I've been writing a few letters here and there and remembered how much I like it. Anyone up for being pen pals? E-mail me at orangenish (at) hotmail (dot) com. (And Laura could you do it regardless, because I need your apt address to send that pet store coupon.)

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1. My grandma saw "Atonement" a few days ago and asked me what I'd thought of it (I saw it twice in theaters and bought the book). Please Grandma, do not ask me my opinion on a movie whose plot evolves around the word "cunt ( Read more... )

 "Unforgiving.
"No, that’s not a sequel to the 1992 Clint Eastwood film, “Unforgiven,” which won an Academy Award for best picture. It’s a reference to the treatment any star might get these days when photographed in high definition."

That may be the stupidest thing I've read all year.

I've been re-watching all the "Arrested Development" episodes on DVD, and I am so proud that this television show was on during my youth. It is arguably the finest program to ever be on television, and now when TV pundits make lists of the top (comedy) shows of all time, I know I'll have watched one. "I Love Lucy," "Mary Tyler Moore," "Three's ( Read more... )

I just got a Gmail account, and I may be adopting a three-legged hamster.

Also, the humidity is causing my room to feel like a rainforest. It's raining, so I can't open the window, my ceiling fan's already going full-blast, and we can't turn the A/C on, because, c'mon, global warming be damned, it's not even May yet.

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Two seconds into this article on the clothing and hair styles of the women of the FDLS sect in Texas, and I was already pissed off.

First, let's examine the lead: "... the images of the women from the polygamist compound in Texas are almost shocking in their understatement: Ankle-length dresses, makeup-less faces, hauntingly uniform hair."

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I've just come across some "The O.C." fanfic I wrote in the summer of 2003. It's two completed stories, one work in progress, and one with only a few paragraphs finished. They're not bad -- three of them focus on what if Jimmy Cooper was Seth's biological father instead of Sandy -- but they're teenage angsty enough for me not to want to post ( Read more... )

From Jezebel:
Your Nagging Ancient Mormon Underage Sex Cult Questions, Answered At Last!

Whoo, there was a new "30 Rock" on tonight. I just bought the first season on DVD, after devouring it last fall by watching it all on NBC.com in three days. It was really great to see Tina Fey go from really not that great of an actress to turning in award- ( Read more... )