I'm watching a Discovery re-supply shuttle land on the NASA channel. I'm squeeing and clapping.

"OMG! They're coming back from SPACE! They went to the International Space Station with supplies! Look! The landing gear is deployed! THEY'RE GONNA LAND! YAY!!!"

My husband doesn't even bother smiling and nodding anymore.

Good morning, lovely people!

Take a lookie-loo over at this fantabulous eBay auction from which you can buy EVERYTHING RANMA! All seven seasons of the show, the OAV box set, and the movies!

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!

Mr finding_bliss is testing out his SHOUTcast station and needs some victims--- I mean... uh... volunteers to listen for a bit.

http://cathouse.podzone.net:8005/

[I guess this might count as a Torchwood: Children of Earth spoiler, but only if you squint]

I have seen CoE, and it was good.

More than that, it was FUCKING AWESOME. Yes, that thing that happened sucked. I am sad because I am not entirely convinced that it *needed* to happen, and I don't know what the hell they're going to do if TW gets renewed... But it happened. If the next season happens and then goes the way of Heroes (i.e. "WTF just happened to my eyes? Was that supposed to be good?") then I will be double-sad and I will stop watching. Then again, it might be FUCKING AWESOME.

I'm going to bet on the latter. It's been true so far.

I understand why people are upset. I understand sitting around in little groups (or posting on a blog) and speaking in hushed, or bitter, or disbelieving tones (or capslocking their rage).

I don't understand needing to wank about it. I don't understand sending threats to the staff of the show. I think people who do stupid shit like that need to remove themselves from society in the cleanest and most expedient way possible.

And now, a statement from one of the TW writers: http://jamesmoran.blogspot.com/2009/07/stepping-back.html

Today, my grandpa sat down on the couch to watch the Western movies channel and died.

He kept saying that's how he wanted to go.

My sister, her friend, and my daughter were home with him. They noticed something was wrong when Grandpa stopped snoring. By the time the ambulance came, there was nothing they could do.

I called to see why my sister had called me eight times and not left a message. Tim IM'd me and said she sounded upset. I think I ran into the front office at work and yelled "MY GRANDPA'S DEAD ON THE COUCH. I HAVE TO GO." Thankfully, they drove me. It's a three minute drive, but I think I would have gone off the road.

My mom had gone to get an oil change. She has no cell phone. I'm sort of glad she wasn't here. She's a nurse and she would have started trying to bring him back. He definitely would not have approved.

I didn't know what to do about Tess. You don't want to tell a kid "Grandpa went to sleep and now he's with the angels." That's how neurotic insomnia happens. But... yeah. That's sort of what happened.

We held his hands and wept while the cops stood around looking at the floor.

When mom finally called to check in... Well... My sister answered the phone. She wasn't holding up very well. I yelled at her to give me the phone, but it was too late.

A few minutes later, we heard sirens. My mom had done about 70 in a 40 zone, riding on the sidewalk, etc. to get here. She jumped out of the car and ran. I tried to explain to the cop why he should FOAD, but he was too busy radioing our address to listen. Fuck that guy. Luckily, the TPD guys took a break from staring at the floor to make him go away.

We're all wandering around making bad jokes and wailing. Tess went to her dad's house to spend time with her brothers and sister.

My sister locked herself in her room and started listening to sad Boys II Men songs. (HOW CAN YOU NOT LAUGH AT THAT? I AM NOT WEIRD.)

And that's it.

[ETA: Grandpa-style hilarity in the comments]

I TOTALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE VAST SHOW IS TONIGHT!!! IT THOUGHT IT WAS ***JULY*** 2ND!!!! I WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE LIBERATION OF OUR GREAT NATION BY MOPING TO FUCKING ELECTRONIC MUSIC!!! FFUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKK!!!!

So... Uh... Anyone want to go to Club Congress? Anyone? 8pm? Tonight? Am I really about to go downtown all by my lonesome?


Okay, since that's probably not going to work out as a group type dealie, how about we go to the GODDAMN ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW? It's playing June 20 (yes, I made sure about that one) at the Loft. It's Grease/RHPS crossover night! I'm Rizzo (naw, not ME). Since that one has some fucking notice, anyone interested?

