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[22 Nov 2008|05:49pm] |
Renowned anime director, Miyazaki Hayao makes some potentially controversial comments about the current Japanese Prime Minister emphasizing his liking for manga, anime/manga/games/etc. as a cultural export, and the dangerous effect of media on Japanese children. Also, the dangers of nationalism. Over at Anime News Network forum, people discuss this. Some agree with Miyazaki, others disagree partly or completely, some people express disappointment in Miyazaki and question the quality of his works, but overall the discussion is quite civil. The harshest comments so far:
"One keeps promoting manga.
One keeps making shitty anime. (...)"
"The political comments are just elitist bs. (...) if he has stated publicly that other people's work in anime is crap, then that definitely qualifies him for a big [ignore] tag."
Nothing too bad, right? Well, according to penguintruth, the thread is full of fanboy outrage and people are making "absurd, baseless accusations" and twisting Miyazaki's words "into a personal attack on them so they can get all riled up for no reason." And as we all know, "Making assumptions about Miyazaki based on a pretty reasonable statement and not supporting those assumptions with anything of substance is what we call "trolling", and it is the result of either willful ignorance or the intent to stir things up needlessly."
Knowing the ANN forums it might be worth keeping an eye on this (unless a mod steps in).
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[21 Nov 2008|02:55pm] |
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The 'German Joys' guy translated more Max Goldt texts into English. This is one that I have as an audio file and played 290 times, says Itunes. Never mind that I was probably sound asleep most of the time, that's still a proud number. At any rate, I like it, and it's the right time of the year for it too. The translation is maybe a bit clumsy in parts (I even think it's missing a sentence), but it's still better than anything I could do.
On the Magic of Walking Past Sideways (Vom Zauber des seitlich daran Vorbeigehens)
I'm gone for the weekend, catsitting. Take care and stuff.
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| S2 Layout Issues |
[20 Nov 2008|04:46pm] |
Hi, Guys. I know a good many of the S2 themes are kinda hosed right now. Something changed with the LJ migration to their new data center. The Bloggish and Style Contest themes have their CSS hosted at LJ. That's by LJ's design, with how the code is distributed. The code is set to use LJ's CSS proxy to handle the access and display of the CSS settings. Since LJ's move, though, the CSS proxy has been kaput. But the CSS itself at LJ is still working. Until we can find a way around all this, a couple users have a way that you can use the Custom CSS in your customization area to get your layouts pretty damn close to the original for that layout and theme.
You'll enter two sets of code in that area. The first one would be the code from this URL:
http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/common/base-weblog.css
Just go there, copy it, and paste into the custom CSS box.
And the second set you enter will be from the direct CSS URL for your specific theme. You can locate this URL by viewing the source of your journal in your browser (View Source code). If you scroll down to the <link rel="stylesheet" section of the source code, you'll see the direct url to your theme's CSS at livejournal. Go there, copy that code, and paste it after the base-weblog.css code above. Make sure you have "No" selected to use the included base code (it's a dropdown), and that the URL field above the custom CSS box is empty. Click to save changes, and your theme will display much as it is supposed to. There is occasionally an element like a border that doesn't come through, but it's pretty close.
As an example of the CSS URLs, this is the one for the Baby theme for the Bloggish layout:
http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml/themes/lilia/theme-baby.css
The CSS URLS will be start with
http://stat.livejournal.com/sixhtml with the rest varying by theme and layout.
I'll still be looking for an alternative to having to futz with custom CSS, but in the meantime, that method of applying the CSS will get your Bloggish and Style Contest journal themes put back together pretty well.
Thanks,
Robin
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| Female Doctor Who |
[18 Nov 2008|01:00pm] |
In the first Perfect Dark novel (there are two) the Big Geek of the Carrinton Institute goes off on a tangent of how a female actor landed the role of Doctor Who in 2016.
The internets must have explodiated.
Which makes it all the more delish, re: Doctor Who period, is that in the Perfect Dark continuity, evil companies have underhandedly taken over the entire Earth by 2016.
So either Doctor Who is horrible propoganda or actually the voice of revolt.
Fictionally.
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| You have greatly overestimated my writing prowess. |
[17 Nov 2008|07:08pm] |
(If this doesn't belong here, I'll move it.)
Dear Friend/Fellow Fanfiction-writer,
Listen. I know you like my works of fanfiction. I know I should be flattered that you consider me to be "well-read, with an encyclopedia for a brain."
That said - no, I will not research or write your fic for you. There are two excellent tools I would like to refer you to in this case; Google and Wikipedia. They are your friends. They have served me quite well in the past, and I am certain that they can also be of great help to you as well.
