Regarding my previous post about LJ deleting all comments from deleted users: the comments appear to be still there if you switch to an S2 customized comment page. it looks like if you have an S2 style and you turn *off* the LJ universal default, the comments are still there. However, I am also being told this does not work for all S2 style pages ( Read more... )

Dear Yuletide Author,

Thank you so much for writing for me! I am more excited about this Yuletide than I have been for any out of all the last 7 years! (and wow that is a long time!)

Watch this space for a detailed letter, but in the meantime, for you and everyone else, please enjoy the awesomeness:

Stuff about me: I really will love anything ( Read more... )

I am so proud of my mom, oh my god.

From an email she just sent me:
I am SSOO glad you have the right attitude about the Twilight series. All the women here are talking about how they & their daughters love the books & can't wait to see the movie. I stood up & said my daughter says the Twilight series is undermining female independence from, ( Read more... )

I promised myself that when I reached the milestone of having watched 100 films this year on the Sight & Sound top 10 list (not counting rewatches), I would celebrate by making my own top 10 list.

It just so happens that I am due to see my 100th film later today - To Sleep With Anger by Charles Burnett. And since today also happens to be my ( Read more... )

Every 10 years, the British Film Institute's film journal, Sight and Sound, does something really cool. They poll a selection of prestigious international critics and directors and ask them all for their top 10 films. Then they tally the films with the most votes and release the lists: the Directors' Top 10 films of all time, the Critics' Top 10 ( Read more... )

Happy Fourth of July, Livejournal ( Read more... )

Happy Hikago Day!!!

Technically this LJ is on hiatus until the end of June, but it's May 5th, and on May 5th, exceptions must be made.

For anyone new to this journal, Hikaru no Go is my true love. If you have never watched this show or read the manga, here's my Top 5 pimp post about why it is the best. Best, best, best. Best story ever, best ( Read more... )

Earlier this month I was asked to write a guest blog post for the Organization for Transformative Works (the OTW) in support of their March Fundraising Drive. I hope you will please read this post and others from around the community and think about what the OTW means, or could mean, to each of us in fandom. Please follow otw_news this week as they ( Read more... )

Note: this journal and regular posts are currently on hiatus through the end of June 2011. However, due to the devastation of the recent earthquake & tsunami, I am participating in Japan Cinema/CinemaFanatic's weeklong Japanese Cinema Blogathon. Donate here; or check after the entry for more places to donate.

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