Maybe I should have used this icon for my rant instead

[cleolinda]

The tree is up! And Sister Girl and her boyfriend are coming over to help decorate it tonight! Thus, linkspam will be early.

Oh, and I had a request to syndicate my ever-so-scintillating Twitter feed, so... here it is: cleotwitter. (Deeply fascinating sample Twit: "Aaaaand the new Britney song has eaten my brain. Well, it's not like Twilight left me with all

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[profbutters]

Oh, my God, the Sims 2 thing really HAS been epic. All I can say is 1) you had to be there, and 2) I fully expect there to be a lot about it on the LJ community simsecret later this evening, assuming that is not hacked into again and all the "secrets" deleted as they were last month.

The only reason I didn't scream while I was reading *Breaking Dawn* is that I was reading it on an airplane. Does Catherine Hardwicke mean . . .they're thinking about filming *Breaking Dawn*? Poor, poor, Robert Pattinson.

Also, I just, as in about twenty minutes ago, received a totally unsolicited early Christmas package containing one (1) Barbie dressed as Tippy Hedren from *The Birds.* With birds. I don't even collect Barbies, but I thought you'd be interested to know.

[cleolinda]

Hee, I've seen that Barbie; it's kind of hilarious.

[moogleybacon]

Yunno, as much as I can't see how they'll make BD work, I really hope they do--and that everyone signs on for it. Mostly because I really hate when a series isn't finished. *stares forlornly at The Golden Compass DVD*

[lunylucy]

That Barbie link is fascinating.

[ipomoea]

I was screaming with laughter reading the books, I wonder if that counts.

I have lots of people on my flist who use Twitter that export their posts to LJ using LoudTwitter. It does just one daily post directly to your lj.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, I've seen that--I kind of didn't want to do that, though. Didn't want to clutter up people's f-lists with Twitter stuff. This way, I figure, you can add the Twitter feed separately from my journal if you want both.

[cran]

I hate those. Usually if I care about someone's tweets, I follow them -- on Twitter. I don't need to read them again on LJ.

[havocs_roman]

I am perfectly willing to reserve judgement on The Reader until I, you know, SEE it - though how wrong CAN you go with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes? - but I would deeply appreciate it if some people would learn the following differences: 1) between paedophilia and ephebophilia; 2) between a 15-yr-old character and an 18-yr-old actor; 3) between starring in a film and advocating your character's ideals. I would not think these are very difficult concepts, and it would definitely make life much easier for my desk as I stumble upon such reviews.

[manekikoneko]

Does it drive you nuts when a bunch of people send you the same links, or is it just par for the course? My initial thought was, "Oh, hey, I bet people are sending that to Cleo," which stops me 99% of the time, but my second thought was, "But what if everybody thinks that, and so no one sends it?"

Anyway, sorry for the spam, as it were: have an Amanda Palmer video instead. I don't know if you'll like it, but it's been my favorite for the past few days.

[cleolinda]

Well, a little--sometimes it's links I've already posted, or links I wouldn't ever post anyway, or links I've already flagged for the night's linkspam, or links eight people have already given me today. But then sometimes people bring links I really am glad to get, so you kind of have to take it as it comes.

(Heh, thanks.)