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enamouredI bring you cool stuff.
First: so there's this new book out called Little Brother. The author, Cory Doctorow, is one of the people behind BoingBoing, and from what parts I've read of the book (during an afternoon at Borders, and I probably managed to get through the first four chapters in about an hour and a half), it is amazing. The good news is this: if you don't have $18 to pay for the book (in hardcover), and you can't find it at a library or don't want to particularly wait for it to come in or to come out in paperback, never fear, for you can download it. Legally.
Second: a scale model of Scrooge's money vault from Duck Tales. I remember seeing the Duck Tales movie at a theater, guys. That was... a while ago. (And randomly, while I'm mentioning theaters, I found out that the drive-in I went to with my dad, brother, and cousins is closed! Sad face.)
Third: How History’s Most Popular Board Game Helped Defend The Free World. To semi-summarize: it's like The Great Escape, but with Monopoly.
Fourth: did you know that MP3 players are ten years old? That's kind of a time line of digital music players, and it's really neat.
Fifth: here, have a meme-type thing.
Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.
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giventofly37 wanted to know about the following.
ben the revolutionary hottie: When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the American Girl books. One of my favorites was Felicity, the girl from the Revolutionary War era. Ben was a character in the books, and he was her father's apprentice, and back when I was like, nine or ten, I kind of shipped him and Felicity (even though he was like, six/seven years older than her; once she was about sixteen I always thought she'd marry him or something, and apparently, this is not an entirely unique idea of mine, as I've found out recently).
So then, in '05, they made this TV movie about Felicity, and they cast Kevin Zegers as Ben. And Liz (waderapspoorly) and I went from calling him "Kid from Air Bud" to calling him "Ben the Revolutionary Hottie" for, well, semi-obvious reasons. Mostly, I just like the nickname; therefore, I find it interesting.
cancelled tv shows: Because I tend to sometimes like shows that get canned. Examples: Now and Again, Jericho, Clone High, Firefly, and Life As We Know It.
fantasy moguls: Fantasy Moguls is a game kind of like fantasy baseball, only with movies. You're given $100 virtual dollars and you can "buy" movies, and depending on how well the movie does at the box office, you make bank on that. I haven't played it in a while, but I spent a lot of last summer and fall changing my movie picks. It is like crack.
hating myspace: I hate MySpace for so many reasons. For one, a good chunk of the population over there is dumb. Second, the layouts. Third, the music playing in the background. And fourth--well, when it comes to social networks, there's a reason why I prefer LJ. I like to be able to read things and see them clearly, as opposed to someone posting a squillion pictures of themselves and their best friends at a party with only "me n randy @ jasons, lol" or something underneath it. I want a story. And I really do not see how a person can stare at other people's pictures and write innane captions underneath them for hours. Though I guess that to them, reading my friends' page for hours seems ridiculous ("You read?! That's so boring!")
katharine mcphee: Katharine was the runner-up during the fifth season of American Idol. I liked her from the final 24 up. I thought her voice was lovely. She released an album early last year that didn't sell so well, and she got dropped from her label, and well, pretty much everyone on the TWoP AI forums hate her a lot. But anyway, her version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is still one of my favorite performances from that show, and it still kind of gives me a case of the shivers. I do not know how in the world Taylor Hicks won that year. Seriously.
moleskine: Moleskines are a brand of journals/notebooks that I had never heard of until, like, four years ago thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
jr__nal. They have a steady, dedicated following and a lot of people love them because of looks and functionality, yet just as many think they're overpriced and trendy. The last journal I filled was one of these, and I'm keeping notes on things I've written in one of these. They are cool notebooks (I especially like the back pockets), but I'm not 110% in love with them.
young adult literature: It's defined as books geared specifically towards people in the 12 to 18 demographic. Think anything written by Meg Cabot, for example. There are some books that kind of transcend that label (like the Harry Potter series, and--unfortunately--the Twilight series), though. Lately, the genre (though it's more like a conglomeration of genres, really--there's a lot of romance, but also really good sci-fi and that whole "coming of age" type of book) has gotten a lot of flack, be it the idea that it's runing the children, oh no (thanks to Gossip Girl and its sister/brother series) or that it's all shallow and pointless, but I totally disagree and side with what Justine Larbalestier said:
Anyway, it's an interest to me because most of my favorite books are considered YA, and if I ever actually finish the story I'm writing now, it will probably be in that subgenre.
Feel free to ask me about any more of my interests. [cough]
Sixth: I want some Häagen-Dazs bad.
First: so there's this new book out called Little Brother. The author, Cory Doctorow, is one of the people behind BoingBoing, and from what parts I've read of the book (during an afternoon at Borders, and I probably managed to get through the first four chapters in about an hour and a half), it is amazing. The good news is this: if you don't have $18 to pay for the book (in hardcover), and you can't find it at a library or don't want to particularly wait for it to come in or to come out in paperback, never fear, for you can download it. Legally.
Second: a scale model of Scrooge's money vault from Duck Tales. I remember seeing the Duck Tales movie at a theater, guys. That was... a while ago. (And randomly, while I'm mentioning theaters, I found out that the drive-in I went to with my dad, brother, and cousins is closed! Sad face.)
Third: How History’s Most Popular Board Game Helped Defend The Free World. To semi-summarize: it's like The Great Escape, but with Monopoly.
Fourth: did you know that MP3 players are ten years old? That's kind of a time line of digital music players, and it's really neat.
