Something put Buffy on my brain yesterday, and I honestly can't remember where she came from. But I had a day off today, so I decided to start watching my DVD's of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. From season one. It's like revisiting old friends. Innocent Willow, dorky Xander, over-stuffed Giles, and Buffy when she still had a figure.
With the episodes on in the background, I continued to surf the 'Net, and I came across an interview with Buffy-creator Joss Whedon on the Wizard Entertainment website. It's a fun interview that covers the gamut of Joss's various professional endevours (TV, movies, comic books, etc...).
I wanted to share this particular section, because it sounds like something I'd buy.
BENDIS: [Laughs] Oh, speaking of, I saw on the board tonight they announced the new Buffy comic. You’re gonna write a new Buffy comic?
WHEDON: I am, in fact. This was originally a concept that was designed to tie in to some Buffy movies that are probably not going to happen. So now the comic is out there twisting in the wind by itself. But I have this arc; this concept of what I refer to as “Season 8” of “Buffy,” which is the “What happens next?” Although it’s very much more comic book in scale and style and time frame. Everyone’s like, “What week will it pick up during?” And I’m like, “It’s not quite like that.” What I’m doing is working with Georges Jeanty. He’s gonna be drawing the first four, which I’m writing. And Jo Chen’s gonna do the covers. I’m a huge fan of hers. I have this arc laid out which I’m sort of writing up as where I want the series to go and then I’m gonna be bringing in anybody from the camp or any of our friends who have the time to do arcs within that. Just sort of servicing certain beats and then going off on their own. Because at this point, it’s sort of fair game. There are certain characters I’ve been saving because I thought I might make movies about them, but that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.
BENDIS: Why isn’t that going to happen?
WHEDON: I think money is standing in the way. What is ever in the way? What ever makes anything happen or not happen?
I'd love to see this comic come to fruition (even if I still hold out hope for a "Spike" TV movie).
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Does the World Need Another Remake?
First Will Smith brought The Wild, Wild West to the silver screen.
Now rumor is Eminem will star in an update of Have Gun, Will Travel.
What's next? LL Cool J and Lil Bow Wow do Bonanza?
I suppose one good thing could come of the new HG, WT. Since he basically played himself in 8 Mile, we can finally answer the lingering question: Can Eminem actually act?
Now rumor is Eminem will star in an update of Have Gun, Will Travel.
What's next? LL Cool J and Lil Bow Wow do Bonanza?
I suppose one good thing could come of the new HG, WT. Since he basically played himself in 8 Mile, we can finally answer the lingering question: Can Eminem actually act?
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
AW Blogger Chain
The best part of participating in the AbsoluteWrite blogger chain is the excuse to spend so much time reading other people's blogs. I just read quidscribis's entry on her lovely blog. She talked about the Edmonton Oilers being in the Stanley Cup finals this year, and while I have nothing to say about hockey (except that I'm a huge fan of Disney's Mighty Ducks films), it made me think about oil.
Stay with me, this is going someplace fun.
Recently I have spent a lot of time thinking about a trip that my dad and I made across the country. From December 30 to January 5, 2001, we drove from Lewes, Delaware to Los Angeles, California. I had just been accepted to the Los Angeles Film Studies program, and would be spending my spring semester at that center, interning in the business, and taking classes in filmmaking and screenwriting.
As much as I adored my time in LaLa Land, I treasure that week I spent on the road with my dad. Along the way we visited Graceland, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, The Petrified National Forest, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and a California Ghost Town. We drove parallel to old Route 66, and even on it for a short stretch. We stopped in antique malls, trading posts, souvenir shops, and even a mall.
We discovered Bucket of Blood Street, which intersected with a railroad (go figure). I wore out my camera taking nine rolls of film (one whole roll for the petrified forest alone). I have two scrapbooks of the experience, including my time in L.A., and the drive home (that time we took a northern route across Colorado and Kansas).
So where's the oil? What does this have to do with anything?
I saw my very first oil rig on that trip. Just a few of them dotting the Oklahoma landscape, but it was a moment. I had not been further west than Ohio at that point in my life, and the oil rigs were the first truly new thing on that trip. Something I had never seen in person before. There would be many more things before the week was over (dry gulches and desert plants, the Painted Desert, Vegas), but those rigs were the first.
As a family, my dad has taken us fishing, crabbing, to the mountains and ocean, to theme parks and water parks, antiquing and caving. But that trip is a special memory. Something just the two of us shared, and an experience I will never forget.
And I now pass the baton to Wendelynn.
awchain
Stay with me, this is going someplace fun.