I have trouble expressing my thoughts in mouth (or keyboard) noises, but sometimes I'm lucky enough to find someone who has already said it.


Every time I try to come up with something intelligent to say about the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller, who provided late-term abortions, I have a "Flames ... on the side of my face ..." type of reaction.

So I'll just say this.

If you seriously believe that women are so lazy and stupid as a group that a majority of late-term abortions are done not out of medical necessity but because women just routinely and casually decide they don't want to carry a healthy fetus anymore in the eighth month ... if you honestly believe that a woman should be forced to carry a dead fetus until her body decides to get rid of it, if it doesn't give her an infection and kill her off too ... if you can stand there and tell me with a straight expression that every birth defect and flaw can be caught before the fetus becomes theoretically viable outside of the womb and women just wait to get rid of those fetuses out of laziness ... if you actually think a woman should have to carry a fetus without a face or a fucking brain for weeks if not months knowing full well it'll die immediately after birth ...

Get off my friendslist.

No, seriously, get the fuck away from me.

And I hope you never have to learn why the right to a late-term abortion is so goddamn important.

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OMG

Beetlejuice is twenty years old.

O_O

I hate the phrase "around the country." I always feel like "around" should be reserved for, yaknow, something ROUND ("around the world") or at least something that requires you to turn to get to the other side ("around the block").




On an unrelated note:


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Kelli, I thought of you when I saw this.



Additionally, DON'T WANNA GO TO WORK TODAY!!1 WAAAAAAHHHH!!!! ::shakes tiny fists::

chaoticerotic is working on a project to show her boss the AWESOME POWAH of blogging. She would like to see her post hit at least page ten of a Google search for "Genius Boston" within a week. Will you help?

http://chaoticerotic.livejournal.com/1438704.html

WOLVERINE SUCKED.

I'm just going to do a freestyle rant.

WHERE WAS GAMBIT'S ACCENT? They didn't even have him do a generic Southern accent (except he seemed to ACCIDENTALLY do it a couple of times). Also, that guy was SO WRONG. WRONGITY WRONG WRONG.

WHAT DID THEY DO TO PATRICK STEWART'S FACE?!

how did they fuck up all that green screening so bad? IT WAS SO OBVIOUS. OMG the effects were generally just BAD. I mean, near the beginning, they were good. Then they blew the budget in fucking Vegas, or perhaps lost it in a 419 scheme, AND THE SFX WENT TO SHIT. Dear god, that bit where Wolverine is tearing down the fire escape just looks ridiculous. And I've seen good shoops. There are many very convincing pics of Draco Malfoy kissing Harry Potter. HOW COULD THEY NOT APPLY THIS TECHNOLOGY TO WOLVERINE'S CLAWS?

That group of rescued mutant kids is TOTALLY not the right group of kids if they're doing the origins of the X-Men. Based on the characters that I could pick out, that didn't even make any goddamn sense.

I hate Cyclops. Not that he was particularly bad in this movie. I just hate Cyclops.

Did Maverick always have Omega-level BULLSHIT powers? THIS IS NOT THE MATRIX, YOU GUYS. SRSLY.

They stuck Bolt in the wrong time period and then KILLED HIM. ILU Dominick Monaghan!

Was that Emma Frost? WAS THAT FUCKING EMMA FROST? Why does she have diamond skin already? Also, THAT'S NOT HOW THE DIAMOND SKIN WORKS. DO THESE ASSHOLES KNOW WHAT A COMIC BOOK IS? IT HAS PICTURES.

And where did that sister come from? That is not one of her sisters. BULLSHIT. That was supposed to be SILVER FOX, not some canon-trashing OC-of-the-now. SILVER FOX. Except that she wouldn't have fit in with the BULLSHIT.

The Blob was never a member of Weapon X. He was also never a regular sized guy. LOL YOUR MUTANT EATING DISORDER.