No, arguments of "BUT UR SO WELL-READ AND SMRT!" won't float here. See, I do not have one thing that you really need in this case, which is a working knowledge of the French Language. No matter how SMRT you think I am, I have not yet had the opportunity to learn French, and I doubt I shall do so just to help you write your fanfiction. I'd like to for my own personal edification, but I'll get around to it in my own time, thank you very much. SMRT =/= polyglot. Sorry.
Another point that I would like to make is that a lot of the knowledge that you consider to be so encyclopedia-like in nature has come from researching my own fanfic. There were times when I needed to know just what phosphorus ammunition rounds do to the human body (it isn't pretty) or what the major constellations were called in ancient Mesopotamia. Again, I'd like to refer you to Wikipedia and Google. It's where I learned all this stuff.
I'm not trying to be a douche. This isn't information that I'm "withholding from you just to be mean." I really don't know French. I also think you're mistaking actual work, time, and effort for actual intelligence. Trust me, I could really use an upgrade in that respect.
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| "Obviously, it was not the outcome we had hoped for or wanted" |
[13 Nov 2008|05:07pm] |
So did you hear the news? ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) cleolinda's head exploded
That's right, you heard me: RDR Books has issued a notice of appeal. Wankas can scarcely believe it. I mean, even Trelawney wouldn't have seen this one coming, yuk yuk yuk.
Naturally, it's reported on various blogs, like Slashdot as well as Leaky Cauldron, and the same arguments from before are rehashed.
You can still refer to RDR Books' website for, uh, information as well.
ETA: Recording Industry vs. The People, which had just recently shared an opinion about the Lexicaon fair use decision, revisits the topic. For those of you who wants to know what {The Common Man} has to say about this.
Also, did you know that the www.hp-lexicon.org was recently named one of the nation's top 15 "Great Web Sites" for children last week by the American Library Association? How embattled.
ETA 2: I just did an ETA and forgot to tack this on. "It ain't over til it's over!"
Info/Law says Slashdot commenters are oversimplifying things, and Techdirt says JKR made her case based on emotion rather than law and says the case is damaging her rep.
ETA 3: sheep gives us another judicial document that I really wish were really real.
Also, a post on rattlesnakeroot's journal commemorates the anniversary of the judicial proceedings, casting Lexicongate characters as Harry Potter ones.
ETA 4: From mariem_1:“It was all very hurtful,” says Vander Ark , who is still such a fan himself that he doesn’t blame the multi-millionaire author at all for her actions... Vander Ark says that he now longs to meet Rowling - purely to say how much he regrets upsetting her.
mariem_1 continues to make my life easier by pointing out where an anonymouse took issue with rattlesnakeroot's comments on the case. A summary:
Anonymous:
Is the lack of reading comprehension (whether willful or not, I have no idea) contagious around here?
rattlesnakeroot:
Thanks for the psychoanalysis. It's so kind of you to study us this way.
And in case anyone missed it, I'm not actually Cleo; she retired from Lexicongate and I'm merely Sugitchi's ghostwriter her subpar replacement. cleolinda was last seen dancing with glee.
And, in celebration of cleolinda's contributions to keeping us all on top of the tsunami of this wank, here's a refresher course of the past year in Lexicongate: ( In chronological order... )
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| It can't be called insanely creepy if it was done in a joking manner, can it? |
[13 Nov 2008|04:42pm] |
Have you heard about the pandemonium that Robert Pattinson--the flesh and blood incarnation of Sparkly Marblepeen God Edward Cullen--has been causing as he makes his way across America in a series of Hot Topic mall tours?
Well, a group of twats, members of the Twilight humor community 'Twatlight, were there to experience the chaos first hand, and they had a plan to bring a smile to Robert's face.
Tom Sturridge is the somewhat lesser known in real life BFF of RPattz. There's several running in jokes amongst the twats involving Tom, and lots of joking around about RPattz/TomStu slashing because the two guys apparently share clothing, and Tom tends to be photographed hovering around Robert protectively as he speaks to the media during red-carpet events (see video for examples. He is the bearded guy standing watch 39 seconds in and at 1.22 minutes. Tom also happens to be wearing the infamous green plaid shirt that he and Robert share.)
The Bring A Smile to Rob's face plan was for the twatlight member kristaynuh to wear this homemade shirt during the autograph signing session. The shirt is of two hearts with Tom Sturridge's face stuck right over the boob area with the words 'TomStu ♥s You' directly
beneath the pictures.
Wanna see how Rob reacted to seeing the face of his best friend over a random girl's bosom? Well, she posted a reaction vid of Rob to youtube, yo here yah go.
