following an awards season so far notable for its predictability, the Academy...”
– Oscar nominations 2012: Hugo leads with 11 to The Artist’s 10 | Film | guardian.co.uk
Only ten? Yes, that will be devasating for them, I’m sure. I want them to WIN THEM ALL! They won’t sadly. But maybe best picture…? *cross everything*
“Needing money, he turned to journalism…”
– Phillip Lopate, introduction to William Hazlitt (via amywhipple)
Ha!
The Shit Nouns Say To Other Nouns Meme
lazybookreviews:
I can’t do it. I do not have time or emotional bandwith for another meme. I just watch too much TV, you know? I have too many magazine subscriptions. I re-read too much YA fiction. I skipped Feminist Ryan Gosling! If I skipped Feminist Ryan Gosling, I am not making time for Shit Hamsters Say to Guinea Pigs.
This is my feeling, too. Except about Feminist Ryan Gosling, obvi.
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“Slight, pale and limp at the wrist”?
It’s OK because I’m talking about fashion! Not like, a person. I’m saying straight men are dressing like gay men, who all have limp wrists. That’s not prejudiced! I can’t remember why but I’m sure it isn’t. Right? At least we can all agree it’s wrong to be thin and pale! And wear glasses!...
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hey ereading-type-folks, will you take a 6... →
mar-see-ah:
jennirl:
it’ll take you, like, 5 seconds. promise.
quick, anon eReader survey. It seriously took me less than 20 seconds.
Quick and fun. (I kinda like surveys.)
“But that goes back to what I was saying about how when you’re a new parent it’s...”
– (Nearly) 3-Month Checkup | Ramshackle Glam by Jordan Reid
I love it when Jordan writes long: always surprising, moving, and worth reading.
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"Somehow you wind up on the topic of his wife's... →
firstpersonsingular:
No, seriously - do not read this if you are related to me in any way.
This is very good, and you could read it.
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A Brit's adventures in Netflix (updated)
I tweeted earlier this week about my difficulties in using Netflix (a tweet about not being able to use technology! How novel!).
I won’t go over all that again but let’s just say the video platform Silverlight and my Mac were not friends, and there was much uninstalling and reinstalling and forced quitting of browsers and Googling of ways to make it all better.
My friend Keris...
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“The way it works is, you do the thing you’re scared shitless of, and you get the...”
– Three Kings (via nancylicious)
Or if you’re me, you’re still waiting for the courage years later.
“From this Thursday 12 January, companies can apply to the Internet Corporation...”
– Companies prepare for a land-grab of new top level domains (Wired UK)
.pugs, Keris! (I don’t suppose .diane is available…)
“The state has a right to [ban contraception], I have never questioned that the...”
– Rick Santorum in New Hampshire today (via lenachen)
GTFO of my state.
Well START QUESTIONING, you damn fool.
(via meowsense)
People who need to write another book already:
Melissa Bank
Curtis Sittenfeld
That’s all I can think of for now.
ETA: Jan Wong! (She was supposed to be writing “Out of the Blue” about her firing and subsequent depression, but it hasn’t surfaced yet. I’d like to read it.)
“Male privilege – again – is about what men can expect as the default setting for...”
– Nerds and Male Privilege
I thought this piece was really good, although not perfect, and some readers have clearly bristled at the “Sexism 101” tone. What the author skirts (NO pun intended) is the idea of intersectionality, which makes it easy for the commenters to be like...
“It took 18 years, but the deceit, lies and public arrogance of Gary Dobson and...”
– BBC News - Stephen Lawrence: The long road to justice
Not total justice, but some justice after it seemed all was lost.
December 2011
“The show takes its time, letting small moments unfurl, like Sarah’s reaction...”
– “Parenthood,” “Husbands” Reviews : The New Yorker
Love the Lauren Graham love, and also the Parenthood appreciation: it is far better than many who dismiss it would assume, but it takes time to really grow on you. Then, you’re hooked.
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“If you want to do what you do on the biggest stage possible, you’re going...”
– Steve Jones Weighs In On the Ups and Downs of Hosting The X Factor - Today’s News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
It would be nice to have this attitude.
“Well, I could. No doubt I’m selfish and small, in thrall to an unfair...”
– No thank you, I don’t want a goat for Christmas | Diane Shipley | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
And the commenters LOVE me! Arf.
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My cat has a new morning routine.
I get up, she jumps up at me to be fed, I feed her, she meows.
Then she goes onto the windowsill and climbs inside the curtain lining for a bit before flopping down on her side with only one ear and one eye poking out, and stares at me with a creepy, glazed expression before falling asleep (and snoring).
At some point during her nap, she pulls back the curtain with one paw, like...
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My haircut, in pictures
Before:
Your classic “Blossom’s dad”.
After:
A touch too spiky, but it’ll settle down in a week or two.
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The Diane Shipley annual pre-Christmas harrowing...
I wasn’t joking the other day when I said this is a thing. Partly because of the upcoming Xmas over-indulgence (I seriously just moved an appointment from the 4th Jan to the 10th so I have an extra week without obligations), partly because it feels like my last chance of the year to learn something, and partly to cook up a little gratitude, I’ve started reading a...
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diane is tumbling: Project: Helene. (A 2012... →
annemariet:
dianeshipley:
I rewatched 84 Charing Cross Road yesterday (*weep*), and my friends Keris and Anne-Marie both agreed that the film and book are lovely. Keris also INSISTED that Anne-Marie and I need to read Helene Hanff’s other books, so I’m going to start after Christmas. (They seem like ideal post-Christmas…
I’m in!
Yay! It is on.
Project: Helene. (A 2012 reading goal)
I rewatched 84 Charing Cross Road yesterday (*weep*), and my friends Keris and Anne-Marie both agreed that the film and book are lovely. Keris also INSISTED that Anne-Marie and I need to read Helene Hanff’s other books, so I’m going to start after Christmas. (They seem like ideal post-Christmas cosy reading).
Here’s the order I’m planning on:
Underfoot in Showbusiness
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Also, rape jokes?
meowsense:
Generally really unclever and unoriginal. And not actually edgy, given that lack of concern about sexual violence is pretty much the dominant cultural narrative. When there’s so much better potential material out there, why oh why do people feel the need to fight for their right to produce hackneyed crap? (Tangentially related.)
Exactly. Also, Donald Glover argued for the need to...
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