I had no problem with Kestrel EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHERE HE'S DEAD NOW.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW DO YOU FUCK UP DEADPOOL?! He's got the easiest fucking back story EVAR. Mercenary + teh CANSAR + healing factor = CRAZY AWESOME. How the FUCK did they think they were going to paste on the meaning of his name? WHY ARE HIS SWORDS GROWING OUT OF HIS HANDS? They are not, nor have they ever been, Wolverine-claw style. THEY ARE SWORDS. WAS THAT REALLY SO HARD? What's up with the fucking eye lazors? What's up with the BUILT-IN TELEPORTATION zomg it's a fucking device just give him to Weasel and let him get it the right way YOU FUCKING INFIDELS. HE'S THE MERC WITH A FUCKING MOUTH! WHY DID YOU SEW HIS MOUTH SHUT?! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?! ::goes into convulsions of fangirl rage::

I saw WWII in there. WHERE WAS CAPTAIN AMERICA?

Why is Sabretooth Wolverine's brother? They didn't even try very hard to explain it. That was dumb. SUPER DUMB.

THAT WAS NOT HOW WOLVERINE LOST HIS MEMORY OMG OMGOMGOMG. Adamantium bullets? SERIOUSLY? I don't even know how that makes SENSE, much less how Stryker would know THAT IT WOULD ERASE WOLVERINE'S MEMORY. HE SAID THAT. IN THE MOVIE. OMG WHY? FLAMES. FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE.

I want to say again that this movie SUCKED. IT FUCKING SUCKED. I am NOT going to see it EVAR AGAIN. It was AWFUL. It was fucking CRACKFIC WITH A BUDGET AND I AM NOT HAPPY.

Why can't these people just HIRE A GEEK to look at these AWFUL SCRIPTS and go "Uh... No. This is bullshit. Fix it now before the fannish hordes storm the internets with caps lock rage." AT LEAST GET YOU SOME WIKI. THERE ARE MANY OF THEM AND THEY ARE SMARTER THAN YOU.

CAPS LOCK RAGE, YOU GUYS. I AM GOING TO GO TO BED AND CRY NOW.

ETA:

IT'S A CONSPIRACY. IMDB DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WOLVERINE SUCKED.

I was going to go clean up my car and trim the hedges and tree out front.

But there is hail.

And icy wind.

WTF.

Who remembers VAST?



I DO. AND I WANNA GO.

Who's with me?

GIRLS' CHOIR: OMG this is going to be on international news for WEEKS!

SOLOIST: ...don't choke don't choke don't choke...

MICHELLE OBAMA: YOU GUYS ARE TOTALLY AWESOME! HIGH FIVE!

SOLOSIT: I'm never washing this hand again!

MICHELLE OBAMA: Yes, being a teenager sucks, but once you get your education, YOU WILL ROCK THE WORLD. Smart girls RULE!

(Cut the bit that was in the other vid, where I TOTALLY got something in my eye)

MICHELLE OBAMA: ::goes to the edge of the stage::

GIRLS IN THE AUDIENCE: ::CAPSLOCK JOY!!!::

TWO SECRET SERVICE DUDES: ::leap from backstage::

GIRLS IN THE AUDIENCE: HUGS TIEM!

TWO SECRET SERVICE DUDES: Ma'am, I think it's time to go. Children are made of cooties.

MICHELLE OBAMA: Fuck you guys! I'm having hugs tiem!

TEN MORE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS: ::COME OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE:: Oh, Michelle Obama, NO!

GIRL IN HEAD SCARF: Do I get hugs, too? OMG I DO!

SECRET SERVICE DUDE: ::resists the urge to tackle::

GIRLS IN THE AUDIENCE: I'm never washing my hugs parts again!

SECRET SERVICE DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE: ::into his mic:: Air Force One, do we have any cootie shots in the first aid kit?

It's almost Watchmen time!

It's almost Watchmen time!

It's almost Watchmen time!

IT'S ALMOST WATCHMEN TIME!!!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG


So, we're going to go to the midnight premiere of Watchmen at the Harkins Spectrum (in the Sprawling Wasteland Strip Mall of Doom, just west of I-19, between Irvington and Valencia) because it is ALL DIGITAL and LOVELY and YOUR EYES WILL MELT FROM THE AWESOME. 

