Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


The Crying of Natter 49  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Jan 23, 2007 5:59:05 am PST #5144 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

In other weird pop culture news, Caryn James has gone completely off the deep end. (Folks may remember Caryn from such previous columns as "Why no girls like LotR.")

In this case, all I can think is that she's a distant cousin of Jennifer Aniston's, or Angelina Jolie accidentally ran over her puppy.


Jesse - Jan 23, 2007 6:00:58 am PST #5145 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Well, becaue they aren't mutually exclusive!

No, no -- I was actually serious. I like that.

Also, Nellie Olson!


msbelle - Jan 23, 2007 6:01:54 am PST #5146 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Announced to my office building via email:

Please do not be alarmed by the activity beginning tomorrow in the vicinity of the Brooklyn Bridge. Beginning tomorrow at 4:00PM, Tuesday, January 23, and continuing on weekdays through January, a movie being made in the vicinity of the Brooklyn Bridge will employ flood lighting, Army and Costal Guard helicopters, mock police and military vehicles, and over 1,000 extras for an evacuation scene.


Jesse - Jan 23, 2007 6:03:08 am PST #5147 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ooh, I'd better share that with my office, too, as our conference room looks out over the bridge.


Sue - Jan 23, 2007 6:03:55 am PST #5148 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Please do not be alarmed by the activity beginning tomorrow in the vicinity of the Brooklyn Bridge. Beginning tomorrow at 4:00PM, Tuesday, January 23, and continuing on weekdays through January, a movie being made in the vicinity of the Brooklyn Bridge will employ flood lighting, Army and Costal Guard helicopters, mock police and military vehicles, and over 1,000 extras for an evacuation scene.

Yeah, that's going to freak some people out.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 23, 2007 6:04:19 am PST #5149 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

In the full interview in British Elle, when Ms. Jolie hesitated in describing her newborn daughter, the reporter suggested the word blob. Ms. Jolie foolishly responded: “Yes, a blob! But now she’s starting to have a personality.”

Well, yeah, babies take a little while to get alert and personalities, from my perspective anyway. @@


Ailleann - Jan 23, 2007 6:04:22 am PST #5150 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

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Oh yes. And here's a thought... you want to "create a national discussion about the propriety of using children in simulated rape acts"? Why don't we start a national discussion of child rape instead?!?

Oh, my aching blood pressure.


Nutty - Jan 23, 2007 6:06:24 am PST #5151 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Oh, I read that bit. I read it and thought, Wait, why is the NYT covering celebreality? Lame!

In re the Dakota Fanning thing, I'm unclear on why it was okay for Jena Malone to do a rape scene in Bastard out of Carolina (with an adult actor) when she was a minor -- I think 14 -- and not okay for somebody slightly more famous and moppet-looking to do the same. I don't remember a single protest over Malone's scene, although everybody acknowledged it was scary and traumatic.

(Suddenly also recalling the two child actors in Gregg Araki's last movie -- which was about child sex abuse --, who were both like 8 years old. It turns out they just didn't ever tell the kids what was going on in the scenes, so the kids said their lines without knowing the significance of how the scene was being constructed around the lines. Most of the story is told with adult narration, as intermittent and verbally, but not visually, explicit flashbacks.)

(What are those kids' parents going to tell them when they get older?!)


Dana - Jan 23, 2007 6:07:34 am PST #5152 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Screaming Ponies. Band name, or euphemism for incontinence?

It's no Exploding Pistachios.


shrift - Jan 23, 2007 6:09:59 am PST #5153 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Don't you know, Ailleann? Talking about child rape gives potential child rapists ideas! If we don't talk about it, nobody will think to do it!

Because Repress and Deny! has been working so well for us as a nation.