james_nicoll asks about steampunk. Some of the answers are hilarious, such as realinterrobang: "I liked what another writer on the subject said: "It's something for goths to do when they realise they're too old for PVC clothing and dyeing their hair all the time will just make it fall out." Which, in my mind, totally misses the point and purpose ( Read more... )

lienne tagged me for the Eight Things That Make You Happy meme, but yesterday afternoon and this morning I saw the below two things and was reminded of how much I occasionally despair of humanity.

In case you're unaware of why so many fans are so upset by how the casting was done for the live action version of Avatar, perhaps this will nicely illustrate ( Read more... )

I am exhausted today. I've spent the last forty-eight hours running around doing nothing but nice things for other people, and I'm completely tapped out, enervated, stressed, anxious, and just freakin' DONE ( Read more... )