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papajoemambo

Something for the F-List, and an indicator of better days

Feb 08, 2009 21:31

"New Cool Things" Dept.:There comes a moment in a generation when that generation begins to realise that they have a little more pull about the sorts of things that they see occur more than the generation that preceded them. Some people in my generation saw the election of Barack Obama as US President one such example of a kind of sea change ( Read more... )

flesh eating zombies, we are the change we've been waiting for, victoriana

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cumaeansibyl February 9 2009, 03:24:37 UTC

papajoemambo February 9 2009, 03:25:26 UTC

You've read it?

cumaeansibyl February 9 2009, 03:26:35 UTC

papajoemambo February 9 2009, 03:27:24 UTC

Yours is good - especially the Caroline Bingley sub-plot...

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quietprofanity February 9 2009, 03:36:47 UTC

Like I said on another person's LJ, I only dig this because the high amount of P&P sequels in the bookstore make me kind of sick.

Until somewhat recently I was also one of those "I won't read it because I hate the fandom" anti-fans of Jane Austen, though. Then I read Sense & Sensibility and was blown away, so ...

andibwrites February 20 2009, 21:08:26 UTC

"Sequels"? As in...published and officially-sanctioned fanfiction??

How irritating that some fandoms get taken seriously and others don't. Some of the best writing I've ever read has been fanfic. Alas.

quietprofanity February 20 2009, 21:28:56 UTC

As a fanfic writer (often in fandoms that get shit from the bigger ones) and someone who has enjoyed professional fanfics, I don't begrudge people them. But given that at least one of the P&P official "fanfics" I've heard of has the characters celebrating Thanksgiving, a writer of another popular one has proven herself to be a huge wanker in public, I read parts of Pride and Promiscuity and they were pretty stupid, and Becoming Jane was an inaccurate AND boring film I reserve my right to be skeptical about Austen fanfics overall.

jinglechelle February 9 2009, 04:52:12 UTC

Too bad it wasn't written by Jane Espenson!

jinglechelle February 9 2009, 15:43:29 UTC

(She's a huge Jane Austen fan, and she's the hottest tv writer I know right now.. not just Buffy .. Gilmore Girls, Battlestar Galactica .. etc. Her particular talent is to get inside the language of a show and write the characters exactly right, whilst advancing the plot at the same time.)

mojocat February 9 2009, 05:16:56 UTC

here is the happiest thing you will ever see

http://itsoktobegay.ytmnd.com/

papajoemambo February 9 2009, 06:19:15 UTC

My God - I think you're right...

mojocat February 9 2009, 06:21:38 UTC

forte's been doing this bit where he plays the coach of a team at halftime, and the team is losing, so he plays a song to inspire them. the first one was great, but the one with michael phelps featuring "fancy pants" by al hirt...dear god, i broke myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRQTMvRfyQ

papajoemambo February 9 2009, 06:28:07 UTC

I think it's at the moment where he actually pointed to his trousers that I realised I was witnessing genius.

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kwangawoo February 9 2009, 19:30:30 UTC

I am chuckling because this book hasn't even been released and it's now shown up on my friend's page approx 3 times. I think you're bang-on re the change thing... when we can rewrite the classics and make them fun and exciting, i feel like the sun will rise on a newer (better?) world.

thanks for the chat on friday, it did me a world of good.

I'm excited at what the future is offering.

xxx

papajoemambo February 10 2009, 02:01:59 UTC

I'm needing a fresh pep talk soon

kwangawoo February 10 2009, 03:12:28 UTC

well, you certainly know how to get ahold of me. Do you have a gmail account, or some other email? I have something I'd like to start up.

papajoemambo February 10 2009, 03:20:48 UTC

I'm at papajoemmabo@yahoo.com.

I'm on Facebook chat right now.