> recent entries
> calendar
> friends
> profile
> previous 15 entries

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

sparklefield [ quietladybirman ]

8:39p This Cannot End Well. Didn't we try something like this once before, Livejournal? Because I'm sure we did, and I don't remember it ending well last time either...

(7 comments | comment on this)

unfunnybusiness [ ardath_rekha ]

12:16p Seems like we're in "The Catholic Church Bares Its Ass" week... Their latest antic? They're not quite excommunicating a congressman (a Kennedy, no less), but they are, apparently, forbidding him to take communion because he's pro-choice. ( Linkophobes can click here to read. )

(15 comments | comment on this)

unfunnybusiness [ dana ]

7:46p Tawdry tale of banker tangled up in blonde I do not know what to make of the story this article is reporting on (apart from boggling at the money that some people earn), but the writer, Peter Stanford, what the hell? Is this suppose to be funny, am I missing something. Maybe my sense of humour is broken. --- ''IS IT the 'dumb blonde' hearing you're looking for, sir?'' someone asks as I wander the corridors of Victory House, home of the London Central Employment Tribunal. Just as he is pointing out the right door, a procession topped by various shades of blonde goes through it. ( It is hard to imagine him, as Ms Wimmer has alleged, cavorting in front of her with a lap-dancer in a Paris burlesque club. ) Source

(19 comments | comment on this)

fandom_rant [ sparkthatbled ]

1:35a So, Moé... Moe anime is pretty much the hot issue running throughout fandom these days. It's kind of hard not to be, due to the fact that it's mostly about cute or sexy teenage girls in endless general permutations. Everybody knows about it, and it's hard not to have an opinion on it. For me, moé anime is a genre that is pretty schizophrenic, because its definition changes depending on the person you're talking to about it. And therein lies the problem that I have with moé. Generally, I don't hate it that much. I hate the creepy fanservicey moé anime and the weak harem anime with a burning fury of a Chapter of Space Marines, but the light, cute and innocent stuff I let by, even enjoy, most of the time. No, what gets my goat is the big "war" between pro and anti moé factions in fandom, with wank flying about the place and people ranting and raving about "greasy slimy pedos" and "angry screaming whiners". I just want to plug my ears sometimes and wish all of them would shut up. All of them. They're seriously giving me trouble trying to be an anime fan. Soon I hope, this whole moé wank would die down, and maybe I can actually enjoy anime without feeling guilty for it.

(34 comments | comment on this)

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

fandom_wank [ inquisition ]

10:46a slow-mo panda is slow We begin our saga on the fair hills of house_wilson, where the grass grows green and the House/Wilson shippers occasionally throw shit fits over whether or not David Shore is dicking around House/Wilson shippers. One day, this (relatively) peaceful comm is visited by slow_mo_panda, who had arrived to bring to everyone her thoughts on yaoi The Contract, a love-it or hate-it extreme-whump fic amongst House fandom. The masses do not react well. (And euclase wins the "most over-the-top reaction to criticism" award for this week.) Having been thrown out by her ears, slow_mo_panda once again continued her travels, landing on the shores of fanficrants, where she hoped to be greeted with open arms and kind words telling her how everyone else is a bunch of mean bitches. Alas, she had no luck on that front, either. After a number of negative comments, she deleted that post and was banninated from fanficrants. And there was much rejoicing. Hearing the commotion, ffrantsrants and sf_drama arrived on the scene so that they could point and laugh. However, this is not the end of our story. slow_mo_panda, apparently having not learned her lesson yet, appeared once again, this time in ffrantsrants in order to talk about how oppressed she is. Or something. ETA: Now locked down, but here's a text-version: ( also long ) ETA2: And now doire brings the screencaps. Caps courtesy of xayeidemon. ETA: Removed links to locked fanficrants content. ETA2: Apparently, our friend has left a review on ff.net on the original fic: ( cut for length ) ETA3: Now a tl;dr post in her personal journal. Man, she really doesn't know when to stop, does she?

(182 comments | comment on this)

unfunnybusiness [ cat_mcdougall ]

6:16a Sometimes, Karma does work Remember the 8yo in Arizona who was gang raped? Her parents have been arrested on Child abuse charges ( For the linkphobic ) It won't help the little girl get over what was done to her, but I can't help but feel just a tiny bit glad that this happened.

