I thought you had a tenure-track position, Hil. Is that not the case?
Nope, I'm a lecturer.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Oct 11, 2010 2:00:01 pm PDT #28977 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Jesse - Oct 11, 2010 2:08:06 pm PDT #28978 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oy vey. I just had to potentially start something on Facebook. Really sad story -- I guess someone one of my contacts knows was killed by a hit and run driver. But he says she was killed by some "foreigner," someone else responds he was probably illegal... But I saw a TV story where they actually talked to the guy and he sounds 100% local. So I had to mention it. Because come ON.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 2:12:47 pm PDT #28979 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, I know people take their cosplay seriously, and some of the results are excellent, but $4K, seriously? My mind, she is naive and blown. Because that's just the dosh, not the work.
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2010 2:16:57 pm PDT #28980 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
That Carnage suit is awesome.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 2:17:45 pm PDT #28981 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't believe it was so relatively cheap. But the steampunk Iron Man rocks my socks.
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2010 2:23:58 pm PDT #28982 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Steampunk Iron Man is quite excellent.
Cincinnati had its first wee comic expo a few weekends ago, including a costume contest. There was a dude in full Heath Ledger Joker costume -- really well done -- and he didn't even make the finals.
The final 2 in the adult category were Harley Quinn and Predator. Harley won, because the judges said her costume looked more handmade. But I think Predator got the shaft, because his costume looked handmade, too.
Molotov Cocktease (from the Venture Bros) was also in the contest, and the judges wouldn't say her name, since it was an all-ages contest. Heh.
I was really surprised that there was no one dressed as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, or a Green Lantern. None. There were, howerver, at least 10 Stormtroopers, of all ages. One was all black. I expected the Hello Kitty one to show up. (It didn't.)
Oh, I take that back -- there was a kid dressed as Batman. No adults, though. However, there were 2 adults dressed as Red Robin and the current iteration of Batgirl, and they were a couple, which was so utterly meta-perfect I squeed and flailed every time they walked by.
I told Tim that next year he should wear his business suit, enter the costume contest, and when it's his turn to walk past the judges, rip open his shirt to reveal the Superman shirt.
It wouldn't win, but it would get a lot of laughs. And I am ALL ABOUT the lulz, baby.
DavidS - Oct 11, 2010 2:27:23 pm PDT #28983 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm guessing that the upshot of this chart is that there are even fewer decent female characters than I'd thought, and Zoe isn't one of them.
Zoe's on there! Lady of War.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 2:28:03 pm PDT #28984 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Zoe's on there! Lady of War.
Yeah, she's on there, but not as a decent female character. Most of the women on there are there as dead ends. Including Ripley. Cue: @@.
Polter-Cow - Oct 11, 2010 2:29:59 pm PDT #28985 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Zoe's on there! Lady of War.
Sorry, Hec, but if you can describe a character with a phrase, she's not a strong female character! Apparently.
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2010 2:32:43 pm PDT #28986 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seriously, I'd be plenty pleased to have that as my epitaph, but I am no doubt a bad feminist.