Recently I have spent a lot of time thinking about a trip that my dad and I made across the country. From December 30 to January 5, 2001, we drove from Lewes, Delaware to Los Angeles, California. I had just been accepted to the Los Angeles Film Studies program, and would be spending my spring semester at that center, interning in the business, and taking classes in filmmaking and screenwriting.
As much as I adored my time in LaLa Land, I treasure that week I spent on the road with my dad. Along the way we visited Graceland, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, The Petrified National Forest, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and a California Ghost Town. We drove parallel to old Route 66, and even on it for a short stretch. We stopped in antique malls, trading posts, souvenir shops, and even a mall.
We discovered Bucket of Blood Street, which intersected with a railroad (go figure). I wore out my camera taking nine rolls of film (one whole roll for the petrified forest alone). I have two scrapbooks of the experience, including my time in L.A., and the drive home (that time we took a northern route across Colorado and Kansas).
So where's the oil? What does this have to do with anything?
I saw my very first oil rig on that trip. Just a few of them dotting the Oklahoma landscape, but it was a moment. I had not been further west than Ohio at that point in my life, and the oil rigs were the first truly new thing on that trip. Something I had never seen in person before. There would be many more things before the week was over (dry gulches and desert plants, the Painted Desert, Vegas), but those rigs were the first.
As a family, my dad has taken us fishing, crabbing, to the mountains and ocean, to theme parks and water parks, antiquing and caving. But that trip is a special memory. Something just the two of us shared, and an experience I will never forget.
And I now pass the baton to Wendelynn.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Windfall Worth Picking Up?
I decided to give NBC's summer show Windfall a chance. I don't usually watch shows in the summer, because they have a tendency to end up cancelled (unless they are reality shows, or air on USA/TNT). But the concept intrigued me (20 people share a $300 million lottery ticket) and the cast had a decent pedigree (Boomtown alums Lana Parilla and Jason Gedrick, and 24 survivor Sarah Wynter). Plus Luke Perry.
The verdict? Blah. The pilot didn't catch me. I'll give it one more week, but that's it.
While the idea is a good one, the show suffers from its bloated cast. Twenty winners means twenty show regulars. That is too many characters. Even now, I can only remember the names of four of the characters. They spend time trying to show you all of the winners (the hard-working mom who suffers through two jobs and annoying trailer park neighbors, the punk teen with an angry dad, a divorcing couple whose storyline was beyond predictable, a rebel with a past wooing an upperclass lawyer), and each ends up suffering for lack of screentime.
I have no feel for any of the characters, and the little love triangle they set up between Gideon (Gedrick), Nina (Parilla), and Beth (Wynter) is both tiresome, and a little icky (but icky for a purely personal reason*). I mean, yes, Gedrick is a hottie, but dude! I'd stick with Luke Perry any day, especially with that post-Dylan Walsh maturity he's developed.
I'll give it one more ep to see if it sticks.
*The personal reason is the fact that on a PBEM I run, I cast Gedrick, Parilla, and Wynter as siblings. Four years ago, before this show was a twinkle in its creator's eye. Seeing them making out just gives me the willies.
The verdict? Blah. The pilot didn't catch me. I'll give it one more week, but that's it.
While the idea is a good one, the show suffers from its bloated cast. Twenty winners means twenty show regulars. That is too many characters. Even now, I can only remember the names of four of the characters. They spend time trying to show you all of the winners (the hard-working mom who suffers through two jobs and annoying trailer park neighbors, the punk teen with an angry dad, a divorcing couple whose storyline was beyond predictable, a rebel with a past wooing an upperclass lawyer), and each ends up suffering for lack of screentime.
I have no feel for any of the characters, and the little love triangle they set up between Gideon (Gedrick), Nina (Parilla), and Beth (Wynter) is both tiresome, and a little icky (but icky for a purely personal reason*). I mean, yes, Gedrick is a hottie, but dude! I'd stick with Luke Perry any day, especially with that post-Dylan Walsh maturity he's developed.
I'll give it one more ep to see if it sticks.
*The personal reason is the fact that on a PBEM I run, I cast Gedrick, Parilla, and Wynter as siblings. Four years ago, before this show was a twinkle in its creator's eye. Seeing them making out just gives me the willies.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Spin This
Well, it seems that while God will give Pat Robertson an advanced weather report, He won't give him advanced warning of a fatal plane crash.
Spin this one, Pat.
Spin this one, Pat.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
It's a Mad, Mad World
Yes, I know that it's a movie. I've seen it. I was referencing Mad Libs, those wonderfully insane little stories you tell at sleepovers with your closest friends. Replacing something simple with something gut-wrenchingly funny.