(2 comments | comment on this)

Friday, November 20th, 2009

fandom_lounge [ jkefka ]

10:46p Desert Bus for Hope has returned! Charitable Schadenfreude a-go-go! I hope all of you know about Desert Bus for Hope. If you don't, it's a group of sorry bastards who play the most tedious game ever made (it was specifically designed to be tedious) to raise money for Penny Arcade's "Child's Play" charity. The live feed of the guys is hilarious and the live feed of the bus is delightfully mellow, and you can make special requests with your donation! (E.g. have the crew sing a particular song or put on a silly hat). The bus is rolling again, and as of the moment they started they were committed to drive that bus for 97 hours. That's from money raised before they started, over $10,000! Roll on you crazy fuckers. ETA: For those of you on Twitter, there is an effort to keep #desertbus up in the trending topics! Come on, let's beat out New Moon!

(21 comments | comment on this)

fandom_lounge [ researchgrrrl ]

8:39p the grandest XO of ALL X-posted from sparklefield since this is pure multi-fandom awesomeness: The Simpsons's 2010 Hallowe'en special will feature a segment in which Lisa falls madly in love with a vampire boy named Edmund. Cast as the voice of Edmund? Daniel Radcliffe. ♥!

(6 comments | comment on this)

sparklefield [ researchgrrrl ]

8:39p the grandest XO of ALL The Simpsons's 2010 Hallowe'en special will feature a segment in which Lisa falls madly in love with a vampire boy named Edmund. Cast as the voice of Edmund? Daniel Radcliffe. ♥!

(13 comments | comment on this)

unfunnybusiness [ staroverthebay ]

2:18p Pedophile priests should get ..... wait, WHAT?! ( Cut for triggery WTFery ) That headline is ridiculous. The article is not much better. *quiet rage* ETA: Forgot the link, had to hunt through my browser history for it. Also, I'm still trying to figure out that line about "alleged abuse victims" -- what, the priests are convicted as pedophiles, but that doesn't mean the victims are telling the truth?

(28 comments | comment on this)

clairvoyantwank [ beejium ]

5:55p Dammit, Who fandom, be wankier! Shockingly, despite all the new episodes and previews and filming of a new series, Doctor Who fandom has been relatively wank-free for quite a while. (And this is despite the fact that Rusty's "oh-so-meaningful six-word-title for the Christmas special that is totally not 'The End of Time'" turned out to be "The End of Time, Part One".) Stupid agreeable fandom. Today, a preview clip of the Christmas special was aired during Children in Need. (Which can be viewed here, for those who missed it.) In a throwaway joke, it was implied that... ( Slight spoilers under the cut (for preview only) ) Oh, apparently there was Barrowman in pants, as well. I missed that bit. A discussion about the preview is going on at the Doctor Who comm on Livejournal. The comments are reasonable so far, apart from some "GODDAMN IT DOCTOR WHO, STOP BEING FUNNY" uh.. ness. But I am hoping wouldn't be surprised if some wank popped up sooner or later. Me, I'll just be over here laughing forever. (So as to avoid thinking about what's to come at Christmas. D:)

(40 comments | comment on this)

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

sparklefield [ mariem_1 ]

12:25a The 30 Most Disturbing Twilight Products

(22 comments | comment on this)

Friday, November 20th, 2009

sparklefield [ das_mervin ]

2:59p Fan tore her clothes off at an autograph signing... ....because Robert Pattinson made an off-hand joke that she should. Source. Okay. You have done some Awesome things, but that was just Stupid. You'd think he'd know by now that his fans are batshit.

(7 comments | comment on this)

unfunnybusiness [ j_crew_guy ]

10:33a I have to laugh at how they're missing the point. Or else I'm going to cry. Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples. ( Full text for the linkphobic )

(73 comments | comment on this)

fandom_wank [ bobafeis ]

2:44a We don't actually know if this is plagiarism wank, unless someone out there is an internets lawyer Here's some Project Runway plagiarism wank to go with the lovely vanity pub and author wank. I hope it goes without saying that there might be a spoiler or two for the finale, but I'll say it anyway: There are spoilers for the finale in this post. Project Runway "villain" and finalist Irina had a shirt in her final Bryant Park collection that has all the reasons she loves New York written on it. Oh, wait. Those aren't the reasons she loves New York, those are the reasons that someone who wrote a famous New York Magazine article loves New York. And this is the same girl who was going to feature Coney Conney Island artwork in the collection until she was told that it would be copyright infringement? And NY Mag says that she didn't ask permission? And I don't even have to tell you that this isn't going to end well, do I? And then ( spoileriffic things happen! And so does wank. )

(93 comments | comment on this)