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Can you tell that I'm not excited about this?
A comment from hangingfire made me think about this whole wisdom-teeth-removal thing. What are your experiences, O Best Beloved Flist?
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Yes, feminists can cry
Peter Sagal took on Hollywood in one of the most articulate teardowns of a movie I've seen recently. He's angry that girls in movies don't save the world. Go read the whole thing -- it's amazing. -
I will not look at spoilers. I will not look at spoilers.
Cut for Giant Image O'Promotional Doom. (It's Battlestar, do they have anything not of doom?)
( Also, why the hell was this ad in Vanity Fair? ) -
I do love confluence.
Some of you know that I'm a big fan of "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me," an NPR news quiz show based in Chicago. (OP people: if I'm in town over the summer, let's go to a taping.) Since I have a roommate that likes to sleep in on Saturdays, I rarely catch it when it's aired, but I'll check it out online later. I was stunned to see this post on Jezebel ( Read more... ) -
How did I do that?
So today, for the first time in my life, I did a handstand ( Read more... ) -
Icon meme
The lovely and talented agent_rouka tagged me:
1) Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2) Make a post and talk about the icons I chose.
3) Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4) This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee. Whoo!
( Yeah, my icons aren't terribly interesting. ) -
Why Sesame Street is awesome
They have a Muppet that gets more lines than Richard Belzer:
Other things I found ( under the cut. ) -
Review: Serenity: Better Days #1
Okay, I got a copy of this just now (comics book shop in Georgetown! Who knew?) and totally read it on the way home. More details (and spoilers) under the cut, but bottom line: very fun, completely in-character, and a little fanservice on the side.
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Firefly awesomeness
Okay, so even though my thesis draft is due tomorrow, this is way more important.
ETA: Okay, so I can't read dates.
The new Firefly graphic novel is out, and it looks FANTASTIC. In case you missed it earlier, io9 posted the first four pages (non-sequential order) hereAnd there's a preview (including some of the most hilarious and heartbreaking ( Read more... )
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