In college, my roommates and I often unwound with a book of Mad Libs (and often some accompanying alcohol). We would do two or three in one sitting, often driving each other to tears in the process. I could never read them out loud. I didn't have the self control.
Yesterday I stumbled across a little fuzzy notebook decorated with snowflakes (a gift out of an Advent basket from Jen's grandparents). In it I had written our "Best Of…" quotes. Lines that were funny, quotable, and unforgettable. I wanted to post a few here. Hopefully you, dear reader, will enjoy them as well.
*Beverage warning*
At present, we are sneezing directly over Louisiana.
A ghoul, in Asian folklore, is a gaseous spirit that forgets graves and feeds on the toes of the dead.
My "Dream Man" should, first of all, be very scary and purple. He should have the physique of Tom Hanks, a profile like Oprah, and the intelligence of a parrot.
He should whisper sarcastic nothings in my nose.
Her eyes are like two beat-up pools of Jello.
Karate will enable you to defeat any banana who attacks you.
This should secrete your opponent's collarbone and dislocate his/her loincloth.
You are about to give birth to a vending machine.
We are here to celebrate her earwax.
You will inherit a large sum of tornadoes from a dear, departed doormat.
All I had was a couple of scrambled envelopes and a glass of tears.
You said you provided guests will a welcome basket of Slinkies. All I found in my room was a trashy fire hydrant filled with old opinions.
Don't throw toenails at policemen.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a vulture in a tangerine tree.
In college, my roommates and I often unwound with a book of Mad Libs (and often some accompanying alcohol). We would do two or three in one sitting, often driving each other to tears in the process. I could never read them out loud. I didn't have the self control.
Yesterday I stumbled across a little fuzzy notebook decorated with snowflakes (a gift out of an Advent basket from Jen's grandparents). In it I had written our "Best Of…" quotes. Lines that were funny, quotable, and unforgettable. I wanted to post a few here. Hopefully you, dear reader, will enjoy them as well.
*Beverage warning*
At present, we are sneezing directly over Louisiana.
A ghoul, in Asian folklore, is a gaseous spirit that forgets graves and feeds on the toes of the dead.
My "Dream Man" should, first of all, be very scary and purple. He should have the physique of Tom Hanks, a profile like Oprah, and the intelligence of a parrot.
He should whisper sarcastic nothings in my nose.
Her eyes are like two beat-up pools of Jello.
Karate will enable you to defeat any banana who attacks you.
This should secrete your opponent's collarbone and dislocate his/her loincloth.
You are about to give birth to a vending machine.
We are here to celebrate her earwax.
You will inherit a large sum of tornadoes from a dear, departed doormat.
All I had was a couple of scrambled envelopes and a glass of tears.
You said you provided guests will a welcome basket of Slinkies. All I found in my room was a trashy fire hydrant filled with old opinions.
Don't throw toenails at policemen.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a vulture in a tangerine tree.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Support AbsoluteWrite
It looks like AbsoluteWrite won't get its database back without a legal fight. Jenna and her band of Merry Men (ie, the Heroes of the AW World) will be recreating the forums using the cached pages that members have been saving for the last week. It's amazing what you can find on Google with a little patience and a lot of free time. My hat is off you to folks.
Any spare pennies will be greatly appreciated in our efforts to restore AW as a valuable resource against scam agents, as well as a friendly community for writers.
A few more friendly links:
The AW Refugee Camp. Come check us out, and migrate back when the AW forum is re-established.
Dawno has a CafePress Store to support the AW restoration efforts.
Writer's Beware 20 Worst Agents. Always a good one to repeat.
Mac quoted it first, but it also bears repeating: You can't stop the signal.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Bauer versus Bauer
This is what a small group of writers do in a chat room on a lazy Sunday afternoon. And just an FYI, the real Barbara Bauer and Jenna Glatzer were not actually there. But I'm sure y'all knew that.
The Actors
Peggy as Barbara_Bauer
Chaostitan as Jack_Bauer
Serenity as Tony_Almeida
and
Shwebb as Jenna_Glatzer
It was a dark and stormy night....no, seriously.
[Barbara_Bauer] Jenna are you ready to rumble?
[Jenna_Glatzer] Barbara! DArling! I'm a big fan! me/ smooches Barbara
[Jenna_Glatzer] me/ smooches Barbara
* Barbara_Bauer wipes off smooch
[Jenna_Glatzer] Okay, now it isn't working. Crapola.
[kaostighten] backslash is in the wrong place Jenna
* Barbara_Bauer reminds Jenna itt's /me
* kaostighten is now known as Jack_Bauer
[Jack_Bauer] I've warned you about using my name, Babs.
