"John McCain hates earmarks even more than he hates those damn kids on his lawn."

[bubbleanamika]

First of all, I'd like to recommend the Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! podcast. For those who don't know, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly news quiz. While that might sound dull to some, it is rather funny and you might just learn something! Plus Mo Rocca is sometimes a panelist so there's that. I also want to share a link that Very Short

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[woodchipfairy]

Stephin says it will depend on which style you're going by, but for general purposes, it usually doesn't matter as long as you do one or the other and are consistent. For most things, italicizing or underlining mean precisely the same thing.

[bubbleanamika]

Yeah I figured it had to do with the style. But I just remember learning in freaking elementary school that you always underline the titles of books. And seems like after I learned that, book titles were always italicized. GAH!

[incoherent07]

If you're writing, you underline book titles because italic handwriting just looks silly. If you're typing, you can do either; whichever makes you feel better.

Oh, and the sex scene you're referencing in Watchmen only bothered me because it was shortly after the Most Awkward Sex Scene in Movie History, and all of a sudden Nite Owl gets to do 15 minutes of hero work and now he's all "let's get it on while terribly histrionic music plays".

[bubbleanamika]

OK, now I've encountered a new question: if you're talking about a movie and a book, in the same post, what do you do? Even worse, what if you also mention a play and/or album? Can you italicize them all? I mean, with just a book you could underline the book title and italicize the movie titles but what about the other forms of medium? Stephin and Gillian both said whatever as long as your consistent but I would think you have to differentiate between the different types. By the way, this is what it's like inside my head. Yay for messy.

Of all the version's of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", Leonard Cohen's is the worst! I'm pretty sure even he agrees with that statement.

[siren_melodi]

I, also, really like Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me. Hilarious.

I think it doesn't really matter if they're underlined vs. italicized, as long as you're consistent. :)

[bubbleanamika]

I first subscribed to the podcast years ago when I first discovered podcasts and was just getting everything but I didn't really start to listen until recently.

Yes! Not just one but TWO English majors on the case. Cheers!

Also, I won't be at Beer Bike this year, which makes me sad cause I won't see you or Patrick or Jeff or Lauren or anyone else I'm forgetting. So I'll just say "Will Rice Will Sweep" now...you know, for the hell of it. :)

[supercaso]

I agree so hard with everything you just said about Watchmen. I didn't think it sucked. It was just ok. Also, it was all I could do to keep from laughing openly through the entire sex scene.
I did like the opening sequence, though, because it basically just felt like he was riffing on all the characters in cool ways (grassy knoll, anyone?). Except for The Flight of the Valkyries. Like basically every musical choice in the film, it was cheap and poor.
Anyway, we should talk about it bigtime, with all the spoilers I'm keeping from writing here.

[bubbleanamika]

I might just read another entry because my issues and nitpicks at the film are coming back to me and I would like to share them. What gives me pause is wanting to compare the movie to the book and therefore spoilering the book.

And in case you meant calling and talking, 1) sorry I never called you back that weekend, I was at work when you called and exhausted when I got off and of course I eventually forgot and 2) I was in a depression about money for a couple weeks because of my mom finding out about my credit card bill but that has essentially resolved itself.

Also, if you've got your hands on teleportation technology, you could always port here to talk about Watchmen. Or books. Or play video games. Or going camping and freeze our asses off. That would be the ultimate in awesome.

[otherotherkaty]

i've read The Constant Princess and The Queen's Fool, all by Philippa Gregory... good, but the smut-plot-smut formula starts to show after awhile.

Suggestion? read them, but don't buy them, and don't read them close together.