Fifth: here, have a meme-type thing.
Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.
giventofly37 wanted to know about the following.ben the revolutionary hottie: When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the American Girl books. One of my favorites was Felicity, the girl from the Revolutionary War era. Ben was a character in the books, and he was her father's apprentice, and back when I was like, nine or ten, I kind of shipped him and Felicity (even though he was like, six/seven years older than her; once she was about sixteen I always thought she'd marry him or something, and apparently, this is not an entirely unique idea of mine, as I've found out recently).
So then, in '05, they made this TV movie about Felicity, and they cast Kevin Zegers as Ben. And Liz (
waderapspoorly) and I went from calling him "Kid from Air Bud" to calling him "Ben the Revolutionary Hottie" for, well, semi-obvious reasons. Mostly, I just like the nickname; therefore, I find it interesting.cancelled tv shows: Because I tend to sometimes like shows that get canned. Examples: Now and Again, Jericho, Clone High, Firefly, and Life As We Know It.
fantasy moguls: Fantasy Moguls is a game kind of like fantasy baseball, only with movies. You're given $100 virtual dollars and you can "buy" movies, and depending on how well the movie does at the box office, you make bank on that. I haven't played it in a while, but I spent a lot of last summer and fall changing my movie picks. It is like crack.
hating myspace: I hate MySpace for so many reasons. For one, a good chunk of the population over there is dumb. Second, the layouts. Third, the music playing in the background. And fourth--well, when it comes to social networks, there's a reason why I prefer LJ. I like to be able to read things and see them clearly, as opposed to someone posting a squillion pictures of themselves and their best friends at a party with only "me n randy @ jasons, lol" or something underneath it. I want a story. And I really do not see how a person can stare at other people's pictures and write innane captions underneath them for hours. Though I guess that to them, reading my friends' page for hours seems ridiculous ("You read?! That's so boring!")
katharine mcphee: Katharine was the runner-up during the fifth season of American Idol. I liked her from the final 24 up. I thought her voice was lovely. She released an album early last year that didn't sell so well, and she got dropped from her label, and well, pretty much everyone on the TWoP AI forums hate her a lot. But anyway, her version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is still one of my favorite performances from that show, and it still kind of gives me a case of the shivers. I do not know how in the world Taylor Hicks won that year. Seriously.
moleskine: Moleskines are a brand of journals/notebooks that I had never heard of until, like, four years ago thanks to
jr__nal. They have a steady, dedicated following and a lot of people love them because of looks and functionality, yet just as many think they're overpriced and trendy. The last journal I filled was one of these, and I'm keeping notes on things I've written in one of these. They are cool notebooks (I especially like the back pockets), but I'm not 110% in love with them.young adult literature: It's defined as books geared specifically towards people in the 12 to 18 demographic. Think anything written by Meg Cabot, for example. There are some books that kind of transcend that label (like the Harry Potter series, and--unfortunately--the Twilight series), though. Lately, the genre (though it's more like a conglomeration of genres, really--there's a lot of romance, but also really good sci-fi and that whole "coming of age" type of book) has gotten a lot of flack, be it the idea that it's runing the children, oh no (thanks to Gossip Girl and its sister/brother series) or that it's all shallow and pointless, but I totally disagree and side with what Justine Larbalestier said:
Some YA books are shit. Some are brilliant. Some bore me. Some should never have been published. Some make me happy in a slightly guilty way. Some are the best thing I’ve ever read. Some really really aren’t. Some are simple. Some are complex. And some of them really piss me off.
Pretty much like adult books really.
Anyway, it's an interest to me because most of my favorite books are considered YA, and if I ever actually finish the story I'm writing now, it will probably be in that subgenre.
Feel free to ask me about any more of my interests. [cough]
Sixth: I want some Häagen-Dazs bad.
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Date: 2008-05-29 10:48 pm (UTC)I would ask you about your interests, but I know the story behind most of them.
PS I miss you and making up nicknames for characters from books of our youth. So I shall use THE ICON OF 3rd GRADE LOVE.
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Date: 2008-05-29 11:08 pm (UTC)adventures in text messaging
bishop allen
having ticketmaster mojo
it tastes like purple
my nana's kickass advice
planning fake vacations
spontaneous dental hydroplosion
Also: I love this icon.
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Date: 2008-05-29 11:43 pm (UTC)Bishop Allen - Is like my new favorite band that's not Guster. They did a really cool project a year ago where they released a 4 song EP every month for a year. Here's their last.fm.
Having Ticketmaster Mojo - I always luck out on getting ridiculously good seats on Ticketmaster, prompting my sister to say I have Ticketmaster Mojo.
It tastes like purple - This is a line from the 1st season finale of 30 Rock, and my go to description of something when it's gross/unusual tasting.
My Nana's Kickass Advice - My nana is cool. She gives kickass advice.
Planning Fake Vacations - I like to plan vacations that I'll never take. I do this often when I'm moonlighting at my sister's law firm for the day.
Spontaneous Dental Hydroplosion - It's an epidemic. And a reference to The Office.
Pam: I'm inventing new diseases.
Jim: Oh, great.
Pam: So, let's say my teeth turn to liquid and then, they drip down the back of my throat. What would you call that?
Jim: I thought you said you were inventing diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion.
I love that icon too! Edward Cullen cannot compare to Marcus Flutie. Yeah, stay in your secret meadow, you 100 year old virgin vampire. Marcus has some ladies to sex up. Or something.
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