[Jenna_Glatzer] Oh. /smooches?
* badducky indignantly munches on baby carrots.
* Barbara_Bauer waves to Jack
* Jack_Bauer (smooches)
[Jack_Bauer] dang
[Jenna_Glatzer] oh. me/ smooches?
[Jack_Bauer] no
* Barbara_Bauer thumbs her nose at Jenna
[Jack_Bauer] move the / to the other side of me
[Jenna_Glatzer] me\ waving
[Jack_Bauer] yikes
[Jenna_Glatzer] nope. won't work for me!
[Jack_Bauer] its /me waving
* Jenna_Glatzer waving.
[Jack_Bauer] There ya go!
[Barbara_Bauer] :)
[Jack_Bauer] Fire alarm is off again.
[Jenna_Glatzer] Oh-kay. I"m dumber than usual!
[Barbara_Bauer] Jenna: ha! I've got you all kerfuffled
[Jenna_Glatzer] I did. THanks.
[Jack_Bauer] I'll kerfuffle you, Babs!
* Barbara_Bauer ducks and swings at Jack
[Jenna_Glatzer] Babs, honey! You're going to die a slow, painful, riddled-with-links death.
[Barbara_Bauer] No, no, not the link death!!!
[Barbara_Bauer] Anything but that
[Zonk] *eyes BB suspiciously*
* badducky wades through the sea of satire and reaches for the pearl of widom.
* Barbara_Bauer informs badducky that isn't really a pearl
* Jack_Bauer tackles Barbara to the ground
[Zonk] *blinded temporarily*
* Jenna_Glatzer listening to iPod that peeps bought her.
* Barbara_Bauer kicks and screams
* badducky knows that it is a pearl if Barbara Bauer wants me to avoid it.
* Barbara_Bauer pinches Jack
[Jack_Bauer] OUCH
* Jack_Bauer karate kicks Babs
[Zonk] this is almost as good as the play...
* Barbara_Bauer falls on ass
[Jack_Bauer] Careful, lady! I killed a guy with my feet once!
[Barbara_Bauer] by the smell?
[Jack_Bauer] Yes.
[Jack_Bauer] Wanna sniff?
* Barbara_Bauer gags
[Jack_Bauer] Jack is kicking Barbara's azz. With stinky feet
[Serenity_] cool :D
* Barbara_Bauer runs up behind Jack and sucker punches him
[Jack_Bauer] Spoil sport!
* Barbara_Bauer doesn't like to play fair
* Jack_Bauer does a sit and spin, and hits Babs in the ankles
[Barbara_Bauer] mwa ha ha
[Barbara_Bauer] oof
* Serenity_ is now known as Tony_Almeida
[Jack_Bauer] "Barbara Bauer, you have the right to remain silent."
[Tony_Almeida] Can I help, Jack?
* Barbara_Bauer crawls over to Jack and bites him in the knee
[Jack_Bauer] Woohoo.....ack!
* Tony_Almeida Tony grabs babs by the hair
* Tony_Almeida and yanks, *hard*
* Barbara_Bauer pulls out the bobby pins holding her wig
[Jack_Bauer] Tony! Look out!
* Barbara_Bauer lets TOny have her hair
[Zonk] o no not the wig! *covers eyes*
* Barbara_Bauer staggers back
* Jack_Bauer stares at Bald Babs
[badducky] Well, this has been... Something.
* Jack_Bauer bows
* Barbara_Bauer cringes
* Tony_Almeida Tony stumbles back as he is shocked beyond reasoning by the hideous nature of the 'true' Babs
* Barbara_Bauer give the evil eye to Tony
* Jack_Bauer snatches the eye away and throws it into the ocean!
* Barbara_Bauer falls down, her power gone
[Jack_Bauer] Just in case
* Barbara_Bauer vanishes in a puff of smoke
[Jack_Bauer] Ha! We have foiled your evil plot! You shall ensnare and eat newbie writers no more!
* Barbara_Bauer is now known as Peggy
* Jack_Bauer is now known as ChaosTitan
[ChaosTitan] That was fun
[Peggy] and only a faint "I'm a real agent" could be heard, carried by the wind
Special thanks to Zonk, badducky, Peggy, Serenity and Shwebb for participating in this cathartic farce (or ignoring us while we participated).
The Actors
Peggy as Barbara_Bauer
Chaostitan as Jack_Bauer
Serenity as Tony_Almeida
and
Shwebb as Jenna_Glatzer
It was a dark and stormy night....no, seriously.
[Barbara_Bauer] Jenna are you ready to rumble?
