What really cracks me up is that apparently the Pottery Barn catalog is just as sinful as romance novels. I mean, Dylan and I do call the Williams-Sonoma catalog kitchen porn, but really.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Susan W. - Sep 22, 2005 1:08:49 pm PDT #4556 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Toddson - Sep 22, 2005 1:10:31 pm PDT #4557 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
One of my co-workers mentioned the other day she was "going to see a chick flick." I asked her which one. Her reply? "Lord of War"
Aims - Sep 22, 2005 1:11:00 pm PDT #4558 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
pornography – 3: the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction
I am calling the bank and telling them that sending my credit card statement is illegal and a blight on society.
Susan W. - Sep 22, 2005 1:14:41 pm PDT #4559 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Dylan claims any movie featuring a good-looking actor in period costume is a chick flick, no matter how testosterone-laden the storyline is. The Sharpe movies? Total chick flicks. It took some persuading to get him to see Master & Commander with me because that's such a classic Susan chick flick set-up.
Toddson - Sep 22, 2005 1:17:23 pm PDT #4560 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I just thought it was amusing to see how someone's idea of a "chick flick" varies from the usual definition. But Sharpe ... yeah.
Susan W. - Sep 22, 2005 1:29:20 pm PDT #4561 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
But the thing about those article (and anyone who reads the Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books blog will realize I'm repeating myself--I can only have so many original thoughts in a day) is that these people are completely serious, and it's scary. I heard the same argument made, minus Pottery Barn absurdity, in my InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter in college during a talk on lust. The women were advised not to read romance novels of any sensuality level because it creates unrealistic expectations and you'll be disappointed when your husband isn't able to sweep you off your feet like that.
Yeah, whatever. Problem is, at the time I believed it, and I think I delayed learning the really important lessons on handling relationships in a mature manner in accordance with my values, my faith, and the general ideal of respecting myself and others, because I was so busy slapping my brain down every time I had a sexual thought and avoiding the evil temptations of a Regency romance.
And while I do think it's possible to get too involved in a fantasy world if your romance reading or gaming or whatever causes you to neglect your real-life responsibilities, I think it's a lot more risky and damaging to condemn imagination and daydreaming of a better future altogether--which IMO that article comes all too close to doing.
I really don't like these people and what they're doing in the name of my religion.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2005 1:31:12 pm PDT #4562 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My mom and I watched "Serpico" together once. I leave it to others to define the chick flick. What's wrong with a little fantasy?
vw bug - Sep 22, 2005 1:31:42 pm PDT #4563 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
What Susan Said. All of it.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2005 1:34:35 pm PDT #4564 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Can't imagine. I do think it's possible to read a good book and find your life wanting a little, though.
Cass - Sep 22, 2005 1:37:48 pm PDT #4565 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And you don't want to put up with this goob any longer? Shocked! Shocked, I am!t sits bobblehead on desk facing towards computer as neck is tired nodding so emphatically
Jeez o peas. How does a development project end up being more than 10 times as much?! Now THAT I would feel guilty about.This. This is the power of the JackAss. A cluestick would burn from the stupid if you hit him with it.
New deals and good recommendations are good. I hope he throws massive amounts of money at you at the end of next week.
pornography – 3: the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reactionHuh. So it really is racing porn to me. And everyone thought I was exaggerating at least a little.