"At least we now both have a story to tell."

[greygirlbeast]

I do adore waking up and immediately discovering that the world is even more angrifying than when I went to sleep. Wait, no. That's not right. I don't find things worse upon waking. I'm not that goddamn naïve. I wake up, look at CNN.com, and get a face full of humanity. Which really puts the fault on me for looking, as humanity cannot be expected

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[mataar]

Finally getting to start this month's Digest. Yay!

[greygirlbeast]

Yay!

Swapping songs with birds.

[oldfossil59]

I love sharing songs with our feathered birds. Mockingbirds can be so much fun, due to their large repertoire.

Thank you for your blog, and your pinterest site.

Re: Swapping songs with birds.

[greygirlbeast]

On all accounts, you are most entirely welcome.

[ulffriend]

I enjoyed "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" as well, and think that describing it as an inverted fairy tale is spot-on. I suspect that it didn't do very well because it was marketed as "horror", and although it was dark-ish it was really very whimsical in its own way.

[greygirlbeast]

I suspect that it didn't do very well because it was marketed as "horror", and although it was dark-ish it was really very whimsical in its own way.

Agreed. I saw complaints because it was about a child. But that's the element made it work, and set it apart from the original. And made it very reminiscent of the more serious, Spanish films of del Toro.

[ulffriend]

I don't understand people being bothered by a film having a child as the central character. That seems arbitrary and falsely limiting to me. And anyone who think that very dark stories can't/shouldn't be about children should definitely watch "The Devil's Backbone".

But then again, it seems that some people are hell-bent on turning their own preferences and tastes into rules and absolutes about books and movies.

[greygirlbeast]

That seems arbitrary and falsely limiting to me. And anyone who think that very dark stories can't/shouldn't be about children should definitely watch "The Devil's Backbone".

One reason I hate the label "horror." People hear it, and they think slashers or torture porn. That's what we've come to.

But then again, it seems that some people are hell-bent on turning their own preferences and tastes into rules and absolutes about books and movies.

Exactly.

[ext_818534]

Oh, Fringe, that glorious glorious show.

We watched the finale last night and while it was slightly anti-climatic for my tastes, well, done all around. I do love how they didn't destroy Bell's "Ark" but kept them in deep freeze for study. Please let them do something amazing with that in next year's season!

I should hie my butt to my local comics purveyor; Jacques has been holding onto my Alabaster issues for a bit now. Especially after I had to prove to him the comic existed when I asked for a pre-order.

[greygirlbeast]

I do love how they didn't destroy Bell's "Ark" but kept them in deep freeze for study. Please let them do something amazing with that in next year's season!

That would be cool, but I suspect much of the last season will be set in that future we glimpsed.

Especially after I had to prove to him the comic existed

Okay, with all the publicity, that's just moronic.

[ext_818534]

He's an angry chain-smoking Frenchman. He makes it his business to be that stereotype, just with comics. Also, English isn't exactly his forte. Nevertheless, I now write down titles with their order numbers when going in there.

[ashlyme]

Gah, I'd forgotten that SD #77 was sitting in my inbox. Ta for the reminder. I'll read that later. (And also for the heads-up on the Mountains graphic novel; I'd wondered if it was any good.)

The mockingbird song-swap sounds amazing. I'll look forward to the photos.

As to the Rev. Fred, I wouldn't want to be part of any club that would have me as a member... I can't remember who said that originally, but it seemed apt.

[greygirlbeast]

Gah, I'd forgotten that SD #77 was sitting in my inbox. Ta for the reminder. I'll read that later.

Thank you.

I wouldn't want to be part of any club that would have me as a member... I can't remember who said that originally, but it seemed apt.

It sounds like Twain. But I can't recall for sure.

[corucia]

It sounds like Twain. But I can't recall for sure.

I've seen instances where Groucho Marx used it, but I think it's been attributed to others (in intent if not in exact word use) going back to the beginning of the 1900s.

[greygirlbeast]

Which might point to Twain.