[Jenna_Glatzer] Barbara! DArling! I'm a big fan! me/ smooches Barbara
[Jenna_Glatzer] me/ smooches Barbara
* Barbara_Bauer wipes off smooch
[Jenna_Glatzer] Okay, now it isn't working. Crapola.
[kaostighten] backslash is in the wrong place Jenna
* Barbara_Bauer reminds Jenna itt's /me
* kaostighten is now known as Jack_Bauer
[Jack_Bauer] I've warned you about using my name, Babs.
[Jenna_Glatzer] Oh. /smooches?
* badducky indignantly munches on baby carrots.
* Barbara_Bauer waves to Jack
* Jack_Bauer (smooches)
[Jack_Bauer] dang
[Jenna_Glatzer] oh. me/ smooches?
[Jack_Bauer] no
* Barbara_Bauer thumbs her nose at Jenna
[Jack_Bauer] move the / to the other side of me
[Jenna_Glatzer] me\ waving
[Jack_Bauer] yikes
[Jenna_Glatzer] nope. won't work for me!
[Jack_Bauer] its /me waving
* Jenna_Glatzer waving.
[Jack_Bauer] There ya go!
[Barbara_Bauer] :)
[Jack_Bauer] Fire alarm is off again.
[Jenna_Glatzer] Oh-kay. I"m dumber than usual!
[Barbara_Bauer] Jenna: ha! I've got you all kerfuffled
[Jenna_Glatzer] I did. THanks.
[Jack_Bauer] I'll kerfuffle you, Babs!
* Barbara_Bauer ducks and swings at Jack
[Jenna_Glatzer] Babs, honey! You're going to die a slow, painful, riddled-with-links death.
[Barbara_Bauer] No, no, not the link death!!!
[Barbara_Bauer] Anything but that
[Zonk] *eyes BB suspiciously*
* badducky wades through the sea of satire and reaches for the pearl of widom.
* Barbara_Bauer informs badducky that isn't really a pearl
* Jack_Bauer tackles Barbara to the ground
[Zonk] *blinded temporarily*
* Jenna_Glatzer listening to iPod that peeps bought her.
* Barbara_Bauer kicks and screams
* badducky knows that it is a pearl if Barbara Bauer wants me to avoid it.
* Barbara_Bauer pinches Jack
[Jack_Bauer] OUCH
* Jack_Bauer karate kicks Babs
[Zonk] this is almost as good as the play...
* Barbara_Bauer falls on ass
[Jack_Bauer] Careful, lady! I killed a guy with my feet once!
[Barbara_Bauer] by the smell?
[Jack_Bauer] Yes.
[Jack_Bauer] Wanna sniff?
* Barbara_Bauer gags
[Jack_Bauer] Jack is kicking Barbara's azz. With stinky feet
[Serenity_] cool :D
* Barbara_Bauer runs up behind Jack and sucker punches him
[Jack_Bauer] Spoil sport!
* Barbara_Bauer doesn't like to play fair
* Jack_Bauer does a sit and spin, and hits Babs in the ankles
[Barbara_Bauer] mwa ha ha
[Barbara_Bauer] oof
* Serenity_ is now known as Tony_Almeida
[Jack_Bauer] "Barbara Bauer, you have the right to remain silent."
[Tony_Almeida] Can I help, Jack?
* Barbara_Bauer crawls over to Jack and bites him in the knee
[Jack_Bauer] Woohoo.....ack!
* Tony_Almeida Tony grabs babs by the hair
* Tony_Almeida and yanks, *hard*
* Barbara_Bauer pulls out the bobby pins holding her wig
[Jack_Bauer] Tony! Look out!
* Barbara_Bauer lets TOny have her hair
[Zonk] o no not the wig! *covers eyes*
* Barbara_Bauer staggers back
* Jack_Bauer stares at Bald Babs
[badducky] Well, this has been... Something.
* Jack_Bauer bows
* Barbara_Bauer cringes
* Tony_Almeida Tony stumbles back as he is shocked beyond reasoning by the hideous nature of the 'true' Babs
* Barbara_Bauer give the evil eye to Tony
* Jack_Bauer snatches the eye away and throws it into the ocean!
* Barbara_Bauer falls down, her power gone
[Jack_Bauer] Just in case
* Barbara_Bauer vanishes in a puff of smoke
[Jack_Bauer] Ha! We have foiled your evil plot! You shall ensnare and eat newbie writers no more!