The general consensus within the Twatlight community was that she was awesome, and that what she'd done was totally in keeping with the community's lulzy attitude towards Twilight. But others do not agree! Some think that it was a majorly creepy move. Others claim that the twats have a double standard when it comes to mocking TwiHards, that to them it's okay for twats to pull stunts like these, but would find it creepy if it were the TwiMoms doing it. And still more claim that Twatlight has gone too srs bsness and has forgotten about its lulzy origins.
It's small wank right now, but haven't you missed Twilight wank lately?
Bonus Unrelated Thing: RPattz has been doing a lot of promo interviews lately, so he's been doing a lot of Stephenie Meyer slagging off. Like in this video, where he says: "I was convinced... that Stephenie was convinced... that she was Bella... and it was like a book that wasn't supposed to be published. And you're reading like, her sort of sexual fantasy. [...] I was like, This woman is mad. She's completely mad, and she's in love with her own fictional creation. And sometimes you'd like feel uncomfortable reading this thing. [...] It's kind of... like a sick pleasure."
And he says this kind of thing not once, but TWICE.
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| Specious Missive from the Blogbag |
[12 Nov 2008|07:53pm] |
Here's a small but tasty writers' wank that has nothing to do with NaNoWriMo!
Editorial Anonymous is a blog written by an anonymous editor at a mystery publisher, who answers questions about published, how to query, etc. All in all, it's generally a good source for aspiring authors.
Of course, every now and then, the blogger receives something completely out of left field. Like this, an email from someone seeking a publicist. The blogger removes the sender's name before posting the email, but leaves the long list of self-published works untouched. Naturally, it's Google fodder, and the sender's identity is easily discovered.
Is it hilarious? Or is it unkind? Depends which commenter you ask, and they're all more than willing to share their thoughts on yaoi the email. Most especially one Will Entrekin, himself a writer published via Lulu, who seems to think he's kind of a big deal. His collection was the very first e-book on Apple's iPhone, you guys, he said so himself!
All in all, this wank report is a quick, fun read. I give myself a five star review! All I need now is a publicist. Know any random bloggers I could email about that?
ETA: The anonymous blogger states that she decided to post the Googleable list of works "not because it was funny but because coming at the end of a letter complaining about her lack of success, titles like "How to Be Wealthy Selling Informational Products on the Internet"; "How to Become Wealthy Selling Ebooks"; and "How To Become Wealthy Selling Products on The Internet" smack strongly of fraud."
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| "We can't help being batshit! Jensen Ackles made us that way!" |
[11 Nov 2008|03:20pm] |
Is there a crisis going on in the SPN fandom? Could it be possible that Jensen Ackles really doesn't matter? I am no longer a die-hard fan of Jensen Ackles. In fact, I really don't like him much anymore.
But wait! No! This must be an error! Because: "Why Jensen Ackles Matters"
There's a truckload of mind-boggling awesome tl;dr there, so ( let me give you the highlights: )
Sophie Briand and Susannah Eanes - evidently these two wacky kids professional, intelligent, educated, hotass women are one and the same.
BONUS WANK: J2 fans have moved into true tinhat territory: Yes, it's time for the clothing shoutouts!
How very 2002. Domlijah called, they want their schtick back.
ETA: The author has shown up in esorlehcar's journal, claiming it was all fiction, although her friends seem a little appalled and hurt. However, capslock means it was all a joke, evidently!
If it's fiction, does that mean she and her friends aren't intelligent and hot?
ETA 2:
1) susannaheanes has deleted her LJ AND the essay! But it was just FICSHUN! AND FOR THE LOLZ! Alas.
2) Evidently there is nothing more wrong than finding something funny. Only the author and her friends can do that!
3) Evidently me posting this wank is a violation of FW policy! After not explaining how this is to me, she made a very brave post, in which she stood up for her beliefs and completely fail to understand a word Sep said. Now all her friends who are FW members are going to quit or protest or something, I guess. Strangely, these same people who are so concerned with the FW policy, including susannaheanes, do not realize that trolling esorlehcar's journal is a violation of the FW's rules.
I'm sorry, I no longer believe in their intelligence, or hotness. D:
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[10 Nov 2008|09:28am] |
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Dear friend,
It's not about rabid het shippers, it's about rabid shippers, period.
You think her het pairings make no sense/aren't canonically plausible? I can honestly same the same for your slash pairings. It's hypocritical of you to think your ships are better or closer to canon than hers just because it's slash. Sure, the male characters have more interaction with each other (it's a SHONEN MANGA after all), but please, implying your pairings are more "correct"? Haha, no.
Please get over yourself.
No love,
Me
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