Going strong? I suppose the organization could be making a profit from book sales, but most of that goes back into key chains and booklets. Other than that, meeting attendees are asked to donate a buck for the coffee fund and that's it.
Aw. I would've definitely put in a friend application. We could've totally sat next to each other in the corner of the lunchroom with noses buried in respective door stoppers.
I know this wasn't addressed to me, but are you asking in a way to find out the context? Like, are the books good when compared to a normal reading list of young adult or fluff? Well, the answer to that is yes. But also, I personally am a compulsive reader and my mom's a librarian, so I read across the entire spectrum. In fifth grade my favorite authors were John Irving and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but in high school I became addicted to ripped bodice paperbacks. Recent favorites of mine are Haven Kimmel and Gary Shteyngart. I followed up reading the Hunger Games with "Putin's Russia" by Anna Politkovskaya. Literary snobbery is ridiculous to me, and I'll give pretty much anything a chance.
I'll back you on this. Gobbled them up in three days. I expected them to be fun, and ended up genuinely impressed by the maturity and depth of the arc. Could've toned down the boy drama subplot a smidge, but otherwise.
For me, while I think it's silly, if the internet wants to talk among itself about how important it thinks it is, fine. Gotta keep that bottom line of attention dollars or whatever. But it drives me bonkers when outside factors pimp it, like how cable news will feature tweets or how presidential debates now incorporate various internet inclusions. Sometimes there is a legitimate connection between online activity and the real world, like Facebook's role in the Egyptian revolution, but that makes it a story. It shouldn't be a regular feature. Viral marketing is also completely groan worthy to me.
My mom just discovered lolcats for the first time two days ago. She sent me a mass-forwarded email, and then immediately called me to gush about it. Oh, moms.
My emotions are so easily manipulated I've banned myself from watching dramas in public. Doesn't matter how formulaic, cheesy, over the top; if I hear the opening strings on the "epic sad score", or see the first glimmers of constipated grief face, I transform into a loud bawling mess. But then, I rarely cry at real life events. Not enough atmosphere, life!
Good news everyone! I just went to the website, and minimum age requirement is thirteen. Dream family vacation. Also, they encourage everyone to lean precariously off the building.
It's only weird if you think about it everyday for a couple years, kind of desperately. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a... certain... shrine to attend to.
Ricky Gervais doesn't actually think those photos are 'controversial', right? He's just making fun of the entire concept of attempting to create controversy, and how aiming to do so immediately contradicts and cancels out 'shock factor', with extremely dry British wit, yes? Lorry!
I really hope Boehner was there, wearing his fabulous green with yellow polka dots tie from the other night's presidential address, just overcome with his drunken weeps from joy and pride. I think that would really make the moment (in my head) complete.
Is this your first time reading the books? Because, oh man, you have to go to the forums of westeros.org after you finish. Trust me on this. I like to think of myself as an observant person who can follow complex storylines, but those forums make me feel like five year old, because apparently I managed to miss half of the shit going on.
I actually sat down and watched one of those live blog coverage things yesterday during this panel, just an hour of tweets with snippets of quotes as they were happening. Not like, as a sidetab, it had my full attention. I... I think I have a problem. GoT support group?
Lol, Drudge Report has a siren gif with a bold red headline: "RUPERT MURDOCH ATTACKED". Blatantly going to steal a Gabe joke and say our thoughts are with his family in this difficult time.
Yes! I tell everyone I know this is mandatory reading. How creepy is it that right after you finish this book, all of a sudden you notice it starting to come true everywhere?
I agree with Shoggyboom. My ex was an atheist, and I'm a big ole' God believer, and we would have really interesting discussions. Atheists can still wonder at the nature of life, death, morality, etc, and there's a lot of art that can be focused on looking at aspects of humanity with the element of divine origin removed.
But to agree with you also, Ignition, I think that I'm about as cool as can be with take-downs and analysis of religious institutions. There's a lot of bad stuff! There's a lot of danger that comes with an extreme indoctrination! But I'm pretty much over anyone saying "Uh, anyone that believes in God is a loser and instantly dismissed in my mind." I'm not bothered by people thinking believers are all mindless idiots, because whatevs, but it's just overly done and boring. There's lots of atheists now, it's a pretty mainstream and respected group, there's no need to fight for equal atheist rights or whatever the point is supposed to be.
For real though. When my husband signed up, they literally told us it wasn't a problem if he had felonies, so long as they weren't drug related. The military isn't exactly the brightest and the best these days.
Ugh, this entire Marine Ball thing is annoying. It's gross all the way around. No, celebrities shouldn't have to feel obligated to go on dates with youtubing strangers, and making a celebrity do it is not supporting the troops. I can just imagine the people planning this thing love having to figure out logistics and security for the Ball of Starz.
I love any kind of dancing that looks fun and non-self aware. Every time I dance, I am thinking "Oh god, my arms and where's the beat?", and it's not enjoyable at all. I tried going to clubs a few times thinking it would be like Eighties movie scenes, and everyone just did that humpy thing which is gross.
But in their industry, it's way more of a requirement than a choice. Maybe they were thrilled at the aspect, or maybe they realized the only way to be included as "featured women in comedy" was to be photographed in their underwear. There are women who choose not to participate in in racy photoshoots, but they're mostly punished for it in terms of money-making and hiring potential. To be fair, men in certain genres are also expected to do eye-candy bits, but for women it's across the board. Even if they're having fun embracing their sexuality, doing this or not affects their bottom line, and that's pretty icky and seems to make their level of comfort a moot point.
I'm also not yelling though, I promise. Just the way I see it, personally.
Ha, fair point. I pretty much started watching Mythbusters because of Kari Byron's FHM photoshoot. I've read a shitton of Mother Jones since then to atone for my sins of shallowness though!
I think it's pretty unfortunate that this will get them more recognition than their brilliant show, but maybe I'm still bitter about the Emmy snub and low ratings.
I get this is the nature of the beast in Hollywood, and I'm not looking to treat actresses who play along as some kind of betrayer to our sex because they're trying to raise their profiles and paychecks instead of serving as staunch defenders of feminism. But ladies, if you're going to do it, please don't pretend it's "ironic". It's not. You're participating in an unfortunate but necessary aspect of your careers, not making a statement.
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