* Barbara_Bauer is now known as Peggy
* Jack_Bauer is now known as ChaosTitan
[ChaosTitan] That was fun
[Peggy] and only a faint "I'm a real agent" could be heard, carried by the wind
Special thanks to Zonk, badducky, Peggy, Serenity and Shwebb for participating in this cathartic farce (or ignoring us while we participated).
Friday, May 26, 2006
AW and X3
The gem that is AbsoluteWrite.com is back. The main site has a new home. The forums will take a while, but things are starting to slowly chug back to normal around the 'Net as I know it.
Yay!
I went to the theater to see X-Men 3: The Last Stand tonight. No real spoilers (because you seriously don't want to be spoiled!), just some quick thoughts:
Eric Dane as Multiple Man. Seven Eric Dane's in a row. Yum.
Finally we see the original X-Men in one film: Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman and Angel. Very cool.
How awesome is Kelsey Grammer as Beast, quoting Churchill while whaling on the baddies. Woo hoo!
Amazing visuals, amazing effects. And the creepy kid actor from Birth.
Just now realized that Ben Foster (Angel/Warren Worthington III) was the guy who got all his face jewelry ripped out in The Punisher. With Rebecca Romijn. I wonder which Marvel franchise they'll pop up in next.
All in all, I enjoyed the film. And if you haven't seen it, stick around after the credits are over. There's something at the end you won't want to miss.
Yay!
I went to the theater to see X-Men 3: The Last Stand tonight. No real spoilers (because you seriously don't want to be spoiled!), just some quick thoughts:
Eric Dane as Multiple Man. Seven Eric Dane's in a row. Yum.
Finally we see the original X-Men in one film: Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman and Angel. Very cool.
How awesome is Kelsey Grammer as Beast, quoting Churchill while whaling on the baddies. Woo hoo!
Amazing visuals, amazing effects. And the creepy kid actor from Birth.
Just now realized that Ben Foster (Angel/Warren Worthington III) was the guy who got all his face jewelry ripped out in The Punisher. With Rebecca Romijn. I wonder which Marvel franchise they'll pop up in next.
All in all, I enjoyed the film. And if you haven't seen it, stick around after the credits are over. There's something at the end you won't want to miss.
Save & Support AW
One of these days I'll get around to finishing and posting my review of the Desperation TV movie that aired Tuesday on ABC. For now, I'm continuing to support my fellow Absolute Write members in any way that I can.
MacAllister's blog has a nifty little button that leads to Jenna's book, The Street Smart Writer.
Jenna Glatzner, owner and operator of Absolute Write posted a heartfelt thank you to her blog. She is a generous person that I feel priviledged to have chatted with on the forum.
AW may not be what it once was before this Barbara Bauermess, but the people are the soul of a message board. And the people from AW are not going away.
MacAllister's blog has a nifty little button that leads to Jenna's book, The Street Smart Writer.
Jenna Glatzner, owner and operator of Absolute Write posted a heartfelt thank you to her blog. She is a generous person that I feel priviledged to have chatted with on the forum.
AW may not be what it once was before this Barbara Bauermess, but the people are the soul of a message board. And the people from AW are not going away.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
The Continuing AW Saga
AbsoluteWrite.com has a new server. ::happy dance:: The main page is back up, but it will be a while before the forums are returned to normal. It's amazing, the power of this one obnoxious woman to affect the lives of hundreds of writers.
BarbaraBauer
Just doing my duty to reveal scam artists to the public at large.
Yet another great post by Miss Snark. She's my hero, with her gin pail and pointed stilettoes.
More links of note about the whole mess:
Teh Ebil Librarian
Mac
Google Blog Search
And just because I haven't posted a link yet, here's the Writers Beware 20 Worst Literary Agents.
BarbaraBauer
Just doing my duty to reveal scam artists to the public at large.
Yet another great post by Miss Snark. She's my hero, with her gin pail and pointed stilettoes.
More links of note about the whole mess:
Teh Ebil Librarian
Mac
Google Blog Search
And just because I haven't posted a link yet, here's the Writers Beware 20 Worst Literary Agents.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
NVNC ID VIDES, NVNC NE VIDES: AW Bloggers - and Anyone Who Hates a Scammer
NVNC ID VIDES, NVNC NE VIDES: AW Bloggers - and Anyone Who Hates a Scammer
Just doing my duty to spread the word. More on the AW/Babara Bauer issue.
Just doing my duty to spread the word. More on the AW/Babara Bauer issue.
Oh Where Is My Website?
When someone takes away my favorite things, I get a little cranky. Usually I find them right where I left them. Coffee? Check. Bed? Check. Copy of Watership Down? Check. AbsoluteWrite.com?
::silence::
AbsoluteWrite.com? Hello?