The movie is at 12:01am on March 6.  This means that we get to the theatre on Thursday and the movie starts on Friday (THIS IS TO AVOID CONFUSION.  You'd think people had never been to a freakin' midnight showing before...).  We'll go out to see it again on Saturday night at 6:20, if you are interested (or, rather, whether you are intersted or not, cos it's THE GODDAMN WATCHMEN).

Based on several trouble tickets submitted in recent weeks, the following section shall be appended to the Operating Manual for user <lj user=animamea>:


WARNING!  Avoid engaging this user in "Sympathy" applications, as unwanted interactions may occur. 

This user contains malformed circuitry in sector "Sympathy."  If input processing fails, all unprocessed data will be diverted to one or more of the following sectors:

• Outrage
• Analysis
• Annoyance
• Brutal Honesty
• Inappropriate Jokes
• Crippling Awkwardness

User has a 1d100 chance (target roll varies based on mental state, attitude towards other user, perceived appropriateness of output, etc.) to suppress audio/text output stemming from any or all sectors, with separate rolls for facial display and bodily positioning output.  If user is successful, output will be diverted one or more of the following output modes:

• Comforting Noises
• Thoughtful/Contemplative/Concerned Face
• Patting of the arms/shoulders and/or hugging (if appropriate)

PLEASE NOTE:  While this user may display output indicating that input was correctly processed by sector "Sympathy," this is generally not the case.  If prompted for feedback, user may exhibit unwanted output based on the processing of one or more of the sectors noted in Table 1.



Errata:

DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN BALL.

Know What Goes Great with a Teaspoon? Pink Panties.

Via Blue Gal comes an update on the dreadful incident I mentioned here in which a group of men (associated with the right-wing Hindu group Sri Ram Sena, who oppose violation of "traditional values," especially by Indian women natch) going into a pub on a Saturday afternoon and attacking the female patrons.

A group of Indian women have started the awesomely-named Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women and launched a campaign to send pink panties, or chaddis, to Pramod Muthalik, leader of the Sri Ram Sena, in protest of his misogynist horseshit.
 

And, then, on Valentine's Day, women across the world are being encouraged to: "Go to a pub wherever you are. From Kabul to Chennai to Guwahati to Singapore to LA women have signed up. It does not matter if you are actually not a pub-goer or not even much of a drinker. Let us raise a toast (it can be juice) to Indian women. Take a photo or video. We will put it together (more on how later) and send this as well to the Sri Ram Sena."

Superb.

Once upon a time, chiyo_no_saru asked some very fine questions:

When did feminism become "taboo?" When did "I'm a feminist" start meaning "I'm an angry bitch who hates all men and wants to stamp them under my big dykey army boots"?

I guess, my question is... at what point did ANYONE start having to qualify "I'm a feminist" with "but not one of those feminists."

To which I replied:

I'm going to go with "forever."

Women who are not sweet and docile, those who challenge the way things are, are a threat to the system. The most convenient and legal way to combat that threat is to try to shame us into shutting up. Since most women are raised to seek the approval of others, they either STFU or try to convince everyone that they're *not* a threat.

When given a choice between "evil castrating harpy bitch feminist" and "fun, happy, man-loving feminist," I think most women would choose the latter. It's easier to get a pat on the head for being cute and empowerful than to put on your stompy boots and tell people that they are fucked up and wrong.

I *am* angry. I've been angry since about ten years ago when I went in for my sonogram, found out I was having a girl, and cried for an hour because I was bringing another victim into the system.

I don't hate all men. I hate their entitlement. I hate everything that *supports* their entitlement. I hate that most of them don't want to acknowledge or even *recognize* their entitlement.

I am not going to sit down, shut up, wrap myself in pink tafetta, and keep a ladylike tone. It makes me easier to ignore. And if that means I have to put on my biggest, dykiest boots to be heard, then I'm damn well going to do it. I consider it my duty to stamp all over anyone who denies or tries to undermine any woman's rights, choices, or essential humanity.

Yes, this does include women who aren't "those" feminists, because they're usually the ones who want to shut me up the most.

I have this weird stabby little pain in my stomach. But it's not *inside* my abdomen. It's this little one inch area by my navel.

Me: "Tim, I think I sprained my fluff." ::rubs the poor stabbity inflicted area::

Tim: ::gives me an incredulous look out of the corner of his eye, as he is playing the Resident Evil 33 demo:: "You sprained your what?"

