I think Orlando itself seemed like one giant restaurant row/strip mall to me, but some friends and I stayed in Kissimmee to go to the parks back in the 90s and that was awesome.
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 15, 2012 2:48:45 pm PDT #9896 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Atropa - Jun 15, 2012 2:51:16 pm PDT #9897 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, smonster the big dress up event is in late March and in Portland.
Nooo, I meant Sakuracon for the Killjoys cosplay, and that's in April. But yes, the Vampire Ball is in PDX, and smonster should come to it.
Dana - Jun 15, 2012 3:04:53 pm PDT #9898 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I assume Cassandra Clare had enough defenders, and it's not like fandom is really that big a place that it can have a serious effect on book sales on that scale.
Cass - Jun 15, 2012 3:10:10 pm PDT #9899 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Nooo, I meant Sakuracon for the Killjoys cosplay
My bad! Whoops! I was multitasking and none of the multi things were thinking.
DavidS - Jun 15, 2012 3:13:12 pm PDT #9900 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is that the episode where Circe sings "Lulu's Back in Town"?
'tis.
re: Cassandra Clare: "The secret of great wealth with no obvious source is some forgotten crime..." - Balzac
Dana - Jun 15, 2012 3:18:22 pm PDT #9901 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And to be fair, I've never heard any noise about plagiarism in her published works.
-t - Jun 15, 2012 3:20:21 pm PDT #9902 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What happens in fanfiction stays in fanfiction?
Jessica - Jun 15, 2012 3:44:42 pm PDT #9903 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think New York is more impatient with tourists when they block the sidewalk and take too long to order in the delis.
Hey now, I get annoyed with everyone who blocks the sidewalk and can't figure out what they want for lunch by the time they get to the front of the line.
Lately, the people who have been feeling my Tourist Rage are the people standing in the bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge to take pictures. Dude, I know it's a great view, but there is a picture of a bike RIGHT FUCKING UNDER YOUR FEET, and a picture of a person THREE FEET AWAY. Quick, try to guess which one you're supposed to be standing on so the bike commuters don't run you over?
(I know I could just take Manhattan Bridge instead, which has a completely dedicated bike lane, and it's paved instead of boardwalk, but the trade-off is I end up in Chinatown instead of City Hall and have to navigate much narrower streets with fewer bike lanes before I get over to the greenway. So any time I'd save on the bridge I'd lose in downtown Manhattan.)
shrift - Jun 15, 2012 3:52:00 pm PDT #9904 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Cities like NY and Chicago have enough critical mass that unless you are in some specific areas the tourists aren't really a bother.
I work in River North. Tourists bother me. I am bothered.
I'm a super aggressive pedestrian... with other pedestrians, not motor vehicles, obviously. I also get asked for directions by tourists a lot.
aurelia - Jun 15, 2012 3:55:23 pm PDT #9905 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I still am super bitchy about "walk left, stand right" on escalators from living there.
People are terrible about that at the State/Lake stop. Makes me crazy. That is a tourist heavy spot, but not all the offenders are tourists.
I also get asked for directions by tourists a lot.
So do I. I always wonder why they pick me out of the crowd to ask.
How did she weather the plagiarism thing and make the jump from fic plagiarist to fiction author with huge posters in bookstores?
I don't know the plagiarism part of the story.