::peers around the room::
Nope, gone. What is AW and why is it gone? The whole story is posted at Making Light, a wonderful blog that I frequent often. Suffice it to say, both Barbara Bauer and Stephanie the Host are in for a tough month from unhappy AW listmembers.
I'm just sayin'.....hell hath no fury like an author scorned.
::silence::
AbsoluteWrite.com? Hello?
::peers around the room::
Nope, gone. What is AW and why is it gone? The whole story is posted at Making Light, a wonderful blog that I frequent often. Suffice it to say, both Barbara Bauer and Stephanie the Host are in for a tough month from unhappy AW listmembers.
I'm just sayin'.....hell hath no fury like an author scorned.
"They were friends of mine."
Just a few quick things about the "24" season finale.
One: Someone please hand Jean Smart an Emmy. The woman is amazing.
Two: I'm going to borrow a phrase from the eighties that sums up my reaction to the whole "Martha seduces Charles" bit. "Gag me with a spoon!" And boy, the President doesn't have much stamina, does he? I think he redefined the word quickie.
Three: Chloe has an ex-husband? Since he's O'Brien, and she's O'Brien, it makes me wonder just when she divorced him. Before we first met her, or after?
Four: Jack Bauer, you just won an all-expenses paid trip to a Chinese prison camp! What are you gonna do next?
I guess we'll all have to wait until Day Six to find out. And I, for one, am looking forward to it.
One: Someone please hand Jean Smart an Emmy. The woman is amazing.
Two: I'm going to borrow a phrase from the eighties that sums up my reaction to the whole "Martha seduces Charles" bit. "Gag me with a spoon!" And boy, the President doesn't have much stamina, does he? I think he redefined the word quickie.
Three: Chloe has an ex-husband? Since he's O'Brien, and she's O'Brien, it makes me wonder just when she divorced him. Before we first met her, or after?
Four: Jack Bauer, you just won an all-expenses paid trip to a Chinese prison camp! What are you gonna do next?
I guess we'll all have to wait until Day Six to find out. And I, for one, am looking forward to it.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Radical Chicks
I respect people's rights to have their opinions. Most of the time, I respect their rights to share their opinions. I just wish people, especially high-profile celebrities, would just make up their damned minds!
Way back in 2003, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said something about President Bush that caused lots of public backlash.
Then the Dixie Chicks recorded a new album, and Natalie apologized for her remark. (Coincidence?????)
Now that the release date of "Taking the Long Way" is looming close, Natalie has once again changed her mind.
Seriously, woman! Form an opinion and stick to it already!
Thursday, May 18, 2006
God's Weather Report
Apparently God told televangelist Pat Robertson that storms would hit the U.S. coast this year.
DUH!
The man is stupid as a stone if he thinks people are going to take him seriously. I'm surprised I didn't stumble across this link in the Funny Pages.
"If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms," Robertson said May 8. On Wednesday, he added, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest."
Yeah, and there might be hail in Florida and a drought in Seattle. Anyone who has access to the Weather Channel homepage could have made those predictions.
For his next trick, Pat will predict that fights will break out this year during professional hockey games....
DUH!
The man is stupid as a stone if he thinks people are going to take him seriously. I'm surprised I didn't stumble across this link in the Funny Pages.
"If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms," Robertson said May 8. On Wednesday, he added, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest."
Yeah, and there might be hail in Florida and a drought in Seattle. Anyone who has access to the Weather Channel homepage could have made those predictions.
For his next trick, Pat will predict that fights will break out this year during professional hockey games....
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Celebrity Sighting...Sort of
So a customer walks into the store yesterday. He is greeted, per usual standards, and allowed to carry on his merry way. I recognize him as a customer I've seen before, noteworthy because of his height. Tall, good-looking men always catch my eye.
I didn't think much of it until Dean, one of my co-workers, comes rushing up toward the cash stand, giddy as a six-year old on Christmas morning. He keeps hissing, "Redskins, Redskins," like it's a magical chant. For a moment, silly me thinks he's being un-PC about Native Americans.
Seems that Washington Redskins QB Jason Campbell likes to shop in the Retail Home Furnishings Store that I call hell...er, home.
Now if I was a football fan, I probably would have been as excited as Dean. Sports just don't thrill me.
Now if Patrick Dempsey had walked into my store, I probably would have peed myself.
I didn't think much of it until Dean, one of my co-workers, comes rushing up toward the cash stand, giddy as a six-year old on Christmas morning. He keeps hissing, "Redskins, Redskins," like it's a magical chant. For a moment, silly me thinks he's being un-PC about Native Americans.