Me: "My fluff." ::pinches painful fluff area, since that's the only thing that makes the stabbity STOP for a few seconds:: "Right here. The fluff is sprained."

Tim: ::kills a tentacle-headed thingamabob and briefly glances at the fluff:: "Okay."

Me: ::glares at his lack of sympathy:: "The FLUFF. It is SPRAINED and it HURTS."

Tim: ::is immune to a majority of my weirdness; goes back to playing RE39 demo::

Me: ::pinches the stabbity area dejectedly:: "You're no fun..."

For those of you who have been paying attention, you may have noticed that I'm not the kind of woman who squees endlessly about clothes and shoes and purses.

I do squee about free stuff, though. ^_^

I have entered the drawing at Handbag Planet. They will be giving away a free bag every hour on their opening day. I know the odds are against me, but I REALLY LOVE THAT RED/BLACK GRADIENT PURSE.

So, go take a look.

Stoled from az_starshine


Are you for or against abortion?
I believe that a woman should be able to have an abortion at any point before labor begins. Yes, I am an evil late-term/partial-birth abortionist and if you have a problem with that, you can suck on my chemically treated gonads.


Would the United States fall with a woman president?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-- Oh, wait. You're serious?

No, I don't think a female president is going to to go into a PMS-fueled tizzy and nuke someone. I don't think she's going to have a chocoholic fit while she's supposed to be greeting foreign dignitaries. I don't think she'll be more concerned with her hair than any other public figure.

Funny thing about women: they're HUMAN, just like the guys, and therefore JUST AS CAPABLE of succeeding as any one else.

Now, will a women *get* that chance? That's less likely. Probably because she'll be too busy fussing over her pantyhose, amirite? ::gags::


Do you believe in the death penalty?
Okay, this is a hard one. I am filled with rage and hatred for all stupid people. I would LOVE to see rapists and murderers stop wasting my oxygen, but it's inviting the stupid people at the top to abuse it. If the psycho who kidnapped and incinerated an old lady gets the death penalty for murder, what about the woman who accidentally killed her child by cutting the prolapsed umbilical cord? *She's* being tried for murder too.


Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
I've gotten drunk before (who me? Drunken singing girl? NEBBER!). When I drink, I smoke LOTS of cigarettes (and usually don't realize it). This combination = smoking pot (except it works faster, and pot isn't as likely to make me vomit, and drinking doesn't make me want to devour EVERY CHEETO ON EARTH, yes, I know, I has a stereotype).

So, yeah. Let the Pot Prohibition end. Tax the shit out of it. Figure out how much the "legal limit" for THC is, find a way to test it on the road, and arrest stoned drivers. YES. DO EET. DO EET NAO.


Would you do meth if it was legalized?
...are you fucking kidding me? I'm moving this from the top of the quiz to below the marijuana question.

I don't know if "Gateway Panic" is a term I made up, or read somewhere... ::Googles:: Uh, yeah, looks like I made it up...

AAAANYwho... Gateway Panic is what happens when "good people" and/or "concerned citizens" are afraid that legalizing one thing will lead to other, more HORRIFYING things will be legalized. Like, we legalize pot, then we legalize LSD, then we legalize HEROIN AND METH AND COCAINE AND CRACK, and then we might as well put ARSENIC in our APPLESAUCE, hand-staple-forehead, won't someone think of the CHICKENS?!

The 'alcohol + cigarettes = pot' thing isn't just from my personal experience. It's also because just about every study about marijuana consumption seems to compare it to (wait for it) alcohol and tobacco consumption. And with varying degrees of scientific wankery, you can sort of see how they're similar.

But METH? Jesus-fucking-Samuel-L.-Jackson-CHRIST-in-a-fucked-up-CANOE NO. That shit isn't even on the same PLANET as marijuana.


Do you believe in God?
Uh... A qualified 'yes' I suppose. It depends on what you mean when you say "God."

