Shit, there's no way to measure it
Not everypony grows up to be a pegasus
You gotta let people be hypocrites
Count your blessin's and mind your business
- Atmosphere, "Like the Rest of Us"

If, twenty years ago, you had told me I would be voluntarily attending a My Little Pony convention, I probably would have run into traffic. Twenty years and ( Read more... )

Okay: Unlike two thirds of LiveJournal, I'm not a couch potato. I rarely ever watch TV. I've never seen half the shows people on my friendslist squee about, nor do I ever visit any of the ontd communities except to get off on anonymous fangirls screaming with lust over some actor I've never heard of. (Does this make me a pervert? Well, it takes one ( Read more... )

Dear television writers: I know that most of you are from the early 1970s, are not physics or computer imaging experts, and are writing on tourniquet-tight deadlines. But for the love of all that is spiffy how did you get away with this for so long--with teams of tech-savvy camera people, digital editors, lighting folk making it for you, not to ( Read more... )

So apparently the financial news media has taken Jim Cramer's interview on The Daily Show like a kick to the balls. America watched, and laughed, and went on with their lives (gathering cardboard boxes, killing rats for dinner, etc.), but the corner of the news industry I inhabit went kind of apeshit. Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impersonation on ( Read more... )

Don't tell me you've never had this dream.

Also, the cast of Battlestar Galactica spoke at a special discussion session at the U.N. and demanded an end to racism. No, I'm not kidding. Demanded. They were that badass.

Okay. So I'll admit it. I gave in and saw all 13 episodes of the Sh15uya fansub today ( Read more... )