Killing time on the interwebs before Top Chef. Contemplating starting another blog.
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - Jun 04, 2008 4:44:57 pm PDT #1954 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Atropa - Jun 04, 2008 4:46:51 pm PDT #1955 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hey there, lovely! Have you read Evernight yet? (Claudia Gray)
Nope, I haven't. Let me know how it is, once you've read it.
I've decided to treat Twilight (and its sequels) as comedies. That's the only way I can justify keeping them around as the junk-food reads they are. ( Spineless Mary Sue who smells like freesia! Werewolves! Hott vampire boy who loves her so much that he watches her while she sleeps - before they start dating! Oh, and did we mention that he can't go out in the sun because he spaaaaaaarkles?! )
The more I think about the Twilight series, the more I'm convinced that there's something about them that just unhooks your brain while you read them. Because at the time, I just kinda bopped along going lalalalala well these are kind of schlocky and dippy, but I'll keep reading lalalalala; in retrospect, I keep boggling. Spaaaaaaaaarkly vampires!
sj - Jun 04, 2008 4:50:49 pm PDT #1956 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jilli, I ended up buying Twilight because of what you posted about it. It really is a fun comedy, even if it isn't meant to be. So far I love the names Bella, for both Bela Lugosi and for the beauty and the Beast reference and as soon as I read the name Edward, I thought Rochester, from Jane Eyre.
Jessica - Jun 04, 2008 4:56:07 pm PDT #1957 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, and Tep, if you're around, I heard your theme song today.
Okay, so it's actually the title song of a kids' show on PBS, but when I heard it on one of my parenting podcasts today, I thought of you.
Nicole - Jun 04, 2008 4:57:15 pm PDT #1958 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Huh. Boggling seems very much the proper reaction to that... type, I guess, of vampire.
Hi Suzi! Long time no see.
Speaking of corsets, I just tried mine on and it looks like I'll be giving it away. It's the one that I wore to the SF2F, for those that might recall. I simply don't have the chest for it anymore. Bummer. But that means I'll get to buy a new one. Yay!
Atropa - Jun 04, 2008 4:57:37 pm PDT #1959 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, I ended up buying Twilight because of what you posted about it. It really is a fun comedy, even if it isn't meant to be.
sj, I hope you purchased it used. IJS.
Fay - Jun 04, 2008 5:01:51 pm PDT #1960 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
sj - don't forget her surname. She thinks she's an ugly duckling! But really she's a swan! SWAN! Ho ho!
bangs head on desk.
...mind you, I can definitely see the appeal of reading them like comedies. I have a similar (albeit guilty) approach to Laurell K Hamilton's supernatural pornapalooza. It's a bit like a drinking game. I feel I need to keep reading until Anita finally shags a girl, and finally takes it up the ass.
(...um. We will try to ignore the fact that I secretly like Nathaniel, despite the fact that he has ankle-length red hair. And Edward, of course, because he is awesome. From a safe distance. And because I still cling to the faint hope that he might actually kill Anita one of these days.)
Tom Scola - Jun 04, 2008 5:02:05 pm PDT #1961 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Oh, looky. The Twilight movie trailer is out.
sj - Jun 04, 2008 5:05:56 pm PDT #1962 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, I hope you purchased it used. IJS.
Eh, I got it on sale, but I have found it entertaining enough to be worth it.
sj - don't forget her surname. She thinks she's an ugly duckling! But really she's a swan! SWAN! Ho ho!
I couldn't get past the PotC reference on Swan.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2008 5:19:15 pm PDT #1963 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cashmere, just nudging to remind you of t span class="spoiler" t /spoiler for mommyfont if you don't want to use the quick edit tag. Iffen you don't want me to remind, hush me.