::dances away from this question::


Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
YES. If the screeching minority would STFU about their twisted sex fantasies and gateway panic (Gay marriage will devalue straight marriage because... uh... um... Gay marriage will lead to bestiality and pedophilia! And polygamy! Aaaaand.... Gay people rape straight people! AND THAT QUEER LOOKED AT ME AND I GOT A FUNNY FEELING IN MY PANTS! SAVE ME!) we could get on with the fucking show already.

God may have personally drafted your matrimonial vows, but we're not talking about religion here. We're talking about a fucking CIVIL CONTRACT between two (and maybe, someday, more) people, the signing of which may include a party. Get over yourselves.


Do you think its wrong that so many Hispanics are moving to the USA?
::facepalm:: I made the mistake of listening to Michael (WEENERBOY) Savage talk about immigrants. No, they're not stealing all of our awesome jobs, because Americans WON'T DO THAT SHIT. That's why unscrupulous employers have to find people who have NO LEGAL PROTECTIONS to do it. They're not abusing the welfare system, because you have to be a CITIZEN to get welfare, and new citizens have to sign an agreement not to seek welfare for something like five years afterward. I think we need to get all of our foreign homies together, give them the HUMAN RIGHTS they deserve and legal protection and fair wages. WE'RE ALL IMMIGRANTS, ASSHOLES!


A twelve year old girl has a baby...should she keep it?
::stares at the question::
::starts typing::
::deletes::
::stares::
::turns on caps and starts typing::
::deletes::
::goes to get a soda::
::tries to use less caps this time::
::deletes::
::watches a funny video about Comic Con::
::stares at question::
::comes up with the perfect answer::

I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that I fucking hate humanity, though I reserve the right to answer it at a later time, if I so choose.


Should the alcohol age be lowered to 18?
Yes. It's not as if they aren't drinking anyway. What the fuck is the point?


Assisted suicide is illegal...do you agree?
NO. My genes are riddled with blueprints for the most heinous shit that can happen to someone. ALL OF IT. I have already informed Tim that if I go to shit like, well, EVERY OLD PERSON I'M RELATED TO, I'm going to kill myself. I can only hope that I can find some nice person to help me make it as clean and painless as possible. Otherwise, I'm going to have to go to the desert and drink bleach.


Do you believe in spanking your children?
I don't believe in BEATING YOUR CHILDREN (prolonged slaps, closed fists, pulling the child by the limbs or hair, using foreign objects, etc). I grew up with that shit and it only made ME want to hit someone.

I never spanked my kid. She's a good kid because I raised her right (which means that she scares the other children, but whatev). But when she gravely misbehaved, I would smack her hand. I did it so rarely, and it was so shocking to her, that she would immediately wibble and stop whatever crazy thing she was doing. AFAIC, that's how it's SUPPOSED TO BE.


Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
The American flag is a powerful symbol. I can think of several cases in which I would burn a flag. If someone gave me a million dollars after the fact, in support of my case, I would use a bit of it, then give the rest to charity (debt is a bitch). But burning it *just* to get the money? No. That's just cheap. (and then I realized the funniness of the phrase I used and I lol'd)


A mother is declared innocent after murdering her 5 children in a temporary insanity case. Do you agree?
Oh, Andrea Yates. How you haunt us still...

I know this case. My daughter was two when it happened. As a person who is also a big wobbly ball of CRAZY, I was *terrified.* I collected every bit of information I could find. I needed to know why it happened.

Andrea's husband and their preacher convinced her that it was a good idea to have MILLIONS OF BABIES (plz see: The Duggars, Quiverfull, Vagina: It's Not a Clown Car). After three, she started having mental problems. After four, she tried to kill herself and was put in the hospital. Her doctor urged her and her husband to NOT HAVE ANY MORE CHILDREN, but her husband and preacher harassed her until she gave up.


So Andrea had a fifth baby, completely flipped her shit, and needed to be hospitalized AGAIN. Her doctor told her husband that she was DANGEROUS and shouldn't be left alone, that she needed HELP. Wise hubby decided that Andrea shouldn't become dependent on getting help from anyone and started leaving her alone. He and the preacher told her that she was a bad mother for not being able to care of her children.

A month later, she killed her children so they wouldn't go to hell because of her sinful failures.

I HATE EVERY PART OF THIS STORY.

