Family, work, links. In that order.
Ah, weekends with family. Ah, spending Monday morning digging through storage rooms and subsequently hurting my back. Ah... no that about covered it. Now we move on to catching up on links:
The Truman Show delusion, where you believe your entire life is being manipulated and filmed. Which differs from other forms of paranoia in that there's an additional fear of never being able to live down Cable Guy.
Much as I am a fan of entertainment-related gossip blogs, I do agree that the paps are totally insane and laws need to be put into place for the safety of celebrities and of the random bystanders around them. They're dealing with the issue in California right now with folks like Eric Roberts, John Mayer, and Milo Ventimiglia speaking in support of some kind of control. John Mayer gave a particularly good statement where he explains just how dangerous and scary the situation is. Of course there are those who say that this is no longer an issue because Britney is wearing clothes and Lindsey Lohan turned gay. Which... skipping over the part of how you'd think the three adult males speaking out on the issue should've made it pretty clear that, yanno, it's an issue and having a vagina isn't what causes it, I have to admit to being boggled at how someone thinks that ever since Lindsey and Samantha have started their thing that's resulted in less press stalking them and trying to get pictures. Hi, this is Earth, feel free to visit at any time.
Unfunnybusiness brings news of a school reprinting yearbook pages to correct fake names for black students. Which of course was an accident. Except for not so much, if you know anything about printing. On my end I can't comprehend anyone for whom that kind of joke is funny. Also I'm curious as to why it took so long to discover and/or hear about the offensive names. I realize the news article is dated July 9, but even allowing for a late June yearbook distribution that's still a healthy chunk of time before enough noise was made about it. Not a lot of glory to be going around with this one, in other words.
Do you know what a political dog whistle is? Now you do.
(And these are some of many reasons why International Blog Against Racism Week is needed.)
Strap-A-Handle. For when you need help carrying things. Instructions on retrofitting for bondage usage not included.
Hawai'i is not having a good time of it, economy or ecology-wise. Sadly it seems part of the problem is that nobody knows about it.
More info on why the powers that be in the movie industry won't admit that movies about women will actually do well.
Ever since I've become aware of it, the frequency that serious women's issues like stalking are reported in the Life & Style section just floors me.
Teardrop trailers are just so freaking cute.
Scientists have theory about why hundreds danced to their deaths. I have to admit that as much as I'm a big "Yay, psychology!" kind of person, I find the answer in this case unsatisfying.
Author Tao Lin is offering shares of his next novel. I can't help but feel he would have more success in publishing if he knew how to use quote marks correctly.
And that's the news for now. In other news I have finally gotten on Facebook. However it's actual-identity-me and not TBQ-me. This being due to both my brother being the one to encourage me to get a Facebook account, and astolat's advice that the best defense is a good offense as far as handling the issue of keeping real life and fannish life separate.
So that being said, I sent friends requests out yesterday to people who I know, but who may not know me under my real name. Obviously I'm not going to say my real name here (and I ask that the fannish name be kept away from there), but if you know me, are on Facebook, and got a friend request from someone with a T initial in their name, that might've been me. Hi!
The Truman Show delusion, where you believe your entire life is being manipulated and filmed. Which differs from other forms of paranoia in that there's an additional fear of never being able to live down Cable Guy.
Much as I am a fan of entertainment-related gossip blogs, I do agree that the paps are totally insane and laws need to be put into place for the safety of celebrities and of the random bystanders around them. They're dealing with the issue in California right now with folks like Eric Roberts, John Mayer, and Milo Ventimiglia speaking in support of some kind of control. John Mayer gave a particularly good statement where he explains just how dangerous and scary the situation is. Of course there are those who say that this is no longer an issue because Britney is wearing clothes and Lindsey Lohan turned gay. Which... skipping over the part of how you'd think the three adult males speaking out on the issue should've made it pretty clear that, yanno, it's an issue and having a vagina isn't what causes it, I have to admit to being boggled at how someone thinks that ever since Lindsey and Samantha have started their thing that's resulted in less press stalking them and trying to get pictures. Hi, this is Earth, feel free to visit at any time.
Unfunnybusiness brings news of a school reprinting yearbook pages to correct fake names for black students. Which of course was an accident. Except for not so much, if you know anything about printing. On my end I can't comprehend anyone for whom that kind of joke is funny. Also I'm curious as to why it took so long to discover and/or hear about the offensive names. I realize the news article is dated July 9, but even allowing for a late June yearbook distribution that's still a healthy chunk of time before enough noise was made about it. Not a lot of glory to be going around with this one, in other words.
Do you know what a political dog whistle is? Now you do.
(And these are some of many reasons why International Blog Against Racism Week is needed.)
Strap-A-Handle. For when you need help carrying things. Instructions on retrofitting for bondage usage not included.
Hawai'i is not having a good time of it, economy or ecology-wise. Sadly it seems part of the problem is that nobody knows about it.
More info on why the powers that be in the movie industry won't admit that movies about women will actually do well.
Ever since I've become aware of it, the frequency that serious women's issues like stalking are reported in the Life & Style section just floors me.
Teardrop trailers are just so freaking cute.
Scientists have theory about why hundreds danced to their deaths. I have to admit that as much as I'm a big "Yay, psychology!" kind of person, I find the answer in this case unsatisfying.
Author Tao Lin is offering shares of his next novel. I can't help but feel he would have more success in publishing if he knew how to use quote marks correctly.
And that's the news for now. In other news I have finally gotten on Facebook. However it's actual-identity-me and not TBQ-me. This being due to both my brother being the one to encourage me to get a Facebook account, and astolat's advice that the best defense is a good offense as far as handling the issue of keeping real life and fannish life separate.
So that being said, I sent friends requests out yesterday to people who I know, but who may not know me under my real name. Obviously I'm not going to say my real name here (and I ask that the fannish name be kept away from there), but if you know me, are on Facebook, and got a friend request from someone with a T initial in their name, that might've been me. Hi!