Seems that Washington Redskins QB Jason Campbell likes to shop in the Retail Home Furnishings Store that I call hell...er, home.
Now if I was a football fan, I probably would have been as excited as Dean. Sports just don't thrill me.
Now if Patrick Dempsey had walked into my store, I probably would have peed myself.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Fight or Flight
It took me a few minutes to pick myself up off the couch last night after the season finale of Grey's Anatomy was over. I felt like I'd been sucker punched. But in a good way. In the way that only a truly amazing television show can punch you. Such exquisite pain.
I actually ranted a bit about the ep on a thread at the AbsoluteWrite message board, so I'll just repeat myself a bit.
The theme of the show was the fight or flight instinct, and I thought that Cristina was right in character. And as strong a person as she is, when it came to that moment where she had to be strong for Burke (for someone who always knows what to do), she froze. She fled. I never imagined her as the "flight" person, but that's what makes her so interesting.
And as much as I loved Denny, I can't help but see this as some sort of penance for Izzie. She's been acting like a total lunatic for the last four or five episodes. While I liked the whole "I cut the L-VAT wire" scene in the Chief's office, what she did was wrong. Period. Izzie has come a long way from the bubbly, blonde "Let's all be friends" girl she was in the pilot.
How much do I love Alex? The truth teller. No matter all the dumb ass things he does, or the stuff he spews from his mouth, in the end he always does what's right. He got through to Izzie when the others were powerless to help.
George and Kallie. Still not sure what I think about her, but I'm so glad George and Meredith finally had that talk. Where HE finally said he was sorry. Now maybe we can lay that unfortunate plot twist to rest.
Addison needs a big old hug. I think she knows that her marriage is basically over, she just doesn't want to say it. Or to hear Derek say it.
Poor Doc!
Let's see....the Prom thing was funny and sweet, but was anyone else a little confused? I mean, Camille passed out during intercourse, right? Don't people usually save that moment for *after* they've gone to the prom? Go, dance, drink the spiked punch, then go off to the hotel? So either she got two Proms for the price of one (which the poor girl deserved, I think), or she got busy before she even hit the dance.
How great does Patrick Dempsey look in a tux? ::puddles::
Meredith had her McDreamy!!!
And wow, what a scene!!! Although I spent half of it wondering who was going to walk in on them mid-coitus. Kinda glad they didn't get interrupted, though. "Meredith, what does this mean?" And no answer for him. ::sigh::
My advice for Meredith next season: Let Finn take you home. Give him a little good night kiss, lock the door, and then tend to poor Izzie. Think of your friend right now!
How long until next season?
I actually ranted a bit about the ep on a thread at the AbsoluteWrite message board, so I'll just repeat myself a bit.
The theme of the show was the fight or flight instinct, and I thought that Cristina was right in character. And as strong a person as she is, when it came to that moment where she had to be strong for Burke (for someone who always knows what to do), she froze. She fled. I never imagined her as the "flight" person, but that's what makes her so interesting.
And as much as I loved Denny, I can't help but see this as some sort of penance for Izzie. She's been acting like a total lunatic for the last four or five episodes. While I liked the whole "I cut the L-VAT wire" scene in the Chief's office, what she did was wrong. Period. Izzie has come a long way from the bubbly, blonde "Let's all be friends" girl she was in the pilot.
How much do I love Alex? The truth teller. No matter all the dumb ass things he does, or the stuff he spews from his mouth, in the end he always does what's right. He got through to Izzie when the others were powerless to help.
George and Kallie. Still not sure what I think about her, but I'm so glad George and Meredith finally had that talk. Where HE finally said he was sorry. Now maybe we can lay that unfortunate plot twist to rest.
Addison needs a big old hug. I think she knows that her marriage is basically over, she just doesn't want to say it. Or to hear Derek say it.
Poor Doc!
Let's see....the Prom thing was funny and sweet, but was anyone else a little confused? I mean, Camille passed out during intercourse, right? Don't people usually save that moment for *after* they've gone to the prom? Go, dance, drink the spiked punch, then go off to the hotel? So either she got two Proms for the price of one (which the poor girl deserved, I think), or she got busy before she even hit the dance.
How great does Patrick Dempsey look in a tux? ::puddles::
Meredith had her McDreamy!!!
And wow, what a scene!!! Although I spent half of it wondering who was going to walk in on them mid-coitus. Kinda glad they didn't get interrupted, though. "Meredith, what does this mean?" And no answer for him. ::sigh::
My advice for Meredith next season: Let Finn take you home. Give him a little good night kiss, lock the door, and then tend to poor Izzie. Think of your friend right now!
How long until next season?
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