I hate every victim blamer who says she should have left. I hate that people blame her for taking medication, for NOT TAKING ENOUGH medicine, for being WEAK ENOUGH to GIVE IN to mental illness. I hate everyone who thinks that FAITH IN GOD or a BEATING would have FIXED THIS.

I hate that women are expected to have children, EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO, because people tell them that it's their ONLY JOB, that it's what women were MADE FOR, and that a lack of children confers a lack of faith, or a lack of love for her husband, or a lack of a REAL LIFE.

I hate that they couldn't afford to keep her in the hospital because their insurance refused to cover more treatment, and I hate that her husband told her to go off her meds SO THEY COULD HAVE MORE CHILDREN. I hate that she would have left anyway to avoid more abuse from her husband and preacher for being a BAD MOTHER (oh, the irony, it STINGS). I hate that she thought she HAD to listen to them. I hate that we live in a world where a SICK and DAMAGED woman has no idea that she can DEFY HER HUSBAND AND HER PREACHER.

I AGREE. I agree so hard that it HURTS. I hope Andrea is getting the help she needs to become a full human being. I hate every part of this story, and every part of this story that is in every OTHER tragic story, and I hate every goddamn thing that supported and encouraged this situation.


Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
LOL, srsly? If you've got it, bring it. It will be lulzy and full of win.


ETA: Frantically trying to fix the super poops in my HTML... WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME, ONLINE FORM?! Also, NO CUT FOR YOU!

Think of your favorite movies. Try to find one where...

1) there are at least two named female characters
2) who talk to each other
3) about something other than a man.

I haven't found a movie that's passed the test yet. I dare-- nay, I BEG you to find one.

I think I'm going to go spork out my eyes now.

Let's go ahead and do that anonymous commenter thing. Screen names can be so limiting. Say anything. Ask anything. Knock yourselves out.

Dear Liv Tyler,
I'm really grateful that you are not a stick. I can actually believe that you eat and enjoy several meals a day. My only problem is that you have so much collagen in your upper lip that you can NO LONGER CLOSE YOUR MOUTH. And that's just fuggin GROSS. Please stop immediately. It's entirely unnecessary.


Dear Edward Norton,
I did the math, and the average rating of all the movies you've been in is 7.25 out of 10. You are made of solid gold and win.


Dear Tim Roth,
I think it's super awesome that you look about a foot shorter than William Hurt and still kick everyone's ass. I'm sort of hoping they cut some character development, cos that's the only thing missing from a perfect performance. I want to have your crookedy-nosed British babies.


Dear Everyone Who Writes Things,
Stop making the main female character a piece of furniture. I am particularly pissed by this bit of bullshit this week because I am reading The (misnamed) Hitchhiker's Trilogy and have noticed that Trillian only exists when Arthur needs someone to talk to. Once I realized this, I found that she was mentioned twice in four chapters (first, she is shown playing chess with Arthur, then three chapters later she enjoys a steak that Arthur refuses to eat). This has detracted from my reading enjoyment.

The "Dr Ross is a Useless Girl" thing has harshed my squee quite a bit. I just can't give the movie full marks because of it. ( This is vaguely spoileryCollapse )

In short and unspoilery terms (and if you think this is a spoiler, YOU HAVE NEVER READ ANYTHING, EVAR), stop making the hero's girlfriend the perpetual victim! She's a character, not a plot device! SHE IS NOT FURNITURE! STOP IT!!!

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And for the personal squeeworthy moment of the movie (and, no, it wasn't Tony Stark, and if you think THAT was a spoiler, you don't have enough geek points to talk to me), was ( in the trailer, but I'll cut anywayCollapse )

So the movie was good. It was made out of platinum-rainbow-kitten-farts compared to that other movie, which does not exist in this dimension, but rather in the dimension where someone also decided to make Highlander II and an American remake to Wings of Desire and any good Asian horror movie, so it has no bearing on us.

Ahem.

Let me try that again.

The movie was good. I don't know why people are crying about the "bad" CGI for the Hulk and the Abomination. They're both gigantic, bulgy, mottled things, and that's what they looked like. The Hulk actually had an EMOTIONAL RANGE zomg, and that made me happy. Oh, and Edward Norton shirtless made me happy.

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