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TV Shows on DVD reports that an upcoming DVD release has an ad for Daria DVDs in 2010! I'm so excited! I still have a bunch of videos from when The N would air edited episodes.


Also (might as well consolidate my posts y/y?), does anyone have an idea as to where I can find people to fill up my San Diego Comic-Con hotel room? (I already tried the unofficial LJ comm and Facebook.)

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A judge has banned the US publication and advertising of Catcher in the Rye "sequel."

A new Tales of Monkey Island trailer and gameplay clip have been posted. The mouse+keyboard controls don't look as EVIL EVIL EVIL as the wankers said but that's just me.

And another celebrity death! Seriously, people, WTF?

( Actor Karl Malden Dies at 97. )

If that's the case, it's my pleasure to invite you to:


The
Princess Tutu
Cute Meme


Friendship and/or romance, nothing over a PG rating!

All characters and all pairings allowed (het, slash, femmeslash), just keep it cute!

Mrs. Slocombe is no longer free.

( Actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86 )

Is LJ being particulary robust for anyone else, or is it just me? It's taking several attempts for anything to load, if it loads at all. Its not my internet connection, as every other site is loading in no time at all.

ETA: It's back up now.

My deepest apologies, I dug around in the archive and couldn't find what I was looking for but this was the place I remembered finding it.

Could a kind soul direct me to the program, add-on, feature, shiny magical spell that backs up LJs? A friend of mine is looking to back up some game logs Just In Case and I remembered there was something that was good for archiving of the el-jays without saving comment by comment... and promptly forgot everything about it (even the name) save for the fact that I heard about it here.

Say we saw a really juicey wank happening on twitter? Would it still be considered 'fandom_wank' material, or would it be considered the same as a locked post? 

*waits for people to throw rotten fruit at her if she's posted in the wrong place.*

Ah, we are all familiar now with the time-honored tradition of professional published writers flipping their shit on the internet, no?

Add Alice Hoffman to the storied list.

The Executive Summary: using that ubiquitous new tool of social networking, Twitter, Ms. Hoffman lashes out at the literary critic of the Boston Globe, posting 27 tweets of ringing outrage (including the phone number of the critic, tastefully redacted from the Gawker article and thankfully no longer available on Ms Hoffman's now AWOL twitter feed). Outtakes are included, as well as a conversation in comments about the various literary and personality charms of Ms. Hoffman.

Obviously there is a lot of wank in Alice Hoffman's cute little meltdown, but I'm not seeing a tremendous amount of wank in the reaction (I did not, however, read all 42 pages of reaction at Gawker, so who knows). Am linking here mostly because this sort of thing no longer triggers my personal threshold of wank reporting, and strikes me more as a pathetic curios of irrational human behavior instead.

Enjoy? :)

You guys are a learned and creative crowd. Only a few posts ago I asked for book recs in a thread, and got a reading list I can't wait to get started with. ♥

I'm also curious about something else. I know a lot of you are active in fandom as writers, artists, vidders, &c., which is ace. But have you got original work available online? I'd love to read it: stories, comics, poetry, travelogues, anything your fancy comes up with.

If you don't mind plugging your stuff (and allowing others to spread the good word), please do link to it! I also appreciate links to communities dedicated to original work.

Thank you!

Over 100 sci-fi characters drawn in the Simpsons style.

Characters you won't find in the upcoming DS game Scribblenauts. How cute is Scribblenaut!Phoenix Wright?

Police: TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at home

( For those with a distaste for links )

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) inmates of Cebu, Philippines that became famous for the video of 1500+ inmates dancing to Thriller has just posted their Michael Jackson choregraphed tribute.

Publishers Weekly review of The Law of Nines:

The Law of Nines Terry Goodkind. Putnam, $27.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-399-15604-5

Bestseller Goodkind (Confessor) ventures into thriller territory with results sure to please fans of his fantasy fiction. In the opening pages, Alex Rahl, the book’s unwitting hero, saves the beautiful Jax from being run down on the street in Orden, Neb., by a plumbing truck flying a pirate flag. Jax, who turns out to be from an alternate reality where evildoers are attempting to seize control of her civilization, has traveled to Nebraska to seek Alex’s help in saving her people. In Jax’s world, magic takes the place of technology, but on earth she’s stripped of her powers and forced to fight armed with only her trusty dagger. The author takes his time setting all this up, but once the story gets rolling, it’s a gripping ride as the bad guys whoosh in between their world, which remains unseen, and ours. Fantasy and thriller readers alike will find themselves swept along to the final confrontation and looking forward to the next installment. (Sept.)

I'm looking for some good anthromorphic fics. I've heard rumors of a really good, famous Tetris fic, and ...bleh, my brain just died again, so I'll edit this part in later.

Please give me stuff to read while I spend time in Vicodin land? Thanks!

(I hope this is the right comm...)

CNN reports that Micheal Jackon's death nearly brought the mighty internet to its knees. The article Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him notes all the websites that are buckling under the weight of mourners of the King of Pop. LJ and JF have been particularly robust. And we all thought that Potterdämmerung would be the end of the internets. At least he went out with flair.

Additional mentions of the phenomena here and here.

Miyazaki's film Gake No Ue No Ponyo is coming to the States on August 14 (two weeks after I move back home - guess who's carting all her younger siblings to the movies!). The voice cast includes Liam Neeson, Cloris Leachman, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Betty White, and Lily Tomlin, with Miley Cyrus' sister Noah as Ponyo and the Bonus Jonas Frankie as her friend Sousuke.

In the movie, Ponyo is a baby goldfish who wants to be a human girl. Thanks to a young boy named Sosuke, she actually begins achieving this dream, and goes to live with him, upsetting the balance of nature in the process.

Here's a trailer.



Yay Ponyo, yay Miyazaki, yay Tina Fey, and yay family/children's movie starring a girl who isn't a princess!

Since eljay is down, I figured I'd ask a favour of any Gundam 00 fans who aren't currently mourning the possible death of Michael Jackson:

Big, fandom favourite pairings scare me ever since I got into TW and read some J/I fic that gave me hives. So I'm looking for recommendations of really, really good - you guessed it - Tieria/Lockon fic. I'd love long or short, fluff or tearjerkers, and ( spoiler )

I've combed the kink meme, but I like a little more psychological/emotional element with my porn, so it wasn't quite satisfying.

ADDITIONALLY! If anyone can direct me to really, really good Ribbons/Tieria, I will give you my firstborn (Of course, I can't have kids, but the thought is there).

Thank you!